expecting someone to be home it might take them a little longer. look at the rain and this is a line of showers and thunderstorms. there are some thunderstorms embedded in this. one of them right down towards i-95 right along prince william/stafford county line. we'll do a couple of zooms here and shown you the rain up towards gaithersburg. look at this storm in and around the city of fairfax, very heavy rain right along 66 right along 50 and then this is heading right in towards arlington and right into the d.c. metro area. so downtown d.c. will most likely see this in the next 20 to 30 minutes. look down towards springfield, down towards mt. vernon and oxenon hill hill. this is the lightning right around quantico. they heavy rain along i-95. this is an area that alwayses has problems in the afternoon. stafford county yeninundated with rain. all of this continues to move off towards the east and will continue to move off towards the east as we move through the rest

of the evening. a few more showers and even a couple more thunderstorms as we continue through the rest of the night. we will continue to track them for you on storm team 4 radar. plus i'm tracking another system. could be a tropical system that moves up the coast just in time for your weekend. back to our breaking news now in charlottesville, virginia. our david culver in court with jesse matthew when the announcement was made in front of the parents of both girls. david? >> reporter: vance, this is a significant change in this case. jesse matthew now facing an additional charge. he's now charged with capital murder during an abduction. this has to do with the death of hannah graham who's from fairfax county a second year at the university of virginia. now, we say an additional charge because he still faces first-degree murder and abduction with aintend to defile. the prosecutor says if this goes to trial, she will seek the death penalty. we also heard from the prosecutor as to why they came

with this additional charge. she said it had to do with new forensic evidence. >> these are never easy decisions. if i didn't believe that this case were worthy of a capital charge if i didn't believe that mr. matthew or someone that would be appropriate for this ultimate penalty, then we wouldn't be standing here having this conversation. >> reporter: it's been an emotional eight months to get to this point for the grahams. it started back on september 13th the last time hannah was seen alive walking on a popular downtown mall. five weeks from the day she went missing, police found her remains. surveillance video and witnesses led police to jesse matthew. after a nationwide manhunt that ended in texas, police took matthew into custody. in february they charged him with hannah's murder. just a short time before the court started, we did see jill harrington the mother of morgan harrington walking into the court house. you remember her daughter's case still has no formal suspect. jesse matthew has been linked to

it but he hasn't been charged. >> i think that it is an obligation of mine to be here and to watch what happens. i want to learn. i want to see what happens when evil intersects with justice. and i will pray fervently that justice, whatever that may be eventually will prevail. that is my hope. >> reporter: and i can tell you that hannah's parents, john and sue graham from fairfax county were escorted privately into the courtroom. they sat stoic as that additional charge was announced. as far as jesse matthew was concerned, he will head from charlottesville here back up to fairfax county. his trial for a 2005 attempted murder and sex assault begins june 8th. back to you. >> thank you. on to presidential politics now. now there are six form. former arkansas governor mike huckabee is the latest to join the race for president. he announced his second presidential bid from his hometown of hope arkansas

today. he'll travel to iowa and south carolina next on his factories, farms and freedom tour. huckabee lost the gop nomination to john mccain back in 2008. the head of the district's 'em battled 911 call center is out of her job after a series of failed emergency responses. mark segraves broke the story on twitter. new at 6:00 hear what the director herself said that may have been the last straw. >> reporter: jennifer green had risen through the ranks of the d.c. police department before being named director of the officer of unified communications. yesterday mayor muriel bowser asked her to resign. >> we've had several months to evaluate the operation there and we really need a new beginning. >> reporter: bowser would not elaborate on why green was forced out, but multiple sources say a series of failed and delayed 911 responses, including a recent incident where the closest paramedic was not sent to a child who was choking on a

grape. that child later died. and the problematic rollout of the new computer tablets used in ambulances and fire trucks which also led to delayed response times were all factors. >> i'm very glad to see that the mayor is looking at some of these agencies and cleaning them out, because we need to use her in some of these agencies. >> reporter: sources say green's testimony last week that her call center cannot meet the national standard of dispatching help within 90 seconds of getting a call was the last straw. >> we need to look at it. we've been talking about it for probably over the course of the year that we need to change or update our current policies to reflect the national standard. and so that we have something that's realistic to shoot for. we shoot for that one minute and 30 seconds but we don't make it. >> people rely on that. that has to be perfect because that's the last call somebody may make. so we need to do whatever we need to do and it includes

changing the leadership. >> now, mayor bowser wants to find a new director who can integrate new technology at the call center. greene's departure comes on the same day as new fire chief begins his job. bowser will look to the fire chief for advice on hiring a director for the call center. tonight members of a d.c. church congregation are standing by their founding pastor as he faces new charges. darrell best that pastor is also a police officer. investigators say they found pictures on his phone that constitute child pornography. best led the god of a second chance ministry church on southern avenue. he's been in jail since he was arrested in march on accusations that he had assaulted teenage girls. prosecutors say one attack happened at his church the other at police med quarterheadquarters. best is in jail until a court appearance next month. we are hearing more from a man accused of abusing his elderly mother just months after

he ran for montgomery county council. our pat collins has our report. >> reporter: james kirkland is 57 years old. he's charged with abusing his 87-year-old mother. i tried to talk to him about that today. >> james. james kirkland, tell me about your mother. >> i don't think i have a comment, pat, sorry. >> did you abuse your mother? >> no. bye. i did the best i could, pat. >> i'm a libertarian style republican. the reason i'm running is to support truck owners car enthusiasts, single people, millennials and the night life community. >> reporter: james kirkland was a one-time candidate for the council in montgomery county. police say he lived with his mother in this house in bethesda. this is where they say the abuse took place. >> there were severe wounds on her backside and her legs and they were not maintained

properly by the defendant. >> and there were compression socks she had on as well? >> correct. they were on so long they were fused to her feet and had to be removed by doctors at the hospital. >> reporter: kirkland admitted to being his mother's primary caregiver. he would feed her bread and soup and at times they would split a can of fruit. >> did he say where she slept when she was in the house? >> he did. he said she slept in a plastic chair in front of the television. he stated that was very comfortable. >> reporter: james kirkland is out on bond. we were here when he left the house. last year kirkland ran for the montgomery county council az a republican but the republican party dropped him after the disclosure of an e-mail he wrote containing anti-semitic statements. police say james kirkland's mother is in the hospital. they say her condition is described as serious. in bethesda, pat collins, news

4. one of the police officers charged in the death of freddie gray in baltimore filed a court motion today. he claims that gray's arrest was legal because of the type of knife he was carrying. also today we are learning about a plan by the city of baltimore to spend $50,000 to train police on how to legally stop people. according to "the baltimore sun" the training was already planned before gray died. and businesses that felt the impact of the riots last week in baltimore are getting a break. they have been given a two-week extension to file their april sales tax returns and payments. the definition of assault on a police officer could be change changechange change -- changing in d.c. a bill was introduced that would narrow the definition. somebody impeding and opposing an officer is considered

assaulting. if someone resists arrest they can only be charged with assault on an officer. the police union agrees a change is necessary but do not support everything in the bill. the councilwoman says it's only a starting point. you can expect extra traffic delays around the watergate complex as crews work on the big garage collapse there. at least one lane on virginia avenue northwest is still closed. workers are shoring up the garage so they can do a more extensive search in there. three levels of the parking garage pancaked on top of one another last friday. a cadaver dog indicated a possible hit but nobody has been reported missing. a development in the shooting in texas that his leaders here in washington concerned. we'll tell you in a first for the u.s. and a terro group, isis. it's a story you saw first on news 4. what's next for the area outside the white house after a series of high-profile security breaches. also some concerns that

hurricane season could be off to an early start. yeah i'm tracking that system off the coast and also tracking this system right here. look at the heavy rain down towards national harbor and take a look at the radar. some big-time rain coming through the d.c. metro area including the beltway. it will be in and around d.c. within the next 15 to 20

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soon we should learn more about the plans to stop people from jumping over the fence at the white house. our scott mcfarland broke this story on twitter earlier. federal officials tell him the secret service and the national park service will reveal a timeline and plan for changes on thursday. the fence is expected to feature steel spikes bolted on top until a new permanent fence can be installed. there are some new homeland security concerns that won't be fixed with a higher fence. for the first time isis is claiming responsibility for a strike on american soil. that failed attack on a controversial art show in texas. but the administration is not necessarily buying it. jay gray is in garland, texas, now with the latest on this. jay? >> reporter: hey, good evening, jim. garland police investigators along with the fbi poring over evidence from the scene right now. federal agents also coordinating efforts in phoenix to learn more

about the suspects who lived there before the attack. not that long after remnants of the failed attack were cleared away isis called the men responsible soldiers and brothers. the terror group for the first time ever claiming responsibility for action on u.s. soil praising roommates elton simpson and nadir soofi as soldiers for the caliphate during a radio broadcast and threatening larger more brazen attacks on america. >> we know there are extremists around the globe, including some who are affiliated with isil who are trying to capitalize on the opportunity that's presented by social media, to try to communicate with individuals around the world, including inside the united states. >> reporter: to this point the group has not offered any evidence of involvement, leading some to believe it could be an opportunistic claim to grab attention. while the attention of federal agents and investigators has turned to phoenix now and the apartment the men shared. >> s.w.a.t. was all over the place. they told me to expect maybe some possible booms in the apartment because they might be

detonating stuff in it. so that was pretty unnerving. >> reporter: neighbors say the agents also searched a car and apparently found books on islam inside. part of an evidence trail and investigation that now stretches between arizona and texas. again, we know of no concrete evidence at this point that this isis was directed -- this plot was directed by isis. it may have inspired the men to do it. one counterterrorism expert telling nbc news it's clear the attackers were not trained by isis. that's the latest live here in garland. i'm jay gray. jim. >> thanks jay. hurricane season doesn't begin until june 1st but there's a subtropical depression that might be forming down in the atlantic. it's a storm system that's already bringing rough surf clouds and wind to south florida. rip currents and flooding possible along the east coast through the weekend if that storm tracks inland. meanwhile, we're getting

some rain in parts of our area doug. >> yeah and that rain right now coming down fairly heavily. of course we are tracking that system off the coast. look outside our studios, the rain starting to come through northwest d.c. and it is going to be fairly heavy. a little thunder, a little lightning. nothing strong nothing severe. you can see the radar right behind us. you notice all the reds and oranges, those are the heavy showers. we'll show you exactly what's going on. there's the rain on storm team 4 radar. you can see it right along i-95 just south of baltimore through the d.c. metro area, all the way down towards fredericksburg and charlottesville. a lot of rain with this coming through right now. let's do a couple of zooms for you. you notice from gaithersburg all the way out towards laurel right along 29 over towards columbia maryland and howard county and right down towards the south, look at this shower that just popped up. a very intense shower right along 50 and 4 i95. that is exit 19-a. that takes you towards the bay bridge and ocean city. look around bethesda right on

down through fairfax, let's zoom on this on this region because that's the region about to get hammered. downtown not much going on. you've got some wind down there but look at the rain coming at you. this is all in through virginia towards alexandria right down towards mt. vernon. some very heavy rain moving off towards the east. this storm not moving very fast. so maybe back towards northeast you might be hitting some of that. down to the south, quantico woodbridge fredericksburg all seeing the rain. it is heavy rain but again notice not a lot of lightning or thunder with this. you may hear a little bit but we're not expecting much. a few showers through the rest of the evening. the first round moves out. we may see another round around 10:00, 11:00, although most of us should remain dry. the nationals are supposed to play tonight. i do think their game may be delayed but i don't think it will be postponed. tomorrow morning maybe some

areas of fog and tomorrow afternoon we see more scattered showers developing. mostly down to the south and west of the area but this is something we will continue to watch during the day tomorrow. satellite and radar showing we had clear skies earlier and then clouds moved on in. with those storms that came in through here, it is a ryanline. this is associated with a stronger system just to the north, big-time frontal boundary and a lot of rain back to the west. but then we turn our attention down to the south. this is what jim was talking about, this subtropical storm down towards florida. this will make its way up the coast and sit here a couple of days and then it could move inland. if it does it may have a little impact on our weekend. we have changed that weekend forecast just a little bit. tomorrow still warm. 77 d.c. 80 in washington 82 down towards fredericksburg and 80 back towards leesburg. we'll see a chance for maybe a thunderstorm during the afternoon, just like today. 50% chance of that happening with a temperature around 80. 79 on thursday 83 on friday.

then we get to the weekend. 82 saturday 83 on sunday. of course sunday mother's day. we are watching that coastal low. right now showers are possible both days but we think a little bit better chance on saturday. still rather warm. temperatures have been brought down as far as the forecast is concerned. we will continue to watch that system as it moves our way, but right now we're seeing a lot of rain out there across our region. i'll be back in a couple of minutes with the latest on storm team radar. we're staying on top of several developing stories this evening. a local community's big concerns about sewage tonight. where crews are trying to stop an overflow that's been happening for days. >> reporter: a fairfax county police officer rescue essays police officer rescue essays a man from a burning car. this didn't happen the way you think. what it looked and sounded like just ahead. and we'll tell you about an unusual exception for a guy accused of p

the man from ohio who is accused of plotting to attack the capitol will be allowed to see the evidence against him and he'll be allowed to look at it by himself. his name is christopher cornell. he'll get to privately review the video and the audio files in the case against him. he'll have five days to look it over on the condition that he has no access to the internet or outgoing mail during that time. cornell was arrested back in january. he pleaded not guilty to charges

of attempted murder for planning to attack the capitol with pipe bombs and shooting government officials. there was a labor rally on the steps of the wilson building today. the d.c. council passed a resolution standing with the united farm workers. union members have been in a dispute with geruwan farming for years. the council is calling on the company to come into compliance with california and u.s. laws. calm turned to panic late last month on the beltway near i-66. a multi-vehicle accident one car on fire but fortunately all the drivers were okay. then something unbelievable happened. one of the drivers jumped into his burning vehicle, forcing the first fairfax county officer on the scene to make a life-or-death decision. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, reports. >> reporter: this is all that's left of the car that was at the center of a dramatic rescue on the beltway. it was friday april 24th.

>> there's a vehicle on fire. >> reporter: here's what officer ramirez could see as he pulled up the camry in frames after striking two other vehicles and the jersey wall. good news at first, everybody was out of the cars and okay. but suddenly what you'd never expect. the camry's driver jumped back into the fiery car and locked the doors. >> that's when i made the decision to break out the driver's side window. and upon doing that the flames started coming out of the driver's citedside window so i wasn't able to make my approach that way. >> reporter: ramirez didn't give up. you see, he was a long island firefighter before he became a fairfax county police officer. he broke out another window still no luck. but then the man climbed out the broken window and just as quickly tried to get back in. ramirez grabbed him. >> you could tell he was still on fire. as i pulled him, that's when i burned my hand. but i was kind of determined not

to let him go back in that vehicle. >> reporter: two other officers and a firefighter arrived to help and finally they subdued the man. he and ramirez were taken to the hospital to be treated for burns, but the officer's hand healed quickly. only a few tiny blisters visible today. >> i would do the same thing all over again. >> reporter: a life saved, even as police across the nation are taking a lot of heat. ramirez says he won't let it distract him. >> public service, you never know what it is that you're going to get. it's one of those things that when you put the uniform on and you go to work you don't know you're going to have you just know that you have to be ready for it. >> reporter: in fairfax county julie carey, news 4. next jesse matthew charged with capital murder. what we're learning right now from inside the courtroom. thousands of gallons of sewage leaking into a neighborhood for days. what it will take to clean up the mess. plus new at 6:00 planes flying so low you can see the passengers inside. why noisy

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well at 6:30 new details on a bizarre case. the case of a former fbi special agent accused of trying to crash the gate at the cia. >> she's also accused of making violent threats against the security officers when she got there. she was supposed to appear in court today, but that didn't go according to plan. scott mcfarland broke this story on the nbc washington app last night and was there for today's hearings. >> reporter: in just the past

hour prosecutors filed this paperwork specifying the charges against this former fbi special agent. in this very bizarre case, the charge is a misdemeanor. the court documents charge her with forcibly assaulting resisting, opposing impeding and intimidating cia security protective officers at the agency's mclean headquarters. at a court hearing late today davis did not answer the many questions about her case. she didn't show up at all. the judge said davis was not kwaup rating cooperating, that there was significant difficulty getting her out of u.s. marshals' custody and into her chair in the courtroom and that significant force might have been needed. the judge said the charges are serious and ordered an evaluation. tunisia davis was an fbi special agent from 2004 to 2010 according to a cia investigator. in an incident first revealed by news 4 last night, that cia investigator said davis drove

last thursday to the entrance of the nsa in maryland. was turned away and then tried to enter the front gate of the cia in virginia. court records say an officer had to physically stand in front of her car before she stopped. they say she reached towards an officer's gun belt and later threatened to shoot police. her facebook page includes many videos she recorded of herself. in some she is deeply critical of the federal government and at times vulgar. that facebook page was taken down after news 4 broke the story last night. at her apartment complex, friends say davis was a kind woman but often protested police conduct and the federal government. her landlord tells news 4 he was surprised in mid-april when davis notified him she was ending her lease april 30th. april 30th is the same day davis allegedly tried to enter the cia gate. and the judge has ordered tunisia davis undergo a mental health evaluation likely in the next day or two. at federal court in alexandria, scott mcfarland news 4.

new reaction tonight to a big sewage spill in our area. a sewer main is leaking thousands of gallons of waist water along huron drive in oxon hill. tracee wilkins just talked to the person who discovered this problem. >> reporter: i know that people here are really happy that this rain is washing away some of that smell, hopefully. it was the smell that helped this neighbor discover the problem. >> you could smell it. >> reporter: doug waller says he was cutting grass on wednesday when -- >> it smelled like sewage. >> reporter: that's when you noticed something bubbling from underground. >> it's been going on i don't know how long. but that's what i first noticed it friday. >> reporter: wssc spokesman says the crack in the 14-inch sewer line has spilled 10,000 gallons of sewage. workers are laying 7,000 feet of temporary pipe. that work could take days. and then the work to repair the actual line could take several

weeks. >> it probably is a lot of damage but i don't know how long it's been leaking. >> reporter: the leak is located behind homes on huron drive off of a field near forest heights elementary. some of the sewage has gone into oxon run creek where we watched children playing today. there are about 20 signs posted at the site of the leak and a lot of caution tape urging folks to stay away. >> something that we've got to deal with. >> reporter: wssc spokesmen are saying this will not impact drinking water. they are concerned about this getting into the creek and are monitoring that very closely. jim, back to you in the studio. a woman from northern virginia could face life in prison for running down her ex-husband's fiancee with a car. the woman's name is margaret henry. she pleaded guilty to all three of the charges against her. back in january, she drove past her ex-husband's home saw him

in the yard with his fiancee. she went back and drove her car across the lawn and hit the fiancee, pinned her against a parked trailer. the woman's injuries were so severe that her lower leg was amputated. henry is going to be sentenced in july. a big night in alexandria as long-time mayor bill eulle faces a challenge within his own party. he has been mayor since 2003. he's a democrat and for the first time he's facing a primary fight. former mayor, kerry donnelly and the council vice mayor, allison silverberg are hoping to unseat him. the primary will be held on june 9th. hundreds of law enforcement officers gathered in downtown washington today for the annual blue mass. a service at st. patrick cathedral honors local, state and federal officers who died in

the line of duty over the past year. archbishop donald wuerl led the solemn service. he noted the sacrifice of the fallen officers and the families living with the loss. cardinal wuerl said faith can help bring peace to struggling communities. >> a community where peace is the right and the legacy of everyone. that peace is here. here in the heart of each person. >> ten officers from the mid-atlantic region died in the line of duty over the past year. coming up tonight, a charity that's helped countless local people over the years is going to be moving. we'll tell you why the change could actually do more for the people they help. and i'm still tracking those showers right now and a few thunderstorms on storm team 4 radar. mostly right along i-95 but also back towards i-81 back towards the shenandoah valley a

pretty good storm back here too. one of those areas, prince george's county really getting hit hard right along i-95 over towards bowie. very heavy rain around the kettering area and farther down to the south, d.c. down i-95 in through fredericksburg, quantico over towards la plata, right along 301, all of us seeing heavy rain. we'll continue to see this through the next one to two hours. i'll talk more about this and track it on storm team 4 radar and tell you what to e

his nickname is fighting joe and today president obama nominated him to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. marine general joseph doneford jr. is expected to be easily confirmed in congress. he earned the fighting nick and a quarter during the war in iraq in 2003.

the president also named general paul silva to serve as vice chairman. he was is a top officer in the air force. tougher new restrictions are now being considered in california where voluntary efforts to save water have fallen short. state regulators say water usage fell only 4% when compared to the same time two years ago. they also say local officials were not at all aggressive in cracking down on waste. the state water board is now considering regulations that would make cuts of more than a third and those cuts would be mandatory. some local water department officials say that proposal is unrealistic and unfair. one of the largest charities in the city is moving. according to "the washington post" martha's table is getting ready to break ground on a $20 million headquarters in anacostia. they currently operate out of a

building on 14th street northwest. that location will continue to operate a food program and the early childhood center. the new location in southeast will be much closer to many of those that had charity serves. ♪ the actress best known for his memorable version of rapper's delight in the movie "the wedding singer" has died. she was 101 years old. she continued acting well into her 90s. dow taught drama and dance for 30 years, and she didn't begin acting herself until she retired from teaching. are the planes from reagan national airport getting too close to our communities when they fly in? we'll hear from the airport's authority and the communities who say enough is enough. i'm adam tuss. the story coming up. we're also keeping a close eye on the weather. some of us are going to get wet.

and what about the rest of the evening?

was with michael brown when he was shot and killed in ferguson missouri is filing a lawsuit. suing the city of ferguson officer darren wilson and the city's former police chief. johnson's lawsuit said wilson initiated the confrontation that ended in brown's death last august. it says wilson used excessive force and acted with deliberate indifference or reckless disregard for his rights. wilson was not charged with any crime in the case and he has

since left the police force. more and more people are complaining about low-flying planes. they are the people who live near national airport. in about 45 minutes, the faa will get together with leaders from the airport. the whole meeting being called together by d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton. coming up at 6:00 -- or new at 6:00 tonight, transportation reporter adam tuss went out to listen to the complaints. >> reporter: peace and quiet and then a plane. peace and quiet, and then a plane. peace and quiet, then a plane. >> the noise goes directly over the house. you can feel it vibrate, you can hear it shake. >> reporter: the palisades in upper northwest are generally a quiet place. andrea ramirez and a bunch of her neighbors would like to keep it that way. >> a lot of the airplanes

landing at reagan instead of saying over the river are now coming directly over our river and over our homes at altitudes as low as 600 to 800 feet. >> reporter: some are saying the planes are so close that they can look out their window look up at the plane and actually see silhouettes of the passengers on board. the intense noise doesn't happen all the time but residents say it's a big issue when weather is cloudy or rough because the flight path changes. >> at reagan as in most airports there's different flight patterns that are used depending upon what the particular weather of the day may be. >> reporter: margaret mckeo is the chief operating officer for the airport's authority. she said the airport is busier than it ever has been before and she's trying to work with the community to help. >> so there could be changes that are coming? >> we think -- we're committed to draesaddressing the concerns of the community. >> let us let them know. maybe they don't know that there are five schools on this block, that there's a park right there, that they have designed all

these planes to go over a heavily densely populated area. >> reporter: for right now at least, all sides trying to hear one another. in northwest, adam tuss, news 4. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. news video just in. would you take a look at this. police in the town of chelsea, massachusetts, just released this video of a tree falling on two children. you can see there it goes there. the base completely uprooted. a number of witnesses there reporting hearing a cracking sound just before the accident last night. two boys ages 2 and 8, were injured in this. the 2-year-old as taken to the hospital with what's reported to be a fractured skull. the 8-year-old needed a few stitches. we're told that police want to thank all of the adults that were in the park at the time that this happened to help the other children get to safety. the park is closed until officials can inspect the other

trees in that area. at the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. ching those showers moving across our area. a lot of you will need the umbrella tonight. doug is tracking it from the weather center. >> yeah we've seen these in and out of northern virginia over the last couple of hours now moving in towards southern maryland just crossing through the district and i-95. we'll show you what's happening down towards nats park. they have delayed the game. i put this out a little earlier thinking we might see a delay here but i still think they'll get the game in. most of the rain now gone out here towards nats park. as we look toward the other vantage point from national harbor looking up towards the north, you can see some clearing and that is good news for you nats fans. i think we will get the game in. you can see the rain coming to an end back towards northern virginia, moving in towards portions of the maryland right now. prince george's county getting hit hard charles county getting hit hard. it's really right over 301. more showers and a few thunderstorms back along i-81 from just south of martinsburg down towards parts of shenandoah

county. here's the heaviest rain from i-95 right down towards 50 in bowie. let's go ahead and zoom in around the bowie/crofton area. somebody called and said should i bring boxes in? yeah i hope you did because you're talking about heavy rain right on top of you. here's 301. this will come right over towards crofton in the next 10 to 15 minutes. farther south, you see around the mt. vernon area clinton, down towards waldorf seeing some of that rain around quantico. thets let's zoom into this heavy shower towards la plata. right on down 301 as it crosses bridge down towards king george county seeing that rain too. this is round one. we have another little area trying to make its way through, so we could still see a couple of showers tonight. i mentioned earlier this afternoon, make sure you keep that umbrella handy this evening. i think you may need it tomorrow too. so that evening planner tonight, 70 degrees with showers. temperatures may actually go back up around 7:00 as the rain

moves out and temperatures dropping right back down to that 70-degree mark as the rain ends by 10:00 or 11:00. 70 in gaithersburg 69 reston 72 down towards camp springs off of our highs earlier today in the low 80s. i think we'll get right back there tomorrow. temperature 77 to about 83 degrees. sun and clouds warm with an afternoon thunderstorm possible. once again, a day very similar to what we've seen across our region today. then the next couple of days temperatures still on the warm side. 79 on thursday 83 on friday 82 on saturday and right now we have 83 on sunday. we're not expecting much shower activity right now, but we are watching that coastal storm. could become a subtropical storm over the next couple of days. that is one we will be watching. if you have weekend plans, be sure to keep it right here and we'll continue to keep you posted. >> thanks doug. we have sports coming up. wizards back at it tonight. beal and wall all banged up but don't you know they're going to be on the court. first, lester holt with what's ahead on "nbc nightly news."

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so doreen just said -- come on. >> diana, tell us what we're going to do. doreen says which playoff team are we going to start with tonight? now, when have we been able to say that up in here. >> we need a wheel to spin it. >> it's funny because tom sherwood stopped by my desk before he left for the day and he said so who's tonight, who's tomorrow? it's the best problem. so game two between the wizards and hawks, that's what we're talking about here. wiz lead series 1-0. john wall and bradley beal are banged up but they are going to play tonight. wall still has some swelling in his left wrist after spraining it in game one on sunday but it's feeling a lot better according to him. yesterday he couldn't even open and close his hand but he said

today he's able to do that so that's good. as for beal there he is arriving to philips arena a little over an hour ago. he suffered a sprained ankle in game one. that was one of those that you just said oh. he said he's done this like 30 times but he's feeling better and he's going to play tonight. >> i feel like i have no free time anymore. i feel like all my time is dedicated to getting me right. but i mean at the end of the day, that's what we're all here for. you know when you think about the big picture and what you want and how valuable you are to a team you have to take care of your body so that's all i'm doing. >> whatever i've got to do to help the team win, i've got to do it. when i had ankle injuries i couldn't push off certain things but whenever you suit up you've got to put everything aside and do what you can do. >> he's leading not only vocally but by example. he's showing his mental toughness. the guy looks like he has a broken hand but he's still finishing the game. he'll be out there tonight. so i think a lot of the other players see that and think if he can do it we can do it also. >> inspiring his teammates.

you do what you got to do john wall. the other playoff team in town the caps. we know the new york rangers are the best team in the league on the road. head coach barry trots said he wanted to thank the crowd for that electric atmosphere last night at the verizon center. he told me after the game those final six minutes we need every ounce of energy and the crowd is giving it to us every game. caps taking advantage of home ice, even with the crowd behind them. goals hard to come by. turns out to be one of the biggest goals of his career. then olpe puts it in cruise control denying the rangers at every turn. 30 saves on the night in his second career playoff shutout. despite the big win, these caps already focused on game four. >> you can enjoy it right after the game but i -- you know i like to forget about it good or bad, and stay even and come to

work today looking forward to game four and game three is behind us. >> where we're going in to win tomorrow's game it's the biggest game of the year. you know as i said we've just got to get back to our game a little bit and play a little better. everyone in here has got a little better. if we do that i think we'll be hard to beat in this series. >> the nationals, they want a piece of this d.c. winning. they're going for their fourth straight win tonight. they host the marlins. steven strasburg on the mound. right now the start of the game is delayed due to rain. this is the team i've waited for. that's what you know escobar said after the nats comeback win against miami. on this cinco de mayo we find it fitting that escobar, who is number 5 went 5 for 5 in the game. the nats have moved up to second place in the nl east. a win tonight and they are back to .500 on the season. before the game tonight, though many of the nats taking part in a photo shoot for the team's pet calendar. ryan zimmerman with dogs line us

and miley. bryce harper and his dog striking a pose. bryce is good at posing. here's max scherzer with his pups. >> look at the size of that one. he's almost bigger than him. drew storen and his dog. fans who purchase a special pet day ticket will receive a nationals player/pet calendar. max scherzer's dogs will not make the calendar because they did their business in the outfield. their owner does the business on the field and the dog does the business too. sorry. >> i'm sure he's got bags in his back pocket for an occasion like that. thanks diana. before we go a lot of you reacted to a story you saw last night about the danger outside a local hospital. today d.c. mayor bowser said she will look into that stretch of road. the mayor told pat collins she would evaluate the situation along southern avenue in southeast and see what can be

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