"news 4 today" starts now. >> right now 6:00. police need your help identifying this person of interest. they want to question this man in a quadruple murder in the district. >> police arrest a man in connection with that double murder in montgomery county. where they track the guy down. good morning, everyone. it is sunday may 17th i'm angie goff. >> welcome to "news 4 today," i'm david culver. let's start off with a check on the rain. >> quite the rumble yesterday. a chance for more rain today, chuck? >> you betcha. today pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday. many dry hours to get out of the morning and into the afternoon.

with plenty of daytime heating coming our way and an abundance of moisture you can almost feel it and cut it outside it's so thick. lots of clouds out there. probably a smidge cooler a little more in the way of cloud cover this morning. we made 88 for a high yesterday. probably 85 or '66 later today. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. all it's going to take is just a little bit of daytime heating and it will bubble up the showers and thunderstorms. play it again, sam. showers coming our way later this afternoon. one or two could be strong or severe. keep a weather eye on the sky. temperatures out of the 60s and 70s, into the mid-80s. your rain chance 80%. >> thanks chuck. >> we need your help in a story that continues to unfold. take a look at the surveillance video. d.c. police say it shows a person of interest in that quadruple homicide case. on thursday a couple their 10-year-old son and their housekeeper were killed. this is near the vice president's home in northwest

d.c. the home was then set on fire. the police say the person in this video was seen driving a blue 2008 porsche 911. >> new details in an arrest in rockville a suspect taken into custody some 3,000 miles away in alaska. we learned scott tomaszewski was arrested getting off a cruise ship. right now he's held and questioned in juneau. montgomery county police first announced they had a suspect in custody for the double murder last night. they said tomaszewski lived down the street from the vilardos the couple found stabbed to death at their home wednesday. development continue to unfold in this double murder. we're staying on top of it throughout the morning and push out alerts on any new alerts we

get on our app. prince george police looking for information about a homicide in oxon hill. we brought you a story. at the time we found one man had died. we are now learning a second man was found shot. police were called to audrey lane around midnight friday where they found the man wounded. he later died at the hospital. police found a second man died by a nearby apartment building. >> firefighters working to find the cause of a deadly and fire in alexandria. one man died in the fire. a second person treated for serious burns. this is a story we brought you yesterday morning on britney. the fire broke out early on the third floor of apartment building on kenmore avenue off 395. neighbors describe the fire as scary. >> i was in my apartment with my wife. >> my husband wake up --

>> you saw there some of the displaced residents. fire officials say it's going to be weeks before they can get back into their homes. >> we are still working to learn more about what caused a bad crash out in temple hills. you might remember we told you about this yesterday morning. police say a car rolled on on the parkway. five people in the car, three of them under the age of ten. those children were thrown from the vehicle. they had to be airlifted. we know two adults trapped in the car and first responder. to the latest on the deadly amtrak train derailment. federal officials want amtrak to take steps to improve speed controls in the area of the crash. officials want amtrak to reassess the speed these trains travel around curves. amtrak has been told to put up more signs about the speed restrictions along those routes. amtrak says it will comply with directives eight people killed 200 injured in tuesday's train

derailment. these calls for new safety measures as new questions surface namely about the possibility the train was hit by some sort of projectile. national transportation safety board called the fbi to look into the deepening mystery. nbc reports. >> reporter: as work continues to repair and rebuild the train tracks damaged induce's deadly derailment there's no questions about what could have caused the crash. minutes before the derailment two other trains reportedly hit by a projectile. >> we heard a loud noise in the car. immediately i looked over and there was a -- the window had shattered and apparently there was a rock thrown at our car. >> an amtrak passenger car was hit and pennsylvania septa train reported it was shot at our hit by a rock damaging the front windshield. now ntsb asked fbi to look at suspicious damage found on amtrak 188. >> the question for me is

whatever happened was enough to distract the operator of the train to cause him to lose situational awareness and to not break and not slow down when he should have. >> the train's operator 32-year-old engineer bostian told investigators he doesn't remember anything about the crash. >> he reports he does not have any recollection of anything past north philadelphia. >> reporter: as the investigation continues u.s. regulators are pushing amtrak to improve safety of its heavily traveled northeast corridor. the federal railroad administration wants technology to control train speeds speed limit signs placed along routes. they want amtrak to analyze curves like this one in the accident to make safety improvements with needed. nbc news. we will soon be paying more to park your car if you live in arlington county. parking rates are going up. starting in september street parking will cost you $1.25 an hour. that is a 25% increase.

county officials say its parking rate lies behind those in the district alexandria and bethesda. the hours when you have to feed the meter. >> folks from george washington university will enter the real world. it's going to happen on the national mall. graduation ceremonies will get under way in just a few hours. the procession starts at 9:30. the actual ceremony will begin at 10:00. apple ceo tim cook will deliver the school's commencement address. more than 25,000 people expected to attend and that includes some 6,000 graduates. >> should be good. >> yeah. >> really passionate when he gets a speech. >> great venue. >> severe weather strikes part of the country. we take a look at the hail damage and rain in texas. >> closer to home yeah we've had some strong winds, heavy rain caused damage here too. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is going to let us know when we can see more severe weather right here in our region.

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homes and businesses in oklahoma are teaming up this morning after another violent storm moved through the area. several tornadoes touched down in the western part of the state. heavy rains and high winds hit several states from texas to minnesota. >> to northern texas now, they are bracing for another severe storm today. heavy rain and hail hit the region yesterday. take a look at the region hail hitting the roads in texoma. know where that is? >> texoma. >> the border of texas and oklahoma. >> should have known that. >> two inches of rain fell in 24 hours causing roads to flood. haefd rain hit the region on tuesday. montgomery county emergency communicating center lit up after a storm moved through the area. several mommies were struck by lightning

last night. really scary out there. looking at video of damage only on garden lane. fortunately wasn't much damage here. also received calls that drivers were stranded in deep standing water. one person waited on the roof of a pickup truck until help arrived for them. if you watched any of the preakness, wow, when they were singing, had them evacuating the infield as well as grandstands. all of a sudden it seemed like it got messy like that. >> we were talking about it yesterday. most of your day is going to be fine but you need to be ready to go for a back-up plan. luckily people that planned preakness, if you have 100,000 people you ned a back-up plan. that's true for everybody, 10 people in the backyard or 100,000 in the infield. you need the back-up ready to go. they implemented safety procedures and you may need to implement yours later this afternoon. once again, just like yesterday, same atmospheric setup means

pretty much same chances for rain later on today. rain chances at 80%. so it's not a guarantee but it sure is a little bit more than just a passing chance for later on. for now, though off to a cloudy start. these clouds may hold temperatures back just a little bit. that's the reason it's not a 100% chance for a rain today. if we can get that sunshine like we did yesterday, we can fire up another line of storms. if you see sunshine before 10:00, 11:00 this morning and it starts getting warm and you're in the 80s by 1:00 or 2:00 that means rain chances are going up fast. temperatures are in the upper 60s and low 70s right now. 71 reagan national. dew point, which is the measure of humidity in the atmosphere is stout. in the upper 60s right now. as a result temperatures 66 gaithersburg manassas 64 in leesburg and ashberg, near 70 downtown. we'll be back up into the upper 70s to near 80 as early as lunchtime today. computer models trying to hold temperatures into the low 80s.

i really think headed into the mid, perhaps upper 80s. really depends how much sunshine we can get. there's all the bad weather across southern plains they were showing you the video of. for us just a very soupy air mass in place. as a result all that humidity put a little sunshine on it we'll end up with another chance for showers an thunderstorms likely again later on this afternoon with a very humid day. here is future weather, high resolution computer model mostly dry at 10:00 a.m. noontime opportunity for rain showers along blue ridge and shenn do a, a valley. 2:00 3:00 in the afternoon, chances of rain in the metro area. may be another chance for rain between 4:00 and 6:00. we may have a couple of rounds of showers today. any storms could produce gusty winds or heavy rain. not much of hail and almost no tornado threat. that is welcome news. a quick check on the seven-day forecast. temperatures in the 80s and

steamy and kind of stormy around here for today, tomorrow and tuesday. but that storm front that's bringing all the bad weather out there, that passes by tuesday night, takes humidity and storm chances away with it. that should take us into memorial day weekend. nice and dry. >> sounds good. thanks. next up we have reporters notebook with pat lawson muse a look at stories affecting our community. >> we'll be back with more of this morning's top story. good morning, welcome to reporters notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. getting back into the game. d.c. mayor muriel p.o.w.ser has been using the name of washington's professional football team again. last year on the county council she called for many to change the name because many consider it a racial slur. recently she's been using the name in tv and radio interviews. she's mott denying reports she is talking the team about moving back to washington. vermonte why the turnaround with the name?

>> let's see, washington's football team is very important. they are in landover and daniel snyder grew up a fan of the fema he now owns grew up a fan of the team at rk stadium, is from the nation's capital. i think she knows it's important to have the team in the nation's capital. i think she's weighing her options, what's more important, expediency drop this or getting back to washington, d.c. i think she's made a calculation to say, okay i flip-flopped on it but if i can get the team back in d.c. it matters. i do think it opens her up for criticism to say do you stand your ground have decisions you stand behind or do you move which way the wind goes. >> is this more about business now? is that the priority. >> i think obviously the priority is to bring them back

to d.c. it's important to get the revenue and jobs back to the city with the whole walmart deal let's get the jobs back to the city from the previous mayor. it's a slippery slope for poll politicians to flip-flop this obviously. she dug in she was not going to use the name again, insist the management of the team would not come back in. it's a slippery slope for her. >> dave do you think this will backfire on her or is it a good deal. lots of land retail development. that stadium is sitting on top of a metro station. >> it's a tough call. there's a lot of national organizations, civil rights groups others who feel it's offensive. many saying look you're on the wrong side of history if you use

the redskins name. sooner or later you're going to have to give it up. she could take that position and say i'll wait until it's safe. she has a lot of pressure. business interests and others saying look we'll change the name sooner or later. there's too much at stakes financially. you have to let them come in and work on getting the name change later. you're going to look like a hypocrite. in the long run if the rest of your record is good try to do well in the future it may benefit you. >> interestingly, harry reid has spoken on the senate floor a few days ago saying nfl less less worried with deflategate and more worried about washington's football team. i agree with dave if the team comes back to washington, d.c. most will forgive the position they took. >> what about residents in ward 6, julia? >> i think residents in ward 6 will hope part of the deal to come back is we're going to have the name change. all the stationary will have to change banners will change.

if i were dan snyder i would be prepared to change the name and make a fortune selling the old name memorabilia. it's this is a sale a fire sale. we'll make a fortune to do this and use it for new stationary logos and new everything. >> what about traffic, quality of life. >> isn't thattal a problem over there? >> most of them have gotten used to not baseball full. it's not the same i was at a stadium a couple weeks ago and it's simply not the same. i think that's an issue. once you get used to a road being closed in front of your house when you didn't want it closed. once traffic doesn't come there, you may not want it reopened. >> not to mention infrastructure issue. >> that didn't stop in the past. the reason redskins left not because they were bugging everybody in ward 6. they wanted money, thought they would get a better deal in

prince george's county. they will move back in what my sources tells me for the same reason. unfortunately ward of shouldn't but you can argue doesn't play a larnl part in the thinking. >> better electricrvices. there are new voices in the debate over the proposed petco merger and whether it will be good or pad. planning to buy pepco for $7 million providing single dominant energy provider in the region. they say it will help reduce power outages. opponents say it won't reduce reliability and raise your power bill. brem ante. >> any time you have consolidated power, so to speak, i think that invites the question how do we guarantee rates won't go up. i think the argument especially those in amc and washington, d.c. as they try to get the mayor to speak out on this

issue, wait a minute what does this mean for independence what does this mean for rates, what does this mean for clean energy. in maryland county executive in montgomery and prince george's we're for this this will bring more reliability. when your power goes out, you can bet now by this being bigger better more powerful unit that won't happen. i'm not sure it can stand strongly on that position. >> julia. >> i don't think anybody believes though they said in the press release, we're going to have better electric service in the hurricane than we would with pepco. i think this is dollars. this is a lot of money. it also consolidate all of this under one umbrella. i'm concerned, as in 22 of d.c.'s 40 amcs are stating it's going to meet a rate hike and less accountability. we have no accountability with pepco, no merger not quite sure -- as citizens we're not

quite sure how we can control this. i think no one can afford especially moving into summer next winter a larger heating or cooling bill. >> when pepco has tried to do this kind of thing before with different arguments, the argument is look at your performance, and you want to charge us more. now they are changing the argument a little they think, by insisting by these procedures things will get better. i don't know. it depends on how this argument goes down in the next couple of months before we -- how we weather the hurricane season, summer and like that. if they can really make a case things will get better but we need a little more money to do it we'll have to see. >> the argument on council, not necessarily better you'll have this sort of control far off somewhere -- >> in chicago. >> in chicago. what will that mean. the criticism of her, she's criticizing the mayor a a lot and this may fall on deaf hours.

she thinks the mayor should step out and be against this mayor. >> could it make things better because of the things they say they can do because of the merge are or same old same old but more money. that's the charge they have to get with that -- i didn't say get away with that folks -- get with that. we'll have to see. >> when we come back protecting residents wanting to build new homes in the state of maryland. help them get this money back. we'll be right back. right now verizon is offering unlimited

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payments during the recession. bremante this was an easy one. >> maryland had a lot of problems with foreclosures people being upside down in their home. from a public relations standpoint the right thing to do. i don't see how you can argue against this bill that was proposed and moving forward? >> the builders are arguing against it. the builder who went in and probably being the most public of it saw this on news 4 iteam report where people had been saving for years. one guy saving 10 years to get $52,000 to custom build a house. used their morgue company. because he did not get the mortgage they took the $52,000. this is happening down the line and down the line. buildes are still arguing they were justified taking that money. we'll see how it played out in maryland. people who lost their money.

is the appeals process better or is it going to protect people moving forward. >> what is the justification? what can it be? >> there were fees and research and an entire list of reasons that would justify taking this guy's $52,000 and another woman's $20,000. >> it becomes common sense. most of us who signed any kind of contract, bought a house, buying a car, back out of it most will charge for processing fee. >> right but not 100%. >> what i say here the builders can make the argument but in the court of public opinion that argument isn't going to fly. most folks experienced something they had to sign a contract. >> right. >> and they paid processing fees. >> the university of virginia associate dean sued "rolling stone" magazine for more than $7.5 million saying that story about alleged gang rape at uva cast her as the chief villain. more concerned about protecting

the reputation than the victims of sexual assault. joining us the president, i think "rolling stone" has a bad precedent. i think if i were at that administrator at uva, i would sue also. i think a lot of people will come to her defense. she became the poster side we really don't care about the student, please don't mess with uva. that story was scathing and everybody believed it because it should have been vetted as a journalistic piece. the government went forward, and it was wrong. i think the precedent that should be set here journalism has to become more precise in general. definitely around these sorts of stories. >> "rolling stone" made extraordinarily bad journalistic decisions. most people agree with that. the fact they want to take action further on this based on how the school was impugned and a number of people in the school

were impugned a lot of people are saying that's a good case and one that should have been brought. >> i think it will make it difficult, though we agree "rolling stone" did a very good job investigating and reporting it she still is a public person. as a public person even if folks say something about you that you don't like or not in line with the truth, "rolling stone" said we reported this best we knew and information we received as a public person in some ways you're open to that. that's why i think this will be a very important case not only for uva but journalism as a whole and what a judge or jury may rule. >> a from eternity and several units in uva are going to be looking at how well she does. she gets this thing to a court, i bet there will be other lawsuits that will come up behind this. >> slippery slope when you're trying to sue an entity like the

press. >> people will watch. >> do you think bob mcdonnell will get a new trial. >> well, let's look at why he wants a new trial. he's continuing his pask argument what he did was not official. it was basic to have dinners, help a business guy make a pitch. he had him in. there was no legislation, nothing, he said more than he would have done for anyone else. it hasn't worked until now. whether the defense of the three-judge panel remains to be seen. >> i think the only thing he might get a new trial if he can convince this panel that the jury instructions were wrong. he's not changing his argument. but if jury instructions were wrong, he might get a new trial. >> he's making a point, they are using a judge in the case to say he really didn't handle the case very well. i'll go back to my point we said serial weeks ago, attorneys have

said that he did not get a fair trial in the sense of his official act. >> thank you all. thank you. that's reporters notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues. >> at 6:30 a check of top stories. d.c. miss need help identifying this individual. this individual seen driving a porsche at the scene of a triple homicide. four people found dead in a home that had been set on fire. >> a man in connection with the death of this couple in rockville. dick and jody vilardo found stabbed to death on monday. they arrested scott tomaszewski as he got off a cruise ship in juneau, alaska. he's held without bond.

>> federal they want amtrak to reassess curves along route and put up signs. eight people killed in the crash. the cause still under investigation at 6:31 on this sunday morning. good morning to you. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. today is may 17th. we want to get to chuck bell with our forecast. from what we understand another batch of rain could roll in. >> both days look to be impacted by rain shower and thunderstorm chances. yesterday they rolled in after 4:00 or 5:00 and didn't leave southern maryland until 8:00 in the evening, maybe later. that's sort of the same timing for today. the one thing we kind of have going in our favor, a lot more cloud cover. more clouds hold the temperatures down just a couple of degrees. this should take some of the edge off the thunderstorm chances for later on today. but still rain chance for today

stands at 80%. so be ready to have back-up plans for outdoor activities this afternoon. storm team 4 radar dry this morning. temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 right now. by later on temperatures will reach into the mid-80s, showers and thunderstorms out to the west of the metro as early as kz 2:00 into the metro area by 3:4:00 5:00. timing out rain chances, noon to 5:00 blue ridge, shenandoah i-95 quarter and 5:00 to 10:in southern maryland. how long does the stormy pattern last? that's on the seven-day in a few minutes. >> we'll check with you then. meanwhile power retoward to parts of oklahoma after massive tornado hit the area. touching down in elmer south of oklahoma city. 7,000 homes lost power. another storm to hit the area tomorrow. >> more track problems for metro, this time in bethesda. we learned about the issue from the montgomery county fire

department. they tweeted this alert about an arcing insulator at the station. if the train had been tracked but there was no fire. they believe arcing insulator is what caused smoke to fill that metro station earlier this year. one person died in that incident. heads up if you're taking metro today, there is reduced service on all six lines due to track work. orange silver blue will run every 18 minutes, yes, ma'am owe and green every 20. red line will run every 24 line single track between college and green belt. this is part of metro's multi-billion dollar repair project. >> to our newsroom two people are dead more than a dozen wounded after suicide bombing in kabul, afghanistan. a member of the taliban. the attack and to target u.n. police training mission. eu officials say nobody on that mission was hurt but one person in a government vehicle was

killed. >> we're learning new details about a daring raid that put u.s. troops on the ground in the part of syria controlled by isis. the white house says commander was dead. nbc's richard engel reports on the incredibly risky mission. >> it's only the second time u.s. special operations forces have carried out a mission in syria in isis territory. one u.s. official said he was on pins and needles until commandos were out. >> u.s. military officials say american delta force commandos took off from northern iraq in black hawk helicopters and ospray aircraft like these and flew deep into isis-controlled territory in eastern syria. no allies on the ground. if the u.s. forces were captured they risked unimaginable horrors. a jordanian pilot captured by isis was burned alive. u.s. officials say the american

target abu sayyaf was a top isis money man who managed isis's oil and gas income and close to the leader al baghdadi. the target did not go quietly. there was a gunfight even hand to hand fighting. abu sayyaf was killed along what dozen or more isis fighters. >> the fact united states was willing to mount a capture mission to grab him showed that he was a really important person in the infrastructure itself. >> the u.s. commandos left unharmed taking with them abu sayyaf's wife. u.s. officials a little she helped manage hostages taken by isis. the raid was bold and risky. it could yield intelligence. but it's unlikely to change the overall battle. >> this operation sent a very clear message to isis that even a safe haven aren't completely safe that u.s. forces will go anywhere. that woman, the wife now in u.s.

custody, i'm told she is talking. richard engel, nbc news istanbul. right now hundreds of people stranded in the mountains of nepal. a massive 7.3 aftershock hit the region on tuesday killing more than 100 people. what you're looking at is video showing folks crowding around the helicopter trying to get on board. hundreds living in tents near the border of china. >> an officer recovered after being hurt on the job. we're working to find out why a d.c. ambulance was not available to transport that officer. he was hur on the job yesterday but had to be transported to the hospital by a prince george's county ambulance. police tell us the officer hurt his knee while walking on barn street northeast. the officer is expected to be okay. >> his royal highness prince harry returned from a british tour he called epic fun. he just wrapped up military duties. he spoke candidly with the press

about his new role working with war veterans. he opened up about his desire to keep himself sane by connecting with every day folk. the commoners. prince harry also said he'd like to start a family someday but doesn't want to force it. >> i think the word he used was process. it's a process. probably getting ready to head out to the taste of arlington today? it might be a good idea to leave the car at home. there are roads already closed off for this event. wilson boulevard closed between north quincy street. north stewart street closed between north 9th street and north randolph street is closed near the boston parking garage. all of these closures are in effect until 8:00 tonight. i've been out to that thing. >> i was out there last year. it is a good time for sure. >> speaking of time 6:37 that's what's on the clock. >> still ahead, one of our own shares him story of depression. >> i took my shotgun and drove

out to great falls and put my thumb on the trigger and the barrel in my mouth. i was really ready to go. >> wow. >> still ahead news 4's jim vance shares his story in hopes of changing minds on mental health. [baseball crowd noise] ♪ ♪ [x1 chime] ♪ ♪ [crowd cheers] oh! i can't believe it!

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back in the wake of the amtrak crash looking to america's infrastructure and where improvements need to be made. >> moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. first start with isis back in the headlines, u.s. killed one of their leaders. also hearing the city pulled out of that in iraq. is this progress against isis. >> it's one step forward, one step gone. in iraq still impressed.

what's important about the sis race we ought to stipulate that it's the first major successful raid into syria. that has been difficult. it tells you on the ground intelligence they have been trying to build has been paying difference depds. they were able to make this work. i don't think it was a total suck. they leerl wanted this guy alive. somebody they were looking for more information from. whether his wife will provide information is unclear. the big picture is a special forces operation in syria is finally successful. they have done three or four that haven't been. >> we heard richard engel saying the wife apparently is talking. we'll wait and see what comes out of that. moving to the amtrak derailment. as the investigation continues capitol hill continues the

debate whether or not to find amtrak. why so difficult for congress. >> part of it amtrak is regionally important to northeast. when you look at ridership, the northeast and rest of the country. amtrak is a very successful enterprise in the northeast, everywhere else not just successful. the northeast corridor. amtrak isn't successful enough in other parts of the country to feel that collective sense, this is the way. congress used to say, hey, you support what i need in my region i'll support what you need in your region. of course we don't see that stuff happen anymore. >> chuck, thank you. more of your show coming up. chuck todd on "meet the press" right here on nbc 4. that's going to be at 10:30 this morning. 6:43 right now. sitting together for almost 26

years. >> jim vance sharing with doreen gentzler. he's diagnosed with depression. he's opening up about it in the hopes he can change minds about mental health. >> i took the shotgun and drove out to great falls and put my thumb on the trigger and the barrel in my mouth. i was really ready to go. i didn't want to die but i couldn't imagine how i could continue to live. >> jim vance says the thought of his three children's pain topped him from pulling the trigger that night in 1987. he said he got to that point after a long painful struggle with drug addiction. but it was that incident that finally led him to recovery. >> i lay down in the wet, muddy grass and cried.

oh my lord did i cry. it was that night that i found myself walking into a place where i had been told i could find some help. >> to know how vance got to that point, what he calls the darkest period of his life you have to know where he started out. he grew up in ardmore, pennsylvania a suburb on philadelphia's main line. his house was in a blue-collar neighborhood. my people were plumbers he would tell you. young jimmy was loved and spoiled by a big family that included grandparents aunts, uncles and cousins. he enjoyed school and excelled at academics and sports of he was left scarred by the death of his father who died from cirrhosis of the liver. vance was nine years old. soon after his mother took off and left vance in the care of

his grandparents. >> put it this way. i had been impressed since i was born. for a long time i considered myself a mistake. >> what do you mean you considered yourself a mistake. >> my self-esteem has always been so incredibly low that for long periods of time i thought that my existence on this earth was an aberration that i was a mistake. >> as vance grew up and continued to find success as a news reporter and anchor he said that low self-esteem continued to weigh heavily on him pulling him down no matter how much he achieved. >> i can remember standing at podium 1200 people on their feet and feeling like a piece of crap just feeling awful. and i'm smiling and thanking everybody and doing all the

normal things you're supposed to do. inside i was just dying. that's when i was most dangerous, when people were celebrating me. because my feeling was deep inside if you only knew what a total loser i am -- >> it puts extra pressure on you, "i think, how can you have a self-esteem problem. how could you possibly have an issue like that. >> that was me. the definition of vance. you know some hard work. life is good. but there's always two mes, the one that would present himself to the public as the guy, you know grateful to have it all. on the inside was the other one who is dying and crying.

every day. >> vance had to face some of those feelings in rehab. as he stopped using drugs, he began to realize his low self-esteem and unhappiness might be signs of something else depression. >> that is one of the best decisions that i ever made in my life for which i am most grateful it had the most profound impacts on my life. >> what decision are you talking about? >> the decision to go get psychiatric help. >> doreen gentzler "news 4 today." >> more than 4 million people diagnosed with depression. just like vance did for very long many private. therapy very significant for him. many people find combination of therapy and medication works best for him. vance did not take medicine for his depression. coming up in the next hour he tells how getting therapy saved his life. >> he hopes by sharing his story

it is impacting people who are able to watch it. i can tell you it already has, the flood of responses we received. >> social media. >> i've had people personally contact me and ask if i could hand deliver a handwritten note to him. it really really means a lot. >> people ask me what's so special about jim. it's because he's so real. there's no surprise. when you meet jim for the first time that's totally i didn't mean vance right there because he's exactly the same in person as he is on the air. 100% authentic. that's why we love him so much. we like a little bit of summertime weather a little early. >> we need the rain desperately. yesterday was our rainiest day of the month so far. just about two-thirds of an inch of rain at reagan national airport yesterday. that was much needed. om a few hundredths of an inch of rain before that. this pattern flipped around just in time to give our may flowers a needed drink of water for mother nature.

we have pretty high rain chances for another three days in a row. it's not going to rain every minute of every day for the the next three days. each one, today, tomorrow tuesday, a high chance for rain showers much needed across the area. about two inches behind rainfall for the day so far. outside sunday morning no sunshine just yet. skies indeed mostly cloudy. sun up before 6:00 a.m. no shadows as of now. 71 degrees in washington. 67 degrees dew point. that's a much more typical for july morning than an early mid may morning. 66 now in new market, maryland 67 sharksberg martinsburg, 64 culpeper bristow, manassas 66. 69 fredericksburg. marine corps historic marathon semper fi 5k in fredericksburg. runners, good luck. a little on the muggy side.

it ran that race a few years ago. feels like it did then. might be a little sprinkle. heavier rain in the afternoon as temperatures climb out of the 70s and into the 80s. overall forecast impact on the day, low impact this morning, a higher impact on your afternoon and early evening plans as all this moisture out here gets bubbled up into showers and storms. as you're flying out of town towards chicago, discusses, little rock dallas or houston, big severe weather once again across the middle of the country. we'll have an opportunity for strong to potentially severe thunderstorm around here today. not looking for widespread severe weather. any time you hear thunder that's your sign to call friends and neighbor inside. future weather by 12:30, 1:00 showers bubbling along blue ridge. those reach the metro area between 1:00 and 3:00. there may be another round of showers between 5:and 7:00. the chance of getting rained on stands at 80%, 60% tomorrow and 70% chance of rain on tuesday. after that cooler less humid,

sunshine filled weather returns second half of the week. >> all right. how are you feeling this morning? big day yesterday and night. looking good though. shark sighting on the east coast. >> get a look at sharks off the coast of massachusetts. you're watching "news 4 today." '6

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>> trying to be here something i dreamed about since i was little. it kind of feels unreal. >> vegas attraction first round draft pick. >> january, may playoff killed me. put the helmets on and it's feeling good. >> reporter: the rookie that really impressed head coach jay gruden jamison crowder. >> any guy wants to start. i want to come in and learn, pick up what i can and see what translates. >> if you're curious about the quarterback spot, there are actually two guys trying out for that position. one hasn't thrown a pass in a game. i don't think robert griffin iii has anything to worry about. >> we're not going to blame these tourists for staying out of the water this weekend.

take a look at that had huge shark right there. i love it was spotted only 200 yards away from shore. this is near cape cod. the shark is said to be about 25 feet long. police say a basking shark. for those of you that learned everything you need to know about sharks basking sharks do not eat meat not a threat to swimmers. it's the second largest fish. >> we've got much more ahead on "news 4 today," includes an hour by hour look at your forecast.

"news 4 today" starts for you. >> right now the search is on for a person of interest. police want to question this individual in connection with a quadruple murder in the strict. >> good morning, mp it is sunday may 17th. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. welcome to "news 4 today." let's start off with the forecast showers yesterday, possibly the same today. >> what's up chuck? >> same deal. same atmosphere in place. it's going to be warm humid. one thing compared to yesterday,

cloud cover that might hold it down. picnicking water-skiing although bay water on the chilly side. live picture over virginia dulles airport hiding somewhere in the fog. slightly reduced visibility. sprinkles along mason dixon and mountains of west virginia. on the whole we're off to a claim and humid start this morning. temperatures mid-60s in the suburbs to around 70 downtown and alongside of the bay. this morning, plenty of clouds warmth and humidity temperatures mid-70s this morning. by later on this afternoon humid again, temperatures mid-80s. rain chance stands at 0%. not a guarantee but sure is a likelihood. like yesterday, some of those storms could be on the electronic side. keep a weather eye to the sky. >> all right, chuck. thank you. a developing story this morning. take a good look at your screen right now at these images. d.c. police say this is a person

of interest in that quadruple homicide. on thursday a couple their 10-year-old son and housekeeper were all killed at a home near naval observatory northwest d.c. the vice president's home. that home was set on fire. the person in the video was seen driving 2008 porche 911 at the murder scene. if you have information about the person or car, call police. an arrest related to double murder in rockville. a suspect taken into custody in alaska. scott tomaszewski taken in custody in juneau. they firsted announced they had someone in custody for the murder last night. he lived down the street from the couple found brutally stabbed to death at their ridge drive home on mother's day. stay with us as things tennessee to unfold.

they have been unfolding the last week. we're staying on top and will push out information on the app. double homicide in oxon hill. we brought you the story. at the time we knew one person had died. we're learned a second man found with gunshot wounds. they were called to aubrey lane. he later died in the hospital. a second man found behind the apartment building. a deadly fire in alexandria. this was the story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. one man died a second person treated for serious burns. the fire broke out early yesterday on the third floor of an apartment building on ken more avenue off 395. neighbors describe this as scary. >> >> i was setting in the

apartment with my wife. >> i say hurry up. >> some of those displaced residents, fire officials say it will be weeks before they can get back into their homes. we're still working to get the story behind a bad crash in temple hills. we first told you about this yesterday morning. police say a car rolled over on the parkway. five people inside the car. three of them were children under the age of 10. those children were thrown from the vehicle. they had to be airlifted to the hospital. as for the two adults trapped in the car and first responders had to pry them out. >> federal regulators already asking for big changes from amtrak after a derailment that killed eight people on tuesday. officials want amtrak to improve speed controls on trains in the area where that crash happened. they also want the agency to reassess the speed these trains travel around curves. amtrak has been told to put up more signs about speed limits along their route. they say they will comply with these directives.

these calls for more safety measures come as new questions are raised about the possibility the train was hit by some sort of projectile. the national transportation safety board called in fbi. >> new questions about what could have caused the crash. minutes before 188's derailment two other trains reported getting hit by objects. >> we heard a loud noise. i looked over. the window had shattered. a rock was thrown. >> an amtrak passenger car was hit and pennsylvania septa train reported it was shot at our hit by a rock damaging the front windshield. now ntsb asked fbi to look at suspicious damage found on amtrak 188. >> the question for me is whatever happened was enough to distract the operator of the

train to cause him to lose situational awareness and to not brake and not slow down when he should have. >> the train's operator, 32-year-old engineer bostian told investigators he doesn't remember anything about the crash. >> he reports he does not have any recollection of anything past north philadelphia. >> reporter: as the investigation continues u.s. regulators are pushing amtrak to improve safety of its heavily traveled northeast corridor. the federal railroad administration wants technology to control train speeds, speed limit signs placed along routes. they want amtrak to analyze curves like this one in the accident for safety risks and make improvement where needed. nbc news. we will soon be paying more to park your car if you live in arlington county. parking rates are going up. starting in september street parking will cost you $1.25 an hour. that's an increase of $0.25. county officials say its parking

rate lies behind those in the district, alexandria and bethesda. the county confirm the decision to extend the hours when you have to feed the meter. tens of thousands people going to converge on the national mall for george washington university's graduation ceremony. happening today the student procession that starts at 9:30. the actual ceremony is going to begin at 10:00. apple ceo tim cook will deliver the commentment address. more than 25 people expected to attend. that includes some 6,000 graduates. >> 7:07 taking a look at your week ahead. on monday fairfax county asked to share opinions on police practices. you still have one more day to register if you would like to speak at that forum. it comes amid nationwide about police tactics. asked for recommendations how fairfax police can build public trust especially when it comes to police involved incidents. forum starts at 7:30

recommendations due october 1st. a new fire station opening up in montgomery county. a ground breaking held tomorrow at the new station. glenmont neighborhood of silver springs at the intersection of randolph and georgia avenue at 11:00 in the morning. at district starts a major effort to overhaul pedestrian safety laws. councilmember starting a bicycle and pedestrian working group. thursday the focus will be on pedestrians. there will be another meeting focused on bicycles and two more meetings to rewrite city laws. can you participate on the website. looking at 7:08. >> still to come new overnight tornadoes touched down twisters hit the heartland. >> pope francis meet palestinian leader and declared new state.

breaking news. we are working to find more information on an overturned vehicle on the inner loop of the beltway. it happened between rockville pike and connecticut avenue. montgomery fire and emergency sending out a tweet saying two people are trapped. >> it is a move pope francis hopes will encourage christians facing persecution in the middle east. this morning he canonized two nuns for what was 19th century palestine. the sisters the first to be canonized in modern time. palestinian president mahmoud abbas was there, met with pope francis offering relics from the saint. christians make up less than 2% of the palestinian territories. you can expect traffic delays because of the major construction in the district. >> we're going to look at the new developments built over 395 west of capitol hill. >> take a look outside. warm and more humid. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking more raindrops

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every day. >> for decades, downtown i-395, leftover unfinished 1960s highway project but carries 90,000 vehicles a day. >> this is like a scar down the middle of the district. >> now the city and developers are launching a billion dollar project to deck over three blocks of the freeway. they will construct businesses offices, retail and housing. when finished it will create 8,000 new jobs generate more than 40 million a year in new taxes. >> it's a major infrastructure project, a major development project, it's a major economic development project. it's going to be very beneficial to the city in the long run. >> in the short run traffic will get worse. a plan to close down i-395 during initial construction was rejected. staggered lane closings will be used. >> without a doubt, this will be one of the biggest construction projects we've done in the city. we will worth it but an enormous inconvenience for this part of time.

>> mayor bowser said she's told transportation officials to do what they can to ease traffic but economic -- >> how we develop underdeveloped underresourced parts of washington. >> it could begin in a few weeks. if you would like to read more about this project and see what it looks like when it's done go to nbc washington app. >> that power gradually restored in parts of oklahoma today after massive tornadoes hit the area. >> emergency communication center went up after a storm moved through the area. callers reported several homes struck by lightning last night. looking at video of the house in

olney on hidden garden lane. fortunately there wasn't much damage done. dispatchers also got calls that drivers were stranded in deep standing water. one person waited on the roof of a pickup truck until help arrived. if you are rachingwatching preakness yesterday, it moved through there. they evacuated the infield as well as the grandstands. the race went on and american pharoah prevailed. >> chuck warning us about pop-up showers. you're saying today possibly the same thing. >> strong ones too. >> we had about four or five severe thunderstorm warnings yesterday afternoon. today we have an opportunity to see a couple more. probably not as many as yesterday. we had extra clouds outside this morning, hold temperatures down. sorry i'm out of breath. i was just on the radio on c.o.p. and had to rundown here.

>> you don't stop chuck bell. do you want me to do the weather? >> no no no. we don't want that. don't talk crazy, angie. it is a cloudy start to the morning. these clouds are actually going to work a little bit in our favor as far as holding down severe weather chances. unlike yesterday, just enough sunshine to warm things up where we had enough instability to fire off thunderstorms on the electronic side. these extra clouds will hold temperatures back just a little bit. another plane load of folks making an on time arrival at reagan national airport. full cloud cover right now. one or two slivers of sunshine getting through. one or two random raindrops this morning as well. temperatures muggy. feels like summertime out there for sure. mid to upper 60s to right around 70 degrees. temperatures right now 3 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. that's because the air is so humid. we can't cool off at night. we'll see a steady rise in temperatures today out of the

70s and into the low and mid-80s. again, the difference. yesterday we made 88 today probably at 83 4, 5 range. as a result just a little difference there, takes some of the edge off of the severe weather chance here for today. if you're traveling today out towards chicago, st. louis, little rock dallas or houston or memphis, big severe weather likely again today across that part of the country. so flights in and out of those major hubs could be badly impacted. for us a lot of clouds around. not as much rain out there as what it appears on storm team 4 radar on that broader view. here we are up close, a few springers near hagerstown. might be one or two quick showers in and around town as well. rainfall amounts this morning are very, very light. weather slowdowns are most like likely between noon and 6:00. thunderstorms linger into the evening hours but fade away pretty quickly. severe weather chances go down with sun setting at 8:00.

here is future weather. we'll start off cloudy will get a peek or two of sunshine later this morning into the afternoon. that increases chance of showers. here we are at 2:00 a line of thundershowers there. by 4:00 a line into southern maryland another line along blue ridge. that comes into metro at 5:00 6:00 7:00. all that trails off after the sun goes down. for tomorrow another mild start in the morning. just enough heating tomorrow afternoon 2:00 to 8:00 chances for showers and storms again. this pattern will repeat on tuesday. it's not a broken record. we're not in july and august just yet. we do get a break, front takes the humidity and 80s out of here from wednesday onward into i can't believe it memorial day weekend. >> all right. >> where did it all go? >> i know. by the way that marathon

training conditions you well. >> sure does. down in georgia doing hard core training. >> all right. cabaret takes the stage in northern virginia. we're going to meet a young actor bringing his own to the

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the artist behind eye catching artwork across alexandria. we first told you about the art on friday. it will adorn traffic control boxes on duke street. the artist used a variety of media including photos, images and digital imagery. you can meet the artist from noon until 2:00 p.m. >> are you ready for this one? one of the most celebrated dubious roles on stage kit cat club as nazis rose to power. >> wendy rieger sat down with the young actor who is bringing his own brand to a popular story. ♪ ♪ >> actor we see taylor does a lot of gyrating and crotch grabbing as he struts around the rehearsal hall getting his hands dirty in a role that has had him licking his chops for years. >> it's my dream role. it's something i've wanted to do for a long time.

>> cabaret's master of ceremony is like a warped fun house mirror gleefully reflecting the moral decay of berlin in the last decadent days before the nazi malignancy would devour the german soul. >> i think cabaret is a masterpiece. >> it's also daunting. two other daunting because two other actors made it iconic joel gray winning the oscar in bob fossey's 1982 movie and a new sexual tryst to sam menendez's broadway revival. sam taylor said he was inspired by both. >> i think you're allowed to steal from genius. do i. i think joel gray and allen couple cumming are genius. >> a full throttle sexuality, even full frontal nudity which the director says is perrault appropriate to the story line and not expected to shock or

awe. >> it's hard to shock and surprise an audience. when you say there's nudity people come out in droves. >> taylor admits he's awed by physicality of the role. his resume linked to adams family a regular on "smash." now a song and dance man. >> my body is broken and i feel incredibly sore every day. tleert separates men from the boys that's true. >> taylor will be wearing out his leather leader hosen as he ramps beckoning you to come. and you can see cabaret at the signature theater in arlington from now until june 28th. still to come this morning, it happened again. we take a look at the metro problems from overnight. >> plus white house says u.s.

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we have breaking news. we are working to find more information on an overturned vehicle on the inner loop of the beltway. two lanes closed.

traffic on the left-hand side between rockville heights and connecticut avenue. with montgomery county fire and emergency sent a tweet saying two people are trapped right now. they are trying to remove the car which is over the guardrail. we also have more breaking news coming into the newsroom this morning. prince george's ems and fire telling us a whom died in a fire at an apartment in the oxon hill area. firefighters responded to area of smoke in that building. around 5:00 this morning they found a small fire on the third floor. an adult female was found in the area of the fire with burn injuries and shortly pronounced deceased shortly of a. >> let's bring up the other morning's top stories. police need your help identifying the person in this video. look closely. kind of hard to see. back to us. this person was seen driving a porche from the scene of a double homicide.

four people found dead inside this home that had been set on fire. a man has been arrested in connection with the death of a couple in rockville. dick and jody vilardo found stabbed to death. police arrested scott tomaszewski on a cruise ship in salmonella. he's held without bond. federal regulators calling on amtrak to install technology. they want amtrak to rease curves along rail lights and put up signs. eight people killed in the crash. the cause still under investigation. 7:30 on this sunday morning. good morning to you. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm david culver in for adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. it has been a busy sunday may 17th. we do want to check in with meteorologist chuck bell. he has your forecast. looks like clouds. that's what we can expect if we walk out the door now, chuck. >> that's right. full cloud cover. may be a sliver or two of sunshine getting through but

more clouds than anything else there might be a sprinkle as well. a big graduation taking place on the national mall if you're headed in that general direction, plan on a lot of clouds. no the a big rain threat. awfully moisture. chair cushions a little wet. i couldn't rule out a raindrop or two. storm team 4 radar. most not reaching the ground annapolis, bay bridge one or two lonesome sprinkles in northern parts of loudoun county south of the waldorf southern st. mary's county. you get the picture. not heavy rain. heavier rain chances this afternoon just like we saw yesterday. ow the door wet in the upper 60s to near 70 will rise into the low and mid-80s today with an 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms coming our way by later on this afternoon. timing out rain chances noon to 5:00 towards blue ridge. most likely time for rain on the i-95 corridor 3:00 and 8:00 this

afternoon. >> thanks chuck. more track problems for metro, this time in bethesda. we learned about the issue from the montgomery county fire department. they tweeted this alert about an arcing insulator at the bethesda station. they said trains had a single track but no fire. investigators believe an arcing insulator is what caused smoke to fill the metro station earlier this year. one person died in that incident incident. heads up if you are taking metro. orange silver blue will run 18 minutes, yellow and green every 20 minutes and red line 24 minutes. also trains on the green line between college park and green belt and between branch avenue station. this is part of metro's multi-billion dollar project. new this morning at least two people dead more than a dozen wounded after a suicide bombing near kabul airport in afghanistan.

a member of the taliban. the attack appeared to target u.n. police training mission. police training mission. eu officials say nobody on that mission was hurt but one person in a government vehicle was killed. >> we're learning new details about a daring raid that put u.s. troops on the ground in the part of syria controlled by isis. the white house says a senior isis commander is dead, his wife captured. nbc's richard engel reports on the incredibly risky mission. >> it's only the second time u.s. special operations forces have carried out a mission in syria in isis territory. one u.s. official said he was on pins and needles until commandos were out. >> u.s. military officials say american delta force commandos took off from northern iraq in black hawk helicopters and ospray aircraft like these and flew deep into isis-controlled territory in eastern syria. no allies on the ground. if the u.s. forces were captured, they risked

unimaginable horrors. a jordanian pilot captured by isis was burned alive. u.s. officials say the american target abu sayyaf was a top isis money man who managed isis's oil and gas income and was personally close to the isis leader al baghdadi. the target did not go quietly. there was a gunfight, even hand to hand fighting. abu sayyaf was killed along what dozen or more isis fighters. >> the fact united states was willing to mount a capture mission to grab him showed that he was a really important person in the infrastructure itself. >> the u.s. commandos left unharmed, taking with them abu sayyaf's wife. u.s. officials a little she helped manage hostages taken by isis. the raid was bold and risky. it could yield intelligence. but it's unlikely to change the overall battle.

>> this operation sent a very clear message to isis that even a safe haven aren't completely safe, that u.s. forces will go anywhere. that woman, the wife now in u.s. custody, i'm told she is talking. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. at 7:36 hundreds stranded in the mountains of nepal. a massive 7.3 aftershock hit the region on tuesday killing more than 100 people. what you're looking at in this video is folks trying to board that helicopter. >> hundreds living in tents near the border of china. >> a scary situation out there. a d.c. police officer is recovering after being hurt on the job. we're working to find out why a d.c. ambulance was not available to transport that officer. >> he was hurt on the job yesterday but had to be transported to the hospital by a prince george's county ambulance. police tell us the officer hurt his knee while walking on barn street northeast. the officer is expected to be okay.

7:37 cracking down on faulty claims. >> while some cosmetic companies may be breaking the law with what they are trying to sell you. you're watching "news 4 today."

so when you shop for things like shampoo, makeup skin screams, how do you know which one delivers what they promise? >> turns out the way some companies try to hook you is against the law. why there's a crackdown on cosmetics. >> use mascare, a little pencil. >> for the night, for the day, for the skin. i buy a lot. >> the cosmetic and skin scare industry is a multi-billion dollar business. consumers spend money on top

dollar products seeking the fountain of youth and the latest makeup trend. the food and drug administration has authority over cosmetics. when it comes to labels designed to lure to you buy, fda has a warning for consumers. >> what they may be buying may not be proven to do what it's supposed to do. >> federal law defines cosmetics as products designed for cleansing, beautifying and promoting attractiveness. those that market treatment, prevention or change in skin structure such as removing wrinkles hair dandruff are labeled drugs. >> many products may not have labeling appropriate for the type of category it falls into. >> cosmetics are not fda approved before they hit the market. but products that make drug claims must get federal approval. those products are required to have drug facts, active

ingredients deemed safe. but not every company follows the rules. >> technically it's breaking the law. a consumer should have a reaction to any of the cosmetic products they are using, we would like to hear from them. >> so far this year the fda has sent five warning letters to manufacturers for making misleading claims products that promise to improve skin hair eye lashes without the appropriate labels. we asked the personal care products council, organization that represents manufacturers to comment on those warning letters but it declined. the fda says it has been tracking claims made about cosmetic products for years. an increase of unlawful claims made on the internet and product packaging. >> helps us to do our work to make hur the marketplace is safe. >> for some consumers when it comes to putting a price tag on the process. >> i don't think there's anything out there that stops aging. >> if you spend money pay attention to the label and

ingredients. warning labels find them on the website with company statements that responded to our request for comment. search the word "cosmetic." >> okay. erika gonzalez reporting there. jim vance helping change minds. >> i feel like this guy that walks around with this big pack on my back. in that pick is a bunch of masks. -of- bunch of them. i can put on whatever i want you to see. >> we are going to hear more of vance's battle with depression and addiction. a live look outside, hovering around 69 70 degrees. can't seem to decide there. but chuck bell saying get ready for some rain. we'll see when that's going to

the "today" show is next on nbc 4 at skl. >> erica hill thomas roberts live from new york. what are you working on? >> good morning. next we're keeping a close eye on tornado alley, which is unfortunately really living up to its name more than two dozen tornadoes overnight. a lot of people hoping the worst is behind them. dylan with the forecast there. >> i know you guys paying attention pimlico, two for two. winning horse one race away from

triple crown. we'll talk to bob baffert and victor espinoza. can he do it again. >> "mad men" wrapping up for good not the only show. letterman, a look back how iconic shows impacted what you watch. >> a lot of "mad men" to catch on just saying. in a matter of hours, speaking of a madman matt lauer taking off for a bike ride all for red nose day. matt joining us live as he sets off into the sun on this epic bike ride. >> looking forward to that. that and much more when we get started sunday morning on "today.." >> i saw you tweet out you've got the show on lockdown. >> we do. we have this on lock down for you. >> all right. we'll be watching. for more than a year we've been

sharing stories about mental health project called changing minds. now we hair a very personal story with one of our own. >> jim vances esis opening up about depression. finding the light after years of darkness. >> i feel like a guy that walks around with this big bag, this pack on my back. in that pack is nothing but masks. an i have a bunch of them. i can put whatever i want you to see. i got real good at that. >> the jim vance most people see on their tv every night is confident, gregarious charming. some people might say he's got swag. but for years, he says it was all a facade masking his drug addiction and depression causing him to spiral into extremely dark period including one night in 1987 when he pointed a shotgun into his

mouth. >> the reason i didn't depress that trigger, the image came into my mind of anyone of my kids learning what their father had done. >> hiding all that pain every day got to be exhausting he says. he was so good at hiding things that most people never saw through his mask. >> did you have a clue? >> that you were in all this pain? i think it was apparent to me sometimes you were down. but no i did not sense that you had this much sadness. >> i was so very successful at masking and hiding it. i wish i had failed to cover it so well because maybe then you know i would have sought help a lot earlier.

>> vance got help for his drug addiction after that suicidal moment in 1987. there was some therapy afterwards but he bailed out pretty quickly. it was hard. but then years later he finally returned to therapy for depression and stuck with it this time. >> the addiction was rough. i don't have the words to tell you. so was therapy. it was difficult because i was forced to confront truths of which i think i had been aware all of my life for which i had very successfully suppressed. and when they found it open the flood gate burst. >> he told his therapist he had two goals. >> i told him i want one day where for an entire day i can

know joy. and one day, when i can know what it is to truly love another human being as i have been loved all my life. >> vance says going to therapy was one of the best decisions he's ever made. not because he's cured but because he's learned coping skills. >> i still sometimes feel depressed, but i know what to do with it now. i know how to deal with it now. it doesn't overtake my life rule my life dominate my life. >> vance says his newfound joy includes spending more time here. his garage turned man cave or out on the open road on his harley. >> you haven't really talked about depression before. why talk about it now? >> if i can be a little glimmer

of light for one person just by acknowledging that i'm all screwed up but i'm cool with it now, then you know i'll be very happy with that. i'll be eternally grateful for that. i mean that sincerely. you know that's no way to live. >> you're not wearing the bag of masks anymore. >> no i'm glad it's lost. i have no idea where that thing is. >> most of all i know joy. i get whole bunches of days now where i know joy. and i'm cool with that. with that all doors are open. there are no closed doors because i'm not afraid of what might be behind it because i go into them fortified with a sense

of joy and love. i know joy and i know love. >> doreen gentzler "news 4 today." >> well we have a lot of resources for dealing with depression on changing minds on our page that's dedicated to changing minds. you're going to find that on the nbc washington app. he knows joy and is giving a lot of people a lot of hope. >> changing minds is such a rewarding project. part of that is a lot of interaction with the social media. >> it certainly is. depression is real absolutely. >> affects many many people. >> many cloudy days for a lot of people when the sun is shining. today if it feels cloudy in your world today, it's because it is actually cloudy outside. it's a beautiful sunday morning otherwise. mild feeling a little like summertime already. calendar says mid may. mother nature says feels like july to me. it's a cloudy sky outside this morning. there are little pockets of sprinkles and some drizzle

outside this morning. no heavy rain. if you're headed out to taste of arlington or graduation down on the mall or fredericksburg for historic half marathon all those activities will be filled with clouds this morning. an opportunity for a sprinkle or two but nothing all that heavy until later this afternoon. right now upper sick and low 70s. we'll make it up into the low, perhaps mid-80s today. just enough heating to hook up showers and storms later on. looks like a whole lot more than it is on storm team 4 radar. get the local view a couple of sprinkles, northern montgomery county maybe a few sprinkles south of annapolis towards edgewater, one or two lonesome raindrops across northern virginia as well. what to expect generally mild morning, back into the 80s with showers and thundershowers likely again by later on this afternoon. always stay ahead with nbc 4 washington storm team 4 app of it's absolutely free google play store. here is seven-day forecast now. 85 today with an 80% chance for

rain. a 60% chance of rain on monday and 70% chance for rain on tuesday. that's when the cold front comes through. behind the front, good-bye humidity good-bye 80s, back into the 70s as we finish out th

>> both sides of the beltway at a standstill ativan dorn street

because of a transformer fire. >> as you can tell from this image traffic backing up in the area. we're working to find out more we'll tweet more from nbc warrant, find out more from the app as well. >> stay away from inner and outer loop in both directions. day away from van dorn on the beltway. showers later today. >> don't forts the umbrella. that's going to do it for news 4. thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back at 9:00. until then have a great sunday.

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