ooler air. >> we want to get to this story. in montgomery county police and volunteers getting ready to start another search. >> they are searching for two toddlers who have been missing for two years. live in germantown where they are wondering where the hoggle children could be. darrick. >> well good morning. indeed they are. any minute now we're expecting a massive effort to get under way to find two-year-old jacob and three-year-old sarah hoggle. they have been missing since september 7th. their mother catherine hoggle went missing at the same time. now, she turned up a short time later without the children. however, she hasn't been able to tell them anything other than they are safe. so a massive search ensued immediately after that on weekends and periodically right after that there have been massive efforts like this volunteer and police. this will be an official police effort. capital

catherine hoggle you said psychiatric care. police pursuing murder charges. they are asking folks in the clarksburg areas to check their property to see if they find anything unusual that would lead to a break in the case. fairfax, loudoun county canine volunteers and professionals from as far away as pennsylvania participating in this effort today. we hear more about what their goal is from officer nicole gomaard. >> our goal is to find hoggle children. we want to bring closure to that end of the case. that is why we're doing another search today. this is one of several dozen we have done since the children were last seen september 7th and catherine hoggle taken into custody september 12. >> so if you are in the area montgomery county and you see a massive police presence this

will more than likely be what it is. they are asking people not to be alarmed, asking us to stay a certain distance away as to not contaminate any of the scenes search efforts. this isn't based on new leads, just another concerted effort to locate kids that haven't been seen since the 7th. live in montgomery county. derrick ward. >> remains a big mystery. thank you, derrick. right now we want to get to your forecast. it's a bit cool outside but we could be looking at a nice day. >> check in with storm team 4 amelia segal in for chuck. good morning, amelia. >> good morning. not a bad day, just more spring like day. yesterday feeling more like june today like april with a high of 65 degrees. plenty of clouds around a little more sunshine for the remainder of the morning and midday hours. in the afternoon clouds and breezy conditions. here is the latest on satellite and radar. notice rain starting to stream in to parts of virginia and west

virginia. this is a system that will bring us rain in the afternoon hours, holding off to the early evening hours. right now we're at 64 degrees. we're not going to warm up too much more from where we're at. 10:00 a.m. still around 64 11:00 a.m. much the same by noon. temperatures still in the mid-60s. coming up adam show you future weather. wind showers arrived, when those transition to potentially downpours and when we'll be tracking thunderstorms in the forecast tomorrow afternoon. >> all right. we'll stay tuned for that. thanks amelia. right now metro conducting full scale emergency drill at the green belt metro station in maryland. the station is still open but customers are likely seeing a heavy emergency response there. metro transit police and prince george's county fire and ems are simulating evacuation of passengers from a disabled train. this is a first in a series of quarterly drills to improve responder training coming after deadly plaza smoke incident. >> new details this morning about a situation in prince

george's county. two men are now behind wars. police also reopened 8th street where the barricade situation began. last night laurel police say a man barricaded himself inside an apartment. this on 8th street. police say the suspect may have fired shots in that area. new this morning, there is a new car recall to let you know about. bmw is now recalling more than 90,000 of its mini cooper's. the problem is the airbag sensor. bmw says it will replace defective sensor that may prevent front passenger seat airbag from deploying during the crash. the recall applies to mini cooper mini cooper s cars that were made between 2005 to 2008. >> here are the stories you need to know about coming up in the week ahead. tomorrow business leaders from montgomery and prince george's county will put out a new study to support the purple line. the light rail line would connect new carrollton and bethesda. in boston runners take part

in 119th boston marathon. it's now been two years since the marathon bomb thanksgiving killed three people and hurt more than 80 others. police say they have been working on the event safety all of this and last year. >> we certainly have people's back backs. they can relax. >> friday will be a big day. apple watches. if you didn't order one probably won't be able to get it for months. they presold more than 1 million watches. new this morning some pictures to show you of firefighters rescuing a nine week old puppy from a pipe. this happened in montgomery county. the pomeranian fell into that pipe near montgomery blair high school. take a look. you can see quite the scene. a lot of heavy equipment was used to free him. the puppy was finally freed this morning around 1:30. 9:05 coming up a colorado teacher shares notes from her third graders.

how one assignment is sparking change inside the classroom. a fight under the big top. you're sharing this story on our nbc washington facebook page. why police had to pull clowns off protesters in the middle of the circus. get this. why critics say ben & jerry's

if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. trending on facebook right now, ben and jerry's coming under fire for its latest idea. craft beer dubbed salted caramel brownie brown ale. a loftus think is sounds good but groups say they are marketing to kids. parents sharing that one. people calling it pink sunday not black friday. target is back online finally

this morning. it launched its new line at 3:00 a.m. lilly pulitzer for target. in minutes it crashed. a lot of people got this and they saw it a couple hours. this is a message saying they are working on some improvements. as for the line itself most of the pieces were sold out within the first hour. lilly pulitzer for target trending on facebook and twitter. we received a lot of tweets from people saying long lines, pushing them out of the way. most of the main things including home goods sold out. another sign the system might be overwhelmed, i'm not saying anybody at the studio bought anything they are not sending confirmation e-mails. it looks like your order goes through but not getting a confirmation. maybe don't expect that something to follow up on. tuss. >> you seem to know a lot about that online experience. just head to the store, just go there. what started as an idea in a third grade classroom captured

the attention of the country. a teacher at an elementary school in denver wanted to find a way to better understand her students. she asked her students to finish the sentence, i wish my teacher knew blank. >> heartwarming and moving, how the lesson is inspiring others. >> all teachers need to know what their kids need. >> reporter: kids will be kids. when you ask them to pass along their feelings. >> i felt -- >> reporter: they can be quite honest. >> letters, periods. >> reporter: this eight-year-old talking about her third grade teacher. kyle schwarz. >> she asked us to write what we wished our teacher knew. >> i was searching for a way to understand them better and find out more about their life. >> reporter: so schwartz asked her students to finish one simple sentence. i wish my teacher knew -- >> i wrote i wish my teacher knew i don't get my sleep at night because of my baby sister. >> they let me have it, told me

exactly what they thought i should know. >> reporter: since then schwartz's miniature idea turned into something big. >> i was really surprised how honest and open and authentic my students would be. >> reporter: some of the responses were funny. it was the ones that were brutally honest. >> wrote, i don't have any friends. >> reporter: that caught her attention. >> so i stic >> the class rallied around her. they really -- you know, they empathized with her. >> reporter: one read, i wish my teacher knew i don't have pencils at home to do my homework. >> i realized my students have a voice. i want to hear what they want me to know. >> reporter: another read i wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading log isn't signed because my mom is not around a lot. she's trying to inspire them. >> child poverty is affecting these kids in real ways. once they realize it, then we can take steps towards changing it. >> reporter: as for changes, she wishes her teacher knew something else.

>> it's really making a difference to my friends. >> wow, terrific story. developing right nour we are learning about a fire in prince goerns county where two children were hurt. the new details just into the newsroom. >> coming up dramatic body camera video and split second decision an officer makes with a murder suspect charging at him. amelia

more about a developing story out of prince george's story. two children were hurt in a house fire in clinton, maryland. five people in the house when it caught fire this morning on small drive. the adults were able to get out but firefighters had to rescue a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl. all five people are in the hospital right now. >> that's a fight at a circus. to people arrested after an animal rights activist jumped and punched. they are there because they say the circus miss treats their animal. the fight started when demonstrators tried to take their protest inside. >> miami beach put me in a choke hold at a point where i couldn't even breathe. >> they hit me with a mega phone

in the face and started scratching my face. it's unfortunate. >> that was a protesters. the circus ringleader you heard from there, you can see people on both sides were hurt including some clowns apparently. defense attorneys for robert bates pushing back on a "tulsa world" report that his training records were falsified. the 73-year-old volunteer sheriff's department charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of unarmed suspect in oklahoma. yesterday his attorneys released 64 pages of documents and seemed to indicate he was proficient in firearms and dozens of other training courses. bates says he mistakenly pulled out a handgun rather than a stun gun when he fatally shot this man, eric harris earlier this morning. we're getting a lot of huge reaction to this video this morning. if you haven't seen it you've got to take a look at it. it shows a police officer holding a gun and not shooting this man who was believed to kill two people. stephanie gosk tells us why he held back and the praise he's getting today.

>> reporter: this arrest in suburban ohio could have very easily turned violent. >> get your hands up. get your hands up. >> a man suspected of murdering his fiancee and friend that same day charges a police officer who was wearing a body cam. >> i don't want to shoot you! >> the officer is 27-year-old jesse kidder, an iraq war veteran with a purple heart but a rookie on the force. >> i was trying to open a dialogue with him. i don't want to shoot you, just get on the ground, but he wasn't having it. >> he warned kidder the murder suspect may try to get himself shot and may have a gun. >> be advised suspect possibly has a weapon under the seat. could be possibly suicide by cop. >> he put his hands in his pocket there. my eyes are watching that hand,

nothing else. >> backpedalling the entire tim, kidder stumbles and falls. >> i'm thinking at this point if he goes into attack i'll have to use deadly force to defend myself. >> get on the ground. >> back-up arrives. the the suspect was arrested, and no one was shot. >> for him to make the judgment call that he did shows great restraint. this officer would have been justified if, in fact, it had come to a shooting. >> the confrontation took less than a minute captured on a body camera kidder started wearing on his own after the shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. that incident, among a string of others since have put police tactics and use of force in the spotlight. >> the difficulty is you have hundreds of thousands of police officers in the country, some working in very difficult conditions, and for the most part they are doing a good job. >> kidder said it was his time as a marine that helped him keep a level head. >> i wanted to be absolutely sure before i used deadly force.

>> reporter: being sure in that split second can't be easy. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. ♪ ♪ >> that is train right there singing a classic by aerosmith for thousands on the national mall. this is during the earth day concert. mary j. blige, no doubt, common fallout boy also performed. later this week president obama will spend his earth day in florida in the everglades. east coast talking climate change. in his weekly radio address yesterday, he said there's no greater threat to our planet. >> one down three wins to go at least in the wizards first round of the playoffs. they took down raptors in overtime last night. they play again tuesday. able to watch the teams back at home. later this week they return to verizon center friday night. great game out of the wizards last night. great game by paul pierce who shows he still has what it takes

to play. >> inside concerts outside, overall, a great day to do anything. >> fabulous yesterday, plenty of sunshine low humidity spring has returned. we're talking about rain and a lot of it is going to be moving through the area late tonight and early tomorrow morning. we're going to pick up about an inch to maybe two inches in spots mainly between midnight and 5:00 6:00 a.m. that's good news fall when most of us are at home. not out out roads heading to work. here is your outlook for today. if you're going to do yard work cooler more clouds breezy this afternoon. not a bad day to do yard work. dealing with heavy rain overnight tonight, early tomorrow morning. that's going to impact plants. nationals game should stay dry, national forecast coming up in a few minutes. you want to do grilling this evening, put it off last night. tonight is not looking as spectacular. showers will be moving in. i think you'll be cooking

indoors tonight. temperatures in the 60s across the area. washington at 64, martinsberg, 64 degrees. limited sunshine. clouds do win out. here is a look at high temperature in your neighborhood. 62 for a high in gaithersburg 65 in washington. about 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. 62 over in petersburg. radar showing this big area of rain here just pushing into virginia and moving into west virginia. this continues to advance into our area and makes its way here i think in the d.c. metro area between about 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. but the threat of showers is here by at least 3:00 even though future weather keeps us dry until the evening. here we are at 5:00 showers in fauquier prince william counties everybody seeing rain by midnight. some heavy rain. look at 3:00 a.m. yellow orange red colors indicate downpours moving through. that heavy rain pushes out of the area by 6:00 7:00 a.m. then

make morning showers after that. a break for the midday hours. if wets a lot of sunshine that's going to mean stronger storms later tomorrow afternoon and evening, like 7:00 here where we're noticing a line of impressive storms moving through the metro area. that's with a cold front. a flood watch in effect for parts of luray down to shartsville. weather having an impact, because of isolated rain isolated flash flooding. showers a low impact on your day. afternoon and evening hour back to moderate because of strongs that could be strong to severe. the greatest concern would be damaging winds. tomorrow is a weather alert day, a high of 75. tuesday a bit breezy partly sunny with a high of 70 degrees. wednesday temperatures start to tumble. a high of 66. chance of showers on thursday high of 65. low 60s, guys friday and saturday. saturday morning a chilly even

cold start with a low in washington of 40 degrees. >> we'll take that. frustration over fees. for decades you could play volleyball between lincoln memorial and kennedy center for free. not anymore. what it will take to get on the court. >> does she support fasttrack and risk creating an opening on her left in the presidential

primary race or does she oppose it and alienate business community, create daylight between her and

you could call it frustration at the beach, volleyball courts on the

national mall. for year playing ball on the courts near the lincoln memorial has been free. >> it's changed, you now have to play there. players say the change means the public is going to lose >> i'm very frustrated about this new policy. >> he's played for free in west potomac park for a decade. now he and hundreds of other players will have to pay a $30 nonrefundable fee online for two hours and reserve a court thanks to the national park service. >> i don't think the national park service intended to create a problem for us. i think it was an innocent thing on their part. >> it calls for volleyball leagues to preserve every reserve the court. >> give us a steady stream for upkeep and maintenance nep of the court. 100% of funds that come in for

these reservation fees go back into the courts to repair and replace nets. >> group of volleyball players tell me they have maintained the courts for years after pickup games. >> we come out during the week weekends some of the best games we've had are free games. we've met people from california. we've met people from hawaii. >> we don't like the structure part. some of the players say they plan to meet with the national park service. they have created change.org petition calling for park service to keep those courts open without reservations. we checked this morning. they already have about 2,000 signatures. 9:28 this sunday morning. developing news in delaware. students were involved in a shooting. the school sanctioned event where shots rang out. >> vre is expanding. the new locations where the company is planning to open station to make commuting a little easier. >> amelia said soak up the last of the weekend sun. when storms are coming back into th

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9:31 your time right now. here are stories making headlines today. right now a new search under way for jacob and sarah hoggle. the montgomery county toddlers went missing six months ago. they searched thousands of acres without any results so far. right now metro conducting full scale emergency drill at the green belt metro station in maryland. the station is still open.

customers, you'll see a heavy emergency responder. metro police and police goerges county fire and ems team are simulating evacuating passengers from a disabled train. this is the first of quarterly drills to improve training after the deadly l'enfant plaza smoke incident. 9:32 early this morning. >> a check of your forecast with amelia segal outside on the storm team 4 deck. what's it like. >> it's nice but breezy and there's a chill outside of our studios in northwest washington coming in at 64 degrees. some high thin clouds. a spring-like day, not a bad day, just not as beautiful as yesterday. sky cast 4 walking you through conditions. plenty of clouds around midday and afternoon hours. as we get into the late afternoon and evening hours, rain will start to move into the area. but if you are heading to the nationals game this afternoon as

they take on phillies first pitch around 1:30. you might want to grab a light jacket or a sweatshirt with temperatures in the mid-60s for the game and plenty of clouds unless the game goes long extra innings, really slow baseball game the rain should hold off until after the game wraps up. we are looking at heavy rain overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning and then storms likely later in the day tomorrow. coming up guys i'll let you know how that will impact temperatures for upcoming workweek. >> thanks a lot, amelia developing out of california 200 homes threatened by a fast-moving wildfire. take a look. the fire started 10 hours ago and has already burned 175 acres near the area of the prado dam in chino. residents ordered to evacuate their homes. red cross working to set up shelters. a developing story this morning, three people in stable condition after a shooting at an event for delaware state university students. a school spokesman says it

happened around 8:00 last night at a fraternity and sorority cookout. our philadelphia affiliate, we checked and they said probably about 1,000 people at that event. the shooting reportedly happened after a fight broke out. at this point still unclear if any of the victims were students. as of last night, there have been no arrests. this morning family and friends remembering university of washington mary washington student, who police say was murdered. news 4's darcy spencer shows how classmates are honoring grace mann. >> on the campus of university of mary washington independent fredericksburg students placed flowers on a statue creating their own memorial. it's where they gathered for a moment of silence to remember a student who was allegedly killed by her own roommate not far from campus. students asked the media to leave so they could mourn in private. >> everyone was devastated it happened. >> the 20-year-old junior was found unconscious by two other

roommates in the home around 3:00 in the afternoon on friday. one performed cpr. the alleged killer was stem there. authorities say he ran around before police arrived. he is also a mary washington student. he was found about two and a half hours later near riverside first church. >> it's really difficult because we don't know what's going on in someone's life and what they might do. it's honestly a tough issue. >> mann is from falls church, a history and american studies major. the university's task force on sexual assault and a member of student government association. one day she hoped to become a lawyer and fight against injustice. >> it's really unfortunate that he had to take it out on that girl. >> reporter: so far police have not yet revealed what the motive may have been for the killing or how exactly this college student died. the suspect, again, her roommate being held without bond at rappahannock regional jail. in fredericksburg, darcy

spencer, news 4. the man who landed this thing, this gyrocopter on the front lawn of the capital is driving back home to florida. doug hughes tells "tampa bay times" he has to be outside his home by monday when house arrest begins. hughes has to wear an ankle monitor until he comes back to d.c. for his next court appearance in may. he made the flight to protest campaign finance laws and calls -- hughes wife calls him a patriot. associated press investigation found alcoholic beverage control agents in virginia have been hit with three complaints of excessive force in just the past five years. further details remain sealed. one incident not included. two years ago an agent mistook sparkling water for beer and tried to break the university of virginia student's car window. also up clear if a complaint has been filed for recent arrest for martese johnson, video of him

bleeding as they cuff him has sparked outrage. flawed forensic according to "washington post" mistakes span decades. experts who studied hair samples testified in favor of the prosecution 95% of the time. this happened in more than 250 trials this according to the post. in 32 of those cases, the defendant was sentenced to death. >> vre helping a lot of you taking the train to work the the company opening a new station in spotsylvania county on the fredericksburg line. it's expected to add more than 1,000 new riders to the system. vre said also considering new stations on the manassas line as well. it wants to double ridership by 2040. new campaign wants to see student athletes finish college. they are now offering them cash money. why local universities denying their players from benefiting from this motivating program. >> plus take a listen to weather that's literally beating down on folks in oklahoma.

a new national campaign to encourage student athletes to finish school is now folk youing on the university of virginia. fan pay.org launched an online campaign to motivate college athletes to finish their degree. the website raises money but only awards funds to them after they graduate. fan pay says only 44% of uva men's basketball team earns degree. the website says plans are actually getting cut short at uva because of ncaa bylaw proibtding athletes from profiting from their personal brand. >> this week's wednesday child has had a pretty disappointing start to his life. he was adopted as a toddler but the adoptive mother passed away a few years ago and sadly ended up back in the foster system. he celebrated his 12th birthday recently. we went to chow down on his favorite food burritos. >> wow, this looks like your kind of place.

i hear you like giant burritos. district tacos, should we try it out? >> sure. >> hi dan. i want you to meet hunter. 12-year-old hunter says burritos are his favorite meal and dan of district taco says here he can make one as big as he likes. >> you can grab anything you want from the kitchen. jessie will be helping us out. >> hunter knew exactly what he wanted rice chicken, shrimp. >> lettuce, too, please. >> hunter is a very polite young man. he always says please and thank you. he's in middle school and not yet sure what he wants to be when he grows up. >> if you had to pick one favorite subject, which would you like? >> it would be math. >> are you doing well in math? >> yeah. >> what kind of grabs are you making? >> an a plus right now. >> a plus. that's fantastic. >> he's very smart. he's an honor roll student in the sixth grade. >> after washing hands, donning gloves and aprons we were ready

to see how it's all done. with our hot tortillas in hand we were ready. hunter knew what he wanted on his. >> rice chicken, cheese let us. >> he knows what he wants in an adoptive family. >> huntder said he would be happy with both a mom and a dad. he's fine being an only child. he's also fine with siblings. we want a family who will commit to being his family forever. and who is patient and loving and nurturing and kind. >> there were gifts for hunter to take home. but the best part of the day was thinking about diving into that great big burrito. >> barbara harrison there. if you have room in your home or your heart for hunter or another child waiting call our special adoption hot line. 188 to adopt me or search on

nbcwashington.com. again at 9:42 right now, a mother takes actions into her own hands. how she made her daughter's birthday wishes come true with the help of 300 strangers and an nfl player. >> great story. amelia timing out how much longer you can expect to soak up today's sun.

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republican 2016 contenders. they are swarming new hampshire to court first in the nation primary voters. as they do we're seeing an undeniable new trend with how they are dealing with the only dem in the race. here is kristen welker. >> it could be a new day for the republican party. >> i'm excited about the possibility of running. >> for the first time in years, more than a dozen potential candidates spanned out akroscross new hampshire courting voters in coffee shops, carving out foreign policy. >> i'm not cheerleading for war. i don't want to be military force. but nuclear weapons for iran is a threat to the world. >> my record is a conservative one. it's an i'm not kidding conservative one and it's a record of accomplishment. it's i did it. i didn't talk about it. >> even taking some shots at each other. >> some in our parties say let's

just dilute the message. let's become democrat like and then we'll get more votes. i couldn't disagree more. i think what we need to do is be boldly for what we are for. >> what all these presidential hopefuls save their sharpest jabs for likely democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> like hillary clinton i, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. but unlike mrs. clinton i know that flying is an activity not an accomplishment. >> i'm starting to worry that when hillary clinton travels there's going to be need two planes one for her and her entourage and one for her baggage. >> i could have sworn i saw hillary's scooby doo van outside. >> i think they realize beating up on hillary clinton at this time in the campaign is better than beating up on one another. >> republican base fired up. >> a lot of good candidates. >> i think they are all hit the right notes. >> these candidates are being

reminded even in the race for the white house, all politics is still local. >> young man all the way in the back. >> are you a boston red sox fan? [ laughter ] >> how about -- i'm not a yankees [ cheers and applause ] that will work. that was kristen welker. coming up at 10:15, nbc chuck todd joins us on set. he's going to talk about the two swing state governors, one of whom has been a close ally of the clintons and the other might run. you don't want to miss that. that's coming up with chuck todd at 10:15 right here on our set. today the memorial service will mark 20 years since the oklahoma city bombing. yesterday hundreds of bikers held a rally to remember the victims of that attack. president clinton will speak to the victims' families. timothy mcveigh placed a bomb inside a moving truck. this is inside the building alfred p. murrah building 1515 people died in that blast

including 19 children. >> take a look at these people bracing driving rain in dallas. it isn't just ordinary storm. there were reports of quarter-sized hail kind of like golf ball and winds as fast as 90 miles an hour. the weather delayed a outages. luckily no one was hurt. >> video you've got to see. this powerful hail storm in oklahoma. listen to is. dime-sized stones falling outside of oklahoma city. some the size of a quarter. no word on how much damage the hail storm may have inflicted on the homes. it sounds like a little bit of what they are getting out there may head our way. >> yes. we're going to be talking about the threat for heavy rain overnight tonight from about midnight until 6:00 a.m. then tomorrow as we get into the late afternoon, especially evening hours, there can be more severe storms in the forecast. i'm not going to put adam on the spot like we did earlier but i'm going to quiz him later. >> something about updraft.

>> updraft, water collects on a particle freezes, creates hail. anyways, your weather headlines for today, it is cooler. relative to yesterday it's not as spectacular but as far as spring days go it's not a bad day. we're going to have plenty of clouds breezy conditions. for the most part if you want to do something outside in the garden you have to cut the grass. weather cooperating. going golfing or playing tennis you might want to gra sleeves. looking to late tonight early tomorrow morning tracking heavy rain potential storms later in the day tomorrow. tomorrow is the weather alert today. veronica tonight updating forecast i'm back tomorrow morning. we'll be tlakracking it on radar. >> maybe you didn't like 84 degrees yesterday. cooler weather, open windows, leave the air conditioner on a bit longer. don't worry. you'll certainly be able to do that for the middle and upcoming week. temperatures right now in the low- to mid-60s. where we're at right now pretty much where we're going to sit throughout the day today.

61 in rockville, 62 degrees for those in bowie. plenty of cloudiness out there. winds picking up. a little bit breezy with winds about 10 to 15 miles across the area will continue to track breezy conditions throughout the day today. maybe you were hoping to grill this evening for your sunday dinner. not the best evening to do that. 6:00 showers mainly south and west of washington. low 60s. rain moves in to the d.c. metro area around 7:00 8:00 p.m. as temperatures drop into the 50s. here is the rain tracking pushing into the area it arrives as early as 3:00. like i said i think it will hold off on the beltway until at least 5:00 p.m. a flood watch until 2:00 p.m. it will run through late tonight, green, charlottesville and luray. a concern for isolated flash flooding tomorrow morning in the metro area just because the rain

is going to be coming down so fast and so heavy. by the time the kids are getting on the bus, the heaviest rain is likely out of the area off to the east at that point. still tracking some showers, though. recess could be indoors but we could be getting a break, even dismissal around 2:00 3:00 p.m. dry across the area. just the chance of showers and thunderstorms at that point. storms are looking more likely tomorrow evening starting around 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. here is your monday planner. a high of 75. 7:00 a.m. we're at 63 degrees. showers at that point. a break around midday hours. a good portion of the middle part of monday is going to be dry. you could have lunch outdoors. 74. 7:00 p.m. likely stormy at that point. weather impacts monday morning. weather having a moderate impact on your day. isolated flash flooding is possible with heavy rain in the forecast. around the midday hours weather having a low impact on your day. a break in the clouds. again, a high temperature

tomorrow of 75 degrees. guys i want to point out, look thursday mid-60s, low 60s for friday. >> looks good. we'll take it. thanks amelia. coming up a mother takes actions into her own hands after guests turn down an invite to her 10-year-old's birthday party. >> sounds like a sad story. you've really got to see this. it's so sweet and post nfl

all right. so one little girl in minnesota now has a special memory she won't forget any time soon. >> that's right our nbc reporter tells us about mackenzie and the birthday she'll never forget. >> i'll never forget. thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> to understand the tears, you must take a step back and listen. to the story of her daughter mackenzie. >> reporter: when she was one, the courageous girl had a tumor. >> on her tailbone, fused to her spine. >> reporter: her dad said that led to her daughter's diagnosis. >> is a rare genetic disorder. it causes giantism where kids grow at a faster pace. >> reporter: tuesday mackenzie turns 10. 24 hours ago everyone had rejected an invitation to her birthday party.

so her mom posted a message on social media asking friends within her circle to help celebrate. >> sad no one was coming. >> reporter: she hoped for ten but received the unexpected like vikings player charles johnson. >> happy birthday, mackenzie. >> sam's club and mr. pig's stuffed barbecue donated food and beverages to serve 250, a castle to celebrate the little girl who told this crowd. >> i have a hard time making friends in school. thanks to all of you, my voice was heard. i love you all. >> reporter: strangers came bearing presents for mackenzie, for the girl with the shirt bearing the words "courage and kind" gave everyone here a gift. >> thank you for reminding us how we should treat each other every day. [ applause ] the mayor of minnesota also made

mackenzie moreter day a holiday now. >> that's awesome. seriously, what a great story. for the other kids a great example. >> catering companies jumped in media, minnesota vikings. >> now she has more friends than she knows what to do with. still ahead log at two minutes away from 10:00 hour. what a maryland police officer did when a man stole his car with his child in the back of the