president. of course, we're taking more rain, cooler temperatures. just how long is this going to last? i've got that forecast. but we want to start with breaking news. chaos at the silver diner. take a look at this video. these are the frantic few minutes following the crash as flames were shooting into the air. >> this happened right at the height of the lunchtime rush. pat collins is there with another look at the crash and the moments that occurred after as people rushed to try to get the driver out of the car and the people inside the diner. >> reporter: pandemonium here at lunchtime at the silver diner. take a look behind me. you can see what's left on this hummer, the hummer that caught fire in front of the diner. witnesses say it rammed into the front of the diner, backed up, and rammed into it again. backed up and rammed into

third time. the billowing black smoke reached high into the air. a hummer on fire at the entrance to the silver diner at tyson's corner. >> just so terrible, so shocking, you know? everyone's there, you know, talking and having their coffee or having lunch, and it was just so out of the blue. but time just completely froze. >> reporter: he took this video. he was inside having a cup of coffee when it happened. mr. yateman and other witnesses say it appears the driver of the hummer deliberately drove it into the diner a number of times. and at one point, pinned a customer against the front door. >> there was a man who got p pinned against the door. it was

it was full force on. and it looked like as soon as he got hit he kind of passed out. >> reporter: then came the fire, that roaring torch like fire that they say appeared to start in the front between the driver and passenger's seat. >> you could see it flaming up right near the driver, and that's where the fire first showed up. then it got bigger and bigger. at some point, there was total pandemonium in the restaurant. >> reporter: diner workers moved quickly to try to drag the driver from the hummer. witnesses say he yelled things like don't touch me, leave me alone, but they got him out. a spokesman says the driver of the hummer is a cook at the restaurant. she says he's worked there for about two years, that he's been on bereavement leave since april 5th.

after what happened this afternoon, the spokeswoman for the silver diner says the cook, the driver of that hummer, was fired. now there were four injured today. they're expected to be okay. coming up at 5:00, more witnesses from inside, outside, more video of this frightening scene here at the silver diner. now back to you, chris. >> thank you, pat. now to some breaking news in our decision 2016 coverage. david culver is at our live desk. what do we know? >> multiple sources telling nbc news that john kasich will suspend his campaign. this is going to officially happen a news conference. we're told it is going to be at 5:00. that's going to clear the way for donald trump to secure the nomination. governor kasich was supposed to be in our area today. he had events scheduled in maryland and virginia. in fact, sources tell nbc that

kasich had already boarded a plane to fly to dulles airport, but wound out never leaving ohio, making the decision to drop out while on that plane. kasich and cruz met privately in san francisco. this was over the past weekend. it was there that cruz seemed to imply that he would get out of the race if he lost indiana, and the kasich began discussing its future. sources saying, quote, there is zero chance kasich will be trump's running mate. we are monitoring that news conference. 5:00 is when it is scheduled for. we'll bring it to you live. on the democratic side, bernie sanders now has his sights set on kentucky. after his win in indiana, sanders has no plans to drop out of the race, even though hillary clinton has a wide lead in delegates. clinton is here in our area today. an hour from now, she'll be speaking at a reception for asian-pacific heritage month. it's

weather and another chance of showers. >> doug, it feels like you've got one forecast and you're just running it on this continuous loop day after day. >> i really don't want to work hard. we've had 16 days in a row of nothing but sunshine and beautiful weather. we've had nine days in a row now of rain and cool weather. today, though, we're in the 50s to around 60. we have more rain across the area. some lightening up around the martinsburg area. coming down in warrenton and right along 217 as well. there's a lot more to come. we're not going to see rain today. but look at all the moisture here. it's all part of an area of low pressure that's not only going to give us the moisture. it's going to keep us cool. 59 right now in d.c.

we're not getting warm anytime soon, but there is good news in the forecast. well, right now, we are awaiting the court appearance for the man who is accused of hijacking that metro bus and then hitting and killing a man. keith loving is charged with second-degree murder. this unfolded yesterday morning in northeast d.c. court documents say loving smoked k2 and pcp before he hijacked that bus. anthony payne was killed. shomari stone is in the courtroom now. he's going to have more once loving makes his appearance. metro just learning that your safety will be the focus of a hearing on capitol hill yet again. the house subcommittee on highways and transit just announcing this afternoon that hearing is set for tuesday, may 24th.

board chairman had to testify before the committee just last month you may recall. yesterday the ntsb released its findings after last year's deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. closing arguments are under way at a college student's murder trial. steven briel is accused of killing husbakill ing his housemate. he believed grace mann was part of a conspiracy to kill him. he thought mann was going to kill him and make it look like a suicide. well, a new name is being added to a local memorial. first at 4, we'll tell you whose name and legacy will forever be remembered. a turn in the investigati

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all right. temperatures today lower than yesterday. no storms at all today, but we're trapped under the clouds again. look at the temperatures across the area. we're in the low 60s throughout just about everywhere. one thing that folks are a little surprised about is t

up. we've had the rain to bring down the levels, but the 24-hour count still running high for this area. you're driving impact forecast as rain continues to fall in parts of our area. those temperatures will be coming down into the mid 50s. you can see there we're tracking that rain eastbound into areas of inwood, halfway, more down to the south, but it is slowly making its way eastward. we've got more coming up. in montgomery county there's a new name on a memorial de dedicated to those who died in the line of duty. >> liotta was killed by a suspected drunk driver while at a sobriety checkpoint in december. >> reporter: here at

montgomery county fallen heros memorial service, the name of officer liotta was added to the wall behind me. you see his sister over the engraved name. i asked her what it means to her. >> he's my only brother, so it is sort of crazy to lose somebody that you've been with your entire life. it doesn't seem real still honestly. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, leotta's father tells us what this service stametoday means t family. new details about a fallen navy s.e.a.l. and what it means for the u.s. and iraq. the

let's take a live look at flint, michigan, where president obama is listening to what residents have to say about the water crisis and trying to get an update on the federal response. he's speaking at a town hall meeting. but during a roundtable discussion earlier in the day, he urged the residents to use the water filters that are being provided free of charge, but cautioned parents to have their young children examined. this is the first time the president has visited flint since the

became contaminated with lead. he took a sip of the city's water to prove it is safe to drink again, but says the focus now is restoring trust and rebuilding the filtration system. >> what i'm encouraged by is a recognition at every level of government that we have to take what has been a crisis and see if we can turn this into an opportunity to rebuild flint even better than before. >> the president declared a state of emergency in flint back in january. he's coming back to washington tonight. we are learning new details about the navy s.e.a.l. who was killed in iraq during that attack by isis fighters. reports on the man whose destiny was laid out during the attack. >> reporter: charlie keating pictured here with his fe

fiancee. >> his wedding invitation is on my refrigerator. i started working with him when he was in the sixth grade, so i've known him since he was 13 years old. i was just mortified. >> reporter: his high school cross country coach says charlie joined the military after 9/11. >> the boys on that team, charlie included, were so impacted by that, that a lot of those boys decided to serve their country after that. >> reporter: keating was the grandson of charles keating jr. who cams to symbolize america's savings and loan crisis in the 1980s. the president recently increasing the number in iraq to just over 4,000. there have been victories, but the death of a navy

bitter reminder that isis is a determined enemy. charlie keating was killed 17 miles from mosul, the stronghold which iraqi and kurdish forces must take back in isis is to be defeated. had enough? well, it's not over yet. >> come on, doug. get us out of this. >> i'm working on it. you know, i really am. a lot of people saying what's going on here. we've been cloudy and rainy all day, just like wendy rieger. it's going to stay like this for the next couple of days. we have this storm system that's moving in right that's just going to continue to enhance the same kind of weather, the clouds, the rain, the cool air. yeah, this is now day nine of some rain in our area. right now, we're on the cool side for sure. we're at 59 right now. winds out of the northeast at

miles per hour. temperature-wise around the rest of the area, upper 50s to the north. as we look at storm team 4 -- we're doing facebook live, by the way. here we are right now. i-81. look at this area down around warrenton. seeing some heavy rain around warrenton. fauquier county getting in on the action. it will be very slow tonight with that rainmaki making its w in. you see the lightning bolt right around winchester. nothing strong. not expecting any kind of strong storms, but we are seeing heavy rain. along 81 watch out for some of that heavy rain. that's headed towards

you see a couple of different systems, but it looks like one big system. look at this guy just spinning up here towards the great lakes. notice the spin isn't moving. we're going to continue to see these clouds and cool weather and the showers right on through the day on friday. here's future weather timing it out for us. one thing for sure, we're not going to see a lot over the next 24 hours. tomorrow morning a few showers around, but that's about it. thursday afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, maybe back towards the mountains. that's really going to be about it. not expecting a lot of shower activity around d.c. can't rule it out. watch friday. that system moves back in. friday morning not good. heavy rain coming in during the day on friday. that's the day we could see the heaviest rain. the best news about this temperatures upper 50s to around 60. saturday and sunday right now looking good. 73 on saturday. 75 coming up on

could be some early showers for mother's day, but by afternoon we're beautiful across the region. we are on facebook live. we'll see you guys a little bit l later on right here from the storm center. all right. what killed prince? still not answered, but a new claim from a doctor says he was about to help the singer just before his death. how medical mistakes are causing more problems than a lot of us thought. and as we wait for john kasich to announce he'll suspend his presidential campaign, we're asking you will the republican party unite around donaltrump?d

first at 4, we're hearing some new revelations about prince and his possible drug use. the day before he died, a doctor in california was allegedly asked to come to paisley park. this doctor specialized in in treating addiction and was supposed to help with prince deal with his dependence on painkillers, but he couldn't fly to minnesota right away

his son to deal with him instead. andrew cornfeld arrived at prince's home on april 21st and was one of the three people who found him dead in the elevator and called 911. ♪ it's been seven hours and 13 days since you took your love away ♪ >> later tonight at 6:07 our time, some radio stations across the country are going to play the prince song "nothing compares to you" in honor of the singer and superstar. that song begins with that song it's been seven hours and 13 days since you took your love away. the numbers are staggering. a new study finds medical mistakes may be more common than any of us thought. >> how t

>> reporter: the number one killer of americans is heart disease followed closely by cancer. now there's evidence the third leading cause of death in the united states is due to mistakes made by doctors and other health care professionals. those errors usually are not added to death certificates. >> we found that 250,000 patients in the united states alone die from medical care gone awry. >> reporter: medical mistakes include breakdowns in communication when patients are handed off from one doctor to another, unnecessary surgeries that lead to complications, and patients who are discharged without any guidance on what to do next. >> as a medical community, there's an increasing recognition that we should pay attention to this problem, measure it, and try to develop innovations and prevention strategies. >> reporter: there are a few things patients can do. take a supportive friend or family member to appointments. they can help remember

nurses are saying. ask a lot of questions about medications, surgeries, and alternatives to therapy. patients don't have to rely on one physician's course of treatment. the experts say second opinions can be a good safety net. air bags are supposed to protect you, but a lot of them are actually doing more harm than good. now we've learned it's affecting more cars than we first thought. the race for the white house is about to make a big turn in the next ur. ho

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we have a busy afternoon of breaking news. first, four people have been hurt after the a driver crashed into the silver diner in tyson's. the driver drove into it, backed into it again, then backed up and drove into it again. about 30 minutes from now, we expect republican hopeful john kasich to announce he's suspending his campaign. this comes after donald trump ran away with the indiana primary. ted cruz suspended his campaign last night. steve handelsman is standing by to hear what kasich says in his announcement. >> we can pretty

john kasich has fewer republican delegates than marco rubio has. he has only won the state of ohio. he was up here on capitol hill here for years and years, decades, and rose to republican leader. he has experience like donald trump in the business world. he worked out of columbus for a wall street bank. he's a smart guy. he's a good politician, but he was a flop as a presidential candidate. but he hung on hoping, like ted cruz was hoping, that donald trump could be stopped short of the nomination last night in indiana. instead trump won and kasich is out. he's been given the title of presumptive nominee. nbc news is not calling trump is presumptive nominee, but the d head of the republican party and the top

republican party are terming donald trump the presumptive nominee. some republicans say they won't help. a few burned their republican registration cards, but trump said the party will come together. i don't think it is imperative that the entire party come together, said trump. i don't want everybody, vintage trump. the billionaire businessman campaigned from far outside the capitol beltway say he's considering hiring as his running mate an insider. kasich is being vetted among others. kasich's people say no way john kasich will go to work now for donald trump. back to you guys. >> that announcement

up at the top of the hour. you can watch it live and get the reaction straight ahead. david culver back with you from the live desk. we have breaking news to bring you at this hour. the justice department is now weighing in on north carolina's controversial law. the department says that the law limiting the rights to lgbt community violates federal civil rights laws. now the agency put north carolina's governor pat mccory on notice. state officials must confirm by monday they will not comply with or implement what's known as house bill 2. if the state refuses, they risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education funding. at the live desk, i'm david culver. oh, we are so close, so close to the streak of, yeah, the wet, soggy, dreary days

we needed the rain. now we've got it. but this has just been ongoing and ongoing. we had two distinct areas free of showers. you can see this here just around areas of 66 headed to broad run, gainesville in the next couple of minutes. then eventually toward weaverville as well. this is really slow moving, only about 10 miles per hour. your future weather here by 9:00 this evening there'll be slow moving showers in leesburg. 49 to 52 the temperature to start tomorrow. finally a pattern break for thursday. there's your rain. friday could be a soggy morning rush. we'll talk more about that soggy day coming our way for friday. what rush hours will be like in just a

well, hollywood celebrities raising some big bucks for the national museum that is dedicated to african-american history. the crowd raised more than $17 million for the smithsonian's museum of african-american history and culture. the museum has a $550 million price tag. the federal government contributed half of it, but that leaves the smithsonian and others to make up the other half. the museum on the national mall set to open september 24th. well, a lot of you are calling tonight's caps playoff game a must-win. lose to the penguins and the team will be on the brink of elimination. we're all thinking positively. >> reporter: pivotal game four here tonight. caps do not want to come home down two games in the series, so the pressure is on and the caps

it. >> i know we're a better team when we're playing the right way. we're just going to keep playing our game and follow our script. >> the whole year we expect to win, want to win. we believe in the group in this room. we've just got to make sure we're executing the way we should and we'll be all right. >> reporter: optional skate this morning. johansson not on the ice, but he will play. kris letang suffering a one game suspension for this hit in game three. even without the pens most physical player on the ice tonight, the caps hoping for a rough and tough game. we'll have that story coming up for you on "news4 at 5:00." >> and the caps bandwagon full this time of year, but the caps still recruiting

tiny ones. caps onesies and a bib. the special deliveries marking the team's playoff run and mother's day on sunday. fans are encouraged to share photos of their newborns on social media. >> never too early to buy some season tickets. one local community is about to have a little fun. >> four fields worth. it is a state-of-the-art complex that's now open to the public. a young woman's painting got a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. why she

still tracking rain out there right now. storm team 4 radar showing you where that rain is. notice these showers. heavy rain around martinsburg and down towards the winchester area. not moving fast. another area of rain around culpeper county and fauquier county. you can see some very heavy rain right here. this will eventually move toward manassas. it is also moving along 66. more rain likely over the next couple of days, and that's really the headline here. we're going to continue to see showers and a few storms just about each day. those will be sticking around each friday, but a better weekend.

mother's day in just a minute. a local residential services company made it official today, unveiling the new name of a sports and recreation complex just outside leesburg. the cropmetcalfe park has four multipurpose fields and will host a variety of kids sports programs in loudoun county. >> we're the only multifield complex in the country. the adults and the kids who get an opportunity to play here at evergreen get the opportunity to play on the finest surface that's available to them in the country. 500 small companies and entrepreneurs getting some valuable help to grow their businesses. the launch of project

they'll get some help from mentors and financing. the business owners will be able to attend classes and seminars to get some hands-on training. you probably noticed the instagram posts. a lot of folks saying may the fourth be with you. the fourth of may has become the day to celebrate all things star wars. it's not a national holiday, but don't tell that to the leej -- legion of "star wars" fans. bigger is bigger. the new finding

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from dry to soggy, this month of may we have gotten a lot of rain already. another 1 to 2 inches potentially by late friday. i'll time it out for you coming up. which rush hour will be the wettest? a young woman scared for her safety. why she says her political painting led to a very painful experience. the biggest recall in u.s. history is about to double in size raising some new concerns about replacing all those air bags. >> susan hogan is

information that you need to know about this. susan? >> that's right. this is big. we are talking another 35 to 40 million more air bag inflaters being recalled. this is a stunning increase which is will double the largest automotive recall in american history. however, if your vehicle is among those being recalled, you could be waiting for years for a replacement part. nhtsa revealing today it could take until the end of 2019 to complete. as a result, this extended recall will be phased in. >> this phased approach is supported by the scientific data, and will help to ensure the most dangerous inflaters are targeted first while ensuring all inflaters are placed on an aggressive schedule. >> air bags become unsafe over time in

humidity. vehicles matching those criteria will be priority. 11 deaths are being blamed on the defective air bags. ten of those in the united states. hundreds of injuries have been reported. you can go to our washington app and search takata. developing right now, a wildfire is blazing through parts of western canada. take a look at this video. you can see the widespread flames and huge clouds of smoke. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes causing long backups on highways going out of the area. so far the wildfire has destroyed nearly 80% of the homes in one neighborhood. severely damaged a lot of others nearby. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> a wet start to the month of may. while we do have a couple of dry days coming up, you're not goi

active month with a lot of rain. for today, we're not seeing any thunderstorms. we've been overcast throughout the day. we're seeing a couple of areas of rain making its way north and northeastward. you have one down here just south of fredericksburg. another one here south of leesburg advancing slowly off to the east. it will hit areas of fairfax in the next couple of minutes. then another in hagerstown and winchester. this is the strongest area i'm seeing right now at david's crossroads and bradley forest and kopp in the next few. not seeing any lightning with it. just heavy rain. tomorrow, though, the weather is going to have a low impact on our day. just more showers, but here's

down. this is going to be the tenth straight day of rain coming our way, so you're going to need the rain jacket again. not much of a change for tomorrow. our temperatures may get a little higher than today. upper 60s to low 50s. 55 to 56 degrees around lunchtime. we top out around 60 degrees. you can see 8:00 a.m. just a few isolated showers around the area, but watch what happens as we get into the latter part of the day on thursday as well as friday morning. a little area of low pressure, northeasterly wind. that rain is going to come wrapping back around. it is these areas leesburg, warrenton, that could see the 2 inch rainfall totals out of this system by the end of friday, early saturday. as we take a look at the road impacts, friday morning rush soggy, looking very

showers not likely to be too heavy. minimal impacts. 75 the high for mother's day. nice clearing for the afternoon. we start at 63, moms, at 7:00 a.m. we're getting there at lunchtime. by 7:00 upper 60s, but clearing out. yes, this upcoming weekend we are going to get some sunshine throughout our area. early part of next week, back-to-back days with sunshine, your monday and tuesday. a change in pattern to get into the 80s. for tomorrow and for friday, more rain coming our way. >> thank you, v.j. for the first time, asian americans and pacific islanders will have a distinct racial category when it comes to filling out the u.s. census quarterly reports. previously theyha

other box on the homeowner reports. the congressman behind the effort says the new data will help the census bureau. d.c. is getting a new recognition as one of the most playoff cities in the country. >> that ranki inin ining playfu usa. d.c. was recognized for efforts to create family-friendly spaces. 200 cities across the country honored for their policy changes and investment programs recognizing the importance in the ability to play. we're working several developing stories in the newsroom, including the potential changes you could see at airport security lines. the three things the tsa wants to smooth out the experience and how it could impact your safety when you fly. i'm mark segraves in the district where

if you think you're registered to vote, you may want to check. many people said they registered at the department of motor vehicles only to find out that registration was never recorded here at the board of election. up until just a few months ago, the only way of transmitting those new registrations were the paper forms. your registration wasn't fulfilled. coming up at 5:00, we'll tell you how you can check and make sure you're actually registered and what the new process is that's in place to ensure these kinds of gaps don't happen again. david culver back with you from the live desk. a busy afternoon here. we are following more breaking news. this coming out of montgomery county. fire rescue and police are investigating a person struck and stilled by a train. now what you're looking at here is a live picture. this you can see off t

some police activity. farther left is where that evidently happened that involved a train and a person being struck there. that's where that person's body was found. they are responding to that. it's behind the target there actually. there's a target store. this is rockville. here's what we know as far as passenger traffic in this area. we are talking about the peak of rush hour, folks. train 875 will be held temporarily at the silver springs station as well as westbound trains until this situation has been taken care of. it is a situation we're closely monitoring from the live desk. a political painting turned into a painful experience for a young artist who tells us what happens when donald trump supporters ganged up on her all because of her art. fasting, is it just a fad or does it really work? we're digging into this

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dock in alaska earlier this week. it came within five feet of where the fishermen were standing. it's been hanging out in the area over the past few days. an artist claims she was punched in the face by one of donald trump's supporters. ever since she put her take on trump to canvas, she's drawn outrage. >> at least 1,000 threats of violence and death threats. >> reporter: then last friday afternoon she is suddenly confronted by a violent stranger. >> all i could hear audibly was trump 2016. >> reporter: the car stops. >> he got out and punched me in the face. then yelled trump 2016 and got back into the car and laughed. >> reporter: gore went

lapd and immediately filed this report. >> it was a battery that occurred. we are aware of the situation and the incident, and we are investigating. >> i am scared for myself. i'm scared for the future of artists. >> reporter: the 24-year-old's pastel drawing of a naked donald trump titled make america great again. it features the republican nominee for president with tiny genitals. >> i have no regrets. i would paint it again. >> reporter: but as for her attacker -- >> whoever hit me or acted out to me should take responsibility for their actions. i think it's cowardly not to. >> the lapd is looking at some of the surveillance video from the area to see if it can help them find the attacker. and right now, that breaking news a significant step in the race for the white house. in just a few

announcement that makes donald trump the last man standing in his bid for the gop nod. that's what it looks like now. this is what it looked like at lunchtime. and this is what one customer had to say about it. >> all of a sudden, this guy just rammed into the building. i said, oh, my god. this guy has just ran into the building. >> reporter: i'm pat collins. the story coming up. the images are remarkable. flames billowing out of the silver diner in tyson's. the inferno the result of what police say was a very deliberate crash. >> customers had to scramble to get out of the way while others were pinned down and dragged to safety. new at 5:00 tonight, we're hearing the dispatch calls for the first time. >> right now, we have at least one patient that was run over by

>> it was a dramatic scene out there today. pat collins is now live on the scene. >> the man in the car was a cook or is a cook at the place? >> reporter: wendy, before this happened, the driver of the hummer was a cook on the payroll on bereavement leave here. but now after this, he's been fired. look behind me. you can see the cleanup is under way at the silver diner. why did the cook driver his hummer into the silver diner not once by three times? and what really touched off that big fire here? some questions that investigators are trying to answer tonight. a hummer rams into the silver diner. there's a big fire. a stream of thick black smoke reaching high into the air. it appears to be something more than j