right now, a man accused of three shootings in prince george and montgomery counties including friday's mall shootings is due in court. i'm barbara harrison with more on the case being built against him and the growing memorial for his victims. i'm pat lawson muse. more serious issues on metro again this morning. what stopped another train on the tracks before the rush hour even started. and here we go again, some more rain moving into the metro area. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. i've got the hour-by-hour timing on when it finally leaves coming up.

emergency work on metro this morning. a train broke down in between the stadium armor and minnesota avenue stations hours ago. molette green is live outside the minnesota avenue station where the train is still stopped on the tracks. molette? >> reporter: barbara, i'm actually in the 3300 block of bening road where that disabled train behind me is still disabled. metro crews are now down below us working on those tracks since this morning's fire. just after 4:00 a.m., emergency crews spread across the 3300 block of bening road. fire trucks, police cars, blocked traffic. metro says this train on the tracks became disabled and a small fire broke out. this latest fire incident impacted the ride for passengers with single tracking on parts of the blue and orange lines. >> making people more crankier in the morning. >> reporter: and metro passengers i spoke with this

single-tracking delays make it tougher for them to explain being late to work to their bosses. >> yeah, it makes it hard for us to get to work and stuff, so, like, we -- it doesn't really give us a good excuse to our bosses and stuff because they'll still get mad at us regardless. >> reporter: after this morning's fire, crews spent hours around the disabled train working to get it moving. metro's general manager spoke to nutz 4 about the safety overhaul in the works to stop emergencies that include smoke and fire incidents. >> what we have to install is the ongoing maintenance because that's, again, how we've gotten here over decades, is that if you keep deferring this and deferring this and deferring this, this is what you end up with. >> reporter: we just had a metro train go by on the other side of that disabled train. the plan is to try to get this disabled train, this test train, out of here, and then they need to bring in another test train to run through thosetr

restored. live this morning in northeast d.c., molette green, news4. back to you. >> all right. thank you, molette. the man who police say is behind the deadly shopping center shootings is on his way to court right now. he's facing first-degree murder charges stemming from the shootings that put much of montgomery county on lockdown friday. news4's kristin wright has more on how the victims are being remembered. >> reporter: people are coming to the westfield mall to leave remembrances for the victims of shootings. information from new charging documents extend how winfell rushed in to help save a stranger's life. winfell was 45, a husband and father of two. there's also a memorial for claudine molina. she was shot to death in her car. she was simply out getting ingredients to make her

an outpouring of support for gladys tordil, the estranged wife of the suspect. police say he shot and killed her on thursday beginning this entire rampage. gladys leaves behind two little girls. she was a chemistry teacher. there are go fund me casualties set up for all three victims. kristin wright, news4. >> tonight there will be a prayer vigil for all victims at goshen united methodist church in gaithersburg at 7:00. the horrific shootings began on thursday when police say tordil shot his estranged wife, gladys. friday the shootings continued where malcolm winfell was killed. minutes later, molina was shot to death in her car at the aspen hill parking lot. >> i heard the gunshots but i walked across the streets to respond, you know. but i saw somebody fall,

here because i thought, you know, somebody was still shooting. >> tordil again was taken down at a shopping center near the giant food store. at least one person is badly hurt from a crash in anne arundel county. more than a dozen firefighters helped pull the victim from the wreck on piney orchard parkway this morning. the victim was flown to the hospital. we're working to get an update on that person's condition. it's not clear what led to the crash. here we go again. we've got some rain track. storm team 4 radar, most is in virginia, but crossing the potomac, coming into maryland, the district now, mostly light rain there. you see the darker greens and yellows. it's coming down hardener st. mary's county and farther north and west, the central shenandoah valley south of winchester. this is tracking off to the south and east. we'll have this band of some generally light rain around the metro area for another few hours. youat

monday, this is our 13th day in a row with measurable rain at reagan national. the record is 14 days in a row. this is unusual, and it looks like we'll have some sun for this coming weekend. a look at that and our rain chances for the next seven days in just a few minutes. developing right now, prince george's county police are working to find out who killed a man discovered dead in largo on harry s. truman drive last night. he had been shot. it's a homicide investigation, police say. they are now offering a reward in the case. metro transit police need help to find the person who stabbed a man outside the minnesota avenue metro station yesterday. it happened just after 12:30 sunday morning. the victim is expected to be okay. police have released the surveillance photo of a person of interest. if you have information, contact metro transit police. ♪ this

and the communities they protect will honor those who have made the ultimate zris. national police week begins today. the 37th annual officers memorial service is about to begin at the national law enforcement memorial in northwest d.c. tonight at 7:00 there will be a memorial service for fallen prince william county police officers. that will happen in woodbridge. there will be some road closures associated with those events. i'm melissa mollet with your first alert traffic. if you are downtown today, we have the 37th annual washington area law enforcement officers memorial service happening today. so here are some closures we'll have to deal with today. northwest d street between 3edrd and 4th and indiana between 4th and 5th. they started at 6:00 this morning and last until about 2:00 this afternoon. see you tomorrow. we ginning today, students at forrestville high school can start applying to transfer to another prince george's county scho

end of the year because of declining enrollment. students who don't transfer voluntarily will be transitioned to suitland high in the fall. school system is having a meeting at forrestville high tonight so parents can air their concerns. today the state of maryland is hoping new licenses and i.d. cards will help protect you from identity theft. this afternoon the mva will unveil the totally redesigned cards. the look hasn't changed since 2003. all we know about the new design is that it will feature iconic maryland symbols and a colorful maryland-themed background. good morning. north carolina just filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the controversial bathroom bill. now, this is in response to that letter the justice department sent to north carolina giving them till the end of today to meet the deadline to

lineback lgbt law. the law requires transgender people to use public restrooms based on their biological sex. at risk of not doing, that losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money. governor pat mccrory will be holding a news conference at 1:00 p.m. you can use the nbc washington app for updates. we will be updating that. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> thanks, angie. voters in nebraska and west virginia get their say this week as donald trump reverses course on a key issue important to many voters, especially republicans. and we have some special guests in our studio today. restaurateur and lifestyle expert bee smith and her husband, dan gatsby. they'll talk about living with alzheimer's disease and the struggle so many in th

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i can't see any debris, but that's going to be your tornado right there. it's a big white cone right now. >> talk about a close call. this driver got dangerously close to a tornado. neighborhoods in south and central oklahoma are cleaning up the mess this morning. the tornado touched down for several minutes yesterday. severe weather produced heavy rain, flooding, and golf ball-sized hail. at the same time, folks in eastern colorado also had debris to clean up this morning. a massive tornado passed through on saturday night. this is in the town of ray. it's about 170 miles east of

denver. hillary clinton will be in northern virginia this afternoon, but it's voters in nebraska and west virginia who will weigh in on the presidential race next. nbc's tracie potts has more on that, plus donald trump's big meeting later this week. >> for the wealthy, i think franklitis going to go up, and you know what, it should go up. >> reporter: he's talking about taxes. donald trump reversing his own plan saying negotiations will result in the rich paying more. bernie sanders isn't buying it. >> donald trump wants to give away hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthiest few. >> reporter: hillary clinton says trump's inconsistency should trouble voters. >> maybe he just doesn't understand that running our government is not the same as making real estate deals. >> reporter: trump meets with paul ryan on thursday. the republican house speaker who says he's just not there yet on supporting the party's e

>> he doesn't want reporters to put microphones in his candidates' faces every day to explain the latest utterance by donald trump. >> reporter: key republicans argue party leaders should get on board. >> you have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our republican party. i think it would be foolish to ignore them. >> reporter: millions saying yes to trump while key republicans still say maybe. and a big no from jeb bush. he now says he won't vote for trump or clinton. from washington, i'm tracie potts. the debate and criticism continue in virginia where governor terry mcauliffe restored the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of ex-felons. more than 2,000 have since registered to vote. some republicans accuse governor mccauliffe of trying to secure a win for his party as many of the new voters may identify with the democratic agenda. virginia democratic leaders dispute that. almost 15 years after the september 11th terror attacks we are getting a look behind the

commander in chief. newly released photos captured by then white house photographer er eric draper show president george w. bush in the moments after the attacks. they show the president visiting a florida elementary school before he was whisked away on air force one. the president was watching the events unfold on television just like everyone else. the deadly violence in d.c. has pushed some mothers to take to the streets in an urgent call for justice. a group of moms including those who have lost their children to violence, marched in southeast washington on sunday. it was the first year malik thomas' mother spent mother's day without him. thomas was found dead inside a burning car last september. >> are you ready to make a change, ready to make a difference? >> it's about doing it because it's what you believe you should do and about that ancillary impact. >> thomas' murder remains unsolved. his motherop

we just got into the live desk an update to a death investigation in prince george's county. we have learned police have arrested this man, 42-year-old monte anthony, charged with the murder of his father at their home on greenfield drive in lanham. it happened over the weekend on saturday night. police, if you go to some video of the scene, they said when they arrived they found a man who had trauma to his body, apparently the investigation saying that there was an argument at one point and then montey used a baseball bat to assault his father. his dad died at the hospital. montey charged with first and second-degree murder. pat? >> thanks, angie. >> west palm beach police are classifying the death of a university of alabama, birmingham, football player a homicide. 21-year-old gregory bryant was found shot in a car on interstate 95 over the weekend. he was declared

bryant began his college career at notre dame and was the biggest name in ua b's first recruiting class since the school restarted its football program. well, it wasn't the smoothest landing, but it sure saved the pilot's life. the small plane crashed on a roof near a los angeles freeway yesterday. the 61-year-old pilot says his plane lost power midflight. he was airlifted to the hospital and he is expected to be okay. we're waking up to wellness this week by examining how much sleep you're actually getting. the news4 i-team's scott mcfarlane pulled an almost all nighter to show you the drastic impact drowsiness can have on your commute to work. >> good morning. i'm scott mcfarlane. coming up, what impact is fatigue having on your morning commute? i'm operating a car right now in a controlled environment on two hours' sleep. tonight the news4 i-team goes to blacksburg. virginia tech helps show us on their controlled cou

impact fatigue is having on drivers. we also find out what local roads are impacted too. >> people aren't getting enough sleep during their, you know, normal workweek. there's also we believe a lot of undiagnosed sleep disorders that people are experiencing and that they're unaware of. >> also in our report tonight, what role the earlier and earlier rush hour in maryland and virginia is having on our local drive all that tonight on news4 at 11:00. in blacksburg, scott mcfarlane, news4. >> that report is coming up tonight on news4 at 11:00. competition begins today for more than 500 athletes from 14 different countries. we'll have more on the events drawing the attention of england's prince harry and first lady michelle obama. and our sunny skies sure didn't last long, did they. storm team 4 is tracking more rain. how mh more when we come baucck

right now mercury is moving across the surface of the sun. take a look at that. it's directly between the sun and earth right now so it looks like what you see, a black dot up there. this only happens about 13 times every 100 years. you can't see this with the naked eye. in fact, if you tried you could develop eye damage. however, nasa is showing mercury's move on its website right now. that's how we got that to you. that's amazing. >> it is amazing, isn't it? you must be excited about it, tom. >>

the sun going about 105,000 miles an hour so, we're actually seeing the speed of its orbit crossing between us and the sun. it's amazing. >> spectacular. speaking of sun -- >> where is it? that's about all you're going to see with that video we just saw. we might get a little more sun by late they are afternoon. there's storm team 4 radar, though, showing the rain that's been moving in out of the south and west and slowly tracking over the region. it will be with us here off and on for another several hours as we get into the latter part of the afternoon, though, seeing it begin to dry out. temperatures right now in the 50s north and west, mid and upper 50s, near 60 right in washington. around the chesapeake bay, we're hoveringing in the low 60s where they've had the rain not quite arriving there. as we go forward into the afternoon, by 3:00, much of the rain's going to be dissipating. we might get a bit of sunshine breaking out. then into the evening hours by 6:00 p.m., maybe a few scattered sprinkles popping up in these arias of green. most of the evening should be dry. so good wea

for the nationals and tigers tonight. but then by dawn tomorrow, some more showers moving in after midnight tonight. tomorrow morning might have a few more showers around. if you plan on getting some exercise today, maybe just a little bit of this rain off and on until about 2:00 or 3:00. by then, most of it will be done. then temperatures climb into the upper 60s so you can get a run in between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. or into the early evening hours. look at grand lake, colorado. my sister, marty lund, took this picture on her deck this morning. may in the rockies. >> wow. >> 4 inches of snow there. and they've had snow as late as the 4th of july. one 4th of july there they had 7 inches of snow. post your pictures on facebook, instagram and twitter. love seeing you share that. our storm team 4 four-day forecast will have our temperatures in the 60s today with that possibility of rain off and on between now and three. but then tomorrow, maybe a few more passing showers in the morning and some sprinkles in the

highs in the mid-60s. then on wednesday, partly sunny, might have a morning shower, afternoon highs reaching near 70. right now thursday, finally you can mow and do some yard work. it will be in the low 70s on thursday. and then as we get into friday, it does look like maybe more showers coming through on friday. that should then break down on friday night and then finally for the weekend, get some yard work done, outdoor activities on saturday and sunday. welcome sunshine back just in time for your weekend. that's the way it looks. four-pitch walk. >> that walk just one of six the national slugger bryce harper on sunday. he matched the major league record for most walks in a game last set by jeff bagwell in 1999. he also set a record reaching base seven times without an official at-bat. amazing. the "invictus" games in orlando, florida, are in full swing. >> more than 500 athletes fro

competing in the games which are for wounded, sick, and or injured armed forces personnel. the opening ceremony took place last night with lots of pomp and pageantry. prince harry and michelle obama cheered the athletes as they entered the stadium. people heard from one master air force sergeant who was wounded in afghanistan. he suffered disfiguring burns to his body. he described what he's calling his rebirth. >> and because of the support i've been able to conquer all these obstacles. like the legendary phoenix, i'm reborn from these ashes. >> former president george w. bush joined him on stage at the end of the speech. bush visited him in the hospital while he was in a coma and recovering. living with alzheimer's disease can be incredibly difficult. after the break, the couple that is facing the struggle openly and in the spotlight. and a look at

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three separate incidents. first beltville have his estranged wife gladys was gunned down. friday he tried to hijack two people. malcolm winfell was killed at the mall. molina was shot in her car in the parking lot. a metro train is stopped along the tracks at bening road right now, the latest in a series of problems impacting the system and slowing riders down. metro says it has to bring in another train to move the one before they can restore full service. in the next half hour we expect to hear from north carolina's governor. the sthat has filed a lawsuit against the federal government against the bathroom bill. they say the law violates civil rights. it requires people in schools and other government buildings to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificates.

new surveillance video out of fairfax, virginia. this is from george mason university. you can see the guy at the bottom of your screen. this is in the johnson center on the second floor of george mason. it's unclear if that is his bag and his skateboard. see what happens right here. he picks up this laptop and he takes off. police need help identifying this individual. if you have information, please contact police. the incident happened thursday, may 5th. cooler temperatures and light rain are helping the battle against a massive wildfire in canada right now. thousands have been forced from their homes near alberta while flames and smoke spread across 600 square miles. as nbc's miguel almaguer reports, many families have a long wait before coming home. >> reporter: this is what firefighters face, a monster inferno devouring a dry forest, 1,600 homes destroyed. in ftmcmurray,

lost their own houses as they scrambled to save others. >> i don't consider myself a hero. but i've met more heroes in this experience than i've ever thought i would. >> reporter: massive evacuations continued through the weekend, many coming to terms with their terrifying escape. >> my point was to get from north to south. >> reporter: with fire still raging in parts of the city and ruins, going home isn't an option. >> the gas has been turned off, the power grid has been damaged, the water is not currently drinkab drinkable. >> reporter: but help has arrived. donations are pouring into evacuation centers. for evacuees, family has never been so important. priscilla was separated from her son ryan during the escape from the flames. she waited four days for this moment. >> it's okay. it's okay. i missed you. okay.

>> reporter: like many, the mochis don't know if their house is still standing. with the massive evacuations over some 400,000 acres charred, firefighters say they are slowly gaining the upper hand as this fire shifts away from communities. they are quick to worn the blaze could shift o a moment's notice. miguel almaguer, nbc news, alberta, canada. a cruise ship hit an elevated gangway at baltimore's harbor causing it to come crashing down. carnival cruise lines says no one was on the gangway when it was hit. the structure crashed onto several cars. the ship sustained a small amount of damage. no one was injured. passengers disembarked on schedule. this is a story getting a lot of attention from parents heading into summer and carnival season. an 11-year-old girl in critical condition after an accident on a carnival ride in omaha, nebraska. nbc's morgan

on carnival rides. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a fun ride turned terrifying. the 11-year-old suffering a fractured skull after her hair got caught in a spinning ride called teens crown. her friend capturing this video just moments before the accident. >> i stood up and i was, like, yelling, i was, like, stop the ride, stop the freaking ride! >> reporter: she was yanked from her seat and tossed to the floor of the ride. >> i had to stop it with my handle. it was still spinning. turn it to the point to get to the platform. >> reporter: just two weeks ago in amarillo, texas, a father captured the moment his 6-year-old son's seat belt became undone on this roller coaster. days later in el paso, two teens were ejected from a ride called the sizzler, leaving one dead and the other injured. an uncomfortable and frightening reyal ti.

manning to investigate. >> we've never had an incident. there's ongoing investigation. >> reporter: this king's crown will remain closed until it's determined to be safe. you certainly may remember her face through her days as a ground breaking supermodel. she graced the cover of magazines like mad me soil and the pages of other fashion editorials. she went on from there to establish her own lifestyle brand with cookbooks, her own television show, and of course her restaurant. a favorite for many years in d.c. at union station. her name, b. smiths. she joins us talk about her latest project along with her husband, dan gatsby. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> nice to have you here. together you've written a new book that's not only a love story but some may see it as a heartbreaking story about a devastating challenge that you both face. it's called "before i forget." and you can tell us what this means because the title says exactly what it's all about. >> well, it's l

around giving people vital information that they'll need to know how to begin and move through the journey of alzheimer's. what it really does is it debunks a lot of the theories that are out there. it talks about some of the things that need to be done. it stresses that this is alzheimer's today is a 21st century civil rights issue. two out of three people with alzheimer's are women. blacks and latinos are two to three times more likely to have it. and the cost of care can run anywhere from $50,000 to $1,000 a year, so it can devastate someone of moderate means. and our government is not doing enough. it's the fifth leading cause of death many the united states, but really is the third because some people don't want to admit it. what it really means, barbara, that we have an opportunity today because we have the right people, we just don't have the right amount of money to get the

in the rear-view mirror about society. >> we're hearing that all the time, and that's why it's so important you're doing what you're doing. b., you look absolutely beautiful. not a day older than in those first pictures from the magazines. you look great. i won't ask you to answer anything that you don't remember the answer to, but how are you feeling? >> i feel great. i feel that i can be the woman that iseástarted to be, and i'v been doing that, and, you know, making sure that the things that we're doing at home are, you know, about what we do today. >> we exercise. she's eating right. we meditate. we do all of the things that we found from the book or part of the process of trying to minimize the impacts of alzheimer's. >> for people who don't know how alzheimer's works, tell me,

did you first realize there was something wrong? >> you know, it's so funny. this is -- they say there are no accidents. it happened on the "today" show, and i was walking into the studio, and peter alexander was walking with a box. and peter was doing the "today" show with samantha guthrie, and barbara froze for what seemed like an eternity. we're doing live television right now. it was six, seven, eighty seconds. i'd never seen her do that because as you've shown on the piece she's comfortable in front of the camera, she knows how to move with lights, she knows things. and when they were doing this piece, i saw her do this -- and i had never seen that. that was the real signal, i chronicle it in the book, that says this is not just something that's a mistake, but this is something that goes deeper. >> but you recognized it. >> yes. >> and i think for people who are suffering from

alzheimer's particularly, they know something's wrong. >> right. >> mm-hmm. >> they feel there's something wrong but they don't know what it is. have you had that experience, b.? >> i have had it, yes. and it's a little scary. >> it is scary. >> mm-hmm. >> you look at ads on tv and think when they're advertising, maybe that's what i have or maybe that's what i have. >> you know what, sweetie, we've been honest. one of the things we wanted to do, she said to me, she said -- and she never calls medan unless she wants to make a point. she says, dan, i feel like something's broken. and that was the thing that made me understand that this was more than just -- because she's the ultimate uber woman. she can do so many things well that this was beyond that. this wasn't mental fatigue or psychological. this was neurological or biological. that's what started it. >> how did you decide to fight? you're fighting against it. >> i've always been a fighter, s

fighter through, you know, what we're doing or what we're -- >> trying to do. she said to me, i don't want someone to define me. i want to define myself. i don't want people to go and say, wem, what's wrong with b.? i want them to understand that what's happening to b. is something that we're in a club of 5 million-plus. >> right. >> and it's growing. and that's why we did this. >> and that story is all in this book. "before i forget." you have a book signing tomorrow? >> yes. barnes & noble in bethesda, maryland. >> and i'm looking forward to it. >> and i want everybody to know that we have an in-depth interview with them about their experiences coming up on thursday on news4 at 6:00 and 11:00. i'll be interviewing you. jim vance will be joining me. we look forward to doing that. >> great. thank you. >> pat? with so much attention being paid to the zika virus, we have steps you can take today to keep

someone could be going home with hundreds of millions of dollars today if they won this weekend's big powerball jackpot but they haven't stepped forward yet. nbc's joe friar joined the people getting excited about this big prize. >> reporter: this morning there's a mystery in new jersey. not a whodunit but a who got it. who is holding on to the winning powerball ticket? the elusive jackpot $429.6 million. >> that's a lot of money. >> reporter: it sure is, and today it's the talk of trenton. >> i wept oh my goodness, i could have had a chance at winning. >> couldn't believe it, actually. couldn't believe it. >> i only had one number, number 5. >> reporter: the sole winner buying the ticket at this 7-eleven and smashing unthinkable odds, 1 in 292 million, and the sixth largest

cashing in at $284 million. this is the largest prize since january, $1.6 billion, a record split three ways. crowds cheered at this chino hills, california, 7-eleven. >> chino hills! >> i don't even know who it is. >> reporter: we still don't know who holds that ticket, but we know the other two winners, couples david couchschmidt and marine smith of florida and john and lisa robinson of tennessee, who revealed themselves exclusively on "today." >> what does this feel like for you, lisa? >> christmas! >> reporter: and it will be the most wonderful time of the year for someone in new jersey if and when they choose to reveal themselves. >> that was joe friar reporting. there's also a lucky winner in virginia this morning. whoever it is matched all five numbers but not the powerball. so they won a million bucks. no small

7-eleven on old dominion drive mclean right near franklin sherman elementary school. >> well, congratulations to all those people. >> congratulations. >> i never got to buy one on saturday. we know tom doesn't buy lottery tickets. >> no. we have hit the lottery. we work at nbc 4 with each other. we hit the lottery. >> we started off together many, many years ago. >> that's right. here we are, 33 years later. we hit the lottery. still going strong. >> now we want some sunshine. >> you're never satisfied. you had it on mother's day, you know, had a nice mother's day, but here we go, we've got the rain back again. but it's not going to last long, maybe just another couple of hours that's moving off to the south and east. all this area in green is mostly light rain, a couple pockets in yellow where it's coming down a little bit harder just north of quantity coe near woodbridge and

ridge. that's continuing to track south and east. we'll see this gradually tapering off here in another couple hours. right now still in the mid-50s north and west of washington, near 60 in the metro area and right around the bay, nilts the low 60s. so what to wear, have an umbrella here for another two or three hours. don't need the warm coat anymore, but you will need a light jacket as it's going to stay cool and slacks. then you may need the sunglasses by late this afternoon and before we have sunset, that sunshine back it looks like later this afternoon. so we can play ball at nats park tonight, the nationals coming off that sweep in chicago, the cubs are so good. they're going to be taking on detroit tonight, 7:05 first pitch, light wind, should be in the low sixty by then but maybe a few breaks in the clouds and the clouds kind of close back in but should stay dry during the game by the seventh inning back down to near 60. by the last out, in the upper 50s. storm team four, four-day forecast, a cloudy da

on-and-off spring ms the rest of the day, highs, mid-60s. sun back in the afternoon. highs around 70 on wednesday. partly sunny thursday. looks like a nice day in the low 70s. more showers may move back in late thursday night off and on on friday. dry for next weekend, though. we can look on the bright side. saturday and sunday, some sunshine returns. >> all right, tom. thanks. as we head into summer we're always conscious about the risks of mosquitoes np year there's renewed concern because of the zika virus. by now you've heard the virus can cause deadly birth defects. we sboek a guy that d.c.'s mosquito squad about ways to prevent mosquitos from breeding in your yard. always remember the five, the ts -- tip, toss, turn, tarp, and treat. >> anything that can collect water you want to toss. a cap worth of water and mosquitoes can actually breeds hundreds if not thousands of eggs. >>er

rainstorm is the best time to tarp and treat your yard. mosquitoes only lay eggs in standing water so you tear front line of defense in preventing them from breeding in your yard. a local college student given the opportunity to win big on "ellen." >> and the fairy tale cinderella brought to life on stage in our area by some very talented dancers.

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coming to a theater near you, these rousing themes from cinderella performed by the manassas theater, voted one of best performing arts companies in all of northern virginia. they are incredible. joining me to talk about the manassas theater school and the company and the "cinderella" that opens next week here in the washington area is the company's artistic director, amy grant wolf, and dapsers caitlyn franken -- >> yes. >> what is your name? >> caitlyn frankenpugh. >> and the prince. >> joshua burnham. >> two of the stepsisters. >> julianne hurdle. >> amanda thomas. >> so great to have you here. tell us, amy, about the company. >> manassas bali theater is a professional ballet company, an we also have

academy. the company has 25 full-time dancers, and the academy has approximately 150 students. >> you do something that most smaller companies don't do. you actually perform to a live orchestra. where does the orchestra come from? >> it is our orchestra, the manassas valley theater orchestra. >> i see. and you will be in two theaters in the next few weeks. >> two theaters. we'll be in the state theater of culpepper this coming weekend and then the hilton performing arts center the 20th through the 22nd. >> so caitlyn and josh, you have the lead roles, there we are, we see you there, you're cinderella and the prince. were you students at the school and now part of the company or still students? >> we are professional dancers with the company. we are from different parts of the united states, and we came here to dance. >> and where are you from? >> i'm from

>> i see. is this an exciting performance that you're about to do here? is this your first year in the washington area? >> this is my second season here. >> where do you go to find the dancers around the country? >> they actually come to us. we receive e-mails all year long that they would like to come and audition, and we just finished our auditioning for next season. we have dancers that came in all the way from china and russia, all over the world. >> and we know that you two have a kinetic role in the performance. you're very funny and i guess you really are remembered when people leave. great to have you with us. all of you. you want to tell us quickly when the performances are in the two theaters? >> question. once again, this coming weekend in culpepper, the state theater of culpepper. and the following weekend the hilton performing arts center in manassas, virginia. >> well, you guys look fantastic.

you're amazing. we're lucky to have you in our neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you. >> the manassas ballet theater. thanks so much for coming. pat? thank you, barbara. we'll tell you when we'll see those warmer, drier days.

today on "ellen," three college students get a chance to win some big money for their education.

the contestants compete farg shot at $25,000. >> guy to penn state university and i'm studying broadcast journalism. >> you're not a freshman, junior or senior in college, what are you? >> i'm a sophomore! >> that is right. >> grace of virginia played ellen's no or go to college challenge. you want to see how the penn state freshman di, tune in this afternoon at 3:00 on nbc 4. she's pretty excited. >> yeah. >> let's check out our weather. tom? >> are you sure you want to? >> i'm not sure. >> yeah. here we are. we've got the rain still falling. it's been coming in over the last couple of hours. going to be with us for a couple more hours. it's tracking off to the south and east. and it's going to gradually taper off. most of it should be ending by about 3:00 this afternoon. so we'll be drying out, maybe even get a little bit of sun by late afternoon or right before sunset. and when that happens, we'll be jumping up into the upper 60s.

cloudy through theeni evening hours. should be good weather for tonight's nationals game. tomorrow, still cloudy, might get some showers after midnight tonight. the rest of tuesday cloudy, highs in the mid-60s. we might get a few scattered sprinkles during the day on tuesday. as we get into wednesday, perhaps a lingering shower wednesday morning, then some sun back in the afternoon, highs right around 70 degrees. now toward the end of the week, we'll finally dry out, maybe actually get some yard work done on thursday, partly sunny with afternoon highs thursday reaching the low 70s. then as we get toward the weekend, perhaps another round of rain of the front comes in late thursday night and off and on on friday, some showers coming through with highs near 70. but then sunshine returns for weekend, near 70 saturday, 60s on sunday. >> thank you, tom. seems we're getting most of our april showers in may this year. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> thanks for being with us.

>> today on "the meredith vieira show" we are talking about what's hot now. what's behind george clooney's confession he's thinking of quitting acting and how far will parents go to keep children off drugs? plus a new drinking game called shopping. then, strap yourself in in just 30 days. it all starts right now on meredith. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> meredith: hi, everyone. we have a greash