right now, promises from the justice department to create a stronger better baltimore starting with an investigation into the baltimore police department. i'm barbara harrison with new information just released by the attorney general. i'm erika gonzalez. today is v-e day, the day world war ii ended in europe. many are waiting for at the world war ii memorial -- vintage planes to fly over the national mall. we'll let you know at what point you can see them today. high temperatures continue to be in the 80s but over mother's day weekend there is the chance you're dealing with a showers or thundershower. i'll have the latest timing coming up in my forecast. and a warning from police.

dangerous synthetic marijuana packaged using the image of scooby do. where they found it. news 4 midday begins right now. we begin with the developing story out of baltimore. the justice department is launching an investigation into the baltimore police department. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch just made the announcement. the agency will look for a pattern of civil rights violations committed by the department. >> this investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that baltimore police department officers used excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches seizures and arrests and engage in discriminatory policing. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake asked the federal government to step in after the death of freddie gray. prosecutors say is police officers illegally arrested the 25-year-old last month. gray died after being injured in police custody. six police officers are now charged in gray's death. the officers who arrested gray

say that they what they did was legal under baltimore law. >> right now the district is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. you're looking at a live ceremony at the world war ii memorial. a record number of veterans and their families are expected to be there. national security advisor susan rice just spoke and in about 15 minutes former secretary of state madeleine albright, who was born in europe is expected to address the crowd. and then at 11:30, there will be a special wreath presentation at the freedom wall and after that ceremony we are in for quite a show. we're all waiting for this. people are lined up already. world war ii aircraft will be flying above the national mall. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live from the mall with more on that. boy is that going to be a show. >> it really is. it's going to be a sight to see and a good place to see it would be here at the world war ii memorial. you can see the crowd that's assembled here for the ceremony under way right now. most of them will be sticking

around though, to see the flyover and dozens of world war ii era aircraft are going to be a part of that show including the last b-29 still flying. now, i spoke to bob veaushea he's a pilot and he's thrilled to see it one more time. >> the attack on pearl harbor. bob veaushea had six months to a year left in flight training for the b-17. >> the day after pearl harbor i was a full-fledged combat pilot first pilot and i started flying first pilot from then on. i flew planes i'd never seen before before. >> reporter: one such aircraft, the b-29ment superfortress. voucher was the first one to fly it. his initial training was on a, be 26. >> they sent me to hayes, kansas and i went to hayes, who

only had an hour and forty-five minutes. so we picked up the first airplane and i got to be first pilot even though he was a captain because i had 30 minutes more flying time than he did. i had two hours and fifteen minutes. >> reporter: visiting from new jersey voucher iscecisee fifi the last b-29 left. >> many my wildest dreams i never thought i would be doing this when i was 96 years old. it's really quite a thrill. >> reporter: and the flyover gets under way at 12:10 and we're expecting a crowd to line up along the mall. the route is going to be passing the world war ii memorial going along the mall so any open area would be a good place to check it out. if you can't watch the flyover yourself we're going to be streaming it on our nbc washington app. back to you in the studio. >> thanks megan. meanwhile, the million-moms march is this weekend. the march is designed to support mothers across the country who

have lost children at the hands of police officers. this morning, the group will lobby on capitol hill and this afternoon they will host an afternoon social at lincoln memorial park. tomorrow's march starts at 10:00. right now temperatures are in the 70s across the area. 77 degrees in washington, with beautiful outside, some hazy sunshine low humidity. here's the high temperature in your neighborhood today. d.c. warms to a high of 84. 83 in gaithersburg cooler by the water, 74 for a high temperature in annapolis. so the weather having a low impact on your day. need the sunglasses for travel exercising just make sure you're drinking water heading out and about. simply gorgeous. coming up in a little bit, i'll have your evening planner for tonight, barbara. >> thanks amelia. unemployment has dropped to a seven-year low. u.s. employers added 223,000 jobs last month. unemployment is at 5.4%, that's the lowest level it has been

since may of 2008. growth is stagnant in some areas so while construction job rates are steady oil and gas drillers are facing more layoffs. erika? >> the capitals' quest for the stanley cup continues tonight in new york city. the caps lead the rangers 3-1 heading into game five. now, if the caps win, they move on to the conference finals. if they lose they go back to the verizon center for game six sunday. the puck drops at madison square garden at 7:00. the wizards fans are crossing their fingers they see john walsh suit up for the game tomorrow but that's not looking good. the team says it is still evaluating whether wall can play after learning he has five fractured bones in his hands. in five years since wall has joined the team they are just 10-40 when he does not play. game three against the atlanta hawks is tomorrow 5:00, the series is tied at the one game apiece. caught on camera a bus

driver falls out of her seat. we'll show you what happens next. plus, the trailer for a new

sunday is mother's day and if you haven't bought a gift yet, yahoo! has you covered. they've released a list of top-ten gifts and the best part is they are all under $10. all kinds of things wind chimes a little of everything. there's great ideas from journals to flip-flops and even an app. great idea. >> few know what it means to be reborn. >> what? >> reporter: that trailer is causing a buzz on because feed this morning. welcome to the world of the watchowski siblings. it's about eight people in the

world connected to each other. many of you are taking to twitter, some of you are intrigued and others confused apparently. the show is released on june 5. and lindsay lohan is admitting she skimped on her community service hours. "people" magazine is reporting the actress's lawyer is headed back to court yesterday in l.a. where they told a judge their client has only recorded 10 of the remaining 120 inging 125 hours of community service. the judge says if the hours are not complete bid may 28 there will be

high winds may be to blame for this train derailment near dallas. four locomotives and 17 cars went off the tracks this morning. at the same time a lightning strike sparked this large fire at a gas well. at least three confirmed tornados touched down in the northern part of the state yesterday. more severe weather is on

tap for texas, kansas and oklahoma. forecasters say conditions today and tomorrow appear to be ripe for storms and could produce even more powerful tornados. take a look at this new video of a tornado in norman oklahoma on wednesday. the storm brought high winds and baseball-sized hail. one woman drowned after becoming trapped in her underground storm cellar. at least a dozen others were hurt. one of those victims spent hours trapped under the rubble of what was once her house. a technician was monitoring open gas meters at this mobile home park wednesday as a precaution. >> when i got to about here was where i could actually faintly hear her asking for help. there's rain and wind and other noises so once i got the cops we all got out here we knew obviously somebody was in there. >> a handful of police officers and neighbors came over to pull the woman out. she was in a lot of pain she was bleeding but we're told she's going to be okay. temperatures right now are in the 70s. 77 degrees is the temperature in washington and no storms or rain

in the forecast for today. we're looking at highs in the low to mid-80s. 3:00 p.m. a temperature of 83. 4:00 we'll hit our highs of 83 84. still balmy at 7:00 p.m. with a temperature around 08 so dining out will be in the 80s, later temperatures will be in the 70s so you can leave the light jacket at home beautiful and mild conditions. now, there are a few rain chances in the forecast for our upcoming weekend and maybe a thundershower. next time you see me, barbara, i'll have more information on that when you might be dealing with a little rain for this weekend. >> all right, amelia. take a look at this security video from inside a bus in philadelphia. the driver was attempting to make a u-turn when she slipped out of her seat and lost control of the bus. it careened out of control, jumped a concrete barrier and landed on train tracks. investigators say the driver was not wearing her seat belt which may have caused her to slip out of the seat. she could face disciplinary action and lose her job for not

wearing that seat belt. four local people rushed to the hospital because of synthetic marijuana. more from the live desk right after the break. stay with us.

i'm wendy reeger at the live desk. we have just learned about a big synthetic marijuana bust in anne arundel county. police received 26 bottles of liquid spice and seven packages

of scooby snax. they got a tip about this illegal spice sale after four people overdosed in the woods yesterday. all four of those victims are in the hospital and one of them is in critical condition. erika? >> wendy thank you. today british prime minister david cameron is in a stronger position than ever before. the conservative party he leads stunned pollsters by surging ahead in a hard-fought preliminary election. markets are already responding the pound is up 2% but long-term the win sets up a referendum over whether britain should leave the european union. u.s. investors will watch that very closely. cameron met with queen elizabeth then announced his new government. he will remain prime minister. his opponents nick clegg and ed miliband both stepped down from their leadership roles today. cameron cameron, however, stressed unity. >> as i said in the small hours of this morning, we will govern as a party of one nation one

united kingdom. >> moments ago british party leaders set differe gathered in central london. they stood side by side to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in europe day. per following a developing story. a helicopter of foreign dignitaries has crashed in pakistan killing four people including the ambassadors to pakistan from the philippines and from norway. pakistan's air force has a technical glitch caused this crash. >> right now president obama is speaking at nike's world headquarters in portland oregon. later today the president will hit a milestone when he stops in south dakota. that visit secures his membership in the 50-state club. only three other presidents have visited all the states while in office -- richard nixon, george h.w. bush and bill clinton did it too. well police are retracing the last-known steps of that missing howard university student. lance buckley's cell phone pinged near block house point conservation park in montgomery

county on wednesday but they didn't find any trace of him there. family members say they dropped buckley off at a commuter lot in stafford on tuesday morning. buckley sent his wife a text message just a few hours later. he was near howard university at the time that he sent that message. his family has not heard from him since. a discrimination policy is dividing parents and teachers in our region's largest school district, the fairfax county. the school board voted to change its non-discrimination policy to include transgender students teachers and staff. the crowd at last night's meeting largely opposed to this. so many people packed the auditorium school officials had to lock the doors and put officers at the entrance. supporters say it is a powerful statement from the district. others voiced concerns that a policy change could lead to mixed-sex bathrooms. >> i urge you to protect our transgender and gender non-conforming students. >> how are teachers prepared to

handle the situation when a child comes monday who happens to be johnny on friday and monday he comes as -- dressed as jane? >> the school district will hire a consultant to help plan policies including bathroom use and locker rooms. let's go to amelia now. erika, your forecast for tomorrow very similar as far as the temperatures are concerned. a high of 83. but the humidity starts to build. a little bit humid for tomorrow and an isolated shower is possible. mainly during the morning hours but most if not all of not only your saturday but the entire weekend is looking mainly dry. more clouds in the morning on saturday more sun in the afternoon. for sunday it's muggy, high temperatures in the mid-80s. there's the chance of a shower or maybe a thundershower on sunday the best chance of that would be during the afternoon hours. but overall, like i said mother's day weekend is looking mainly dry. coming up i'm walk you through future weather saturday as well as sunday barbara.

>> all right, amelia. brady speaks out for the first time about the deflategate scandal. a report by the nfl says the patriots quarter back was probably aware that a staffer was deflating footballs but brady says he can't react to the allegations yet. >> it's only been 30 hours so i haven't had much time to digest it fully but when i do i'll be sure to let you know how i feel about it. [ cheers and applause ] and everybody else. >> are you that slow a reader? >>. [ laughter ] >> investigators think a patriots employee improperly deflated footballs before the afc championship game against the colts. the report says some of brady's claims were not plausible or contradicted by other evidence. the nfl is looking into possible penalties. a baseball milestone that's getting mixed reaction this morning because of who achieved

>> high fly ball deep left center, there it goes see you. home run number 661 for alex rodriguez. >> just one swing of the bat, alex rodriguez passed willie mays on baseball's all time home run list. rodriguez is now fourth on that list. rodriguez reluctantly took a curtain call after being urged by the fans and manager joe girardi. his career and his numbers have been put into question because of steroid use. after the game he said he was humbled by the fan reaction and added that nobody owes him anything. >> everybody's favorite great white shark is moving her way up the coast at this very moment. the nonprofit o-search streeted this morning that mary lee is making her way up the jersey shore. the 16 foot 3400 pound shark was tracked about 20 miles off virginia's assateague island

earlier this week. mary lee has been lighting up social media this week. she even has her own twitter account, of course. yesterday she celebrated is 12,000 followers. today that number has already jumped to almost 14,000. she'll even tell a few jokes like this one about finding a suitable mate this mother's day weekend. after the break, men versus women and who life's super scary sounds. and sneaking in without moving the bed.

life's super scary sounds. and sneaking in without moving the bed. we have breaking news in georgia where a small plane has crashed on to a busy highway, killing all four people who were on board. this is on i-285 outside of atlanta. that plane crashed shortly after takeoff and that highway is shut down in both directions. there are massive delays. no word on what caused this crash. barbara? >> all right, wendy. a colorado barbecue restaurant is coming under fire for its plans to hold a white appreciation day. on june 11 ruben butts barbecue

will offer only its white patrons 10% off their orders. the owner says since other races have whole months it's only fair to give white customers one day. >> so we figured all we could do the least we can do is offer one day to appreciate white americans. >> civil rights leaders in the area call the discount absurd. one state agency says if someone believes the discount is discriminatory they can file a complaint with the state's civil rights division. there is new speculation about former maryland governor martin o'malley taking a run at the presidency. o'malley has hired a former obama campaign aide as his new political director. karen jeanpierre served as obama's battleground states director in 2012. in 2008 she was the obama campaign's southern regional political director. o'malley says he'll announce his 2016 plans as early as this

month. and for tomorrow 6:00 a.m. starting off with plenty of clouds and maybe an isolated shower during the morning hours. still tracking some clouds around for the midday hours but we'll see sunshine breaking out and partly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon on into the early evening hours. only a 20% chance or less that you're dealing with a shower tomorrow so most if not all of your saturday is dry. but it's humid and warm. a high tomorrow after 83. 85 for a high on sunday and it's down right muggy. more cloudiness around throughout the day sunday and a bit of a better chance dealing with a shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon and evening hours. notice at 6:00 p.m. that activity west and south of washington barbara. >> thank you. the cleveland cavaliers are apologizing for a controversial video they showed during a playoff game with the chicago bulls. ♪ how i had the time of my life ♪

>> the video was meant to be a humorous spoof on a popular commercial that uses the "dirty dancing" theme. it ended with the man throwing the woman on the floor when he realizes she's a bulls fan. some people said it was insensitive and made light of domestic violence. the cleveland cavaliers released this statement saying "while the video was not intended to be offensive, it was a mistake to include content that made light of domestic violence." it goes on to say "domestic violence is a serious matter and has no place in a parody video that plays in an entertainment venue." women still do more than men when it comes to house work but the scales are evening out according to researchers at the university of maryland. researchers looked at data from 1965 to 2012. the time went spent doing chores dropped from four hours a day to less than two and a half. over the same period of time chores tripled for men. overall, though women still did almost twice as much house work as men in 2012. in other words the average man would need to step it up 70% to

be as productive on chores as the average woman. how do you like that? >> well they are getting better about it i guess. >> i'll take that nugget home tonight to my husband. 70%, my friend. let's up the game. >> let's see what he does. after the break, our live coverage of today's v-e day events continues from the national mall where we are getting closer to seeing dozens of vintage military aircraft from world war ii fly over the nation with nation's capita

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i'm wendy rieger back at the live desk. right now d.c. commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe v-e day. you're looking at a live ceremony at the world war ii memorial where dozens of veterans and dignitaries are laying wreaths at the freedom wall. and then after the ceremony people have been lining up there all morning. dozens of world war ii aircraft are going to fly down the potomac and above the mall. it's going to be quite a sight. if you can't leave your desk to make it downtown you can watch it live on the nbc washington app. download it right now if you don't have it. barb? >> all right, wendy. a developing story out of baltimore. attorney general loretta lynch announced the justice department is launching an investigation into the baltimore police

department. in a press conference an hour ago lynch said it's clear the relationship between the police and the community is broken. >> the issues facing baltimore certainly do -- some people express them in racial tones, but people to me were expressing them more in tones of community leaders feeling frustrated feeling pain. police department leaders feeling also frustrated at not being able to protect their city. >> if the justice department finds a pattern of federal civil rights violations the courts will get involved to overhaul the department. this all comes after the death of freddie gray. prosecutors say police officers illegally arrested gray last month. he died after being hurt in police custody. six police officers are charged in gray's death. look at this video. it shows a dover, delaware police officer kicking a black suspect in the face. a judge ruled the video was no longer confidential after corporal thomas webster was charged with assault last week. this incident happened two years

ago during an arrest but a grand jury failed to indict webster at the time. the kick broke latif johnson's jaw. the aclu filed a lawsuit on johnson's behalf. today maryland governor larry hogan went on a tour of the future purple line. kind of. take a look at this. purple lined a vats took a cardboard cutout of the governor on a listening tour of the planned light rail system. they explained the benefits of the line to the cardboard hogan. advocates want the governor to publicly endorse the purple line sooner rather than later. let's get a look at your forecast with amelia. >> temperatures right now, 75 in manassas and baltimore, 79 in frederick, plenty of sunshine low humidity. however, the humidity is going to build in over the weekend. tomorrow a little humid and high of 83. more clouds in the morning, more sun in the afternoon, can't rule out an isolated shower on sunday. overall just more clouds in general. it's muggy.

looking at our high temperature, 85 for mother's day. there's the chance of a shower or thundershower mainly later in the day on monday scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible. a high of 84 and the chance of thunderstorms and showers on tuesday otherwise muggy and the high near 90. >> thanks amelia. you might want to leave early for your memorial day road trip this year. aaa predicts 37.2 million americans will journey 50 miles or more. you'll get a little break when you fill up at the gas tank. gas prices are the lowest they've been in five years. airfares are cheaper, too, but save those extra dollars for hotels. lodging costs are up. emma and noah are the most popular baby names of 2014. that's according to a list from the social security administration. among girls, emma was followed by olivia sophia isabella and ava. for boys noah was followed by liam mason, jacob, and william.

the list also tracks the fastest-rising names each year. bode jumped 645 spots last year. perhaps there's a large fan base for the olympic skier bode miller. for girls the run away winner is aranza. that jumped a whopping 3600 spots. aranza is a popular mexican singer. the pope's gift to a grieving family from our area. we're back

here's stories lighting up social media. starbucks is in hot water. a police officer in north carolina is suing the coffee house because the coffee was just too hot. he says he suffered severe burns from the free cup of coffee. he's hoping to get more than $50,000 from the giant coffee house. will farrell the actor now baseball legend apparently is getting his own card. it only took two months after his marathon spring training sessions. he's joining the real baseball

greats now, trading card giant tops announced on twitter on wednesday that will ferrell is going to be getting that card. they're releasing a series of cards commemorating ferrell's exploits. and the new generation of the gris wolds have arrives. chris hemsworth seems to be lighting up twitter. i'll leave his cameo for you to enjoy at home. i'll tell you he's got a real nice six pack. we're back in 60

pope francis is sending a maryland mother prayers this weekend after her children were killed in a mansion fire. you may remember the fire at an an lapnapolis home in january, six family members died. pope francis has bless add photo of eight-year-old lexi boon and her seven-year-old sister katie. a photo along with a figurine of jesus with two children will be delivered to the girls' mother for mother's day. the pope decided to bless the

items after reading a letter from a maryland reverend. the girl' grandparents and two cousins were also killed in the fire. we drive a lot in the this area which has many of us looking at cars that will last. "consumer reports" is out with a list of cars that can handle as many as 200,000 miles. and the list is only made up of different models of toyotas and hondas. "consumer reports" says choices are based on results of its annual research survey. there are no luxury modelsen this list. i have to say i have a toyota and it's already surpassed 200,000 miles. high temperatures today in the low to mid-80s. 844 84 for a high temperature in washington. humidity is low but you'll feel mugginess tomorrow. tomorrow morning we have the race for the cure. festivities kick off around 7:00 a.m. can't rule out an isolated shower mainly tomorrow morning, but i can't stress enough that most not only of tomorrow but the weekend is looking dry. 67 degrees at 7:00 a.m. already

at 70 by 9:00 a.m. so one of those days where you warm up very quickly. around the midday hours we're in the mid-70s. a high tomorrow of 83 barbara. >> thank you. in news for your health today, a lot of expecting moms could be silencing their cell phones after hearing this story. a small preliminary study may show rings and vibrations startle babies in the womb, that according to whattoexpect.com. researchers monitored babies in the womb while a cell phone was ringing. the babies appeared to react, their heads turned to the sound and they blunged more. researchers say these noises might disrupt the babies' sleep/wake cycles. a new study out this morning when births occur in the u.s. it finds babies are more likely to be born at certain hours of the day than others. for example, births outside hospitals are most likely to happen in the early morning hours between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. erika edwards explains these findings for us. >> give your little brother a kiss.

>> reporter: new mom catherine jones prepared everything she could before little henry's birth. >> i'm definitely a planner. >> reporter: the only remaining question was when he'd actually arrive which ended up bag few days early. >> due date was mother's day, may 10. >> reporter: often it's the baby babies who determine the exact time of date and birth. >> we almost laugh when we try to plan our day. >> reporter: even so dr. astrid says there's peaks and valleys, especially when they need to schedule higher-risk deliveries. >> those are ideally, barring emergencies, going to be done first thing in the morning when staffing is greatest those start times for c-sections tend to be 7:30 8:00. >> that may help explain a new study of births in the u.s. the highest percentage of births occur on weekdays around 8:00 a.m. with another small surge around noon. the data are from 2013. since then, there's been a

national push to reduce the number of c-sections and unnecessary labor interventions. >> my guess is there's probably been a change in the last couple years where the days of the week are probably more evenly distributed. >> reporter: the study found when women were able to go into labor naturally there was no pattern at all to birth dates and times. moms like catherine jones know any time a baby is born held sthi the right time. erika edwards, nbc news. and we have crews and cameras around the city working to catch first sight of those world war ii planes flying over the national mall. we'll have more on that after the break.

in less than a half hour the skies over the national mall will be full of dozens of world war ii aircraft. it's all attribute to veterans who gave their lives as we mark the 70th anniversary of v-e day. news 4's megan mcgrath is live on the national mall where a lot of folks are already gathering, including several children that are desperate and eager to be on television megan. >> absolutely. that's right. it's a beautiful day for it and the students that you see behind me here they're learning about world war ii so they'll see these vintage planes fly firsthand, get a little real-life lesson here. it all gets under way at 12:10 and the flyover is actually going to go by the world war ii bhem memorial then down along the

mall on the independence avenue side. it will be a sight to see for sure. we're expecting lots of people to be lining up on the mall and elsewhere in clear spots around town. we're also expecting to maybe see some traffic start to slow down as the planes are going overhead. i'm joined by jesse burgess, you are with the kids here.ou want to come out today? >> because i don't think children know enough history and i want them to learn what world war ii is and to visit the memorial and just to see these great planes that will fly over. >> this is a chance to show them firsthand these are the real planes. >> and that's what i like because as i've said, a lot of them don't know what this means so now it's my opportunity as a teacher to tell them what it means and let them learn along with me. >> reporter: now you started out here at the memorial now what's your plan for the best vantage point? >> heading into the open field so we can see the planes as clear as day. >> reporter: we'll let you get to it. thanks for joining us, have a great time. there's plenty of room on the national mall. lots of open spaces we are seeing people starting to put lawn chairs out and i would imagine as we get closer to

12:10 when the flyover gets under way we'll see people starting to come out of their office buildings to take a look up into the sky and see these amazing planes. being to you all in the studio. >> we have our chopper in the sky. that is one of those planes. i'm sure everybody is looking up right now, binoculars in the sky. take a look at that piece of history right there. again, that's a live view over the national mall. these beautiful historic planes. a sure sight to see for everybody that is out there this afternoon. president obama issued this statement: "as we mark the 70th anniversary of v-e day, today we salute the more than 16 million americans who left everything they knew their families their homes, to serve in world war ii and then came home to help build the america we know today. we honor the memory of the more than 400,000 americans who made the ultimate sacrifice so that

we might live free. we rededicate ourselves on this day and everyday to the freedoms for which they fought and to the american dream for which they died. >> metro will open two hours early tomorrow for the susan g. koeman race for the cure. all green line trains will operate normally this weekend. orange blue and yellow line trains will be single tracking and running every 18 minutes. more severe storms are expected today in parts of texas and oklahoma. this is the same general area that's been battered by violent weather for the last two days. dylan dreyer has a look at the damage from bridge creek, oklahoma. >> reporter: yesterday was day two of a severe weather outbreak. yesterday mainly affecting parts of texas. in valley view texas, trains were actually knocked off their tracks because of a possible tornado in that area. this is the damage we saw from

wednesday night's storms. it's a powerful tornado that can take down a structure made of brick but the family that lives here, a family of five with three small children they went into their storm shelter. naturally that's what you do during a storm. unfortunately what happened was the door shut, the latch got stuck as debris fell around it. they were trapped in their own storm shelter as water and gas was rushing in fortunately a neighbor from across the way rescued this family. they are totally save at this time. this area got a break with the storms but we're looking at another round of severe weather to fire up this afternoon, again on saturday then into the midwest as we go into sunday. it will remain a very active weekend. dylan dreyer nbc news. not only active there but also tracking subtropical storm ana. this is future weather at 11:00 p.m. this evening. this system we can attribute our clouds increasing humidity and

minor shower and shower chances this weekend. again, to ana. you can see a nearly stationary storm through the week wednesday future weather. 9:00 p.m. sunday. it's still impacting the carolinas, maybe just bringing a shower or two our way. better chance of rain will be sunday. right now a temperature of 77 degrees and i'm showing you the dew point because this is all about humidity. a dew point above 65 means it's humid. we're nowhere close to that. another look at the seven-day, erica, when i'm back in less than 10. >> let's be honest ordering food for delivery is already very very easy. yet the folks at google found a way to make it ridiculously easy. you might have noticed the new "place and order" button. tap it choose your delivery service and order. right now google is working with six delivery sites and they have hopes to add more options soon. we'll be back in a minute with the funny things that moms say.

let's take another view of the skies, washington, d.c., where we are expecting to see those beautiful planes flying over. we had just one a few seconds ago, still looking for it. quite the sight to see for a lot of folks in the

>> donors choose is going to flash fund all 1,000 projects. [ applause ] >> reporter: comedian stephen colbert helped his home state of south carolina in a big way. the former host of the colbert report auctioned off a set for from the show. the $800,000 will go to fund every school project listed for the state on donors choose. colbert made the ann via video chat. he's getting ready to take over for david letterman on the "late show" later this year. in honor of mother's day, jimmy fallon unveiled his latest "tonight show" hashtag mom quotes. here's a few of our favorite.

>> my mom says "who da mom" if she does something nice for us. we have to respond "you da mom or she won't stop asking." h "my mom once asked me to look something up using the land computer." my mom was being quiet and i asked her what she was thinking and she replied oh just wishing you married. another one of our favorites is "my mom says facies instead of selfies." call your mothers this weekend. don't forget. wish them a happy mother's day. great stuff. >> kids love making fun of their moms, don't they? we give them fodder for fun. >> they can write such wonderful content. >> i'm hearing about the jokes my kids make about me. >> but we love you. >> thank

right now, d.c. still

commemorating the 70th a anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. [ playing "taps" ] the ceremony just wrapping up a few moments ago at the world war ii memorial with a record number of veterans. you have to remember this is 70 years ago so they are getting up in age. it's always wonderful to see the men who fought in world war ii when they can still get out and attend these events. but look at this in about 15 minutes 70 world war ii planes like these are going to be flying in 15 different formations coming down the potomac and heading over the national mall. it will be a sight. they're stopping the planes from taking off and landing at national airports so this wonderful presentation of the aircraft of world war ii can fly overhead. if you can't leave your desk or make it downtown watch it live

on the nbc washington app. it's a great time to see those vintage planes and remember what a time that was. you can also tweet us or post pictures on our facebook page using the hashtag "nbc 4 d.c." or "world war ii flyover." >> and we can see from the pictures of the sky it looks like a nice day to be on the mall. >> the question is will it stay nice the whole weekend for moms to enjoy? >> for the most part it will be a nice weekend. you can see on the seven-day, a better chance you're dealing with a shower or thundershower on sunday mainly later in the day but most if not all of this weekend is looking dry. our temperature outside our studio right now, 78. >> that's news 4 midday. we have news today at 4:00 5:00 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. >> and join us on monday at 11:00 a.m. for news 4 midday. have a great day and a terrific weekend. see you monday.

(jj) you can call me mr. sunshine. [laughs] stop it. come on. or your mom will think we're both crazy. oh, let her. she'll be laughing too once we tell her. [laughs] i love you. what the hell? well, paige and jj deserve a chance to figure out things on their own. so you're saying... i'm gonna stay out of it, jennifer. whatever happens, happens. i hope you can stick to that. well, i will. i know that i've made some very bad decisions lately. and now i know what i have to do to make it right. i truly hope you meant what you said earlier about this all being kept private