live view of capitol hill from our capitol camera. the low, gray clouds producing sprinkles and drizzle right in washington now. going forward over the next six hours by 7:00, we'll be in the low 60s. still hovering in the low 60s by 9:00. probably just going to be in the 50s in some of the rural areas. then by 11:00, should be in the low to mid 60s, but still some patchy areas of drizzle and some light rain. might try to get sunshine out around midday too. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. a look at your bus stop forecast. now melissa is looking at problems on the roads with the wet roads around this morning. >> wet roads, no doubt causing some issues here this morning. new crash here in silver spring, at connecticut avenue. left lane right now on georgia there is blocked. so a warning there. 95 northbound in virginia, 123, seeing some volume build here. a couple miles of a backup of a crash that is off to the left side of the roadway. no major issues here, but again

top of the beltway starting to see some slouw downs, so a warning there. prince george's county, looking good here. a little yellow in some spots. no major problems. not the same situation coming down 270 out of frederick. going about 23 miles per hour, until you get down to the damascus area and then it opens up down to the spur. back with travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. we are getting a better idea of what led up to the deadly mansion murders in northwest d.c. later today, police are expected to release more search warrants. some of those details came out yesterday. news4's megan mcgrath with what we know right now. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, aaron. you can see the police cruisers behind me here. police continue to watch over this house around the clock. now investigators have been going over the crime scene now for weeks and we are learning more about the kind of evidence they have found and what they are still looking for. according to search warrants just unsealed, police are looking at phone records for

jordan wallace. savvas savopoulos's personal assistant and driver. he delivered the $40,000 to the houses in the hours before the fire was set. now, wallace's movements are being looked at and they're looking at his text records. he is cooperating and has not been charged or named as a suspect. we have also learned that there was forced entry into the home. the french door was kicked in. a boot print or shoe print found on that door. and we are learning now that the victim's cell phones were stolen and are still missing. three cell phones still unknown exactly where they are. also stolen, the recording device for the security system at the home. now, daron wint, a former employee at the savopoulos's business, he is the only one charged in connection with this crime. however, police have said that they believe others are responsible and so the search for suspects continues. we are expecting to learn more

later on today when additional search warrants are unsealed. back to you in the studio. >> all right, megan, thank you. a lot of details we have seen so far. if you'd like to read them, we have posted them on the website nbcwashington.com. developing later this morning a judge will decide whether the media will be banned from covering a pretrial hearing for jesse matthew. the victim of a 2005 rape in fairfax is expected to testify today. the hearing is to determine if the victim can identify matthew as her attacker. attorneys for matthew say media coverage of her testimony today could taint the jury pool for his upcoming trial. matthew is of course also charged in the murder of uva student hannah graham. d.c. police this morning are investigating a sexual assault and kidnapping. a man attacked a woman walking in the 5100 block of ninth street in northwest. police say he forced the woman

inside of his car around midnight tuesday. then drove to an alley and raped her. police say the man was last seen driving an older model four-door red car. call police if you have any information. i'm molette green at the live desk with breaking news. new info just in about a shooting in bowie. take a look at the video there. police just told us a man shot multiple times is now in surgery. they found him in the backyard of a home in the 13000 block of 6th street just after 1:00 a.m. this is near old laurel bowie road. now police are still on the scene as you can see. there is no suspect description just yet. we'll bring you updates as we get them. back to you. 6:04 right now and we're working to learn whether a row house had working smoke

detectors. you first heard about this fire yesterday on "news4 today." well, last night firefighters canvassed the neighborhood around riggs place northwest and they passed out smoke detectors. five people were hurt and two died. firefighters are reminding you to contact them if you don't have a working smoke detector. >> what we're doing right now is canvassing the neighborhood to see who has actual working smoke detectors. if yours aren't working or too old, we'll give them out to you. >> it's good to see them out here. giving the community that support. >> now, the homeowner jumped out of the window to try to save his life. he is recovering at the hospital now and is expected to be okay. today, the search continues for a swimmer last seen in the potomac in fairfax county. two young men were swimming in the river yesterday afternoon in the sandy landing park. now one of the men was caught up by the strong current and disappeared. the second man got out okay. the search yesterday went on for about three hours. well, today rockville high school students will begin

testing students for tuberculosis. parents learned someone in the school had active tb this spring. so today the school is offering testing for those who may have had come in contact with the person between february and may. tb is a bacterial disease and the risk of infection is small. today the washington monument reopens. a live look for you at the monument right now. you can finally go back inside. repairs on the elevator are done at this point. the elevator has been realigned and the electrical system has been tested. so business as usual, we expect today. you get your tickets at 8:30 and the monument is set to open at 9:00 a.m. 6:06. a new fight over parking in d.c. the proposed changes that could make it harder for handicapped drivers to find a spot. new developments in the growing fifa scandal. one of the top ones implicated in the investigation is speaking

out again. the new accusations he's making. a brand-new crash at the top of the beltway. that's coming up. we are now six hours into a 24-hour fund-raising marathon. today is do more 24. a full day of online fund-raising to help charities associated with the united way. as you can see here, year up national capital region has raised the most so far today. do to our website, nbcwashington.com, to learn how to give.

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you're watching "news4 today." >> well, today you'll get a chance to weigh in on possible changes to d.c.'s handicapped parking rules. a new bill to change the number of red top meters required on city blocks. it could change the rules about where those meters would be placed. some are concerned the bill does

not do enough to protect the handicapped drivers. the hearing sat 11:00 a.m. at the wilson building. the newest cars are coming to the metro line. they'll leave at 7:01 monday morning headed for glenmont. metro has rolled out the first of the new trains on the blue line. >> they're pretty fancy. nice. >> well, monday morning it is. as we have been telling you the washington monument reopens this morning. but you need a coat. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal on the national mall with the storm team 4x4 and your forecast. amelia? >> good morning, aaron. it is chilly out here this morning. temperatures now at 59 degrees. i have a rain jacket on this morning. we have been dealing with on and off showers throughout the morning. that's going to continue to be the case throughout the day

today. it's breezy out here right now. you can see on storm team 4, tracking rain and the heaviest rain is now falling on prince william and fauquier counties. mainly in virginia. a bit of a heavier cell in prince george's county moving through and toward parts of the district. you want the umbrella today. the kids need the rain boots and rain jacket at the bus stop. temperatures only around 60 degrees. tom will have more on the timing of the rain throughout the day today. but now over to melissa with a look at the roads. hey, melissa. >> good morning, unfortunately another new crash to share with you, amelia. got a report of an accident here inbound 14th street bridge. look at some of that volume. you know, it looks like this quite often this time of the day. might have a few more cars than normal. things are slowing down because of that accident report. outer loop at connecticut, not looking so bad. the left lane was blocked because of a crash. 270 south looking good. outer loop perhaps slowing

because of that accident. taking an extra ten minutes. the other slow spot is 95 north quantico to the beltway, 20 minutes behind. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car. he died in the military uniform n a helicopter crash. we'll tell you why that soldier's family is being denied the chance to bury him. and yahoo! is broadcasting an nfl game online this season. plus, they're offering cheap flights in time for the summer. but we'll show you why many people found only disappointment

16 after the hour. the postal service is taking steps to fire the man who flew a gyrocopter on to the capitol lawn. doug hughes says they intend to fire him for unacceptable conduct. his gyrocopter was labelled with the post service logo.

he was carrying letters to congress as part of a political protest. the second highest ranking episcopal leader is headed to court today. heather cook is on trial for a drunk driving accident that killed a man on a bike. prosecutors say cook was drunk and texting when she hit 41-year-old tom poe her mow. her credentials have been revoked. and we just learned the death toll in china's cruise ship disaster is up. in the last hour, rescuers recovered ten more bodies. hiking their count to 75. china says bad weather forced them to call off today's desperate cutting operation on the ship's hull. the two portions opened so far turned up no survivors. the ship turned over after a tornado hit in central china. >> molette, thank you. in a few hours lawyers will tell a judge how long they need

to prepare for a retrial. in the case of a man convicted of killing chandra levy. the lawyers are pushing for a new trial. they say his old cell mate lied on the witness stand and that that testimony led to his conviction. her remains were found in rock creek park one year after disappearing. "the washington post" reporter held in iran heading back to court for another closed door hearing. the iranian government thinks that jason rezaian was a spy. the trial comes as the u.s. is in talks with iran over its nuclear program. some fear that if a nuclear deal is reached before this case is resolved the u.s. will have less leverage in pushing for rezaian's release. a well known d.c. teacher admits he sexually abused one of his students in the courtroom. giovanni pena confessed to touching the boy multiple times.

pena now in jail ahead of a bond hearing tomorrow. he was "the washington post" d.c. teacher of the year in 2011 and many of the parents are in disbelief. >> i'm troubled and disturbed like everybody else in school. my daughter here is scared. she says to me she's scared and i'm picking her up early today because of this incident. >> the victim was 9 and 10 years old as the abuse was happening. he described pena as a close family friend who went on vacation with his family. a louisiana congressman and a state's national guard are appealing arlington national cemetery's decision to deny burial services to a louisiana guardsman. staff sergeant florich died in a training exercise in march and the cemetery said space is limited and that he cannot be buried in arlington because the plots are only for service members who died on active duty.

florich's father is a former green beret and he calls it a slap in face. senator ted cruz is apologizing after making a joke about joe biden. he made the joke last night in michigan. the presidential hopeful put out a statement on twitter saying it was a mistake to use an old joke about the vice president during his time of grief. a developing story this morning. a former fifa executive now says he can prove a link between soccer's governing body and his nation's elections in 2010. jack warner spoke in trinidad and tobago last night. warner says he has documents and checks that implicate fifa officials including its president sepp blatter. warner says in his own 30 years with fifa, he was quote a heart beat away from blatter. >> i also will give them my knowledge of transactions at

fifa including but not limited to sepp blatter. >> warner says he didn't take a $10 million bribe from south africa or from blatter. warner has been indicted in fifa scandal and says he now fears for his life. is that getting interesting. >> for sure. 6:21. 58 degrees. it's june. i promise it's june. >> it -- where did june go? i mean, it's chilly this morning for sure. right, tom? >> yeah, it is feeling more like april than june and it's going to continue again today like yesterday. you can track the rain we have now when you're away from your tv with the storm team 4 radar app. our storm team 4 app showing a lot of green on the radar. so right now we're showing that on your tv. we have this moving southwest from the southeast heading northwest, passing south of washington. the patches of yellow coming up

harder in prince william, around manassas up around haymarket. elsewhere, just some scattered sprinkles a little bit of drizzle. this is all going to continue to move off to the north and west and it will be with us off and on today. the area of green is the potential of light showers. a few lingering sprinkles by 10:00 a.m. and then by noontime, needing the umbrella again. not sure if the rain and shower activity will be south of the metro area during the middle and late average. between 2:00 and 4:00. passing through fredericksburg over to culpepper and warrenton, could be moderate showers by 6:00 p.m. then into the evening hours a few more of these light showers and sprinkles coming through and finally, it's all going to be done by later tonight and into tomorrow morning. right now quite a chill in the air. just in the mid 50s to upper

50s. by dawn tomorrow, near 60. finally some sun back tomorrow afternoon. in the upper 70s. maybe a shower or thunderstorm in shenandoah valley or the mountains. a possible passing thundershower on saturday afternoon. otherwise, the weekend looks great. sunshine with highs around 80. it will be in the upper 80s, a chance of afternoon storms, mid 80s, wednesday and partly cloudy. next weather and traffic on the 1s hometown weather hour by hour for this day ahead at 6:31. melissa is looking at slowdowns on the road again. >> slow downs inbound. we had a crash sounds like it's on the shoulder now. we are starting to see extra volume there. just for your thursday morning commute here unfortunately. at it oer -- outer loop at connecticut, that crash is on the shoulder. still seeing some volume building. woodyard road at rosaryville road, a commuter is saying you can't turn on woodyard from rosaryville. 66 pretty typical.

95 a little slow in dale city. wide look at the beltway, looking normal for this time of the morning and the beltway overall looking pretty good and pretty green with the exception of the top of the beltway. i want to share something with you very special right now. i met some real heroes yesterday as i emceed the 26th annual rockville chamber of commerce public safety awards. i had about 300 people there at lakewood country club. those awards are given for bravery. i had a great time honoring 52 winners from rockville's police force, the volunteer fire department, montgomery county sheriff's office and department of correction. also had some civilians honored for helping a man after he was attacked last year in rockville. i was so honored to be there. a really wonderful group of people and very happy to share in their happiness yesterday. >> we appreciate the work they do for sure. melissa, thank you. hey, this morning you may have an e-mail or two from some of the nonprofits you supported in the past. today is united way's do more

24. it's to raise as much money as possible for the 600 organizations that have registered. cheryl petty garnett runs one of the charities and we asked her why this day is so important. >> we looked across all of the fund-raising efforts we were doing and we found that the online giving campaign do more 24 was where we did meet our return on investment. >> now we're a few hours into the drive today. it started at midnight. there's a link on our website to contribute. check it out before you head out the door this morning. well it is a deal that could change the way you watch sports. for the first time ever, the nfl will broadcast a game exclusively online. the league reached a deal with yahoo! to live stream the october 25th game between the buffalo bills and jacksonville jaguars. that game will be played in london. the website said that $20 million was paid for the game rights and the ceo promised

the ultimate football experience. designed for the modern fan. >> there you go. well, some sweet flight deals caused southwest airlines' website to crash. the three-day sale includes prices as low as $49 for one-way flights. if you try getting on the site, you may have read that message saying system alert. the site is now working like it's supposed to right now. the sale ends today. a big one that they do -- the airlines do the sorts of sales in june for later in the year so i think the end of august to mid september is when the tickets -- >> not the summer vacation. >> maybe a late vacation. >> yeah. >> all right. a potential shock for homeowners. why a knock on your door can lead to the higher tax bill. an umbrella will come in handy today as you head out this morning. how long you can expect to see some scattered showers in the neighborhoods at 6:31. plus go ahead and believe your eyes. the unusual mission that will h

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a look at the pictures. the clouds giving us a bit of a june gloom if you will. >> yep. that's rye that's right. many of you are seeing showers right now as this system pushes through this morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has your hour by hour forecast. >> based on social media and the feedback i'm getting, many have grown weary of the dreary. we have continued light rain falling this morning. storm team 4 radar showing that mostly in virginia, but we do have a few pockets of it north and west of washington. passing along 270 along frederick and 66 west up route 7, down 95. all the pavement is wet across virginia. light to moderate showers there. light rain, a few sprinkles in the metro area in st. mary's and anne arundel counties. right now in bowie, 57 degrees there. by 11:30 12:00, it will be in the low 60s. might have a little sun trying to break out and a few light showers as well.

then by late afternoon, the mid 60s there. woodbridge now at 59. in prince william, should be in the low 60s a few passing showers. a few showers in the low 60s. silver springs at 57. by noontime should be in the low 60s there. few scattered springcals and then by late afternoon, a little sun trying to break out with temperatures in the low 60s. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. amelia segal will join us with the drive time forecast and driving not so great today. we have fender benders. >> not so hot. a lot of fender benders because of the wet roads, perhaps. sully road at willard road, the left lane is blocked there. a warning if you're headed out there. 14th street an earlier crash is off to the side of the road and seeing more volume than we tip think do this morning. a wide look overall. no major problems on the beltway. slow at the top of the beltway,

typical. inbound 295 as well. looking here at 66, we're slow just after 244 opens up and outbound you're fine. 95 northbound your slowest spot is dale city. back in ten minutes with travel times. see you then. molette green at the live desk with some brand new information on a shooting in bowie this morning. we have now learned that the victim has now died. police tell us the victim just 18 years old. suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was found in the backyard of a home in the 13000 block of 6th street, just after 1:00 a.m. that's not far from old laurel bowie road. bowie police are still on the scene, but we have also learned that prince george's county police will now take over the investigation. no suspect information just yet. we are working to find out what led to this fatal shooting.t. back to you, aaron. >> thank you. 6:32 right now. some disturbing new details

about an isis inspired terror plot. sources tell nbc news two massachusetts men wanted to behead a blogger who encouraged people to draw the prophet muhammad. instead, the men then decided to attack the police officers and they discussed that plan last weekend apparently. 25-year-old david wright of everett, massachusetts, now behind bars. 26-year-old usaama rahim of boston was shot and killed after police -- after he lunged with a knife at a police officer and an fbi agent. rahim was under 4 hour a day surveillance when he bought knives with long blades online. the fbi confronted rahim just before he was to board a bus with one of those knives. and some other new details about the anthrax scare we have been telling you about. a military lab shipped out twice as many samples as was previously thought. they reached labs in 17 different states and three different countries and the pentagon says that number could grow. as many as 51 labs are affected

here. they're still trying to track down more than 400 anthrax samples. some lab workers are being treated right now as a precaution. officials say that there is no risk to the public. the cdc expected to stop all anthrax shipments until it's figured out what happened. police are trying to figure out what happened to a woman in frederick county maryland. officers were called to heather ridge drive in frederick yesterday afternoon. they found a woman's body inside an apartment. we did speak with police this morning and right now we are working to bring you more about what may have happened to her. the parents of a d.c. reporter are asking anyone for help finding their daughter's killer. yesterday, family members, co-workers and loved ones held a vigil for charnice milton. she wrote for the publication's hill rag and east of the river. well, last week, police say a man pulled milton in front of him to use as a human shield

during a shoot-out in the 2700 block. and friends happened out flyers to find out who's responsible for her death. representative jerry conley of virginia tried to amend the appropriations bill last night. the original bill calls for slashing funding for metro in half next year. connolly wanted to increase metro funding by $50 million. he was ruled out of order though. his moves were supported by another virginia and maryland lawmakers. time now is 6:35. today muriel bowser is headed to capitol hill. she's meeting with democratic leader harry reid. afterwards, she'll sit down with republican oklahoma senator james langford. he sits on two committees that deal with d.c.'s budget. bowser is also meeting with maryland senator barbara mikulski. starting today, thousands of d.c. residents will get a knock on the door from tax man.

yeah, the tax assessors plan to visit 15,000 homes over the next three months to figure out if homeowners are paying the correct property taxes. they'll want to come into your home too but you're not required to let them in. assessors will focus on homes in the capitol hill area and surrounding neighborhoods first. you can get a closer look at the map here on the nbc washington app. just search property tax. right now, volume building across the district. we'll have some of the toughest spots for drivers this morning coming up. also ahead, breaking their silence. the duggar family addressing the scandal involving their son josh. plus, an unwelcome guest making an appearance in a northern virginia neighborhood where a bear was spotted in our area. that's coming up. and we are more than six hours into an all-day fund-raising effort for united way charities. it is called do more 24. here's a look at the leaderboard right now. you can see a total of $46,000

raised at this early hour. thomas circle singers has the most money so far. $5000. go to our website, nbcwashington.com, to give.

students and a teacher in chantilly spotted a bear yesterday. loudoun county school leaders quickly cancelled all outside activities. the county's animal services did search the area, but did not see that bear again, aaron. >> good thing they cancelled outside activities. smart move. later today, nasa will launch the rocket powered flying saucer. today's experiment is first test of the largest parachute ever deployed. take a look here nasa designed

this saucer shaped supersonic decelerator with h mars. it has a doughnut shaped shield a pot of coffee on there too -- no it's not. today's hawaiian launch is set for 1:30 this afternoon. >> nice to see they're still doing -- >> a lot of great work. all the time. >> absolutely. it is 6:41 right now and it's cold out there. and certainly doesn't feel like june. >> yeah we want to -- we are expecting some rain today too. amelia segal is out with the storm team 4x4 on the national mall this morning, timing it all out for us. amelia? >> well aaron it is chilly out here, out here with the storm team 4x4 it's 59 degrees. off and on showers throughout the day today. now, the monument is set to reopen at 9:00 a.m. this morning. after being closed since at least sunday due to elevator issues. those have been fixed. here's a look at storm team 4 radar tracking rain across the

area. moving from the southeast to the northwest. the heaviest activity is in spots of virginia. track this with the storm team 4 weather app. the drive time forecast to and from work, dealing with wet roads and highs today only around 65 degrees and plenty of clouds. melissa, you're saying a lot of the showery activity is causing fender benders across the region. >> we have seen a lot this morning, amelia. another one cleared up on the inbound 14th street bridge, but still seeing a lot of volume because of the earlier crash. another issue in northeast, north capitol street has a vehicle fire causing slow downs. 270 south not bad. outer loop, 95 to 270 it's nasty. 35 minutes. should only take you 12. 66 inbound pretty slow and 95 north quantico to the beltway, taking you twice as long as it should. listen to our friends from wtop. the impact a deal could have on your television and cell phone bills. and right now, we are waiting for some new information

on that quadruple murder at a home in northwest washington. this is the scene right now outside of that how many. -- of that home. new evidence released and the questions now being raised.

digging through new evidence in the mansion murder mystery. the new information that new documents are revealing and why we could learn even more in the coming hours. but first your weather and traffic. >> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing showers heading northwest acrosssprinkles

drizzle. occasional sprinkles and drizzle throughout the day. only reaching the mid 60s in the afternoon. melissa? >> two slow spots inbound 14th street bridge because of an earlier crash right there on 395. and then take a look at this 95 as you're headed northbound. slow from quantico all the way to the beltway. taking you about twice as long. make that extra cup of coffee and take it with you this morning. >> thanks. 14 before the hour right now. and today we should learn more about the deadly mansion murders in northwest d.c. police expected to release more search warrant documents later today. we got the first wave of documents yesterday. news4's megan mcgrath has been taking a closer look at the papers and is here to tell us what we're learning at this point. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, aaron. if you look behind me here you can see that the mansion in northwest is still surrounded, encircled by police tape. officers have been keeping an eye on things.

but it's still consider an active crime scene even though the murders happened weeks ago. we are learning more about the kind of evidence that investigators have found and what they're still looking for. according to a search warrant just unsealed police are looking at phone records for jordan wallace. that's savvas savopoulos' personal assistant and driver. he delivered the $40,000 to the house hours before the fire was set and the bodies discovered. police are tracking wallace's movements in the days and hours prior to the murders looking at text records as well. we should say that he is cooperating with police and has not been charged or named as a suspect. we have also learn that there was forced entry into the home, that the french door was kicked in and police found a boot print on that door. and we know that the victims' cell phones were stolen. three cell phones belonging to the adult victims and those phones are still missing. also stolen -- the recording device from the security system at the home.

now daron wint, the former employee at the savopoulos business, he's the only person charged in connection to these murders. however, from the very beginning police have said that they believe that others are involved and so the search for suspects continues. now, we have gotten this first batch of documents. we are expecting more search warrants to be released later today with even more information and we of course will be following that very closely. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan mcgrath. a lot of detail in the search warrants that we have seen so far. we have posted them on the website, nbcwashington.com. developing this morning a judge will decide whether the media will be banned from covering a pretrial hearing for jesse matthew. the victim of a 2005 rape in fairfax is expected to testify today. the hearing is to determine whether she can identify matthew as her attacker. attorneys for matthew say media

coverage of her testimony could taint the jury pool for his upcoming trial. matthew is also charged in the murder of uva student hannah graham. d.c. police this morning are investigating a sexual assault and kidnapping. a man attacked a woman walking on 9th street northwest. the man forced the woman inside of a car and then drove to the alley and raped her. police say he was last seen driving an older model four-door red vehicle. call police if you have any information. the flames lit up the early morning sky in northwest d.c. and we're working to learn if a row house on riggs place had working smoke detectors. you first ahead about it yesterday on "news4 today." yesterday firefighters passed out smoke detectors to residents. two people died five others were hurt and the owner had to jump out of a window to save himself. he is expected to be okay.

today, the search continues for a swimmer last seen in the potomac in fairfax county. two young men were swimming yesterday afternoon in the sandy landing part of great falls park. one of the men was caught up by the strong current and disappeared. the second man got out okay. the search right here yesterday went on for about three hours. ten minutes before the top of the hour now and beau biden will lie in honor at the delaware state house. he's the son of vice president joe biden and he passed away last weekend after a battle with cancer. on saturday, president obama will deliver a eulogy at the funeral. instead of flowers the family is asking people to donate to the beau biden foundation for the protection of children. decision 2016 coverage now. former texas governor rick perry is expected to become the tenth republican to join the race for the white house. perry is expected to announce

his presidential bid this afternoon in dallas. this will be his second presidential campaign. perry was an instant front-runner four years ago but lost steam after that debate where he forgot the name of one of the federal agencies he wanted to close. this just in. former florida governor jeb bush will formally announce his presidential run in miami later this month. he just tweeted this out. it says be the first to know. with a date, june 15th. the tlc network -- tlc that made the duggars famous is no longer airing "19 kids and counting," at least for now. josh duggar is accused of repeatedly molesting five underaged girls, some while they slept. according to police it happened between 2002 and 2003 when josh duggar was a teenager. jim bob and michelle duggar spoke about the allegations for the first time in an interview with fox news host megyn kelly last night. they say their eldest son is not

a pedophile. >> basically a pedophile is an adult that preys on children. joshua was actually 14 and just turned 15 when he did what he did. and i think the legal definition is 16 and up for being an adult preying on a child. so he was a child preying on a ther says he first learned about the allegations in 2002. he says he asked the churchcall the police. tlc has not said if it will continue the show. another mega merger that could impact your television and cell phone provider. landon dowdy has more on that. >> good morning to you. a week after charter communications struck a deal to buy time warner cable, another major merger may be in the works. "the wall street journal" reports dish network is in talks with t-mobile for a potential tie-up of the nation's fourth largest wireless carrier and the second biggest satellite tv provider. t-mobile tried to merge with

sprint last year but that fell apart on concerns that regulate evers wouldn't approve the deal. analysts think this could get passed but the companies are in different industries and would in theory create a stronger rival to at&t which is said to complete its takeover of directv. aaron, back to you. >> thank you. all right, so we're talking about rain and cold today. >> yes. we're suffering from solar deprivation and growing mushrooms under my lapels again and growing webbed feet as well. still raining this morning, starting off early we have some light showers across northern virginia and the green is where it is coming down. the darker green and yellow is where it's raining harder that's in far southern loudoun county and northern prince william on the fairfax county line. right near chantilly. metro area, a few scattered sprinkles and nearby suburbs in prince george's county in the mid 50s. 50s in much of montgomery county fairfax. the rest of northern virginia.

reagan national is at 59 right near the bay, right around 60 degrees. have the umbrella with you. we'll have temperatures chilly this morning so you may need a jacket. you'll be comfortable with long sleeves in the afternoon. temperatures that are right now in the 50s should make it up to 60 around 8:00 or 9:00. then slow 60s by noontime. for your lunch may be dodging some rain drops as well. then by late afternoon when you're headed back home, mid 60s with some more showers likely coming through. and if you have plans to head out tonight through the evening hours maybe some light showers coming through. post your pictures like leopold did on my facebook page. it feels like april, but looks like june anyway. the flowers are looking nice. they're enjoying the rain. and on friday, the upper 70s. welcome sunshine. finally returning tomorrow afternoon. and then over the weekend too, looking great for outdoor activities. you might be interrupted by a

brief thundershower on saturday afternoon. otherwise, looking great for the weekend. only storm chance on the weekend appears to be saturday afternoon. a greater chance on monday and tuesday, it will feel like summer again. highs upper 80s. here's melissa now with a look at the thursday morning fender bender weather. >> a brand new crash a lot of fender benders. a new crash at b.w. parkway and some delays inbound and outbound there at the beltway. outside the beltway. 14th bridge had an issue. it's not coming up at this point, but seeing a lot of volume this right now. taking a look at 66 and 95. 95 right now as you're heading northbound here you can see slow through dale city and then into lorton as you're joining the beltway there. little bit nasty sully road at willard, the left lane is blocked. 66 unbound, kind of nasty in manassas and fairfax. 23 miles an hour. >> thanks, melissa. today the washington monument reopens. a live look on this kind of foggy gray day.

at the monument. you can go back inside. repairs on the elevator car is done. it's been realigned and the electrical system is tested. business as usual. you can get your tickets this morning at 8:30 and the monument reopens at 9:00. four things no know, starting today, thousands of d.c. residents may get a knock at the door from tax assessors. they plan to visit homes over if next three months to find out if you're paying the right property taxes. beau biden the son of vice president biden will lie in honor. on saturday, president obama will deliver his eulogy. right now police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man in bowie. we'll continue to update this story all morning on our nbc washington app. >> later today, police will release more search warrants connected to the murder of four people in northwest d.c. read the warrants we received yesterday on the nbcwashington.com.

that is the broadcast for this thursday morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> we sure do. the "today" show is coming up next. then we're back with an update on weather and traffic in 25 minutes. >> make it a great thursday, everybody.

good morning. sinister plot. three knive, one sharp inner and a bold plan to behead police officers. the shocking new details out of boston and word that this anti-muslim activist may also have been a target. boston's police commissioner speaks out in an exclusive live interview. worse tan we thought, the pentagon now admits to sending as many as 51 thrive anthrax samples across 17 states and it happened over the course of a decade. how did a mistake so big go unnoticed for so long. breaking their silence the duggar parents speak out for the first time about their son's admitted molestation of some of his own sisters. >> days and days i was