.m. we start off with a weather alert day. >> looking live at storm team 4 radar as well as the scene outside right now. there is rain moving through our area. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal here with a look at how long the rain will be around. good morning. >> good morning, aaron. well the rain on storm team 4 radar is actually quickly pushing out of the area towards the east northeast. this activity will be over for the most part by 7:00 a.m. so if you're commuting around 8:00, 9:00, you're dealing with wet roads.

>> severe weather later today. >> we have a crash there.lp noñi i& )ies. 95 northbound, southbound, you're nice and green. be careful of the wet roads.ñi wtop will have theq latest on the traffic once you hit the road here.

66 into and out of town, same thing, when you're looking at 95 and northbound andfáa5xd southbound. back at 5:11. staeather and traffic; >> thank you, melissa. anothert( te1 white house fence jumper is now facing charges. let's get right now to news4'sñi megan mcgrath for the latest. >> reporter: well, eun, you can see j86 white house fence behind me here and the lower temporary fence has been put in place here as an added barrier. the fence of course under scrutiny following a number of incidents in recent months and now it has happened again. anotherv house fence. this time on the south side of the white house. now, it happened around 10:30 last night. t:eiáuu custody by the secret service officers andok sharp steel spikes will be bolted to the top of the fence to try to deterc people

from jumping that fence. we are expecting other changes to come down the line --xd down the road as well. in terms of the latest incident, who thisçó jumper was, not known '%)it$r back to you in the studio. >> all rightñi megan mcgrath thank you. rightxdxd now, alexandria police say they have someone in custody in a nonviolent ending to açó barricade situation. the ÷eson wasu holed up in a condo building. this is on jamison avenue near courthouse square. right between the%/gxd eisenhower avenue and kings streetxd stations. the situation was over and it lasted for more than eight hours overnight. officers in montgomery county trying to identify suspects whot( robbed a house while were peo inside it. police say that several men armed with guns kicked in a door afásp'town. thatxd happened just before 11:00 a.m. last night. no one was hurt. theçó family of a baltimore man who died this weekend want

to know how he became critically hurt while in police custody. this is cell phone video of freddie gray's arrest last week. he tried to runxd from officers. some time during his transportation, his attorney says his spine became 80% severed at the neck. the attorney said there's a 30-minute gap in the arrest record. gray was talking and moving when he was loaded into the police4c=eìáhp &hc% van.çó >> i could say with certainty that we have no physical, video or any other evidence of an altercation that would result in this. >> let us see what happened. i think everyone in this room wants to know. the public wants to know. demonstrated outside of the police station in westw3 baltimore. police dide1 not say what crime gray committed that led to the arrest. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will ensure that the city holds the right peoplei] accountable in his fádeath. coming up on five minutes after the hour. today, tens of thousands of runners will bet( putting in their

26.2 miles at the boston marathon. it has been two years now since the bombing at the marathon that killed three people. police say there arexh'ew rules and patrols from across the state in place to keep everyone i] safe. the marathon is now in its 119th year.c)itt( starts at 10:00 a.m. today a new chaplcujt)j @r(t&háhp &hc% for the employees at the washington navy yaro the humphreys building will be dedicated as the new headquarters for the naval sea systems command. we took you inside the newly remodeled back in february when employees began to move back in.t, cf1 o that building known as building 197 was the scene of a deadly shooting that left 13 people dead in 2013. the ceremony will begin at 10:55 this okmorning. first responders in prince george's county just made your commute a little bit safer.i] fire, ems and metro personnel took part in the emergency drill yesterday. they practiced evacuatingñie1 passengers from a disabled train at the greenbelt station. this is a first of several drills designed to improveñi%-o

coordination after that deadly january smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. 5:06 today. maryland l% m%+oáuj $ujp r(t&háhp &hc% release a study showing the ecoi- f the proposedt(e1w3 purple line. businessuu((u leaders in montgomery and prince george's county are coming together tot( support the light rage line. it's expected to show the line will boost the economy by creating jobs and increasing property values. the 16-mile line á$(jját(u the new carrollton and bethesda metro stationi breaking at the live desk. a deadly attack at a school in spain. a teacher is dead and others are wounded. and right nowñira child is in police custody. all of this he(ening inñifá northeast barcelona. spanish national television there reporting that this male teacher was shot and killed with 6 ñ-ss bow. we'll keepñrñr you posted right here on "news4 today" andc on our nbc washington app. i'm molette green at the live

a car and moped collide. oh, but people aren't running to help.ñi hardt( toçó watch there.ñi running to grabxd cash. months after they vanished the searchrpicks back up forçó jacob and sarah hoggle. this morp)st we're hearing from their ñrñrdad, why he says he's still hope"át+(q ound alive. aneó outside where the rain continues to move through on this weather alert day. take a live look at radar here. more storms headed our way. amelia segal will tell us when

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welcome r )hpá 5:10. two men on ae1 moped were run over by a car in chinaq-and thousands in cash went flying. take a look here. taófic surveillance camera caught the crash as it happened. the men were not seriously hurt there.e1ok the chinese currency wasñi equivalent to nearly $42,000. all that money was collected and was returned to the men. a rare image of former cuban president fidel castro.t(q there he ise1 voting for municipal council elections. a woman on television announced that she was castingo his brother, president pu& á8qr(t&ho castro, was shown dropping his ballot at a school. cuban media reports 27,000 candidates are running in localxd elections this year. wow. coming up on çóxdxd11ñr minutes after

scf1 o 5:00 on a very rainy, wet monday morning. but we have to get the week started. >> yeah, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. she said we'll have some dry spots today. >> yeah. in fact, on storm team 4 radar i'm tracking the steadiest rain a few scattered showers through frederick county. down through parts of prince william e1county. byxd 7:00 a.m., most if not all of the area is dry and cloudy. dñi we'll break out into sunshine for the midday andt( early afternoon hours but the heat and humidity, that's right, going to be a little humid today for the afternoon hours.

>> how is the rain impacting the roads this morning? >> we havi a couple crashes t talk about. one of our photographers is driving in as you're passing connecticut avenue, people are flying. slow down. an inch of water can cause a big problem. 197 collington road we have three lanes blocked here. 50 approaching 197, you can see some of the backups already. back in a couple of minutes with more. >> thank you. forget a spoonful of sugar. how to help the medicine go down for your kids in news4 for your health. and a family of a manñi

you're watching "news4 today." >> right now at 5:15, it is one of the mondays where it is just tough to get out of bed this morning. take a look at storm team 4 radar. it's rainy. kind of nasty.t(

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by the way the name of the frog is -- >> that's what i said. 2tu uáq" it. you didn't hear that one.q taking notes.çófá.nbçó >> i'll tell you, some froggy weather, all the rain -- what?qt(q that didn't work you? >> no it does. welcome back. >> amelia segal is in for tom, keeping an eye on t&aj rain. when it will get out of qhere. >> hey, amelia. >> good morning, aaron. well, this morning's rainhi[ out of thec beltway by 7:00 a.m. later on. potentiallyñiñi severe in the d.c. metro area between 5:00 and 9:00. s$iju and our temperatures trending downward. we return to spring-like temperatures in a bigfáçóxd way. wait until you see the seven day. your weather impacts this morning, lowq to ."moderate.

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50 westbound, approaching u;e:rñ you can see we have some volume building there westbound because it's only down to one lane. you have to stay left.áe we have downed wires that fell overnight. they're working on ñithis. disabled vehicle, 95 southbound at 630 stafford,lp left lanñbfá is blocked. prince george's county looking pretty good. main routes headed intoqxdj and then we have our photographer irene driechving around the slickus. roads whatok you'll see all over the place this morning. a family member is speaking for first time after a man was shot and killed by a police officer in tulsa, oklahoma.xdlpñi eric harris was killed earlier this month and reserve deputy says thatxdxd pulled out his gun instead of a tu& over thet( weekend the mother of to nbc news.

they want more scrutiny of the shooting which was caught on body cameras.e1ñr >> it's hard notxd to love eric. he was so dynamic. i know he made some poort( decisions, but, you know, when you love someonee1q you don't give up on them just bef áq they make some poor choices. >> on t(ñifriday reserve deputy robert bates made a public apology on the "today" show. he said it was an unfortunate mistake that cuorp+e happened to e1anyone. the alleged leader of a 5@5 %9"%uuz cartel who is wanted in the u.s. is behind bars this morning. jesus agayo is suspected of being involved in more than 20 deaths and drug trafficking. today mourners will gather outside of california's glimmering crystallp cathedral toe1 honor televangelist robert schuller. he died after a battle with esophageal cancer. he started to preach from a

drivelpe1 in movie in 1955. he in hour of power. his ministry filedt( for bankruptcy in 2010 after a failed leadership transition. the housing market may be heating up this spring. but big banks are still gun shy about offering mortgages toxdxd consumers after the recession. that's openingw3 the door more r nonbank lenders. you probably heard some of the names, quicken loans movement mortgage loan depot and they're closes mortgages faster than the big bm9hr(t >> the&háhp &hc% fact that it went quickly, so we didn't havee1 ¡yñi stress about it and worry about it really helped. >> nonbank lenders still have to y(rde by capital and underwriting standards by fannie mae and freddie mac. in the day ahead,ws d.c. mayor muriel bowser will break groundxdq on a new service center.

it will replace the penn branch site and it will open next year. well, he wanted to bring attention to campaign finance reform. instead he brought securitye1 concerns to light. what man whow landed a gyrocopter on the lawn had to say about his stunt. runnersñi will take off in the boston marathon and we have a look at how police plan to keep everyone safe. looking liv'y at storm te radar right now, take a looki all that green. the rain is starting to move out of our area for now.ñrqxd

looking at the stories making headlines at 5:30. another white house fence jumper is facing charges. the incident happened around 10:30 last night. this time on the south side of the white house complex. secret service tells us the individual was immediately arrested. police trying to identify suspects who robbed the house while people were inside it in montgomery county. officers say several men arrangemed with guns kicked in a house in germantown. that happened before 11:00 has night. no one was hurt.

a weather alert day today. look at storm team 4 radar. the rain is starting to move out of our area for now. but it won't stay that way for long. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we turn right to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal and today's weather alert. >> well, today's a weather alert day, not because of the rain that's exiting but more so because of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast later today. as you -- get the kids ready for school headed out the door, grab the umbrella. you need that small umbrella because you only need it for the next few hours and then again getting into the evening hours. you can dress the kids in short sleeves and shorts because it will be quite mild. highs around 80 degrees. your weather outlook walking the dog, it will be nice very early but once you hit 5:00 p.m., the storms will threaten. same thing with exercise. if you want to get a run in on

your lunch break, it will be humid outside. dealing with wet ground and storms later. again, with the highs today around 80 degrees coming up in ten minutes i'm going to be walking you through your morning hour by hour. exactly when will we start to warm up. how are the roads? >> the roads are wet and nasty this morning so be nasty. glebe road, we have a crash and a big police response there. this is another issue because of ponding water. 50 westbound collington road, three lanes are blocked. we have our photographer irene headed out to that area. she'll show us the situation on the roads. beltway looking pretty good. 66 into town no problems. out of town, you're fine. 95 northbound, a little slow. especially through dale city and then right now, take a look here, outer loop. irene is headed to 50 to show us the problem on collington road. back with travel times in ten

minutes. the man who landed his gyrocopter on the front lawn of the capitol is back home and under house arrest. >> do you consider yourself a patriot? >> no, i'm a mailman. >> doug hughes drove back to florida over the weekend. he says the security fallout after his flight into washington last week was not the point he was trying to make. >> we need to be worried not about whether or not somebody can fly into d.c. we need to be worried about the piles of money that are going into congress. >> hughes has to come back to d.c. in may for the next court hearing. police in boston say they know tens of thousands of people will be safe today as they run the boston marathon. it's been two years since the bombing you just saw there that killed three people. just as runners get going a different group will start to consider a sentence for the man responsible for that attack. nbc's jay gray is live in boston now where this all is getting

under way in a few hours. jay, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, aaron. just before the sunrise here and before the start of the race at 8:00 in boston, you know in many ways this run on patriots day is really at the core of what makes boston boston. this community determined to make sure it stays that way. extra security out as you might expect and as you talked about. they know not they hope, they know that everything will be safe here. they feel like lessons have been learned and that they've carried off one race since the bombing. this will be the second 119th running of the boston marathon and they're very confident about security here today. more than 100,000 people expected to pour out and be a part of the fans that cheer on these runners throughout the day and celebrate patriots day and that's the one thing that officials here say needs to be the case. that the celebration needs to continue. it needs to be an exciting and fun day for everyone involved. that's what this day is all about. they don't want the terrorists to take that away.

and s won't happen. they're determined again to make sure that this continues to be a great patriots day and a great boston marathon. on the courtroom side of this, the punishment phase in the trial for dzhokhar tsarnaev does begin tomorrow. the 18 jurors, 12 jurors and six alternates have been asked by the judge to stay away from the race before they begin that process. that's the latest live here in boston. back to you aaron. >> thank you. it's now 5:34. starting today the virginia capitol building is getting a makeover. a major repair project is scheduled to begin. the outside of the building will get a new coat of paint. it's made with a protective silicone material. and repairs will be made to the stucco exterior. a virginia base will talk

about the private lodging today. it's making that at the end of this fiscal year. many have switched to private operations with the company west east. and an important reminder to keep your eyes on the road. the city of annapolis is in the midst of a major driving while distracted driving campaign. the police say most of the arrests were for people talking on their phone. the effort is part of a distracted driving awareness month. the maryland highway safety office says more than 28,000 people are injured every year as a result of distracted driving. well, the amount of time you spend this morning trying to get ready -- trying to get to work was just compiled into a national study. aaa says most of you spend about 46 minutes in the car every day trying to travel 29 miles. those of you trying to and from work drive on average 13,000 miles a year. women take more trips but men are behind the wheel more often and drive farther. you'll get a chance to weigh in on the name of a new high

school in prince william county. the high school is still being built right now near benton middle school. and the board is expected to have a final vote on the name by may 20th. a puppy is safe this morning after firefighters rescued him from a pipe in montgomery county. look at that guy. firefighters pulled that 9 week old pomeranian named blue from the pipe early yesterday morning. he is tiny. pomeranians, they're tiny. the dog was trapped for about 12 feet under ground for seven hours. crews fed him gave him some oxygen while he was still there. he'll be exokay though. well, the caps are facing a must win situation on the road tomorrow night. they rocked game three against the islanders in overtime. one more loss and they'll have to win three in a row. to move on. players say they're not letting the pressure get to them.

>> it's tough right now, but we'll have a short memory and we'll make sure we're better. >> there you go. braden holtby had 30 saves yesterday. he missed the first two games because he was sick. let's go caps. a major earthquake hit japan overnight, killing at least one person. we just received this video of the aftermath and we'll show you the damage after the break. take a live look across the district this morning. a lot of people waking up to rain right now. amelia is back with when the storms will r

one person is dead after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of okinawa. the quake caused buildings in the taiwanese capital of taipei to sway. a warning for a tsunami up to three feet high was issued, but was cancelled after one hour. we now know an unattended cooking flame sparked this fire that is threatening homes in southern california. apologize for the incorrect video here. we can tell you this fire happened saturday night that forced hundreds from their homes outside of los angeles. they have been allowed to return to their homes.

this fire 35% contained this morning. there you see some of the flames here. no injuries, no big damage reported here. although the fire has burned more than 1,000 acres. wow. today we are talking about rain and lot of it. but it's starting to kind of move out of here which is good. >> a calm after the storm and before the next one. weather and traffic on the ones. let's check in with amelia segal. >> you're right, aaron. this morning's rain is exiting the area. i'm tracking it on storm team 4 radar. now, this activity in our immediate area is going to be out of the region by 7:00 a.m. you can see it's pushing out of frederick county moving through montgomery county, the district, parts of fairfax county. leaving prince william county, still impacting prince george's county and anne arundel counties. what you can expect this morning, 7:00 a.m. showers winding down at that point. by 9:00 a.m. temperatures near 70 were mainly dry. 11:00 a.m. low 70s. heat and humidity this afternoon, we'll feel the storms between 5:00 and 9:00.

i'll have more in ten minutes. how is this morning's impacting the roads right now? >> right now we are slowing things down. 95 north quantico to the beltway you're behind. 270 south from germantown, a couple of minutes behind. top of the beltway, a few minutes behind. we have a couple of crashes and we'll talk more about those in ten minutes. three adults get out of a fire safely. hear the chilling 911 call that helped save the children's lives. the sony e-mail hack widens and ben affleck is under fire because of it.

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you're watching "news4 today." right now, 5:45 take a look at that green and yellow on the storm team 4 radar. most of you are waking up to

steady rain. the heaviest rain is now on the eastern shore. amelia segal says you'll need your umbrella and sunglasses today. how about that? she'll break down the timing of everything today at 5:51 with your weather and traffic on the ones. it's too hot. >> stay low to the floor. and tell your little sister to stay low to the floor. >> that's the voice of a 13-year-old boy calling 911 for help when a fire trapped him and his sister. investigators are trying to figure out what caused that fire. it happened early yesterday morning in the basement of a home on small drive in clinton. three adults, two children hurt in the fire and the two kids were trapped on the second floor in the back of that house. >> as they were breaking the window out and we were moving the victim out, the other -- the 9-year-old -- the 9-year-old grabbed on to my pants leg and started to tug at my pants as i

was removing the 13-year-old. >> wow. investigators said there were no working smoke detectors in the home. 20 years after the nation's worst act of domestic terror, a somber remembrance was held in oklahoma city. family and friends of the 168 victims gathered at the oklahoma city national memorial and museum. many first responders attended. former president bill clinton who was president on april 19, 1995, spoke of the survivors and families families' strength in the face of tragedy. >> you had to choose farsided love over blind hatred. you had to choose to redeem your terrible losses by beginning again. >> mourners observed one second of silence for each victim. the impact of the bp oil spill are still being felt five

years later. the blowout happened five years ago today. the scientists tracking bottle nosed dolphins have seen far fewer birds and 95% of the dolphins died. coastal erosion is a problem as well. the associated press reports deep sea oil drilling continues to expand into further depths and the number of deep water drilling rigs is up to 48 from 35 at the time of the spill. well, this next morning about actor ben affleck has more than 200 lines on the facebook page. during the filming of a pbs tv show he discovered his ancestors owned slaves. according to e-mails on wikileaks he asked them not to include the ancestors who owned slaves in the story. "finding the roots" debated whether to put the information in the story. the show left the ancestor out. pbs released a statement saying it did not know about the

exchanges between the filmmakers sony and affleck. you can tell us what you think by posting on our facebook page. it is now 5:49. today, hillary clinton is heading to new hampshire to try and recapture the magic of her come from behind victory there in 2008. advisers say she's determined to show that she's not taking anything for granted. but she faces little opposition at this point. new hampshire is also the state where in 1992, bill clinton earned the nickname the come back kid after the second place primary finish. this weekend republican contenders packed the stage for an event. they made criticizing clinton a big part of their speeches. breaking news at the live desk. unicef just released a statement about a deadly attack in somalia saying their colleagues were an integral part of the work to improve the lives of others there. the international charity is confirming that four staff members were killed and four others seriously hurt and are

being airlifted out of there. no word yet on their nationalities. the staffers were riding from their guest house to the office normally a three-minute ride when the blast went off. that's the latest from the live desk. >> thank you. the smell of smoke lingering in the air. a brush fire burned more than 300 acres of land. firefighters say no one was hurt there and they did shut down some roads and cut power to homes to make sure everyone was safe. the storm that is dumping rain on our area brought severe thunderstorms to the south. that's what caused the massive oak tree to fall into a home on georgia. no one was hurt. it's kind of a yucky rainy monday morning. what better way to pick up your spirits than some free coffee and gourmet doughnuts. yes, we are partnering with e goodies truck to do that.

don't you love that name? the truck will be parked outside the metro station from 7:00 until 9:00 this morning. remember, it's only until supplies last. when they run out of doughnuts you're out of truck. look for the truck. two well dressed gentlemen are behind the truck. they're whipping up the doughnuts just for you. they're delicious. get them while supplies last. >> i tried one a couple of weeks ago and -- >> you did? >> oh, i'm speechless. >> how many free doughnuts -- well they'll recognize you. >> this is the good stuff. not the flavorless -- this is the cake doughnuts. >> yummy. all right. >> now i'm hungry. >> i know. sorry. l'enfant plaza, 7:00 to 9:00. >> it will be dry inside the beltway. all in all, guys is not going to

be that bad of a day. you have to be weather ready for the afternoon and evening hours with the potential for strong to severe storms in the forecast. because of that, it's a weather alert day. and the weather is having a moderate impact on your day today. storms move into the area around i-91 in the d.c. metro area, about 5:00 p.m. before that, it's warm and it's a bit humid outside. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. you can see this heavy activity over the eastern shore. the yellows and oranges here on the radar. some light showers now across the area. you could head out this morning and leave the umbrella at home at this point. temperatures coming in the 50s and 60s. 66 degrees right now in washington. and we will warm up quickly. by the midday hours, temperatures in the low 70s. 3:00 we hit 80 degrees. partly to mostly sunny skies and humid. as we get into the evening hours this is when the storms are likely in the d.c. metro area.

7:00 p.m. still at 77 degrees. here's the future weather right around noon. notice the mix of clouds and sunshine. a little bit more sun as we head into the early and mid afternoon hours. 4:00 p.m., starting to track showers and thunderstorms. veronica and doug updating the forecast. 5:30 doug will talk about the thunderstorms moving through parts of frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties, bringing heavy rain potentially some damaging winds. we also can't rule out some hail. 7:00, if your kids have after school activities they could be impacted. some scattered showers are possible until midnight. but the threat of severe weather comes to an end by 9:00 p.m. that's going to set us up for a typical spring day tomorrow. a little bit breezy. partly to mostly sunny skies and highs near 70 degrees. more clouds around on wednesday. there's the chance of some light showers later in the day. a high of 68. mid 60s on thursday and then low 60s a little bit chilly to finish off this workweek. right on into the weekend.

melissa, the roads, is the rain impacting the roads? there we go. >> absolutely, you know it is for sure here. we have a road closed because of flooding right now. new york avenue at "n" street a crash there. . and minnesota avenue at eastern shut down there for flooding. leesburg closed at spinks ferry road because of downed wires. 95 pretty slow northbound all the way through stafford. as you head northbound to the beltway, remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. prince george's not having major problems right now. 95 in maryland and the beltway is fine. back at 6:01. >> thank you. 5:54 now and discover is rolling out a new security feature called freeze it. it lets you freeze it when it goes missing. that way no transactions can happen until it is understood to.

google changing the way its search engine recommends websites on the smartphone. starting tomorrow, when you search for something on your phone, the sites that google defines as mobile friendly will show up first. it's a move that would sway where we eat and shop maybe. most meet google's mobile standard but the new formula could threaten the small businesses that maybe don't have the money or incentive to adapt their sites for smartphones. who feels more secure when it comes to their finances? you or your children? landon dowdy is live with that answer for you. and something that might surprise you. good morning. >> hey, eun, that's right. a new study finds millennials are feeling better about their finances than all over age groups. nearly a third said their saves are in better shape. and the millennials are still lagging behind in net worth as

they're not invested as older adults in stock and housing markets. and espn won't be part of the new packages. you can only get it if you subscribe to the larger subscriptions. the nfl back over to you. >> thanks. bwi marshall is considering a major expansion. the airport is considering adding two gates to the internal "e" concourse. that project is expected to cost $126 million. there is already another multimillion dollar project in the works to connect the "e" concourse with the domestic "d" concourse. that project includes creating a new security check point and adding two gates that would be able to swing between domestic and international service. all right. the frenzy over a new line of items at target became really

big. it crashed the website and all the items sold out. online demand for lilly pulitzer collection overwhelmed the website. many fans stayed up saturday to shop the limited edition collection. lines formed outside stores in the country including in our area. i saw pictures online of empty shelves. just gone. well we are helping you gettime on this weather alert day. we are out on the roads right now, watching for trouble spots as heavy rain soaked much of the region. we know there are some closed roads around the area. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is tracking when the rain will move out and the impact severe weather could have on your drive home tonight. that's next on "news4 today" at 6:00.

"news4 today" starts now. >> right now on "news4 today," potential problems that could slow your drive to work on this weather alert day. we're watching the neighborhoods being hit hardest by the line of rain right now and the problems that wet roads are having on the commute. the security has been put to the test yet again at the white house. what we're learning about a new fence jumper late last night. but we begin with that weather alert day as the heavy rain falls across the d.c. area. that rain has been coming down

steadily all night long. which means you could encounter some large puddles or other problems on the roads this morning. >> we begin with amelia segal with more on the rain and plus the storms that could impact your evening plans. >> good morning. i'm tracking rain from the overnight hours. this is pulling away from the district. still though light rain in parts of montgomery, prince george's and anne arundel counties. this activity is over by 7:00 a.m. then our attention turns to this afternoon and evening. when strong to severe storms are possible. the main concern is high winds that could produce isolated wind damage. heavy rain is possible in any storms later today. we can't rule out some hail. so your weather impacts f