only on verizon. we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, don't miss the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing sleep only at a sleep number store. save $500 on the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. know better sleep with sleep number. beltway van dorn street is reopen the outer loop. we're still waiting to hear about the inner loop. this is what caused the problem. tweeting out the photo showing smoke in the area from a utility fire. traffic moving through the air. we did speak with dominion power. it says 200 people remained in

the dark. >> angie, following more breaking news right now coming into our newsroom out of prince george's county. fire and ems telling us a woman died in a fire in an apartment in the oxon hill area. firefighters reported smoke. when they showed up found a small fire in a third floor apartment. a woman found in the area where the fire started with injuries. she was pronounced dead. there was a working smoke alarm in the apartment, but here is the problem. it appears to have been moved to a hallway apartment which may have delayed the warning found. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. today is may 17. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell that tells us the clouds we're seeing out there are helping us out today. >> helping the threat of low to severe thunderstorms this afternoon. still a chance for a rumble or two. they probably aren't going to pack the punch they did

yesterday. had a lot more sunshine and got much much warmer. clouds sealing out sunshine and the cooler we can stay the lower the storm chances are. there's a little bit of light rain and sprinkles out here. down into st. mary's county lower parts of southern maryland. few more sprinkles south of blue month, leesburg ashberg, chantilly. nothing all that heavy. just a five-minute long sprinkle or rain shower. that's about it. that will eventually move to the washington area. everybody headed to graduation ceremonies or taste of arlington just have a little something to put over their head. if you're going to graduation the cap of the cap and gown might be enough to keep you dry. it's not going to rain that hard. an umbrella to play it safe. temperatures low- to mid-70s, upper 70s to low 80s. a rumble or two of thunder can't be ruled out. won't be quite so much yesterday. back to work and school forecast coming up. >> chuck, thanks. right now d.c. police are

asking for your 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 was alive this morning near the home with more on what police are saying. derrick. >> yeah. well you can see this remains the crime scene. take a look at the house in the 3200 block of woodlawn drive northwest. the fire on thursday. this is surveillance footage. police are calling they released this video last night. this person is a person of interest 46-year-old savvas savopoulos his wife amy and 10-year-old child philip as well as the housekeeper. no bodies found amid the charred remains of the fire that appears to have been focused upstairs. investigators say at the time they found bodies one showed trauma. at the hospital there was a

strong smell of gasoline. police also investigating a connection with a porsche 911 seen before the fire. yesterday afternoon found abandoned and burning in landon maryland. they think there's a connection amid all of those factors. however, they have yet to bring them together. they are hoping the release of this new information will indeed do that. folks in this neighborhood are, of course worried about this. they are wondering if it was random or not. neither of those options are providing much comfort to the folks here in the northwest. we're live derrick ward news 4. >> darrick, thanks so much. later this afternoon we're expecting to learn more about an arrest made in connection with a double murder. this was in rockville. overpass we learned police in juneau juneau, alaska took a suspect in custody. scott tomaszewski was arrested taken off a cruise ship. he's held in juneau. montgomery county police first

announced the arrest last night. they say he lived down the street from the vilardos. the couple found brutally stabbed to death at ridge drive home a week ago on mother's day. montgomery county police expected to hold that conference this afternoon. we're, of course following it. updates through nbc warrant app. prince george's county police looking for anyone with information about a double homicide in oxon hill. police called to aubrey lane midnight friday where they found a man with a gunshot wound. he later died in the hospital. police found a second man dead by a nearby apartment building. he had also been shot. >> firefighters working to find the cause of a deadly apartment fire in alexandria. a man died in that fire. a second person treated for serious burns. the fire broke out early yesterday morning on the third floor of an apartment building on kenmore avenue off 395. neighbors described the fire as scary. >> i was sitting in my

apartment, tv on with my wife. >> i told my husband, wake up there's a fire. fire? hurry up. >> as residents they are two of several displaced." fire officials say it could be weeks before they return to their home. >> looking to discover the cause of the crash on the parkway. five people inside the car including three children under the age of ten. those children were thrown from the car. the adult were trapped in the car and they had to pry them out. >> ntsb called in fbi, looking into the possibility the train engine or windshield may have been hit by a projectile. meanwhile federal regulators want big changes. the company asked to control speed control on the trains

where the crash happened. officials want them to reassess speed they travel around curves. am track has been told to put up more speed limit signs along their routes. taking a look now at your week ahead. monday fairfax county asking members of the public to share opinions on police practices. still have one more day to register if you would like to speak at that forum. it comes amid a 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 due october 1st. some in montgomery county getting a new fire station. it will be opening its doors tomorrow. ground breaking ceremony held for the new station in the glenmont neighborhood of silver springs. it's going to happen near the intersection of randolph and georgia avenue tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning. >> on thursday the district starts a major effort to overhaul pedestrian safety laws. councilmember mary chase

starting bicycle and pedestrian safety working group. this thursday that focus is going to be on pedestrians. there will be another meeting focused on bicycles and two meetings to rewrite the city's laws. can you register to participate on chase website. the time right now is 10:08. graduation is under way for george washington university students. we're looking live from the national mall. >> lots of smiles out there. also want to show you another live picture, a story we've been following all morning. there it is. the outer loop now back open at 495 in van dorn. the inner loop we're told still working to reopen that. all this following a utility poll fire.

(music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle.

. you will soon pay more to park your car in arlington county. parking rates going up. street parking $1.25 an hour. that is $0.25 increase. county officials say parking rates lag behind those in the district alexandria and bethesda. show you a live picture. look at that the crowd on the national mall. these are graduates, 6,000 of them from george washington university. commencement under way. apple ceo tim cook delivering the school's commencement address this year. all tolled some 25,000 folks out there to show support for the graduate. >> that is so beautiful. you cannot ask for better backdrop. it will be really interesting to see what tim cook says because he's an extremely private person. >> that's right. i was looking on twitter to see if anything has come down yet.

>> see what he opens up about. we'll keep an eye on it. >> great venue. coming up on 10:12 here. a taste of the island without even leaving the district. we're going to show you where you can go. >> you're going to want to grab the umbrella. storm team 4 meteo

there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or get $300 back and free dvr service for 1 year, with a 2 year agreement. hurry, offer ends june 8th. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v you're watching "news 4

today." >> in the wake of the amtrak crash we look into america's infrastructure and where improvements need to be made. >> joining us "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. want to start with what's back in the headlines. isis we hear about one of their leaders being killed. the city of ramadi falling. is this progress against them? >> the big story is this raid into syria. the significance of it is this. number one, american on the ground intelligence is getting better in syria. this is the first successful raid. before hostage attempts have failed. the fact they are getting good information about isis that allowed them to target something. it was correct. do they wish they would have captured instead of killed him yes. they really wanted information. they didn't get him but his wife. it could be a bigger event as bad as ramadi looks in the fight against isis if you have true ria, their safe haven, does allow potential

for progress to destroy them. >> talking about something that happened closer to home. iowa not that close. the republicans meeting for the dinner and jeb bush speaking there. this whole thing, his stand on the iraq war, hypothetical getting hammered for it all week. rand paul took a shot last night. is this going to haunt him? >> the bush thing was always going to haunt him, the hurdle the future and past. it's a reminder foreign policy has shifted inside the republican party. i thought the most shocking thing about the week was not jeb bush's inability to answer the question although i couldn't believe he wasn't prepared for it it was the comfort that so many republicans in the field, not everyone but so many sort of comfortable thing, you know what not only was the iraq war a mistake but rand paul almost goes as far as saying would we be better with saddam hussein being in power. actually he's on the show. it's a question he deals with.

this argument actually when overthrow dictators, gaddafi, haines husain assad, does it turn out well or give us negative cons questionses. >> chuck, amtrak in the news after the derailment. funding is a question. >> why it's so difficult for amtrak to get what it needs. it's only successful and concentrated in areas by democrats. republicans have been against it. for the most part they represent airs amtrak isn't seen as a necessity. it's seen as a luxury. of course this is where ideological divide of the two parties comes to fruition. >> a busy show. >> 13 minutes. >> countdown is on. "meet the press" every sunday right here with chuck right here on nbc 4 after "news 4 today." >> close to memorial day, weather warmer. many of us thinking about taking that nice tropical trip to an

island destination. >> chuck told us he's going to florida next weekend. huck lucky him. have fun. you're stuck with us working the holiday. what if we told you you can get a taste of the south pacific without leaving d.c. i found a little oasis in southeast d.c. >> a place to close your eyes inhale and experience malolo. >> means to rest. the owner of polynesian bed and breakfast. nontraditional inspired by native samoa and islands around it. >> because home is quite far away i wanted to bring home here. >> reporter: it's a story that years ago with this marshall heights house. a transformation that transports people to the south pacific, a place where everything tells a story. >> this the legend of the

coconut tree. >> upstairs four rooms that reflect the culture. they are almost always from. >> where is everybody from. >> california france australia. >> filled with guests from around the world. some like the escape. >> you almost feel like you're not in d.c. >> others like the food. >> the b and b. >> the guy behind george lopez, co-owner and head chef makes his menu based on where visitors are from and always with an island trust. >> one of the things we do coconut bread. sometimes we're eating a seven course meal. that will walk you through the whole island. >> in addition to authentic cuisine, transportation to and from airports. if you need a cell phone, they have got you. david said all the in the name of ohana.

>> south pacific hospitality where our homes are open to everybody. we like to treat everybody as family. >> everywhere reminders of who was here. online lots of love too. it was recently named travelers choice by trip advisers and has excellent reviews from visitors. >> we changed a lot of things here in the neighborhood. >> pioneers finding success in southeast by offering a little piece of paradise. >> we just wanted to provide the visitors a different type of experience when you come to d.c. >> it's a gem. malolo is not only a bed and breakfast but has become a popular spot for leaders of ward 7 to hold their meetings and also a lot of good food. >> looks fantastic. chuck thigh off -- >> taste of polynesia there. >> it's really brought so much to the community. they said right when they fir opened people would come and

say we want breakfast or we want a bed. they didn't know. >> that omelet was looking pretty good right now. my cheerios at 3:00 a.m. are long gone. outside the clouds are winning out first thing this morning no heavy rain to deal with. on the way out the door for sunday services graduation at the mall a little layer of dryness to put over your head a small umbrella. nothing heavy out there just yet but just enough to use your intermittent wipers intermittently. 74 in washington. air so thick you can just about cut it. dew points near 70. mid july levels of humidity outside. you'll know it the minute you go outside the door. low- to mid-70s for air temperatures all across the region. will warm up into the upper 70s and low 80s today. there could be a rumble of thunder. unlike yesterday we had several severe thunderstorm warnings i don't think we'll have to worry

about severe weather later today. there will be a chance for a rumble or two of thunder. this little cell west of elkins has had lightning in the last 30 or 40 minutes. that's the impulse coming our way later in the day. a chance for a rumble or two of thunder can't be ruled out. but it won't be the strength we dealt with yesterday. dulles reference, middleburgh, light sprinkles headed to he'sberghe's berg -- leesburg. woodbridge to quantico light sprinkles going over into western charles county port tobacco, a little sprinkle in the next few minutes. maryland annapolis, just a few raindrops, that's all out there. trending to the east and southeast. heavier chances for rain coming in today. let's take it hour by hour through future weather here. 11:00 a.m. little sprinkles into southern maryland. by noon more chances of rain in the metro area. 1:00 showers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder in the panhandle

of west virginia between 1:00 2:00 3:00 this afternoon. rumble of thunder comes into the metro between 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. there's another chance for some showers and maybe a rumble across places like fredericksburg and southern maryland. here is seven-day forecast. a lower temperature 81. my forecasted high today. 87 tomorrow 86 tuesday. plenty of humidity around the next couple days. that all clears out on tuesday night into wednesday, the second half of the week in the first

the outer loop of the beltway van dorn street back open. we're working to find out when the inner loop will reopen. this is what caused the problem this morning. a utility pole on fire. wtop tweeting out this photo showing the smoke in the area. police are diverting traffic away from the area. we spoke with dominion power, it says only about 200 people remain in the dark. >> so a lot of you probably getting ready to head out to the taste of arlington today. might be a good idea to leave your car at home. here a lot closed between between north convince 9th street olsen boulevard. we've posted these on nbcwashington.com. these stay in effect until 8:00. it has been a great weekend for herndon high school senior. we first told you about noah

friday. he has cerebral palsy. yesterday we told you how the baseball manager got to pitch in a game for the first time this week. this morning he's waking up prom king. his classmates crowned him with the honor last night. congrats to noah and prom queen as well. >> great week. good point. >> doing good things in herndon. >> don't forget the umbrella. that's going to do it for "news 4 today."

forces raid into syria that killed an ice isz commander. just how big a blow is this to the terror group? also, the amtrak crash. >> i thought i was a goner. i think most of us did. i think just so violent. >> does this tragedy end up sparking a bigger debate on rebuilding america? plus jeb bush's terrible horrible, no good very bad week on iraq. >> would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have. and so would have hillary clinton. >> how his brother's past is haunting jeb's future. and republican candidates suddenly all opposed to the iraq war. leading that charge, rand paul. he joins us exclusively. finally float like a bee and sting like