fax 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 before. today he reportedly attacked

police, was shout and killed. now his 88-year-old mother is left without her caretaker. she was a witness to a deadly convict frontation. arlington police escort the 88-year-old from an apartment building just minutes after her son al friday dough torres was shot and killed by an oofrp. this young neighbor whose identity we're concealing says it was his mom's 911 call that brought police here. >> we just heard screaming and i heard them fighting. my mom was concerned that something was going to happen. like she didn't want nobody to get hurt so she just called the police. but she didn't expect this to happen. >> reporter: an arlington police spokesman says when the first patrol officers arrived they too heard screaming. when they entered the apartment there was a confrontation. neighbors report two to three gunshots one officer was attacked by the man and received a severe facial laceration. the other officer suffered a taser injury. police say they provided immediate medical care to

rials-torres who was shot in the effort chest but couldn't be saved. >> the subject is deceased. >> this resident who slept through the shooting was stunned to learn from reporters 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. the boy whose mom called 911 says she'd phoned police once before when torres kicked at their apartment door. he says he feared the man who once attacked a child. >> he actually pushed a little girl over. i just knew he was a dangerous man because i have a neighbor who we come play out here sometimes, and sometimes he tries to, like, hit us. >> reporter: still this neighbor boy is troubled by what happened here today. >> i think it's sad because he was just ill. >> reporter: now the officer who received that taser injury has been treated and released. the other officer that got the cut on his face he underwent

surgery today and is recovering at virginia hospital center. back to you. >> jewelulie carey. the last shooting involving an arlington police officer was in may of 2006 in the district. there have been no cases in arlington county in a decade. this neighborhood has been impacted by violence, though, in march of 2012 a man was shot during a robbery off second road north by a man in a ski mask. the victim was badly hurt but survived. that attack was just one apartment building down from today's crime scene. meantime, president obama is taking steps to protect police in the line of duty. he signed the blue alert bill into law today. the measure creates a nationwide alert system to help catch anyone who hurts, kills or makes credible threats against police officers. it's sort of like the amber alert system that helps find abducted children. the new law is named after two

new york city police officers who were ambushed in their patrol car and killed just days before christmas by a man who later killed himself. we are learning tonight about some progress in a quadruple murder case in the city. as much of the investigation focuses on the house that went up in flames police today again went back to the spot where a car was set on fire. our pat collin has our report from there. pat? >> reporter: jim, it's painstaking work going through this charred house looking for clues and evidence. but investigators are making progress looking at this house and looking again and again at a place in new carrollton. investigators back in prince george's county, back in new carrollton, back at the scene of that torched porsche stolen from the quadruple murder at that d.c. mansion in northwest

last thursday. this was the last time a potential suspect was seen captured in a security camera video. they believed he ditched the car here, set it on fire because he was familiar with this area. so far days now investigators returned to new carrollton in an effort to track him down. today they were showing pictures of a safety vest to people in the parking lot. three adults and one child murdered in this house. a man, his wife, their 10-year-old boy, and the family's 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.

>> one of the horrible thin that's we have to deal with. any time there's a child involved, it's something that shakes all of us, just like it does the community. we're just like everybody else. >> reporter: now, there are a number of security cameras positioned around the house. evidence techs up checking them out today. sources say they've not been able to retrieve any surveillance video scene. they say investigators are looking into the possibility that the suspect somehow disarmed the security system. now, there's a $100,000 reward posted in this quadruple murder case. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, before you go. we still have the video of the person they're looking for in new carrollton. are they only looking for one person or more? do you know about that? >> reporter: sources tell me investigators believe there are more suspects involved in this case. this is the video of one potential suspect. it's the only video that i know

that they have and they keep putting it out there hoping the public will help them locate this man and identify this man. but sources tell me investigators believe there may be more suspects linked to the case. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. now we turn to storm team4. a few showers could pop up tonight and then we're looking for some big changes. doug is tracking it all in the storm center. hi, doug. >> hi doreen. these are really big changes as we move through the next couple of hours and into the day tomorrow. and into the day on thursday even bigger changes. take a look, first off, show you the numbers across our area. another hot and humid day. we saw a hot temperature of 90 in warrenton, 90 in fredericksburg. just the official number, 90 in d.c., two days in a row of 90 degrees, yesterday we hit 92. that is all going to change. we've got some cooler air making its way in. we've got one storm well down to the south of fredericksburg. that is it along with our cold front as it's moving through. i don't think we'll see any chances as far as rain is

concerned this evening, a nice night. spring returns tomorrow. then we have some rather soggy weather coming in. i'll show you if it coincides with your memorial day weekend. that coming up in just a minute. >> thanks doug. the state department has one week to come up with a schedule to release hillary clinton's e-mails from her time as secretary of state. today a federal judge rejected the agency's request to wait until next january to make the e-mails from clinton's private server public. state department officials say it will not be done examining the 55,000 pages of e-mails until the end of the year. clinton is urging the state department to release them as soon as possible. an argument over a parking spot may have sparked that texas biker brawl that left 9 people dead this weekend. waco, texas, police say an uninvited group showed up for a meeting of biker gangs at the twin peeks restaurant on sunday.

an argument began after somebody's foot was run over that led to fighting and shooting inside the restaurant and eventually it all moved outside. seven people are still in the hospital and police say the investigation is being slowed by some who are, quote, not being honest with us. new at 6, we're learning what's being done to address lead poisoning concerns at a d.c. homeless shelter. in a story you'll see only here on news4 two young children tested positive for high lead levels. news4's mark segraves broke the story on twitter. he's live outside d.c. general where the entire facility is being tested now. mark? >> reporter: doreen, officials with the district's department of health and the department of environment have not confirmed where the two children came in contact with that lead but they have tested inside the building and one ever the cafeterias inside the d.c. general homeless shelter did test positive, forcing the closure of that common area. two children living here at the d.c. general homeless area have

tested positive for elevated lead levels. a 9-month-old and a 2-year-old. the children are not related and live in separate rooms in the shelter. once officials with the department of environment and the department of human services became aware that two young children had tested positive they began testing the building. >> there was some chipping paint in the cafeteria, and that paint tested positive to have lead in it. so we immediately sectioned off that room. >> reporter: one of the children tested positive before moving into d.c. xbren,general, the other had lived here weeks before testing positive. it's very possible the shelter was not the source. but officials with the district's department of environment and department of human services aren't taking any chances. >> they're also doing a full inspection of the entire facility to make sure proactively that there are not any other place that's could be a potential source of lead.

>> reporter: lead poisoning typically originates in old chipping paint and can cause serious physical and mental problems and has been linked to low i.q.s. residents were informed this morning about the lead issue. every child who lives here is now able to have a lead test done at the shelter. >> offering testing, providing information will offer together with the hoya clint ick to allow parents to have their children today and over the next couple of days. >> reporter: as families are given the option to have their children tested, the entire facility will be checked for the possibility of more lead. >> our next steps are to do all of the common areas any room where a child under the age of 2, 2 or younger, is staying. we'll go ahead and prioritize those ubts units first. >> reporter: again, they have not determined the source of that lead, but one of the areas in this very old building did test positive and has now been closed off. there are more than 200 families

with more than 400 children who are still living inside that shelter. as for the two children who tested positive, they are still living in the shelter and receiving medical treatment. doreen, back to you. >> 400 children is a lot of potential victims mark. the city doesn't have many alternatives for where these families can go does it? >> reporter: no, that's right. you remember over the winter we were reporting that in addition to the hundreds of families living here there are still hundreds of families living in hotels that the district has been paying $90 a day in some cases, for more than a year for those families. so the only alternative, if they were to have to move families out of d.c. general, would be to rent more hotel rooms around d.c. and maryland. >> mark segraves reporting. thank you, mark. this isn't the first issue reporting at d.c. general as mark mentioned. we just posted a story about the other issues the shelter has faced in our nbc washington app. you can check it out there. we're getting new details

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it is the single largest recall the auto industry has ever seen. today airbag maker takata agreed to nearly double its recall, now impacting nearly 34 million vehicles in the u.s. the airbags can spray shrapnel on impact. automakers are still working to identify all of the makes and models of the affected cars, and we've posted a link on the nbc washington app to see if your car is affected. just go and search "airbag." you'll also want to check back at that site in a week or so to see if your vehicle has been added. the d.c. police chief says she agrees that the city needs to redefine w assaulting a police officer really means. there is a new report out that says too many people often are arrested for assault, for either minor incidences or they're never charged.

our tom sherwood has detail zs. >> reporter: in all sorts of situations police arrest people who interfere with investigations or worse, physically assault officers. but a new report by patrick madden on wamu fm radio detail how many arrests for assault on a police officer over a three-year period were used as much for crowd control as actual crimes that many such assault cases involved little or no physical contact. many are never prosecuted. police chief cathy lanier told nbc 4 today she degrees the assault law should cover real physical assault. >> i testified under oath more than five six months ago asking someone to please change this law because of the way it is written. >> reporter: police tactics and arrest are getting more attention in the wake of several incidents of civil unrest and allegations of police abuse. d.c. council member mary chai is proposing a bill to precisely define what assaulting an officer means.

council member david grasso praised the chief's response. >> they she recognized there needs to be a more defined clear recognition of what it means. that's what this bill would do. >> reporter: even dell roy burton says assault on an officer is too broadly wraint and police unfairly bare the criticism. >> for example, in maryland i could charge you with resisting argue. in d.c. i have to charge you with assault on a police officer. people look for assault in the charging documents. if there's no assault they tend to believe that the police officers are making things up and that's not the case. >> reporter: council hearings on the proposed changes could be held soon. in the district, tom sherwood news4. in montgomery county, news4 has learned that larry bowers will be asked to stay on interim school superintendent. the formal request will be made tomorrow afternoon at a school board meeting in rockville. the board's top pick for the job withdrew his name over the weekend. bowers has been serving as the interim director since dr. joshua star left the job in february. star just accepted a position as

ceo of pdk international, a professional association for educators. people all over the country are getting ready for memorial day to, they're cleaning out their grills and all that other stuff. some folks in michigan, you know what they're doing to prepare? they're clearing snow. there's a coating of snow blanketing parts of the state's upper peninsula right now. just yesterday it was in the 70s up there. the temperatures tonight will be in the 20s and the 30s. that's cold man. nobody should have to endure that. that's wrong! >> it does make us appreciate our weather right now even more. >> it does. and some of that cooler air is making its way down here. that's why we'll see the change. that storm system that's bringing them some snow will allow our temperatures to drop about 15 to 20 degrees. but when you're at 90 15 to 20 puts you in the sweet spot. out there right now, national harbor, plenty of sunshine a

really nice day. not much in the way of clouds. that means no showers, no storms around this evening. that's good news especially if you're heading down towards the nationals game. 89 degrees the current number, but the dew point down from where it was yesterday. it's still humid but not quite as birthday as yesterday. 84 in frederick 86 leesburg 88 manassas and 89 toward fredericksburg. one more hot day. we actually hit 90 today so the second day in a row we've hit 90. we now have hit 90 three days so far this year. the nationals taking on the yankees tonight down at nats park looking really good for the game, a picture-perfect night for the game. a little warm at 7:05 for the start at 86, but then just beautiful 80 in the echblg seventh inning by last out, we're talking about temperatures around 77 degrees. look at the numbers. 89 in d.c. i told you how much cooler it is to the west, 62 toward columbus, ohio, 72 in pittsburgh. that's the cooler air that will continue to filter on in as we

move through the rest of the night tonight. no storms out there. this cold flonlt moving through, very dry. you can actually see the cold front. it's right here. now, watch what happens here. a couple of showers develop toward pennsylvania i a few more to the south just south of frez ricksburg, between fredericksburg and richmond. but nothing has developed around our area and i do not expect to see anything throughout the rest of the night. here's that really cold air, again, chicago, minneapolis only in the 40s today. there's na snow up there toward parts of michigan. yeah, that cold air trying to move our way, but we won't see that much of it. tomorrow nothing but sunshine. tomorrow is a beautiful day, nice weather, sunny low humidity, temperatures in the 70s, picture-perfect, a great day to get outvied, maybe do some golftion tomorrow. same deal around 6:00, no problems there either. but thursday if you have a tee time, aitd:00, 9:00, notice the rain that comes in,ed clouds and rain and much cooler conditions. look at the rain around 11:00 some of it could be steady. right now it looks like temperatures on thursday only in the 60s. so we're talking about a much cooler day than even tomorrow.

high temperatures 76 in d.c. tomorrow, 77 in fredericksburg 69 toward hagerstown. next couple of days 65 on thursday with that rain likely especially early then just great. 75 on friday 74 on saturday. look at this memorial day weekend. maybe one of the best we've seen in a while, 80 on sunday, 88 on memorial day itself. if you have plans this memorial day weekend, count yourself lucky because it is looking good. >> we like the sound of that. thank you, doug. some shocking video went viral, and now some clues on what caused a stage full of children to suddenly collapse. >> reporter: this video of a substitute teacher using his belt on a student in prince george's county school has gotten more than 500,000 screwviews. this is chris gordon. is the video a lesson

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i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. new video is in from the newsroom, a man suspected of killing a rockville couple is appearing in a court in alaska. scott tom zeus ki has waived his right to extradition, expected to return to montgomery county next week because montgomery county police are going to alaska to get him. tom zeus ki was arrested in juneau, alaska on a cruise ship with his parents. police say while there he

confessed to those officers to killing dick and jody va lard dough. a retired police officer led investigate rz to tom zeus ki after recognizing similarities to a previous burglary at the valardos' home 17 years ago. tom zeus ki is expect lgted back in montgomery county next week. a faulty fix-up is being blamed for this stage collapse at a high school in indiana. 17 students were hurt when an orchestra pit cover suddenly gave way last month. police investigate and found an employee built that pit cover after a different one was removed in january but his design left out metal supports, and that's what led to that collapse. lots of smiles and pride today in prince george's county in maryland. graduation season began with commencement exercises at

frederick douglas high school. it is not just the class of 2015 and their families who are proud. the county celebrates each young person who walks across the stage for their diploma. >> this is what it's all about. our kids come to school to get an education and many of them deal with a lot more than i think people understand. it's just really awesome when you can get children across the stage regardless of the kinds of challenges they may face. >> in prince george's county only 1 in 4 students graduate on time. test scores lag behind neighboring districts and county schools are now facing cuts in state funding. >> reporter: outraged patients react to new video showing a local teacher taking a belt to students. also ahead, a grieving mother as police search for clues to hir daughter's murder. plus, luxury cruises cars

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first at 6:30 new details about an apartment fire this weekend in oxen hill, maryland. it appears that somebody started that fire on purpose. >> and the woman found dead inside the home was killed before the fire was set. tonight her mother has a theory

about what happened. she talked to news4's megan fitzgerald who joins us now with more. megan? >> reporter: doreen as you can imagine, the mother is absolutely devastated that her daughter, a mother of a 2-year-old girl, was brutally murdered. her name was latika cherry. she actually live nd this boarded-up third floor apartment unit behind me here. her mother tells us she has an idea of who may be behind her daughter's death. >> it's sad the way they took her out. >> reporter: 21-year-old latika cherry's family is filled with sadness and anger. they say the young mother was too good of a person to die so young and the way she did. investigators say cherry died inside her third floor apartment of trauma to her body. then they say a fire was set and the suspect took off, leaving the mother of a 2-year-old girl laying inside. >> her child is here without a mother. her child is here, and she haven't even known her mother.

>> reporter: cherry's mother veronica says she was having problems with the man she was dating and believes he may have had something to do with her death. in fact court documents show she even got a stay-away order against the man but veronica believes it wasn't enough. >> if a woman want out of a relationship or a man want out of a relationship, i think you should let them go without doing harm to each other, killing one another. >> reporter: prince george's county police investigators say they don't have a person of interest or a motive at this point. but veronica cherry and her family are now praying that whomever killed her is brought to justice. >> give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. >> reporter: now investigators are asking for anyone where information about this case to contact the department right away. as for cherry's daughter she lived with her but was not at home at the time of the fire. reporting in oxen hill, megan

fitzgerald, news4. a man accused of jumping the white house fence wants a jury to decide his case. jerome hunt was offered a plea deal but wtop radio reports he turned it down and asked for a jury trial instead. last month, hunt told our mark segraves that he jumped the fence so he could see the president but did not intend to harm him in any way. he's being held without bail until his next court hearing later this month. a substitute teacher has been fired after some video appeared to show him beelting students with a belt. somebody posted cell phone video online that's been viewed hundreds of thousands of times now. those viewers include school officials. chris gordon is at gwynn park middle school in brandywine with more on this. chris? >> reporter: this evening, the school sent home letters with students trying to explain to parents exactly what happened here and how a substitute teacher could use excessive

discipline against students who were fighting and how the video of that could be on display for all the world to see. the video appears to show a substitute teacher using a belt, hitting students on the floor. it was posted on the website world star hip-hop.com where it's been viewed more than 600,000 times. it's also been posted on twitter by some students here at gwynn park middle school in brandywine. the incident happened friday afternoon. by the time parents came to pick up their children after school today many were already familiar with the video. >> i wouldn't want anyone handling my child that way. i don't use a belt on her like that, and i wouldn't expect for a teacher to do that. >> reporter: the prince george's county public school system reviewed the video and acted quickly, removing the substitute teacher from the classroom and banning him from working in the school district. >> we don't condone this type of behavior, and we want people to know that it's not indicative of the culture or the team at the

school. >> reporter: the school system has referred the matter to the prince george's county police and child protective services. >> i would say, yes, he would have to be removed until an investigation occurred. but i would imagine that seeing your child beat with a belt is pretty horrendous and so, yes i would think that that was the correct thing to do. >> reporter: many students were talking about it after school today. we spoke to a seventh grader with the permission of her grandmother. >> 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: the prince george's county school system is not releasing the name of the former substitute teacher or the students involved in this video. we're reporting live tonight from brandywine, maryland. back to you. >> thank you, chris. safety concerns led to a tough commute across the memorial bridge today.

one westbound lane and the adjoining sidewalk area have been shut down since last night. that's when engineers found an area of corrosion during a scheduled inspection. we reached out to the national park service. they tell us engineers are still evaluating. there's no word yet on when the laeb will lane will reopen. there's a project under way that is designed to help alleviate traffic headaches but there's one woman who says the plans to expand i-66 could cost her her home. >> new tonight, a graduation moment capturing worldwide attention. the big stand taken by a young woman who lugged her mattress across the stage. we're talking about beautiful sunshine right now. another sunny day tomorrow. but then get the umbrellas out. new forecast, i've got it for you in

a local fire investigator is getting international accolades for her great detective work. alexandria's assistant fire marshal andrea buchanan has been named investigator of the year by the international association of fire investigators. buchanan was picked out of a pool of nominees from 43 countries. she was chosen for her work in a serial arson case at the southern towers apartments. a sfif a 75-year-old resident was charged with setting more than 25 fires in that building. buckle up or pay the price. the department of transportation's annual click it or ticket campaign is under way. it runs through may 31st in maryland and d.c. police can pull you over solely for not wearing a seat belt. the fine $50. in virginia, not wearing a seat belt is a secondary offense, the fine there $25. statistics show that drivers in virginia may be more likely to get tickets. seat belt use in the

commonwealth is estimated at 77% compared to 87% nationwide and more than 90% in d.c. and in maryland. if you're planning to hit the road on thursday to beat memorial day weekend traffic, forget about it. local transportation officials say thursday between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. will be in fact the busiest time on the roads. they looked at data in the last five years and found that thursday was consistently worse than friday. if you haven't seen this on social media yet, you may very soon. a columbia university student made good on her vow to carry a mattress across the stage for the graduation ceremony. emma accused a student of raping her on the first day of her sophomore year. the accused student strongly denies the allegation you and the university found that he was not responsible. she is the graduate in front. she started carrying the

mattress across campus this year as part of her senior thesis. she said she wasn't going to put it down until the other student was expelled or she graduated. charities for cancer may not be what they claim. we'll find out which organizations promised to give to kids with cancer but allegedly took millions much dollars in your donations instead. >> reporter: an entire block in our area might be wiped off the map. it's all because, hey, we may need to widen i-66. you'll hear

we're learning about breaking news out of bermuda. a norwegian cruise ship has run aground. the ship was leaving the island heading back to boston. the cruise line says the norwegian dawn lost power as it was leaving bermuda which caused it to lose control and the ship ran aground on a channel bed. this picture from a passenger shows one of several small boats that are now inspecting the ship. norwegian says the more than 2,000 passengers and 1,000 crew on board are all safe. we'll bring you more as this story develops on nbcwashington.com and on news4 at 11. government officials say they have conducted one of the biggest investigations into charity scams that the government has ever seen. almost $200 million raised for cancer patients was spent instead on, among other things, concert tickets and lavish

vacations. tisha thompson from the news4 i-team is in the newsroom with more on this. tisha? >> jim, we're told this is the first time all 50 states, d.c. and the federal trade commission has teamed together to crack down on charity fraud. fund-raisers may have called you asking to give money to cancer fund of america children's cancer fund of america, the breast cancer society or cancer support services. the ftc says they're all the creation of one family who promised donors their money would help cancer patients including children. >> defendants spent consumer co-nations on cars on vacations cruises college tuition, gym membership, jet-ski outings, sporting events and concert tickets and dating site memberships. >> so far, the family is not returning calls or e-mails, but two of its charities have settled with the government. the other two headed to court. we

we. a plan to ease the traffic on a 25-mile stretch of interstate 66 is taking shape. the proposal involves wiedz ss widening the highway to five lines each way with two of the lanes being toll lanes. it may be good news for a lot of commuters. there is a lot of concern from homeowners. transportation reporter adam tuss is in vienna where some fear any widening plan would ruin their neighborhood. adam? >> reporter: that's right doreen. you know this is a tough one. an entire block of homes in our area could be wiped off the map if 66 is widened. but you take a look at the road. day and night, it looks like this. you can understand why something has to happen. >> i don't know where to find another home that's comparable to what we have here. >> reporter: you don't want to leave. >> yes exactly. we don't want to leave. >> reporter: sue lee has lived on this block in dunn loring for six years. she loves it.

>> it's great. five minute walk to the metro. nobody can beat that. >> reporter: but the entire block of homes is likely going away because of this, traffic-choked i-66. plans are moving fast to potentially widen 66, which runs just off in the distance and a larger road would swallow up the houses here. what was your original thought? >> it i didn't believe that. how could it be? >> reporter: take a look at 66 on any day, and you can see why something needs to be done. but nearby communities could pay the price. this is what some custody desacks could look like with huge new ramps. today aubrey lane stressing nothing is final but the project is rolling. he says everything that can be done to save homes and property is being done. >> from 35 homes i think that were going to be totally taken is now down to 12 to 15 and we're going to try to get that down even further. so we're hoping to mitigate those, but we can't promise. i don't mean don't, but i want to be realistic about what we do. >> reporter: right now anxious moments as the state decides

what to do. and back here now live, the state says it wants to have an open and honest discussion about what happens here along 66 but, by all accounts guys this project is getting a green light. jim and doreen, back to you. >> thanks, adam. hot out there again today, but so what? who was it mark twain or something that said if you don't like the weather in d.c., wait 15 minutes or maybe a day because it will change. >> i think that was mark twain. >> you don't know. >> i have no idea. >> mark twain says what? >> i think there's any number of people who have said that right? >> that's for sure. >> about any number of locations. >> it will change a lot over the next couple of days. i think it was page 27 of his book. let's show you what's happening right now. temperatures sitting in the 80s. we're talking about the high 80s rngz , 89 at the airport, warm, 86 at 7:00, 81 by 9:00, 77, nice by

11:00. later on this evening, we'll be really, really nice about the time we're leaving work here about 11:30 11 evaluate 40 tonight, it will be perfect. 88 in rockville, 85 toward huntingtown. looking pretty good across our region. but again, it's hot. not quite as humid as it was yesterday, but it is hot. nothing on the radar. we have not seen any showers or storms develop in our region as a result of that cold floont's moving through. and that cold front will have a big impact on the weather. look at tomorrow. sun and clouds, a great afternoon. 70 to 77 degrees. today we were 85 to 90. tomorrow we'll be about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than that around our region. a really really nice spring day. but that's about it because watch what happens on thursday. thursday a high of 65 60% chance of rain on thursday. take eye look. we're going to be talking about the chance not just for rain but all day, early april temperatures a little bit of a breeze out of the northeast. it is definitely going to be on the cool side on thursday. temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees below average. we go right back up, though on friday.

75 74 on saturday, 80 on sunday, 88 on monday, memorial day weekend looking fantastic. next tuesday we get back to 90 degrees with a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. down towards the beaches if you're heading there this memorial day, look at this 66 on zpa, cool here bringing the sweater. but then 74 on sunday and 82 on monday. i'll be down in rehoboth friday. weather looking good. may is asian-american and pacific islander heritage month. we're celebrating here at nbc 4 by helping to give back to the community. maryland's first lady was on hand for today's event along with some familiar taiss from news4. thanks to our partnership with mcdonald's and allstate we were able to give two nonprofit organizations $5,000 each. those nonprofits are hope for tomorrow and the organization of chinese-americans. sports come pging up. price harper on a roll as

everybody knows. his teammates will explain what

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. your home for the most live sports. you know some people live in ways that none of us will ever have any idea what it's about. you're 22 years old, again the national player of the year, and you've got to be loving life. this kid is on a roll. >> i know.

i was at the montgomery mall yesterday. you see under armour bryce harper everywhere. finally it's like all right man, he deserves all of this. >> good for him. >> after a blutal start for the nats 7 for 13, we were giving him such a hard time. they have now won 15 of 19. the boys are back and back home for the first time in nine days after a trip out west. you think fans want to see the racing presidents tonight? maybe. they want to see the man of the month, bryce harper. jason pugh, our man of the moment at nats park. >> reporter: dianna nationals fans have been pating for a week to see the most feared hitter in baseball, bryce harper coming off back-to-back national league player of the week awards. since 1974, only nine other players in baseball history have won that award in consecutive weeks. even his teammates are impressed with his latest stretch. >> it's incredible. it's to the point now where it's beyond ridiculous.

he hit that homer the other day wnd we kind of put our hands up. it's the kind of man he is he's a perfectionist. he has that drive. he's never satisfied. that's fine. >> we're seeing him grow right in front of our eyes. even from the begin fg the season to now, he's just doing more at the plate and understanding when to be patient and aggressive. guys will keep trying to figure him out. it will be fun to watch him for the year. >> i enjoy getting on base and if my on base percentage is up, that means i'm getting the runs i need to beat guys every at-bat and get us on the board. that's the biggest thing. we've got to get on the board and get runs for our pitchers. if we do that we're going to win a lot of ball games. >> reporter: bryce harper and the nationals take on the yankees just after 7:00 tonight. one more note from the nats, outfielder jayson werth placed on the disabled list with an injured wrist. from nats park, jason pugh news4 sports. >> thanks, jp. baltimore crews returning to

charred city as the seattle mariners mariners, cruz smacked an mlb leading 40 home runs last year. tonight his first game back at camden yards since signing with seattle in december. cruz you love being back and he loved his time with the orioles. >> it was a blessing, you know. like i said, we accomplished something really special out here, as a team, you know, have a great time great team nates, great manager. and the fans are really fun. it's always nice to see my ex-teammates and come and see the fans also. >> the number one pick in the 2010 nba draft will be made by the washington wizards. >> and, with that there is hope once again. >> that was five years ago. almost to the day.

five years ago. look how much has changed. >> you remember the reaction? >> yes. she was thrilled. >> tonight the nba draft lottery. this is may 18, 2010, we just watched. only a 10.3% chance, and they got the number one pick, which they used to select john wall, of course. wall has not disappointed either, a two-time all-star has helped lead the wizards to lgt playoffs in the last two seasons, averaging almost 18 points a game and almost 9 assists a game in his career. by the way, evan turner picked second overall that year you may remember kevin durant tweeted that he thought that he was a better pick for the wizards. he's never been an all-star so we love k.d. around here but that tweet i'm sure he pressed the leak. >> any more we would love to see k.d. around here on a regular basis. >> that's hitting the lottery. >> especially in may going into

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