of funding terrorism. this follows an early morning raid, we're told that the men are in police custody as investigators continue to search their property. i'm angie goff at the live desk. it's 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> chuck bell here with our weather headlines. >> where is the rain coat, the umbrella, where is may after all. we have not been to 80 degrees yet in the month of may. that's a record. normally we've been to at least 80 one time in the first 17 days of the month and there is no 80 in sight either. "7-day forecast" at 5:21. outside for now though at 5:01, we're watching the rain moving through the shenandoah valley, crossing the blue ridge and heading into the metro. if it's not raining at your house yet, don't be fooled. it will be raining there eventually. temperatures in the low to mid-50s and rain moving in at 7:00 a.m., moderate rain through the late morning and

hours, then tapering back to showers by this evening. stuck in the 50s today. we'll time out and talk about the commuter impacts coming up. commuter impacts from traffic, that's right now. good morning. just have a new crash that popped up on my screen, this is 295 sort, right lachb getting by a crash there. in-he loop at rockville pike, overtured tractor trailer on the right shoulder. the lanes are open. they will try to pull that out of the way after 8:00 a.m. state highway does have it on the right shoulder with cones behind it. taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, nine minutes there. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. still have the road work outer loop at ritchie-marlboro, left lane getting by that bridge work. 5:01. and final good-byes today for a woman killed in the maryland shopping center shootings. the funeral mass for claudina molina will be held thorn this rockville. her family held awake yesterday. molina died earlier

outside of giant grocery store in aspen hill. she was born in bolivia and moved to the u.s. seeking a better life. knmolina is remembered as a lovg and gentle mother, grandmother and sister. >> we live here and we watch the some assurances that we're safe in our community. >> d.c. neighbors demand action after five shootings in a single day. two people died, first a man's body was found on texas avenue in southeast. then a woman was shot here bye on 49th street. police believe the shootings are connected.bye on 49th street. police believe the shootings are connected. three other people are expected to survive from separate shootings. molette green is hearing how d.c. hair bmayor muriel bowser to address the violence. we'll check in with her in ten minutes. today we could learn what caused the deadly philadelphia amtrak derailment. federal investigators will discuss it in a

were injured in the derailment. kristin wright covered that crash extensively from union station a year ago and she's back at that post again this morning to tell us about what we can expect today. >> reporter: good morning. you really can't believe it's been a year. you just remember thinking that this has really happened, but so many questions that followed in the days after about how. so a source close to the investigation telling nbc news that the ntsp today is going to say that the train engineer was distracted by radio traffic, specifically radio transmissions about another engineer on a different train reporting that something was hitting his windshield, possibly a gunshot. you probably remember that. after the crash, the engineer on the train that derailed told ntsb investigators he just didn't remember, that he could only recall a dreamlike memory before the crash

washington, very closely and let you know exactly what they say about the derailment a year ago that killed eight and injured 200. back to you. 5:04. today the trial begins for a husband accused of murdering his wife in loudoun county. prosecutors say braulio castillo killed his wife and tried to make it look like a suicide. the couple was in the melgsd of a birth divorce. the wife was found hanging in the basement bathroom of her home. the trial is expected to last a month. the man accused of causing chaos at the u.s. capitol visitors center in march is back in court. 66-year-old larry dawson was formally charged last week. police say the tennessee man pointed a bee bee gun that looked like a handgun at a u.s. capitol police officer. dawson was shot and has been in the hospital since the incident. he faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted. > w

out of fairfax county where police have just told us that they are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. this is in burke, virginia. the crash happened just after 9:00 p.m. last night near burke road where it meets burke lake road. we are still waiting to get more details, but if you were in the area and have any information, call police. verizon and its workers back to the bargaining table today. nearly 40,000 have been on strike for more than a month now. the unions believe that verizon wants to cut benefits and rely more on contract workers. two states hold presidential primary elections today. kentucky and oregon. kentucky already held its republican caucus, so voters there will only weigh in on the democratic race. 60 democratic delegates are up for grabs in kentucky, another 74 in oregon. presumptive gop nominee donald trump is looking to take all

of oregon's delegates. hillary clinton has new support this morning. eleanor holmes norton, muriel bowser and ten d.c. council members are endorsing her. norton cited clinton's willingness to fight for d.c. statehood yesterday as a reason for her endorsement. d.c. holds its gmic primary on june 14th. senator bernie sanders says he has no intention of handing clinton the democratic nomination despite her big lead in the delegates. tracie potts will join us live later with the challenges ahead for all of the candidates. nationals fans will probably enjoy the latest "tonight show" with jimmy fallon because a player made a surprise guest appearance. >> what you need at a campfire. >> marshmallows. >> yes. >> you can hear the audience not totally satisfied with that answer because the

s'mores. bryce harper playing with andy sandberg and gigi. and they won that little competition. >> marshmallows is one compon t component. >> there is a lot of pressure to come up with stuff when thur another spot. >> jimmy fallon is so good. he gets celebrities, athletes to do anything. play these crazy games. >> like playing taboo. you know stuff, but it has to come up. >> oh, my goodness. so fun. might get ugly. >> probably would. happening today, a major change could be on the way to d.c. muriel bowser's plan to house the city's homeless. what we could learn in just a matter of hours. summer is right around the corner, we promise. that means mosquitos and open swimming pools. how to stay safe around both when we update you on the fight against zika as well as our summer safety series. and check out max 3 this morning. that's what we call this radar right here. it's covered

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right now the washington monument will reopen today at 9:00 a.m. elevator problems forced it to close on sunday. technicians say a faulty computer chip in the elevator control board had to be replaced and reprogrammed. cross your fingers no more elevator issues. >> might see fewer tourists walking around today. rain is on its way back into the area. chuck bell. >> yes, it is. you are correct, aaron. not raining here at the tv station just yet. it be loobs like a little bit more on the radar than is actually reaching the ground because the radar shoots up into the sky. so some of the raindrops evaporate before they get to the round. but there is enough rain in the train to make sure that we're all wet here in the next couple of hours. everne

7:00, 8:00 this morning. so the ride into work and school, rain moving in. temperatures in the low to mid-50s and the ride home today, rainy, as well. temperatures in the upper 50s. and the outdoor weather impact, looks like no outdoor soccer practice for today. after school activities may be a little better for tomorrow. thursday is looking great. seven day forecast coming up at 5:21. here is melissa mollett with a new problem. brand new problem here. southbound bw parkway near are 50, eastern avenue, center lane gets by the crash. we'll have that picture here for you in the next couple of minutes. inner loop at rockville pike, overturned tractor trailer on the right shoulder. the lanes are open. state highway coming back around 8:00 a.m. to try to get that out of the way. prince george's county overall you can see looking quite good. 66, no problems right now. we'll take a look at 270 and update you on that crash headed into d.c. coming up. we are going to put every single resource, police and otherwise, in the neighborhoods to get rid of this violence.

mayor after a day of violence. typhoon people shot in broad daylight. the community is demanding answers and action. melissa mollett is live in southeast with the new efforts. >> reporter: gcno suspect information this morning and that's it tough for people to hear after five shot, two dead in the span of under four hours. police say two of those shootings are connected. we want to show you a map of the area. police are looking into a kegs in the shooting that left a man dead on the 4800 block of texas avenue in an alley. that happened around midday. and just showers later, a woman died in the 100 block of 49th street in southeast. witnesses say they heard six shots, that victim fell to the ground and died at the scene. we hear she was caught up in that hail of bullets as she headed home. now, this violence, this

outbreak, has elected leaders urging people to come forward with tips to find these shoot shooters. >> the level of violence that is not acceptable in our city. and we are going to put every single resource, police and otherwise, in the neighborhoods. >> we need to come up with a plan of action because our residents want some assurance that they are safe in their community as they should be. >> reporter: now, in the three other shootings, one of them in southeast, two of them in northwest, those victims are expected to recover from their injuries. coming up at 6:00, what the police chief plans do and what she has said has worked in the past. that is the latest live from outside district police headquarters. molette green, news 4. the justice department is being sued over crime in d.c.'s capitol hill neighborhood. commissioner do

filed the lawsuit. >> we have a lot of crime. muggings, a rape that that happened half a block from my house. tell me what crimes you're prosecuting. and they said we don't keep it. >> krepp believes an increase in violence this her neighborhood can be traced back to criminals going through what she calls a revolving door system. today phil mendelson will propose p an alternative homeless shelter plan. the bill proposes locating shelters on public land to save tens of millions of dollars. mayor muriel bowser's plan is to build a family homeless housing on private land and to close d.c. general. her plan has been criticized for enriching outside developers. also today, council will vote on its $13 billion budget. the same one they hope to pass without getting formal approval from congress. this afternoon's vote is part of an ongoing battle over autonomy. city

tax dollars without the oversight of the ferg. a bell up for vote today in a house committee aims to block that move. we'll keep you updated. today lawmakers will move closer to approving funding in the fight against the zika virus. both the senate and the house have proposed bills that would fund research, treatment and prevention. both bills fall short of what the president says is necessary to fights the disease. right now more than $500 million of unspent ebola funds are already being used to fight zika. our psasummer safety week continues and we're talking about drownings. >> one of the most preventible accidents. susan hogan here now with important information to know to keep your family safe. >> year after year we report on children who wandered off and are found too late in the family pool. according to the consumer products safety commission, the majority of drownings occur in pools that are not properly

a locking gate. cpsc wants to make sure that he with all have safe summer and they remind us of four simple safety steps. teach your kids how to swim. learn cpr. put proper fencing around your pool. and keep an eye on them at all times. one tool the cpsc is hoping will make your summer safer is this tag right there, it's a must have for anyone who has a pool. >> so the responsibility is you've got this on, you're wearing it for about 15, 20 minutes and you're on the clock. and as soon as you're done, you hand it to the next person about and they put it on. >> the cpsc realizes a lot of the safety tore seems obvious, but in fact often overlooked. susan hogan, news 4. i do want to mention usa swimming foundation has a program called make a splash that is across the country. teaching your kids how to swim or having someone else teach them how to swim. you save a

>> and even if you don't want to be on swim team, just -- >> to save your own life. >> i'm a terrible swimmer, but i don't think i would drown. that's the key. >> don't have to worry about jumping in the pool today. >> no, it's cold. the wear around the area, the bay, the ocean, the pools, all cold thanks to all the clouds and raindrops that we've been enduring. and there is no real sign of that pattern changing anytime soon. no rain here in northwest washington just yet, but it sure has been a rainy month. just for the month of may, we've had over 3 1/2 inches of rain. you say, wow, is it the rainiest month ever? no, not even close. and in fact since harmg 1, the spring months, march, april and may, we're almost 2 inches behind in rainfall for the spring courtesy of a very dry march and april. outside for today, heaviest rain likely between about late morning and late afternoon. 9:00 to 6:00 roughly. not

to downpours. for tomorrow, rain slowly coming to an end for the second half of the day. so the later your outdoor plans tomorrow, the more likely they will be able to take place. for today, i think all the outdoor plans especially midday and after school will be covered up in raindrops as the rain stretches from us all the way back to the mississippi river. rain crops now starting to move into the metro area. temperatures are stuck in the low to mid-50s. we won't budge at all. there will be almost no sunshine today. skies are mostly cloudy out there. sun up at 5:54 this morning. already pockets of light rain out to the shenandoah valley. temperatures staying in the low to mid-50s here during the morning hours. and then later on this afternoon, hid to upper 50s with rain likely. so here is future weather. rain coming in quickly, moderate rain just south of town by lunch hour today. that pushes out, but another wave of rain comes in here just in time for your evening. there is 8:00 to 10:00

picture. so here is the way the "7-day forecast" looks. 58 and rain today, i'm being very optimistic 67 tomorrow. we may -- that is a little optimistic. i think the rain is done by noontime. if the rain stops by lunch will, we'll be 67. if the rain lingers a little longer, won't be quite that mild. thursday and friday look great, in the 70s with sunshine. saturday looks like it will be lost to raindrops. . sunday, a little bit of optimism there, but you'll notice on there no super warm weather anywhere in sight. >> right now breaking news on the roads. take a look, southbound bcw parkway at eastern, one right lane getting by. they're pushing people on to the service road and then back on to 295. again, it looks like the right lane is getting by. orange and silver line delays because of a switch program outside of west falls church. eastbound 66, the ramp to 123, have a disabled vehicle that was just reporte

travel lanes, but not seeing any big slowdowns right now. inner loop at rockville pike, overturned tractor trailer will be there until about 8:00 when say the highway can get it out of the way. all lanes there are open. check out who is walking into local schools to help students with special needs. this is fionna fudge, a hin any horse. she recently visited students at park view high school. fionna is part of a project that started bringing mini horses to schools about three years ago to help students coping with a variety of needs. over the years students and teachers say they seem to benefit. >> i was able to cope with my anxiety better. >> it it's amazing. and i don't think we were quite sure when we first started like what might happen. >> project horse founder says

benefit from all the love and attention from so many children. >> what a sweet program. can you imagine if they would bring pandas into the classroom? for awfuf all of you who lived in prince george's county, has it ever seemed like grocery stores are few and far between? that story next. and also bizarre sky writing appears above northern virginia. what does it all mean. y you were notwh

developing right now, a man accused of helping his brother kill two is in u.s. marshal custody. they say tony clyde reed turned himself in. his brother john is still on the run. police say the brothers killed a couple from washington state last month and the bodies have not been found. there is growing concern in prince george's county over the lack of healthy grocery stor

in some communities you have to drive for miles before seeing a proper grocery store. the usda has declared the entire county a food desert with an overwhelming number of neighborhoods leaving as many as 700 to 7500 residents without access to healthy food. >> if you don't have a car, then you have to go on a bus and do if. >> the county is helping out those living in the worst parts of the food desert. they have partnered for what is dauled the million meal campaign. every two weeks they're providing fresh fruits and vegetables to families who can't access fresh produce. it's not the place you want to make a typo. really big across the sky. a lot of you were talking about this yesterday. we found out what many of you saw over virginia as deny nia should have said deny

nai stands for norwegian airlines. wtop says air line pilots association commissioned the writing as part of its campaign to keep the budget air carrier from operating in the u.s. in the day ahead, officials will meet to discuss the future of the d.c. street car system. the plan is to extend the existing line from union station to georgetown. tonight's meeting will touch on the environmental impacts that extension will have. the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. at the carnegie library. if you're young and have a police record, it can be lard to get a job. today a new effort to teach young people how to have their records sealed. >> it creates barriers to employment. for our young people 21, 22, 19-year-olds graduating from high school, it creates a barrier getting accepted in to college or grad school. >> today's youth record

and expungement fair is from noon to 8:00. d.c. council member working on legislation to extend the age from 22 to 24 years old for youth to plead guilty and have their records sealed. p. new speed restrictions going into lays for certain metro lines. we'll let you know if the changes will impact your commute. take another live look at radar. it is already raining in most spots. but chuck bell says sunshine is on the way. why you might have to wait though until the end of the week to see it.

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here comes the rain. again. after two days o of dry he weather, we're off to a wet start. >> here in the storm team 4 "weather center" with chuck bell, i'm trying to find the up side. maybe we have a mirlder summer? but i don't see it happening. >> may is not always a good predictor of what summer will be like. we've had four out of the last five mays have been pretty dry, but last year we had one of our wettest junes on record following a very dry may. so not always the best predictor. in the short term, rain on the way. saying on the cool side. we'll be in the 50s all day. good news is there will be sunshine before this week is thr

saturday. it will be wedding season and i'm worried about your outdoor ceremonies on this coming saturday. this rain is pointed right at us. grab the umbrella on your way out the door here this morning. we'll be stuck in the clouds and 50s all day. heaviest of the rain right around lunchtime. we'll talk about the school day forecast in ten minutes. southbound bw parkway, you can get by on the right, but a one mile backup. hoping this gets out of the way soon. east bound 66, ramp to 123, disabled bus there on the ramp. big look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, everything looking quite good. the radar showing rain here, all of the green is rain falling through the area. right now 270 a little slow out of frederick and then good all the way to the spur.

still no signs of getting this under control, that is the word from firefighters just outside of phoenix trying to fight this big brush fire. they are battling this blaze which is up to five acres already. but the good word is as of right now, it is not threatening any structures or buildings. we will continue to follow developments. eun, back to you. to arlington county now and the search for a possible repeat attacker. after a sexual assault in the lyons park neighborhood, 25-year-old woman says a man attacked her in her own room early sunday morning. police are calling the case unusual since this happened in the victim's own home. they say the woman may have been the man's second target of the night. >> another female advised that an unnobody male subject followed her and came up to her

residence. police tell us in both cases the man was wearing a dark jacket with a hood pulled up and may have been driving a tan four door sedan. today jury selection will continue in the trial of andrew shull. he and his wife are accused of attacking her former boss and his wife in 2014. alecia had just been fired. schmuhl's defense is involuntary intoxication. his lawyers argue that his mental state during the attack was the result of medication that he was taking. alecia schmuhl is being tried separate thely. fairfax county police are trying to figure out the identity of a woman whose body was found in a pond on ridge pond road in centreville. police say a resident walking nearby spotted the body. a dive team pulled it from the water just after 3:00 p.m. they don't know how long the body had been there. turning how to the officers on trial in the death of freddie gray. the defense team for

today. prosecutors rested on monday. the defense says nero was not involved in gray's arrest and that it's the wagon driver's responsibility to buckle in prisoners. nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges. some metro lines will be moving more slowly today because the system has reduced its train systems p. it will affect the red, orange, silver and blue lines. trains will only travel at a maximum speed of 45 miles per hour. metro wants to reduce the risk of fire and smoke problems. bus access to national harbor is limited, but now lawmakers want to create a new bus route between alexandria and the harbor to provide access before the new mgm casino is open for business. metro says there are no formal plans yet. decades old farm tradition in fredericksburg will come to an end this week.

exxhapg is shutting its doors because sales and attendance have declined in recent years. it served as a place for auction off cattle and other livestock. local farmers tell us it is a loss for the community. >> when i saw it in the paper, i almost started crying because it was that emotional. it's someplace that we've been coming so long. >> the freelance star reports that the exchange will hold its final auguction on thursday. so as we get you ready for rain this morning, horse racing lovers are also watching the radar. showers could mess up training plans for the favorite in this weekend's preakness race. nyquist is supposed to get on the track at pimlico in about 30 minutes to do some sprint work. his trainer says a slippery track may make that impossible. nyquist won the kentucky derby earlier this month and is on track to at that titat

trying to resist the urge for say nyquil. the incredible video of a truck that nearly hit a woman. hope you enjoyed the dry weather while it lasted. as you can see on radar, the rain is back. chuck bell will let us know whether it will be hanging around by the time the kids leave for school. and the trial to baltimore police officer charged in fr freddie

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an oklahoma woman says she's lucky to be alive after she just missed being hit by a truck that plowed in to a store. april drake was paying her bill at this u.s. cellular store in oklahoma when out of nowhere a truck crashed right through the wall. >> police say the driver was not intoxicated and did not have any medical issues. the driver will get a ticket for inattention to driving. no one was hurt. >> just didn't like that wall apparent apparently. 5:41. weather and traffic on the 1s. >> chuck bell with more on what we're seeing on this radar. >> wait until you see his cellphone bill. outside this

if it's not raining at your house yet, don't worry, mother nature has full attentions of raining on you and your plans. so your school day forecast, skies look bright north and eastbound because the clouds are coming in from the west. get the kids ready with the umbrella. likely to be raining by recess time and on the way home, as well with temperatures in the 50s. having a little fun on our facebook, what should we name this poor guy that we've had washout willie? so or just boumeddiebummed out . so let us know. we've been spending the last three weeks looking at him. breaking news southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue, again the crash and response there blocking the left side. you can get by on the right. it is now a two mile backup this morning. very slow. orange, silver line delays because of a switch problem. outside of west falls church

the spur is looking good. 66, 95 mo 5 north no worries. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. neighbors make a stink about the change in their baeir garba service. and new developments surrounding two lawsuits after a pastor says a cake he received from whole foods had a slur on it. and two states go to the polls. but do the contests still mean anything at this point. the answer coming up

breaking news on the roads. southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue, a two mile backup because of the crash you see on your scene. and remember orange, silver line delays, switch problem outside of

the rain is on the way. temperatures in the low to mid-50s now. we'll time out when the heaviest rain is likely to mess up your plans coming right up. i'm angie goff at the live desk. we have breaking news just in from baghdad where we've learned 13 people are now dead, this following two bomb explosions, one happened at a marketplace, another was a car bomb in a neighborhood. as of right now, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. and if ntsb hearing today could give us new insight into what caused the deadly amtrak train derailment last year. 8 died, 200 were injured. kristin wright covered the crash with me last year, and she joins us live from union station. >> reporter: you probably remember that the train's engineer said he could ba

recall like a dreamlike sort of hazy memory of the train going for a fast away that curve. a feeling like the train was going to it tip over. so all of those questions about what happened brings us to today afrpd the ntsb investigation. and the hearing happening today if washington. a source close to the investigation tell us nbc news that the train's engineer -- that the train's engineer was distracted by radio traffic. specifically radio traffic about another train's engineer reporting that something was hitting his windshield. you probably remember us talking a lot about that. so that is what we expect to hear. and much more at the ntsb hearing today. of course we'll bring you every detail we can about what happens at that hearing today. back to you. today army s

bergdahl is back in court, he's facing a court martial and possible life sentence for leaving his combat in afghanistan years ago. he was then captured by the taliban and held for five years. today a hearing officer could push the case from august until the end of the year. the boat two florida teens went missing in at sea has been returned to shore. it belonged to 14-year-old friends perry cohen and austin stephanos. it was recovered off the coast of better hurmuda in march. cohen's other says she wants the boat to be examined as a possible crime scene. the boys disappeared after they left to go fishing in july off the coast of jupiter, florida. a prep school graduate convicted of sexual assault will be free during his appeal. a new hampshire judge is allowing owen labrie to be released with electronic monitoring. he was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old frisch man as part

labrie had been free after his conviction but was sent to jail after they violated curfew. >> reporter: graffiti in the district. it's really a problem in the u street area. you can see here this worker is taking down lots of stickers. it's not just paint, it's also stickers. the city is just starting a several weeks long program to get rid of fwra feeity in all eight wards. the annual budget for this is about $500,000. the city says it will get tough on the people who are doing this graffiti. >> when people see graffiti and it's pervasive in communities, they think that the city doesn't care. and then there is broken bottles and broken lights and it leads to a degradation of the quality of life. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in the district, news 4. we are under three months now from the summer olympics. a lot of people are thinking about the security in

the city security police are ready. right now they're practicing with a new type of rifle that is more accurate than the ones they usually use. the they also said there will be 50,000 officers working on security during the olympics. the games begin this august. let's turn to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell now to talk about the weather and the need for umbrellas again today. >> yeah, this will be the 18th out of the last 21 days with rainfall here in the area. doesn't look too terribly imposing outside just yet, the skies nice and bright if you're look out to the east like we are here on our city camera view. but that's not going to be the case for too much longer because rain is moving in. have your rain gear ready to go. temperatures courtesy of the rain coming on in going to be stuck in the 50s today. and it's not just raining for a little while. the rain stretches about 870 miles back to southwestern missouri. that whole plume of moisture is pointed right at us. so don't plan on much in

of sunshine for the next 24 to 48 hours as we get all this through. not much rain inside the beltway just yet, but light rain showers moving in to warrington, culpeper, luray, shenandoah counties. that is the light rain moving on in. rain will get steadier an steadier as the morning going along, so we'll call it moderate rain by lunchtime and early afternoon. outdoor weather plans -- outdoor plans, looks like no soccer practice this afternoon. after school activities may be okay tomorrow. thursday is really the next best get out and play day for sure. temperatures are in the 50s right now and as i mentioned, we won't budge much across the next couple of hours. hovering in the 50s for most of the day. steadier of the rain right around lunchtime, then a little break around 4:00, but still cloudy and wet. more showers coming in for this evening. here is a quick peek at the "7-day forecast." the rain gad

end tomorrow. thursday looks great. friday looks nice. i have big concerns about plans on saturday. sunday could have rain contentions, as well. to decision 2016 now. voters in kentucky and oregon weighing in today on the race for the white house. tlas city pots live for us on capitol hill this morning. tracie, let's start with the democrats. what does it mean for hillary clinton if she loses? >> reporter: bottom line it doesn't mean that she will be any less close to the nomination. she could lose kentucky and oregon today and still be in a very strong position, hundreds of delegates ahead to get the nomination. symbolically she does not want to lose another state to bernie sanders. that's why she's fighting for kentucky. he's likely to win oregon. the last poll had her up by five in kentucky, but that about poll is a couple months old. and so they don't have any recent polling down there. we know she didn't do well in a similar state, west virginia, because a lot of those com miners are concerned that she could put them out of a

>> and on the other side, donald trump is really focusing beyond daird's votetoday's votes? >> reporter: he's looking at the debate coming up in the fall. and the insiders are telling us that he's going to be focusing on hillary clinton's character, the e-mails, and her response to her husband's infidelity which is some have said that they think should be off the table, but it looks like that's what his game plan will be for the fall. >> tracie potts live for us. thank you. still have this problem southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue. we're still slow more than a two mile backup now as you're heading southbound there on bw parkway headed in to the district. the other problem because of this, 50 inbound going only 13 miles an hour as you're approaching 295. so big backup there, as well. 66 and 95, not so bad. 95 north through woodbridge a little slow. beltway overallki

fairly try right now. inner loop at rockville pike, overturned tractor trailer on the right shoulder. lanes are open. you might see it, they will get it out of the way around 8:00 a.m. a northern virginia community college teacher is in jail accused of sexually assaulting two of his students. the attacks allegedly happened at the manassas campus. talib is charged with raping one female student and sexually assaulting another. one student who had him last semester called the allegations shocking. >> he was very professional, very supportive in class, so it was very shocking to find out that he's involved in this. >> a spokesman says talib is no longer employed at the college. the pastor who was suing whole foods for an anti-gay slur on a cake has dropped his lawsuit. he says he made his story up. he also apologized to the store, his partner and the lgbt community. the pastor claims he bought the cake you're looking at, it says love

word was on it below that. we've blurred it out. whole foods dropped a $100,000 counter suit against that pastor. today alexandria police are honoring a k-9 officer that died following the terror attacks in paris. diesel was a member of the anti-terror unit for the french national police. the dog was killed by a suicide bomber during a raid last year. the alexandria police foundation will give a k-9 protective vest to the french national police. i'm landon dowdy. twitter may give you more room to write tweets. reports say it will stop including photos and links as part of the 140 character limit. links currently take up to 23 characters of a tweet. jack dr city says he's seeking ways to simplify the product to attract new users. with your morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. it's now 5:55. we're working for you this morning in prince george's county. several residents called news 4 yi

starting to pile up. at the beginning of the month, the county consolidated its trash and recycle pickup dates down from two dares sdays to o some complain that they're being missed all together. >> some of the neighbors said they're not coming, and they took their things back up, and then they come like the next day or maybe two hours later in some instances and they're still stuck with it. >> all yard debris will be picked up on mondays county wide, but your trash and recycle day will depend on where you live. search trash pick upin the app to find that information. if your trash is not getting picked up, call 311 and let the county know. you can download a new app that could make your ride to work a little faster. it's call slug lines. it's for commuters who need rides at all times of the day. the app's creator say it's useful because the new express lanes in

effect. if you download the app, you can see if there is a driver or a rider 00 the slug line at anytime. what will it take to stop the violence? the plan from d.c.'s police chief. paying the price for all the severe weather we've seen lastly. the impact storm damage like this is having on your home insurance. keeping you safe. important information you need to know before your child goes to the pool. you put this around like trophies and stuff. >> plus bryce harper catches laughs with jim fallon.my

stepping up efforts to keep you safe. how you can help in the fight. we're watching for delays on metro after new speed restrictions are put in place. why metro says the change is needed. plus a national landmark is set to reopen its doors this morning after another elevator problem forced to close. but first, a soggy start to your morning. sound familiar? chuck bell has your out-the-door forecast. >> good morning. clouds moved in while you were sloo sleeping and you will need the raincoat and umbrella. and whatev h

month of may? the longest we've made it into the month of may without making to 80 degrees since 1935. 82 years ago. 81 years ago. math at 6:00 a.m. not always that easy. for today, rain showers most likely the heaviest of it anyway between 9:00 and 3:00. more rain chances tomorrow, but maybe not as much rain. there is radar for you this morning. rain in fauquier county, moving inbound towards the capital beltway. we'll stay in the 50s today. a look at the weekend and looking for sunshine in a few more minutes. bw parkway at eastern, a four mile backup southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue. and another four mile backup headed inbound on 50 because of this problem.