it. i couldn't sail back my boat. i'm so sorry. >> missing for more than 60 days, this morning a sailor has been rescued. we'll show you how the coast guard saved him and new reaction from family members. and we've arrived on the scene of a water main break in northeast d.c.. we'll check in with zachary kiesch with the impact this may be having on the commute. good morning, it's 6:00 a.m.. >> welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday april 3, 2015. let's a a live look outside our studios. a pretty warm start to our day. 64 degrees. but guess what? rain is on the way. there it is. and look the flag is blowing in the wind too. #umbrella day. >> tom, when will we need it? >> that will be always later. a few clouds, the moon showing through. a balmy freeze this morning ahead of rain falling all across most of west virginia. a little thunder and lightning there. locally just a few sprinkles of

light rain. in this area in loudoun county, washington frederick, northern montgomery howard county getting just a few light sprinkles right now. those may be spreading closer to the metro area over the next hour. right now low to mid-60s. breezes gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour. washington monument under a dry sky, but have an umbrella ready. we'll have bluster we rindswinds through the day. showers and thundershowers looking likely this afternoon and this evening. got your bus stop forecast for this friday morning next weather and traffic on the 1s. any volume building yet? we do have control i'm building. 95 southbound approaching route 32, take a look here, just a little bit of volume. the deer has been cleared out of the way. again, just seeing volume green

single tracking. 95 north at prince william parkway, there a crash reported. just a twlarng. one warning there. inner loop and outer loop moving along. randolph street at 22nd we have a water main break. zach, tell us how we're looking. >> reporter: d.c. water got the call about 11:00 last night, they say they will be out about 7:00 this morning to get it fixed. and we're talking about an 8 inch water main break. take a peek, just a little trickle. nothing too serious. d.c. water also tells us they were out here a little earlier to turn down the pressure a little bit. but as far as we know now people in the area still have water. what you won't have is access here on randolph. randolph is closed. this is northeast d.c..

police are out here making sure everything stays safe. but they will be out here to get it fixed at about 7:00 this morning. >> zachary kiesch thank you, sir. this is new video of a coast guard rescue that was lost at sea for months. two months actually. lewis skrorouis jordan is pulled from a cargo ship that found him in the water. he's said to be doing fine this morning p jordan disappeared in january. crews searched for him and then they had to stop. yesterday he was spotted sitting on his capsized boat 200 miles off the coast of north carolina, 66 days at sea. he is back on dry land now and finally reunited with his family. >> i feel policed and i feel full of love. grateful to be with my family and with people again. i feel grateful to have the

opportunity to live. >> just amazing. jordan's 35-the foot sailboat had capsized. we'll talk to tom costello at 6:45 about what mr. jordan did to survive. today family and friends will attend the funeral of a spotsylvania county teen who died in a plane crash. ryan mccall will be buried at oak hill cemetery in frederickburg. at the controls when it crashed. investigators say two witnesses reported seeing a trail of smoke from the engine just before the plane fell to the ground in orange county. the flight school owner says mccall appeared to make a left turn earlier than usual. mccall was flying on his first solo trip involving a stop and return flight. hk mccall had just over 30 hours of flight experience. d.c. officials will announce they plan to he said a policy of routinely shackling juveniles appearing in court.

starting monday individual judges will decide whether a juvenile should be shackleded. the announce p willment will be at noon. d.c. police want to track the online activity of a woman they say killed an attorney and they need your help. police want to speak with anyone who had contact with the e-mail address chrissanchez chrissanchez0906@yahoo.com. according to court documents, david messerschmitt communicate the with someone on craigslist using that e-mail and handle. police say the e-mail is linked to jamyra gallmon's cell phone. police believe gallmon stabbed messerschmitt to death at the donovan hotel. parents of a 5-year-old virginia boy found dead will face neglect and abuse charges. noah thomas' mother and father are in jail this morning. noah was found dead inside a septic tank last week. he'd been missing for five days. the pulaski county sheriff's office says it doesn't snow

exactly how noah died. we're waiting to learn whether a man who barricaded himself inside a fredericksburg hotel will face charges. this happened at the relax inn on princess ann street. the map ren refused to out on of his room. after five hour, he was finally arrested. it is good friday today. and many of you will be observing this holiday in takoma park. a group of christians whether gather at noon to re-enact the passion of the krooitschrist. they will walk north on new hampshire avenue and then east along university boulevard toward prince george's county. a new report expected this weekend on the "rolling stone" article that sparked a sex assault scandal at uva. we'll a look at what that report is expected to focus on. plus new reaction this morning after the governors of two states pass revised religious freedom laws. a live look outside how. kind of a dreary day on tap. tom is back with a look at what you'll need at the bus stop.

here at metro, our first priority is your safety, so let's discuss what you should do if there's an emergency involving fire or smoke. if you're in a station, move away from the platform and begin walking to the nearest exit. if you're on a train, notify the operator using the intercom located at either end of the railcar. follow the operator's instructions and remain calm. unless you are in immediate danger you are safest staying inside the train. if necessary, when the train is stopped, you can use the end doors to move to another car in the train. if you must evacuate, emergency exits are located in the center of each railcar. lift the release cover - a wire will break away, pull down the red handle and slide the left door panel open. watch your step on the emergency walkway, and never touch the lower part of the railcar, which could be electrified.

and for your safety, never cross over to the other track. on behalf of everyone at metro thank you for paying attention to our safety presentation. welcome aboard.

former george mason university student is heading to federal court to clear listhis name. he says the incident reported by a long term girlfriend was rough sex and role play not sexual assault. today a court will decide whether the student can file anonymously. the university is demanding that the ex-student identified himself publicly if he wants to pursue the claims. you will learn more this morning this week about a lingering controversy at uva. columbia journalism school will release a report on a rolling sewn magazine article about an alleged gang rape. "rolling stone" asked columbia to conduct an independent

review. the report will be released sunday at 8:00 on rollingstone.com and cjr.org. a news conference is scheduled for noon on monday. a four month police investigation found no evidence of the attack. developing this morning, vcu will begin searching for a new basketball coach. shaka smart has decided to leave for the university of texas. he met with officials from ut yesterday and broke the news to his team about 10:45 last night. smart led the rams to five straight ncaa tournaments. he coached at vcu for six seasons. we are sad rams this morning to see him go. but really happy that six incredible seasons. >> really changed that ram. >> and i think so much about -- a school is only as good as the people who go there and support it and he really helped us to get behind vcu and all the other great programs they have at my

alma mater. >> great guy and we rish himwick himwish him the best. there a live view of capitol hill. no rain here yet. we do have downpours to the west of the metro area. this will track into the metro area around 8:00 this morning. right now northern suburbs, farther north and west, just getting a few scattered sprinkles there. at the bus stop this morning, have the umbrella ready. blustery balmy, in the low 60s and showers moving through between 7:00 and 9:00. temperatures by 9:00 will be in the mid-60s. so have the umbrella handy. you'll also be maybe needs rain boots as you may be leaping over puddles. a look at the hour by hour storm timing next weather and traffic on the 1s. how is the friday commute? not so bad. threat froe delay earlier, green line no longer single tracking. so of course.

and then silver him road at swann road emergency road work one lane blocked in each direction. taking a look at travel time 270 south to the beltway, no problems. outer loop top of the beltway move along nicely. 66 95 everything nice and on time. perhaps a lot of people off on this good friday. listen for our friends wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. new information about the plane crash in france what investigators just revealed about the co-pilot's actions as he crashed the plane. molette green is going over it and she'll bring it to you from the live desk next. jimmy fallon gets down with the first lady again with hilarious results. a look at some new mom dance moves.

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visit your local volvo showroom for details. i'm molette green at the live desk with breaking news. new details just coming in confirm the co-pilot intentionally slammed the plane into the french alps. we have just learned he repeatedly adjusted the automatic pilot to speed up the plane as he flew it into a mountain. all of this coming into a statement just released this

morning from investigators. they examined data from the plane's second black box. the data recorder. recordings from the plane's black box voice recorder indicate co-pilot andreas lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crashed the plane with 150 people on board. aaron, back to you. 6:17 and right now family members are on the way to begin the painful process of identifying loved ones killed in an attack on the college campus in ken i can't. at least 134747 people were killed in a 13 hour long attack. witnesses say the mirl tants were targeting christian students. al shabaab almost immediately claimed responsibility here. intelligence officials believe the four attackers were part of an elite special operations arm of that terror group. 6:17. after a massive uproar governors of indiana and arkansas both signed modified

religious freedom laws. many had charged the original versions of the laws were anti-gay. however, one supporter of the original laws says the changes harm people of faith. >> you're going to jeopardize the freedom for christian businessman or another faith to be forced into doing something against their religious beliefs. >> several other states are considering their own religious freedom law proposals. west virginia and 14 other states are asking the supreme court to uphold bans on same-sex marriage. the group filed a brief calling for states to ski the s tos to decide the issue. the justices are scheduled to hear arguments on april 28. right now same-sex marriage is legal in 37 states. doesn't appear to be a random event. >> we're working to learn more information about a suspect in a suspicious death in annandale. police found the man's body

inside an apartment and the man showed signs of being stabbed. investigators are looking in to the relationship between the suspect and victim, but there does not appear to be a threat to the public. two hikers are safe after being stranded. this aped near one of the scenic overlooks just off the george washington parkway. rescue crews found two people stuck on rocks would haveabove the potomac. the response caused major backups on the northbound side of the parkway. arlington appear says a tow truck waited for him to go inside a store and then almost drove away with his kids inside his car. max daout claims he was the victim of predatory towing. daout says he went into ask about medicine for his so that.n. his 17-year-old daughter stayed in the car with her brother. >> the car started to lift up. and i was like scared.

and then i looked out the back and i saw the tow driver and i opened the door a bit and i said wait, wait wait. >> daout says he wants an apology from advanced towing. thepany owner tells us that he was illegally parked and the windows are tinted making it hard to see inside. he says the driver stopped as soon as he realized there were children in the car. in case you missed it the first lady stopped by "the tonight show" last night. michelle obama and jimmy fallon reminisced about the first time they met. >> fourth of july. >> you swore a suit and it was so hot. >> i wore a three piece suit. barack was like where you going, man? >> hello mr. president. i'm sweaty. and he goes didn't you get the memo? it's a barbecue. >> that was your barack obama? >> yeah. >> that was-of --- >> was it good? >> no. >> i thought it was pretty good actually. >> she thoughknows him pretty well.

>> as you can see, this was part two of the evolution of mom dancing. >> i think at one point she was like i got this at talbots. jimmy and the first lady shook to classic mom moves like trying to start aconga line and the barack obama. i just watch thewant to say, as a mom i've never heard of any of those moves. >> i've seen you at the christmas party. >> i like to dance, but -- i guess i need to study up. >> if you want to see the rest of that clip it's on the nbc washington facebook page. 6:21. let's go to tom kierein and get a look at the forecast p. >> i want to see the eun yang holiday party video. this morning we have showers here in west virginia showing up on storm team 4 radar. they are weakening as they're advancing east. but this one wave of rain will be in to the metro area later

this morning. right now a few sprinkles loudoun, northern montgomery howard frederick washington panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley. that wave coming through about 8:00 this morning. here is the timing hour by hour after that. it moves across the bay and heads toward the eastern shore. behind that, a few lingering sprinkles. for your lunch hour just clouds around and maybe a few sprinkles. another wave of rain moves in later this afternoon. this one may have thunder and lightning with it. it does look like it will intensify and move through the metro area between around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.. some brief heavy down pour, thunder and lightning. might have strong gusts of wind. after that, a few lingering sprinkles overnight. most of it is done by 3:00 a.m., then we clear out and as the system hooves through late afternoon, early evening, there is a low risk of wind damage as those showers push on through again that's 5:00 p.m. through around 7:00 or 8:00 p.m.. blustery winds tomorrow. sunshine. highs only the upper 50s.

and lighter wind, nice day on sunday mid 60s. great weather, play ball nationals home opener playing the mets first pitch 4:05 on monday afternoon. should be in the upper 60s. and mid-60s the rest of the game. tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week each day a chance of some showers with mild temperatures and cool mornings. next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast for this friday and how is the commute now? looking pretty good right now. light volume perhaps people taking off today. wide look at things overall no major issues. a tad slow just a little bit yellow top of the beltway as you're approaching georgia avenue on the outer loop of the beltway. otherwise looking pretty good here. 66 and 95 not having any issues. 270 south at montrose here also moving along quite nicely. authority northbound you don't have anything in the way. do have a water main break in northeast at 22nd. zachary kiesch is on the scene.

going to try to find out about a new crash near main avenue and i'll be back in ten minutes. 6:24 now. a man is under arrest accused of trashing a bar in oregon. it was all caught on camera. you can see the man throwing several chairs at bar fenderagain bartenders. according to on lookers, is it started with an argument with a bachelorette party. public safety officers if arlington county are being honored for handling mental health crises. awards took place last night. these officers are trained to deal with mental health crises. the county sheriff says they're making a big difference. >> we don't tend to understand people with mental i willllness like you do if you have cancer. s's hard to understand a mental illness. >> arlington county will

continue to add to the number of officers who are trained to deal with mental health cases. you can check out more of our resources about mental health head to the nbc washington app just search changing minds. car lovers in new york city gearing up for the international auto show. a handful of new mid size cars are being sblokbeing introduced luxury and performance are the true sartars. just in case you're in the market for it formula one racing company will also show off its new high performance sports car the 570 s. priced just under $200,000. >> is that all. >> drop in the bucket. you probably don't want to hear this, but here it is. the average cell phone carries 18 times more bacteria than a public toilet handle. sorry if you're eating breakfast. they're covered in dirt and girl

germs and dust. they recommend using micro fiber cloth and there a blue light that you can use. >> one thick you don't want to do is use glass cleaners or solvents on screens like tablets, computer monitors an smartphones. >> so don't do that. and re abrasive cleaners can damage your smart phone screen. truth be told i've taken one of those sanitary wipes and wiped down my phone frequently. so i'm probably scratching my screen. >> but you need to keep it clean. i on the other happened don't care. something's going to kill me. you can't be worried about every time you turn around, don't touch this don't touch that. >> point taken. >> a the hot topic on our facebook page. we'll show you a new safety tool being tested in our area that you can see and hear. and a live look outside this morning, it's going to be a wet day, but at the least these

temperatures are pretty warm. tom is back at a look at what you can expect. plus the same storm system that is heading our way today is sparking tornadoes out west. take a look at this we're getting new details about flooding to our south, as well. molette green keeping an eye on

this weekend is shaping up for perfect cherry blossom festival weather. >> here is a live look. you can bet it will be packed tomorrow. derrick ward has some advice if you plan on attending. >> reporter: good morning. starting tomorrow at about 1:00 there will be a lot of stuff going on down here p. and of course culmination will be fireworks. food dragon boats music. and at 8:30 fireworks come rain or shine. if you're coming down take the subway. take the orange or blue line or green line. and think about the water front area down by arena stage, going to send all the way down to the

titanic memorial. lots to do. we're back to you. >> thank you, sir. >> hopefully the weather holds up for all the activities. >> notice how i match the radar today? first we have to get through the day. >> you really do. >> hax 3 radar looking a little greene this morning. sdl slide across there. watch the radar slide. >> storm team 4 meteorologist -- >> it's an eun storm, look out. yeahs just a few sprinkles to our north and west looking at the radar. areas in the green get something rain. front royal and up to martinsburg, down to gaithersburg. leesburg a few light sprinkles there. there is a batch of heavier showers in will west virginia, but they are weakening. about two hours 15 minutes away, that rain in the metro area. it's a balmy morning. we're in the low to mid-60s. a bit of a blustery wind.

so damp roads for the early morning commute. then wet late morning. wet roads with thunder and lightning during the afternoon. a look at the hour by hour warming as the day progresses next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. breaking news right now this just came in glenmont station red line shut down. there is fire activity there. trying to get more information. 395 south center line blocked because of as candisabled vehicle. 66 nice and clear. taking a look over in prince george's county nice and green and moving along just fine. same thing when you're taking a look at 95 in maryland and bw parkway in and out of town. back with more. secretary of state john

kerry has returned to the u.s. from switzerland after announcing huge progress toward a final nuclear deal with iran. but the work is far from over. the world powers have three months to turn the framework into a formal agreement that curbs iran's nuclear program in which exchange for are arelief from a snkss. tracie potts live for us. >> reporter: we have some democrats who say they're skeptical. highly skeptical about whether iran will comply. ben cardin says he wants to see the details that iran cannot be trusted, they need it review.

so next is filling in the details. congress is taking a vote coming up on the 14th on whether or not congressional approval will be required for this agreement. >> thank you, tracie. i'm molette green at the live desk following a number of high water rescues this morning out in kentucky. the weather channel tweeting out 42 of them performed in the louisville area. that area suffered a lot of rain. 4 inches and counting in a 24 hour period came down. and we're also hearing about some evacuations from homes that were flooded, as well. look at that vehicle there, nearly completely submerged. back to you. it's now 6:35. and right now president obama is in utah on his first presidential visit to that state. today he's set to talk about the economy. yesterday the president met with leaders of the more manmon church.

utah is one of only would states that he has not visited as president. south dakota is the only state he's not stepped foot in as president. today loudoun county is making a new push to fight drug overdoses especially from heroin use. state and county leaders will announce a new operations team committed to getting heroine off the streets. the team will collaborate with law enforcement and school officials. that announcement happening at 11:00 a.m. at the loudoun county sheriff's office this leesburg. many of you have posted on v did the vdot's fanlg and youcebook page and you like the idea of the portal rumble strips. the county says it is an inexpensive way to slow down drivers would are approaching temporary work zones. the noise from the strips also acts as an audible warning to workers controlling traffic in those work zones. the strips will also be tested in loudoun and fairfax counties. the maryland's women's basketball team is on the road

to the final four. the terps left yesterday. everyone is happy to be headed out to the team's second time four appearance in as many years. they play sunday at 8:30 p.m. against uconn. go terps. you've probably seen the video by now the story behind this $22,000 mistake. and the priceless response to all of it. and a live look in southwest waterfront this morning. a lot going on for the cherry bros only blossom festival. tom will let you know if today is a good day on check out the activities. and new tore just released about the terror attack in kenya. what investigators say the gunmen did.

welcome back. star gazers, tomorrow morning you can catch the blood monday. best time for us to see the eclipse is between 6:15 in the morning and 8:00 in the morning. if you miss tomorrow's blood moon you'll only have one more shot for 2015, final lunar eclipse of the year will be on september 28. always gorgeous to see. we're used to getting up. we wantptnt to sleep in. this next story proves everyone makes mistakes about. >> watch what happens when a price is right contestant is given three chances to guess the price of a new car. >> $19,859. >> no. oh! >> i won it! >> congratulations. >> did the model think nobody saw that? she just puts it back up?

you saw the look on her pace, though p. >> look, she's higdsliding. >> shortly after the episode, she posted i don't usually give expensive gives but when i do it's a $21,960 car. >> caught up in the moment. >> yeah slow down. now let's check the forecast. we're talking about a warm start to your day. >> breaking news first in traffic, though. >> breaking news glenmont metro station is closed right now because of a report of some smoke in a tunnel. chopper 4 is over the wheaton station. you can see the large police presence here and fire presence. so we'll keep you updated on that. we've pushed out on the nbc washington app and of course tweeted about this a lot in first 4 traffic this morning. 270 south, no problems. outer loop of the beltway, running along nicely. 66 into town, 395 into town a little slow about ten minutes behind. 66 looks good.

95 north perfect. remember to listen to wtop for the latest on traffic. we have dry pavement immediate metro area. radar shows light rain farther north and west. thatsis gradually getting closer to us. about two hours or so away of getting in to the metro area. getting breaks in the clouds now to our east but it won't last long. blustery winds through the day. balmy morning in the mid-60s. showers coming through about 8:00 9:00. maybe a few sprinkles noontime. mid-70s mid around. look at the hour by hour timing of the showers coming up at 6:51. great to be with my family and with people again. >> missing for more than 60 days this morning a sailor stuck on his boat has been rescued. we'll show you how the coast guard saved him and we have new reaction from family members.

you should eliminate randolph street as part of your morning commute, but 22nd street is wide open. d.c. water will be out here shortly to get this fixed. residents tell me that water is running. so coffee and showers

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breaking news on the red line. glenmont metro station is completely closed right now because of a report of smoke in

the tunnel. metro they say trying to get buses between gasolinelenmont and wheaton. wheaton also a very large police prepares there. we've been tweeting about it. we'll have much more coming up. storm team 4 radar showing some showers in west virginia. they're advancing east just now coming into the shenandoah valley. they will be approaching the metro area about 8:30 9:00 this morning. a few sprinkles farther north and west. northern montgomery county and into frederick loudoun county points north and west just very light rain now. 6:46. the video you see right here this is not from a movie. p this is a real life rescue that has gone viral. louis jordan was lost at sea for 66 days. yesterday he was found alive in the water. tom costello live in norfolk now with how the real life castaway managed to survive. >> reporter: it's just a

remarkable story. good morning. we talked to him after midnight here at general hospital. he walked off that coast guard hospital helicopter after having been stranded at sea for more than two months. late january, he took his boat out on the river down in north carolina. he thought i'll go closer to the ocean, i need to get better fishing. but he got out on the ocean and suddenly he got capsized multiple times. his mast broke and he started drifting. he drifted 200 miles out into the atlantic ocean until yesterday, he was rescued by a german freighter that was coming by. i talked to him late last night, actually early this morning, and asked him what are his thoughts now that he's finally back on dry land. >> i feel grateful to have the opportunity to live to do what i want to do, which is to produce some suit of fruit in my life something valuability something to make the world a better

place. >> reporter: louis jordan survived because he rationed his food and then he'd collect fish and eat them raw. he also says he tried to collect rainwater and drink the rainwater. but thankfully because he had a top on the boat a roof on the boat i know the boater community will be laughing at my terminology, but because he had that he was alble to get away from the elements. he was out in the ocean unable to move in february and march, imagine the weather he survived. he said he was cold, wet but very grateful that he's alive. we'll have a lot more of his story on the "today" show. >> what a fantastic tale. we'll look forward to that. thanks, tom. molette green at the live desk. new this morning, survivors say christians were the target in kenya in a well planned attack. just this morning, a 21-year-old recovering from a gunshot wound

tells the associated press that masked gunmen first began their rampage at a lecture haul where christians were known to gather in morning prayer. right now relatives of those killed are arriving for the grim process of identifying the bodies. 147 dead. most of them students at that university that borders somalia home base to the al shabaab militant group. back to you. it's now 6:49. right now, d.c. water crews are preparing to turn the water off on randolph street in northeast to repair a broken water main there. zachary kiesch is live in northeast washington and tells us these repairs could take all day. >> reporter: yeah that's right. water main break here in northeast d.c.. first of all, i want to talk about how this might impact your morning commute here. randolph street is closed. so if that's part of your morning commute should you

eliminate it. 22nd northeast is open and it's a big bus route. . the sou here. we've talked to d.c. water, they tell us that is this an 8 inch water main break, happened at about 11:00 last night. and they will be out here shortly to get this thing fixed. not much more than a trickle out here this morning. d.c. police are out here holding down the fort. but residents tell us they have water, just a little bit lower water pressure. should be good to go this morning. zachky kiary kiesch reporting live. back to you. today family and friends will attend the funeral for a teen who died in a plane crash. ryan mccall will be buried today at oak hill cemetery in fredericksburg. he was at the alcoholcontrols of the plane when it krar edcrashed. witnesses reported seeing a trail of smoke from the plane. the flight school owner says mccall appeared to make a left turn earlier than usual. this was his first solo trip

involving a stop and return flight. hk mccall had just over 30 hours of flight experience. p. today officials whether announce they plan to he saidend a policy of routinely shackling individuals in court. starting monday, individual judges will decide. that announcement is at noon at the superior courthouse. breaking news on metro. melissa has your traffic. >> breaking news. gasoline mocht oig metlenmont metro station closed. and we just got word that wheaton metro also closed right now because of a report of smoke in the tunnel between the two stops. so right now metro shut down completely. wheaton and glenmont are closed. trying to get buses in there. as far as the roads go actually not so bad. a lot of people perhapsndweekend. top of beltway is a tad slow. 66 95 no major problems here headed in to town.

same thing in prince george's county. a little slow inbound branch avenue but other than that no major issues. 95 no problems. bw parkway, not having any problems either. and 270 at shady grove road also moving along quite nicely. tower camera showing a beautiful sunrise under way. just a few breaks in the clouds now. they will be closing in about the last we'll see of the sun today. this area will green is light rain shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. and it's wet on the northern side of 270. along 340 from frederick over toward winchester and south of there, getting light rain as well. the wider view showing some showers that have been weakening coming into west virginia. they're getting closer to the metro area. leading edge of this steadier rain coming right into washington in a couple hours. so between generally around 8:30 9:00 or so. track the radar with the storm team 4 weather app. by 8:00, we'll have the batch of

rain coming on through. by 10:00, it will be pulling to our east. by noontime just a few lingering sprinkles temporarily. but another wave of rain looks likely to be moving in by later this afternoon. this at 4:00 p.m. maybe thundershowers shenandoah valley. it's after that that that line of thundershowers come on through between around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. right through the metro area. after that a few lingering showers overnight tonight. most of them ending by 3:00 a.m.. we'll clear out after that. by dawn on saturday, the sunshine returns. when those storms do come through this afternoon, a low risk that an isolated thundershower would produce any wind damage. we're in the low to mid-60s right now. afternoon highs will be climbing to the mid-70s when we get the thundershowers rolling through. and then the weekend looks nice. blustery winds on saturday with sunshine and a high around 60. great weather for the home opener on monday. tuesday, wednesday thursday, could get showers next week. coming up on 6:54. d.c. police want to track the

online activity of a woman they say killed an attorney and they need your help. police want to speak to anyone who had contact with the e-mail address chris chrissanchez0906@yahoo.com. according to court documents, david messerschmitt communicated with someone on craigslist using that e-mail. police say that the e-mail is linked to jamyra gallonmongallmon's cell phone. police believe she stabbed missermiss er misser smesmesser ererschmitt to death. tonight a group will re-enact the passion of christ. they will go north on new hampshire east toward prince george's county. and from good friday to cherry blossom saturday, there is a list of things happening this weekend for the festival. p. >> derrick ward is live in

southwest washington now with what you can do this weekend. should be fun, derrick. >> reporter: well, indeed it will be a lot of fun. this will be the place to be tomorrow. about 1:00 they will start the festivities down here. there will be dragon boat excursions and of course fireworks. take a look at the some of the fire works from the past years. they will be starting those at 8:30 come rain or shine. at that time green line for water front are or the orange and blue lines to l'enfant plaza to get here. don't be intimidated by the construction. there is plenty of space for the event and it would be fun. back to you. >> thank you. four things to know before you walk out the door. p a man was released from a virginia hospital late last night hours after being rescued from sea. louis jordan was missing for 66 days of a herafter his boat capsized. >> and today the funeral for a teen who died in a plane crash. ryan mccall will be buried at oak hill cemetery.

the 16-year-old was at the controls of the plane when it crashed on sunday. right now d.c. water crews are preparing to turn off the water on randolph street in northeast washington. crews are work to go repair a broken 8 inch water main. the work will last most of the day. and breaking news on metro, the glenmont and wheaton metro stations are now closed. there are reports of smoke in the tunnel. pa list melissa mollet will be tweeting about this tlou thehroughout the morning. that's right, glenmont and wheaton shut down so a nasty morning on the red line. a lot of people out of town so that might help a little. >> rain headed toward the metro area sweeping in later this morning. could get some thunderstorms this afternoon. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., some of hosefof those storms have a low risk of wind damage. so grab an umbrella. a wet day is on the way. and that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you getting up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with

weather, traffic and any breaking news. until then have a great day. >> make it a great friday, everybody.

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