n conia. >> we'll stay on top of this story not only here but push alerts through nbc washington app. you'll want to find this online as well. good morning, may 17th. i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. welcome to "news 4 today." as you saw in the live pictures a cloudy start to sunday morning. chuck is tracking raindrops. >> chuck, what's the word? >> a whole lot more clouds. it's awfully damp and very humid as well. our tower camera shows a very cloudy sky over the national cathedral in northwest washington right now. not a lot of heavy rain coming down. a check of it on storm team 4 radar, you'll get a sense there's no heavy rain to be dealt with first thing this morning as temperatures are mostly in the upper 60s and 70s right now. come on computer don't you want to change the map. a few lonesome raindrops near

leesburg a few towards rappahannock county and charles and st. mary's. nothing that heavy, headed out to the national ceremony on the national mall it will be damp outside. wet seat can you gos for sure. won't be cold. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s now. manassas, virginia cloudy skies, a warm start, 74 by 10:00 achlt rain chances increasing as we get into the middle and later parts of the afternoon. high today low- to mid-80s. tomorrow's forecast coming up in a few. >> all right, chuck. we'll check in with you then. a busy morning. more breaking news into the newsroom. prince george's fire an ems, coming up a woman has died in a fire in the apartment in the oxon hill area. firefighters responded to reports of smoke in that building around 5:00 this morning. they found a small fire in a third floor apartment. that woman was found in the area where that fire started. she had burn injuries according to investigators. firefighters say there was a working smoke alarm in the

apartment. however, it appears to have been moved to a hallway closet. that may have delayed the audible warning. >> d.c. asking for help to find a person of interest in a quadruple homicide. they have released surveillance footage and we have that for you. news 4 derrick ward near the home with more on what police are finding in the home. derrick. >> reporter: you can look at the scene here what's left of the fire. usually it would be the purview of insurance investigators now. a look at the broader scene, police cars an crime scene tape let's you know something much more serious is afoot. take a look at surveillance video. this is released by metropolitan police last night. they are calling this a person of interest in the connection of the fire and death of four people at the house 3200 block of woodlawn drive. savvas savopoulos and his wife and child were found dead in the

fire thursday. police investigators quickly deemed those deaths were a homicide. the fire was, indeed suspicious. they are also looking into reports a blue porche 911 seen near the house shortly before the fire that car was found burning hours after the fire. we believe that person of interest in the video is associated with that. there are reports that one of the victims, at least one of the victims, suffered some sort of trauma. reports also from the hospital emergency room there was a strong smell of gasoline about the bodies of one of those victims. so police are hoping this new video they have released information on that car and perhaps anything else out there might help jog people's memory about what happened and give them the break they need to solve this case. folks from this neighborhood have been coming by all morning. they are deeply troubled by this. they are concerned it was random and also concerned it wasn't random. both of those are providing

little comfort for the folks who live in this neighborhood in the northwest. derrick ward news 4. >> derrick, where a community remains on edge. thanks so much for that report. later this afternoon we're expecting to learn more about an arrest made in connection with a double murder. this in rock hill. overnight we found police in juneau, alaska took a suspect into custody. scott tomaszewski arrested coming off a cruise ship. right now he's held in juneau. montgomery county police first announced the arrest last night. they say tomaszewski lived down the steet from the vilardos the couple found stabbed to death on mother's day. montgomery county police will hold a news conference this afternoon. stay with news 4 as developments continue to unfold or go ahead and push out updates on our nbc washington app. prince george's county police need your help. they are looking for anyone who has information about a double homicide in oxon hill. police called to aubrey lane on

friday where they found a man with a gunshot wound. he later died at the hospital. then police found a second man dead behind a nearby apartment building. he had also been shot. >> firefighters working to find the cause of a deadly apartment fire. this in alexandria. a man died in that fire. a second person being treated for serious burns. the fire broke out early yesterday on the third floor of an apartment building on kenmore avenue off 395. neighbors were asleep when that fire started. >> i was in the apartment with my wife. >> i told my husband, wake up there's a fire. fire hurry up. >> a couple of the folks who don't have a place stay right now. fire officials say it will will be weeks before those residents can return to their homes. working to find what caused a bad crash in temple hills. we told you yesterday morning. a car rolled over on the

parkway. five people in that car. three of them children under the age of 10. we hear those kids were thrown from the car. they had to be airlifted to the hospital. as for the two adults they were trapped and they had to pry them out. federal investigators already asking for big changes from amtrak after a derailment killed eight people on tuesday. officials want amtrak to improve speed drols on trains in the area where that crash happened. they want amtrak to reassess the speeds these trains travel around curves. amtrak told to put up more signs with speed limits around their routes. they will comply with directives. safety upts come as new questions raised about possibility the train's engine or windshield could have been hit by a projectile. the national transportation safety board called in fbi to investigate this. there appears to be two other incidents in the area in which trains were hit by projectiles. >> the question for me is

whether 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. >> so that train engineer is talking to investigators, remember what happened before the train derailed. >> taking a look now at your week ahead. on monday fairfax county now asking members of the public if their opinions on police practices. you still have one more day to register if you would like to speak at a forum. it comes amid nationwide conversation about police tactics. the commission has been asked to make recommendations about how fairfax police can build public trust especially when it comes to police involved incidents. the forum starts at 7:30 p.m. recommendations do you by october 31th. also in the week ahead a new fire station opening its doors in montgomery county. a ground breaking ceremony held tomorrow for the new station in the glenmont neighborhood of

silver springs. it's going to happen near the intersection of randolph. >> a major effort to overhaul pedestrian safety laws. councilwoman starting a bicycle and pedestrian working group. this thursday the focus will be on pedestrians. another meeting to focus on bicycles and two meetings to he are write the laws. you can register to participate on the website. time is 9:08. helping people devastated by the earthquake in nepal. >> how one student in prince george's county doing his part to help people investigate -- help people he doesn't know. >> taking drivers to school and you to some of the most notorious spots in the area. >> breaking news on the beltway, shut down because of a transformer fire. details as we get them. we're back after this.

this morning the u.s. military task force in nepal is identifying those six marines killed in a helicopter crash in nepal. five men and one woman are from across the u.s. >> the earthquake has taken thousands of lives. stories of goodwill continue to emerge from the wreckage. among those helping survivors and 8-year-old in maryland. how he raised $30,000 in just days. >> he's learning how to run a business in school. they are selling necklaces. >> basically $2. >> but easy to say he just turned a few hundreds in his piggy bank into thousands of

dollars. now he's giving it away. >> i know exactly. >> every year he likes to give away money on his birthday. he's donated to toys for tots and salvation army. this year for his 9th birthday. >> american nepal medical foundation. >> his parents are from nepal and he wanted to help victims of the earthquake but decided his $380 wasn't good enough. so -- >> dad and mom went to facebook and e-mailed other people about the fundraising i'm doing. >> people met once or twice, give him $1,000 $500. >> kids at school helped. >> from their backpacks, change money from home the next day. >> before they knew it he raised $27,000 exceeding the

$25,000 goal in just 10 days. >> how do you get an 8-year-old to be this thoughtful. >> when we came to this country, i came with nothing. gave us a lot. i try to teach my son, it's not about always taking. it's about giving too. >> when i said why not this one birthday treat yourself to a new video game toys. >> i already have enough. i don't need more. i like to help nepal. >> if you would like to help raise money, logon to nepal help. >> wow, that's wonderful. >> it's incredible. >> time looking at 9:13. still ahead news 4 iteam investigation. we go under cover and show you dangerous bus stops in the region. >> angie, breaking news we're following this on the beltway. a utility poll fire causing quite a mess. back with more details.

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so check out this video. it's hard to watch, especially for a lot of moms and parents out there. it shows these kids at a bus stop out in washington state. >> a driver doesn't stop. nearly takes them out. news 4 reveals a fast number of drivers in the area being

charged with ignoring stopped school buses. every day you put your trust in the school bus driver to get your child home safely. but as the news 4 iteam is about to show you, it's the other drivers on the road you might need to worry about. >> you're supposed to stop. >> drivers either not seeing school bus stop signs or ignoring them. >> all the new gadgets that come with new cars it's all very distracting. >> the iteam wanted to know how often police are catching these drivers and where. so we've put our hidden cameras on bus patrol throughout the school year. >> and we review court records and track three of the busiest bus stops in our region. our first stop is riverdale road state route 10. >> every day. >> every day. >> at this apartment complex, ida, her grandmother.

when buses stop here drivers on the other side of the street don't. just watch. >> riverdale at veteran. >> our cameras catch it several times over several days. >> riverdale road at auburn avenue. >> prince george's county corporal scott amesworth says he routinely stops people including the driver of this car. >> did you see the bus? >> i did. >> do you keep going? >> i know that was wrong. >> watch this driver hesitate at the stop sign but then keep going. now another. >> why didn't you stop at the school bus. >> didn't see the stop sign. >> they received citations. court records found 438 drivers charged passing school bus in prince george's county in the past two years. fairfax county ticketed 312 drivers. that's where the next stop is.

iteam found route 29 or fairfax city line. state records show 10% spike in school bus passing each year since 2011. we found the most drivers charged here in montgomery county. more than this south of lake forest mall in gaithersburg. keep your eye on the small truck on the left next to this bus. then another bus stops. even as the kids exit this blue car drives right past. it's not just the kids in danger school bus camera footage shows adults crossing the road nearly hit by cars that ignored the stopped bus. on this narrow piece of i-65 57 drivers ticketed louisiana year. >> i've seen it firsthand. >> this man says his daughter nearly hit in germantown. he says it's time to do something, a $500 fine for this.

>> why pay $500 out of your own money and put a child at risk. >> reporter: they tried to raise the find but state leaders failed to get the votes. >> unfortunate drivers aren't paying attention. >> reporter: worry about drivers more focused on where they are going than what's right in front of them. scott mcfarland news 4 i-team. >> scary video to look at. one of the things so scary, you stop and a car goes around you thinking you stopped for no reason. >> it's easy to know when the big lights are blinking. >> scott touched on this in the story, there's so many disraks. people aren't paying tank. it takes one to two seconds to drive right past it. >> air on the side of caution. >> in the last hour or so since we woke up things haven't changed much. >> no sunshine gloomy hoping for a little sunshine late this afternoon.

it's going to be at a premium. that actually helps a little bit. yesterday we had enough sunshine to fire off severe thunderstorms. today these extra clouds even though we have a chance for thundershowers coming back later on this afternoon will be just a little cooler. as a result the storms won't have quite the punch they did yesterday. that will be a little bit of good news. right now, cloudy 73 in washington. feeling like summertime outside with temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s right now. 73 washington 70 in gaithersburg and leesburg 72 in winchester. hourly temperatures out of the 70s and into the low 80s. there will again be a chance for thunderstorms. one or two of them could be on the strong side. we'll keep you posted on that. you can always have storm team 4 weather. impact low and moderate. storm chances increasing later on this afternoon. if you're traveling today, could be big impacts on chicago, st. louis, memphis, little rock dallas and houston. big severe weather out across

the middle of the country. that's the cold front that will take humidity and storm chances out of here after the day on tuesday. so the second half of the week is looking good. but for now storm team 4 radar picking up on sprinkles and drizzles first thing this morning. nothing that heavy. a lot of outdoor activity going on. will be mostly rain-free this morning other than a drizzle or two. by later on this afternoon, chances for showers and thunderstorms coming in 2:00 3:00 4:00. another chance about 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. again, severe weather chances are lower than yesterday because of the extra clouds. temperatures low- to mid-80s today. mid to upper 80s tomorrow with a little bit more sunshine. going to have stronger storms tomorrow and tuesday. dry it out, weather returns second half of the week into next weekend. >> perfect time for memorial day. 9:22. >> find out how much you're going to park in arlington of the rate is going up. >> we are following that live breaking news on the beltway shut down because of a utility

pole fire. as we get updates we'll bring it to you. >> as our colleague reported from the republican national committee meeting in arizona, there are doubts among republicans about jeb bush especially after last week. scott walker especially after his absence from the campaign and also about marco rubio, many view as being untested. >> as one party operative told kasie hunt it's anybody's ball game in the republican race. >> early 2016 polling proves that. jeb bush in first place, but problems with conservative

voters. >> while hillary clinton has a substantial lead in the democratic presidential race the gop contest is wide open. all wit

if you live in arlington complaint you'll soon be paying

more to park your car. parking rates going up. it will cost $1.25 an hour a 25% increase. county officials say parking rates lag behind those in the district alexandria and bethesda. the county put off the decision. >> getting ready to turn the tassels on the national mall. live pictures this morning, the student procession in about three minutes. 9:30 actual ceremony starts at 10:00. more than 25,000 people including 6,000 graduates expected to attend. a big crowd there. >> it happened again. forces killed a senior isis leader who the military is questioning. take you live to the beltway. inner loop and outer loop shut down near van dorn street.

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>> both seeds of the beltway at a standstill at van dorn because of a utility fire. you can see smoke in the area. >> a live picture now from the scene. look at it and it looks clear. that's because traffic has been

detoured through the area. they are diverting traffic as they are concerned that wires may fall onto the beltway. we are seeing backups outside of this area. our assignment editor making calls. they say more than 2,000 people in that area without power. that includes some streetlights on van dorn street. we'll let you know as soon as we hear when fire could be restored there. make other top stories this morning. police in the district need your help identifying this person in the video. tough to see but look closely. they say this person was seen driving a porche stolen from a scene at a triple homicide in the northwest. four people found dead in this home set on fire. >> we are also david, about to learn more about a murder arrest. vilardos found dead on mother's

day. tomaszewski arrested. we'll push updates through our nbc washington app. a very busy morning in news. time to check on forecast. >> head outside to chuck bell. he's standing by. chuck, are you thinking a chance of rain today? >> yeah much better chance of steady rain coming up later this afternoon. out here on the front lawn this morning, it's cloudy and thick outside. mother nature ringing random drops out of the sky. not enough to make a splash in the puddle. one little drop here and one there. that's about all it's doing. here is a view from the towers looking around the region. southbound past national cathedral. full cloud cover out there. same story over the woodrow wilson bridge. prince george's fairfax, loudoun, western montgomery, dulles international airport. you can at least see the tower now. you couldn't do that an hour ago. storm team 4 radar. doesn't look like much isn't adding up to too much. trace amounts of drizzle this

morning. temperatures in the low and middle 70s. sky cast 4 shows not much in the way of sunshine. may be one or two peeks mid-80s. showers and storms likely. not quite as strong and not quite the coverage we saw yesterday. back to work and school forecast coming up with seven-day in a few minutes. >> chuck, thanks. more traffic problems for metro. this time in bethesda. we learned about the issue from the montgomery county fire department. they tweeted out this alert about an arcing insulator at the bethesda station. trains had to single track but no fire. investigators believe an arcing insulator caused the smoke to fill the area one person died in that incident. orange silver blue line trains every 18 minutes, yellee and green every 20.

red line trains 24 minutes. green line single track between college park and green belt andavenue. this is part of the multi-billion dollar project. two people dead and a dozen wounded near suicide bombing near kabul airport in afghanistan afghanistan. we just got new video. taliban taking responsibility for the attack. officials say nobody on the mission was hurt. one person in a government vehicle was killed. we are learning new details about a daring raid that put on the ground. a senior isis commander dead and his wife captured. nbc's richard engel reports. >> 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 right now. 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. a d.c. officer is recovering today after being hurt on the job.

we're working to find out why a d.c. ambulance was not available to take the officer to the hospital. he was hurt on the job yesterday 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 barnes street northeast. the officer is expected to be okay. the owner of pimlico might decide to move the race. the owner says he's considering moving the race to a sunday. the change in day could happen as soon as next year. the change envenue may not happen a few more years. pre-k niece winner american pharoah trying to do something that's not been done in 37 years. many have tried. last year california chrome. viktor espinoza ride thanksgiving horse. he's also riding american pharoah. it's his third attempt to ride a triple crown winner.

>> third time going to be charm? >> i know right. seems like third time is the lucky charm. >> you can watch the belmont stakes saturday june 6th. that's right here on nbc 4. at 9:38 we want to bring you back to breaking news. crews working to restore. >> daisy from dominion power. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> we want to start off with bringing us to speed on electrical pole fire. what is your main concern. >> well at about 10:00 this morning, there was a report of a pole fire on circuit causing i-495 beltway ativan dorn street. the first thing we did was establish safety. we wanted to make sure around the area was safe. about 9:00 able to restore power to 1800 of those customers. >> okay. >> daisy, we were hearing some of the traffic signals on van dorn street also out. able to restore power there?

>> right now we have restored power to that area. we still have about 268 customers still without power. but police are there. they are monitoring traffic. understand that the beltway is now open and they are working to get a couple lanes of the outer loop open. >> that is the time line. as we take a look at live picture. crews are there still on the scene. what are they working to fix right now? >> right now they are making temporary repairs to get the rest of the customers back on. going back later for permanent repairs. first point of contention was to make the area safe and to make temporary repairs. so right now they are on site. they are investigating what happened and working to get the rest of our customers back on soon. >> all right, daisy with dominion power. thank you so much for your time and keeping everybody updated. >> thank you. >> the good news is we've got

lanes back open. the crews still on the scene trying to do repairs. 1800 people restored power, couple more they are working on now. >> hopefully they will get to

this week's wednesday's child is a young man you've met before. sadly he's still waiting and hoping for a family. >> right now he lives in a group home. news 4's barbara harrison takes us to meet james. >> there it is. are you excited? >> yeah. >> i'm kind of excited, too. >> reporter: georgia bay therapeutic horse back riding in falls church welcomed james who happened to love horses. >> would you like to meet our horses? >> yes. >> this is niles. >> niles. hi buddy. >> the first horse he saw was niles and it was love at first sight. >> would you like to brush niles? >> james has been in foster care

since he was three. he's 13. >> he's grooming explained it's a way to make friends. >> a way to make friends with niles. >> james says this looks like a great home for horses. >> horses can get some freedom and not locked up all day. they need exercise. >> he says he loves the outdoors himself and actually enjoys playing just about every sport. >> soccer basketball hockey biking hiking. >> those who know james say he needs family to help him realize his potential and be motivated to succeed in all he does. >> are you ready? >> yeah. >> he was certainly motivated to learn how to ride niles. >> how does it feel? >> it feels great. >> james wants the love of a permanent family. >> it takes a forever family not just a staff of people who are paid to care for him. >> she says james needs a home. she says he hopes the home has

pets. >> i think i'll take niles as my pet if i go. >> james says if not niles, a cat or a dog will do. barbara harrison, "news 4 today." >> if you have room in your home and your heart for james or another child who is waiting, call our special adoption hot line. that number 188 to adopt me. search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. >> we are staying on top of breaking news on the capital beltway. >> warm and humid. chuck bell looking at a chance for rain. >> over to our breaking news the situation we've got going on right now, the outer loop near van dorn partially open. we're hearing the inner loop lanes will open soon following the utility pole fire. a lot of people getting power back on right now. we'll be right back.

parts of oklahoma massive tornadoes hit the area. check out video, tornado touching down elmer south of oklahoma city. another storm expected to hit tomorrow. >> texas bracing for a severe storm. heavy rain and hail hitting the region yesterday. hail covered roads in texoma which is the border between texas and oklahoma. more than two inches of rain fell in just 24 hours causing the roads to flood. heavy rains expected to hit the

region on tuesday. montgomery county's emergency communication closer to home lighting up after a storm moves through the area here. callers reporting several struck by lightning last night. looking at video at the house ol any hidden garden lane. fortunately wasn't much damage here. dispatchers received calls that drivers were stranded in deep standing water. one person waited on the roof of a pickup truck until help could come. >> those were pop-up storms chuck bell you warned about yesterday. >> you betcha. >> you thinking today, too? >> the clouds are doing us a favor right now of the clouds are going to seal out the sunshine. yesterday we made 88 degrees ahead of the thunderstorms. the reason we had powerhouse storms we did is because it got so warm. the cloud deck is going to hold temperatures down a bit. the cooler we stay the lower the risk for strong thunderstorms later on this afternoon. a little bit of a good news scenario there. clouds remain very thick over

washington this morning having just been on the front lawn of channel 4, i can tell you loads of raindrops, spits and drizzles what i'd like to call them getting down to the ground underneath these clouds tells me these clouds are awfully thick up there. that's going to limit sunshine and thunderstorm chances for today. there will still ab chance but just garden variety thunderstorms not severe thunderstorm thresholds we reached yesterday. 73 right now but feels like summertime out there. our dew points are in the upper 60s to near 70. dew point is how humid it feels outside. the higher that number is the more sticky it feels. already temperatures low- to mid-70s across the region. fsu feels like the middle of july out there. temperatures later today will get up into the low 80s. it will be warm enough for a chance for a few thunderstorms later this afternoon. it won't be warm enough to have big severe weather threat like we faced yesterday. if you're traveling today, st. louis down towards dallas and houston, they will have big severe weather down there, also

slowdowns at hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. for us looks overpainted. on the regional view looks like it's pouring rain everywhere. as i zoom in on the dual doppler mode metro, hit and miss scattered light raindrops and sprinkles. that's about it. steadiest ones out here in northern fauquier county couple of sprinkles in southern prince george's county. a little sprinkle raining on me in the northwest a couple minutes ago. it isn't much. just enough to get you wet. couple of spots on the glasses. that's all it's going to be. steadier north of 66 and northern fauquier county. that's headed toward the southern side to leesburg and dulles airport. so light sprinkles here this morning. here is the way future cast handles it all the way through the afternoon. get a little break from time to time a peek or two of sunshine. on the whole off and on light rain chances with us for the remainder of the day. our thunderstorm threat going down courtesy of the extra cloud

cover outside. keep that in mind. may need the umbrella time to time. a graduation outdoor wedding, dry shelter you can get under. good news is severe weather chances are diminishing. always a good idea to have storm team weather app, free radar feature in the palm of your hand when we're not on tv. highs today mid-80s, tuesday rain chances remain high for the next three days before the cold front clears it out of here middle part of next week. nice and cool once again. >> looking forward to that. cabaret takes the stage in northern virginia. >> we're going to take the young actor bringing his own persona. >> outer loop reopening on 495 as van dorn after a utility pole fire. details.

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today you'll get to meet the artist behind eye catching artwork popping up around alexandria. take a look at this. we first spoke to you about it on friday. it will adorn duke street. the artist used a variety of media, photos paintings, digital imagery. you can meet from noon until

2:00 p.m. >> one of the most celebrated and dub reduce roles on stage. master of ceremonies at the kit cat club as nazis rose to power in berlin. >> >> 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. >> it's a great role. >> 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 that role iconic in different ways. joel gray winning the oscar in bob fossey's 1982 movie and a new sexual tryst to sam men des's broadway rearrival. sam taylor said he was inspired by both. >> i think you're allowed to steal from genius. i do. i think joel gray and allen cumming are genius. >> a full throttle sexuality, even full frontal nudity which the director says is 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 leans towards broadway comedies like ""the addams family" and television. he was a regular on nbc show "smash."

now he's a song and dance man and feeling every bump and grinds. >> my body is broken and i feel incredibly sore every day. theater separates the men from the boys, that's true. >> taylor will be wearing out his leather leader hosen as he romps through the role of a lifetime and beckons you to come with him. wendy rieger, "news 4 today." and you can see cabaret at the signature theater in arlington from now until june 28th. we continue to stay on top of breaking news on the beltway right now the outer loop ativan dorn street is reopen 495. inner loop will open up shortly. we'll keep you posted as details come in. >> new information this morning. after a quadruple homicide and suspicious fire in northwest on thursday. details coming up on news right now

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