again. it's named for montgomery county police officer noah leotta. and would require ignition interlock devices for drunk drivers. the police chief is concerned that the bill will die in committee. >> do not dishonor the sacrifice of officer noah leotta. do not turn your backs on the 130 families who lost a loved one last year to a drunk driver. pass noah's law. >> the governor says he will sign the measure if it hits his desk. as the maryland legislative session comes to a close, there are key bills we will be becaming. one reduces prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. a police reform bill would change how police are hired and trained in committee. and the measure that helps close the gender pay gap is waiting for the govern's

time for twet aweather and c on the 1s and we're starting out with some rain. >> we several are. everybody getting wet at least for a little while. rain started just about 3:00 this morning. we traded in the frigid weekend for raindrops. not just for today, but rain chances will continue into tomorrow. april will be staying on the cooler than average side, but at least one day in the forecast has a 70 degree on it. radar shows light rain all across the region first thing this morning. future weather carries the bulling of the rain out of here by about 9:00, 10:00 this morning. could have a lingering shower up to about lunchtime, but then we should break out into at least some allow of sunshine today. that will allow for a milder day by far. yesterday's high only 53. sunshine this afternoon, we should be able to make 68 degrees for a high today. that will be nice. but there is more rain chances tomorrow. we'll talk about the timing on that com

minutes. good monday morning. 95 south just after triangle, a ladder in the center of the roadway. sounds like one is on the way to get it out of the road. so watch out for that if you're headed southbound. macarthur boulevard at arizona avenue, looking pretty good. we can tell a lot of radar all over 66, 95, 395 showing us all of the moisture that is falling right now. 395 south after seminary, still have the left lane getting -- two left lanes i should say getting by. and 270 at montgomery village avenue, wetness on the roads. 4:32. you may want to pay attention to what lane you're driving in if you're in the district. police are start handing out $200 tickets beginning today if you're caught in the city's new bus lanes. the new dedicated lanes are along georgia avenue northwest

lane. only buses, taxis and other authorized vehicles can use the lanes. that's between 7:00 in the morning and 10:00 at night from monday through saturday. the construction that will lay the ground work for the purple line gets under way this morning. crews will be busy in downtown bethesda to rye place an existing gas line. you may notice some lane closures around woodmont avenue between elm street and bethesda avenue. the work will help make way for the new bethesda station south entrance which will connect metro riders to the purple line. actual construction of the purple line is expected to start later this year. today the irs building on constitution avenue in d.c. should be back open after last week's fire. if you worked there, check the emergency hotline before you head into work this morning. you may remember a transformer sparked a fire in the basement. it does not affect the processing of tax returns, that work is done at a different lotion. dozens of people are coming off of a rough travel day all

an american airlines flight headed to d.c. had to turn back yesterday afternoon shortly after it took off. the pilot actually shut down one of the plane's engines as a precautions but was able to land flight 4680 safely back at the key west airport. no one was hurt. the coast guard says life vests may have saved the lives of two sailors who wound up in the potomac river. their boat capsized near the washington sailing marina yesterday afternoon. fortunately a coast guard boat was doing water training nearby and rescued the sailors. this morning fans and teammates are mourning the sudden loss of a former new orleans saints player will smith. smith was shot and killed in a road rage incident in new orleans saturday night. police say cardell hayes rear ended smith's car around 11:30 p.m., they argued and police say hayes shot smith several ts

smith's wife was also shot, but not seriously hurt. hayes is now charged with murder and being held on $1 million bond. smith played for the saints for nine seasons and won a super bowl with the team. developing this morning, police have arrested a 22-year-old in connection with the louisiana shooting that killed two college students. baton rouge police say earnest felton opened fire early sunday morning after leaving a party. students were caught in the crossfire. donald trump stumps in upstate new york again today. in rochester last night, he told voters the nomination process is working against them. trump cited his relative loss in louisiana where he earned more votes but fewer delegates than senator ted cruz. >> they're taking your vote away, they're disenfranchising people that want to see america be great again. >> trump recently made a staffing change and asked his team to craft a strategy to win more

senator cruz is outmaneuvering him in gatherings will deletes are being chosen. democrat hillary clinton and bernie sanders and republican donald trump are all making stops in albany, new york today. clinton was in baltimore yesterday. she's trying to gather support ahead of maryland's presidential primary on april 26. you can see more pictures from the rally on our nbc washington app, search "clinton." and senator is anners spent part of his visit to coney island yesterday criticizing her on everything from the iraq war to environmental regulations. today sanders will hold rallies in both albany and buffalo, new york. there is one presidential hopeful who is not campaigning today in new york. tracie potts explains what is going on with senator ted cruz when she joins us live at 4:45. today montgomery county will discuss how students can get to and from school more safely. the county's education committee meets this afternoon in rockville. members will talkou

routes and the addition of two new crossing guard positions recommended in the county executive 2017 budget. it is getting warmer, but the roads might be wet on your monday commute. chuck is tracking whether the kids will need to wear a rain coat on their way home this afternoon. it is one of the most bizarre crimes you'll ever see. he waited for his moment and you won't believe what cameras caught him doing at this burger joint. you narrator: all that political mail might be overwhelming. let's simplify. only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews

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womelcome back. a man caught on camera breaking in a five guys restaurant to make a hamburger. d.c. police set up this video. they say the thief follow as delivery guy into the five guys on irving street friday morning. he waited for the delivery man to leave and then started cooking. you can also see the man was on the phone while he was making that meal. left the restaurant with a burger and a bottle of water. >> maybe he was really hungry, had terrible hankering for the five guys. >> i can understand that part. >> right. i don't recommend breaking into a restaurant, but, you know -- 4:40. there is already a few president in town at the nationals game anyway. >> herbert hoover is the new racing president this year. he won his very first race even. in his debut.

how long did it take almost before he won? hoover was president when the depression started. we had a quiz home presidents and melissa said calvin cooli e coolidge, but he was retired last year. h herbie. >> took teddy seven seasons. all right. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center." >> we have raindrops on a monday morning. not exactly what os everybody wants to hear, but statement you have to deal with a little bit of a gloomy start to your monday. so grab the umbrella first thing this morning. temperatures mostly in the mid-40s, so it's both cold and wet early. kids will needs the umbrellas early, however with time today, i think it will be an improving weather picture, drying out about noontime, but recess still gets a c. there will be puddles on the lay ground, but drier by later this

high today up near 68 degrees. likely one of the warmer days of the week, but probably still need the sdwrejean. a look at the "7-day forecast" coming up. right now not so hot when you take a look at the radar. you can see everything right now pretty much wet. as chuck has been saying, it isn't necessarily coming down hard, but it is coming down almost everywhere. 395 south after seminary road, we still have the left lanes getting by that work zone. 95 at dale boulevard, you can see we're rolling along just fine. and then top of the beltway also looking quite good. all of these routes in and out of town. we'll be back at 4:51. new momentum in the race for the white house. how underdog candidates are quickly gaining ground as the battle for delegates gets even closer. it is almost playoff time. the creative way you could score tickets to see t caps hid nhen

15 before the hour. decision 2016, it is once again the underdog candidates with the momentum from the weekend. senator bernie sanders won the democratic caucus in wyoming on saturday while senator ted cruz dominated the race for delegates in colorado. tracie potts is on clapitol hil for us. >> reporter: donald trump is complaining that the system is stacked against him as a result of how the delegates were elected. cruz may be doing very well in colorado, but not so well in the polling right now in new york. and of course that is the next big primary coming up in about a week. so cruz is now shifting focus away from new york, he's the only candidate who won't b

he will be in california trying to win or gain some support in the next big state about he's down by about seven points in the polling in california, 35 in new york. >> and both hillary clinton and super storm will spend today in new york, too. >> reporter: and you will hear a lot about gun violence on the clinton side. she has an event where she will be hammering at bernie sanders again about the fact that he did not support holding gun manufacturers liable when someone is hurt or killed by a gun. bernie sanders has said that there is a lot more to the story there. so we'll hear a lot more about that between them today. he's really been the focussing in on his brooklyn roots. he was born and raised there and today he has a new ad that will be coming out running in new york this week ahead of that democratic debate on thursday. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. as

white house, president obama opens up about his time in the oval office. in a rare interview with fox news, the president told chris wallace what he feels has been the biggest mistake as president. >> probably failing to plan for the day after whattic was the right thing to do in intervening in libya. >> libya deteriorated into chaos after gadhafi fall from power. benghazi attacks killed four americans including apples bass door chris stevens. president obama says he felt his biggish accomplishment is what he's done with the economy p. cia director says his agency will not water board even if ordered by a future president. the director spoken brennan says he doesn't disagree -- he says, he

needs to endure. president obama banned waterboarding in 2009. presidential candidates donald trump and ted cruz have suggested briring the practice back if needed. d.c. administrators can expect an earful tonight over plans to present homeless shelters. mayor bowser's proposal creates short term housing facilities in each of the city's wards. people who live in ward one are invited to a community meeting at the reed center community room at 6:30. fairfax county, ple leaders to build the bailey's shelter on north chambliss street. it's expected to serve 50 men and women for four or five years. the meeting is otonight at 7:00. one person hurt when t

restaurant in olney on kenilworth avenue. the driver jumped the small curb and ended up all the way inside the building here. only one customer was inside at the time. and that person is expected to be okay. dozens of crime victims and their families will be honor by the u.s. attorney's office. national crime rights week started last night. crime survivors and their families were among the crowd. professionals discussed how different kinds of therapy can help it victims heal. >> we understand what a difference the dogs and the affection take they bring can bring to the victims and we just want everyone to know that we're here to help. >> and this is the fourth year for this event. vre is almost done with a third track construction project at the new spotsylvania station. the track addition will allow

vre says the work should be done by the end of the month. the nearly $9 million project has taken much longer than expected after vre fired its original contractor for safety violations. the contractor then sued vre. nhl playoffs start in just a couple of days and the caps are far and away the best team going in. they play their last home game last night. robert took the boys and had a blast. >> they finished the season six wins ahead. the first playoff game is thursday. today and tomorrow they will paint the ice. and wednesday, there is a rally for fans in mount vernon square. and you can take part in the rock the red scavenger hunt. they hid the letters that spell out capitals around the region. they're releasing clues on tw

if you finde en we one, you win tickets to the first game of the playoffs. >> that will be fun. how much time do i have this afternoon? unfortunately raindrops have encroached on us. but you have to find the sunny side of thing. it takes the pollen count down. so at least some silver lining to a gray start to the day. raindrops primarily in the front part of the day today. i think this afternoon it will turn out to be this fine. so if you're like me and you will go running later this afternoon, that will be the better time do it. weather and the way it will impact your plan, we'll give you the code yellow this morning because of the passing shower. by later this afternoon, on the breezy side, south winds today 10 to 20 miles per hour, maybe a little higher than that at times. but south winds means it will be mild. mid to upper 60s by later this afternoon. and then for tomorrow, a steadier rain it looks like. so

together. so what to expect for the day, showers to start out, warmer and drier this afternoon than we've been in quite a while and turning breezy at tims' here is the rain threat. not just for us, but all the way back out to the weather. so this is the reason rain will be a big part of tomorrow's forecast, as well. although notice a little drying trend here across parts of central and southwest virginia, that's treason i have a bit of optimism for the second part of the day. by later this afternoon, all dry. here is 9:00 tonight p clouds come back in overnight tonight and a likelihood of more rain for tomorrow. this is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. a pretty good shot of rain from sun up through at least lunchtime, maybe early afternoon tomorrow. and then things dry out tomorrow afternoon and once we dry out late tomorrow, that's it for the rest of the week. no other chance for rain on the seven day. so today with a little sunshine back, we should be making it into the mid and upper 60s. your seven day forecas

100% chance for rain tomorrow. there after, though, sunshine, staying cooler than achblg for the rest of the work and school week, but by the weekend, mid to upper 60s, perhaps even 70 degrees again on sunday. melissa mollett, how are the roads holding up under the rain drops? >> are we good now? >> we'll get back to melissa. a microphone problem. don't worry. dust, look at this, so thick drivers could barely see in front of them. the dangerous situation as police try to clear a major pileup. one week and counting, we are getting closer to the deadline to file your taxes. the surprising amount of people who already have the hard work done. is that you? >> i just fin

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somebody other than jordan spieth is wearing the green jacket this morning. spieth the defending champ had a major meltdown and lost the masters yesterday. that's him in the background there. he had a chance to be only the fourth player ever to win the master this is back to back years. instead, english golfer danny willett won. >> he had a huge lead. it was his to lose. >> and he

you feel bad for him. but a few golfers scored a hole in one on the first hole. the first shot hits the green and slowly, boom, right into the hole. second shot was a lot like that one. take a look, here it goes again. and then it happened a third time. after that, don't you think they're checking the course? like that's not responsible. what the heck. 4:57 right now. and today you can learn more about the i-395 express lanes extension project and how it could affect your drive it on work. vdot will hold a meeting tonight at 6:30 inside wakefield high school cafeteria in arlington. that project will extend the 395 express lanes from near edsall road to the d.c. line. the who prople project is expeco be done next year. >> you may have noticed prices at the pump are slowly creeping up, eight cents in the past three weeks. right now in d.c. you're pay 2g$.16 on average. in maryland, it's

gallon. in virginia, still under $2 at $1.88. and in west virginia, about $2 a gallon. all you procrastinatorprocr this is your warning. next week federal taxes are due. you have until midnight on monday april 18 to get your forms into the irs. surveys show that if you have not filed already, are you behind most americans. 86% of people have already filed. according to a survey by retailmenot.com, many of them received help from and online tax prep program. see, smart, get ahead of it. jury selection should begin today in a case that made mothers and fathers across the country cringe. you might remember ross harris is accused of leaving his 22 month old son strapped in the family's suv on a blazing hot georgia day in june of 201. the a little boy died while harris was at work. jury selection could take weeks because legal experts say it's going to be hard

who have not heard about this case. drivers in northeast arkansas could not see through this dust storm. take a look at the scene. high winds and low visibility, the storm caused two separate multicar pileups. one person died in one of the crashes. several others were injured. right now as we approach 5:00 a.m., new details on an officer-involved shooting. what investigators are now revealing about a dangerous situation near a maryland shopping plaza. a sheriff arrested, what we're learning about an incident involving anne arundel county's top officer. and it is a rainy monday morning for most of us. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. storm team 4 tracking how long the showers will stick around. and chuck bell has that answer. >> i say it will be wet through at least lunchtime today. i do think that the second half of the day is likely to be a l

prettier than the first. clouds and everybody coming up with light to moderate rain. heaviest in frederick county, virginia going eastbound towards leesburg and eventually out towards gaithersburg. so do at that time take the umb. temperatures are in the mid-40s. next 24 hours, wet to start today and wet again to start out tomorrow. but right smack in the middle there, a little stretch of breezy and drier and milder weather coming in late this afternoon into very early this evening. today's high up near 68 degrees. we'll time out tuesday's raindrops coming up. a live look beltway at sat. barnabas road, rain pretty much everywhere right now. so inner loop, outer loop, everything rolling along just fine here. no major problems on the beltway. taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, going to take you 27 minutes exactly as it should. remember to