y hour storm timing. new model run just coming in. showing that we'll stay fine through noontime. might have a few isolated thundershowers in the shenandoah valley by then. it's later in the afternoon we'll see some of those begin to travel off to east. eastern suburbs, around the bay by 2:00 p.m., may have a few of those popping up as well as east of the blue ridge. a few scattered thundershowers between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. then may settle down a little bit and then another round of thundershowers passing north of the metro area and then track off to the north and east by midnight tonight. so have an umbrella handy for later today. a look at your drive time forecast for this monday. that's coming up in ten minutes at 5:11. melissa, how are the roads? >> right now looking good overall. we do though have some problems here when we're taking a look at branch avenue. branch avenue this construction here popped up between

southbound and allentown road. not too terrible this morning. 95 into town, northbound and southbound you're fine. remember to listen to our friend friends from wtop. nothing in your way at this point. 270 looking good here. northbound and southbound there at 55 mile per hour you're on time. beltway at landover road is looking quite good. we had some trucks that pulled up, not sure what they're doing. at doesn't like any construction is scheduled. the might be some guys just hanging on there this morning. see you at 5:11. breaking news in prince george's county. police investigating a man's death on reed street. megan mcgrath is there where that road is shut down this morning. megan? >> reporter: well aaron, yeah we have a couple of road closures a stretch of reedet has closed as well as a portion of martin luther king avenue in glenarden area. you can see the police activity

we have on the scene, investigators are trying to piece together what happened here. now, it was about 2:30 in the morning when a call came in for a car crash in the 3200 block of reed street. when police arrived, they looked into that car and that's where they found a man dead. now, i spoke a little while ago to a gentleman who works in the area. he works as a security guard and he heard the commotion as he reported to work this morning. he heard multiple gunshots. >> oh, man, had to be about seven or eight shots. a lot of shots. >> reporter: then what? >> then i saw smoke coming from the parking lot area. >> reporter: and the 3200 block of reed street is closed for the investigation. also martin luther king is closed between johnson avenue and ardwick ardmore in the glenarden area. police saying that's going to remain the case for an hour or two, at least. in terms of the shooters or a

lookout for suspects, that information not available at this point. still very early in this investigation. back to you in studio. >> m 5:03. you can take the train to new york city again starting today. in an hour amtrak will run the first trains between new york and philadelphia since that deadly train derailment last week. the federal railroad administration told amtrak to add safeguards on the tracks before they can start running again. about 20 people are recovering in the hospital from the derailment. five in critical condition. everyone is expected to survive. at the crash site philadelphia mayor michael nutter and several others held a memorial service to remember the people who died. the victims of the crash left behind eight families who are grieving today and amtrak could have to pay hundreds of millions in damages to the victims. the law passed in the '90s though says they can't pay more than $2 million to crash victims and families. some say that amtrak should have to pay more than that.

right now, fairfax county officers trying to find at least two people they say killed a man in reston. relatives told news4 the victor is sharrod day. yesterday, they got inside and they got into the fight and someone shot and killed day. at least one other person was hurt. also right now, the search is on for a person of interest in connection with the deaths of four people near the vice president's residence in the district. d.c. police released surveillance video of a man running through a parking lot. they want to question him. on thursday someone called savvas savopoulos his wife amy and the housekeeper. the house was set on fire and the porsche was stolen. if you recognize the person in the video, call d.c. police. in the day ahead, supporters of the proposed purple line will hold a rally during the morning rush. they'll gather at 6:15 at the new library at wayne avenue.

it follows larry hogan saying the project's $2 billion price tag is unacceptable. hogan is reluctant to go forward because of the current costs of the project. the 16-mile light rail would connect new carrollton and bethesda. plan ahead if you take the vre fredericksburg line. you could see some delays for the next two weeks. crews will perform track work and switch upgrades. there could be up to 45 minute delays there. the construction will affect both north and southbound trains. this is all part of a project to create a third track between d.c. and richmond. no school today for students at st. michael the archangel high school. it's in fredericksburg virginia. the principal said there's a problem with the electrical power. as you plan your summer vacation, shenandoah national park says it's opening a new area where you can take your kids. there's a kid friendly trail at black rock summit. that's near the dundo overlook. it's the second family friendly

trail in the park. just a beautiful area. so a lot of fun. i like going on the trails. well, it's a scare in the air we have never heard of. >> straight ahead, the hacker who says he broke into a plane making it fly sideways. and the helicopter crash that caused the death of one person. and looking outside dry right now, but that could change. tom is working on

welcome back at 5:09. a computer security expert claims he hacked into the entertainment systems of more than a dozen planes and was able to control the planes' engines. chris roberts made the revelation to the fbi which seized a bunch of computers from his home as they investigate. he is hoping this helps fix a potential security threat. the fbi is not commenting. severe weather is whipping across the united states. southwest oklahoma is bearing much of the brunt. people in northern texas faced heavy thunderstorms and hail. the national guard helped rescue ten people from their homes and cars. a flooded river forced missouri residents from their homes as well. authorities said strong winds derailed a freight train in eastern kansas as well. just take a look at that damage. terrible. nothing that severe around here today, but tom says we need to be ready for the possibility of some storms. tom? >> yeah, only a small chance of

some damaging winds here from some scattered thunderstorms later this afternoon. right now, there's the mostly cloudy sky, live from the storm team 4 tower camera this morning. all green lights weather wise traveling around this morning and midday. but caution for this afternoon, you may be encountering a passing thunderstorm this afternoon. dry pavement with temperatures in the low 70s for the morning commute. then the afternoon, some roads may be wet. the sky turning dark like this and some lightning and brief heavy downpours are possible scattered around by the afternoon commute. by then it will be hot. you need that a.c. on. it will be in the upper 80s. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s a big change this week. that's at 5:21. melissa has a road closure on connecticut avenue. where's this? >> i had a viewer call in and let us know about this one. this is connecticut avenue and chevy chase circle. it's closed. not figuring out quite yet what

exactly is happening. but as soon as we do have of course we'll pass it along. connecticut near chevy chase circle. first 4 traffic tracker, looking good of course that'll change here in the next 20 minutes in the dale city area at least. 66 headed into town you're on time. no problems. same thing as you're headed out of town. 270 overall actually looking quite good down to the spur. same thing up to frederick, no problems here this morning. you're traveling on time at speed. and mlk jr. highway, remember this closed between johnson avenue and ardwick ardmore road where megan mcgrath is for us this morning. we'll talk to her about that one as well. back in ten minutes. >> thanks melissa. developing out of nevada where a plane crash sparked a brush fire. angie goff is going to bring us the latest. one week at 4,000 miles that's what it took for police

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we have an update on a developing story out of nevada. a person trapped in a fatal plane crash was rescued. take a look at some video from the scene. you can see it from afar, the flames pouring out. this is a hundred miles from las vegas. one person died. three others were hurt. they're being treated right now. a total of four people were on board. now, after the crash those flames -- they spread to surrounding brush making a bigger fire. the faa is trying to figure out what caused this accident. aaron? >> angie, thank you. 15 after the hour. a developing story right now. the marine corps is looking into what caused the deadly hard landing of an osprey aircraft. an eyewitness said it just literally appeared to drop out of the sky. this happened yesterday morning in hawaii. you can see dark plumes of smoke

in this video of the aftermath there. one marine died on impact. the other 20 marines and a navy corpsman were rushed to the hospital. a rockville man is waking up in jail in alaska charged in the death of his long-time neighbors. police arrested scott tomaszewski while getting off a cruise ship in juneau. he is charged in the deaths of the vilardos. police say he confessed to the crime and investigators found money with possible blood in tomaszewski's wallet at the time of his arrest and found evidence in his cabin linking him to the couple's murder. they tracked him down while investigating a separate burglary last month. neighbors are stunned. >> a lot of anxiety in the neighborhood. not much sleep and worrying. >> reporter: montgomery county police say when he was a teen he house sat for the vilardos. the couple was found dead in their pajamas at their home in ridge drive in rockville on mother's day. the couple's family said quote,

for the past week we have known the where, the when and the how. now we know who. and while we may never truly understand why as a result of the work of the police department and the prosecutor's office we can take the first step on the long road to healing. today, maryland congresswoman donna edwards is headed to college park for a round table on student loan debt. she's running for the senate seat when barbara mikulski retires. she plans to speak candidly about her own struggles to pay off student loans. well your kids could learn nursing at vcu in the next few years. it could be approved some time this week. there's already an undergrad program there. it would focus on in medical safety practices. smart kids from vcu. >> right, we have news4 for your helicopter.

-- health. asthma symptoms can mask food allergies. it looks like reactions to the food alher jis. doctors in ohio looked at 650 children kids with asthma were tested for peanut allergies and among those who learned their child does have a peanut allergy, more than half had never considered their child might be allergic. also in news4 your health, children are not getting enough exercise. researchers compared the activity of preschoolers from ten different day cares, and they say kids were only active for 48 minutes per day. that means they're sitting down for 70% of their school day. a new study finds some kids' dance programs may not give them all the exercise they need. researchers at the university of california found hip-hop classes provided the most movement for young kids. they found that flamenco recorded only four minutes of

activity. >> look at the silver boots, sorry. >> teens exercised the most in pal ballet. researchers monitored the physical activity at 21 different dance studios. >> in a lot of these settings where you would expect children to be quite active, they're spending the majority of their time just standing around. >> now researchers say dance does offer many benefits like strengthening muscles and bones while improving balance. well matt lauer begins day two of his tour to red nose bike ride in a few hours. he's making the 230 mile journey from boston to new york to raise money for children in need. he made it from boston to providence rhode island. 12 organizations including the boys and girls club will benefit from the ride. red nose day started in britain to raise money for children. and his goal was to raise money for the effort in u.s. >> a lot are trying to awareness

here on the 21st. what's today? >> today is the 18th. >> oh on the 21st you can watch a live broadcast, trying to raise money for the red nose day. >> more power to him. 5:20 is our time right now. a live look right now. i have to take my glasses off and lean -- clouds i think. >> you can only see what i see. aaron, straining to look at the time and the temp tom, what's going on outside? >> that's all right. we're all foggy this morning. we have a little bit of patchy ground fog in the rural areas, but we have a lot of clouds passing over us. #muggy monday. when you step out the door you will notice that wall of humidity. as we look at the skycast 4, quite a bit of cloudiness a bit of sunshine in and out. by noontime it will still be partly sunny. then a few passing thundershowers are possible in

the afternoon. right now, don't have anything on storm team 4 radar. all clear in the region. the only problem is the patchy fog in the rural areas. central part of shenandoah, dense fog forming where it's in the 60s. east of the blue ridge, it's generally just a little patchy ground fog in some rural areas where it's in the mid to upper 60s. prince george's county, montgomery in the mid 60s. by noontime we'll soar into the low and mid 80s. steamy through the afternoon getting into the upper 80s by home. that's when you'll hear some thunder, seeing flashes of lightning, some brief heavy downpours rolling through from scattered thunderstorms rolling through. only a small chance they would be severe. tomorrow, another hot and humid day. highs reaching the upper 80s. turning less humid by tuesday night. smaller chance of an isolated

thundershower and then the big change on wednesday. in the morning, down to the 50s. comfortably dry, low humidity gorgeous may day on wednesday. highs upper 70s with lots of sunshine and partly sunny on sunday. still not very humid. then as we get into friday, and the memorial day weekend mild beautiful pattern here. partly cloudy each day with highs in the 70s. morning lows in the 50s. and here's the first look at memorial day. preliminary forecast, we'll have a partly cloudy sky high near 85. great for outdoor activities with comfortable humidity. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:31, your neighborhood highs today. as we feel summer like on this muggy monday. now what's going on on the roads, melissa? with. >> brand new problem in tyson's corner. inner loop at leesburg pike. the ramp is blocked because of the crash. we're sending the first 4 traffic tracker up to the scene.

right now, they're on 95 northbound and they'll go up the inner loop to 7 to see the problem. 66 at virginia's visitor's center, we have a little bit of volume. nothing abnormal. overall, 66 looking good. same thing as you're looking here at 95 in virginia. connecticut avenue at chevy chase circle, got off the police with this one. it sounds like it was a traffic stop and things have reopened. we told you about somebody calling in about that which always appreciate. overall, in prince george's county no problems there. everything is flowing quite nicely. back with more on that crash on the inner loop at 5 clfrp 31. two men including a well known extreme athlete have died in a base jumping accident in california. they were trying to fly through a narrow gap between two rock faces in yosemite national park the rocks. a rite of passage in annapolis. the freshmen class will climb up the herndon monument. this is a look at some previous

climbs. obviously. the obelisk is greased with about 50 pounds of lard. the goal -- suddenly the logic here defies -- >> it's the team work. >> yes. >> strength. >> i see -- >> perseverance. >> a lot of team work there. the goal is to replace the dixie cup at the top of the monument with an upper classman's hat. the climb dates back to the 1940s. it's a well known tradition there. >> it's a spectacle. well where you grow up may affect how much you earn later in life. the study from economists at harvard takes a look at where kids grow up and how much they earn. the study reported by our news partner wtop says children growing up in fairfax and montgomery county may earn $3,000 more per year than the average child. in the district children will earn over $100 more. the study says that baltimore is the worst case for income mobility for poor children. children will earn $4,000 less

per year than the average child. well a lot of you are probably starting to make the summer vacation plans. if you haven't yet, it's not too late to get a great deal. experts say you can save a lot of money if you follow a few simple simple tips. first,be flexible. if you can travel in the first week of june or end of august you'll save some money. second, bundle your airfare and hotel stays and look to your smartphone for special deals. look to your mobile device the apps on your mobile device for exclusive deals on things like hotels and car rentals. >> las vegas, cancun orlando, chicago and dominican republic are top destinations this year. so they're likely to be the most expensive places to visit. 5:25. breach after breach after breach companies are getting hacked and your personal information is at the mercy of the hackers. tonight on news4 at 5:00, erika gonzalez sits down with a man

that big box stores go to when your information has been compromised. hear about breach fatigue and the one thing he says companies are missing when it comes to getting the word out when they have been hacked. that's tonight on news4 at 5:00. you know this is one of those stories that you really can't make this sort of stuff up. a d.c. man catches two burglars in the act, so he asks them to leave and they do. the story doesn't end there. >> the new information we are learning about a deadly shoot-out between biker gangs in texas. what they said they had to do to stay safe when the bullets started flying. we're going live to waco with overnight developments. we are off to the warm start here in the 70s already in some neighbors. tom will let you know just how hot it will get in your neighborhood and when you could see some storms later today as "news4 today" continues.

looking at the storying make headlines right now at 5:30. police are investigating a deadly shooting in prince george's county, near reed street off of martin luther king highway. so far, no word on a suspect or motive. you can once again take the train to new york city. amtrak we're talking about here. it will start running the first

trains between new york and philadelphia in just about half an hour or so. this is first time since that deadly derailment last week. the derailment killed eight people and injured more than a hundred others. and supporters of the proposed purple line will gather at 6:15 at the new library on fenton street in silver spring to protest the delay on this line. well much more on those stories throughout the morning. but first, good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 5:30 is our time right now. 71 degrees outside our studios and the heat and humidity are already building. >> i can feel my hair starting to wilt already. tom kierein has more on your forecast. >> check your hair for may flies too. they're buzzing around we have humidity in the air and some patchy fog now. in the low 70s in the metro area. this is more like midsummer than mid to late may. afternoon highs in the metro area should make it into the 80s. shenandoah valley it should be

in the low 80s there with some scattered thundershowers beginning to move in. hottest temperatures from fredericksburg over to culpepper. warrenton up near 80s. on the bay, right around 80 degrees by later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s, we'll look at your bus stop forecast and your what to wear forecast for this #muggy monday. coming up -- and melissa's makeup is called -- >> no -- >> hello flawless. >> it is. we were talking about a -- a hair place. it's called hello beautiful. i said my makeup is hello flawless. it must work. >> it does. but the traffic isn't flawless. >> definitely not flawless this morning. inner loop at leesburg pike the ramp i just got off the phone with the police, it's open. sending traffic tracker to see what's going on. right now on 66. wide look at things the beltway

is looking pretty good. we don't have any major problems there this morning. 95 at mine road northbound lanes you can see a little bit of volume starting in the dale city area. typical at 5:30. and martin luther king is shut down between ardwick and ardmore for the next several hours. and my husband is in there the bandito gang members start -- >> distraught parents and spouses search for answers after police say rival biker gangs unleashed chaos at a restaurant in texas. nine people died in that melee. there's still a sense of shock and concern among the residents because this happened in broad daylight in the middle of a busy restaurant and shopping area. nbc's jay gray has more on what sparked this violence. good morning. >> reporter: hey, there, good morning to you, aaron. that area still locked down this morning as police and federal agents continue their investigation at this point. it was a rival gang turf war is

what we are being told at this point, at least five outlaw biker groups were here. 150 to 200 members, it started with a fight in the bathroom, spilled over into the bar and then out into the parking lot. overnight at least 100 people have been arrested or detained here. police have confiscated more than 100 weapons. everything from guns and knives to chains and clubs. their investigation is continuing. there is concern this evening or this morning, rather, that more gang members could be on the way. in fact police telling us overnight they arrested some of the gang members on the outskirts of town and many of those face weapons charges at this point. aaron, it's still going on. the investigation and the protection here. >> wow. jay gray live in waco texas. thanks, jay. it is now 5:33. firefighters say the location of a smoke alarm may have delayed its warning in a fire at a

prince george's county apartment. a woman died in the fire. neighbors called 911 when smoke started to fill up the hallway on audrey lane in oxon hill early sunday morning. firefighters found the smoke alarm located in a hallway closet. a woman remains in serious condition this morning after jumping in front of a metro train. this happened at the silver spring metro station yesterday morning. metro police say she intentionally jumped on to the track and trains had to single track for several hours. no delays are expected on the red line this morning. i'm angie goff at the live desk. we have new video in to the live desk of this scene of another shooting out in prince george's county. take a look. you see police there. they have roped off this area. of the 4500 block of sheraton street. this is in riverdale. we know that one person was shot. at this point we do not have an update on that individual's

condition. we are in touch with investigators and will bring you updates as we get them. >> angie goff thank you. it's now 5:35. a bizarre string of events, a man in columbia heights woke up to the sound of a knife being pulled from his kitchen knife set and found two burglars in his apartment. he simply asked them to leave and they did. >> i said, i know that you're here, just get out. take whatever you want. just leave. >> just when he thought he was safe, the burglars returned for a bag they left behind. >> opened the door, threw it out. and they left. >> an off duty officer in a nearby giant noticed something suspicious and called in. one burglar is facing charges and at least some of the stolen items are back with their owner. 5:35 now. turning to the race for the white house, hillary clinton is heading to iowa today amid growing criticism she doesn't take enough questions from the press. republican candidates like jeb bush, carly fiorina and rand paul piled on in iowa.

president obama's former senior adviser david axelrod told nbc news he thinks it would be a quote terrible mistake if clinton doesn't open up more while campaigning. this is her second campaign stop in iowa. you may have seen d.c. mayor muriel bowser on national tv this weekend. fox news sunday named her its power player of the week. >> our fiscal house is in order. our city is in order. our ethical house is in order. and we can take care of our own of this business. >> mayor bowser saying that congressional oversight interferes with her ability to run the city. she also talked about supporting low income neighborhoods and encouraging citywide growth. a college campus in virginia is now an endangered historic site. there's a slave cemetery and nearly two dozen historic buildings at sweet briar college north of lynchburg. the school is closing in august and alumni are fighting to keep it open. the "richmond times-dispatch" says preservation virginia added the campus to the list of

endangered locations. that listing is meant to save buildings and landmarks, not necessarily the school itself. some changes coming to the 95 express lanes for your memorial day travel plans. the lanes should be southbound or rather will be only southbound this friday. you can start going northbound on the 95 express lanes saturday afternoon. sunday the lanes will be closed in the morning for the rolling thunder motorcycle ride. the express lanes will be north would be all day monday. new numbers show we're in for the busiest summer travel season ever. the changes that airlines are making to make your trip easier. and coming up in a couple of minute answer update on this crash inner look at leesburg. had the first 4 traffic tracker go by this one. we'll have the latest coming up. and a bus gets stuck on train tracks. the moment of impact when the train comes barrelling on

a bus driver in georgia may pay a big fine for causing a crash after stopping on a train track. look at this video here. it shows the csx train slamming into the back of a bus. six people were hurt as they ran to safety. they're all expected to be okay.

this happened yesterday near atlanta. 5:41 your time right now. weather and traffic on the 1s and you need to prepare yourself. it's going to be a hot, humid day. tom? >> dress for a day more like midsummer than mid to late may. short sleeves. have an umbrella handy too. because this afternoon you may be dodging a passing shower or maybe even a thundershower. have the sunglasses handy. sunshine in and out through the morning hours and part of the afternoon. waiting for the metro and the bus this morning, it's going to be mild and muggy. temperatures between 7:00 and 8:00 between the upper 60s. between 8:00 and 9:00, jumping into the 70s everywhere. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. look at your memorial day weekend forecast. now here's the commute going this morning, melissa? >> pretty good. did you hear that crazy music in the background, my phone decided to start singing this morning.

leesburg pike that's open, so that's good news. 66 after the car rest area it's a disabled vehicle moved off to the shoulder that's good on the right side of the highway. 270 looking good. outer loop of the beltway, looking quite good. 66 inbound, fine. 95 north only a couple of minutes behind. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic this morning. guys? >> thank you. the uncertainty facing montgomery county schools, the unexpected announcement which is forcing the school system to go back to the drawing board in the search for a superintendent. and if online s

5:45 is your time. happening today, you will see people supporting the proposed purple line project in maryland. they'll gather in about 30 minutes at the new library in

silver spring. kristin wright with why they're planning on protesting this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this is the new silver spring library under construction and the plan is to put a purple line station here. that is if the light rail project moves forward. so a group called action committee for transit is pro protesting what it believes is a stall in the plans and a reluctance by governor hogue on the move forward. it would connect montgomery and prince george's countys with 21 stops between bethesda and new carrollton. estimates put it at $55 million to operate. a "washington post" report friday quoting governor hogan said that the price tag of the purple line is not acceptable. and that it needs to be dramatically lower. keep in mind, the governor has not made a decision on the project. purple line opponents say the cost outweighs the benefits but supporters at today's -- and

today's protesters say it would connect areas not so easily linked by metro, spur economic development and ease some of the rush hour gridlock. there is $900 million in federal aid on the table to help pay for the purple line. now, the protest is during this morning's rush hour from 6:15 to 9:00. the message is clear -- they want the purple line to move forward. back to you. >> thank you, kristin wright. 13 before the hour right now. a set back for montgomery county schools as it tries to find a new superintendent. the board of education says dr. andrew houlihan from houston has change his mind. this came days after they announced he was the first choice. the board has looked at 25 candidates speaking in person with seven of them. thieves are casing bikes across our area. it turns out mornings are the busiest time for them to steal the bike. there are more popular places they target. the i-team investigation in five minutes. a fire near the beltway caused a traffic nightmare this weekend. look at this photo from our news

partner, wtop. a utility pole caught fire near the exit for van dorn street. police had to shut down both sides of the beltway for a while. today, maryland leaders will talk about how to stop a heroin epidemic. 32 people died from overdoses last year in frederick county. the regional summit will happen at the haguer hall event center. in a few hours we'll be there when the president of the montgomery county council talks about a number of issues important to you and your family. he could face questions over a tentative agreement on next year's budget. the $5 billion budget includes money for police body cameras and keeps a fuel energy tax in place. we could hear why the school board's chosen candidate for superintendent chose his mind about the job as aaron mentioned. that press conference starts at 11:00. today is may 18th, kind of a fitting day to break ground on the glenmont fire station.

it will be near georgia avenue and randolph road. it is a lot -- it's like a lot of -- it's catty-corner to the old station. they'll gather at 11:00 to kick off the construction for new station. the preakness could be leaving baltimore and could switch days. the owners of the pimlico course and laurel park are considering moving the second jewel to sunday. this is all in an effort to increase interest and attendance. laurel park is roughly twice the size of pimlico. the change in venue won't happen for a few years, but the change from saturday to sunday could happen next year. it was a soggy race day too, right? >> they had to clear the infield. the storms that were rolling through the area on saturday. tom is back now. and we know we've got a chance at least for some kind of storms later today. >> similar theo saturday. scattered, isolated thunderstorms. we're all good right now.

there's -- >> all good. >> that's a blueberry yogurt sky on the eastern horizon. sunrise a couple of minutes a away at 5:53. as we look at the storm team 4 skycast, there's a lot of cloudiness through the morning. then by noontime it will be partly sunny and it's going to be warm and humid for the rest of the afternoon. perhaps a brief passing downpour coming through. right now, storm team 4 radar showing a few showers in north carolina. that's some thunderstorms way down in tennessee. this is a line that's getting closer to us by later this afternoon. in addition we'll have a front coming in from the north and east. so both of those systems giving us some showers later this afternoon. right now storm team 4 radar all clear. only travel problem this morning is a little bit of patchy fog in some of the rural areas and rather dense in shenandoah valley. watch out for that, where visibilities are only a quarter of a mile and temperatures are

in the mid 60s. in coe tockton mountain near 70 degrees. post your pictures like did this one on saturday when i was biking along the toe path between shepherds town and williamsport. nice view of the river. when you're out biking wear your helmet like i did on saturday and some eye protection too to keep the bugs and the pollen out of your eyes. then tomorrow another hot and humid day after we get into the upper 80s and the scattered storms around. we'll settle down tonight and tomorrow morning 70s. another day tomo humid. not quite as humid as today, and then a big change on wednesday, thursday all the way into the memorial day weekend through sunday. highs in the 70s. morning lows in the 50s. here is the first look at memorial day. great for outdoor activities. a high near 85 and comfortable humidity. and coming up at 6:01 hour by hour storm timing new model run coming in. melissa is looking at a slowdown

on 66. >> big slowdown on 66. earlier what they were saying was a disabled car is a crash. this is 66 eastbound after the car rest area. you can see the slowdowns approaching that spot. going about 14 miles per hour. so quite slow this morning. right now, first 4 traffic tracker headed westbound here, passing 50 there. no major problems westbound, eastbound is your slowdown this morning. shady drove everyone headed southbound. no problems northbound. taking a wide look at things overall looking quite good here. not much yellow on the screen which we love. beltway at inner and outer loop everything looking good. back in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you. a new study says you spent your extra savings on things you need. the study from bank rate.com, found 40% that you spent your money on groceries and rent.

22% said they saved or invested the saving and millennials were more likely to save the money. just 14% said they increased their spending with the extra savings. well chances are somebody will be sitting next to you if you plan on taking a flight this summer. the airline industry is forecasting its busiest summer travel season ever. more than 220 million passengers are expected to fly in the u.s. between june and august. that's up 4.5% from last year. u.s. airlines are trying to meet that demand by increasing the number of available seats. the industry says the improving economy is likely responsible for the increased air travel. well your memorial day road trip just got more expensive. gas prices have skyrocketed as we head to the unofficial start of summer. for unleaded it's $2.47, up four cents from last week. in virginia, people are paying an average of $2.47 for regular. maryland's average is up to $6.66. in west virginia you're paying about $2.67 and in d.c. the

average is $2.79. gas prices at this point last year were almost a dollar higher than right now. 5:54 right now. another car could be hitting the market that could help you drive to work. nissan said it's developing self-driving cars. the company's ceo says the cars would assist you with driving rather than totally taking over. that might be more palatable. the cars can come out in next five years. google is making it easier to do some shopping. cnbc's landon dowdy has more. google is trying to take over right? >> you said it right, eun. google will launch buy buttons on search results as a step to become an online marketplace like amazon. the buttons will only appear on sponsored or paid results when people search for things on the smartphones. and the impact of the bird flu outbreak in the midwest is

being felt all across the country. the virus which has been detected in a dozen states will limit the e chickens for up to 18 months. they're discussing options which include restaurants and the hospitals. back over to you. >> thanks landon. well as you're getting up and getting ready for work, so are bike thieves. that is what a convicted thief told the news4 i-team. we found that more than 2,000 bikes were stolen around the d.c. area last year. now the i-team sat down with a northern virginia man. he is serving 12 years in prison right now because he stole so many bikes. he says he mainly targeted apartment buildings, condo buildings and he did that in the early morning hours. he asked us to conceal his identity when he spoke to us. >> average person goes to work at 8:00. between 8:00 and 9:00. so i did it real early.

>> he'll share more secrets behind bars including the only way to keep your bike from being ripped off by guys like him. this morning a man is free after he was trapped in a drainpipe since thursday. first responders rescued him yesterday. this was in nashville. we don't know his condition right now. we don't know how he got stuck in the drainpipe to begin with. we have breaking news right now in prince george's county. you're looking live at a large crime scene in glenarden this morning. take a look. right now police have a number of streets blocked off as they search for clues following a deadly shooting overnight. we're live on the scene with what we're learning about that crime and how this investigation could impact your morning commute. we are waking up to a warm muggy morning across the d.c. metro area. it's only going to be hotter today as we await the arrival of some storms too. tom kierein keeping an eye on your forecast as "news4 today" continues.

"news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news right now in prince george's county where police have several streets blocked off after a man was found dead inside a car. the impact the investigation is having on the morning commute. right now, busy traffic corridor is rumbling to do life

again this morning after amtrak service resumes between d.c. and new york city. what you can expect today as changes are made following that deadly derailment. but first, we're tracking the changing forecast. #muggy monday. something you'll notice as you step outside. and tom kierein with more on when you can expect the storms. >> we have the ingredients for thunderstorms in place already. we have the humidity and with the temperatures soaring near 90 degrees, we'll get the heat. it's a mild and muggy start. this monday morning we're in the 60s across most of maryland and virginia. by the bay, a little bit of patchy fog in some of the rural areas. right now storm team 4 radar is all clear. but likely not this afternoon. as we will get some showers and thundershowers popping up. we're okay through the morning and through noontime. later in the day, here is new model timing for some storms to

pop up. this area in the green and the yellow. that's along the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. east of catoctin, a few scattered isolated storms around 2:00 or 3:00. then a few more of those in the metro area and those will begin to move east of the bay. later this evening we could get a few more between 6:00 p.m. all the way until midnight. mainly north of the metro area. some thundershowers coming on through. only a slight risk that they would be severe. we'll look at your drive time forecast in your next weather and traffic on the 1s. how is the drive time? >> we have this closure in glenarden that megan mcgrath is talking about. this is mlb highway and reed has a closure as well because of the police investigation. 66 east after the