murder of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. now police are on an all-out man hunt to find him. that started in lannan, maryland overnight. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. our cameras were rolling as police detectives searched wint's home high and low looking for clues. our megan mcgrath is working the story and will bring you up to speed with all the overnight developments in a few minutes. but first, some major changes in the weather this morning. the temperatures are going down. you can see on storm team 4 radar the rain is starting to come down as well. let's get right to tom kierein with what's happening right now. >> if you're about to what it the road for the memorial day weekend, traveling up 95 north and south you'll be running into rain as well as west heading out 270, out 66. and along 81 as well from hagerstown through the shenandoah valley. it is wet this morning. all this area in green is light rain. inside the beltway and right around the immediate metro area a few scattered sprinkles are beginning to show up. but the traffic tracker driving

on 95 south of washington and seeing the road getting a bit of a sheen, getting a bit wet there. as the light rain is beginning to down a little bit heavier. in the mid to upper 50s most of the metro area fairfax county right near of 60 in the district of columbia. a cool damp morning, then a warmer pattern moving in for the memorial weekend. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. a look at your try time forecast. amelia segal will join us live. now melissa has chopper up over an accident. where's this? >> this is b.w. parkway, look at chopper 4 over this crash. b.w. parkway southbound here at 32. you can see it's actually still in the left lane. that explains why we have that one-mile backup this morning. and chopper sort of pans back, you can see that volume. you can take 95 i hope this is out of the way shortly here. check back with us once more on first 4 traffic on twitter to see if cleared out of the

way. another traffic camera shot southbound at 32. 270 at montrose, nice and light here. no major problems here. yesterday was nasty. today, lighter volume at least right now. 66 headed into town 40 miles per hour. and right now, 95 north in virginia at dale city, really starting to see some pretty good slowdowns. 6:02. breaking news d.c. police detectives are working around the clock looking for the man wanted for the murders of three d.c. family members and their housekeeper. take a look here. on the left new video of police searching the last known address of their suspect. his name is daron wint. his picture on the right side of your screen here. take a good look at him. police believe wint is on the run at this hour. there are three scenes linked to this crime. detectives canvassed the area around his home in lannan, maryland. less than three miles from where police found the savopoulos' family car torched.

megan mcgrath with the new dna link that helped crack this case. >> reporter: well, that's right. there are several new developments in this quadruple murder involving dna evidence. a pizza delivery as well as a search of a home in suburban maryland and now police have released the name of the person they believe is responsible. they have also released three photos of the suspect. take a look. police are looking for 34-year-old daron wint. he's been charged with first degree murder while armed. they searched his last known address in maryland. they could be seen going in and out of the home. we're also learn about a pizza delivery that was made to the home here in northwest washington on may the 13th. that's the day when the savopoulos family and the housekeeper were believed to have been taken captive inside the home. law enforcement officials tell "the washington post" that dna

found on a pizza crust matched that of daron wint. their now prime suspect. now wint has a criminal record that includes assault, carrying a concealed weapon and theft. he is now on the loose. police saying that they don't believe he's in the immediate area they're him. butelp from the public. if you want to take a closer look at those photos you can go to our website. go to our app and take a closer look. anyone with information you are asked to call police. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. blood evidence from inside that home is helping investigators paint a picture of what happened. last night detectives used the chemical luminol to search for clues. it creates a blue glow in the presence of blood. it can help to establish exactly when and how savvas and amy savopoulos and housekeeper veralicia figurera were killed. we know that two deliveries to the home are play -- we know that two are playing a role in this. the first is that pizza delivery that megan just mentioned.

the second a cash drop. a source close to the family tells news4 savvas savopoulos called his office in hyattsville. he asked an assistant to bring the $40,000 to the house thursday morning. police believe that the family was taken captive several hours earlier on wednesday night. we learned from sources that three adults killed in the house were found in a second floor bedroom. the adults showed signs of being beaten and stabbed. 10-year-old philip was found in his own bedroom. the police are naming one suspect and releasing the pictures on your screen. they want to find 34-year-old daron dylon wint. get a closer look at the pictures on our nbc washington app. you can share it with people you know. remember to turn on the breaking news alert so that you can get updates throughout the morning. coming up on six minutes

after the hour. today the man who flew his gyrocopter across d.c. and landed at the u.s. capitol is due in court. douglas hughes is charged with violating restricted air space and operating a vehicle falsely labeled as a postal carrier. we expect him to address his supporters after the arraignment today. it left lawmakers livid about him crossing the three no fly zones. we'll have a closer look at the hearing today and break down what we know at that point. also today, charles severance will make his first appearance in a courtroom. follow julie carey on twitter to find out first about his hearing today. severance is charged with tilling three -- killing three people in alexandria over the course of a decade. police moved the proceeding to fairfax. you might want the avoid driving near the university of maryland today because it's graduation today. more than 8,100 students are a part of the graduating class. the processional starts at the

xfinity center in college park at 9:20 this morning but the actual ceremony starts at 10:00 a.m. and should wrap up around noon. plenty of people are betting on american pharoah. lots of you may be trying to get away for the memorial day holiday today. well the rain you see on storm team 4 radar may slow you down. whether you're getting out of town or just going

welcome back 6:10. our fallen military heroes will be honored at the arlington national cemetery. the third infantry regiment will honor them with the annual flag-in. a small american flag will be placed one foot and centered at more than 200,000 grave markers.

soldiers will place one at the foot of each column barian. >> yes, amelia segal is actually there at arlington cemetery. we want to check in with her, with more on the weather and on the event. >> well good morning, angie and aaron and good morning to you. it's cloudy and it's cool out this morning. and it's dry here at arlington national cemetery. but unfortunately likely dealing with showers at times today. with we're here with the storm team 4x4 tracking that weather. you can see the doughnut hole of rain tracking showers to the north and south of the district. we encountered only a few sprinkles on the way over here this morning. i'm noticing the temperature, so headed to and from work today, it's feeling more like march

than may outside. temperatures in the upper 50s, some showers headed into work or headed home. so you want to grab the umbrella. coming up in ten minutes, tom is taking an hour by hour look at the rain today for the timing of exactly when you can expect rain. but for now we'll send it over to melissa with a look at the roads. >> breaking news on the roads. take a look at this b.w. parkway southbound at 32 the crash has cleared off. not so great news, we have a three-mile backup southbound here at 32. so just a warning if you're headed out any time soon. you might want to take 95 instead. to avoid all that. rhode island avenue is blocked at florida. 95 northbound near the occoquan it's picking up. overall looking good, no major

issues. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. some new details about the u.s. marines on board a helicopter that crashed during a training flight. this morning we have learned the

we're staying on top of breaking news connected to the quadruple murder in d.c. police releasing the pictures of a suspect late last night. his name is daron wint. police are still looking for him. they were out overnight searching his home in lannan. we're working to learn more about mr. wint right now. we're bring you updates throughout the morning and push any information on the washington app. was know now the name of the second marine killed in a training exercise in hawaii. lance corporal matthew determan died from his injuries yesterday. sunday's accident involved an osprey which can fly like a helicopter or a fixed wing plane as well. 24-year-old marine from washington state died in the accident as well. two other marines are still in the hospital this morning. and today, former new england patriots player aaron hernandez will be in court. a jury convicted him of murder last month for killing odin lloyd. today he'll be arraigned in a

different murder case and investigation. he's charged with shooting a murder witness in the face. today even more clean-up crews will join hundreds of first responders working on a big crude oil spill out in california. an underground pipeline burst off the coast of santa barbara. you can see just how see the oil is stretching across nine miles in the water. a huge area. crews are still trying to contain it all. california's governor declaring a state of emergency there. investigators are working to learn why the pipeline broke. sides have reached a settlement about a deadly oil spill that happened five years ago. the company transocean will pay $211 million for damages from the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the oil rig exploded. 11 workers died. oil poured into the gulf for nearly three months. 6:17 your time now. lawmakers grilled the u.s. capitol police chief about the gyrocopter that landed and caused a security issue and

other lapses that were part of this hearing as well. at that hearing on capitol hill yesterday, lawmakers wanted to know how douglas hughes was able to fly right up to the capitol even though police had been wark wark -- warned about his stunt. >> you did get the e-mail half an hour before that gyrocopter landed along with a live stream that this guy was live streaming his flight. maybe somebody else wants to follow up on that. it would seem that somebody would tune in. >> we attempted to tune in but we had no luck immediately. >> as for the other security concerns, the chief told the house committee his officers are getting extra training after three incidents in which they left guns inside restaurants. the american pharoah is accused of owing more than $1.6 million. he's accused of owing the money for gambling debts placed at off shore casinos. zayat said it's a total fiction

and it was filed in march in florida and zayat has asked a judge to discuss the case. this comes as american pharoah tries to become the first horse since 1978 to win horse racing's triple crown. and any way you slice it a handful of presidential hopefuls will be left out of the first presidential debate. that's because fox news has decided it will only allow ten participants. candidates must place in the top ten of an average of fox approved polls around the time of the debate. about 18 people are already running or seriously considering it. that debate is set for august 6th in cleveland. the memorial placed at the site of michael brown shooting is gone. volunteers removed the stuffed animals, flowers and mementoes yesterday. they had been there since last august when darren wilson shot him while responding to reports of after robbery.

yesterday would have been brown's 19th birthday. the city officials plan to put a permanent memorial plaque at the site where he died. barbara mikulski went to the white house for helping baltimore to recover from the violence after the death of freddie gray. she tweeted this photo yesterday as she arrived at the white house with the meeting with valerie jarrett. the violence last month caused $9 million in damage to businesses in baltimore. roughly 350 businesses have requested aid. we're working today -- rather today charles county deputies will be questioning someone who shot people in waldorf. and it's near the st. charlestown center mall. the county sheriff's office says that shooting appears to be a domestic incident. the victims are a man and a woman. we're working to learn what

condition they're in this morning. a 17-year-old is facing charges for shooting another teenager. they were trying to solve that shooting off government center parkway. officers say the teens started to fight at the victim's house and one of them shot the other. police charged him with a felony use of a firearm. the 17-year-old is expected to survive. alexandria is a step closer to getting a metro station. and the vote clears the way for the next step in the design process. and mayor bill yule says the project would create 26,000 jobs along with new housing, office and retail space. the station is expected to open late 2018 or early 2019. new this morning a government survey finds that public schools have beefed up security measures with safety drills and parent notification systems. the findings come from a principle survey in the 2013-14

school year. 88% of the public schools had a written plan of how to respond to an active shooter. 7 out of 10 had drills to practice that plan. about three-quarters of schools say they use security cameras now. well we have been saying it all morning, feels like we walked into march rather than may. >> and tom kierein will tell us how cool it will stay for a few hours, right? >> yeah, it's a damp, penetrating chill. make sure you have your umbrella with you. because it likely become raining over the next hour or so as a broad view of the of the of the radar shows this area of moving green, mostly light rain, west virginia, pennsylvania. much of virginia now moving into the metro area. from the west the closeup view of the local radar, very light rain, sprinkles south of washington. charles county, west of there along 95 from prince william into stafford and spotsylvania.

and then running into rain from haymarket west into the central shenandoah valley. scattered light sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia and north and west of washington 270 meets 70 running into rain there right around frederick. as we look at the storm team 4 hour by hour timing on this rain the short range model is showing the rain moving in most of the region by 10:00. everything is wet. maybe a few moderate showers. the pockets in yellow south of the metro area by noontime. elsewhere, light rain. and then in the afternoon around 2:00 some moderate showers eastern shore. light rain metro area. then it starts to taper off west to east and by 4:00 much of the rain ending western northern suburbs and then along i-95. pretty much is ending by 6:00 p.m. some lingering showers on the eastern shore. downpours there along the atlantic beaches. sky clears out hovering in the 50s and near 60s in the day. quite a chill in the air, but sun back, breezy, back into the

70s tomorrow. beautiful pattern into the memorial day weekend. and then feeling like summer for memorial day, but not too high. and getting hot and a little more humid. back to work and school on tuesday, wednesday next week with highs right around 90 degrees. now melissa has breaking news on the roads. what's happening? >> breaking news, b.w. parkway southbound at route 32, the crash is out of the way, delays remain. at 3.7 miles as you head southbound on b.w. parkway approaching 32. you can take 95 of course as an alternate. don't have any delays 95 headed southbound. two eastbound lanes blocked at florida avenue because of a crash. right now, first 4 traffic tracker 95 north headed to the outer look going to get over to 66 to show us how things are looking right now. looking good right now. wide look at things overall, no major problems on the beltway. outer loop getting slow as inbound 395. that is quite typical but of course lots of people headed out of town early this weekend for

memorial day. 66 at 50 a little bit of volume headed inbound, just past 50. 270 headed southbound slow out of frederick and clarksburg and then it opens up. back in ten minutes. a new warning about lyme disease. it is more common than you might think. in maryland alone more than 1,300 lyme cases were reported last year. advocates say people and sometimes doctors don't know enough about lyme. they say often that leads to delayed diagnosis and treatment for this agonizing disease. >> at least 300,000 people a year and probably closer to a million. it's a bigger epidemic than aids. >> a lot of people become infected with lyme after a tick bite. maryland governor hogan is trying to increase awareness in our area as we head into summer and are spending more time outside. he is calling may tick borne disease awareness month. ticks can be found in brushy fields high grass and your own

back yard. as your kids look for a summer job, finding a job that pays well may be easier this year. an annual survey finds that 53% of employers have openings that pay above $15 or more an hour. the survey found that 77% of employers will consider summer hires for permanent positions. red nose day is finally here. they're making the u.s. debut tonight on nbc. more than 100 of hollywood's biggest stars like will ferrell and julia roberts and anna kendrick and more will tell a few jokes and raise a lot of money. the annual comedy and music event started in england. the benefit here will help 12 charity organizations lift children out of poverty. that's going to impact children around the world. matt lauer is just about to finish his two-day tour to red nose bike tour.

lauer will finish up his tour his 30 mile journey during this morning's "today" show. you can watch the red nose day tonight on nbc4. 6:27. we are staying on top of the breaking news this morning. we have been showing you the picture all morning long. police want this man in connection with that quadruple murder in the district. we'll have new developments on the investigation. plus the growing online effort to get rid of artificial field turf in one school district here. and the radar lit up in green this morning. some rain starting to come down. it's goi

6:30, breaking news in the quadruple murder in d.c. police released a picture of the suspect late last night. his name is daron wint. >> police were searching a home in lannan. we're working to learn more about mr. wint. we'll get an update from megan mcgrath at 6:45 and push any

breaking developments on the washington app. but first, tom kierein to find out about your forecast and when that rain is coming. >> yeah. you don't have to water your flowers today. let the sky take care of it as we have a broad area of light rain moving in from the west. if you're hitting the road early for the memorial weekend, headed up 95 you're run into rain. heading northwest into western pennsylvania as well, you're running into the rain. some areas of green around the immediate metro area and this is moving into washington. it's dry temporarily but over the next hour it will start to sprinkle a bit. it's chilly to cool. in the mid 50s to near 60 degrees. temperatures still mid 50s to 60. then by noontime should be in the mid to upper 50s. rest of the afternoon though it will drop back and get cooler during the afternoon. dropping back into the mid 50s by late afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast. your what to wear forecast as well.

on this wet thursday and roads are beginning to get wet south of washington. any problems with that? >> we have seen that for sure. we have a brand new problem, southbound between 70 and 40. it's in the center median. a warning there for our friends who come in from that area. headed up to 66 right now, first 4 traffic tracker moving along just fine. inner loop is looking good right there. no major problems when you look at the beltway. 66 at fairfax county parkway, slow inbound. pretty typical right now. beltway at st. barnabas is moving along nicely. travel times in ten minutes. i want to thank the american people for considering the arguments and hopefully for helping us push in toward -- push this towards a reform where we respect the fourth amendment and the bill of rights once again. thank you, mr. president. i relinquish the floor. >> that's kentucky senator and 2016 hopeful rand paul.

finally giving back the senate floor after ten hours, 30 minutes and 18 seconds of speaking against the patriot act. paul was calling for more debate over renewing a controversial part of that law. nbc's tracie potts is live now at capitol hill with more on what paul accomplished. what happens now? >> reporter: well the senate has to take some action or hopefully will take some action to try to resolve this. rand paul brought attention to himself. keep in mind he's a presidential candidate. do we renew the patriot act, let it expire or replace it with something else? he was talking about what the house has passed the usa freedom act. they have passed it. they voted and frankly they're planning on doing a few more votes and leaving in the middle of the day. it's really in the senate's court now. there are some senators who do not want this replacement that would allow phone companies and not the government to hold on to your phone records. it would restrict how the

government could search those files at the phone companies. senator mcconnell wants it to go another five years but that's unlikely to happen. their break is supposed to start on monday to do something. meantime the justice department is telling the nsa you may have to shut this down quickly if they do nothing and leaves it in limbo. they're suggesting that bulk collection of phone records ends after tomorrow if they have to shut it down. >> all right, tracie potts breaking it all down for us this morning. thanks. 6:34. a developing story this morning, isis gaining ground in the western an bar providence. the iraqi forces are fighting in the region as they have seized the city of ramadi. iraqi forces fought off the attack overnight. it's not clear if they'll try to retake the city of ramadi. there's 16 air strikes in the

fast 24 hours there. u.s. and cuban negotiators could be on the verge of history as they resume talks today. this morning diplomats are in washington to discuss reopening embassies. prep ranks are already being made in washington and havana for the day that diplomatic relations are completely restored. today, chuck schumer will funds amtrak. the company is coming under close scrutiny for the deadly derailment in philadelphia last week. eight people died and as of this morning, two people are still in critical condition. a congressional committee also scheduled an oversight hearing about what happened. today the montgomery county council will finalize the budget plan for the year. they plan to approve that $5 billion budget this morning. the budget includes money for body cameras for police officers and more funding for montgomery college. the council decided not to increase property taxes this year. parents in loudoun county are voicing their concerns about

artificial turf. they started a petition on change.org to ban tire rubber from county fields. the parents say that rubber is toxic and has material that can cause cancer. the petition had about 500 signatures yesterday afternoon. we just checked about, it has more than 1,800 right now. i'll be honest with you, it's beginning to look like i won't get "the tonight show." >> still bitter after all these years, david letterman gets a hilarious sendoff. we'll show you some of the stars that took part in the top ten list. >> plus a look at

today survivors of rape will

speak out at a senate hearing on the nation's backlog of untested rape kits. according to government data, there are up to 400,000 untested kits in the u.s. these kits contain evidence that can link crimes. in 2014 virginia pass as law requiring police to account for these untested kits. right now, no federal agencies require police to track the kits. coming up on 6:41 right now. it will be a busy day at arlington national cemetery. the annual flag in is happening today ahead of the memorial day weekend. >> the u.s. infantry members and volunteers are putting the flags next to the grave sites and that i'll be dealing with rainy and soggy conditions. so we wanted to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. she's at the cemetery with your forecast and a look at the day ahead. amelia? >> good morning, angie. this has been a tradition here since 1948. and today, it's chilly and it's

showery. so have the umbrella handy. as the old guard soldiers are placing the flags down, it only takes them four hours likely dealing with some rainy conditions. now, at the bus stop this morning, we're talking about areas of rain and a jacket likely needed with temperatures only in the upper 50s around 60 degrees. temperatures will be near steady throughout the day today, holding in the upper 50s. more common for march than this time in may. not only that but dealing with showers not only early today, but throughout the day. starting to wind down during the afternoon and early evening hours from west to east. coming up in ten minutes, tom has a look ahead to memorial day weekend. we'll start to warm up. wait until you see by how much. but for now, over to melissa with a look at the roads. >> taking a look right now, 95 northbound at 123, we have a crash here you can see. we have a fire response here blocking some lanes. looks like only the left lane is getting through at this point.

a warning there for you. and into manassas we are slow because of a travel. overall, not as bad as we were expecting because a lot of people expected to leave and head out of town today. 95 north between quantico and the beltway you're 12 minutes behind. 66 inbound, fairfax county to the beltway not bad there. 270 south, germantown you're ten minutes behind. outer loop of the beltway, 95 to 270, taking you 20 minutes. not terrible there. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. we're staying on top of breaking news this morning. the suspect named in the quadruple murder in d.c. we'll check in with megan mcgrath for new developments on the search for this man and how a takeout order is part of the

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breaking news at 15 before suspect in a quadruple murder in northwest d.c. is on the run this morning. you see his photo, daron wint. the police are trying to track him down. police believe wint held the family of three and their housekeeper captive inside the family's house and then he torched the family car in new carrollton, less than three miles from his home in atlanta. megan mcgrath has more on the evidence used to track him down. good morning.

>> reporter: well good morning, aaron. a number of new developments, developments involving dna evidence as well as a pizza delivery. this has allowed police to pinpoint a suspect and they have released not only a name, but several photos. take a look. this is 34-year-old daron wint. he is the prime suspect now in this quadruple murder. he's wanted for first degree murder while armed. now, overnight investigators searched wint's last known address in maryland. investigators could be seen questioning several people and taking photos at this home. we are learning about a pizza delivery made to the home here in northwest washington on may the 13th. now, that is the day that the savopoulos family and hair housekeeper were -- and their housekeeper were taken captive inside the home. dna found on a pizza crust matched daron wint. they believe that he has fled, but the search is continuing.

it is active. the hope here is that someone will take a look at these photos. they have some information about daron wint's whereabouts and give investigators a call. and the break they need this this case. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. blood evidence from inside that home is helping investigators paint a picture of what may have happened there. last night detectives used the chemical luminol to search for clues. it creates a distinctive blue glow and it can help establish when and how savvas and amy savopoulos and their 10-year-old son and housekeeper were killed. >> that pizza delivery that megan mentioned is one of two deliveries made to the home that the police are investigating. the second is that savvas savopoulos asked an assistant to bring $40,000 cash to the home. we also learned from sources

that three adults, those three adults killed in the house were found in the second floor bedroom. the adults showed signs of being beaten and stabbed. 10-year-old philip was found in his own bedroom. his remains were so badly burned investigators have not officially identified him. again, that new piece of information we want to share with you, police naming one suspect releasing these pictures on your screen. they want to find 34-year-old daron dylon wint. get a closer look at the pictures on the nbc washington app and you can share them with people you know and turn on the breaking news alerts for any updates throughout the morning. 6:48 right now. today, the man who flew his gyrocopter across d.c. and landed at the u.s. capitol is due in court. douglas hughes is expected to address the media and thank the

supporters today. the lawmakers were livid after allowing him to cross three no fly zones. he said landing there was an act of civil disobedience. follow julie carey on twitter to find out what happens to charles severance today. he is charged with killing three people in alexandria over the course of a decade. the judge moved the proceedings to fair fax because of the high publicity on the case. we'll get a better idea of whether or not the purple line will be built. prince george's county and montgomery county leaders will meet with maryland governor larry hogan in las vegas today. they're in las vegas at a convention hoping to recruit new business to the counties. well one of the biggest selling points is that purple line which would connect the two counties. baltimore based insurance provider is tightening security after hackers gained access to more than a million people's names. care first blue cross/blue shield says that hackers did not get any social security numbers

or medical claim information. the company now offering free credit monitoring for those affected. the company sures more than 3.3 million people. health care data breaches are a growing problem these days because providers have less experience fighting hackers than retailers or banks do. >> you won't be able to see david letterman host his show tonight. >> he included a lot of funny clips over the years. he showed recent tributes from shows like "the simpsons" and "wheel of fortune." for his final top ten he invited a series of comedians and one football player to tell us what they have always wanted to say to dave. >> honestly dave, i have always found you to be a built of an overactor. >> thanks for finally proving men can be funny. >> you are to comedy what i am to comedy.

>> peyton manning showing off his comedy chops there a little bit. of course it wasn't all funny moments in the show. letterman thanked his fans and contributors. at the end, this is how he said good-bye. >> but the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a television program, thank you and good night. >> thank you and good night. very simple there. if you want to see more we put an article with the show's highlights and photos of letterman throughout the years on the nbc washington.com website. >> huge farewell. you heard the foo fighters closing it out. >> one of his favorite bands. that's why they were there. >> yeah, when he walked out, they could have clapped forever. but right before his monologue he had to calm the crowd down. they said this guy, he rode the third rail of comedy. you know? >> good way to go out. good luck with whatever he does. >> he was a weather guy first. >> i heard that. yeah. >> maybe you've got a future.

>> i had the honor of working with dave letterman before he was famous. working in indianapolis. >> no way. >> you got started -- >> yeah. we gave him a happy sendoff as he said i'm to i'm going off to l.a. to do stand-up and then a couple of years later he was on his own show. what a great career. as we look at our radar right now, storm team 4 radar showing some light rain now falling across west virginia, virginia, maryland, pennsylvania, so if you're about to hit the road for the memorial day holiday weekend, you'll be running into that. if you're driving up 95 toward new york and boston you'll be driving out of it, just north of philly. but you're going south down on 95 toward richmond and the carolinas. well along 66 you'll be running into the area of green. and up 270 and 70 points west you'll be running into light rain. 95 north as well between washington and baltimore. it's rather cool. we're just in the mid 50s right now. and later today not much of a

warming. one rain drop, the first one showing up on the lens in the storm team 4 tower camera. sculpted clouds producing a few sprinkles, we'll have those by 8:00. passing showers the rest of the afternoon, look at the flat line of our temperature graph. it will be gradually dropping back down into the mid 50s during the afternoon. right now metro area is right around 60 degrees. and then on friday what a big change. we snap right back into glorious may weather. upper 70s, lots of sun, blustery wind tomorrow. beautiful for the memorial day weekend, temperatures in the 70s. memorial day itself it will feel like summer again. should be in the upper 80s. 80s and near 90 on tuesday and wednesday of next week. melissa has breaking news now. what's happening? >> breaking news in virginia. 95 northbound at 123 this crash now off to the right side of the roads so we are getting by. but still a 3 1/2 mile backup

head northbound there. 66 after 50 a little bit of volume there. headed inbound for us 270 month troez, volume as you head to the spur. and at northbound no real problems there. wide look at the beltway, typically slow at the top of the beltway and inbound 395, four miles you're slow and then it opens up a bit for you. b.w. parkway still slow southbound even approaching 32 from the earlier crash. but you're going about 40 miles per hour which is better than it was for sure. beltway at indian head highway inner and outer loop looking good. northbound and south looking good as well. guys? >> thank you, melissa. 6:54. our fallen military heroes will be honored at arlington national cemetery. the old guard will honor them with the annual flags in. more than a thousand soldiers will place a small american flag one foot in front of and centered at more than 200,000 grave markers. soldiers will place an american flag at the foot of each

columbarium. the design competition kicks off here in d.c. and this is a two stage international design competition. you can submit your proposals whether you're a design professional or a student or someone who likes to draw maybe, go for it. submissions are due july 21st. the finalists will be named in august and the winning name announced in january. the memorial will be built along pennsylvania avenue near the white house. you may want to avoid driving near the university of maryland today because it is graduation day. more than 8,100 students are a part of the 2015 graduating class. the processional starts at the xfinity center in college park at 9:20 this morning. the actual ceremony will begin around 10:00 and should wrap up around noon. coming up on 6:56 here are four things to know before you head out the door. it is red nose day. it's making the u.s. debut tonight here on nbc 4.

more than a hundred hollywood biggest stars will come together to have a little fun, tell some jokes and raise a lot of money for needy children across the world. kentucky senator rand paul has ended his marathon speech protesting a controversial section of the patriot act. today with we'll see how senate leaders respond. the senate has to come to an agreement on renewing that law. alexandria is a step closer to getting a new metro station. the city council voted in favor of building the new potomac yard metro close to the existing shopping center on jefferson davis highway. breaking news this morning in the quadruple murder in the d.c. mansion. police have a suspect. they're looking for daron wint. they believe he's on the run at this hour. grab an umbrella before you head out the door. a broad area of rain that stretches much of the eastern seaboard from new england all the way down to the carolinas is right in our metro area now. a wet day on the way.

melissa? two slowest spots, 95 northbound at 123, a crash there. 66 inbound after 50. typical volume. hopefully folks are getting out of town early for the weekend. take me with you. >> me too. >> we're not done yet. >> i'm here all weekend. >> that is the broadcast this morning. "today" show is coming your way >> yeah, don't forget that umbrella, everybody. >> make it a great thursday, everybod

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