young man spitting on and then punching an older passenger on an escalator. that victim was taken to the hospital. right now, mississippi senator thad cochran's office is working to learn more about the arrest of a longtime staffer on serious drug charges. police say they found more than 180 gram methamphetamine in this northwest d.c. house belonging to fred pagan yesterday. according to court documents, pagan allegedly told police he intended to distribute meth and the drug gbl in exchange for sexual favors. cochran's office says the senator is traveling. pagan is now out on bond. in baltimore right now calls for peace this weekend ahead of a rally planned to bring attention to the case of freddie gray. gray died after his neck was broken while in police custody. the deputy police commissioner said gray should have received medical attention at the spot of his arrest, not after being put in the back of a police van and taken to a station.

the police commissioner said he will not resign in spite of calls for him to do so. and the mayor of that city said results of an investigation will be turned over next week. now, prosecutors will decide whether charges will be filed against any of the six officers who have been suspended. >> i still want to know why none ever the officers called for immediate medical assistance despite mr. gray's apparent pleas. >> those officers have been suspended with pay. thousands of people expected in baltimore tomorrow for a rally and march to city hall. freddie gray's funeral will be held on monday. we all bleed when we lose an american life. those are president obama's words today to the men and women who spend their days trying to prevent the next terror attack. the president's remarks come one day after he exposed that a drone strike killed an american hostage. >> those remarks come as we learn that al qaeda also plotted an attack on the vatican.

steve handelsman on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. despite the rise of isis, the kidnapping that led to the death of warren weinstein of rockville is a reminder that al qaeda remains a deadly danger. and it's still organized outside of its home region in and among other places italy. the raids began overnight. italian police say the targets are 18 pakistani and afghan members of al qaeda who police say were planning attacks in their home nation. but then pope benedict might have been a target of the group in 2010, say police. a suspected suicide attack that was called off. it was al qaeda that kidnapped italian aide worker giovanni laportea along with american hostage warren weinstein, both killed by mistake by a u.s. drone strike in january. >> it's hard. >> reporter: president obama today promised a full investigation. >> we all bleed when we lose an

american life. >> reporter: now there's pressure to dial back that program that backers say is essential. >> we have disrupted al qaeda's operations time and again as a result of these drone strikes. >> reporter: and drones are precise. >> the least likely to cause civilian, innocent deaths of any program we've ever used. >> reporter: the weinstein family spokesman would not confirm the family paid a ransom that's illegal. but understandable says their congressman. >> are we doing enough to find our hostages overseas? and in my opinion we're not. >> reporter: to do more, after the loss of americans captured by isis and of warren weinstein, the white house is now considering forming a new hostage team. the so-called fusion team combining operatives from the u.s. military, the fbi and the cia to better coordinate the search and hopefully the rescue of u.s. hostages and to better communicate with hostage families like the weinsteins. steve handelsman, news4.

>> thanks steve. a teacher in montgomery county schools spent last night in jail accused of sexually abusing a young student. there have been similar cases in the past in the county. chris gordon looks at what school leaders plan to do in order to prevent future pb problems. he's in silver spring, chris? >> reporter: the new policy is to notify police immediately and put it in their hands. now, this is not the first time a teacher has been arrested for activities here at loiderman middle school in silver spring. in 2013 another teacher made news for inappropriately touching 11-year-old students. more about that in a moment. but tonight the story is about robert wilson iii. he is charged with sexually abusing a student here. robert wilson's father and family came to court, one left so angry that he shoved news cameras aside. police say the sexual encounters between the former teacher and student occurred inside

liederman middle school on a daily basis. robert otis wilson iii has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and three other sexual offenses. >> i'm robert wilson's aunt and i'm very, very upset about what's being said about my nephew. i don't believe it's true, but, if it is true, i wish he would have told somebody so we could have got him some help. >> reporter: court papers indicate 23-year-old robert wilson iii began by exchanging phone calls and texts with a 13-year-old student. they would meet under the stairwell that had no security camera. on one occasion in january, wilson met her in the laundry room of her apartment building. she's now 14. >> these are very serious charges. i mean the community is rightfully upset. >> reporter: two years ago right here at lioderman middle school former science teacher benjamin kano was charged with inappropriately touching three students ages 11 and 12.

in a plea deal he pleaded guilty to reduced charges. last year a 12-year-old at roberto roberto -- in damascus, a contractor worker was arrested for allegedly touching a 12-year-old student in a hallway. the school system is working closely with police and prosecutors to try to prevent these kind of offenses. >> first to make people aware, educate people, but also prosecute those who choose to violate these trusts and break these laws. >> reporter: now, the charge of sexually abusing a minor carries with it a possible penalty of up to 25 years in prison. it is important to note that robert wilson iii is presumed innocent. he will return to court for a preliminary hearing in may. that's the latest live in silver spring chris gordon news4. >> chris, thank you. it will be 16 years before a man from arlington gets out of prison for a child pornography

conviction. prosecutors announced that sentence today for patrick joseph friedel. they say he coerced at least five teethnagers to send explicit images of themselves. he met one girl in person to record himself having sex with her. prosecutors also say he tried to blackmail his victims by threatening to tell their parents on them. last weekend it was so warm, so delightful. remember that? shorts, flip-flops and everything? not this time around, veronica. >> no. this weekend you're going to have to pull your fleece back out, maybe your sweats and certainly an umbrella. not only is it going to be cool, but it's going to be fairly wet this weekend. nothing like last weekend, right? take a look. we do have some concerns for freeze, low temperatures, freezing temperatures way up here. these areas in blue freeze warnings have been issued. western loudoun county frederick county and a freeze watch for howard county montgomery prince william,

frost and freeze possible. cover any plants you've put in the ground. our average high temperature 69 today only around 62. it's been quite cool. now we're talking about rain moving in. but these temperatures that you see here will be lower through the weekend and they're going to come with some fairly wet weather, as i said. i'll take you hour by hour and show you when most of our rain moves in and just how hard it's going to fall at times. i'll have that in a few. >> thanks. next week the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments from both sides of the same sex marriage debate. those arguments will get under way on tuesday. at issue, whether state bans on gay marriage are constitutional. same sex marriage advocates say states shouldn't be allow to discriminate while some religious groups say the court can't change the definition of marriage. the high court's final decision not expected until later it summer. same sex marriage is already legal now in 37 states and the district. we're looking at presidential politics.

the terrible news that an american hostage was killed by mistake in a drone strike is raising new questions about u.s. drone policy but not necessarily on the campaign trail. >> the candidates have been pretty silent on this issue. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd is here with thoughts about all of this. silent because this is still pretty new technology i guess but rand paul is certainly piped up on this. >> a little bit. but even he's been -- i hate to be cynical -- not piping up because this is hard. this is the difficult -- there's a moral debate here. there ace a legal debate about this and then of course the strategic debate. i talked to a former official who called this a massive intelligence failure. this is not just something oh collateral damage as i heard one senator called it. no. the way the policy works this compound was under surveillance for weeks. how did they miss the two hostages? this is going to be a long investigation. >> on another issue, chuck there's a new book out about amily

foundation raising issues about that. does it have merit or is this more partisan politics. >> i think that's up to the voters to decide. when you look at these clinton xad scandals, the most charitable description might be they'reere's "a" and "c." this book is full of the as and cs but not the "b," the dot that connects everythinged quid pro quo, everything you want to call it. but it raises questions of, boy, there seems to be i think one person described president clinton and the former first lady sloppy. they put themselves in ethically questionable situations. the history of this is it does hurt the clintons on questions of honest and trustworthy. but when the republicans go after her, it hurts them too. when everybody is angry at washington and polarizing politics i think this is something that could end up hurting everybody involved. >> everybody is angry at everybody else. >> who do you have sunday? >> we're going to do a lot of drones. not with a lot of public officials. a lot of experts in this field.

the same sex marriage debate, the guys opposing each other in bush/gore by came together on prop 8. also cecily strong. i'll interview her right after to find out how she thinks she did. >> she'll be relieved. >> and probably looking for a glass of wine. >> thank you, chuck todd. you can check out "meet the press" sunday morning at 10:30 here on nbc 4. new details tonight on what the man who shot president ronald reagan wants to do with his future. a psychiatrist for john hinckley says that hinckley wants to start a band and publish music anonymously. that revelation came from hinckley's psychiatrist today. he testified on the third day of a hearing to determine whether hinckley can live full time outside a mental hospital. government lawyers are against a full release. today a judge also denied the

government's request to force hinckley to wear an ankle monitor if he does gain his freedom. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ dramatic footage of a stage collapsing in the middle of a high school musical performance. now investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. . >> reporter: bracelets that reads "grace endures." one way hundreds of students at the university of mary washington are remembering slain student grace mann today. their touching remembrances just ahead. and we'll take a closer look at the changes that are coming to traffic lights that could help you get around town a littl

ancht you're watching news4 at 6. ♪ don't stop believing ♪ students are out of the hospital this evening. they were part of an annual rock musical at their high school in indiana. they had just come on stage to sing a song called "don't stop believing" when the floor collapsed. >> it's like a great theater department, and they work really hard on it and stuff. so everyone was just -- it was just a shock to everyone. no one expected it. >> at this point investigators

are still not sure just what caused that stage to collapse. a visit to the statue of liberty turns scary. liberty island had to be evacuated after a bomb threat. police say at the same time of the threat a canine picked up on the scent of a suspicious package. the awe-clear was given about 2:30 p.m. after nothing was found. stirring tributes this afternoon to grace mann, the young fairfax county woman who was found dead last friday. one of her housemates at the university of mary washington in fredericksburg has been jailed for her murder. but, as northern virginia bureau reporter julie carey reports, today the focus was on her vibrant life. >> tell me what feminist looks like! >> reporter: it was a chant shouted out in honor of grace mann from the very steps where she often helped lead marches and demonstrations. >> she came up to me just before the march and said paige, i'm going to lead this because i'm

the loudest. >> reporter: mann's friends remember the passion and energy the 20-year-old poured into the causes she cared about, supporting sex assault survivor survivors the lgtb community. >> she's why i can talk about my sexual orientation in front of video cameras. >> reporter: and she was an ardent feminist. >> every time someone would walk in the door, she would stick an "i'm a feminist" sticker on them. whether she liked it or not. >> reporter: that's katherine irwin, one of her roommates who found her lifeless body last week. >> we will miss her activism and her hope. for me i will miss her footsteps above my head every morning. >> reporter: mann's mother and father, a fairfax county judge, listened to the moving tributes and when the last speaker rose, grace's closest fend they walked up the steps to support her. >> from the first time i met her, she made me want to be a better person.

but she also of course forced me to. >> reporter: at the ceremony's end friends slipped on bracelets reading "grace endures" and watched as butterflies were released into the sky. and grace mann's impact still being felt here. her family asked that memorial contributions be sent to the local sex assault center in just days they've raised $17,000 in her name. at the university of mary washington, julie carey news4. tonight some of mann's friends are talking about the student accused of killing her. they say 30-year-old steven briel just returned to the campus this spring after first attending mary washington back in 2007. mann and her two female roommates didn't know him before he rented a room in their house. a search warrant show that mann was found bound and not breathing hast friday afternoon. she had been strangled. detectives collected duct tape and two belts from the home. one of mann's friends who also knows briel says he never seemed violent.

>> we just can't understand what would compel him to do that and to her of all people. what i've seen, he just seemed regular. awkward at worst but just regular. nothing unique about him at all. >> briel is being held without bond in the regional detention center. now to veronica. she's in the storm center to tell us just how cold it's going to get out there tonight. >> i know. i'm the bearer i feel of some bad news. not only is it going to be cold overnight early tomorrow morning, but also some wet weather will be moving in and hanging on a while for our weekend. 62 degrees out there right now, not bad. yes, we've got sunshine but it's been breezy. a stiff wind today blowing, again, out of the northwest, but at least we have sunshine to go along with our cool and breeze today. these are the current wind gusts, still over 20 miles per hour, but more and more during the overnight we're going to see the winds start to settle down. when it does, this time versus

last night because our winds stayed up a little bit last night, that will allow our temperature to drop and we'll have lower readings around. 62 degrees now dropping to 55 degrees by 9:00 p.m., less wind as we get to 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. and mostly clear skies. we head to 49 to the mid-40s by midnight in many neighborhoods. these are the temperatures for tomorrow morning. it almost seems like we should be in early april with these kind of readings, 32 to 38 degrees. yes, it's going to be cold in some neighborhoods. cool in others. 38 inside the beltway but dry conditions for tomorrow morning. not a lot of sunshine, though, this upcoming weekend. here is a look at your satellite and radar and the system i'm tracking. you can see the high clouds here in west virginia. this is the track of our storm system. it will make its way into an area and stay just down to the south. pretty far away in areas of arkansas, oklahoma. but it is organizing and our rain chances are going to

continue to go up throughout the day tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. a little bit of sunshine by 10:00 a.m. we're cloudy, don't think we'll have rain across the area. but by 1:00 rain will start to develop well to the south and west. we'll take it up to a 60% chance by then. then, as we get into the afternoon/evening hours 4:00, 5:00, certainly 6:00, rain is likely throughout the area. let me show you on future weather. here we go. we'll track it from early tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. by charlottesville charlottesville, fredericksburg 3:00. between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m., the rain will move into our area. a lot of areas already seeing rain for about an hour or so by 5:00, 6:00, and by 11:00 it overspreads the area. anyone going out saturday evening/saturday night, you can count on a wet one. here is a look at your hourly forecast for tomorrow 52 degrees at 11:00 a.m., 59 degrees by 3:00 p.m. yes, overcast but i want to show you this so you can see we do have plenty of dry hours for your saturday early through lunchtime.

sunday, not so much. sunday we've got rain at 5:00 a.m. in fact i do think there will be pockets of more moderate rains moving through, especially south and southwest of d.c. by 1:00, that rain hangs on down to our south and starts to make its way out of here. so for your weekend again, rain likely after 4:00 saturday. rain ending during the afternoon. we'll talk about amounts more, about that rain intensity, when it will come down the hardest in just a few minutes. there is new information tonight about the deputy officer in tulsa oklahoma, who shot an unarmed man. we'll tell you why colleagues question his behavior years before the deadly shooting. and the stars are out in washington. the big names you could bump into around town this weeke

the man who is believed to have been at the helm of a fishing boat overloaded by migrants appeared in italy in a court. he denies he is the captain of the ship that capsized off the coast of libya last weekend killing hundreds of people. prosecutors say he tried to get help from another ship but instead caused the boats to collide. it's believed that more than 900 people were on that ship. only 28 survived. many of the migrants had been locked on the lower decks. stocks for both comcast and time warner held steady on wall

street today despite comcast's anuancement that it will walk away from plans to acquire time warner cable. that deal would have given comcast control of nearly a third of the cable and more than half of all the broadband customers in the country. some competitors consumer groups and the fcc all opposed the deal. comcast ceo brian roberts earlier today. >> we thought we could get the deal approved, i thought we could make a good case. i think we did. but in the end we have to move on. >> comcast we should note is the parent company of nbc universal and this station. people like to call it the nerd prom now, but the faces we expect to see in town for the white house correspondents dinner make it seem more like a hollywood event. celebrities are already in town for parties and events tonight. kerry washington, martha stewart, john legend among some of the anticipated dinner guests tomorrow night along with

journalists from across the country. "saturday night live" comedienne cecily strong will host the main event and parties will continue after the dinner this weekend. news4's jim handly will have those details in a report tonight at 11:00. >> announcer: next, strangers rush to help a man attacked outside a busy metro station. what we're learning about the altercation that may have led to the crime. news4 hitting the road just to see how much time new changes to d.c. traffic lights will save you during your commute. and a virginia woman sharing her personal journey and giving support to local teens. how she says jufrlt a few words can change the lives of

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 6. first at 6:30 tonight, the search for a man seen beating another guy on metro. it's an atrack violent enough to put the victim in the hospital. >> this is the surveillance video of the young man police are seeking. news4's mark segraves is at the eastern market metro station where it all happened with the latest on the search. mark? >> reporter: doreen, police are still interviewing witnesses and they say more and more witnesses continue to come forward. but the biggest witness is that video the surveillance video that captured just about the entire incident here at eastern market metro. and we want to warn our viewers many of them might find this video disturbing. >> this one is really alarming.

>> reporter: by the ind end of it all, a 69-year-old man was down on an escalator being helped by passengers. as for what started it all police are unsure. >> i think he might have had a conversation about, hey, watch how you bump people or watch elderly people. you can tell there's some type of conversation. then the assault occurs. >> reporter: then the two are seen leaving an orange line train and getting on an escalator where the conversation turns to finger pointing and arguing. then the younger man appears to spit in the older man's face. the older man tries to push the attacker away and that's when the beating begins. multiple blows to the face and head until the 69-year-old victim is on the ground. as for the suspect -- >> the suspect walked outs of the station, not a care in the world, no rushing no looking back. >> reporter: police hope other passengers on the train or in the station can help them to catch the suspect. >> this is alarming. there were numerous people in the station at the time it occurred. clearly an elderly victim a young suspect.

we want the public's help. these acts are graphic and upsetting. >> reporter: just moments ago i got an update from an official who tell me police have had a chance to interview the victim in the hospital, and he told them that this all started as he was shoved by the young man getting off of that metro train. they want to talk to anyone who was on the orange line headed toward new carrollton about 1:00 or if you were here at the eastern market metro and may have seen anything. as for the victim, he is expected to be okay. he suffered multiple lacerations to the face and head. reporting live on capitol hill, mark segraves news4. >> thank you, mark. a new twist tonight in the investigation of a baby's death while in foster care. the medical examiner in virginia ruled the death of 1-year-old caron mason in stafford county an accident. this comes as his foster father david marcusen remains indicted on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty. investigators say he bathed caron in scalding hot water back

in january. caron died from his burns several weeks later. a judge agreed to release markusen on bond yesterday. a guilty verdict today against a woman accused of stealing and selling a dead person's house. prosecutors in prince george's county announced the conviction of a woman named keana johnson. they say she pretended she was related to a woman who died back in 2010. johnson filed a fake deed on that woman's house in upper marlboro and made nearly $200,000 on the sale. she'll be sentenced in june. metro's facing yet another lawsuit in connection with that deadly underground smoke emergency at l'enfant plaza. the lawsuit was filed today seeking $1 million in damages. jeremy reid said he was trapped on the train for 45 minutes as it filled with smoke in early january. according to court documents, he feared for his life and the lives of the other passengers. the lawsuit also alleges that metro failed to properly inspect and maintain the rail system.

the district is rolling out a traffic flow change. tonight the city says or hopes it will cut down on your commute. but there's a question about whether the plan is really going to save time. chris lawrence went looking for answers today. he joins us in northwest washington now. chris? >> reporter: jim, at 8:00 tonight, transportation officials are going to switch hundreds of traffic signals to a new timing system. and tonight we're learning just how much time they expect to save you. can tell you red means stop and green means go. but in northwest d.c., it's more like one long, slow slog. >> it's an hour just to get out of the city. >> reporter: commuters say the traffic lights don't help. >> sometimes it seems that they should be more synced so they can move the traffic along. >> reporter: ddot will change the timing at more than 600 intersections from 23rd street to north capitol florida avenue to 395. and if it works as well as

updates in other parts of district commuters should see a difference. >> it reveals the extent of the p.m. peak from five hours down to like close to four hours. so, you know that's 60 minutes it does matter. >> reporter: but tonight it's just the beginning. >> the definition of out on the street so they will be traveling up and down they will be looking into whether the design that we have recently done matches with the real-life traffic conditions. >> reporter: four weeks of fine-tuning with thegoal of shaving 10% to 15% off travel time. that's a little less than five minutes off a 30-minute drive. >> i would enjoy it. >> reporter: even if it's just three or four minutes. >> right. i could use it. >> reporter: yeah so cutting down the peak rush and trimming your commute. by the end of next year, officials hope to have all 1600

traffic signals across the district on this new system. jim, doreen? >> chris lawrence thank you. for the first time ever, police from several northern virginia jurisdictions gathered to share ideas and strategies to improve safety on the streets. a transportation safety summit met at reston town center. the goal is to improve driving, cycling and walking safety out northern virginia. more than 20 businesses and police agencies participated along with the public. >> well, from metro transit as well as local police agencies sharing information and ideas, how they can make people's commute safer and also how the police can interact better when there are calls for service involving a metro incident. >> police had their impaired driving simulator there and wtop's max smith took it for a ride. you can check out the video on our website nbcwashington.com. search "summit." coming up tonight, new questions about the volunteer

oklahoma deputy who shot an unarmed black man in the back earlier this month. and why actress angeline no jolie is addressing the united nations today. jason and dianna? >> reporter: the wiz arz up 2-0 over the raptors but there's still two parts ever the game they want to focus on tonight. >> reporter: they want to play smart and be the more physical team. we'll tell you about the keys to the game in a bit. and take a look at this. we have somewhat of aif nasty weekend coming up. i'll give you a time line and show you when we've got dry hours for getting outdoors when news

nasa is getting ready to honor all of the scientists engineers, technicians and astronauts who made the stunning images possible. they all worked on the hubble telescope which launched into space 25 years ago today. the telescope continues to

capture pictures from light years away as it circles the earth at an incredible rate of once every 97 minutes. nasa's private hubble anniversary ceremony starts at 8:00 at the smithsonian air and space museum. there's been a sharp increase in earthquake activity and people are blaming it on the disposal of wastewater. the u.s. geological survey says some industries get rid of wastewater by injecting it into deep wells. that increases pressure underground, makes it easi faults already there to move. the u.s. geological survey says earthquake activity that can be traced back to those injections has increased since 2009. the agency now is looking into how much damage those quakes cause and even how to prevent them. the actress angelina jolie spoke softly but delivered a powerful message at the united nations today. she blasted the security council for failing to save lives in

syria. jolie said divisions on the council have led to paralysis, and she said the u.n. has failed in its most basic mission. >> the purpose of the u.n. is to prevent and end conflict, to bring countries together to find diplomatic solutions and to save lives. we are failing to do this in syria. >> jolie serves as a u.n. special envoy an refugee issues. she has visited syrian refugees 11 times since the civil war began to tear that country apart four years ago. the apple watch officially went on sale around the world today. preorders that started a couple of weeks ago already have that smart watch they call it back-ordered through june. there is only one store in the entire u.s. where you can buy one in person. fans started lining up at that boutique in hollywood yesterday to be the first to get their own

new gadget. everybody else has to buy it online. there's a struggle in fairfax county school leaders address a hot-button issue. and some maryland students with an unusual lesson combining history a

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 6. the district attorney in tulsa county oklahoma says he has new information that indicates the sheriff's office should be investigated beyond

the scope of the manslaughter charge against a man named robert bates. bates is the reserve deputy who says he accidentally shot an unarmed black man during a sting operation earlier this month. bates says he confused his gun for a taser. or rather a taser for a gun. today we learned that bates was accused of incomplete training and of violating sheriff's office policy back in 2008 and 2009. in response to the district attorney, the sheriff's office says that it would cooperate with any legal investigation. an intersection of history and science today the breach of the ask a keegy airmen went beyond the strat asphere. a crowd at oxen hill high school broke into applause after their successful talk with an astronaut aboard the international space station.

the tusk tuskegee -- the astronaut is from italy. many of the tuskegee airmen served in italy during world war ii. the students say they were excited to make that geographical connection between their guest speaker and the airmen in the audience. fairfax county schools are taking a long look at gender identity even considering adding the term to the school's nondiscrimination policy. it's become such a big issue in the county that a local support group has formed to help families. news4 news4's kristin wright has the story. >> reporter: roxanne edwards started her transition 15 years ago. >> i basically lived for 50 years in hiding, and my spouse didn't know. actually, no one knew. >> reporter: now the transgender woman runs force fridays as ss a support group for families of transgender young people. these days edwards is pushing for the fairfax county school

district to widen its nondiscrimination policy to include gender identity, bullying is just one of her concerns. >> just having those two words to be able to see them especially in policies, it says you might do it, but it's not something we accept. >> no one is entitled to take away my rights based on who i am. i am not confused. i p not going through a phase. >> reporter: charlie kranford teague is gender flooud. she identifies as a girl and a boy. >> why would you want to punish somebody for being who they are? >> reporter: charlie attended the fairfax county school board meeting last night. the board heard public comment on a proposal to add gender identity to the school district's nondiscrimination policy. opinions at the podium were evenly split. opponents are concerned a policy change could lead to mixed bathrooms. >> providing such access is a safety issue. it endangers children and violates the right to both students and parents. >> reporter: charlie is a junior

at south lakes high school and feels accepted. >> there is a generational shift. we're seeing a lot more acceptance taking place. and i think in some ways some of these issues are going to disappear rfrnlts disappear. >> reporter: the school board will vote on may 7th. a district spokesman tells me if the amendment passes the school district would hire awe consultant to work out what happens with things like bathrooms and locker rooms. in fairfax county, kristin wright news4. veronica is here with another check on our weather. not the most popular day to be the meteorologist, is it? >> no it's not. it's not but we're going to make the most out of this. we're talking about wet weather, but this will be a good weekend, both days, for indoor spring projects. there's a lot to be done. we know it's comcast cares day hash tag cc day also prince george's county christmas in april. a lot of skilled workers will be helping folks out indoors, especially saturday. low to moderate impact forecast.

we're cool again tomorrow talking about the afternoon and evening rain coming in around 3:00 to 5:00. it will be making its way in from southwest to northeast so early tomorrow morning i'm talking about dry conditions. but it will be fairly overcast. don't expect much sunshine saturday or even sunday. look at that, the temperature 47 degrees, 53 at 11:00 a.m. with the clouds. it is going to be rather cool. temperatures even lower to our north and west. now, it's a freeze advisory for montgomery county for fairfax, prince william and falkier and a freeze warning up to the north where the temperatures will drop as low as 32 to 31 degrees, frederick mt. erie hagerstown, martinsburg, those locations. as i take you through the day tomorrow, if you want to get out maybe and exercise, do it before 2:00 or 3:00. the temperatures however, go up but it will be a little cooler so you might need an extra layer or two if you plan on getting a game of tennis in or just that run. we'll be hitting a high

temperature around 59 degrees, 60 la plata, waldorf 59 leesburg, reston at 57 for a high, our roads are dry early even midday. but by evening, they are going to get wet. no heavy rain until we get to early sunday morning. it's going to be chilly. you'll need a jacket if you plan on going out saturday night. of course we're expecting the wet weather as well. the rain will be coming down fairly good intensitywise sunday morning, around a third to a half. then drier weather expected for much of the early part of next week. but almost a washout day for sunday. dry hours early saturday. guys? >> thanks. 2-0. can you say 3-0? let

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. dianna and jason are at the ver sizen center where guys, if i understand correctly wizards have been playing better on the road than at home. that's got to change, right? >> reporter: here's the thing. they've become a dominant road playoff team randy witman 7-1 as the head coach of this squad on the road. they have to get it done at home. >> reporter: i literally just said to jason we've got too talk about how the wizards struggle at home on the playoffs. he said, that was last season. this is a different team. >> reporter: let's hope the wizards have fixed their problem, game three against the

raptors raptors. they plan to play extremely physical. they expect a physical contest from toronto. the wizards, they know they'll be tested. bradley beal was hit hard in game game three, first round against the bulls, butler and na nay going at it. na98 was suspended for game four. they don't want to let toronto get under their skin tonight. >> try to play physical and play with the same emotions back in front of your crowd. it will be a very physical game. they're going to try to do everything to get somebody ejected, give themselves the edge. we've got to keep our heads together, as a group. >> play desperate. we have to play the same as we've played the first two games. we know they're going to be locked in, ready to go. they already said they need to be more physical. we're going to expect a tough game. it won't be easy. each game gets harder. as long as you continue play the same way we've been playing. >> reporter: one of the key factors in this series so far has been paul pierce both his

play and his leadership on the court. you see there the 37-year-old is in the playoffs for the 12th time in 15 seasons. wow. he is not slowing down either. pierce has 30 points through the first two games against toronto. how does this wily vet keep getting it done? >> i think the older i get, the more pressure it is on your knees. you eat better. you try to keep up with the young guys you know. so every year i try to do something different to help myself as i get older in age just to be able to maintain consistency. >> reporter: not only is he a good player but he's actually pretty funny. after they beat toronto in the last game, he yelled running into the locker room, i don't want to go through customs anymore! he gist wants to wrap up the series on sunday. >> reporter: absolutely. the capitals want to wrap up their series as well. let's switch gears and talk hockey now. huge game for the caps in this building last night against the islanders. a litcritical game five.

they were tremendous. they really unleashed the fury they weren't alone. the capitals dominated the islanders and a star may have been born last night. scoring his first two nhl goals. guys not named ovechkin and backstrom lit up the score sheet. they're one win away from moving on and the chance to close the historic nassau coliseum tomorrow. this team is looking forward to the challenge. >> it's our job you know. >> we have no problem being the last game here, but we're going to try to do what we can to close out this series and enjoy the process of it. >> yeah i'm going to probably take a chair. >> reporter: all right, some baseball. ryan zimmermann in the lineup tonight despite battling plantar fasciitis. you could tell zim was in pain

last night. manager matt williams told the media his first baseman is dealing with it in his left foot. keep an eye on that for tonight. but again, the good news is he is starting at first tonight against the marlins. quickly going back to alex ovechkin's comment about taking the chair, nassau coliseum, they are moving to brooklyn. i was laughing that because i heard of all the things he's won all the awards sawards. he just wants a chair. >> reporter: that place has a long history. i would take one, too. >> >> reporter: big game tonight at the verizon center. club verizon center i should say. it's going to be great. 8:00 tip-off, wiz rdz/raptors game three. should be a good one. back to you. >> i'm picturing all those giant guys waiting in line at customs. who would get in their way? >> reporter: nobody. >> it's like, come right on through, guys. >> okay, whatever. >> thanks, guys. >> let's hope they get on through tonight. >> absolutely. and bring this thing home. "nightly news" coming up next.

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