better. today they will layout their new maintenance plan called safe track. some could single track for a month and two to three could be shut down entirely for weeks. paul wiedefeld does not think large track sections will have to close, but it involves a huge amount of work. they will make an announcement at 11:00. >> adam tuss has been breaking this story all week. follow him in the nbc washington twitter page during the announcement as we break town what the safety plan means for your commute. >> sunday, paul wiedefeld sits downtown what the safety plan means for your commute. >> sunday, paul wiedefeld sits down with adam, his first sit-down interview since his ntsb hearing. you can watch adam's interview on "news 4 today" starting at 9:00 a.m. sunday morning. tonight woodbridge community will hold a vigil for one of its

own. someone shot a 19-year-old on darby dale avenue wednesday night and left him hurt in the parking lot of a nearby parking shot. he died at the hospital. several suspects are in custody with charges pending. former virginia daycare worker found guilty of child abuse could spend the next 40 years in prison. sarah jordan will be sentenced today. she worked at the minnieland academy in woodbridge. witnesses testified that she encouraged toddlers to fight and bite each other, tripped children and sprayed them with hoses. another teacher was also convicted of child cruelty. william ramsey elementary will be closed today for safety reasons. there is severe flooding inside the building. all after school activities are canceled. the recreation center will be open. now chuck bell has 4 things we should know. >> i bet you can guess what the first one is. more rain coming your way for today. no surprise there.

half of the weekend. heaviest of the rain likely to come in after noontime today, so your friday night plans may be soggy indeed. still chance for showers into your saturday. not going to be a washout tomorrow. there will be at least breaks of sunshine. but the better chances come in on mother's day. low pressure inching toward the coast line. look at all the moisture. we're socked this with the clouds and rain chances. if it's not raining at your house now, lucky you. but don't think that will last too much longer. temperatures are in the low to mid-50s now and we will not b g budge much at all today. we're 20 degrees colder than average for afternoon temperatures. we'll talk school day forecast in a few more minutes. breaking news on bw parkway, still have the northbound lanes at 197 shut down. tow truck on the creep tryiscen. but right notr

can get back on to bw parkway. prince george's county, you can see we don't have any problems. we're nice and green. beltway overall just fine. outer loop at university, we do have the two left lanes getting by the work zone there at the top of the beltway and then 270 at montrose, no worries. i'll see you back here at 4:41. it's 4:33 and the search is on for the man accused in the deadly shooting outside a prince george's county high school. students are set to return to class this morning after a horrifying ordeal there. police are still looking for eulalio tordil. he is accused of shooting his estranged wife to death in the school parking lot. it was chaotic scene in beltsville on thursday. that shooting happened after school was dismissed, but several students were still around. the victim

picking up her daughter. >> everyone just crying, like we didn't know what to do. >> for it to happen here, it's very hard. >> we've learned that there is a teacher by the same name as the victim listed at park dale high school in riverdale. meanwhile grief counselors will be at high point as students return today. derrick ward will be live this morning with the latest on the search for the suspect. we're continuing to follow this behemoth wildfire in alberta canada. yesterday we told you about some 80,000 people that were leaving the area. today thousands will attempt to evacuate in a convoy along the highway. thousands were air lifted yesterday. that will continue again today. the area that has been scorched is about the same size as new york city. it's just incredible.

signs of this slowing down and there is some chances of rain tomorrow. so hopefully fire officials can get a little help in this situation. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzal gonzalez. 4:35 now. we have shocking new details in the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal that rocked penn state several years ago. new court documents suggest the late football coach joe paterno knew about abuse allegations as early as 1976. sandusky was convicted of molesting young boys while he was apassistant coach at penn state. the abuse was thought to have only happened between 1994 and 2008. paterno claimed he knew nothing about the abuse and was never charged. penn state and an insurance company are locked in a court battle over who should pay settlements with sandusky's accusers. to decision 2016 now. presidential hopefuls are back on the campaign trail. hillary clinton will be in the bay area while donald trump meets with voters in oregon and ne

virginia and nebraska will hold republican primaries. a total of 70 delegates are up for grabs. west virginia will also hold democratic primary offering 37 delegates. senator bernie sanders was there yesterday. now, will investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server is not going away. a source close to the probe says the fbi recently interviewed huma abedine, her deputy chief of staff. it's not clear if other aides have been interviewed, as well. they are looking in to claims that sensitive information was mishandled as it passed through the e-mail server that clinton used as secretary of state. another donald trump twooetd getting a lot of attention. take a look. the gop presidential candidate marking cinco de mayo with his taco bowl and the claim, quote, i love hispanics. the clinton campaign quickly fired back and within an hour it posted a video of trump promising to deport undocumented immigrants. as the

challenge now is to gather support ahead of the general election. top ranking republican who says he is just not ready to back the nominee when tracie potts joins us at 4:45. starting today, you can help shape d.c.'s pitch for statehood. mayor muriel bowser will release the draft constitution this afternoon. you can access it online and leave a comment if you like. right now washington's 670,000 residents lack voting rights in congress. mayor bowser says she hopes the referendum on the november ballot can change that. well, they're not thinking about winning three in a row, only the next game. that is what the capitals head coach barry says they are focused on. >> one more loss and they're knocked out. >> from top to bottom in in terms personnel, i think this is

ever had. >> best team in the nhl. and as we said before, the caps had far and away the best record during the regular season. game five is at the verizon center tomorrow fight. you can catch it by the here on nbc 4 after the kentucky derby. and just like all sports on so many levels, you can be the best i'm but just not have a great go in a series. it just happens all the time. >> and the caps had outshot the penguins in this series, but -- >> what are you going to do. go caps! will the sun ever shine again? we're going on day 11 of rain and we look at radar here and there is no end in sight. meteorologist chuck bell has a closer look at that and whether the kids will need to wear the rain boots to school at 4:41. new details in the trial of a baltimore police office going to court in the death of freddie gray. what a jury will not hear in his case. and

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rockets. ceo elon musk says that will save thousands of dollars, maybe make space more accessible to people. so as you're thinking of your vacations, you know, a trip to space maybe. >> there you go. >> mars they ev s never looked . >> mars might look good because at least it's try. dry. >> the advantage of having no atmosphere. >> she's that annoyed by the rain. >> if you don't like cold, it's about 200 degrees below zero. outside this morning, oh, map, i wish i had better news for you everybody. into every life a little rain must fall. school forecast for today, kid dough, you know what is coming. i'm grading recess an "f." i got flack yesterdays but i'm telling you, this is "f" recess weather if i've ever seen it. the kids will keep f

jeans, honk slee long sleeves, . it will be better by the weekend. breaking news still shut down northbound bw with parkway, scenes like this should be clearing soon at 197. we've had the tow truck on the scene and we're not yellow any more. so northbound lanes blocked. traffic pushed on to 197. should be getting out of the way soon. 66 and 95 overall looking pretty good. you can see the radar showing rain moving through the area. 270 north at clarksburg road, no major issues. an update on b with hw parkway up. gloot effort to keep you free from the zika virus fins. what officials are doing to keep the disease from spreading here at home. some love him, some hate him, but will the republican party support donald trump? who says they will back the gop

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i'm not there right now. and i hope to, though. and i want to. but i think what is required is that we unify this party. >> a top republican says he cannot back his party's presumptive nominee for president right now. but will that phase donald trump as his supporters? tracie potts joins us live with an update on trump search for support ahead of the general reaction. >> reporter: good morning. so let's put this in perspective. paul ryan, speaker of the house, most powerful republican here on capitol hill, head of the convention where trump expects to be nominated saying he's not so sure he can support the party's nominee? this is a big deal. and it shows the challenge that trump is facing trying to pull

people like john mccain who says he will support trump. he may even campaign with trump, but he will skip the convention because he has his own election to worry about which may be more complicated because of trump. you have the bush presidents who decided they will sit this one out for the first time ever. and then you've got other republicans who are on his side. so clearly he has some mending of fences to do, not only with his leaders whose support he will need, but also with cruz supporters. some saying that they just haven't been convinced yet that they want to back trump at this point. >> and trump has said he doesn't need everyone's support. on the other side, hillary clinton, what about that rally last night? she had to cut it short. >> reporter: yeah, pretty raucous. hundreds of protesters outside and even a few that got inside. her remarks were less than 15 minutes. we're told she had to cut it short because of all the protester, many latino, many waving signs about immigration.

trump on immigration saying he won't support dreamers, he will deport people, he wants to build a wall. they were challenginger saying that she's not doing enough to support immigration. there is still frustration that the democrats and president obama were not able to fulfill that promise of comprehensive immigration reform. so while she's trying to focus on immigration and trump and that walls they're would hoding democrats' feet to the fire on that promise that eight years later now it's still unfulfilled. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. 4:48. and there may not be a jury at the trial of the next baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. a judge alone may decide officer nero's fate. he was one of the officers who first arrested gray last april. investigators say the young man later died from injuries that he received in the back of a police van. six baltimore police officers face charges in gray's death. officer

start on wednesday. that 3-year-old boy zion williams is back home safe right now in virginia. he was found after an amber alert yesterday. spotsylvania county sheriff's office says joshua williams severely beat the boy's mother and then drove off with zion in the back seat of the car. detectives found the boy at his grandmother's house, less than an hour later they found joshua williams and arrested him. a silver diner in fairfax county says it is compensating workers for lost wages addrend as it works to reopen. a cook at the diner slammed his hummer three times in to the front of the restaurant on wednesday pinning a man against the front door. on the third strike, his hummer burst into flames. some customers soppeded by the diner yesterday as crews made repairs. >> i wasn't paying that close attention. i actually walked in and they were definitely shut down. >> i'm feeling sorry for the people that were involved. not just the business, but

i feel bad for them. >> the diner wants to be open in time it for mother's day on sunday. no charges have been filed against the 2kr50i67driverer dr. the yacht club will reopen. during a recent membership meeting, the club said repairs will be done by early next year. a rash of drug overdoses at a connecticut university will mean prison time for a bethesda man. 22-year-old zachky cramer was sentenced to four months behind bars. he pleaded guilty to dealing the drug holly ewesleyan. safety changes may be coming soon to the white house. by 2018, the secret service wants to raise the fence height from 6 to 11 feet. new spikes, a concrete foundation and higher car gates would also be added. the national capitol planning commission has to approve that proposal. people in the districtll

own zika prevention kit.department of health will host community sessions at all eight wards next saturday. all of the sessions residents will learn how to properly use insecticides and what to do if they're worried about a mosquito bite. the "washington post" reports officials stress there is no reason to panic right now. they just want to get the information out there about the potential dangers of the zika virus. meanwhile loudoun county is ramp up either efforts. the board of supervisors uhe fan m unanimously approved a response plan. a fund ever $100,000 will be set aside for mosquito control. 4:51. want to turn to meteorologist chuck bell and talk about this rain-again. >> not warm enough for hoeks really. >> it's been above freezing, but they don't tend to come out when it's chilly and rainy. so they're probably just lying in wait. >> so one good thing about the weather. >> too ugly for even the mosquitos to fly .

what are we doing out in it? >> they will have plenty of water do their thing in later on. >> i know. it's unfortunate because mosquitos seem to always find a way, don't they? outside today, we are lost to the drops yet again. heavier rain coming in for later this morning and into this afternoon. so make sure you have your umbrella. you didn't necessarily need it. rainfall amount yesterday only 0.002 of an inch. our average high now is 72, and we'll barely make 53 for this afternoon. and it will be a soggy friday night to yofor your outdoor pla. so dinner and a movie, it will be indoor time tonight. all outbreak plans need to be rescheduled. tomorrow, if you have an outdoor wedding, it will be hit and miss. breaks of sunshine, but by far the better half of the weekend will be sunday. here is radar this morning. no rain inside the beltwayst

as i widen the view out here, most of the rain now is in the shenandoah valley along i-81, but look at all the moderate rain now across southern maryland, lower parts of the eastern shore. that will all be pinwheeling around that area of low pressure during the day. so there will be no shot at the sunshine today and temperatures will struggle. we're only in the low to mid-50s now and they will not budge at all with the rain today. here is future weather. periods of light to moderate rain off and on through this morning and into this afternoon. overnight tonight, scattered showers likely. here is 10:00 tonight on future weather. light to moderate rain all across the area. by this time, 8:00 tomorrow morning, still a lot of clouds in the sky, but most of the rain will be coming to an end early on saturday. saturday a partly to mostly cloudy day. may get some breaks of sunshine during the afternoon. can't guaranteed dry tomorrow afternoon, but it will be drier than today by far. more showers late saturday night into the early hours of sunday morning. but by sunday afternoon,

sunshine and a nice northwesterly breeze. so get ready to enjoy. full "7-day forecast," 50s and rain today, 60s and lots of clouds tomorrow, but peeks of sunshine. mother's day is the pick of the litter for this weekend. and melissa mollett says i want the 80s back. they're coming your way next week. >> thank you. we deserve it. northbound bw that is correct way at 197, that has just cleared. so no further problems there on bw parkway. outer loop at university, that has just cleared, as well. so no more construction there top of the beltway. 270 authority pound and southbound looking good. 270 to the spur, 27 minutes exactly on time. you want to listen of course to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. 66 at fairfax county parkway, eastbound, westbound, everything rolling along here this morning. 95 in virginia, you can see the radar showing rain moving

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news if in alexandria where police are investigating a deadly stabbing this morning in the 6100 block of lincolnia road. we're working to get more information now. we'll bring you an update on what we learn in a few minutes. we're off to another wet start, but when will all the rain end? a closer look at your hour by hour forecast at 5:01. a new twist in a murder case you will see only on news 4. 21-year-old lee found dead a few weeks ago and now fairfax county police say he was attacked and stacked at a party. the victim was a student at george mason university. investigators say his friends took him home and put him in his bed instead of calling for help. no arrests have been made. police have not said whether any of the friends who failed to call for help will be charged. we want to give and you good look at a sketch. police are looking for a

teenage girl and grabbed her. officers say he followed the 16-year-old into her apartment complex in the bridge cheney area. the man fled in a car after the girl's broke came to help her. news 4 is working for you. chris gordon tracked down the answer to a viewer's e-mail after they discovered whole foods store had eliminated its kosher food section. customers were concerned they would have to take their business someplace else. >> entire jewish food section would be discontinued even though the person i spoke with had said that there was a tremendous demand for it. >> whole foods tells news 4 that it removed the dedicated kosher section after a recent renovation. customers can still find the products throughout the store. change your e-mail account the password. that is the message from cyber security experts. more than 270

being sold online. yahoo! and g-mail are among the passwords being sold now on what hackers call the dark web. cyber experts also say be careful clicking on links that appear in your e-mails as they could be allowing cyber criminals in to your account. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's check our weather first. it's been wet and soggy for many, many days now. >> and it will stay that way, right, chuck? >> absolutely right. have you lost count? 11 days in a row with rainfall. today will be 12. tomorrow likely to have at the least a passing shower. no washout tomorrow. there will be at the least some sunshine. but tomorrow will make 13 days in a row. good news is it will be nice for mother's day. all that matters around here. my whole reputation relies on making sure it's nice for mother's