police involved shooting told 54-year-old alfredo torres. inside that apartment on the second story you see the police outside, was his 88-year-old mother. it was a verbal argument between the two that led police here earlier today. arlington county police tell me tonight it is not the first time they have had encounters with torres. in fact, one neighborhood boy tells me the kids around here feared the man. arlington police escorted this elderly woman from the apartment building just minutes after a man believed to be her son was shot and killed by an officer. this young neighbor whose identity we are concealing says it was his mom's 911 call that brought police here. they became fearful for the elderly woman when they heard a loud argument. >> we just heard screaming and i heard them fighting and my mom was concerned about like, something would happen. like she didn't want nobody to get hurt so she just called the police.

she didn't expect this to happen. >> reporter: in arlington, a police spokesman said when officers arrived they too heard screaming. when they erpd of entered the apartment there was confrontation. police are still gathering exact details. neighbors heard two to three gunshot gunshots. one officer received a severe facial laceration and the other a taser injury. police and medics provided first aid to the man who was shot by police. >> when they pulled him out, his arm was laying down -- hanging from the side of the stretcher so i knew something bad had happened. >> reporter: both officers and the man who was shot were rushed to virginia hospital center where the man was pronounced dead. the officer who was cut underwent surgery. this resident who said he slept through the shooting was stunned to learn that a neighbor had been killed. >> he was a good guy. >> reporter: but this neighbor along with others say the man shot by police was viewed as

mentally unstable. some residents describe angry outbursts of shouting. arlington police confirmed their officers had previous encounters with the man. now, the officer who received that taser injury has been treated and released from the hospital. the other who was cut across the face underwent surgery today. he is still being treated at virginia hospital center. coming up on news4 at 6, you'll hear what mr. rey alz torres had done in the past that led neighborhood kids to steer clear of him. back to you, jim. now to the squad rupe elle murder in a d.c. mansion. it is garnering national attention as more and more people want to know what happened to the four inside that house. pat collins joins us live from the scene in northwest with some progress being made. pat, what are you learning? >> reporter: jim little by little, we're learning more and more about this horrific murder

case. today more about the deaths said to be much much worse than the words we must use to describe them. three adults and one child murdered in this house. a man, his wife and their 10-year-old boy and family housekeeper. a fire then set in an apparent effort to destroy evidence and cover up the murders. sources tell news4 that the three adults were beaten and stabbed to death in what was described as a bloody scene. the boy's body badly burned, so much so it's unclear if he suffered any other injuries. now there are a number of security cameras positioned around the house evidence techs checking them out today. sources say they've not been able to retrieve any surveillance video from the scene. they say investigators are looking into the possibility

that the suspects somehow disarmed the security system. sources say at this point investigators have no solid theory on the exact motive for the murders. this is what police chief cathy lanier is saying about the case today. >> i spoke with some of the rez residents in the neighborhood last night. i think everybody rightfully so is scared. they want us to say either we know that the person was known or this is not some random type of act. i just don't have answers to that right now. right now we have nothing to suggest this was just a random attack, but i'm not in a position to say what was behind the attack. >> reporter: now, there's a $100,000 reward posted in this quadruple murder case. coming up at 6, back to new carrollton and the scene of that torched stolen car. what keeps cops going back to new carrollton. more on that coming up at 6.

wendy, back to you. >> thank you pat. a man snagged off a cruise ship in alaska soon to be in court for the killing of a couple in rockville. detectives arrested the man on a cruise with his parents. police say he confessed to killing dick and jody va lard dough on mother's day. they were neighbors. police say a burglary 17 years ago at the valardo's home and another one easter weekend led them to tom zeusski. he could be back in maryland by the end of the week. a man who used a bike rack to get over the white house fence says he wants a jury trial. our news partner wtop reports jerome hunt rejected a plea deal earlier today in court. the california man says he didn't want to hurt anyone when he hopped the fence last month. he's going to be back in court later this month. turning now to storm team4. another afternoon that ranks high on the muggy meter. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tlaking a big change

for us. >> another muggy day across the area, temperatures that once again hit the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. take a look at the highs we've seen so far today. those numbers, here they are for you, 90 degrees around parts of the area, we saw 89 at the airport, 90 in warrenton 90 toward fredericksburg and 87 toward hagerstown. a very hot and humid afternoon, heat index into the low 90s in parts of the area. not much on radar at all. the only exception toward spitz il vain area, a thunderstorm developing there. that will move to the east. may seen one or two more. the headlines today, spring returns but soggy weather moves in. i'll show you how it could impact or at least partially your memorial day weekend. i've got that forecast in just a minute. >> doug, thank you. plans to widen i-66 in virginia could help traffic, but it's becoming a tough sell to some homeowners. the plan called for widening a 25-mile stretch between haymarket and the beltway. there would be five lanes each way with two of those lanes

being toll lanes. news4's transportation reporter adam tuss is in vienna with the plan and the opposition to it. adam? >> reporter: yim, youjim, there is real concern from people who live in the communities here close to 66 about what might be happening, about what might be coming. >> just on this street, this short street there's 25 kids who live in this neighborhood. >> reporter: 25 kids. >> yeah. >> reporter: a picture-perfect location in the virginia suburbs of dunn loring, what deanna and her family chose. but it all could be changing and soon. >> we learned that they are actually going to take down our front yard free trees and build an 80-foot-high overhead ramp. >> reporter: the "they" is vdot. the "y" is this, traffic-choked 66. plans are moving fast to potentially widen i-66 which runs just off no the distance. this is what deanna's cul-de-sac could end up looking like. it's not that deanna and her neighbors are against the plan

to ease the traffic dshg. >> i mean, we all drive on 66. we know we're going to have to do something herement we just want to make sure all the options are on the table and what they're doing is what's really necessary. >> reporter: today state transportation secretary aubrey lane stressing nothing is final by the project is rolling. he says everything that can be done to save homes and proort property is being done. >> 35 homes i think will be totally taken, now bowne down to 10 to 15. >> reporter: deanna not so sure. >> i want to believe that, but they kind of keep saying that and the reports come out and you look at these designs it looks pretty far along, that they know what they're doing. >> reporter: reitz now anxious moments as the state decides what to do. and back here now live, even with revised plans, some homeowners say their entire block will be gone if the road is widened. hear more about that is the 6. >> adam tuss. the unions are pushing amtrak to add a second engineer

to the train cabs to prevent another deadly derailment. only one engineer is required by law. the man behind the controls during that deadly crash in philadelphia says he doesn't remember what happened. mean wliel the lead conductor on that train is suing amtrak. he's in the hospital with a broken neck back and shoulders. the conductor's attorney says amtrak could have used safety measures that would have prevented this crash. >> this accident and the lawsuits that will follow will bring a focus on the fact that the proper safety mechanisms were not on this train. they were not on the northbound train, only on the southbound train. >> four passengers are also suing amtrak. amtrak is not commenting. a heads-up if you'll need to cross the arlington memorial bridge later this evening. right now the westbound lane closest to the cush iscurb is closed off after engineers with the federal highway administration found an area of corrosion. that discovery happened during a routine inspection. we've reached out to the national park service. at this point they're not sure

how long that lane will be closed off. and right now, we're working on a story you'll only see on news4. mark segraves is live in southeast washington with that for you. nark? >> reporter: hey, wendy, we're outside the d.c. general homeless shelter. more than 400 children and their families call this shelter home and two of the children inside have tested positive for elle vailted lead levels. coming up, we'll tell you what it means for all the families and where they found lead inside the shelter. jim, back to you. several stories developing at this hour. police now calling the death of a 21-year-old in oxen hill homicide. what the victim's mother is saying about the crime new at 5. millions of dollars intended for cancer patients and they barely saw a dime. investigators explain how one family pulled off a super-sized scam. and the punishment for a local teacher caught on camera doling out punishment with a belt. we're coming right back.

we continue to work a developing story. the largest auto recall in u.s. history just announced this afternoon. takata has now declared its air bags indeed defective, nearly 34 million vehicles impacted.

we'll explain how to check if your car is one of them. that's ahead at 5:30. the government calls it a scam of epic proportions. nearly $200 million raised for cancer charity spent on vacations and concert tickets instead of patients. consume irr reporter erika gonzalez joins us with details. >> we're talking about four charities and the government says one man and his family is behind the scheme. the charities listed in lawsuit between cancer fund of america, children's cancer fund of america, the breast cancer society and cancer support services. the ftc says the family told donors their money would help cancer patients including children and women suffering from breast cancer. however, court documents show they hired professional fund-raisers who received 85% or more of every donation. the ftc says charities also hired telemarketers to collect $20 donations from people across the country saying they provide

support like medication and hospice care for cancer patients. but court documents show the money went elsewhere. >> defendants spent consumer donations on cars on vacations cruises, college tuition, gym memberships, jet-ski outings, sporting events and concert tickets, and dating site memberships. >> so far, the family is not returning calls or e-mails. we've got information about how to check out whether a charity is legit before you give on our consumer watch facebook page. >> erika gonzalez. paypal could face stiff penalties if a court decides it illegally signed people up for online credit that they didn't want. the consumer financial protection bureau filed a complaint in federal court today saying paypal used deceptive promotions, forced customers to use paypal credit instead of other payment options. the bureau also alleges that

paypal mishandled billing disputes. paypal could be ordered to pay 15 million to customers and a $10 million penalty. a d.c. holiday will give most people around the country a few extra days to file federal taxes next year. holidays in the district impact tax deadlines and next year emancipation day falls on a saturday. so the city will celebrate the friday before, april 15th traditional tax day. that means people in most states will have until monday the 18th to file. there is growing concern in texas about the possible retaliation against police in the wake of the deadly biker gang shootout. verlgts towed away more bike and vehicles from that scene today. 7 people still hospitalized after a shootout that left 9 people dead. police say it appeared to start from a coalition of several biker groups meeting together at a restaurant. >> we know an additional biker gang that was not invited to

this meeting showed up hence what we were calling somewhat of a turf war. >> 170 people are in police custody connected to this deadly fight. each them are being held on $1 million bond. no criminal charges will be filed after that stage collapsed underneath some students during a high school musical. they were in the middle of singing journey's "don't stop believing" when the ground just gave way. students plummeted 12 feet into the orchestra pit. some of those kids had serious injuries. today police in westfield, indz indiana indiana, say the stage had no support beams underneath it. students are still traumatized by last month's collapse. >> this is not going to be they'll forget about it in three weeks and it will go away. we want to make sure this never happens again. >> one student with serious injuries has not been able to return to school yet. a school employee rebuilt that stage in january. police are not going to file

charges, but the school is still investigating. d.c. police chief cathy lanier says she supports president obama's decision to restrict the sale of excess military equipment to state and local police forces. the president says the defense department's program of selling tanks and other high-powered weapons has resulted in the excessive militarization of community police officers. he says police/community relations have suffered in part because of it. chief cathy lanier told news4 fighter tighter rules are necessary. >> i think it's a realization that the federal government was issuing a lot of equipment without any rules and taking back and making sure there are rules. >> the president's order included federal funding to improve community relations with police. president obama continues his recent outreach to the nation's police today signing the blue alert bill into law this morning at the white house. that bill was in honor of two new york city police officers killed in their squad car last

year. the law requires the department of justice to start a blue alert communications system to send out information about police officers who have been seriously injured or killed. well, we know it. the washington nationals are red-hot after winning five of the last seven games out west. the team is back home tonight. jason pew joins us live from nats park where everybody is talking about one guy, bryce haerp. jason? >> reporter: yeah, jim. that's absolutely right. bryce harper having a tremendous season. that's the thing if the season ended today, harper would be the national league mvp. he's really carrying this team, the nationals tonight will take on the new york yankees, a team harper grew up rooting for as a little kid. as for his kiernt club, the nats, they're on a hot streak right now, winners of 15 of their last 19 ball games. and you better believe bryce harper is a major reason for the nats' success lately. breacher report said, quote, in the last two weeks harper has turned into a human torch. he leads the big leelagues in just

about every may xwlor offenseive stat you can think of. at 22 years old, harper is growing into the player he's expected to be but he still knows this is a team sport. >> 1 through 9 we're a great lineup, even our pitchers can add a little bit. na makes it fun. we just try to enjoy it as a team every day. we have a lot of confidence. if i don't get it dob, somebody else will. >> so far this year he has been calm. he has -- he knows what he can and can't do. and he takes that to the plate every time. >> reporter: looking forward to see what bryce harper has in store tonight against the yankees. they this have a two-game series against new york. some news for the nats as well, jayson werth placed on the 15-day disabled list. from nationals park, i'm jason

pough. a high speed high flying show over the bay. >> ahead, we'll have a sneak peek of the blue angels air show. and a frightening backyard bite. what creature sent this maryland boy to the hospital and why his mother says he's lucky. what creature. i want to see that one. as far as what we've got today, it's hot out there right enough. but we've got a cold front coming (toilet flushing) spending more time here lately?

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>> announcer: news4 begins now with storm team4. oh everybody, a nice warm day today. some would call it hot. a lot of you saying, bring in some cooler weather. we've got it coming in over the next couple of days. take a look at this shot. a beautiful shot right now, notice the potomac just sitting there all nice and calm. it is just beautiful outside with the heat. yes, we are talking about some real heat, 89 degrees right now look at the dew point, 64. yesterday it was 72. that made things much more uncomfortable, today a little bit better. by tomorrow, this dew point will be way down. we're talking about really comfortable numbers tomorrow. currently 85 martinsburg 86 in culpeper. 90 in manassas and fredericksburg. a very hot afternoon, but with the front we'll see things change big-time. if you're heading down to nats park as they take on the yankees for a two-game stint looking very good for that game

temperatures going to be hot erm, warm, 86 degrees at game time, 80 by the seventh inning, 77 by last out. a nice evening for the ball game. i mentioneded temperatures and the cold front. 89 richmond, where is the front? look to the west. only 64 in columbus, 74 in pittsburgh. that's the cooler air that we have making our way in and making its way in over the next 24 hours or so. we'll notice a big difference rieflt now the radar showing one shower well south of fredericksburg fredericksburg. we're not seeing a flare-up of showers and thunderstorms like we did during the day yesterday. good news there, too. we're not talking about a washout. last night some areas picked up 1 to 2 inches of rain. it's moving our way, you can see behind it just clear skies and farther to the west you notice another little frontal boundary. this is really cold air, only in the 40s back toward the west. we're not going to get that cold, but we have one fairly chilly day in the next couple days.

storm team4 showing you future weather here. again isolated showers around 6 with that front. by tomorrow, we're just talking about plenty of sunshine and really nice weather. here it is wednesday evening. again, beautiful, all day tomorrow fantastic. but watch what happens on thursday. we see the clouds move in and look at the rain starting to come in too. this is a little bit different. we were talking about the chance of showers over the last couple of days for thursday. now it looks like we could see just plain rain early in the day on thursday, maybe lasting through early afternoon for most of the area, combine that with a northeasterly wind. we're talking about temperatures only in the 60s on thursday. so that's going to be a little bit on the chilly side for sure. 76 in d.c. tomorrow 77 fred rekzburg, 73 gaithersburg. a nice wednesday. but on thursday a high of only 65 with that rain likely during the day 75 degrees on friday. we'll see the shower activity get out of here, back to the sunshine. saturday beautiful, 74 degrees. look at the rest of the memorial day weekend. 80 on sunday, 88 on memorial

day and then we could be talking about a heat wave setting up. next tuesday a high of around 90 degrees. a little up and down. but right now we're just heading down. guys? well a enoughly elected leader can't even catch a break in d.c. >> who we spotted getting a parking ticket in downtown d.c. news4 is investigating an incident at a local classroom. how a school district is responding to this video. snake bite. we talk to the maryland boy who survived a nasty run-in with a copperhead snake. >> and got a priceless heirloom? that's what you think. we follow cnbc's. >> 40% of everything out there

disturbing developments in the death of a young mother. firefighters found her body in a burning oxen hill apartment. now there's evidence someone killed her before setting that fire. news4's megan fitzgerald just talked to the woman's mother. megan? >> reporter: wendy, her mother tells us that her 21-year-old daughter was the nicest person she knew. she tells us her name was latika cherry. now investigate rz are confirming that her daughter died of blunt force trauma before the fire started. take a look behind me here. you'll see na boarded-up unit on the third floor. that's where she lived and the same place fire investigators

found her body. the last two days have been extremely difficult for cherry's family who gathered outside her apartment complex tuesday afternoon. but the news that came today has them devastated. police say someone killed the 21-year-old inside her apartment before setting the place on fire. cherry's mother veronica says she was a loving mother of a r-old girl and a woman who was kind to everyone. >> her child is here without a mother. her child is here and she haven't even known her mother. i feel that whoever did this horrible act should come forth and turn themselves in. >> reporter: now, police tell us they are still working on identifying a motive and a person of interest. coming up at 6, you'll hear from the mother and why she says she has information that could lead to the possible suspect. back to you. >> megan, thank you. we're working new information tonight in an

arlington police shooting that left one man dead today. officers tell us they were attacked by a man after being called to an apartment here on second road north. they shot and killed 54-year-old alfredo rey yas torres. he had been arguing with his 88-year-old mother. one officer suffered a severe cut to his face and underwent surgery. another was injured by a taser hand has been released from the hospital now. all new tonight at 6, details on the run-ins this suspect has had with police in the past. two arrests in a deadly home invasion in fairfax county. 23-year-old gregory brown of the district and 24-year-old na zie ya williams of mare myrrh are held without bond accused of burt fr bursting into an apartment in march. a 67-year-old man who lived there was shot and killed. news4 obtained court documents showing a cell phone ping helped lead investigators to the suspects. a loudoun county man will spend the next two years in

prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars. prosecutors say the man took money from trusts and estates at his accounting firm and deposited that into his personal accounts. they say he admitted to the thefts when board members at the firm and attorneys confronted him. before his sentencing, he repaid more than $938,000 in restitution to those victims. developing tonight at 5, a critical part in millions of cars meant to protect you in a crash is being recalled. pat lawson muse in the newsroom with details and how you can find out if your car is included. pat? >> jim, air bag maker takata is doubling a recall making it the largest recall in the history of the auto industry. nearly 34 millionaire bags in the u.s. alone are part of this recall. the air bags can explode with too much force spraying passengers with sharp pieces of plastic and metal.

here's how to find out if your vehicle is included. first, find your car's vin, the vehicle identification number. then open the nbc washington app and search air bag. we've posted a link that will use the vin to look up your vehicle and see if it's affected. automakers are still working to identify all of the cars impacted. so you'll want to check back in at the same site in about a week or so to see if your car has been added. montgomery county school board will ask interim superintendent larry bowers to stay for another year. the board of education meets tomorrow to make its formal request. sources close to the decision tell scott macfarlane they want to keep bauer on. he would serve until next june. former superintendent joshua star will be commuting to arlington, now the ceo of a company called pdk international. it's an association for educators designed to grow and connect leaders. star begins in june.

the man showcased in that popular podcast cereal could be closer to getting a new trial. a maryland court of special appeals will allow sade's attorney to file a request to reopen post-conviction proceedings. said has been in prison since the year 2000 for the murder of his high school ex-girlfriend. said's attorneys want to interview a potential person who has an al abuy who did not testify in the original case. a said family friend who launched a new podcast about this case spoke earlier on msnbc. >> there's a lot of things that happened in this case that serial didn't cover. this is i think the courts are paying attention the legal community is paying attention. there's a lot of pressure by the state to do what is right. >> said's attorneys have 45 days to file a motion to recop the closed proceedings. new video surfaces that shows a teacher whipping

students with a belt. how a local school district is respondsing. that's ahead on news4. and we're talking about a major change after two days in a row at least 90 degrees or higher. we go way down from here. i'll show you when. not what you want to see in your backyard, and it sent one maryland boy to the hospital. >> when i bent down i felt something prick my finger. and i saw

a break in the case of a multimillion-dollar jewelry heist. last night london police raided 12 homes, arresting 9 men and recovering large bags full of stolen loot. the heist happened in london's jewelry district over the easter holiday. they used heavy equipment to break into a vault. they emptied hundreds of safety deposit boxes. now all the men are arrested and they are all british. well, whether it's running biking hiking even kayaking, for a second year in a row, our city is tops when it comes to the fittest place in the country. minneapolis and san diego round out the top three with indianapolis bringing up the rear. the american college of sports medicine did this study. it uses a variety of factors like smoking heart disease and access to fresh fruits and veggies for its annual rankings. d.c. got high marks for its

access to public parks, too. >> if you walk out onto the washington mall at noon, tourists can't get around because there's so many people exercising, walking and jogging. >> the report founds that d.c. spends on average $287 per person on city parks compared it $27 a person in indianapolis. trans fat. it could be permanently out of your food. the fda is expected to announce this week a ban on all trans fats in packaged food, baked goods, fried food. franz fats are used to boost shelf life. it's been linked to heart disease. a lot of manufacturers have voluntarily cut trans fats from their products. u.p.s. owes the federal government more than $20 million for failing to deliver packages on time. according to the justice department, u.p.s. repeatedly failed to meet contracted delivery times to certain

federal agencies. then it faked documents to make it look like they delivered on time. u.p.s. agreed to the settlement but one former u.p.s. employee who brought the problems to light will get more than $3 million of that settlement. parents call it excessive punishment. a substitute teacher using a belt on students in a local middle school. news4's chris gordon talked to school officials tonight about what's in store for that teacher. we're looking at sunshine, a cold front making its way through the area. it will have a big impact on the next couple of days. i've got your forecast. think you've got a high-priced antique? i'll introduce you to the treasure detective who has a right now verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in

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. chaos in the classroom. a local substitute teacher caught on cell phone video here reportedly wailing on middle school students with a belt. >> now that teacher is no longer in the classroom. >> that disturbing video went viral today after someone posted it on a blog and tweeted it out. news4's chris gordon is live at gwen park middle school in brandywine with reaction today. chris? >> reporter: well the video was posted on a popular website, world star hip-hop.com under the title -- and this is their title -- old school discipline teacher whips students with a belt for fighting. some of the students here at gwynn park middle school posted the video on twitter. the video appears to show the substitute teacher using a belt, hitting students on the floor. it happened during the sixth

grade social studies class friday afternoon at gwynn park middle school in brandywine. the prince george's county public school system has reviewed the video. >> we acted quickly to make sure that the teacher was removed from the classroom and is not eligible to be part of the school district any longer. we don't condone this type of behavior. >> reporter: the school system has referred the matter to the prince george's county police and child protective services. as gwynn park middle school let out for the day, we spoke to a student here whose grandmother gave her permission to appear on camera. >> i don't like the video personally. i think it wasn't right because even though they were fighting, i don't think the discipline was for him to action on the kids, to take the action. it's for parents. i don't think it was his job or duty to even put hands or beat a child for any reason. >> reporter: at the general store in brandywine, maryland we showed the video to some rez debit dents and asked for their reaction. what do you think of that?

>> that may have been a little too far, but at the same time you're taking all the authority from the teacher and the kid kz be disrespectful without punishment. >> reporter: the teacher has been removed from the school system. what do you think of that? >> i agree. it shouldn't have happened like that. >> reporter: what do you think of that? >> what he did, asking them to stop, and they continue, they need to bring the old school back in. that's what's wrong with the kids today. >> reporter: well we're live back here at school. coming up, you'll see how some parents are reacting to seeing their children disciplined with a belt. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00. we're reporting from brandywine, maryland, tonight. jim back to you. >> chris thank you. some bad news in the war on drugs in maryland tonight. the state saw a 21% increase in fatal overdoses in 2014. compared to the year before. a total of 1,039 people died. nearly 9 out of 10 of the deaths were linked to opioids like

heroin, morphine, fent anol. larry hogan has formed a task force to address the issue. tonight a public hearing about the reef's farmhouse that dates back to a1899, the last working dairy farm in arlington. the county has not been successful in getting proposals for using this property, which is owned by the county, and djacent to bluemont park. the county manager is proposing to sell it. the house would be protected from changes that would affect its historic integrity. it's not the welcome a new d.c. council member was exactly looking for. news4 spotted a parking ticket being written today for ward 8 council member la ruby may. she took office just last week, but may doesn't yet have her official council tags that allow her to park in front of the

city's wilson building downtown. no word if she'll be able to get out of that ticket. it's that time of year. the blue angels soaring high above the sweern river in annapolis, they practice their famous maneuvers. the pilots and planes are in town for commissioning week at the u.s. naval academy. they'll be flying over the academy's graduation ceremony friday. tomorrow they'll still be practicing which means the sweern river bridge will close tomorrow afternoon. clear skies up there, doug? yes. it's fantastic conditions today for flying. great conditions tomorrow. whatever you want to do the only day we've got not i'll say worry about but i think after 92 yesterday, 90 today 65 with a little cloud cover might be lrlt on thursday. let's take a look and show you what's happening. some big changes moving in for sure. fake a look right now. a few clouds, temperatures around 89 degrees. a very warm day. a little bit on the humid side but nothing like we saw

yesterday. 86 by 7:00, 81 by 9:00. and 77 by 11:00. we are going to see temperatures cool but not all that much early. 85 at dulles, 90 right now toward manassas, 89 toward warrenton and hunting doun at 87. storm team4 radar not showing anything, not a single shower or storm on the radar. we saw something south of fredericksburg where they will remain. a frontal boundary is moving through the region. that front is a dry front after all the rain we saw late last night. some areas 1 to 2 inches of rain, some areas even more. a mixture of sun and clouds tomorrow, a great afternoon, 70 to 77 degrees. that is beautiful. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees cooler than we were during the day today. so again, we need to see a little cooler weather, a lot of you have been asking for it. it looks like we're going to get it. 76 perfect tomorrow thursday 65 degrees, 60% chance of rain. not just rain. we're talking an overcast day, rain likely especially from d.c. through northern virg virng, soush maryland, places to the

south. more like april with the high of 65. 10 to 15 degrees below average on thursday, little bit of a northeasterly wind. notice the rebound, 75 on friday, 74 on saturday a couple of fantastic days. look at the rest of the memorial day holiday weekend, 80 sunday, 88 on monday before we get to 90 degrees next tuesday. now if you're heading down toward the beaches, this is looking great, too. take the jacket. take the swefrt. saturday a little cool, a little nice but cool, 66. that means around the time the sun sets, if you're on the boardwalk, it will be chilly. looking good on sunday, great on monday with a high of 82. water temperature already close to 70. >> wow. he knows a fake when he sees one, kurting dowling, the entertaining treasure detective from the popular tv shows where recently dowling traveled from london to leesburg to appraise some antiques and answer the question, what's it worth to you? >> the pottery isn't cracked, in

good condition. everything seems to be okay in here. pr kurt curtis dowling knows his way around things. he knows what people want to hear. >> on a good day at auction this should fetch 34,000. >> dowling knows the value of things and knows how to entertain while assessing it. >> that ought to pay for your holiday to the caribbean. >> with 25 years of expertise, he usually deals in big game, finding the fake masterpieces and apparently there's lots. >> you have to remember 40% of everything out there is fake. 40%. >> the forgers have gotten good. >> it's the foergs that haven't been caught are who we have to be cautious of. >> while he didn't find any die bott cal forgeryies in leesburg, he discovered mythology like this punch bowl. the owner was told it was from the civil war. like so many old things it has a story. >> he went off to the civil war shortly after they were married.

>> well, that groom survived the civil war, but the punch bowl didn't. >> i was just told it was a civil war punch bowl. okay, but it's not. what you find out is there was one in the family a hundred years ago that was original, but some clever person who was broke 50 years ago has already sold it and swapped it for a replica. >> dowling bemoaned the mercenary aspect of antiquing. >> all the best paintings are in vaults. all the best pieces are in glass cabinets. all the best violins never get paid. they're just locked away. and that's tragedy. >> he hopes people never forget that being sentimental can be priceless. >> so the smaller valued items that you see granny bring in you say, it's not worth an awful lot. you're actually quite grateful for that because you know it will go home and be a story in a family for three, four five generations. >> what does he collect? nothing. >> no. it's too draining.

>> dowling says forgers are better than ever and he quotes the former director of the metropolitan museum of art in new york thomas hoefing as saying 40% of the art at the met is fake. he just wishes he knew which 40%. >> fascinating. >> he's great. entertaining. >> oh, yeah. a maryland boy hospitalized after a snake bite. he shows us his battle wound and why he considerstty lucky today. that story straight ahead. >> reporter: more problems here at the d.c. general family homeless shelter. two children have tested positive for elevated lead levels, and one room inside of the shelter has also tested positive for lead paint. i'm mark segraves. coming up i'll tell you what this means for the 400 children who are living here. you'll hear from the director of the

some baggage handlers at the oakland international airport are in trouble busted for smuggling pot through security. police say they used their security badges and walked into southwest airlines terminals with suitcases stuffed with pot. they then handed off the luggage to couriers who got on departing plains. the pot was distributed around the country. the police say they've been at it for about three years. california congressmen introduced new legislation that would ban so-called conversion therapy. that therapy aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

congressman ted lieu authored a similar bill for california and wants to bring it to the federal level now. >> conversion therapy is fraud. every medical association looking at it says it's unnecessary and you really can't treat someone for a condition they don't have. being gay or lesbian is not a medical condition and requires a cure. >> if passed. it would classify commercial therapy and advertising that claims to change someone's orientation and gender identity as fraud. a local boy's summer isn't off to the start he expected after a snake bit him. >> doctors wans to make sure you don't end up in the hospital as well as prince george's bureau chief tracee wilkins reports it can happen without warning. >> reporter: 13-year-old owen falco ended up in george doun hospital after practicing lacrosse. >> i threw the ball. >> reporter: went terribly brong. >> it bounced over our fence. whennive bent over to pick it up. >> he got bitten by a cotterhead snake.

>> reporter: it happen nd the yard of his calvert county home. >> the dad told me that the area where they live actually used to be called copperhead hill. >> we didn't know that at the time we bought our house. >> reporter: mom saw him first. >> i knew he knew what it looked like. >> he'll never forget this particular snake. >> it looked like it was curled up and it just kind of looked really mean. >> reporter: air lifted to georgetown hospital. >> it was turning black and blistering. >> reporter: it was a race against time. >> it feels like it's just really, really heavy and that there's a lot of pressure inside that's just trying to escape. >> reporter: but after a dose of ant die venom and surgery -- >> you okay buddy? >> reporter: -- it looks like he's going to be fine and he's decided to avoid those woods near his house from now on. mom couldn't be happier. >> you don't want to see a 13-year-old lose hi finger. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news4. now at 6, a quadruple murder

mystery. what we've learned about the young victim and why police were out searching for clues miles away from the neighborhood where with they were killed. and a story you'll see here at 4, a baby and a toddler rushed to the hospital. we'll tell you why it's causing health concerns in a place where many families live. first tonight breaking news just in to our live desk. pat lawson muse has more. >> doreen, we have just learned of a confirmed case of the measles in a person who was recently visiting locations in d.c. and fairfax county. health officials tell us the person is no longer contagious and has been released from the hospital. but they do want you to know where this former patient has been and they want to identify people who may have come in contact with the former patient. here is where the person visited in d.c. while still contagious, the embassy suites on 10th street northwest the ifc building on pennsylvania avenue. in virginia, the person visited the shelby apartments in alexandria, the wood burn medical park in annandale and nova fairfax in falls church.

you can see the full list of locations and times and dates the person visited them on our nbc washington app and our website. just search "meals". >> pat, thank you. now a very violent story out of arlington county. police moved in on a fight between a man and his elderly mother, and in just a matter of moments the man was dead two officers were on their way to the hospital. there are still so many questions about what led to the deadly exchange between this man and the police officers. >> tonight though, we have some information about that man's past. this was not his first run-in with the police. the incident happened along second road north, just off glebe road and arlington boulevard. julie carey has our report. jewel? >> reporter: well we've learned the man shot and killed in the confrontation in the second floor apartment was feared by neighborhood children there. one boy tells me he turned on them