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.

area. orange and silver line delays because of a switch problem outside of west falls church. overall no major problems in prince george's county. looks nice and dry at least for now. and top of the beltway, actually looking pretty good, as well. all of those routes in and out of town rolling quite nicely. another look at breaking news when we're back in ten minutes. right here in the broad daylight. it's crazy. >> and we want some assurances that we're safe in our community. >> d.c. steps up its plan to keep the district safe after a day of violence. today city leaders are asking the community for help. violence swept across the district, five shot, two dead. molette greknomolette green is leaders plan to address the violence. >> reporter: one of the with biggest challenges is getting people to come forward. these scenes are horrifying enough, they make the community very uneasy, but the

chief says the public's involvement is crucial to helping them solve these crimes and return a sense of calm. investigators look to clues at each of the scenes. two of the shootings at this time appear be related. the one on texas avenue where a man died and on 49th street that left a woman shot dead. >> the summer is approaching us and a lot of our young people will be out of school. so we have concerns. >> we have a plan in place for the summer that includes the areas hit with violence today. but the resources have to be mobile and we have to make decisions hour by hour. >> reporter: no suspect information at this time. and the names of the victims have not been released. coming up at 6:45, another aspect of the community call for help. molette green, news 4. prosecutors say heed

braulio castillo and michelle were in the middle of a bitter divorce at the time of her death. police say braulio castillo killed his wife and tried to make it looks like a suicide. she was found hanging in the basement bathroom of her home in ashburn. the trial is expected to last a month. the tennessee pastor accused of confronting u.s. capitol police with a bee bee gun is back in court today. larry dawson was formally charged last week. police say dawson pointed what looked like a hand gun at officers at the end of march inside the u.s. capitol center. dawson was shot and has been in the hospital since. he faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted. a d.c. community activist is suing the justice department. the lawsuit involves crime in the capitol hill neighborhood. denise krepp was told the can doj doesn't keep data on crimes prosecuted in d.c. >> i'm not going to have anymore of my residents become

because of your incompetence. and i use the word incompetence because if you don't know how many people you're prosecuting, then you don't know how to measure success. >> krepp believes an increase in violence in her neighborhood can be traced back to criminals going through what she calls a revolving door system. d.c. council plans to vote on its $13 billion budget this afternoon. it is the same one they hope to pass without getting formal approval from congress. city leaders say they should be able to spend local taxpayer dollars without the oversight of the federal government. a bill up for a vote today in the house aims to prevent that. we'll let you know when that happens. d.c. council's chairman wants to radically change mayor bowser's homeless housing plan. phil mendelson will propose a bill today that would put family shelters on public land. bowser has been criticized to her plan to build seven shelters around the district

property. i'm angie goff at the live desk. breaking news out of fairfax county where a man is in the hospital right now recovering after police say someone shot him after trying to rob him. now, this was in the area of braley lane and collins immediate oig way. the man is expected to be okay. we're working to get more information on a suspect. that's the latest from the live desk. aaron, back to you. that giant wildfire causing new evacuations right now in canada. you remember some of these pictures from the alberta area. now thousands of workers in the fort murmurdemurry region have told that they have to get out. the fire is burning out of control in the forest about 30 miles from ft. mcmurray. the fire destroyed so many homes and other structures. some people haven't been back home in weeks. today the senate will act on president obama's request for money to combat the zika virus. law makers are set to vote on

most likely to pass calls for $1.1 billion to fight the virus, that is $8 million less than the president asked for. zika came cause microcephaly and other severe brain defects. the verizon strike could soon be over. nearly 40,000 workers have been ticketing for more than a month.unions believe verizon wants to cut benefits and rely more on contract workers. both sides have agreed to meet again at the bargaining table. tourists will once again be able to go inside the washington monument. it is set to reopen today at 9:00 a.m. it's been closed since sunday for repairs to the elevator. officials say a faulty computer chip in the elevator control board had to be replaced and reprogrammed. keeping your family safe as the temperatures climb for the summer. the important information you want to know when your kids are ash the po

the bison. why the animal had to be put town. and chopper 4 headed to the breaking news. take a look southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue, a massive ba

we're coming up on 6:11 on a tuesday morning. outside, it's all clouds and we're waiting on the rain here inside the beltway. there tysons corner out there in the dance, but already rain just out to the west of tysons now, sprinkles west of leesburg and dulles out to culpeper, luray, strasburg, winchester, already seeing the rain. so your commute in this morning likely to be a wet one. have your rain gear ready to go. temperatures in the 50s and soggy and wet in the 50s on the way home later this afternoon, as well. i'm even concerned about the first half of the weekend. the "7-day forecast"

this problem, take a look we're talking about southbound bw parkway there at eastern avenue. so right now we're very slow, a four mile backup here this morning. here is another vantage point so you can see right now folks are getting by to the right. orange and silver line delays because of a switch problem. as for travel time, 270 looks good. taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you're on time. and 95 north quantico to the beltway also looking good. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop if your car. we'll have more on these problems on bw parkway coming up. police are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. one person died in an accident around 9:30 last night. it was near burke road an

lake road. we're still trying to get more information. but if you were in the area and you saw anything, priest please call police. some metro lines will move slowly today. the changes affect the red line between grosvenor and dupont circle, the orange line between process rin and minnesota avenue, and the silver line between rosslyn and benning road. blue line, as well. travel speeds will top out at 45 miles per hour. metro wants to reduce the risk of fire and smoke problems that have plagued the system. the change will stay in place until further notice. if you don't own a car, national harbor can be tough to travel to. so now maryland and virginia lawmakers want to create more public transportation. they have proposed a new metrobus route between alexandria and the harbor. metro tells the "washington post" there a

plans yet. the goal is to provide access before the new mgm casino opens for business. today is day two in the trial of a man accused of terrorizing a couple. andrew schmuhl and his wife are accused of brutally attacking alecia's former boss. lawyers are arguing that his mental state during the attack was the result of medication he was taking. police in arlington county say the same man may be targeting young women and sexually assaulting them. the latest attack happened early sunday morning on north edgewood street in the lyon park neighborhood. a 25-year-old woman says she woke up to see a man in her bedroom. he then sexually assaulted her. another woman called

followed her home and banged on her door when she wouldn't let him in. if you are young and have a police record, it can be hard to get a job. having a record sealed could help. today there is a new effort to teach young people how to go true that process. p. >> it creates barriers to employment. for our young people21, 22, or those going to college, it creates a barrier getting accepted into college. >> the fair is from noon to 8:00. and they are working on legislation to extend the age there 22 to 24 for those who lead guilty and have their records sealed. the lack of healthy grocery store options in some prince george's county neighborhoods is causing concerns. in fact you can drive for miles before seeing a proper grocery store. the usda has declared the

county a food desert with an overwhelming number of neighborhoods leaving as many as 700 to 7500 residents without access to healthy foot. if you don't have a car, then you have to go on the bus and do it. >> the county is helping out people who live in the wor parts of the food desert. they partnered for the million meal campaign. every two weeks they are providing fresh fruits and vegetables to families that complaint being can't access fresh produce. in a new report, nearly of a of the people who have heart attacks don't even know it. doctors say the call silent heart attacks are more common in women. since they're silent, what should you be looking for? there doctors say increased fatigue and shortness of breath without chest pressure. and this morning

killer of young children, drownings. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us with important information to know. >> year after year, we he 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 secured. meaning a four sided fence with a locking gate. the cpsc wants to make sure we all have a 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 have this on, you're wearing it for about 15, 20 minutes and y

it to the next person and they put it on. >> a lot of this safety information seems obvious, but in fact often overlooked. susan hogan, news 4. fallon fans get a special surprise when you watch your dvr. bryce harper showed up on the "tonight show." >> you put this around like trophies and stuff so they don't break when you're shipping items. >> bubble wrap. trophies. >> nationals play the mets today in new york. harper took advantage of the off day to play catch phrase with jimmy fallon. andy sandberg and the model gigi. he won. hot yoga, eye of the tiger and s'mores were part of the answers. >> at first he said marshmallow and they said it was okay. they dcidn't get a pass on that. but how many people could say bubble wrap is something you wrap your trophies in.

let's turn to chuck bell now and see about the forecast. >> it will be another the cloudy day, another rainy day across the area. this will be 18 out of the last 21 days with rainfall around here. sorry to tell you that. outside from our tower camera this morning, these are fuzzy bottom clouds and the little fuzziness there on the bottom, those are train drops falling out, some are scrap eighting before they get to the ground, but these fuzzy clouds are almost the ones that always lead to rain. rain crops are already reaching the ground right now. just west of manassas out to the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. this is all coming in our direction. and is that not just the leading edge. it's the leading edge of a long stretch. this is about 6:00 or 700 miles of rain back to our west. all of that moisture is funneling it in our general direction. so no chance for sunshine today and very little chance for tomorrow. even though we've had a ton of rain in the month, we'llll

march and april were so dry, we're still technically below average since march 1. but we have more chances to catch up on it. a high chance today and tomorrow. rainfall amounts today probably around a quarter to half an inch, more like a tenth the to a quarter coming up for tomorrow. sunshine thursday and friday. and i hate saying it, but it looks like more rain chances for the weekend. here is future weather bringing the rain in by 11:00 this morning. pockets of light to moderate rain, heavier rain to the south and west of the city by 11:00. a little break in the action about 4:00, but still no sunshine. and then more shower chances come in on us for this evening. and again tomorrow morning, another good slog of rain. so a peak at the next couple of days around here, 50s and rain today. if we can get the rain out of here early enough tomorrow and get a peek of sunshine, we'll make it back up into the mid-60s. thursday and friday are the pick of the litter this week. saturday rainy and sunday a pretty good chance for rain, as

well. no big warm-up in sight. now over to melissa mollett. breaking news right now again southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue, take a look from chopper 4, four mile backup there approaching eastern avenue. and a four mile backup there inbound on 50 as you're approaching 295. so it is very slow here this morning. taking a look at other issues right now inbound new york avenue before south dakota, a crash there. and you can see overall looking pretty good here prince george's county, 210 is our problem as usual of course inbound there near livingston road this morning. top of the beltway, overall looking pretty good right now. all of those routes in and out of town are fine. you may have a little bit of rain here thin your forecast th morning. 270 south from frederick down to the spur, about 40 minutes. slow all the way until germantown this morning. slowness in gt

spur. a developing story involving a rough ride on a southwest airline flight. four people we're told hurt and are recovering. after the plane had to return to boston because of severe shaking in the air. we know that two people ended up having to go to the hospital. passengers were able to board another flight and finally made to their destination of chicago. eun. we are tracking new developments about that amtrak engineer and what he was dealing with moments before his train derailed in philadelphia. as the ntsb prepares to issue its final report. storms like this have been packing a punch on homes around the country. the repair bills left behind for homeownersfter severe weather. a

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in the last three reyears, the u.s. has experienced ten major hail producing storms. and we're learning that the number of insurance claims associated with hail storms is actually on the decline. national insurance crime bureau has just put out the numbers. hail related insurance claims have declined 21%. the cost of the claims though has dramatically increased. the average claim is 65% higher today than it was nine years ago. a candidate running for virginia's eighth congressional district should have checked his tabs before posting a screen shot. mike web was trying to show a google result but accidentally showed his browser with pornography tabbed. he seemed unfazed and even reposted it a long explanation. he also noted that the post helped his facebook page likes grow 25% in one

we have a sad ending to share this morning in the story about the bison rescue we told you about yesterday. the bison calf that was taken by two yellowstone park tourists was put down. a tourist and his son pulled up to a ranger station with the calf in the suv because they said they felt the animal was too cold. park rangers said what followed was dangerous. >> we made numerous attempts to put the by on soig back with the herd that it came from, but the newborn calf kept coming back to the road, kept chasing car, kept trying to get close to visitors and not to the herd and its mother. >> park rules require visitors to stay at least 25 yards from wildlife. the tour wrist ists were ticket. i'm kristin wright live at union station.

amtrak derailment that killed eight people. we're about to hear big news about why it might have happened. also ahead, a new tool making it easier for you to catch a right to work even if you work at odd hours. and if you're headed out to the slug line this morning, have your rain gear at the ready. raindrops are moving back in. i'll let you know when they will k moving bac

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pinpointing what went wrong when an amtrak train derail this had philadelphia. what we're learning about the moments before the accident as the ntsb prepares to issue its final report. but first we're tracking your soggy morning commute as a line of showers puts the brakes on the drive to work and it could impact your trek home, as well. >> chuck spell has four things to know as you head out the door. >> good morning, everybody. 6:30 and rain is moving back in to the area courtesy of the clouds and raindrop, we'll stay in the 50s for temperatures today. still optimistic about late week sunshine and still very pessimistic about your outdoor an

coming our way saturday. right now if it's not raining at your house yet and it's not raining from the beltway eastbound, but it is raining from the blue ridge into the shenandoah valley, raindrops will impact most of us for most of the day. we are in the 50s now, 57 in washington, 52 gaithersburg and frederick. temperatures not going on budge much because of the rain coming in, so have your insulated rain gear ready to go. the school day forecast coming up in ten minutes. breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. four mile backup chopper 4 over the problem that stilt remains this morning southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue is where the crash is here this morning. you can get by on the right. you can see state highway pushing folks around this problem. but still the backup remains. this is as you're looking up bw parkway there. taking a look at other issues, new problem in chantilly. pleasant valley road at la fayette center drive, a crash in the intersection slowing things down. prince george's county a little slow here in all of the normal

reminder there in the city before south dakota avenue, we also have a crash there. inner loop at rockville pike overturned tractor trailer is on the right shoulder. so it shouldn't affect things too much. all lanes are open, state highway coming back around 8:00 a.m. to get that one righted and out of the way. happening today, federal investigators are liking to announce the cause if to last year's amtrak train derailment when they give their final report later today. eight people died and 200 were injured. let's check in with chris tip wright live at union station now with more on what investigators are expected to say. >> reporter: well, remember talk around that time that someone was throwing rocks or some other types of objects at trains on the night of the derailment or possibly shooting. well, a source close to the investigation tell s nbc that te ntsb believes that the engineer was distracted by that radio traffic concerning something

and that's what we expect to hear at the ntsb hearing here in washington today. remember that video of the derailment, you actually see it happen just frightening to think of all those people on board having no idea what was going on. the engineer said he couldn't remember hardly anything. the assistant conductor said she did hear the engineer getting on the radio to report that the train was being targeted in some way by this rock throwing or whatever it was. so today the national transportation safety board will talk about its final report here in washington. so stay with news 4 today to see what they say. back to you. today the second victim in the maryland shopping center shootings will be laid to rest. the funeral mass for claudina molina will be held this morning in rockville. the family held awake yesterday. molina died earlier this month in an attempted car cracking outside a giant grocery store in aspen hill. y

its turn in the trial of edward nero, one of several officers on trial in the death of freddie gray. on monday nero's lawyers called former baltimore commander and recently retired charlottesville police chief timothy longo as its first witness. the defense says nero was not involved in the arrest. nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges. they were violently grab a 4-year-old girl, flicking her on the forehead, even pulling her across the room. that is what newly released court documents are telling us about two preschool employees in fairfax county. the teacher assistant and teacher were arrested last month after a mother found bruises on her daughter. the women worked at mcneill preschool cadly in the mt. vernon area. both face assault charges. just in, new poll numbers showing who the majority of

party. take a look at the results here. donald trump has a lead over house speaker paul ryan nearly six in ten say that they trust the presumptive republican nominee more. this according to the nbc news survey monkey weekly election tracking poll. 63% of very conservative republicans say that they trust trump over ryan. and the gap is narrowing between the frontrunners with clinton's lead over trump dropping from five points last week to three points this week. clinton with 48% and trump with 45% among voters if the election were to be held today. there is a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2%. sfwr sfwr today voters in kentucky and oregon weigh in on the race. kentucky already held its republican caucus. hillary clinton fighting hard for the blue grass state and is expected to lose in orego

but ultimately she is far ahead of senator bernie sanders in the delegate count. you can track the delegates yourself in our nbc washington app. charges in the trash schedule -- changes rather in the trash schedule in prince george's county forced many of you to reach out to news 4 about your trash not being picked up. several residents called saying that their trash was starting to pile up after changes earlier this month. the county consolidated its trash and recycle pickup days down from two to one. the director of the county department of environment acknowledges that it is many about a a rocky start. >> this is a transition period, so sometimes residents aren't getting the right information and sometimes haulers are learning a new street or new route or they miss a cul de sac. >> i still think we might be better off twice a week. >> the county says all yard debris will be picked up on mondays, but your trash and recycle day depends on where you live. you can search trash pickup in the nbc washingt a

if your trash is plnot getting pecked up at all, call 311. express lanes in virginia mean a car pool is useful all the time. so there is a new app called slug line that tells you that a driver or rider is available anytime of day. the app's creators told us it's useful for people who need rides when it's not rush hour. stepping up efforts to stop the zika virus. the new potential funding that could help slow the spread here at home. breaking news on the roads. a four mile backup right now southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue. we have an update to the crash. plus ready for the olympics. the added security measures

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as we count down to rio, a lot of questions still out there with the olympics just months away now. this morning they're

police are ready. right now they're practicing with a new type of rifle, apparently's more accurate than the ones they usually use. they will be 50,000 officers working on security during the game. the summer olympics begin this august. it is now 6:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. grab your umbrellas once again. so how much rain are we looking at here today? >> probably about a quarter to half an inch. our poor kid on the rain graphic, we've been trying to solicit some up names. pouty paul is one of them. so let's us know what we should name this poor guy. he does not look like a happy camper at all. school day forecast today, still dry on the 14th street bridge for now, but you need the up medical brel la and rain gear. le it be a tough thing to get the rain stopped. here it comes from the west to the east. everne

. "7-day forecast" which has at least two dry day there is it, that's in ten minutes. chopper 4 over our four heil backup. southbound b wrw parkway at eastern, very slow. at clopper road at long draft, could be an overturned vehicle there. 270 south looking pretty good. top of the beltway, 95 to 270, also rolling along just fine. taking a look at 66 overall, in problems. 95 north quantico to the beltway on time as well. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm for the latest on your travel troubles and check in with will them on the bw parkway problem when you hop in your car. i'm molette green in southeast. stopping the violence. what you can do to help right now. not over with us just yet. a new wave of evacuation this is

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breaking news, five mile backup now bw parkway southbound there at eastern avenue. the crash is out of the way, but major backups remain.

we get later in the morning of course more people hitting the roads. right now very slow southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue. and it will be raining at your house in not too long from now. cloudy skies and rain moving in. temperatures in the low to mid-50s. you will need your insulated rain gear and your umbrella for today. "7-day forecast" in six minutes. i think people by and large like we said are really tired of the violence and they want to live their lives and not worry about whether someone will pull a gun and shoot. >> five shootings a day is not acceptable to d.c. police or the community and leaders are asking for your help. two people were killed in a wave of shootings. kn hoe let green is live for us. >> reporter: there is gi

frustration here eefr what has been happening. police say they cannot solve the cases without the public's help. they're still struggling with the weekend shooting that left a bullet lodged in a 7-year-old boy. there is a reward for information leading to an arrest in that case. and then the five shootings in the city that left two dead during daylight hour, one on texas avenue, the other not far away on 49th street in southeast. just horrifying scenes that keep people on edge. the police chief and mayor spoke about what it will take from police and the community. >> always need help from the community to solve these crimes immediately to bring people to justice. >> they're scared. we get that. but scared sometimes can help us get the people that are creating the fear in the communities off the street and that's what we need. we need people willing to come forward and work with us. >> reporter: and remember, you don't have to give your

order to offer up a tip that could lead to an arrest in any of these cases. back to you. 6:48. today the trial begins for the map prosecutors say tried to cover up his wife's murder. braulio castillo and michelle were in the middle of a bitter divorce and police say braulio castillo killed his wife and tried to make it looks like a suicide. she was found hanging in their basement bathroom. the tennessee pastor accused of pointing a bee bee gun at a u.s. capitol police officer is in court. larry dawson alledgedly pointed what looked like a handgun at officers inside the capitol visitors center. dawson was shot and has been in the hospital since the end ever march. he faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted. the justice department is being sued over crime d.c.'s capitol hill neighborhood. advisory neighborhood commissioner denise krepp filed a lawsuit for data of crimes

>> we have a lot of crime. muggings, assaults, a rape that happened half a block from my house. police tell me what crimes you're prosecuting. and they said can't do that, because we don't keep it. >> krepp believes an increase in violence in her neighborhood can be traced back to criminals going through what she calls a revolving door system. act of defiance today, d.c. polices to vote on its budget. city leaders say they should be able to spend local taxpayer dollars without the oversight of the federal government. a bill up for vote today in a house committee aims to prevent that. chairman's want to radically change mayor muriel bowser's homeless housing plan. phil mendelson will propose a bill to put family shelters on public land. bowser has been criticized for her plan for shelters around the district onri

developments in the shootings that happened overnight in fairfax county. we know that a man is in the hospital right now, he is recovering and is expected to survive. police say that he was shot after someone tried to rob him at his home. you take a look at the map. this was on braeleigh lane and collins meade way. we work to find out more information about a suspect. developing right now, the wildfire in canada is burning out of control and is getting closer to a city again. thousands of workers have been told to get out of ft. mcmurray, only a fraction of more than 80,000 who were evacuated a few weeks ago know. many of those people still have not gone back home. firefighters say the air is dangerous to breathe in that area and hot and dry conditions are making everything even worse. in just under three hours from now, the washington monument will reopen. the monument had been closed since sunday due to elevator problems. those problems are now

technicians say a faulty computer chip in the control board had to be replaced and reprogrammed. not going to be the kind of day you want for a stroll or stand in line at the monument. >> a lot of people in line yesterday and it wasn't even open. just out there standing around. >> if you can handle a little bit of rain, you know it won't be crowded. so might be a good time to take advantage of. >> of course the trick is if the clouds get too close, you can't see out the windows at the observation deck. >> good point. >> there is our proud monument. 555 feet 5 inches tall. still can see the top of the monument as of now. but the cloud ceilings will be lowering during the course of the day as the rain showers come on in. rain on the way. grab the rain gear. temperatures are in the 50s now. likely to be stuck in the 50s in an unusual pattern all the clouds and rain have kept us from having anything in the way of a warm stretch here during the month

today is already the 17th of may and we have not touched 80 degrees yet. that's a first, first time since 1935 we've gone this far into the month and there are no 80s in sight on the 7 day either. compare that to the fact we had four times 80 or higher in april and we may to 79 three times in march. so april and march have both been warmer than may. look at all the rain back to our south and west. this is all heading in our direction. so rain chances going up, up, up through the rest of the day today, tonight and tomorrow. here is the high resolution executes are model. by 10:00, pockets of moderate rain from montgomery and howard counties down toward fredericksburg, as well. heavier rain also during the lunch hour down across southern maryland. steady hit and miss showers through about 3:00, 4:00 this af

day. heaviest rain likely between 9:00 and 3:00. nothing crazy, just that's when the heaviest will be. and then tomorrow, rain slowly coming to an end by tomorrow afternoon. so maybe with any luck we'll get a little break in the day tomorrow. here is tomorrow's future weather. 5:00 a.m., a soggy morning commute. but by lunchtime, most of the rain out of here and by tomorrow afternoon, a little weather front coming by, cooler drier air may try to get a couple breaks of sunshine in here just at the tail end ever tof the da tomorrow. so '50s and 60s tomorrow with lots of clouds around. 70s on thursday and friday with plenty of sunshine. back into the 60s for highs over the weekend with a lot of rain possible on saturday and showers may linger into sunday, as well. no 80s in sight. here is melissa. still have this breaking news here. take a look chopper 4 again over southbound bw parkway here this morning. it is very slow this morning there at eastern avenue because of this earlier issue. we

so we can show you what else is also happening around here. taking a look around town, we also have a couple of other issues here. 50 west inbound, 13 miles per hour. so we're slow because of the problem here as well. the merge is a mess here. taking a look at prince george's county, overall looking pretty typical. same thing as you're look at 66 and 95 through manassas. inbound a little slow. 95 north overall looking good. but the greene of course is rain on the radar falling. clopper road at longdraft a couple miles of backups there with an overturned vehicle. 270 at montrose no real problems. just a little slow in the main lanes. happening today, the ntsb will release its final report on last year's deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. you will remember eight people died, 200 were injured. today's report is expected to shed some light on the cause. kristin wright and i extensively

last year. what are we learning about what we might hear today? >> reporter: remember first how the train left from here at union station, bound for new york. and then we saw just those awful images of the wreckage after the derailment. how can you forget that. here's what we expect today from the national transportation safety board hearing. a source close to the investigation tells nbc news that the ntsb believes the engineer was distracted, distracted by radio dispatches. radio traffic concerns reports by other engineers and possibly himself that something hitting the trains that night. something was hitting the trains that thinight. rock, other objects or possibly gunshots. the engineer himself says he couldn't really remember hardly anything about it. just had sort of like a hazy dreamlike memory of what happened. so today the ntsb

washington. so stay with news 4 to find out what they say. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. developing today on capitol hill, lawmakers will move closer to approve funding in the fight against the zika virus. both approved bills that would fund research, treatment and prevention. but both bills fall short of what the president says is necessary to fight the disease. right now more than $500 million of unspent ebola funds are already being used to fight zika. good morning. i'm landon dowdy. twitter may give you more room to write tweets. reports say that it will stop including photos and links as part of the 140 character limit. links currently take up to 23 characters of a tweet and twitter ceo jack dorsey says he's seeking ways to simplify the product to attract new users. with your morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. outside, there is your "7-day forecast." welcome back to the clouds and t

18 out of the last 21 with rainfall. sorry about that. >> and taking a look at chopper southbound bw parkway at eastern avenue, still have a five mile backup. two new crashes, 95 north at dale city and inbound pennsylvania avenue at dower house road, slow as we. busy morning. >> it's all that rain. >> what? this is still my fault? >> yes. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next.

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good morning. breaking overnight, more storms across the south. hail, high winds. >> oh, my gosh! >> and nearly a foot of rain. tornadoes spotted in oklahoma. the storm set to intensify today. closing the gap. our new national poll shows the race between donald trump and hillary clinton is tightening even more. just three points between them. as clinton does her best trump impersonation at a trump rally. >> i'm going to do it, i know how to do it, i'll get it done. >> this morning, the trump game plan. insiders telling nbc news he'll go after her character, her e-mails and her husband's infidelity. cause revealed. the engineer of that amtrak train that crashed