4:30 on nbc4. stay with us. "news4 today" starts now. >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. now at 5:00, it could possibly be the biggest cyber attack in american history. chances are because of where we live you could be a victim. and it could be a major break in the murder of a d.c. reporter and it comes just as friends and family prepare to say good-bye. the video police want you to take a close look at. plus, a look at storm team 4 radar right now. you might not think so, but the sun is making a return today. >> finally. let's send it over to meteorologist tom kierein for a look what you can expect when you head out the door. good morning. >> yes, we have been suffering from solar deprivation. we want the sun back. so many people on social media are begging for it. looks like we'll have it, beginning around noontime, between now and then we'll stay with clouds and some sprinkles and drizzle on the storm team 4 radar now. right along 95 between washington baltimore, the beltway is wet. inside the beltway the pavement is wet. much of northern virginia and

southern maryland as well, scattered drizzle tracking from the east headed to the north and west. temperatures, another cool morning. we're just in the 50s to around 60 degrees in the metro area. rural areas down in the mid to upper 50s. at the bus stop this morning we'll have cloudy skies. a chance of drizzle. the ill -- still in the 50s between 8:00 and 9:00 and then cool, around 60 degrees and much lower chance of any more sprinkles and drizzle. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our hour by hour forecast over the next six hours. now melissa is looking at the roads early on this friday morning. >> i got off the phone with police, we're talking about 29 northbound right there. the ramp to eastbound 40. that ramp right now is shut down this morning. so a warning there. 270 north had a report of a crash between the spur and montrose road. not seeing anything on the camera. doesn't mean it's not there. we'll get some more information in the next couple of minutes.

wide look at things. beltway looking good. inner and outer loop, everything is rolling along nicely. not much construction since we are past 5:00 a.m. now. 66, 55 mile per hour inbound and outbound. no major issues on 95. we'll keep you updated and follow us on twitter. back at 5:11. >> thank you. if you're a federal worker, your personal information could be in real jeopardy this morning. the data preach at the office of personnel management put more than 400 million past and present workers' data at risk. news4's megan mcgrath is following this developing story and has more on what you can do to protect yourself. megan? >> reporter: well, eun, it's a huge hack. and millions -- potentially millions of former and current federal employees are at risk. those employees potentially had their personal data breached in all of this and china is suspected of being behind the

hack. now, the hackers broke into the computer data system for the office of personnel management, opm. personal information including names and social security numbers and birth dates may have been compromised in this. opm approved the security clearances, although a u.s. official tells nbc news it's not a worst case scenario, where identities of covert agents were revealed. federal employees though who were potentially affected in this will be notified and they're going to have access to identity theft information. they're also being advised to keep very close tabs on their personal accounts. banking accounts, other types of financial accounts just to make sure there is no activity occurring without their authorization. meanwhile, china is denying any involvement. they say that the allegations are irresponsible. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. coming up on four minutes after the hour right now.

friends and family will pay that are last respects to a local reporter killed on her way home from an assignment in d.c. there will be a wake tonight for charnice milton. that begins at 8:00 p.m. her funeral is tomorrow. police released this new video of 14 persons of interest in milton's murder. you can see it here it shows several teens on dirt bikes and atvs. she was murdering while transferring buses on good hope road last wednesday. a teenager on a dirt bike began firing at people in a group and one of the people grabbed her and used her as a human shield. police are asking you to give them a call if you have any information and we have posted this video on our website. we have put it up on facebook. take a look. share it with your friends, see if you recognize anyone. the man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend to death

outside a germantown target will be in court today. donald wayne bricker is charged with first degree murder in adebayo's death. they got into a fight inside a car she had got out of the car trying to get away in him and he allegedly shot at her several times. officers arrested him a short time later after a car crash and chase. d.c. fire investigators are working to figure out what started a dead he rowhouse fire. they want to know whether the smoke detectors were working in the three-store house. meanwhile, we are learning the name of one of the people killed there. 24-year-old michael patrick mcloughlin died in the fire on riggs place northwest early wednesday morning. a second person died but that person's name has not been released. rescue officials in montgomery county say a cliff diver who jumped into the potomac river may be dead. two divers went into the water on wednesday afternoon near sandy landing in great falls park, virginia. one man got out okay. a second was caught up by the strong current there and disappeared. a search will continue this

morning for his body. we could soon learn whether a former teacher of the year who admits he sexually abused a student will be freed on bond. giovanni pena faces a judge at 2:00 p.m. today. pena taught fourth grade at oyster-adams bilingual school in northwest washington. court documents say he confessed to touching the boy sexually multiple times while in the classroom and sending the boy a sexual photo on snapchat. the victim was 9 and 10 years old as the abuse was happening. he told police pena had been a close family friend. new information in the murders of a northwest washington family and their housekeeper. why police are taking a closer look at one of the victim's assistants. baltimore's police chief is getting ready to talk with people directly impacted by the baltimore riots today. he's making promises to them. looking live outside this morning, it took a week, but the rain is finally moving out. tom is trying to pinpoint exactly when and he'll bring us that at 5:11.

we are continuing to look through new search warrants filed in the quadruple case in northwest d.c. right now, we know that police got a warrant for a car that belonged to the victim's assistant. it was found a block away from the crime scene. the assistant though has not been accused of anything. we also have a picture of a boot print found on the back door of that house. police believe the killer kicked

in the door to get int house. yesterday, prosecutors and lawyers for daron wint were at the home taking pictures and looking through evidence. time to check the forecast. weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein telling us about a return to sunshine. i can't wait. >> by later this afternoon. we're dealing with the mist and the drizzle, low clouds and some scattered light showers. just a few sprinkles this area in green. howard county, montgomery, charles county, south and west of there fairfax and spotsylvania and fauquier and loudoun as well getting some mist and drizzle. temperatures in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the bay. you'll neat a light jacket -- you'll need a light jacket in morning and maybe an umbrella. during the afternoon you'll be comfortable in short sleeves, will need the sunglasses. there's the capitol under the low clouds. maybe sprinkles, hovering around 60 by 9:00. then by 11:00 this morning, the

mid 60s and maybe a little sunshine beginning to break out around then. a look at our weekend chances, that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa has a new crash in the district. >> brand new crash. this is northbound alabama avenue. we hear that it's completely shut down at stanton road southeast. just a warning there this morning. taking a look at another problem right now, 29 northbound, the ramp to eastbound 40. had that ramp shut down because of another accident. 270 northbound at montrose road not seeing the crash on the camera doesn't mean it's not there but there were lane closures at some point. that might be wrapped up at this point. prince george's county, overall looking good. zooming in for you 395 south at king street work scheduled until 5:30 this morning. >> thank you, melissa. it's a warning for every parent when it comes to your did kids and tv. but has nothing to do with what they're watching. we're following two stories out of colorado. the first several tornadoes that

hit just outside denver. and wait until you see the video just coming in. and there is a serial shooter on the loose in colorado. the shooting that has investigators searching for clues and fast.

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i'm molette green at the live desk with breaking news. dozens of mountain climbers are trapped after an earthquake strikes malaysia's island of borneo. the epicenter of the 6.0 magnitude quake just five miles from the mountain. the iconic donkey's ear formation was damaged. look at the before and the after this. 160 climbers are stranded right now. rescuers are trying to get them food, drinks and warm clothing on the mountain. we are hearing several of the climbers are injured. aaron? >> molette, thank you. it's 16 after the hour now and a murder investigation

underway now in maryland after a woman was found dead in her apartment. gloria watson was found inside that building near ft. detrick wednesday afternoon. this is the first murder in frederick, maryland, this year. police say she was assaulted inside her apartment and friends and neighbors are shocked. >> ms. gloria, she was always out front, especially on nice days. she was always asking how is everyone doing? >> now neighbors say watson was too nice to have any enemies. no word on a motive at this point. if you have any information, police would like the hear from you. today those affected by the baltimore riots can speak to senator ben cardin. he is expected to attend a community discussion. he will ensure that the federal government addresses the immediate aftermath of the rioting. riots broke out in april after freddie gray became critically hurt in police custody and died. six police officers are now charged in connection with his ath. more than a month after those riots in baltimore, investigators are still working

to identify the people who looted businesses. the dea release these new photos of those believed to have looted pharmacies. 27 pharmacies and two methadone clinics were hit hard and some of the pharmacies don't know what was taken. but officials say there could be hundreds of thousands of dangerous medication on the street. the white house says virginians can fight depression and grow the economy if the state expands the public health insurance program. the white house panel says expanding medicaid would bring health insurance to 179,000 virginians. that includes 16,000 suffering from depression. the expansion would also bring virginia $1.3 billion in federal money next year alone. the expansion would boost the president's health care law. 5:18. there's a new blood test that can detect every virus that you have ever caught. doctors say the test only needs a single drop of blood.

the test called virus scan look at the immune response to viruses. doctors hope the test can help them figure out if infections early in life can affect your immunity later in life. every 24 minutes a child is hurt by a topping television. today is the launch of anchor it to prevent tvs and furniture from injuring and killing children. experts say flat screen tvs should be mounted to a wall by a professional. all other tvs should be tethered with safety anchors and not just placed on top of an entertainment center. if you go to tulip grove elementary school in prince george's county you have to wait longer to move back into the school. students have been using the meadow brook elementary school on moylan lane since the fall of last year. tulip drove undergoing a major renovation right now. according to the gazette though the county is still waiting to

contract the project out. construction may not be ready until 2017. this weekend you're invited to celebrate fairfax. it starts tonight and there's lots of entertainment and activities for you and your family including live concerts, carnival rides crafts food, a whole lot more. it lasts through sunday night. i hope to see you there. if you like free doughnuts, who doesn't like free doughnuts? >> this guy. i do like them. i like free doughnuts. >> oh, good. >> i will even pay for them. >> in honor of national doughnut day, local crispykrispy kremes are handing out free doughnuts. in case you're wondering this beautiful holiday, a lot of people would consider it glorious, started nearly 80 years ago when the salvation army used doughnuts to raise money during the great depression. see, i like that story behind the occasion. >> you said free at krispy

kreme, right? >> no purchase necessary. bring me back a whole back a box of glaze. he has to share if he's 2k3w0going to get them. >> i'll stay here, although i'm tented to run as well. here's some low clouds city lights reflecting the bottoms of the clouds. a little bit of a pink glow over the city right now. getting a little mist and drizzle falling from the clouds. you mentioned celebrate fairfax. well, the weather is clearing out just in time for that for the weekend. at the fairfax government center. should be a nice day tomorrow. although there might be an afternoon thundershower. otherwise, partly cloudy. in the mid to upper 70s on sun day right now, some sprinkles. the areas in green, sprinkles and drizzle. southern maryland, eastern shore, most of northern virginia, so all the pavement is

wet. here's the skycast 4 by 8:00 this morning, still all cloudy and maybe a few sprinkles. but by late morning 11:00, noontime, maybe a few patches of blue. a little bit of sun trying to break out by then. then by 5:00, partly sunny. we'll have some of the sunshine beginning to break through. and into the evening hours clouds begin to return. then a cloudy start this saturday morning. a chill in the air. in the 50s to near 60 degrees. hour by hour through the day we'll be near 60 at 8:00. by noontime, upper 60s. as you're headed back home partly cloudy. mid 70s. a beautiful afternoon a nice evening coming up if you're going out. but mostly cloudy. so a cloudy start tomorrow morning, then sun breaks out on saturday. highs in the 80s by mid afternoon. now it looks like west of i-95, but a small chance even in the metro area tomorrow afternoon. if you hear thunder get inside. then on sunday partly cloudy. that looks like to be the best

day of the weekend for outdoor recreation. partly cloudy low humidity. beautiful afternoon in the 70s. monday, highs low 80s, an afternoon storm. it will feel like summer next weeks. highs of upper 80s on tuesday wednesday. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this friday. and the traffic this morning is not looking that great with the wet pavement. >> not so hot. this wet pavement causing some issues here and there. live picture 270 northbound at montrose road, had that crash off the right shoulder. not in your way any longer. southbound actually looking goodall the way down to the spur. northbound alabama avenue, shut down at stanton road southeast because of a bad crash and then 29 north, the ramp to 4 0 is shut down because of a crash as well. a warning there. taking a look at the b.w. parkway, 95, 29 everything is rolling along nicely.

remember, the 395 southbound at king street work that is scheduled to last until 5:30 this morning. a live look at 66 when i'm back in ten minutes. the twister one of many spotted in northern colorado. it was spotted in larimer last night. about 30 homes were destroyed. no people were hurt though. disaster teams in china righted the capsized cruise liner in an effort to search for the remaining 340 people still missing. 450 people were on board that ship when it overturned in bad weather four days ago. so far, 97 bodies have been found. at this point, 14 people have survived. 5:23 now. police in colorado may have a serial shooter on their hands. two people have been killed in the last several weeks in the denver area. police say the 65-year-old man who was killed wednesday night was just going for a walk. two weeks ago a man was shot dead while riding his bike.

in late april a woman was shot in the neck while driving on the interstate. she survived. two of the shootings are connected and police are looking into the third. and reports of blown out car windows. >> we don't know if this is related to the other shootings and we don't know if there is somebody or somebodies that is inflicting these crimes in the community. >> there is now a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shootings. the fbi is not calling these sniper attacks but rather shooting attacks. a collection of weapons could send an iraq veteran to prison for nearly two years. omar gonzalez jumped the white house fence in sept we're getting a look at the guns and knives police found in his car. gonzalez is set to be sentenced a week from monday. the veteran says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. virginia is now one of only

a handful of states that will have a drug to counteract overdoses. it can save lives if it's administered in the first few minutes of an overdose. governor terry mcauliffe signed a law recently that allows access to the treatment without a prescription. the law is designed for family and friends of drug abusers. you need a training class if you want the treatment. the law includes some protections for people who give the drug to a person overdosing. if you're an uber or lift driver in virginia, you can register your car today. registration officially opened yesterday. a new law that passed earlier this year requires that all personal vehicles are registered. you have until july 1st to register with the virginia department of motor vehicles. you have to be at least 21 years old. holding a valid license and carrying insurance. drivers are required to pass a background test. reaction pouring in after the huge hack affecting 4 million people. you might be one of them. what local lawmakers have to say coming up. ahead for people in bowie,

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looking at the stories making headlines right now at 5:29 a lot of you federal workers are waking up with news of a massive hack into the u.s. computer networks. more than 4 million federal workers' data is at risk, including names social security numbers. off the record officials say chinese hackers are behind this crime. police released this new video of 14 persons of interest in charnice milton's murder. it is grainy, but it shows several teenagers on dirt bikes and atvs. look outside this morning as the sun starts to come up. it's drizzling in some places right now, but get ready for a big change. i'd like to see mr. sun come out very soon. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> good morning i'm aaron gilchrist.

coming up at 5:30, and tom, you say the sun will come today. >> you'll see it if you're five miles up, under the clouds though we won't see the sun when it comes up in 15 minutes. it's still cloudy and the storm team 4 radar showing scattered sprinkles right now all around most of the metro area. wet pavement that includes 95, the beltway 270, 66, 95 north and south. all across the region these scattered sprinkles a little bit of drizzle and mist. it will be with us for the morning hours. it's still rather cool for the mountains all the way to the chesapeake bay. temperatures are in the 50s to just around 60 degrees in the metro area. and we'll hold steady for another couple of hours. for the morning drive time caution with wet roads. midday though we have that pavement drying out. green lights for that. temperatures near 60 for the morning commute. then for the afternoon commute we'll be in the mid 70s with some of that welcome sunshine breaking out. that should brighten your mood. we'll look at neighborhood highs

next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:41. what do you have for us now, melissa? >> a couple of updates. i'm happy that you can brighten my mood. it's been so nasty this morning with a couple of different crashes. take a look here. the ramp, route 29 north that ramp to eastbound 40 that ramp is open. that's good news in the area. and northbound alabama open at stanton road and southeast. live picture here 66 at 50 that looks good headed into and out of town. no problems right now. 95 northbound, your slowest spot is dale city. that time of the day we hit 5:30 and dale city start to hit the brakes. look at prince george's county pretty green and moving along nicely. back with travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you melissa. it is now 5:32. the latest now in the up doing story this morning. millions of federal government employees have had their personal information stolen by hackers. we know this could affect many

of you. federal workers' names, social security numbers and birth dates are all potentially exposed. china-based hackers are suspected. china says the allegations are irresponsible. lawmakers are demanding action to stop these kinds of breaches from happening. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on what they want to change. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. lawmakers said we should have had a tougher cyber law long ago to prevent things like ago. we're hearing from susan collins on the intelligence committee who said the information, names social security, birth dates, could be valuable to countries like china and that's who's suspected in this. she is urging a strong response. we're hearing from mark warner, democrat, of virginia. who is accusing the government of a pattern of failure to protect the information of its workers. he calls this an escalating threat. and it's not just democrats. republicans like richard byrd of

north carolina says the government needs to be more proactive, as opposed to the notifications after. we're expecting 4 million of those to do out starting on monday. >> thank you, tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. our consumer reporter erika gonzalez said this is what youyou can do to protect yourself. opm is offering a free year of monitoring and take them up on them. ask to have a fraud alert put on your file. 5:33. in prince george's county, police are trying to figure out why someone who -- someone shot an 18-year-old to death. the $25,000 reward is being offered for information on davonte' king's murder. he was found shot yesterday morning on 6 street in bowie. neighbors said that used to be a nice quiet place, but things have changed over the years. >> lately i'm hearing that -- from just the conversation today there are starting to be problems here on the street. and now i'm thinking the police

will address that issue. >> police say this was not a random crime and they believe king was targeted. right now, six patients are being monitored after a contamination scare at the national institutes of health. a fungal contamination has been discovered in some of the medical products made by nih. fungus was discovered in two vials being used to administer a cancer drug, an experimental study. those studies have now stopped and officials have suspended all manufacturing operations at the facility. six patients who may have received potentially contaminated injections are under observation. no one has become sick so far. an fda panel is recommending the little pink pill some call the female viagra. but the final decision will not be final until august. flibanserin works to increase the woman's libido.

side effects are fainting and low blood pressure. the judge who said the woman who accused jesse matthew of rape can identify her in court. the victim sat just ten feet away as she found his photo on her own after being indicted for rape. she was attacked while walking home in 2005. the trial starts on monday. chandra levy's parents say the wounds will never completely heal. they spoke to nbc news yesterday after a judge ruled that the man convicted of her murder will be retried. ingmar guandique was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the crime. but defense lawyers successfully appealed that saying the star witness in the case was unreliable. levy's parents say this puts her daughter's killer front and center in their minds all over again. >> no matter how many trials you have you never will have your

daughter back. it should not have happened. >> guandique will appear back in d.c. superior court next week. the defense lawyers are expected to ask the judge to release him on bond while he awaits trial. prosecutors are expected to strongly object. later this morning bowie state university will hold a special training for city police officers. the fbi is staging a two-day active shooter training course in the martin luther king, jr., communication arts center. the training will start at 8:00 a.m. and last until 5:00 today and tomorrow. why is governor larry hogan pushing for a multimillion dollar study? maybe because it can get you from d.c. to baltimore in 15 minutes. and a redskins player accused of domestic violence. this morning rg3 is speaking out. and taking a look outside right now, another pretty cool start to the day. but tom says we are in for a warm-up. finally. how warm it will get in your neighborhood today

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players on the redskins are reacting afternoon reacting after an one of the teammates was accused of domestic violence. there are allegations that

crowder caused the injuries. the pictures were later removed. at last night, quarterback robert griffin iii urged against a rush to judgment. >> i just ask everybody to hold judgment. he's a young kid. and we don't know what the true details of the situation are. so we support him as our teammate. and, you know, we pray that it's not true and, you know move on from there. >> crowder's agent says his account was hacked and that he didn't hit anyone. the redskins say they're looking into this issue. maryland governor larry hogan is using his time in asia to research a new transportation option for maryland. he recently delayed his decision on the purple line. he's applied for almost $28 million in federal money to study a high speed rail maglev between baltimore and d.c. it would make the trip in just about 15 minutes. 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom

kierein said the sun is coming back out soon. >> let's look forward to that. but not now. we have got some drizzle a little bit of mist. a few sprinkles now. storm team 4 radar showing the sprinkles in howard county montgomery, the district prince georges, fairfax. and little patches of green stretch down to charles county as well. elsewhere light mist is falling from the overcast. mountains to the bay, nearby suburbs, mid and upper 50s. look at the neighborhood highs, feast your eyes on your screen now. highs reaching into the 70s from the mountains all the way to the bay. partly cloudy. might get an isolated thundershower this afternoon in shenandoah. beautiful afternoon is coming up. a look at our weekend storm chances next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa has a new crash to talk about. >> new crash, old crash. this is cleared out of the tway. 95 south, it was on the shoulder

and now completely gone. good news there. beltway is looking quite good, no slowdowns right now. travel times also thumbs up here. 95 north quantico to the beltway, no problem. 66 inbound looking good. same thing, 270 south on top of the beltway from 95 to 270. remember to listen to our friends from wtop when you hop in your car this morning. 5:42. they thought it was their dream home, but instead it was a snake-infested nightmare. now they take action against tho

you're watching "news4 today." >> a senior prank in maryland isn't getting any laughs and it may land the pranksters in jail. these surveillance photos show four people vandalizing chesapeake high school in anne

arundel county tuesday night. it came 12 hours after graduation. the group spray painted graffiti and damaged a car. the damage totaled $2,000. the boston man shot and killed over a plot to behead police officers will be buried today. the family of 26-year-old usaama rahim says that they are still reeling from his death. they also say they never saw any signs rahim had been radicalized or inspired by the group isis. a lawyer speaking on behalf of the family says they want to help police. >> the family hopes to work productively and cooperative with federal and local authorities in a joint effort to search for truth. >> rahim's associate david wright was also arrested. investigators shot and killed rahim tuesday after he reportedly lunged at them with a large knife. police say investigators were trying to question him before he boarded a bus with a knife. today, the final preparations are underway in

wilmington for the funeral of beau biden. friends, family and colleagues gathered yesterday to honor the former attorney general. the service in dover was a brief one. it was the first of several services to be held before tomorrow's mass. biden was 46 years old. he died after a long battle with brain cancer. the man who exposed the depths of nsa surveillance is out with an op-ed this morning. snowden said the world rejects this on the innocent americans and others. congress reform some nsa powers. snowden said there's still more to be done, but quote, with each court victory, with every change in the law, we demonstrate facts are more convincing than fear. the air force plans to make it harder to discharge transgender airmen. "usa today" says those who identify themselves as transgender are discharged on medical grounds. doctors and commanders have

traditionally made the decisions, but now the new air force police require high level officials at headquarters to make those decisions. snakes are apparently taking over one maryland family's dream home. >> oh no. >> careful cover your eyes if you need to. dozens of black and rat snakes have been slithering in the ceiling and in the walls of this house in annapolis. >> gross. >> calm down, it's okay. >> disgusting. >> the brooks family already gutted the house. it may not be enough though. experts say the pheromones will attract other snakes. >> you feel like you put your kids in harm's way. they're living with snakes because our first question is just tell us that they're not doing to mistake our infant for some big vermin. >> the brooks family has filed a $2 million lawsuit against the real estate firm and the agent who sold them the house. they say the agent knew about the snakes and didn't tell them.

>> can i look now? thank you. oh, that is awful. i feel for that family. it is now 5:49. lawmakers in spotsylvania want you to pay an extra ticket tax. the stadium would be the new home for the hagerstown sun and they're considering a site in south point and the team will pick up $8 million of the $33 million price tag. the county is trying to figure out how to finance the rest. not everyone likes the tax idea at the meeting last night. lawmakers will meet again next week to continue those discussions. well, some good news if you're looking for a cheap get away. southwest airlines is extending its major fare sale through midnight tonight. the airline introduced the fall travel sale this week and pretty much everybody went on to the website and it crashed. the sale includes prices as low as $49 for a one-way nonstop flight. american pharoah a good name, right? favored to become the first horse in nearly 40 years to win

the triple crown. the winner of the kentucky derby and preakness stakes made it to belmont park in new york yesterday. looking good there. right now bookies are favoring american pharoah to win the belmont stakes with 3 to 5 odds. frosted is taking the second spot with 5 to 1 odds. the long shot bet is frammento with 30 to 1 odds. we'll find out if american pharoah can pull off the triple crown tomorrow. coverage starts at 4:30 right here on nbc4. the discovery channel is getting ready for shark week and they want you to help. we're told ciampi -- you know ciampi, the giant inflatable shark, you will see him on your way to work in silver springs. apparently, he's back at the channel headquarters and they're going to create a mural and they want you to help design it. take a look. the mural will cover the entire southside of the building that's facing colesville road. you can take a survey and vote

on three different themes including love bites, jaw-some and i heart sharks. see, a shark i can handle. snakes not so much. we have a link on the nbc washington facebook page. >> i like jaw-some. >> i like driving by the discovery channel and see that big ciampi -- >> you have to expect it though. >> all of a sudden, you're crashing your car. >> well, the weather has been jumping the shark this week. >> what's going on? >> here we are, it's more like seattle than washington. and starting off early this morning low clouds with us and mist falling from the air. the storm team 4 radar showing that, the areas of the patchy light green are light sprinkles. right now, right now in the metro area, in baltimore, all the way down to fredericksburg and around the beltway route 50 over to annapolis is wet. as is 270, 66. so we'll have this with us here for another hour or two.

this is the last wave that's going to be tracking off to the north and west coming through this morning. right now we're in the 50s for the mountains all the way into the bay. near 60 in washington. right on the chesapeake bay in the nearby suburbs. we are in the 50s. like it is in arlington. yesterday, i did a face time school visit with these students. fifth graders at the taylor elementary school. showed them all around behind the scenes look here at nbc4. and it's all part of their career cafe program that they have at the taylor elementary school where they skype or face time with professionals in the region to find out about difference careers. a lot of fun. it was great doing that with those students there at taylor elementary school. well, here's the skycast 4, a lot of clouds through the morning hours. look by noon, some blue showing through. remember what blue is looking like? it will show up by noontime and storm team 4 skycast is showing some clouds coming and going. a little bit of sunshine coming

in and out. might get an isolated thundershower in the shenandoah valley or mountains and the temperatures are climbing nicely by noon. when the sun breaks out, it ought to be around the upper 60s by then. low to mid 70s in the afternoon. this weekend it's celebrate fairfax and fairfax county, a chance of an afternoon thundershower on saturday. otherwise, nice day to go to the fair on saturday. sunday looks like the best day, partly cloudy and mild and in the upper 70s. that's true through the weekend. then on monday, it will start feeling like summer again as well as on tuesday and through the rest of the week. next week each day, highs in the 80s. could get some afternoon storms on monday, tuesday, again on thursday. we have some problems on metro and melissa has an update on in. >> do have some issues on metro. green line right now single tracking. delays in both directions so a warning there. pack that patience this morning if that's your route. also in bristow, this is a water

main break. linton hall road closed between harness road and a warning there for you. at 95, no real problems north or south, all the way through quantico as you're headed northbound here. get a little bit slow in dale city, then opens up again. perhaps some people out of town this weekend. beltway, inner and outer loop, everything is looking good. nice and smooth, nice and green and moving along just fine. back at 6:01 with a live look at 270. >> thank you, melissa. a petco says that it is to blame for the death of a dog at a store in virginia and in a statement yesterday, the pet giant said it had fired the employees who were involved. the 2-year-old golden retriever died after being left in a heated drying cage by a groomer at a store near richmond. the dog died of heat stroke. the company says it will no longer use that type of dryer that was used on this dog. a rabies warning for those in the rose hill area of fairfax

county. a dog was bitten by a rabid fox on upland drive last week. the dog had rabies shots and it does not look like any other pets were exposed to the fox, but that fox is still on the loose. so far in 2015, there's been 20 positive rabies cases investigated by animal control officers. walmart is putting a spin on in store pickup service. landon dowdy joins us from cnbc with that. this is for groceries? >> that's right. but first i want to tell you about pepsico. it's looking to launch a line of craft fountain drinks made with real sugar and not corn syrup. consumers are shying away from big soda brands. it will include black cherry and pineapple cream. there's no timing on a rollout to the restaurants. walmart wants to win your grocery dollars. it's being built specifically

for customers to pick up orders placed online. you type in your name or number -- or order number at the kiosk, park in a designated spot and workers will deliver your groceries to your car. that sounds nice. >> i love that convenience. thanks, landon. well, your shopping trip could go from taking an hour to a few minutes at sam's club. the warehouse store introduced club pickup. you can now order items online and they'll be ready when you get to the store. some stores will offer a mobile check-in app. lets you notify the store when you arrive. all you have to do is load the car and take off. it's a prework dance party that's sweeping the globe right now. it's made its way to d.c. apparently. flash was home to a day breaker party earlier this week. more than 200 people attended that alcohol-free event at 6:00 in the morning. day breaker dance parties include yoga and green juice. they have been held in other cities including chicago,

philly, london and tokyo. the covenant house in washington is celebrating 20 years of serving young people who are homeless in the d.c. area. they held the fourth annual night of stars last night. our community affairs director aisha karimah for her philanthropic event. i emceed that event. some great music there. it was called the night of stars at this event. covenant house doing incredible work there for our young people who need extra help in the city. >> great organization. right now, the fda is investigating a massive data breach targeting former and current employees. plus, how china is responding to accusations that it's behind this breach. and a live look outside right now, still dealing with the clouds. sun is on the way. your forecast is next.

"news4 today" starts now. >> cyber security in question this morning as millions of federal workers are finding out their personal information was hacked. the culprit perhaps china.

we're learning how the government is scrambling to contain this breach. and plus the rain is lingering this morning. storm team 4 radar showing some showers across our area at this hour, but will we be seeing something we have not seen in a while? quite possibly the sun. all smiles, tom. >> yeah a bright spot in the sky, sunshine breaking out by later this afternoon. but not this morning. we have some clouds around and those clouds are producing a little bit of mist, a little sprinkle, drizzle. right now around the metro area and much of maryland, virginia, even into west virginia as the low clouds continue to cruise in from the east. and this area in green getting some light sprinkles, montgomery, howard, prince george's and loudoun and down toward stafford and spotsylvania and fauquier. southern maryland too, eastern shore, getting some sprinkles this morning. temperatures are in the 50s to near 60 degrees. so another very cool morning. dress