pretty soggy out there, chuck bell. >> no sunshine again for today. it is storm team 4 day. that means we'll have some extra pushes out on the social media platforms. nbcwashington.com and on the app as well. and we're doing a facebook live during the 6:00 a.m. hour here on qut n""news4 today." saturday looks to be the better day of the weekend. we won't be back to full sunshine until next week. early this morning, clouds and a little rain in a few spots. temperatures are in the mid-50s right now. the next 24 hours look this way, 55 and wet this morning. 59 and rain at 7:00 tonight. and 53 with rain likely tomorrow morning. welcome to washington state, melissa mollet, good morning to you. >> i'm not crazy about the seattle weather here. 95 at lorton road southbound, no problems here. the roads are nice and clear for

county overall, no major problems. we'll keep an eye on things for you. southbound bw parkway at 197 we have a report of a broken down vehicle with an suv on the right side of the roadway. it isn't slowing anything right now. and remember, 270 south after 109 is looking a lot better. that has reopened as angie just mentioned. and we no longer have the crash there blocking the roadway. we'll take a look at 66 coming up. we have breaking news out of northeast d.c. where there has been a shooting in the 700 block of park side place. police tell us when they arrived to the scene they found a man wounded that was shot. right now that man is at the hospital and is expected to be okay. we're continuing to make calls to find out about any possible suspects. that's the latest from the live desk. with a heavy heart but with boundless optimism for the

we are suspending our campaign. >> and with that concession, donald trump becomes the likely republican presidential nominee. trump called senator ted cruz's choice to drop out brave. governor john kasich tweeted that texas was lucky to have a leader like him. cruz told voters in indianapolis yesterday his campaign left it, quote, all on the field but that he had no path to the nomination. now trump's dl delegate total is at 1,095. a different story for the democrats, senator bernie sanders upset hillary clinton beating her in indiana's democratic primary. that adds 43 delegates to sanders' total. clinton, however, has 92% of the delegates needed to take the democratic nomination and is nearly 800 delegates ahead of senator sanders. now our election coverage isn't all about the president's race. we have the results

minutes. we have an emergency situation out of canada where people are fleeing their homes trying to escape a raging wildfire. take a look at the flames here. the province of alberta ordering evacuations of an entire city as the winds and the temperatures continue to pick up. it's believed that more than 80,000 are leaving after a whole neighborhood was destroyed. more firefighting help is on the way now. that's the latest, eun, back to you. thank you, angie. 5:03, new video this morning showing the man a moment is taken into custody by d.c. police after stabbing a metro bus driver, hijacking that bus and then hitting and killing a pedestrian. keith loving was on the bus around 10:30 yesterday morning along jay street northeast. he attacked the driver with a needle-nose pliers. the driver managed to get off the bus and loving drove a short distance been

into a parking lot where he allegedly hit anthony payne who later died. cathy lanier says this is a bizarre attack. >> very uncharacteristic for someone to attack a bus driver. >> some bus riders say metro isn't doing enough to keep them safe. metro has started installing o protective shields with a barrier between the driver and a potential attacker. right now there are about 326 buses with shields. by the end of the year more than 500 will be fitted with the new safety feature. that is about a third of the metro fleet. some welcomed news this morning from mark passengers. for the first time this week you can take a brunswick train into the district. regular service resumes on that line today but there may be some delays. on sunday a csx train derailed near the rhode island metro station in northeast causing a chemical spill. coming up at 5:30, news4's erika gonzalez

station to let us know if the trains are running on time. sunday's derailment and the hazmat situation will be the talk of the federal railroad administration. yesterday officials said they removed the soil affected by the hazmat situation. officials will also discuss what kind of chemicals are allowed to travel through the district. some of us are going to be glued to the big game, the caps are playing the pittsburgh penguins in the big game four tonight. the playoffs begin at 8:00. the caps have lost two games in a row now to put them on the brink of elimination. however, the players say that does not make this a must-win. >> a lot of people expected us to win every series 4-0, 4-1, and it's just not going to happen. they are too good. >> the penguins defenseman chris

was suspended for a hard check on marcus johansson on monday. the caps will be back home on the weekend but you can go to the verizon center to catch the game tonight. the team is putting the game on the jumbotron. once again, that begins at 8:00 with the doors opening at 7:00. should be a good time. even if you are not there in pittsburgh, to be with your follow cap fans building excitement, yep. storm team 4 day here at news4, our meteorologists are taking over our facebook, twitter and instagram for all things weather as you look at the radar right now. you can see the rain still showing across parts of the area. meteorologist chuck bell is back at 5:11 to let us know if it will impact your comute. shocking new details in the takata air bag recall while tens of millions of ca, maybe rsyo

time for weather and traffic on the 1s. and we are seeing rain and more rain. we had a glimmer of sun, did you see it? >> yesterday, i was out in it, actually. rolled the windows down, put the sunglasses on -- >> look at you and chuck. >> that's the best part of our schedule, right around lunchtime, we had plenty of sun but it didn't last long before the clouds came in. everybody that worked through lunch hour had to look at the sunshine. then it was raining by 4:00, 5:00 again. today on the way out the door, not a lot of rain, cool and wet with temperatures in the mid-50s. we'll make the low to mid-50s again on into this evening. storm team 4 radar bears out the fact, not any real rain around the metro yet, just cloudy and wet. if you are traveling today, rain likely at any time locally. regionally, boston to richmond.

detroit, tampa, new york city and in st. louis. it's a storm team 4 day, we're taking over all the social media platforms, so join us on facebook live during the 6:00 a.m. hour. it is also may 4th, meaning melissa mollet's son is at home with his light sabre. >> i have to call my husband to do an audible there. you can see the inner loop and outer loop just fine this morning. no major problems here right now. southbound bw parkway at 197 we have a report of a broken down suv on the right side of the roadway. as you pass 197, nothing to worry about too much because you are not seeing any slowdowns. 270 top to bottom still looking good here. again, we have the crash there shutting down 270 at old hundred road. right now we have reopened and everything looks good headed southbound to the spur. looking at 66 here from fairfax county parkway to the beltway will take you eight minutes j

no worries there. a live look at prince george's county coming up. thank you, your time is 5:12. two shootings in a matter of hours are fraying nerves in the petworth neighborhood. someone fired more than a dozen shots on eighth street northwest. below in the second box there's another shooting scene a half mile away. this time the gunshots were deadly. d.c. police say a man died after someone shot him hear. they brought canines to the scene and towed away a white ford mustang yesterday at 4:00 afternoon. this happened on illinois avenue near the intersection of allison street northwest. cathy lanier is asking anybody for help. >> anybody in this scene a quarter to 4:00 or after 4:00 that may have seen someone running from the scene to match the description, we are looking for additional information you can give us. >> police are not saying whether the shooting on illinois avenue is related to the on

happened hours later near eighth and decatur streets. d.c. police were back in the petworth neighborhood around 8:00 last night responding to calls that someone fired at least 14 shots. it does not appear the bullets hit anyone. a prince george's county police officer has been suspended without pay. this comes after a grand jury indicted francesco merlett. he spanked his girlfriend's child after the 3-year-old had an accident in the bed in december. the force of the spanking caused the child to hit his head on a wall and lose consciousness. the court date has not been set. developing news on the faulty takata air bags. government sources tell nbc news the company may have to recall as many as 35 million more air bag inflaters. this is on top of the 29 million already recalled. those inflaters can explode with too much force and spray metal shards. at least 11 people have died worldwide and more than 100 people have been hurt. back to decision 2016 no

politics. in the city of fairfax incumbent scott silverthorne won a third term as mayor with 58% of the vote beat long-time resident thomas ammazzalorso. open the washington app to see the results of yesterday's other local races. 5:14 now, people who died keeping our community safe will be honored in special ceremonies today. ed first in montgomery county, officer liota's name will be added to a wall as a drunk driver killed him last year. and jakai colton died earlier this year after an officer mistakingly shot him thinking he was a suspect. doctors are seeing a rise in the over-the-counter imodium abuse by those trying to kick their

people are using imodium to treat the opiod addictions. two people have died from this so far. today it's all about wellness at work and how to stay active. >> we arrive at the station very early. and it is go-time before the show starts at 4:26. see, we're moving around all the time. that's our producer having a little conversation about what is in the show and then we're racing -- >> almost literally. >> that's right. i'm putting many i makeup on, looking at the rundown, talking to the producers, chuck and melissa are working in the weather and traffic center, angie is monitoring headlines from the live desk. there's a lot going on. and many of you at your job probably sit down a lot, too. there are some tips, when and how to stretch right at

>> at least twice a day. in the morning and then after lunch. another standing stretch is the figure four straight, it really gets the blood flowing through the hips and the thighs. the thighs get really tight sitting in a chair for a long time. >> i have done that stretch. you stretch the arms out, to the side -- if you have any stretches you find helpful and rejuvenating during the day, tweet us at facebook using #wellnessweek. coming up at 6:00, we are looking at standing desks and asking the question, are they really better for you than the traditional sitting desk? >> we have people who use the standing desk in the newsroom. >> i want to say part of the reason of that is you can stretch out a lot. >> keep the circulation moving. let's turn to meteorologist chuck todd this morning. >> a little stretching back here. feels good. >> do it when you can, right?

the show, little arm circles there, leg lifts. that's all you got to do, just keep on moving, everybody. i wish i had better news in the forecast but unfortunately cloudy skies and rain chances continue. there's the view from outside our tower early this morning. low clouds, low visibility, not a whole lot of fog but this is not a pretty morning outside. and cooler as well. yesterday morning we were in the muggy 60s to get you started. this morning temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees colder than that. we're mostly back in the 50s this morning. the radar is picking up a few sprinkles here moving into charles county, so waldorf, down to st. mary's county, a couple light rain drops for you this morning. more rain headed out to the eastern shore. we don't need to worry about those rain drops but this rain across michigan, indiana and illinois is the rain that is also coming our direction for thursday and friday. so if you're hoping for sunshine between now and the weekend, think again. not much in the way of sun between now and saturday at the earliest. the current pe

gaithersburg. s res reston, 54. no chance for sunshine with showers around this afternoon. heading to thursday and friday, closing in on washout conditions. could get as much as an inch in parts of the shenandoah, even more on thursday into friday. here's a look at wednesday, cloudy skies and 55 now. everything is wet from the rain overnight. showers by 9:00 a.m. and rain likely by lunchtime today. planning out the afternoon, cloudy, cool, showers and temperatures in the low 60s at best. if you're going out tonight, grab the umbrella. temperatures near 60 early this evening falling back into the 50s with rain likely between 8:00 and 10:00. for tomorrow, again, not much improvement. low 50s tomorrow morning and barely making it into the 60s tomorrow. friday also looks rainy so that leaves us with all eyes on the weekend. saturday, a mix of clouds and sune

the most part. then saturday night into early sunday, maybe another slight risk of a shower, but i think mother's day afternoon will be nice. highs in the mid-70s. back to more sunshine and milder weather early next week. i'll show you the full seven-day at 5:51. it is traffic time, here's melissa mollet. i'm doing my stretching now because you're making me think about it. the beltway at st. barnabas road looking good in prince george's county. there's the inner loop and outer loop looking just fine. 66 here and 95, no big problems there. taking a look at 270, a little slow heading out of frederick. but again, we are open. had the closure at 109, no more issue there near 109. and we're clear down to the beltway. from 70 down to the spur, that will take you 28 minutes. 64 miles per hour for your speed. southbound bw parkway at 197, a broken down suv there on the right-side of the roadway. but we are not slowing there. this morning, the bw parkway, 95, 29, route 1, everybody northbound and southbound is

looking at 95 here in virginia, a little bit more closely this morning, 95 north you can see you are going at 64 miles per hour there. no worries northbound and southbound on 95. we'll see joe you back here at . sharing an incredible night here, this is frank who is the principal at strawberry knowles where melissa's mom is the head teacher. this is michael williams named teacher of the year for montgomery county. he teaches history courses at jfk school in silver spring and started a minority scholars program to help close the achievement gap among minority students in classes. he won $1,000 and a one-year lease for the honor students. what i love about this event is they show video of the students talking about him. they say mr. williams sees the potential in me that i don't see and

what teachers do goes way beyond academic. these are amazing people. >> it's nice to hold a ceremony for them, but is it really enough? can you say thank you enough for such hard work? >> congratulations to all those last night. so would you like garlic fries with that? the changes to mcdonald's drive-through. charge it! that's what the district did when it came to paying for snow removal during the blizzard of 2016. and now we're learning they maxed out their credit card. we'll tell you how, next. and we're monitoring the latest out of new mexico in a major development in the death of a little girl. the arrest made in t

developing right now, a man is in custody right now in connection to an 11-year-old's death in new mexico. the fbi arrested tom begay last night after abducting ashlyn mike and her brother.

desert yesterday and begay will be in court today. and the teacher stakeout kept students from going to school the last two days. on tuesday teachers received assurances they will be paid. the michigan legislature is working to bail the teachers out. today britain's prince harry is headed to florida for a charity polo match. it's been three years since he last played polo in the u.s. tomorrow he'll head to orlando for the evictus games. mcdonald's is testing out a new french fry flavor. these are garlic fries on the menu at four mcdonald's in

francisco. these are fries that will go to other restaurants in the bay area before they come here. true confession, a mcdonald's french fry, i could eat two large boxes by myself in one sitting. >> cheddar's. >> better than mcdonald's fries? >> i have pulled over in the parking lot of checker's. >> i'm a french fry girl, you know that. 5:26 now. just days after a dozen cars derailed, service is back to normal but you could still see delays. look at storm team 4 radar and some of the pockets of rain sticking around. be sure to follow chuck bell on twitter @chuckbell4. a storm team 4 day continues and yo'll let

good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchris. we are in for a wet day around here. >> chuck bell, what can you tell us? i can tell you that you will need one of these things again. you have already probably named your umbrella at this point in time. today is the ninth day in a row with rain chances. the forecast for today, more clouds and rain chances. a lower chance of any thunderstorm today. yesterday the severe weather was just down to our

it will be pressed even farther down to the south today. a chance for some rain drops on mother's day but it doesn't look like a washout. we'll give you the complete outlook in a few minutes. a little right rain right on the charles/st. mary's line. planning out your day, plan on clouds and drizzle. not a lot of rain out there earl there this morning, but rain is coming down during the evening. we'll be all covered in rain drops. you can't put this away, but we have two or three more days of rain to come. all right. i don't like that, maybe if you throw it, it will go away. 270 southbound we are still a little slow here. this is not because of the earlier crash there that shut things down at 109. this is just the normal morning commute, normal volume headed southbound this morning. 66 near jermantown road, eastbound and westbound are looking good here. this morning, it's a little damp on

seeing anything falling. 95 north, quantico to the beltway, 21 minutes. the average speed is 55 miles per hour. the slow spot is through woodbridge. see you back here in ten minutes with travel times. right now for the first time this week you can take a mark brunswick line into the city. news4's erika gonzalez is live in gaithersburg now with an update on how the trains are moving this morning. erika? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, aaron. back to normal today after a couple of days of disrupted service. the marc brunswick line is back to an operating schedule today. and there may be some minor delays we are told, but for the most part everything is back to normal today. this after a csx train carrying hazardous materials derailed sunday morning. 750 gallons of sodium hydroxide to be exact is what was spill in this area. the brunswick line was blocke

spring. so this is why this was a big concern to a lot of riders over the past couple of days. a lot of to folks having to take metro into the city. the big benefit of this particular area is that people could come and park their cars for free. so a number of passengers already here ready to take the first train this morning. folks we talked to said it was a little bit of an inconvenience, but you have to roll with the punches. things happen, you have to do what you have to do. we're live in gaithersburg this morning, we'll have more information, more interviews from riders this morning coming up in just a few minutes right here on "news4 today." back to you. >> erika, thank you. today the fredericksburg murder trial continues for steven briel. text messages proved the university of maryland washington student was insane when he strangled his housemate. he exchanged several text messages with his mother before and after the killing. briel's mother mary briel testified she had

son killed his housemate. she also said her son believed his housemates were trying to kill him. a shocking revolution about metro safety. the national transportation safety board says in the past metro routinely used trains full of passengers to root out smoke and fire issues. metro sent out a tweet yesterday saying that was not the case. the hearing held yesterday was primarily to release the official cause of the deadly smoke incident. a short circuit was not addressed because of lack of inspections. the manager says he has more challenges ahead. >> my first reaction is for the families and the victims. that's what i feel. clearly, again, it reinforces the challenges i'm up against. >> the ntsb says the only way to get metro back on track is to substantially ramp up strong oversight of metro safety. a formerta

going to jail for decades. the grand jury indicted emily fallon on monday on six felony counts including embezzlement. she's accused of stealing money while the pto president at anne moncure elementary school. she resigned last friday. the investigation started last year when the pto alerted the sheriff's office to significant bookkeeping irregularities. i'm tom sherwood in the district. have you ever maxed out your credit cards so much so that the company cut you off? it happened to the district this past winter during the big blizzard of late january. the city scrambled to hire private contractors to remove the snow to speed things up. but it put millions of dollars on the credit card so much so that jpmorgan cut off the city's credit. the administrator rashaad young tells nbc4 the credit was quickly restored. >> that was less than 24 hours. we talked to

released very quickly. so it really was a non-issue from our business operations. >> reporter: the issue arose because some companies that didn't accept credit cards still haven't been paid. the council was expected to approve those payments next month. 5:35. the debate over the future development of bethesda's westbard neighborhood is over. yesterday montgomery county council unanimously approved the plan to create 22 acres of new retail and housing space at the westwood shopping center. opponents worry that plan will mean increased traffic and overcrowded schools. supporters say the change has been a long time coming. >> the community will be a more lively commute community, a greater community, a more prosperous community. >> we are disappointed. we spent the last year and a half begging the council to listen to the citizens. this council will not listen to the citizens. they do what they want to do. >> the plan also includes affordable housing. the developer says it is looking

pronl project. the nationals outfielder bryce harper just signed a big deal with under armour and it's the biggest deal with under armour in major league history. we don't know what the amount is, but apparently he's coming out with a new shoe. >> cleats. >> yes, that's what they wear in baseball. my child's birthday is coming up in october and -- i don't want to pay for it, i know it will be expensive. >> bryce harper -- you have to pay harper. >> under armour coming out with big deals, steph curry -- >> howard, the first time for an hsbcu. well, today steve harvey will honor a man using social media and technology to make her community a better place. >> maria rose belting started a nonprofit called

it finds leftover food from restaurants and soup kitchens and donates that to people in need. >> i remember thinking, we can do better than this, we have to do better than this. and that instant spark has become a nonprofit working in 43 states and counting to build a network to make it possible. >> that's pretty awesome. you can see maria rose being honored as one of harvey's heroes here on nbc4 at 2:00 m p.m. don't put away the rain boots this morning. we are on our ninth day of rain. the closer look at that in the school-day forecast at 5:41. and developing news in the death of prince. who he was sposed to meeupt

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new developments about prince this morning and the investigation into his death. the new report from "the minneapolis star tribune" says the singer was scheduled to meet with a doctor a day after his death. >> according to the report the doctor was going to talk to prince about an addiction to painkillers. the doctor set up the meeting because prince's lawyer called him to say prince was dealing with a, quote, raised medical emergency. this is coming from "the star

no official autopsy report has been leased about prince's death. 5:41 is the time right now, time for a check on weather and traffic on the 1s. >> meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the rain that don't go away. rain, rain, go away, come again some other day. that's what we have been singing for over a week and there's no sign of sunshine coming our way this afternoon or tomorrow. no heavy rain this morning but everything is wet from the overnight rain showers. the school day forecast, the top of the monument here obscured by low clouds this morning. the bus stop weather, wet and 55 this morning. probably going to have an indoor recess with a lot of puddles on the playground today. rain showers are likely again this afternoon into this evening. the umbrella, jeans and long sleeves. cooler, rainier weather in the next couple of days. we'll look at that and the weekend coming up in ten minutes. it's traffic time with melissa mollet. a brand new crash just popped up in haymarket, 234 at sudley road closed

15 and lawnvale. 66 here is looking good at jermantown road. as far as travel times, no problems on 270 or the top of the beltway on 95. no problems on 66 or 95 in virginia. we'll take a full look at those coming up in the next couple of minutes. imagine looking out your window to see this man looking back. where police are looking for a peeping top. you hear about people stealing from inside of cars all the time but times are changing. what is on the outside of your car that crooks are now after? and the flint water crisis gets president obama's full attention. what he's expected to doater toda ly.

you may want to stop what you're doing and take a look at the left side of your screen. police in prince george's county say this man is peering into people's homes in the adelphi area. this is from a home surveillance camera on 26th avenue. officers say he walked around the back deck before looking inside and eventually performing a sex act

and good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. cool and damp. temperatures in the 50s this morning. grab that umbrella, day number ten in a row with rain chances is coming your way. the detailed forecast coming right up. right now gainesville and sudley road are closed because of an accident. and in monrovia, 75 at ed mcclain road there is a crash. and a look at the national mall this morning where today work will continue to replace the turf on the mall. >> kristin wright has more on how long this will take, kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you are walking through here right now, honestly, it doesn't look good. take a look this morning at the work that is going on. but things get worse before they get better, it's kind of like that. we are getting there. the final work to restore the turf on the national mall is underway. the final work. soh

actually laid yesterday over this new sort of special greener soil. so you remember how it used to look. it's all like patchy with lots of bald spots. not for long. over the next five weeks more than 522,000 square feet, if you're a numbers person, of sod is going to be placed along the mall from 7th to 14th streets. the first phase was done in 2012. so good news, we're almost there, like i said, a little over a month to go. when it is all done, it's going to look like the grassy area around the capitol. all nice and green and plush. so we'll let you know when we get there. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. we may not be ready for zika. that is the word from infectious disease doctors who say zika is likely headed to the u.s. they met in atlanta to address the zika virus concerns. they say the southeastern part of the country is becoming a

perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes that carry the virus. but they are concerned a lot of the poor areas don't have the money to attack the infest. so far congress has not approved requests for emergency zika funding. >> if we spray an aerosol of insecticides up and down the street like we do in the u.s. or out of airplanes in some locations, those insecticides are not likely to penetrate into people's houses. >> in september the national institute of health will start a human trial on a zika vaccine. the white house has asked for nearly $2 billion to fund further research. 5:48. in a consumer watch this morning, check your freezers. crf frozen foods is expanding their recall of frozen vegetables because of a listeria outbreak. eight people game sick after eating the frozen veggies. the recall started last month and now includes all organic and traditional frozen vegetables and fruit products processed in the company's pasco,

facility since may of 2014. and johnson and johnson will appeal a settlement over their most iconic products. the jury awarded they will pay out $55 million to a woman who says the baby powder gave her cancer. health experts say there's no hard evidence to prove that talc in powder causes cancer. a bethesda school went on lockdown after a student brought a bb gun to the campus. this happened at westland middle school yesterday. around noon the staff member discovered the student had a bb gun in the locker. the police were called and the school went into lockdown. they found the bb gun was unloaded and took the student to the police station. the principal says students were never in danger. there's a building in arlington with an amazing view of the monument that needs some help. the northern virginia bureau reporter david culver received a special look inside the

building. >> reporter: behind me, do you hear that sound? those are the bells of the netherlands camillion. even more beautiful is the view from on top. this is near arlington national cemetery and the u.s. marine corps war memorial. a lot of folks pass through here and don't understand what this is all about, what it symbolizes. well, we got an exclusive tour of the structure. what we are seeing here is the deterioration of the skin. we are concerned about what is happening with the bones. it needs structural help, no question. there's help underway by the national park service as well as private partners to restore this to the glory it once held. that's tonight on news4. and a surprising new story about the marine corps war memorial you just saw. the marine corps is now looking into claims that it may have misidentified the people in the photo that inspired i

separate flag was helped raised on iwo jima on that day but he may not have been one of the six raising the flag. >> in the past the government has been saying that was my father. so it took me a while to realize that might not be so. >> that was james bradley who wrote the book "flags of our fathers." his father john bradley is the man who may have been misidentified. i am officially running for president of the united states. and we are going to make our country great again. >> nearly one year after that announcement, donald trump is likely the republican nominee for president. it is not official yet even though party leaders are calling him the presumptive nominee. >> right now trump has 1,055 deles.

delegate threshold of 1,237 needed for the republican nomination. it will likely be next month's gop primary in california before trump hits that mark. nbc's edward lawrence joins us now. edward, we have to ask, is the party leadership starting to rally around donald trump at this point? >> that's going to be the call. now there are just two candidates left on the republican side for president. when we started all of this, you may remember there were 17. in fact, the rnc chairman tweeted late last night saying that donald trump will be the presumptive nominee. we need to unite and focus on defeating hillary clinton. the party already trying to come together. in fact, in donald trump's victory speech he said he cannot only unify the party but also the nation. >> the country, which is very divided in so many different ways is going to become one beautiful, loving country. and we're going to love each other.

vote beating senator ted cruz by 17 points in indiana that is what ended senator cruz's campaign. reporting live on capitol hill, back to you. >> edward, let's talk about governor kasich now. what is next for his campaign? >> yeah, he says he's not giving up. he is drawing his line in the sand in california. donald trump, he needs 182 more delegates to reach the magic number. there's 172 in california. governor kasich is going to try to make sure he doesn't get it. that will be an uphill battle for him. >> indeed. edward lawrence on the hill, thank you. a look at the democratic race in a few minutes. senator bernie sanders takes a win in indiana but does it really matter? that and how close hillary clinton is to the nomination ahead at 6:00. it's time now to check our forecast. we have been dealing with a whole lot of rain, nine days straight at this point. >> it's enough but it's going to keep on coming. we had a very dry march and an extremely dry april. tom was over here crunching numbers, we had as mch

the entire month of april. so we have turned the corner here with more rain to come, everybody. no sunshine for you today unlike the last couple of days where we have had some midday sunny breaks. that is not likely to happen today. cloudy skies out there now. and it's noticeably cooler as well. we're 5 to 10 degrees colder this morning than yesterday morning. most temperatures in the 50s now. radar shows no heavy rain, a couple sprinkles he's of waldorf headed out to parts of call bert county. and a few more showers in western virginia and sprinkles over lower parts of the bay. we have an unsettled weather pattern. the showers in west virginia will swing our way to bring us the afternoon rain chance. and this line of rain out across parts of michigan, illinois and indiana is our rain chance for thursday and friday as well. i do have a little optimism for sunshine over the weekend. but here's future weather over the next day or two. cloudy skies here this morning. rain likely to fill in. here's 11:00 this morning, light showers pushing in wherever from i-95 to the blue ridge and the

shenandoah by 4:00 this afternoon. not a complete washout of a day, but you can't guarantee any period in time will be dry for sure. 8:00 tonight, sprinkles around. overnight showers and light rain. then for during the day tomorrow, all clouds with a chilly east to northeasterly breeze. high temperatures tomorrow and friday only barely getting up into the low 60s. many spots will stay in the 50s for thursday and friday. the weekend, though, saturday, a mix of clouds and sunshine. 73. maybe a few showers late saturday into sunday. but i think mother's day afternoon looks pleasant enough in the mid-70s. full sunshine back just in time for monday when weapon want it. melissa mollet, how is traffic? a new problem on 270 south before 85 buckeystown pike. we'll talk more about that in the next couple of minutes. 75 in maryland at ed mcclain road we have a crash reported there. as we zoom down looking at the

northbound gw parkway near the roosevelt bridge we have a report of a spinout with a car blocking a lane. sudley road in gainesville is shut down near lawnvale delay. and 95 at mine road no major problems there. 5:56 now. police in loudoun county want you to protect your cars. they are looking into a series of rim and tire thefts in the ashburn and broadlands areas. suv, gmc pickup trucks and minivans with customized rims and oversized tires are targets there. so far there have been 11 reported thefts. park in well-lit areas and if possible install wheel locks. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. google and chrysler are teaming up to develop self-driving minivans. they are looking to equip the minivans with

with your cnbc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. 5:57. president obama will spend time in flint today learning about the response to the city's water crisis. he'll meet with community members and residents while there. the president also plans to give formal remarks when they switched their water source to the river in 2014 causing lead to seen into the drinking water. a developing story involving the takata air bag. we are learning millions more air bags could be putting drivers' lives at risk. the action being taken to keep you safe. and we are waking up to wellness as we help you learn to have a healthier life. today we are talking about staying fit while you work. the simple things you can do to stay active are next on "news4 today" at 6:00.

right now on "news4 today," a smoother commute for thousands in our area as a busy commuter rail line resumes normal service for the first time since that freight train derailment. after months of bitter campaigning, the presidential picture is a little clearer this morning after ted cruz announces he's out of the race. plus, we are helping

wake up to wellness this week. with our buzsy lives you may fid it hard to exercise at work. but first, check bell has your forecast out the door this morning. we are dealing with a lot of rain. >> rain is a big part of our forecast for the rest of the day after you get to work and school. another rainy day or two or three before any chance of sunshine comes our way on saturday. good amount of sunshine coming our way early parts of next week. but early this morning, not much rain but everything is cloudy and wet and chilly. we are in the 50s across much of the area. here's the next 24 hours. all wet, just a few rain drops this morning, 55. clouds and showers at 7:00 tonight. temperatures at 59 and about 53 tomorrow morning with rain likely. it is storm team 4 day. we are going facebook live right here as of the 6:00 hour. join us on facebook live and we'll let you get a chance to answer your questions. it's traffic