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

day coming up for tomorrow. look at that weekend forecast coming up at 6:21. let's get your commuter forecast coming up in ten. right now inner loop before gallows road is posing a problem here this morning. so it sounds like we have a broken down vehicle on the right shoulder and then some callers reporting some debris perhaps in the roadway causing some problems and flattening tires. we'll keep an eye on that. 66 looks pretty good. 95 north is the slow spot near woodridge moving at 17 miles per hour this morning. taking a look at 270, we are slow from 70 down to clarksburg. then it opens to the spur. we are ten minutes behind there on 270 right now because of the problems up top. the beltway at connecticut looking pretty good right now. green line is back on time. travel times in ten minutes. aaron? thank you. 6:01 now. developing this morning a man is dead after a shooting in southeast washington. d.c. police say they got a call about 10:00 last night for a shooting on wheeler road. the victim was rus

hospital but died. no word on any suspects. today a memorial service is beginning for the man who died in a shooting spree in maryland. police say malcolm winfeld tried to stop eubilio tordil at the mall last friday. there will be two memorial services in gaithersburg. the first one is at 2:00 p.m. the funeral service will be tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and gladys tordil will be remembered tonight at a vigil at parkdale high school at 7:00 p.m. her family wants her returned to the philippines for a proper burial and want the couple's two children to live there. the two children are in foster care right now. new prosecutors have been chosen for the freddie gr

naming the new female prosecutors here. the two officers charged in this case have been ordered to testify under immunity against their fellow officers. now prosecutors will have to prove that they didn't allow any of the officers' testimony to influence the cases they present against them. it is 6:03. today hundreds of grocery workers will rally to keep some local giant stores open. the rally is planned for this morning outside of the workers' union offices in landover. they are fighting the possible closure of eight stores propose in a corporate merger. federal regulators have not approved the merger just yet. metro's general manager is moving full throttle to get the rail system back on track. part of the plan included meeting with the agency's top managers yesterday. gm paul wiedefeld says he's make changes if he has to. the managers said safety is a priority and cannot be compromised. >> the message is we have to be one united team

same direction. >> u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox announced yesterday that if metro's leaders don't fix safety problems, he could shut down the system. 6:04 now. to the latest in decision 2016, donald trump and bernie sanders took home the top spots in last night's primaries. trump won west virginia and nebraska while bernie sanders also came out on top in west virginia. the sanders' win still puts him far behind hillary clinton in the number of delegates needed to win the democratic party's nomination. while the presidential race was the big attraction on the top of the ballot, voters in west virginia cast their ballots for a variety of offices. one statehouse race featured a 19-year-old running for re-election. saria blair says her young age isn't uncommon in the state. the caps made a comeback

after going down 3-0 early on last night. but then they gave up the game in overtime. that's how it ended, the capitals were the best team in hockey during the regular season but couldn't bring the series back here to d.c. no one is hurt more than the caps' star alex ovechkin. >> it doesn't matter what happened. you know, we lost in the second round so it sucks. >> that sort of sums it up, doesn't it? since he joined the team, the caps have never made it beyond the second round. >> how is this possible? it's a dagger. >> it hurts. >> but you know what? thank you for an amazing season. such a great team. >> the other sad news about the capitals loss means some of us at news4 have to shave playoff beards. >>

cameron raised $1,440. adam also raised $1,290. all in all, the capitals beard initiative raised more than $41,000 for charity. we also have to mention we lost our bet with our -- nbc affiliate in pittsburgh, wpxi. >> that means we are sending them ben's chili bowl half smoked. you're welcome in advance. enjoy. >> there you go. 6:06 is our time right now. we are helping you get a better night's sleep. the warning signs to look for with sleep apnea and the best way to treat it. and a new record for our area as we watch another round of rain pushing into the region. the impact it will have on your drive to and from work with your commuter forecast at 6:11. plus, we are tracking a developing story

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right now outside on the storm team 4 weather deck, it is dry. here's the latest check on the storm team 4 radar. most of the area is dry right now with rain on the eastern shore. and back near the charlottesville area. the latest time has the latest batch of rain with the steadier rain back in west virginia moving in around the midmorning hours. if you are leaving for work right now, dealing with dry conditions and dry roads. but we are leaving a little later closer to 9:00, showers possible and temperatures near 54. coming home, showers are still possible

the persistent overcast skies with a temperature of 68. we still have a problem on the beltways. we are talking the inner loop before gallows road with a broken down vehicle on the right shoulder. then perhaps debris causing some flat tires in that area as well. also seeing a new problem southbound on 295 before east capital. a broken down vehicle in the right lane there. taking a look at travel times, 270 south from germantown to the spur are on time. over to 270, we'll take you ten minutes. that's 66 inbound and quantico to 495 is 24 minutes. we just got some new video in of the destruction in baghdad, iraq. this after a car bomb blows up. take a look at all the damage done. we have charred buildings and also charred cars. this is as we learn the death toll has gone

report this hour. now they are confirming 45 people are dead. dozens of others are hurt. and we still don't know who was behind this horrendous attack. no one has claimed responsibility yet. aaron? angie, thank you. 6:12 right now. and developing this morning, police in massachusetts are trying to figure out why a man went on a deadly stabbing spree. police say 28-year-old arthur derosa stabbed two people at two different scenes and also drove his car through the front entrance of a macy's at a nearby mall in taunton. an 80-year-old woman and 56-year-old man died. we are learning when three men will go to trial. michael, malik and elijah ford are going before a judge after leaving an officer dead. michael ford opened fire in an ambush attack outside the district 3 station and his brothers recorded the shooting

coleson died after a fellow officer mistook him for a suspect in the shoot-out. now to the latest on the death investigation of icon prince. according to a search warrant, a doctor saw prince twice in the month before he died including the day before his death and prescribed him medicine. that information comes as investigators returned to prince's estate yesterday to continue their investigation. soon it could cost you more to eat out in fairfax county. 4% more as the county considers a meal tax. the board of supervisors could decide to let you decide to put the tax proposal on the ballot this november. "the washington post" says the tax would generate $100 million for county services and schools. a developing story this morning, it is a low-tech mosquito trap but it may help you fight mosquitoes and fight the zika virus. according to the centers for disease control and prevention thea

reduce the virus that has similar symptoms to zika. they were test in puerto rico. what is surprising is the trap does not use pesticide or other chemicals. the trap uses water and hay to attract the mosquitoes and then glue to make sure they never leave the trap. and a new test to diagnose the zika virus faster is now using yiurine instead of blood. higher levels of zika can be found in urine and stay there for longer periods of time. the new test can make it easier and faster to test more people for zika. 6:14 now. and this week we are trying to crack the code to getting better sleep. right now we are taking a look at sleep disorders. 30% of people suffer from sleep apn apnea. >> doctors at the university of maryland and baltimore study and treat the disorder in a specialized lab. take a look, you can she

equipment to test for this disorder. and once it's been diagnosed, there are various ways to treat it. >> a common way to treat it is a cpap device that gives you oxygen when you stop breathing. the other thing is to have the dentist prescribe an oral device to keep your throat open. >> if you have sleep apnea, head to the washington app and take a sleep test. it is very important to treat and diagnose it. >> i have had friends who try the breathing tests and the mask is the only way. >> i need to figure out how to get more hours in my day. >> good luck. ♪ if you haven't been able to snag tickets on broadway, you can try your luck here in washington when "hamilton" comes to town. this is so excited. the kennedy center will play host to the broadway smash hit. but you have to wait until the

2017/2018 season. the theater has not announced ticket sales yet or even when the show will premier here in washington. but it does say the guaranteed way to get tickets is by signing up for a season subscription. >> which is a lot of money. but i think it is a really smart way to get people back into the theater. >> the season subscriptions cost at least $500, which is steep, but tickets are going for $1,000 or more. you can buy season tickets for this year starting next week but you need to renew them when "hamilton" comes to town. can i tell you how badly i want to see the show? >> when the adele tickets went on sell, people were waiting at 10:00 a.m. >> we do know a few people who were able to get tickets. >> but there is your strategy for "hamilton." you have to be ready, on it. >> win the lottery or something. 6:17 is the time right now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist

forecast. >> what would you pay for sunshine right now? >> good point. >> it's all relative. outside again, another day socked in with the clouds. there's the view from the city camera looking back over our downtown. it is all cloudy. not much rain out there just yet. a lot of puddles left for late night rain showers. cloudy and temperatures quite a bit cooler than average. showery weather likely here later on this morning before lunchtime. the overall weather impact on your day will be moderate. areas of fog out there early this morning, nothing too thick. showers becoming more and more likely. nothing all that heavy today. most of the rain will be fairly light between about noon and -- or 9:00 to noon. so you won't need the big umbrella. in spite of the fact that today is likely to be the 15th day in a row with rainfall, that is almost 3 inches of rain in the month of may. we still technically have a 1.5 inch rainfall deficit since march 1st. how is that ossible?

streak but with only .01 of rain. outside this morning, rain drops here moving northbound into parts of culpeper county. so we are watching those. they are the leading edge of a larger area of rain in southern parts of west virginia. that is all coming in our direction. here's how our high-resolution computer model handles that first wave of rain coming into the metro between 9:00 and 10:00. then that other batch down in west virginia now, that rolls in here as we get towards the lunchtime hours today. but by about 2:00 to 3:00, and this is the fresh updated forecast from the model here, it's now keeping the rain chances lingering in a little bit longer. but still, i think we'll be able to get a couple dry hours in. if you're headed to the baseball game tonight, it should be generally dry, but i can't rule out a rain delay. as you plan to the your day, cloudy skies. cool and cloudy now, becoming more and more wet finishing out the morning into the lunch hour. but by baseball time tonight, temperatures in the 60s.

or a stray shower or two. but they should be able to get the game in. then for tomorrow, more clouds than rain. any rain tomorrow should either be before sunrise or after sunset. but a lot of dry hours during the course of the day. so here's your seven-day forecast then. 60s with the clouds and the rain chances today. low 70s tomorrow. again, a lot of clouds around tomorrow. risk of a thunderstorm on friday and saturday. mostly on friday, though. sunday and monday look to be the next two dry sunny days but on the cool side. here's melissa with a check on traffic. good morning. we still have the situation inner loop just before gallows where we are seeing the slowdowns because of the broken down vehicle. and then whatever debris is on the roadway slowing cars and perhaps flattening some tires. 295 before east capitol, a broken down vehicle. 66 at 95 not bad. 95 north through woodbridge going about 17 miles per hour. it's slow but that is pretty typical just through that little section here for this time of the morning. 66 east at

good eastbound and westbound right now. brand new problem here inbound branch avenue just after brandy wine road where it goes from three lanes down to two, we have a crash right there in the left lane starting to clog things. top of the beltway, overall, looking quite good in and out of town. no problems on 29, 95, route 1, bw parkway. top of the beltway here looking a little bit slow but that is very typical for this time of the day. see you at 6:31. see you then. she's been writing checks for years with no problem until there was a problem. hundreds of dollars missing. what happened when this woman turned to nbc4 responds for help? plus, more than pizza delivery. how the

thousands of noise complaints and d.c.'s attorney general says that's the result of new flight patterns out of dulles international. andy

fix the problem. he's concerned about planes flying over mcarthur boulevard and georgetown. airport officials say one person filed more than 6,000 complaints. you can check out a new food force at emerson park in prince george's county this weekend. what is a food forest? let me tell you. the city of growing various foods that you can pick for free. this weekend you can learn more about what is being grown and when they will be ready for picking. >> we are listing the esthetic profile of the green spaces so we get neighborhoods out here using the parts, enjoying the parks and having a sustainable food source. >> you can also plant your own food in this forest. it is now 6:24. today we'll finally find out why a fertilizer factory exploded more than three years ago. the explosion killed 15 people in the town of west, texas. hundreds of others were hurt. investigators plan a news conference this afternoon.

thank his love of domino's pizza for saving his life. the man lived in massachusetts and ordered something from domino's almost every single day, as you can imagine, the store's manager and delivery driver know him pretty well. well, they noticed he hasn't ordered in a while so they stopped by his house. when he didn't respond they called 911. rescuers found him on the floor in need of immediate medical attention and took the man to the hospital. he's in fair condition now. even if they had a relationship, the fact they took the extra step, good for them. >> yeah. cut back on the pizza. dial it back a little bit. >> i was thinking that, but yeah. budweiser is getting a temporary name change and it will be a patriotic one. >> yes, starting this summer, this month, the company is renaming its beer. you can see it right there, america. the new beer can and bottles will include passages from "the pledge of allegiance" and "america the

star spangled banner" in there. >> the america label will appear on 12-ounce cans and bottles. the campaign runs from may 23 to november. i think people equate budweiser with being american. >> yeah, we'll see that as we're in the election time now. so people are sort of thinking about patriotic stuff. >> all right. cheers. donald trump's new d.c. hotel made headlines for the new celebrity chef ready to take his place. and more than $10,000 in tuition money is stolen when a woman walked off with a purse. now we'll show you the good deed to pay for her education. and we have backups

we are following breaking news this morning, prince george's county rush to a neighborhood in district heights to find someone dead. >> this is all happening on halleck street. erika gonzalez is joining us with new information. erika? >> reporter: eun, we are in district heights in prince

less than five minutes ago we learned this is the scene of a targeted attack with multiple victims. prince george's county police on the scene now right behind me is the intersection of aztec drive and gateway boulevard. so if you push a little further in, that is the actual location of the investigation. at this point, it is a homicide investigation. so that is in the 6500 block of halleck avenue, i believe. what we can tell you at this point is that there is, in fact, one person dead. we understand that is the result of a gunshot wound if not multiple gunshot wounds. as for the other victim, police tell us there were multiple victims in a targeted attack. we are not sure what the extent of their injuries are. all we know is they have confirmed to us there is one person dead. that it was some type of a shooting. and there are multiple victims in what they are calling a targeted attack. we are live in district height

back to you. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell coming up on 6:31 on your wednesday morning. 4 things to know about the weather. 14 days down and day 15 in a row with rainfall here in the area. and that is underway. just itty-bitty bits of sunshine for today. there are milder temperatures coming our way for friday. that is some good news, but it will probably be sunday before we have a sunny, dry day. for now a little bit of rain in the southern parts of the shenandoah valley. that ripple in the atmosphere is coming our way. grab your umbrella on the way out the door. it is all cloud cover with a few showers south and west. showers becoming more likely late this morning into the early afternoon hours. highs today in the 60s. breaking news now in first alert 4 traffic with the latest is melissa mollet. we have a disabled vehicle at little river

the left side of the roadway are blocked and we have reports of debris in the roadway that could be flattening tires and causing issues. 295 before east capitol, a broke broken down vehicle slowing you from three lanes down to two. 270 at shady grove road northbound and southbound actually looking pretty good right now. as far as travel times, no major problems. we'll take a look at that coming up in a couple minutes. today we will get a better idea of our region's homeless population when an annual count is released today. news4's derrick ward is live outside of d.c. general this morning. d.j. gener d.c. general is set to close, right, derrick? >> reporter: they are set to move the homeless families out of here. this is to keep families with children together, but it's come under fire because of the conditions here. so the mayor is trying to distribute the families

wards and is running into flak over that as well. but later today we'll get a look at the population overall on what she and other leaders are looking at. now this will be a point in time snapshot. it's done by the council of government. they have done it for the last 15 years. and it is defining homeless people as people living on the street or in shelters. and the largest population of that group are in d.c. and there has been a continued decline in chronic homelessness. so overall there has been a decrease. now, here's what it looks like for last year. the largest decrease came in arlington county. they were down by 18%. d.c. saw a 6% decrease in the number of homelessness. and prince george's county saw a 4% decrease. there were some troubling numbers from frederick county and montgomery county. they saw 26% and 23% increases respectively. now when the numbers come out, the city and area leaders are interested in them because they

and this has been a problem plaguing jurisdictions all over the place here as well as other places in the country. but they particularly want to get a grasp on this. and when the studies are done, it generally gives them a baseline and gives them some scope of the problem to help them address it. we'll have the numbers later today. we are live in southeast d.c., derrick ward, news4. thank you. 6:34 right now, and police in montgomery county are ramping up the efforts to find a man who sexually assaulted a girl in silver spring not far from route 29. the girl told police the man followed her from the school bus into the apartment building. then he tried to take her phone and remove her clothes. the girl's brother heard her screaming in the stairwell outside their apartment and he scared the man off. this morning this man is waking up in jail. montgomery county police say demarus nickens and another man

rockville and forced their way inside, they beat up the 77-year-old homeowner. nickens is connected to similar crimes in anne arundel and prince george's county. and now to more on a story on counterfeit checks. someone got ahold of a woman's checking account and started to write fake checks. she turned to nbc4 responds for help. >> reporter: imagine her surprise she gets a copy of her checks back from her bank. the problem is she didn't write any of them and there were hundreds of dollars in fraudulent charges. so jean flippin got her statement along with a number of canceled checks. the checks have her routing number and her checking account number but her name and address removed and replaced with a stranger's information. now someone had made fraudulent check purchases totaling more than 800 dollars. not sure

her daughter contacted nbc4 he responds. we informed them federal banks should refund accounts if the investigation goes longer than ten days. since it had, jeep wan was refu the entire amount. and the new carrollton police department said they are investigating this potential fraud case. if you have a consumer problem, you need help solving it, contact our nbc4 responds team for help. i'm susan hogan, news4. the new trump international hotel here in d.c. will have a new chef. david burke will replace chef jose andreas and run the blt prime restaurant. andreas withdrew after trump's controversial comments about immigrants. burke received numerous culinary awards. the hotel is expected to open this fall. moving full-speed ahead to address safety on metro. the changes the agency's general manager is promising to

safety is compromised. and also ahead, the generosity to help a virginia family pay for college after a thief stole thousands of dollars in tuition money from them. and breaking news on the beltway. a backup, how long it was as how mh extra timeuc

a happy ending to a woman who had her tuition money stolen. you may remember this video of a woman picking up a purse and leaving the dunkin donuts in falls church. that purse belonged to maria esteves. >> she and her daughter were on their way to penn state to pay her daughter's tuition. the company called force hero gave the daughter a scholarship to make up for the lost money. >> nice people there. >> what a relief. >> that's a lot of money to have in your pocket. coming up at 6:41 right now -- >> storm t

amelia draper is on the weather deck. is it raining right now? >> reporter: it is dry out here right now but temperatures are coming in the low to mid-50s across the area. we are still holding at 54 degrees here in the district. and another day you want to keep the umbrella handy. it is dry right now, but showers look to move back in during the midmorning hours. so at the bus stop today, a shower is possible with the temperature around 56. coming home as well, showers are still possible with a temperature at 68 degrees. coming up in ten minutes, chuck will have a look at the radar tracking the rain moving back into the area. for now we'll send it to melissa mollet with breaking news. big backups on the beltway this morning, melissa. big backups on the beltway. we are talking the inner loop at the little river turnpike. now we have a three-mile backup approaching little river turnpike. now it is slow. i would say allow an extra 10 to 15 minutes. it looks to get a tad better as the time rolls on. we'll keep an eye on this for you and keep you

first alert traffic on twitter. 270 south germantown to the spur is on time. top of the beltway is getting slow here 95 over to 270 at 19 minutes. 66 inbound looks good. and 95 north no problems. tune into wtop 103.5 f.m. when you get in your car today. and a developing story right now in massachusetts where a pair of stabbing attacks left two victims dead. what we're learning about the man accused of carrying out the rampage when we take you live to the scene. multiple victims in a targeted attack. i'm erika gonzalez. more from the scene in district heights coming up knicks. next. and not ready to give his support. the problem ted cruz is causing for donald trump after suspending his potential campaign. and heartbreak city for the capitals fans as the season comes to aend. n

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we're following breaking news right now, prince george's county police are on halleck street in district heights. within the hour, they briefed erika gonzalez about a targeted attack. what is the latest there? hey, aaron. we first learned about the story at 4:30 this morning. now we are finding out l

mentioned this was a targeted attack to include multiple victims. what we can tell you right now from police is that we do know that there has been one person that has been shot to death. now they mentioned multiple victims. we don't know the extent of the injuries of those individuals. also, little information on the suspect at this time other than we are learning that they are not among the dead and they are not among the wounded, whomever they might be. so the location we are at right now, you're seeing this intersection of aztec drive and gateway boulevard in district heights and prince george's county. further up behind me is the scene really on 6500 block of halleck street. police are telling us this was a targeted attack. back to you. developing this morning, a man is dead after a shooting in southeast washington. d.c. police say they received a call at about 10:00 last night

the victim was rushed to the hospital but died. no word on any suspects. and today a memorial service begins for the man who died in a shooting spree in maryland. police say malcolm winfeld tried to stop eubilio tordil. today there are two visitation sessions in gaithersburg. the funeral mass will be held tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and let's turn now to decision 2016 where the big winners from last night's primaries were donald trump and bernie sanders. sanders defeated hillary clinton in west virginia while trump with the republican field all to himself won the contest in nebraska and west virginia. meanwhile, the feud between donald trump and ted cruz is a little more than interesting with cruz not saying whether he would back the presumptive gop nominee and perhaps leaving the door open to getting back in the race. nbc's halle jon

the race and has been covering it for months. what does this all mean? >> reporter: i have to tell you, this was quite the scene on capitol hill. ted cruz walking in, mobbed by the media for his first day back. he got a warm reception from his staff, but he seemed very cool toward donald trump. he was holding that endorsement of trump and seeming to crack the door open a bit to maybe getting back in this race if things were to change, saying something along the lines of if we were to notice some sort of change with a path to viability, the campaign would reassess. interesting comments from ted cruz coming just a day before lawmakers here on capitol hill get ready to meet with donald trump, the presumptive gop nominee. and trump, he's quick with insults and is keeping up the praise for paul ryan. says he expects positive developments out of the meetings tomorrow. sources close to paul ryan say that the speaker is not expecting this to be sort of a

kum-bay-yah moment. this party is trying to come together around the nominee, we'll see if it happens. we'll have more coming up on the "today" show including what vice president joe biden had to say about hillary clinton and why hillary clinton's camp is not calling it an endorsement. >> live on capitol hill for us, hallie jackson, thank you. 11 before the hour now, metro's general manager is warning his agency he'll make organizational changes if they don't make safety a priority. they met with the agency's 650 managers yesterday to get them all on the same page. >> the message was that we have to be one team, one united team all going in the same direction. >> at the same time, u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox announced yesterday that if metro's leaders don't fix safety problems, he could shut down the system. >>

comeback but it just wasn't enough. i mean, what a heartbreaker. the caps have the offseason ahead of them after being eliminate in the playoff last night. >> sometimes it takes a couple kicks. i think it's been a couple kicks too much. >> we'll have to spend a long summer sitting here thinking what if. >> oh, what if? that's what i'm thinking. we are thanking the caps for a spectacular season. i mean, really, bravo. if you can just see it and hear it in the voices of those players, just so close. well, a few people here at news4 now can go clean shaven because the caps are now out. chief meteorologist doug cameron and transportation reporter adam tuck grew out their beards. >> they were raising money for charity. you donated more than $2,700. a small part of all the money the caps raised with their beard-a-thon initiative. all the beards raised more than

>> well done, gentlemen. >> absolutely. >> it will be nice to see their faces again. i wish that we had better news in the weather department. i really do. everyone has been sort of on our department's case a little bit about trying to get sunshine back in our life. and we're working on it, everybody. but mother nature, she doesn't play fair. that's the view outside this morning. all clouds, all the time here this morning. temperatures are staying cooler than average. and showery weather is moving in as the second half of the morning arrives. so grab your umbrella on the way out the door. not looking for a lot of rain today. maybe a tenth of an inch or so. highest rain chances start at 9:00 a.m. this morning and go into the early parts of the afternoon. then for tomorrow, still a whole lot of clouds around. but not much of an organized rain chance. most of tomorrow's rain chances are either before you wake up or after you go to bed. and cooler than average temperatures are far and away the norm here. cooler than average today and tomorrow.

than average will be friday. and that won't be dry either coming with a chance for thunderstorms friday afternoon. so as you take the dog or your buddy out for a walk this morning, all clouds now with rain becoming more and more likely as temperatures climb today into the mid to upper 60s. here's the leading edge of the rain now moving into la ray and southwest of culpeper. this little cluster of showers here in central and west virginia is the area of rain we're watching. here's the high-resolution computer model updating the rain chances. here's the first little wave coming in about 9:00. most of the rain with the next cluster is going to go south of the metro. but everyone has a chance for showers, which may linger on into the afternoon as well. here's your seven-day forecast, not much in the way of real sunshine until we get towards saturday afternoon and sunday. today, likely to be rainy. tomorrow, showers again early and late but not so much during the day. we'll watch out for thunderstorms on your friday. here's melissa mollet with the very latest on breaking news. breaking news inner loop at

take a look at this, we are slow with a three-mile backup because of the earlier problem at little river turnpike. allow extra time for sure. the left side is still blocked there at little river turnpike. outer loop at richie marlboro road. you can see overall we are looking pretty typical slow as normal inbound at indian head highway at 10 miles per hour. 295 before east capitol, a broken down vehicle in the right lane. 66 and 95 overall looking pretty good here this morning. top of the beltway, very typical on all the routes in and out of town looking pretty normal as well. 270 at montrose road main lanes and local lanes very normal here as you head southbound to the spur. no problems there as you head northbound. guys? melissa, thank you. 6:53 now with a developing story this morning. police are trying to figure out why a man went on a deadly stabbing spree in massachusetts. police say 28-year-old arthur derosa stabbed four people at two

yesterday. monica is joining us live from taunton, massachusetts, with the latest. monica? >> reporter: what seems disturbing about the case is that the investigators say the attacks were all random. i want to show you the scene here where it all began. we're here along myra street in taunton, massachusetts. this is where 28-year-old arthur derosa crashed his vehicle and broke into a home stabbing two women yesterday evening. one woman died. now you can still see some of the crime scene tape left here. the home in question is actually across the street from these white homes. sources tell us a mother and daughter were inside when derosa broke in and stabbed them. an 80-year-old woman died at the hospital. the younger woman is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. investigators towed vehicles from the scene here last night and we're learning more about the motive here. we're learning from "the boston harold" that the suspect's family says derosa was mentally disturbed and recently hospitalized for depressio

neighborhood who said they saw the man with a weapon. they say they saw the man leave here with the weapon. people in this neighborhood very disturbed at what they saw. they said the mother and daughter lived here for some time. for now, reporting live in taunton, monica dejada, back to you. and one viewer in prince george's county told us she gave a contractor nearly $300,000 of her 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 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 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

but he is not making me whole. he's just taking advantage of me. >> the i-team discovered 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. 6:56 now. here are 4 things to know this wednesday morning. the caps are coming home but not for game seven. they were eliminated by the pittsburgh penguins in the stanley cup playoffs last night. here's a better idea of how many people are homeless in our region. the annual population count is going to be released today. they have seen an increase in homelessness in recent years. today we'll find out the cause of the explosion from more than three years ago when a fertilizer plant blew up in west, texas, in 2013. 15 people died. and a deadly investigation into at shooing in district heights where several people were targeted. one person has died. he

filled with clouds and rain chances continuing here through today, tomorrow, on into friday and at least the first part of your weekend. sunshine back for sunday and monday. take a look at this, three-mile backup inner loop at little river turnpike. two earlier issues in the area that caused a big backup. definitely allow extra time if you're headed that way today. thank you, melissa. and that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25 minutes for weather, traffic and breaking news. until then, enjoy your day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

good morning. breaking overnight, chaos at a massachusetts mall as a man goes on a stabbing spree after crashing a car into a store. >> i didn't know what was going on. everybody started running. >> one person killed at the mall. another at a nearby home. the suspect shot dead by an off duty deputy. mr. nice guy. donald trump dishing nothing but compliments ahead of his all-important meeting with house speaker paul ryan. >> he is a very good man. >> will he be able to court an endorsement tomorrow? while marco rubio says he'll keep his promise to support the republican nominee. >> i don't want hillary clinton to win. >> will he vote for trump? we'll talk to senator rubio live. revealed. court