house rebuilt after it burned down the in 2014. but a year and a half later her house is still just a frame covered in tarp. she says she's running out of time to find somewhere else to go after her temporary housing runs out. >> after july i'm going to have to find some place to go. all i want to do is get home. you know, i was told i was going to be made whole after the fire but he is not making me whole. he's just taking advantage of me. >> the i-team found that gardner's case is one of thousands of complaints the state gets each year. more on what led up to her ordeal and the one thing state officials say you should do after a home disaster. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00 and 11:00. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff here at the live desk following breaking news out of southeast d.c. where we have confirmed a deadly shooting. we have some fresh video from the scene as you take a look at ce

this is in the 4000 block of wheeler road where a man was found shot. we know that he ended up dying at the hospital. right now no details on the suspect. that's the latest from the live desk. 5:01 is your time. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. while you were sleeping we set another record. we are just five hours into the day and we are on our 15th consecutive day of rain. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> that's right. you guys got to put this in olympic perspective. if you break a world record by .001, you go down in the books. we had .01 of rain. may is now 4 degrees cooler than average. the rain chances continue and the chance for thunderstorms coming up on friday. out the door you go on a wednesday morning, a little light rain in southern maryland and more showers in the

shenandoah valley right now. so not raining everywhere but that doesn't mean you should leave that umbrella at home. it's cloudy and wet. and there could be a little hit-and-miss shower primarily in the front half of the day today. but almost at any time. 50s now. 60s later today. and mid-70s coming up with the thunderstorm chances on friday. melissa mollet now, good wednesday morning to you. good wednesday morning to you, mr. chuck bell. looking at the inbound memorial bridge ramp to ohio drive just got word we have a disabled r.v. in the right lane and crews are on the way to get that out of the way. that hopefully will not stick around otherwise we'll have major problems. westbound 32 at burntwoods drive, all lanes are blocked because of the disabled vehicle. that's hard to see but the purple dot is our problem. right now no problems northbound or southbound on 270. we'll take a look at 95 in virginia coming up. it's over! >> and broken hearts abound at

we can show you some of the footage here but it doesn't make it any easier. >> can i close my eyes? we know you stayed up late to watch it all. if you didn't, the caps made a huge comeback tying the playoffs game to give us hope and then lost in overtime. jason pugh is in pittsburgh where the players are just as down as we are about this loss. >> reporter: one of the few issues that nag this capitals team during their record-setting regular season ended it, a slow start was too much to overcome for the capitals even behind the most furious of rallies. their season came to an end after a 4-3 overtime loss to the pittsburgh penguins. caps down 3-0 at one point but john carlson's blast would tie the game at 3-3 and send us to overtime. in the extra session nick bonino snags a loose rebound. that would end the caps season with a 4-3 overtime loss. >> it's too bad we'll have to spend a long summer thinking, you know, what if? >> sometimes it takes a couple k

too much. but, you know, at this point i just can't replay the game. >> it doesn't matter what happened. you know, we lost and it sucks. >> reporter: a lot of the caps players were upset, most notably, alex ovechkin. 11 seasons in the nhl and yet to make it to the eastern conference finals. from pittsburgh, jason pugh, news4 sports. angie goff back here with more breaking news just into the live desk. police now investigating a homicide in prince george's county. 6514 halix street is the active scene. we know one person is dead. we don't know if other people were hurt. we are working to confirm that right now. and a searchr

we have a reporter heading to the scene. more to come on this developing story. eun? angie, thank you. 5:05 now. developing this morning, massachusetts police say they do not believe a deadly stabbing spree south of boston was motivated by terrorism. police say the suspect 28-year-old arthur derosa stabbed four people at two separate scenes yesterday in bristol county. he also drove his car through the front entrance of a macy's at a nearby mall. an 80-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man died. derosa was shot and killed by an off duty sheriff deputy. memorial services will be held for the man who die in a shooting spree. eubilio tordil shot and killed the man. the funeral

tomorr tomorrow, will be held tomorrow. and gladys tordil will have a vigil held tonight. her estranged husband shot her in prince george's county. her family now wants her body returned to the philippines for a proper burial and want the couple's two daughters to live there as well. the children are now in foster care. 5:06 now. to decision 2016 where bernie sanders and donald trump are big winners from last night's primaries. sanders pulled off an upset over hillary clinton in west virginia but he's still far behind the former secretary of state in delegates needed to win the democratic nomination. trump won in nebraska and west virginia with the republican field all to himself. and it wasn't just the presidential primary that sent west virginia voters to the polls, they voted on a whole slate of offices. scott mcfarland has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. it was a late night counting ballots here at election headquarters in west virgi

the ballot. they were voting for candidates for governor, for the state legislature and for president. we watched a steady parade of voters going through all day yesterday and we saw vacant store fronts in downtown martinsburg transform to presidential headquarters. also turning out to vote, this 19-year-old trying to get elected to the virginia statehouse. >> a lot of people don't realize that virginia has one of the youngest legislatures in the country. as of 2014, we had eight members under the age of 30. so i wasn't as much of a minority as a lot of people thought that i would be. >> reporter: also elected here yesterday a slate of delegates for the campaign floor at the republican national convention and democratic national conventions this summer. scott mcfarland, news4. coming up later in the show, we'll talk to nbc's edward lawrence about the presidential race and what impacts last night's results could have going

driving to or from work in the rain for more than two weeks now. and you might need the wipers today, too. our storm team 4 meteorologist and melissa mollet are working to get you to work safely and on time. and what the secretary o

5:11 right now and weather and traffic on the 1s. we have to introduce you to our new meteorologist. >> this is amelia draper just married this past weekend. amelia, congratulations. just a beautiful bride. >> thank you, guys. thank you so much, aaron and eun. it will take me some time to get used to. i'm sure you guys as welltrying to change the name on everything. but right now on storm team 4 radar, we are dry. dry out here on the weather deck. temps not too d

mid-50th. notice the rain in southern maryland and back near la ray. more parts near virginia and west virginia. it mainly moves in during the mid morning hours. if you are leaving for work, you're looking at a dry commute. but later showers are possible with a temp of 54. coming home, a shower is still possible. otherwise we are still dealing with the overcast sky and a temperature of 68. we have been talking about rain for 15 straight days out here this morning. but they are cutting the grass at nbc4 from all the rain we have had. >> i hear that in the background. congratulations to amelia and matt draper. so happy for you guys. beautiful picture. green line delays just popped up. these delays to the greenbelt because of a malfunction. that happened inbound memorial bridge ramp to ohio drive. we hope to get that out of the way soon before things pick up. westbound at burntwoods drive, all lanes are b

and quantico to the beltway will take you 18 minutes. nice and clear, no problems northbound. no problems southbound. we'll go slow northbound through woodbridge due to late clearing work. see you in a few minutes. metro is moving forward to get the agency's top managers on the same page. more than 650 metro managers met yesterday and were told safety trumps service. they are willing to make organizational changes. >> i mean, the reality is they know where i'm coming from. if they can manage that level, fine. if not, it's probably not a good fit. >> the u.s. secretary of transportation said if metro managers don't fix the problems, he could shut down the system. the dulles international airport has struggled in past

fewer passengers. virginia's transportation secretary will give us a status report later this morning. hundreds of grocery workers will rally today to keep some local giant stores open. the workers will rally at 11:00 this morning outside of their union offices in landover. they are fighting the possible closure of eight stores. that's because of a proposed merger between giant food and food lion. federal regulators will have to approve the merger before it is complete. nearly 50 puppies rescued from a northern virginia pet store have new homes this morning. the fairfax county animal shelter says people started lining up at 6:00 a.m. yesterday to adopt the puppies. all 46 of them now have forever homes. the dogs were rescued from the dreamy puppy store in chantilly in november and treated by veterinarians to be adopted. the store has now closed. all this week we are cracking the code to better sleep. and this morning we are taking a look at sleep disorders. >> insomnia is the leading deep diso i

that's when you have difficulty falling or staying asleep. roughly one in three people suffers from some form of that. sleep apnea is also common. people untreated say they stop breathing very often. and it often sounds like this. >> okay. >> it's not necessarily the snoring -- you think it's snoring but it's not, it's different. >> sleep apnea happens in cycles and people are not aware of it because it doesn't typically wake them up but it causes poor sleep quality leaving them exhausted the next day. sleep apnea is a risk factor in many medical factors. >> heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, diabetes, even cancers now are tied into sleep

>> now the cycles where breathing stops and starts can be very hard on your body. dr. scharf says the first treatment is diagnosis. coming up at 6:00, we'll take you inside the sleep lab where they study sleep apnea and ways to treat it. it's hard to know when you're sleeping. >> if you are sleeping with someone, they are like, what is going on over there. that's rough. ♪ the hottest ticket on broadway said to become the hottest ticket in d.c. when "hamilton" comes to the kennedy center. yoll have to wait until the 2017/2018 season. the theater has not announced ticket sales just yet but the only way to get them is to sign up for a season subscription. >> which is a lot of money. but i think it is brilliant. it's a really smart way to get people to go back to the theater. >> i really, really, really want to see this. the season

least $500. and the next best thing will be to wait until tickets go on sale to the general public. but you know how that goes, with what is happening in new york, you cannot get a ticket. you have to go to a third party and spend $1,000 to $2,000 for a single ticket. you got to go to new york. how am i ever going to see it? >> you know it will have an incredibly long run. so maybe years from now when the prices come down. >> if only i had a little patience. if only. >> if only, right? 5:17. we are trying to be patient waiting for the sun, too. >> that's right. running out, chuck bell. >> hey, guys. yeah, another day with the clouds and rain chances. and just like yesterday, it's not going to be a total soaker from start to finish. there will be many, many rain-free hours. but i can't give you the guarantee that you couldn't be rained on at just about any time, particularly here between now and lunchtime and again coming in later on this evening. overall weather impact on your day, we'll go moderate. mostl

because no one has seen much of anything in the way of sunshine around here. more rain on the way. we have 2.98 inches here so far in the month of may. since march 1 we are technically below. how can that possibly be? we are getting a lot of days in a row of rain but just not getting much rain on any individual day. yesterday only .01 inches of rain. and today once again, any of the rain that comes in, likely to be fairly light. so you'll probably just need your rain slicker is about it. a couple sprinkles near culpeper, bridgewater and la ray. the rain showers are inching toward the metro. nothing heavy just yet. heavier rain chances with thunderstorms now across southern parts of west virginia. most of that wave of energy will sink to the south of the d.c. metro. so higher thunderstorm chances today for places like fredericksburg and richmond as opposed to leesburg and frederick. otherwise a couple drops here moving off of southern st. mary's county. temperatures are in the low to

mid-50s around town. a little milder near 60 and culpeper and charlottesville. planning out your day, here's a little good news. sun is up at 5:59. not that you'll get to see the sunshine much today. cloudy and wet off and on throughout most of the morning. here's the future weather carrying the first chance for a rain shower at 10:00 a.m. thundershowers likely fredericksburg down to parts of southern maryland. then hit and miss rain showers for the metro through lunchtime. then drying out a smidgen. if you are going to the baseball game tonight, just like the last few nights, they should be able to get the game in. cloudy and on the showery side. here's the way the next four days look, today and tomorrow a lot of clouds with some rain chances around. warmer on friday but that does come with a risk of thunderstorms. and showery weather to start the first half of your weekend. metro delays now, here's melissa mollet with the latest. metro delays, we hope you clear up soon. this is on the green line does to an earlier problem at branch avenue. we are only 20 minutes into t

metro day right now. we'll keep an eye on that for you. inbound memorial bridge still have the ramp to ohio drive with a disabled vehicle there in the right lane. again, hoping to get that out of the way soon. taking a look at 270 from 70 to the spur, going to take you 28 minutes this morning. not bad at all. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 100.3 f.m. overall, we are looking pretty good. see you right back here in ten minutes. thank you. 5:20 right now. you can check out a new food forest at emerson park in prince george's county this weekend. what is that you might ask? well, the city will be growing various foods and you can pick them for free. you can learn more on where they are grown and how to pick them. >> we are listing the green spaces so we get neighborhoods out here using the parks, enjoying the parks and having sustainable food source.

food in that forest. >> i like it. does prince have a son? the prisoner now requesting a dna test and the latest on a search warrant served at the pop star's house. and diagnosing the zika virus. why one test may be

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welcome back. 5:24 now. maryland's ban on assault rifles will go in front of a panel again. a lower judge upheld the law and sent the legislation back to the appeals court and ordered them to take another look. the full court will review the law today. and a terrible story for the liberty university community. one of its students died while on a hike. jonathan was found deadon

trail along the blue ridge parkway this past weekend. he was on a hike with friends. he was 20 years old. new details this morning in the death investigation of music icon prince. detectives returned to his paisley park estate on tuesday as, quote, a component of a complete investigation. meanwhile, a search warrant obtained by the local nbc afail yac affiliate shows a minnesota doctor visited him twice before he was found dead in his home. autopsy results are still pending. and carl williams wants dna testing to find out if prince is his biological father. his mother says she conceived williams while having sex with prince in 1976. williams' attorney says he's seeking the truth in this incident. the centers for disease control said evidence of zika is

over blood. it also says it stays there for a longer period of time. near lie 500 people in the u.s. have been diagnosed with the virus. you may be waiting in line at the airport longer. the transportation security administration is telling travelers to be patient as they brace for long delays. faced with a manpower crisis, some airports are now threatening to fire the tsa. some passengers told nbc news the wait in some airports rivaled the length of the flight. tsa says to arrive early, two hours before your flight. signing up for tsa pre-check is another option to avoid missing your flight. hi, good morning, i'm erika gonzalez in the live truck. we are coming up on a breaking news scene, something that happened in prince george's county. we're hearing now that this is

homicide scene that happened an hour ago. we are already seeing police activity and will try to gather information and check back with you as soon as i can. a snapshot of the area's homeless problem. the numbers from an annual count due to be released to

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i'm angie goff. we have a news crew that just arrived here in the district heights. this is in prince george's county. when police arrived, they found one person had been shot. at this time they are not revealing how that person died or if there was anybody else who was injured. an officer is meeting up with our crew in a short time, so we'll update you on the situation coming up. i'm angie goff at the live desk. good morning, everybody. it's coming up on 5:31 on your wednesday morning. 4 things you need to know about the weather. 14 down, 15 on the way. 14 days in a row with measured rainfall. today will be 15. and it looks like we may have 16 and 17 right around the corner. just like yesterday, you'll get itty-bitty bits of sunshine. but don't count on much of it. milder air is on the way but all eyes are on sunday for the next chance of a beautiful, sunny day. right now rain leaving southern maryland but rain moving in to parts of the shenandoah

and northern virginia. temperaturewise, there's the rain showers. rain moving into the metro by the second half of the morning commute. and showery weather likely around here for just about lunchtime today. so there is your hour-by-hour forecast in the low to mid-50s with a few showers around. rain likely late morning until lunchtime or so before tapering back off. baseball weather for the game tonight, relatively good. kind of cloudy outside but, you know -- >> as long as recess can get an "a" at some point. >> the brightest thing i'm going the see today is your dress, no sunshine. >> that is pretty bad. eastbound dulles toll road at the ramp to eastbound 66 we have a broken down truck on the left shoulder. that's just blocking the left shoulder so hopefully that is where it stays. inbound memorial bridge the ramp to ohio drive still has a disabled rv in the right lane. westbound 32 at burntwoods drive, we have a report of all lanes blocked. but it looks like perhaps that is clearing soon because that

the beltway at connecticut avenue, no problems. remember, a green line delay to the greenbelt because of the malfunction at branch avenue. travel times are coming up in ten minutes. thank you, melissa. 5:32 now. today we'll get a snapshot of what the region's homeless population looks like. local leaders have been wrestling now with how to decrease the number of people living on the streets. news4's derek ward is live outside of d.c. general this morning with more on information about this report. derek? >> reporter: we are here outside the d.c. general complex in the southeast, which is the central location for the district's population of homeless with families with children. the mayor has embarked on a program to decentralize this location, putting people in each of the city's eight wards. and doing away with that facility here and is coming under fire. but today we'll get a snapshot of what she's up against and other jurisdiction leaders as they deal with the problem.

metropolitan council of government. this provides a point-in-time snapshot of the homeless population. last year's count saw an overall regional decrease. the largest decrease in arlington county down by 18%. d.c. saw a 6% decrease. prince george's county was down 4%. frederick was up 26%. that's frederick county. montgomery county was up by 23%. these numbers are important because they help leaders direct resources and help for people in this situation. and these numbers are highly awaited and very important to this area. so we hope to find out more about what the problem looked like in this area later today. right now we are live in southeast, derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. 5:33 right now, prince william county police are thanking neighbors for helping a woman during a domestic violence attack. officers were called to chaste tree place on monday night. t

the armed suspect inside the townhouse was the woman's wife. >> thankfully, a neighbor was -- allowed us to use their residence to go onto their deck and make contact with the victim to make sure she was okay. >> police say the armed suspect turned the gun on herself but she's expected to be okay. three maryland brothers are now facing attempted murder charges for their roles in the death of a prince george's county police detective. the grand jury returned indictments for michael, malik and elijah ford yesterday for the march 13th attack. michael ford opened fire in an ambush attack outside of the district's 3 station and the brothers recorded the shootings on their cell phone. jaqay coalson died after a fellow officer shot him. and demarus

arrested last week after knocking on the couple's home last year, forced their way inside and ransacked the house. the robbery happened back in february. nickels is being held on $300,000 bond. 5:35 now. to a consumer watch report on counterfeit checks. somebody got ahold of a maryland woman's checking account number and started writing fake checks. that's when she turned to nbc4 responds for help. susan hogan has her story. >> reporter: imagine her surprise to get a copy of the checks back from her bank. the problem is she didn't write any of them and there were hundreds of dollars in fraudulent checks. so jean fippin got her statements from her bank. the thieves got her routing number but her name and address were removed and replaced with a stranger's information. someone made fraudulent check purchases totaling more than $800. not sure what to do, jean and

her daughter contacted nbc4 responds. we informed them that federal law requires banks to refund the accounts if the investigation goes longer than ten days. since it had, jean was refunded the entire amount. jean also filed a complaint with the new carrollton police department. they are investigating this potential fraud case. if you have a case you need help solving, contact our nbc4 response team for help. i'm susan hogan, news4. another happy ending to tell you about for a student whose tuition money was stolen. you might remember this video of a woman picking up a purse as she was leaving a dunkin donuts in falls church back in february. that church belonged to maria esteves who had $10,000 in it. she and her daughter were headed to penn state to pay her daughter's tuition. course hero heard what happened and gave th

officially our 15th consecutive day of rain. and it's not going anywhere yet. when we can expect things to finally dry out and whether the kids will need the rain boots is at 5:41. and the hunt continues for the man who sexually assaulted an area teen. what police are doing to ramp up their search efforts. and as we mentioned, donald trump and bernie sanders picked up another win in last night's primary. so will their victory impact hilly clinton? arw shopping for an suv? well, this is the time. and your ford dealer is the place to get into a new ford escape. escape leads the way with the convenience of a foot-activated rear liftgate. plus, the power and efficiency of ecoboost technology.

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time for weather and traffic on the 4s. and we have amelia back with us. >> temperatures are in the low to mid-50s. as kids get on the school bus later this morning, a shower is possible. another day you might want to send them back to school with the rain jacket. the most likely time period would be if they have recess outdoors. maybe sprinkles at that point. temperatures at the bus stop at 56. a temperature at 68. coming up in ten minutes, chuck has a look at the radar. for now, any problems on the roads this morning? the roads overall are looking pretty good right now. talking about metro, we do have the green line delays still hanging around this morning to the greenbelt because

again, overall the beltway is looking good. as far as travel times, all the main routes into town and out of town here this morning, you can see 270 south from germantown to the spur, 11 minutes. top of the beltway, it will take you nine minutes over to 270. 66 inbound to 95 north, no worries. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. budweiser getting patriotic on us. the company is renaming its beer this summer. the new beer cans and bottles will include passages from "the pledge of allegiance" and "the star spangled banner." >> i think a lot of people like that budweiser is decidedly being american. >> and it is election season. what police want you to see if you have children. a look at the man police say sexually assaulted an area teen. and the search for a missing tennessee girl continues. what we're learning about

i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of baghdad where the death toll is rising after a car bomb explodes in a busy market. we know that 29 people now are confirmed dead as we look at the new pictures from the devastating scene. you can see that nearby buildings as well as cars totally destroyed by the impact. as of right now, no one has claimed responsibility for this car bombing. i'm angie goff at the live desk. coming up at 6:00, we will let you know how to pay your respects to another victim from the maryland shopping center shooting. today the man accused of killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado heads to court for a hearing. are

robert deer suffers from a delusional disorder. they will see if he's competent to stand trial. if he can't stand trial, his case will be put on hold while he faces psychiatric treatment. he faced murder charges, faces murder charges. and this fertilizer plant explosion killed 50 people in the town of west, texas. hundreds of others were hurt there. investigators are planning a news conference there this afternoon. and it is 5:46. homeowners feeling burned. tonight the news4 i-team investigates local cases involving viewers who say they have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on top of losing their homes and precious memories to fires. one viewer in prince george's county told us she gave a contractor nearly 300,000 for insurance money to get her house rebuilt after it burned down in 2014. but a year and a half later her house is still just a frame

and she said she's running out of time to find somewhere else to go after her temporary housing runs out. >> after july i'm going to have to find someplace to go. all i want to do is get home. you know, i was told i was going to be made whole after the fire but he is not making me whole. he's just taking advantage of me. >> the i-team found that gardner's case is one of thousands of complaints the state gets each year. more on what led to her ordeal and the one thing state officials say you should do after a home disaster. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00 and 11:00. 5:47b rig right now. police are trying to figure out why a man went on a deadly stabbing spree in massachusetts. >> 28-year-old arthur derosa stabbed four people at two different scenes yesterday. katelyn flint is joining us from massachusetts with the

>> reporter: good morning to you both. so many questions remain this morning as to exactly what led to this violence. but i want to give you a live look at the mall here, this is where this all came to a close. you can see the doorway of that macy's boarded up this morning. the district attorney here calling these attacks horrific. now, what we do know this morning is according to their office 28-year-old arthur derosa of taunton is dead shot by an off-duty deputy sheriff inside the mall after intervening. they say that derosa crashed a car here into macy's. this is the silver city galleria mall. he assaulted several people here in the store before stabbing two people inside another store, including a 56-year-old taunton man who was killed. while this

mall, this began around 7:00 last night when derosa allegedly crashed his call on myra street in taunton, went into a house there and apparently stabbed two women and injured both of them, an 80-year-old victim, she ended up later dying from those injuries. now authorities believe that all of these acts appear right now to be random. they don't believe that the suspect actually had any connection to these victims. of course, they are now investigating all of this. we're live right now in taunton, massachusetts, katelyn flint, back to you. the shootings at the high school last thursday killed 44-year-old gladys tordil. she came to pick up her two daughters here. without any other family here and because they are minors, they are in foster

trying to arange for one of tordil's sisters to come here from the philippines to claim her body and take it back with her. >> our call is for the community to help give her a decent burial for gladys and return her to the philippines immediately. >> reporter: there are fund raising activities on behalf of all the families from last week's shooting. if you want to help, you can go to our nbc washington app and search donations. that's the latest from high point high school in prince george's county, chris ward, news4. now to decision 2016. bernie sanders and donald trump were the big winners last night. sanders defeated hillary clinton in west virginia. while there was no surprise on the republican side that donald trump won both west virginia and nebraska, we'll check in with edward lawrence live on capitol hill. edward, today starts with an offensive by trump aides to get keep gop

>> reporter: exactly, eun. representatives for donald trump will be here to lay the groundwork for a meeting that will happen on thursday with house speaker paul ryan. now trump is going to try to convince him and other party leaders that he's not only republican but he's the right republican to be president. now donald trump coming fresh off victories in west virginia and nebraska. he has a tough road unifying a very divided republican party. the meeting with paul ryan thursday, ryan actually said, quote, we shouldn't just pretend that our party is unified when we're not. this as senator ted cruz hinted he may jump back in the race if the political landscape changes again. he says he would reconsider. trump has now made the pivot going after hillary clinton. both trump and senator bernie sanders are after the same target there, hillary clinton. now sanders won west virginia's primary yesterday but is still behind in the delegate count. and hillary clinton is in a very tough spot. she can't ignore the number of

getting, yet she wants to put the primary behind her and focus on the republicans. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you, eun. >> edward, thank you. david burke is the new chef of the trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue. he will replace chef jose andres who withdrew from the project last year after donald trump's controversial comments about immigrants. burke has received numerous culinary awards and appeared on "iron chef" and "top chef masters." the hotel is expected to open this fall. 5:52 is your time right now. we turn to storm team 4's chuck bell for a look at the forecast. >> you know, chuck, i did see the sun yesterday for a minute. i did. >> you and me both. the dog and i were out running at 2:00 in the afternoon and it was sunny for five or ten minutes. before we could get back home, it was raining on us again. that's sort of the pattern we are in. have your umbrella ready to go. the dog was not happy about getting rain drops if her ears. i heard about it. she gave me the look.

is giving me the look today. cloudy and cool once again. off and on shower chances moving back in here for the second part of the morning commute up to about lunchtime. so grab your umbrella. rain amounts or intensity todd, not looking for much. just occasional showers this morning. highest rain chances today are between now and 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon. then for tomorrow, a little improvement. still an abundance of clouds around. but not much of a rain threat tomorrow. tomorrow's rain chances are either probably best before you wake up or after you go to bed. what about going outside this morning? see, this is a smarter dog right here, keeps the ears down flopped over. mine has the pointed ones. temperatures this morning in the low to mid-50s. we'll climb to the low to mid-60s with a lot of clouds and rain chances moving in. here's the radar, a couple sprinkles near the shenandoah valley as part of a larger cluster of showers moving across southern and west virginia. that's coming in our general direction here. here's the way the high resolution comr

by 9:30 this morning, rain from warrentown to waldorf. by lunchtime, the showers are moving into the metro area but should be out by 1:00 to 2:00. here's the seven-day forecast, 60 with the rain today. a lot of clouds, near 70 tomorrow. but hopefully not much rain during the day. thunderstorms on friday and saturday. sunshine comes back to the forecast for sunday and monday. the beltway troubles, here's melissa. beltway troubles for the inner loop before gallows road. the right shoulder is slowing a bit. otherwise the beltway is looking good both inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. prince george's county, no major problems there. 95 at powder mill road, looking pretty good. 66 east of compton road, you can see eastbound and westbound no major issues there as well. but remember, green line delays still hanging around at greenbelt because of the problem at branch avenue. i will see you at 6:01. thank you. see you then.

right now for the search for a 9-year-old girl and the man who abducted her from school continues in tennessee. the girl was taken from her rogersville school under false pretenses a week ago. police say her uncle gary simpson took her. police have released photos of items that simpson bought from walmart before he took the girl. they include lipstick and a camping chair. our nbc affiliate in richmond reported last week that they may be in the virginia area. police in montgomery county are ramping up efforts to find the man who sexually assaulted a teenager girl. the attack happened last wednesday in the bridge cheney community in silver spring not far from route 29. the girl told police the man followed her from her school bus and into her apartment building. he then tried to take her phone. he took off his pants and then tried to remove her's. now police need your help finding him. >> he was last seen leaving in a blue four-door or two-door compact vehicle. >> the young

heard her screaming in the stairwell outside their apartment and he scared the man off. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. amazon launched a new service similar to youtube to allow users to upload their licensed clips and designate whether it is free, available to rent or own, offer a via subscription channel and be put up with the $99 subscription pay wall. i'm landon dowdy. today we'll learn what congress has to say about daily fantasy sports websites including fandual and draftking who are accused of functioning as gambling sites. they say they offer games with skills, not chance. there is a hearing on capitol hill this morning. nbc4's parent company comcast is among the investors in fandual. breaking news, one person dead in district heights and now a search

paying more to dine out. how you could play a key role in whether a controversial meals tax plan moves forward in fairfax county. counting the area's homeless. new figures are expected out later today. details coming up on news4. we're cracking the code to better sleep. the warning signs to look for with sleep apnea. plus, broadway's toughest ticket will soon be up for grabs here. nhamilto" is coming to the

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breaking news at 6:00 a.m., police rush to district heights to find someone dead. >> this is happening with erica gonzalez just arriving on the scene. what is going on? >> reporter: hey, eun. police officers have been here for an hour and a half now. we initially got the call that it came in at 4:30 this morning. officers began arriving to the scene behind me. so the location that we're at, this is right at the corner of aztec drive and gateway boulevard. that's already blocked off. the scene, though, if you can see the police car and the investigators a little further up is 6500 block of halick

investigation. officers spoke to us a few minutes ago and said give us a couple minutes to gather information and we'll be back with you. so at this time it's unclear how many people are involved in this, but this is a homicide investigation. we are in district heights this morning. back to you. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> coming up on 6:01 on hump day, everybody. our camera view is looking eastbound looking towards the sunrise. but you can't see it today because of all the clouds. the sun was up at 5:59 this morning. pre-6:00 a.m. sun rises for the next few weeks. outside, rain chances are moving in. it's not raining just yet but it's likely to be raining where you live before lunchtime today. and then it will ease off to cloudy skies after thor that. the next 24 hours are covered up with clouds. most of the rain chances are between 9:00 a.m. this morning and 1:00 this afternoon. it's good to have a few