right now on news 4 today, steps of road closures for a first of its kind of event. >> and rain, rain and more of the same. another day filled with showers addre and finally an end in sight. what a new poll is revealing about a new challenge facing donald trump and hillary clinton. >> and it will be another drizzly day. our director

drizmal. >> it works. >> grab an umbrella, your raincoat, you will need it. tom kierein looking at when the showers will be over in your neighborhood. >> another word that comes to mind is unimaginable on this sunday morning. we have patchy fog around and a little bit of scattered drizzle and always light rain. there is there is the capitol under the gray sky. getting a few sprinkles of light rain along the blue ridge and near the pennsylvania border. all this tracking southeast. right now patches of green are just little scattered areas of drizzle across northern virginia, suburbs of maryland and eastern shore. it's a

low to mid-50s and we'll stay this way throughout the day. we have a traffic alert to tell you about this morning. you will run into road closures as 8,000 cyclists hit the streets for the inaugural d.c. bike ride. take a look at the route. the 17 mile ride will take riders past the washington monday uhe chlt, the washington, over the 14th street bridge, as well. closures start in just about an hour at 7:00. and for a full list of all the closures, head to our nbc washington app and nbcwashington.com. right now fairfax county police are searching for a man who went on a violent crime spree in springfield. police are working three crime reason scenes right now. it started at the brookfield plaza shopping center when the suspect robbed a jewelry store. as officers arrived, they confronted that suspect as he was exiting the store. he started shooting they say at officers who then returned fire. a bystander was hit by the flying bullets is but is expected

the suspect then got this to a car and drove off. >> six to seven shots, pop, pop, pop seven times. >> are you concerned now? >> i am. broad daylight. that's scary. >> the gunman crashed his car at springville allege drive in hampton creek way. this is about a mile and a half away from that shopping center. police say that he carjacked another car and crash that had one a hemile away and then took off by foot. an infant has fallen several stories. this happened on roanoke avenue around 7:30 last night in takoma park. fire and ems says the infant fell three stories. it's not clear how the child fell. the baby did not have life threatening injuries, but the injury was traumatic. officers used pepper spray to break up a university of maryland house party. and now police there taking a closer look at video from

officers' body cameras. yeah, you can hear the chaos that unfolded this this video posted to twitter. just about 2:00 saturday morning, police were called to a noisy party and possible fight at the courtyard in college park. an officer was surrounded by a crowd at one point. pepper spray was used twice including during the fight. police say they are reviewing to see if the use of force was actually appropriate. two people were arrested on multiple charges, including disorderly conduct during that incident. well, we want to take you to a developing story, the of a began taliban confirms one of its chiefs mullah mansour has been killed

strike. problem authorized that air strike friday night. mansour formerly led the taliban after the death of another senior leader last summer are. two people are dead nearly a half dozen hurt after a shooting at a concert. police in austria say an argument led to a shooting in the parking lot in the western part of the country there on a property used by a motorcycle club. police say the suspect got a gun out of his car and then went to the concert venue and started shooting at random. he eventually shot himself as police closed in. well, investigators are trying to figure out why egyptair flight 804 sent automated messages just minutes before it crashed over the mediterranean. the messages indicated there was smoke on board. aviation experts say that it could mean there was a fire, explosion or perhaps a technical glitch. meanwhile crews are still trying to find the black boxes from the plane and family members are il

>> france has put at the disposal of the egyptian authorities august tll the mean available to search. >> it could be weeks if not longer before they go exactly what happened to the flight. there were 66 people on board that flight from paris to cairo. let's turn our attention to decision 2016. a new poll show how frustrated voters are with both leading presidential candidates. 57% have unfavorable impressions of both hillary clinton and donald trump. the poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. and coming up at 6:30, find out why the two are waging now a battle over guns. meanwhile bernie sanders says if he is electeded president, he would not reappoint florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz

schultz has beening a accused of backing clip tnton and using he influence to tip the scales in her favor. we're about two months away from the democratic national convention in philadelphia and ds democr d.c. democrats are getting ready. members of the party gadhafi aered to pick their convention delegates. they hold a pre-qualifying caucus which is different than other jurisdictions. >> so the voter turnout on the 14th will determine how many will actually go to convention. >> d.c. democratic chair anita bonds is talking about the primary election set for june 14th. delegates are awarded to the candidate who gets at least 15% of the primary vote. womeit is going to be anoth cool day filled with showers. tom is tracking when the rain will end and

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up. the plane doesn't use fuel, instead gets all of its energy from the sun. the solar impulse landed last night as we mentioned and the plane will make one more stop in the u.s. and then it heads to europe or africa. developing in china this morning, take a look at what more than 18 inches of rain did in just ten hours to a city in south china. eight died, four ours are missing. nearly 65,000 people forced to evacuate after their home forecasters say the region could get another 5 inches of rain. wow, that is intense stuff. we aren't talking about that much rain, but we still have some to deal with. >> we have gotten a nice soaking, but nicer days are ahead, right, tom? >> yes, look forward to that. right now just a few sprinkles, a little bit of patchy drizzle. pavemenis all wet.

yesterday we had multiple spinout accidents just because of wet pavement, people exceeding their speeds. so watch out if you plan on drooifing. just reduce your speed as we have wet pavement all around. don't have steady rain like yesterday, but we are getting scattered sprinkle of light rain shenandoah valley, northern suburbs as it tracks south and east. a few scattered sprinkles across southern and eastern suburbs and western suburbs, as well. and this will continue through the sunday morning. it's cool, we're in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national now at 54. so you need an umbrella, poncho, rain boots, jacket and slacks here throughout the day as it will be cool. the hour by hour timing, we'll have slight showers coming in through the morning hours, all this area in green is light rain that will track south and stay in the metro area as this upper level low that is giving us this cloud cover and the rain tips to spin over us. 6:00 p.m., we still have

occasional light rain much of the region. starts breaking up a little bit as we get into the evening hours, but still it looks like a wet evening and into monday morning we'll begin to dry out. so hour by hour, we'll stay in the 50s throughout the day. sprinkles and drizzle around on which and on throughout the day. waiting on the bus tomorrow morning, a chance of drizzle 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. but then it should stop a bit. cool and damp by 9:00. might get a little bit of sunshine during the day on monday. and then the possibility of an afternoon shower, maybe an isolated thundershower tomorrow afternoon. highs upper 60s near 70. and then here comes summer, upper 70s with sunshine on tuesday, and really down right summer like with heat and humidity each day after that all the way into the memorial day weekend. just a small chance of afternoon thunderstorms each day. next up, we have "reporter's notebook" for you. but we'll be back in 15 minutes with more on this morning's top stories. good morning. i'm the pat lawson

the week about metro, which is kicking off its safe track plan. tom sherwood and adam tuss joining us this morning. and adam, you have details about this plan. >> yes, this past week metro released exactly what will happen. nd and the general manager has been talking about what this plan actually means and how disruptive it was going to be, but i don't think people are paying attention to it until we start seeing the actual details. so what we learned this past week for instance, starting june 4th, there will be 13 straight days of continuous single tracking from the boston station to east falls church. that kicks off this whole plan. meaning that there is basically only going to be one track for a whole bunch of trains to get through for 13 straight days. and that happens in just a matter of weeks. and that includes rush hour, as well, around the clock. so think about how disruptive that will be for orange pd a sti and silverne

and second project is complete shut down from eastern market to minnesota avenue and then eastern market to benning road on orange, blue and silver lines. and this will happen june 18 to july 3. we're talking about 16 straight days of a complete shutdown in that session of track. it's going to be really disruptive and people really need to start making plans now. >> that's the point to me. we've all been complaining about metro not the -- doing it piece meal and now paul wiedefeld is now doing it. are the local governments, city, counties, are they prepared for the kind of traffic changes, what will happen for rush hours? what are they doing to make sure they can be partners with metro rather than everybody complaining traffic is terrible? >> i think everybody agrees that something has to be done. the general manager is only six months in and he's putting together what is the biggest shutdown plan in metro's

he first released it in a draft form so that people could make changes so that you could see what kind of bus routes you could supplement with the system, what kind of changes you could make to make things easier on people. thousand we have the finalized plac plan and it's time to get serious about the work. >> so the general manager has his plan, the pta giving its directive. is this becoming a political battle? >> i turn to our politics major on that one. >> let me just say everything in washington is politics, but this is particularly a situation where we have regional transit system run by maryland, virginia and a the district, we have federal oversight run by the federal transit administration and anthony fox, department of transportation secretary. he's been throwing lightning bolts from the capitol hill saying you got do this, you got the do that, threatening to shut down. the fact is after decades of not doing the work on metro, the city and the region is now trying to do it and a lo

federal government step in and help with funding to operations. there is zero funding for metro. but yet it wants to tell us what do. >> the federal government can tick off a million things about what it has done, including kicking in for the original system. >> but what about the operating of it. they do zero for operating. 40% of the rush hour sometimes is federal workers. >> and this is one of the big things that you've seen jack evans going to congress and capitol hill and all the testimony and all the things that he's saying.ging on the ta saying you have to give us more money. and he said if you don't fund us, i'm blaming byou pl sgrt politics is the people who maybe can telecommute, people who can change their commute times. but this really is something

the major point. >> oh, it's coming. >> and of course the impact is on the average person commuter who is just trying to get to work in the morning or get there one side of the region to the other. let's change topics. if you are applying for a gun permit in the district, you don't have to have a if reason now that a federal judge has struck down a key part of the law. explain how this judge's ruling has impactedon ruled that the idea that when you got a gun permit to carry concealed carry, he said the rule that you have to have, quote, a good reason was unconstitutional this his view. so as of now until the city appeals and gets it done in a court, if you apply, you have on show the gun, you have to register your name and all of that. but you don't have to give a good reason to the police chief of why you want the gun. but this -- the city back in 1977, it passed the law saying no hand guns in the district. and

court said you have a constitutional right to have a gun in the home. and ever since 2008, there have been all these legal cases about exactly what does that mean and people said if you have it in the home, can't you carry it somewhere. and that's where we are now. just like the abortion rule in '73, there were all kinds of cases going on now how you can limit an borngss but you still legal to have an abortion. it's legal to have a gun, but what you can do is still up in the air. >> ironically this decision comes this during a week where there are almost daily shootings in broad daylight. cathy lanier says she doesn't believe this is a prelude to summer, but a lot of people are wondering. how much pressure do you think this is putting on the police? >> i think this is unbelievable what is happening day after day in southeast d.c. and pat collins had a report this past week about a mother who was just trying to get home to her house and was gunned g nn in the middle the street and

if you have things like that happening, you have to get on top of it, but how easy it is to do that. you're talking about a system where people are entrenched in a certain way of life and certain culture. how can you realistically get in there and put more police on the street and try to help out effectively. a hard thing to do. >> and it's part of the city, part of southeast, part of northeast. but it's not the whole southeast east of the river. buts significant. we don't know if in fact this will be the beginning of a very bloody summer. urban areas around the country, chicago, new york, some other cities have had a lot of violence. so we don't know how bad it's going to be, but i saw the chief just this past week meeting with the mayor's office. i think they're gearing up for whatever it's going to be. >> and it's an electionier. >> yes, this is a big deal this ward 7 where vince gray a challenging yvette alexander and he's saying this is too much

had last year, he's trying to restart his political career chbd at gun violence may help him. >> we'll be right back. stay with us.

flared tempers and heated words over the council vote to change the mayor's plan to close d.c. general and build homeless shelters around the city. tom sherwood, we have heard the woods misinformation, ob fuse indication and the reportedly a four letter word. what is the story behind those words? >> we'll get to the irritation, but the basic story is the mayor and d.c. council agree on one thing. they want to close d.c. general. >> by 2018. >> during 2018. which happens to be the mayor's race. it's a horrific place for 300 families to be. the mayor proposed last fall and earlier in year

around accept seven of the cityt wards. she put up a plan. phil mendelson said whoa, this is way too much money, we have issues here, private developers making money off of this, so he put up a new plan that said we'll move all these shelters to public land and so adam, that way it would cost less and the mayor was furious at him and then this past week there is a thing in the hallway where they were talking about relations with congress but then they got into a little tiff over the homeless plan and competing visions and the mayor uttered a profanity. i couldn't say it any day of the week, but sunday moim mornirnint hearing it. i didn't hear it, but a reporter heard it and tweeted it and it has taken a life of its own. >> what is mendelson's and

bower's relationship been like over the years? because they have worked together on the council. >> well, strained? >> how much time do we have? >> this might get more to the back story. >> bowser and mendelson have a good relationship, but they have differing views. and they're supposed to meet every wednesday for lunch or breakfast, but they often don't meet. this is the the tension between the executive branch and a mayor who likes to get her way. she told me that. and a council that once said we'll give a thorough scrub to what you want to do. >> what is the community saying about this? hasthat had a chance to weigh in? >> no, the hair had tmayor had meetings after she put the plan rw

without community input. so all the council members for example mary cheh has to tell people why the facility is moving from north of georgetown to upper northwest. there is a lot of politicsnd tempers are short. but everybody wants to close d.c. general in 2018. the mayor thinks mendelson's plan won't do it. then de mendelson is he our plan is better, cheaper and faster. >> if you heard will the stories coming out of d.c. general, it's just quite horrific. but there was a great tweet that i saw about all of this that i think sum it is it up perfectly. someone said i'm sorry, did it someone put a city in your neighborhood? but that's kind of like what is happening. if the city wants to be a true city, you have to be willing to accept what might change this your neighborhood to some degree. >> and the neighbors i've talked

shelter with modern facilities and services, but they are worried about that these shelters will open and then the city will not run them well. and they will become hangout places and hurt the neighborhoods in which they are. so it's up to the mayor's administration or whoever is the mayor that if you build them in the communities where they will go, then you have to run them so that they are assets to the community and not drawback. and the mayor says they can be. >> all right. a story to be continue. council vote takes place in june. so imagine climbing aboard a street car and riding not just along h street in northeast, but all the way to gormg up to. d.c. and federal officials are taking a look at this. that's a long trip cross town. it took ten years or longer just to get the h street leg done. so what is this likely to involve? >> the studying is under way. whether or not it happens is just a whole other idea. >> we're in fantasy idea here.

>> you go with the facts when you year in fantasy land. >> plans have been drawn up. you basically would extend the street car from the h street corridor past union station down massachusetts avenue all the way across k-street under washington circle by george washington university and the street car would end under the wheat hurit. if you gave the street car a dedicated lane on k-street to get back and forth across the city, you would actually create a i radviable east to west link that currently doesn't exist in that form. >> here is the problem. i think we'll have that gondola from rosslyn to georgetown before we ever have a street car going to georgetown. the east/west running of the street car to me is not the issue. the problem is the north/south streets. heavy traffic going north/south, how are you going to make a dedicated lane for the street

intersection there downtown to 30th street. i don't see it. >> would it be good for business? >> yeah, it would be good for business once it's done, hell for about ten years. >> but if we don't start making investments and making grand plans like this, the district has made no bones about it, that they don't care for your car at all to be in the city. they would rather people find alternate modes of transportation, bike share, metro, buses, whatever it is. >> post-auto society. >> if you look at the true european cities and things that work and models for ways to get around, it's time to start thinking this way. >> thank you, gentlemen. "news 4 today" continues now. it is 6:30 and here are your top stories that we're following right now. you'll run into road closures at

the inaugural d.c. bike ride. the 17 mile ride goes through d.c. and into virginia. the closures begin at 7:00 a.m. for a full list, head to our nbc washington app. and fairfax county police are searching for a man who went on a violent crime spree. he robbed a jewelry store, got into a shoot-out with police and carjacked a car. a bystander was shot but is expected to be okay. university of maryland police now investigate to go see if the use of pepper spray was appropriate after officers used itto go see if the use of pepper spray was appropriate after officers used it on saturday. they will take a look at police body camera footage. take one look outside and you can see that it is a wet, dreary -- >> blah. >> there you go there, is your forecast. you can go home now. good morning, oi'm angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. on top

cool outside. tom kierein tracking when we will get into warmer weather. >> at least the skies are bright gray. we can look forward to that. the sun has been up now for about half an hour, but we have low clouds with us, they have been producing drizzle around. there a live view looking off to the west. and the transmission tower there in the distance. normally you can sigh them all the way, but they're disappearing into the low overcast. a little bit of patchy fog around. storm team 4 radar showing scattered sprinkles these areas in green along the blue ridge, getting light rain in washington, frederick, carroll county to our north. and close-up view showing scattered drizzle around the metro area. it will be with us here off and on throughout much of the day ahead. >> thank you, tom. today is national learn to swim day. and in woodbridge, there will be a memorial event and water safety assembly. the memorial will remember a 7-year-old who died

the lorton station community pool. she didn't know how to swim. after the memorial, swim instructors will teach students water safety tips and what do in a water emergency. a new "washington post" abc poll out shows that a majority of voters think hillary clinton is qualified to be president, while more than half rate donald trump as not qualified. and the two candidates are focused on showing their differences ahead of november's general election. chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: with polls showing the race between hillary clinton will and donald trump tightening, both candidates made a pitch to a voting group which could be pivotal in the general election. hispanics. the ad libbed speech recorded on his airplane, trump talked about bringing back jobs, improving education and cutting taxes promises to keep some drugs from pouring over the border, when you he did not mention the wall he vowed to build. >> we will stop drugs from pouring in to our country. we will strenen

>> reporter: clinton's pitch more direct. she didn't mention trump by name, but made clear who she was talking about. >> we have a candidate who wants to tear families apart and forcibly deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> reporter: a day after the national rifle association endorsed trump, clinton blasted his position on guns. >> this is someone running to be president of the united states of america, a country facing a gun violence epidemic and he's talking about more guns in our schools. that's no way to keep us safe. >> reporter: while polls show republicans are starting to coalesce behind trump, clinton still hasn't secured the democrat being nomination which is why bernie sanders continues to hit the trail saturday in new mexico. >> and i hope that this incredibly beautiful state will go on record as saying that we need a political

and new jersey are among the states with democratic votes. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. former secretary of state hillary clinton will sit down exclusively with chuck todd this morning on "meet the press." you can see that interview right here at 10:30 after "news 4 today." president obama is on his way to asia for what is expected to be a historic trip. he will arrive in vietnam this morning to meet with leaders and spend three days touring that country. then it is off to japan where he will become the first sitting u.s. president to tour hiroshima. president obama will also attend the g-7 summit p. we now know the name of the man shot near the white house on friday. jesse ollivieri's home is in as land, about 80 miles outside of philadelphia. the secret service agent shot him in the chest after they say he

with a gun and disobeyed commands. neighbors say is this a complete shock. >> the last thing that you would position of would be something from the olivieris that would be involved in anything closely concerned with that. >> we'll check on his condition as the day progresses. a virginia man killed during a court order custody exchange. this man shot and killed austin anner on courthouse road in stafford county. during the exchange, terry alledgedly shout several times and then took off. police arrested him on nearby jefferson davis highway. he faces first-degree murder charges. another local police department will try out the body worn cameras. wtop says annapolis police will kick off a year long pilot program. 11

before the end of june. we could have a verdict tomorrow in the case of a baltimore police officer on trial for the did death of freddie gray. prosecutors argued that edward nero should be found guilty of assault for his actions while detank gray. nero was also blamed for risking gray's life by putting him on the floor of the police van instead of on a bench in a seat belt. nero's defense lawyers says nero acted reasonably and arguing seat belting gray was the responsibility of the van driver. a judge is expected to issue his verdict tomorrow. doesn't that look like fun? imagine see taking when you washington out your front door. it happened to neighbor this is ft. washington yesterday morning. the water main break there created a big geyser on valleybrook drive. wssc says just under 20 customers were affected by that. flint

raises other ever needed shower filters. members of the union installed them for free. they are designed to target metals and potentially irritating chemicals. residents say that the lead-tainted water has been horrible on the skin. low flow shower heads and faucets were also donated. a sinkhole swallowed up several cars in china. take a look at the security camera footage. wow. a car and tree went into the hole. the sinkhole widened to about 16 feet wide and 10 feet deep. in the end four cars actually tell in. my goodness. no one thankfully was row open headquarters to the first ever youth empowerment summit, the goal to reduce violence on the bus and really system. metro listened to teens about the possible causes and solutions to the violence. >> stand up for peace becau

community. especially for our generation. we need more of these in our cities not the just here, but everywhere else and besides just metro. >> no word yet if metro will do a followup on the summit for the teens there. hope you can gather around for this next story. it's about a virginia woman whose mom and dad immigrated from china 40 years ago. she says her parents mods up bringing inspired her to find a way to give back one box at a time. >> reporter: when she couldn't find an easy tway for young girs to give back, she created one in that. >> we have boxes everywhere. >> reporter: she started little loving hands, a monthly subscription service with a twist. a box of kid crafts for a cause. >> every month we spotlight a different charity and in our kits we include all the materials and instructions for a child to create a craft and then it's septembnt back to the organization ee

out. these are the activity bags for the children's hospital. >> reporter: every project comes with a card that emphasizes who the kids are helping and why. one project was making snowman hachbd warmers for six children. claudia lewis was ronald hk donald house charities says teaming up was a win/win. >> it's a wonderful opportunity to raise advice ability for the charity and bring a smile to the child's face. >> reporter: the whole experience is hands organization teaching children empathy and compassion. and for busy moms like cakerrcc it's also convenient. >> the fact that it shows up without much thinking about it is very helpful. >> reporter: they finished a tote that will be filled with canned food for seniors. this charity is geared to children ages 3 to 9. >> parents love it because there is no klutz erclutter but they w

good. >> those hands have been working hard. since they launched in the fall, they have shipped more than 1,000 will boxes everywhere from alaska to hawaii. please join me and eun yang at 11:30 this morning for a special that celebrates asian american pacific islander heritage month. you know the drill by now, right? grab the umbrella, raincoat or just sit inside all day and watch us. tom will update his forecast with when the dreary weather will start to clear up. but don't worry, there is a lot that you can do inside. we reveal some of the less traveled electn

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around. they're tracking from the northwest heading southeast. right now patchy drizzle and fog. a look at when we'll finally see the sun coming up in about five minutes. thank you very much. well, a new poll shows just how much we may or may not like these presidential hits. >> and joining us now to break it all down, moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. that new poll out this morning, these are the most unlikable hits we've ever seen. can we talk about this? and more importantly, what does it mean for the undecided voter? >> we have a new nbc wall street journal poll and basically one in five voters have an unfavorable view of both candidates. and to me these are the most important voters and we will show them, they overwhelmingly would be 3:1

trump. but trump versus clinton, trump leads by three points. so they don't like both candidates, but they slightly lean a little more republican than democrats these undecided voter. but wow, it was stunning to me the fact that sanders had so much. >> well, we have to pick one. no matter how much you may are or may not like either one, you have to pick one. will it be incumbent upon them to soften up and let people in? >> well,s's interesting. do they try to soften up or do they get harsher against each other. i think there will be a compelling case to go this both directions. but this is such a big vacuum that can be filled. don't assume that it is just these two candidates. i wouldn't be surprised if the will i libertarian ticket suddes some attraction and

different states and different places. >> interesting. >> well, if it does he said up being these two, how are the democrats really -- because they knew that if there was a match-up against donald trump, hey, this would be a rough ride, but looking at all the polls that's what even is talking about. >> and essentially the republicans have quote/unquote come home and democrats haven't actually come home. that's what you see and hear. some polls have had kren clinton up, some trump, but the trend is in the same direction and you're seeing it's republicans that are all there and it's the sanders voters that are holdouts. and that's her first challenge. >> and gun control has become in the past week more of a sticking point. >> i guess, but none of this is a surprise. trump will be on the pro gun side, clinton -- i mean, we wouldn't have seen this -- because it's nra p convention week. i have a feeling you won't hear a lot about

they will do to their respective bases, but i don't think we'll see this percolate up again. >> you have a big interview today. >> hillary clinton, mark cuban. >> the next vice president? >> potentially. i ask her about that. he was open to it. she was intrigued. >> going to be good tv. >> shawshank, right? reminder, you can see meet the press every sunday. nothing is stopping an 89-year-old veteran from making a cross-country trip for memorial day. bruce miheilman is university o richmond chancellor. he plans to reach rich honored by t richmond by the holiday. we

a jaupts thrount through the sd. >> and some of these indoor spots may be the perfect place to do today. melissa mollett takes us on the journey. >> reporter: so much history in the district, sure, you can get lost this museums or monuments or your secret favorite spot. >> i love the national arboretum. especially for kids. we have picnics. >> reporter: but what about the less traveled locations like lincoln cottage in northwest? it was president lincoln's summer house. here he wrote parts of the emancipation proclamation. fascinating relics inside, it's only been open to the public since 2008. >> lincoln first came out here a couple days after his first inauguration and was last seen riding the grounds the day before his assassination. so it book ends his presidency in many ways. >> reporter: now to southeast. how does a tour of a

tagger er backer to factory sound? tasty and kind cool. every chocolate bar sold helps save 20 square feet of brazilian rainforest. now over to anacostia and the frederick douglas house. go back in town. the states hachb livman called hill, a tribute to its sweeping views of the city. >> and jump off gw parkway, this trail is perfect for hiking and biking and spectacular roosevelt island. >> you can hear the hum of traffic in the distances but apart from that, i feel like i'm totally in that. >> reporter: this couple comes here for a one hour week every day. the dirt path perfect for a jog in the middle of the island, though, a treat. a statue of the island's name

of georgetown. why not catch your transportation at the boathouse and cross the river. all these d.c. spots definitely worth the trip. melissa mollett, first 4 traffic. well, that was helpful. even more day trips are in our nbc washington app. just search "worth the trip." >> we've moved to seattle and now we're just ireland or london. >> but then it will be alike bahamas, right? >> i love all these analogies. let's think about the bahama side. right now, yeah, the drizzle around. as we take a look at the live view from our capitol camera, at least we can see the dome. overcast lifting a little bit. radar, these little areas you see in

south and east. it's scattered sprinkles, a little bit of drizzle in the subur suburbs. here is the hour by hour timing. rest of the day, some of the showers to our authority drifting town by 9:00 a.m. in the afternoon hour, it will continue to spread across the rest of virginia and then around the bay and eastern shore. out of the mountains, too, a few scattered showers will be there as well in the shenandoah valley. all of this, this area in color is occasional light rains 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and then it does continue overnight tonight. and by dawn monday, it does begin to settle town. d.c. bike ride today, starts at 8:00. hopefully you have your rain gear. there will be sprinkles with temperatures in the 50s. and bus stop tomorrow morning or waiting for the metro, mid-50s, just a chance of a little bit of drizzle starting

still cool and damp. a little sun breaking out by midday on monday. and then monday afternoon, might get a passing shower or thundershower, but highs near 70. and then finally here comes summer, that bahama part. we'll be in the upper 70s on tuesday and wednesday, thursday, friday, here comes summer. humidity in the air, temperatures in the mid and upper 80s thursday, friday and saturday. and here is a look at memorial day weekend. sunday a chance of afternoon storms in the upper 80s, but overall pretty good beach weather. memorial day itself, we'll have temperatures in the hmid-80s, maybe scattered thunderstorms around. so a big warm-up on the way here. enjoy. will you dance with me? >> i'm not going on dance with you. i'm not a capser. >> i'll give you three superdelegates. >> yeah, let's dance. yeah. >> nice. a new classic for "saturday night live" season

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of that's space shuttle program through the streets of downtown los angeles. isn't that how long usually takes to get around in l.a.? heck it out. the massive tapping that you see right here, it was wheeled through the streets. spectators came to watch it on its final journey to the california science center. it will display with the space shuttle "endeavour." >> very cool. allege nice to see those pieces of american history put in their proper places. >> looked like a big tank of orange juice. much more ahead. >> including an hour by hour look at your forecas t.

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a major travel impact could slow you down this morning. sde dozens of road closures for a first of its kind event. and another day filled with showers and finally an end it if sight. two parties, problem problem. what a new poll is reveal building a big challenge facing donald trump and hillary clinton. >> we know brighter days are ahead, but it is another drizzly morning. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. grab an umbrella, raincoat, you know the drill. tom kierein is looking at when the showers will be in your neighborhood. >> still drippy, still dreaming of suns a

temperatures. and that is on the way a little bit later in the coming puig. but right now, low crowds, some patchy drizzle. chilly temperatures in the low and mid-50s. radar showing some steadier rain to the north and west. montgomery, frederick county, this is tracking right into the metro area. so we've had scattered drizzle over the last several hour. so all the pavement is wet. multiple reports of spinout accidents this morning with the wet pavement. but steadier rain beginning to move in later this morning. so you'll need the umbrella, poncho, rain boots, jacket and slacks throughout the sunday. we have a traffic alert to tell you about. dozens of road closures just went into effect as 8,000 cyclists hit the the roads for the inaugural bike ride. the 17 mile ride will take riders past the washington monday. white house and over the 14th street bridge. for a full list, head to the nbc washington app. fairfax county police

violent crime spree in springfield. police are working three crime scenes. it started at the brookfield plaza shopping center. they confronted the suspect as he was exiting the jewelry store. he started shooting at officers and then they returned fire. a bri sander was hit by the flying bullets, but is expected to be okay. the suspect meanwhile got into a car and drove off. >> six to seven shots pop, pop, pop. >> are you concerned? >> i am. broad daylight, that's scary. >> the gunman crashed his car at spring village drive about a mile and a half away from the shopping center. police say that he car jacked another are car and crash aed it a mile away on hughes road and then ran off. annen faint has suffered a dramatic injury after falling several stories. this happened on roanoke avenue

montgomery county fire and ems says the infant fell three stories. the baby does not have life threatening injuries, but the injury was traumatic. officered used pepper spray to break up a university of maryland house party and now police are taking a closer look at video from the officers' body cameras. well, you can hear thes dachao seen in this video. just before 2:00 saturday morning, police were called to this noisy party and a possible fight at the courtyard in college park. umd police say an officer was surrounded by a crowd at one point. pepper spray was used twice. police say they are review to go see if the use of force was appropriate. meanwhile two people were arrested on multiple charges including disorderedly conduct during that incident.

afghan taliban confirms thmulla mansour has been killed in an air strike. probl president obama shored the strike. mansour led the taliban after death of another senior leader last summer sfloop an argument in a park lot in austria at a concert led to a the shooting. it's a property used by a motorcycle club. police say the suspect just started shooting at iran dom. he shot himself as police closed in. officials to figure out why the egyptair smoke crashed. experts say there could have been a fire on board, explosion or teca

crews are still trying to find the plaque boxes from the plane and family members are still waiting for answers. >> i told them france had put us as disposal of authorities all the means available to advance the search for the plane and victims. >> investigators say it could be weeks if not the longer before they know exactly what happened on that delight. there were 66 people on board that flight from paris to cairo. time is 7:05. let's turn our attention to decision 2016. a new poll shows just how frustrated voters are with both leading presidential candidates. 57% of voters polled have unfavorable impression of both hillary clinton and donald trump. this latest poll is from the "washington post" and abc news and it has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. coming up at 7:30, find out why the two are now waging a battle over guns. meanwhile bernie sanders says if he's elected president, he would

schultz to head the committee. schultz has been an accused of backing hillary clinton and usinging her influence to tip the scales in clinton's favor. we're about two months away from the democratic national convention in philadelphia and they're getting ready. members gathered on saturday to pick convention delegates. the district holds what is called a pre-primary qualifying caucus which is different than other jurisdictions. >> based on the voter attorneyout on the 14th will determine how many will actually go to convention. >> the democrat being chair i d the candidate who gets at least 15% of primary votes. well, yeah, another cool day filled with showers and tom is tracking when the rain is finally gin

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solar impulse two landed in dayton last night, that is the same plan wilbur and orville wright grew up there. the plane doesn't use fuel. instead it has thousands of solar cells and gets all of its energy from the done. the plane will make one more stop in the u.s. and then it's off to europe or africa. developing this morning in china, take a look at what more than 18 inches of rain in just ten hours did to a city in south china. wow. eight people died, four others are missing from the flooding there. nearly 55,000 people were forced to evacuate after their homes were destroyed. and today forecasters say the region could get another 5 inches of rain. well, it is dreary out there now. but there is a silver lining to tell you about. tom is updating his forecast with when scattered showers will be gop and the sun will make its return. and it's one of the hardest

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good morning a drizzly and gray sunday morning. if you're about to walk the dog, you will need an umbrella. we have is steadier rain to the north that is tracking off to the south and east. so that willbe

into the metro area over the next couple of hour. but right now just scattered drizzle around the immediate metro area. temperatures are just in the low and mid-50s. warmer weather on the way for the week ahead, we'll look at that and your memorial day weekend forecast, that is in about five minutes. developing this morning, rescuers have found more bodies in that deadly volcano eruption in western indonesia. an official now says that the death toll has risen on six.volcano unleashed hot clouds of ash as high as 2 miles on saturday. all of the people working on their farms about 2 1/2 miles away had to escape the eruption. if you've been down to the national mall, odds are you've noticed the museum. >> it's arguably the most unique building on the national mall. as aaron gilchrist expln

>> reporter: long before it opens, it's become the standout building along the national mall, a massive monument to the impact black people have had and continue to have in america. these are panels of -- >> those are cast aluminum panels. >> reporter: we spent time with the architect whose firm is leading the design and building. >> it's derived from west african architectural form. >> reporter: caryatid is a traditional wooden building column like this and feature as crown or corona. >> that form was compelling to us as a stein team and we thought this might be interesting to take that notion and develop it as a protector of the content inside 37. >> reporter: the material looks like bronze from a distance. in fact this is

to look like bronze. he calls it a merger of modern durable materials and the lattice appearance of the back breaking iron work of yesteryear. >> it's reminiscent of places like charleston and savannah, new orleans where african americans freed and slaved africans did a lot of the work. >> reporter: the craftsmanship lets lights seep in, but it also has strategically placed windows, what they call lenses. >> a few points that are important to pause and look out, look toward the capitol and look back toward king memorial, et cetera. >> reporter: on the south iside visitors will find calm water on a grand porch, again, a place of welcome, a gathering spot. he says his team was also careful to being a knowledge their neighbors. you can see tho

museum lines up with the top of the washington monument. >> 17 1/2 degrees, the exact same angle as the corona. >> reporter: one of the key features of the new museum is called the oculus. the light shines down on to a low level and on a sundayfully day, what you will see is nothing short of spec it ctacus. >> reporter: the designers call it a contemplate difference port. with all the meaning and history built in, he's very much aware of what has become a point of some is controversy, too. the building is dramatically and deliberately different from its surroundings and most other museums in town. >> we believe that it's important for the building, the museum, to make a statement of about what the institution is. not just to be a pretty wrapper around exhibits and artifacts. >> reporter: aaron gilchrist,

news 4. we were talking about the view from the top. has to be spectacular. the museum opens in september. it will have solar panels to heat water and the roof garden to help with storm water management. you can open up the nbc washington app to see our other sx xh clus sif independent will the scenes stories about the museum and including this new piece that barbara harrison gave a few weeks ago about the wonderful items inside. >> absolutely cool. well, if you will be going to the new he assume today, probably a good day do it. >> you want to be out of drizzle.he assume today, probaby a good day do it. >> you want to be out of drizzle. d.c. bike ride this morning starting out with drizzle around. so hopefully you have your rain gear. low clouds are hovering. thousands are expected for the bike ride and they will be riding through drizzle and sprinkles can right now are

immediate metro area. the steadier rain the area in color moving just to our north is track down closer to us moving in to loudoun county, montgomery county, frederick, carroll and howard. just about to come into the district. eventually into prince george's county shortly. but otherwise if you don't see any color here, but we do have drizzle. steadier rain does come in from the north. and that will come into virginia pd and the district out of maryland. by 3:00 p.m., we'll still have all the area in green. light rain. northern virginia, district, maryland, eastern shore, southern maryland, some scattered showers out in the mountains. maybe a little thunder and lightning out there. but it will all be cool and damp with showers all the way into this evening. by 9:00 this evening, still having that around the metro area. by 11:00, it will be

differenting a bit farther south. so for the d.c. bike ride, we'll stay in the 50s throughout the rird wi ride. the ride ends at 1:00, but the after party, it will be in the 50s with a few sprinkles around. so have your rain gear. for the bus top tomorrow morning, chance of drizzle. between 8:00 and 9:00, a lot will be ending. might get sunshine breaking out later in the morning on monday with temperatures in the 50s. and then by mid afternoon, should jump to near 70. mid to late afternoon, might get a shower or thundershower tomorrow. finally here comes wonderful weather as we head toward memorial day weekend. upper 70s and sunshine on tuesday. summerlike on wednesday near 80 xrees. hot and humid each day, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday with highs in the 80s, and a small chance of afternoon storms. >> time to open up the pool. thank you very much. it's one of the news ways to guess around and it could soon be expanding. how the d.c.

welcome back. the next major transportation battle in our area may not have to do with metro or roads, but, rather, street cars. the strict is studyi ining how get street cars crisscrossing theity to georgegeorgetown. >> reporter: you know street

there a move to get them all the way across the city and it would end here in georgetown under the whitehurst freeway. it would provide an east to west connection directly across the city. but you have to get the street car to georgetown from its current home which starts on oklahoma avenue, goes down h street to union station and then it would steppextend to the oth side of the district. and it means likely taking the street car across k-street in its own dedicated lane. >> i think there are a lot of obstacles, but always lot of opportunity. >> reporter: the head of the georgetown business improvement district says the street car would be a big draw to get people here from the east side of the city. >> we know how many people are coming by bus now and it's a big number. and we think a lot more people will 30% more people in national studies take street card

bus. >> reporter: and some didn't know d.c. had a street car. >> do you know the street car system that they opened, the one on the other side of the city? never heard of the street car? >> no. >> reporter: but others in the know on board. >> i think it would alleviate some of the traffic on m street having that transportation. >> reporter: the street car here to georgetown would likely have to lose the wires. the city is looking at battery powered cars that could do the trick. >> like all of these things, there will be more study that is require and then you have to fund it all. if all went according to plan, street cars could make their way to georgetown in about ten years. so we'll see. well tarks a look at this incredible footage that we got out of australia where boat ares save some had hot air balloon passengers. the balloon was trying to land in mem bourne when strong winds pushed it out over the water. the pilot was able to lower the balloon on to the deck of that boat to get the people out. once the balloon was light enough, he was able to get it back up into

land safely there on the ground. haven't seen that before. the rain is here, the rain is there, rain is everywhere. finallien a end, though, may be in sight. it will be damp out today, but tom has a reason to look forward to the week ahead. >> new battle in decision 2016, the growing problem for donald trump and hillary clinton. what they face in the race for the white house. and honoring a little girl's legacy. the mission to teach others and importanless on that. t

it's 7:30 and these are the top stories we are following. dozens of road closures just went into effect for the inaugural d.c. bike ride. the 17 mile ride goes through d.c. and into virginia. for a full list of closure, head to our nbc washington app. throughout fairfax county, police are searching for a man who went on a violent crime spree. he robbed a jewelry store, got no a shoot-out with police and car jacked a car. a bystander was shocked, but is expected to be okay. and university of maryland is investigating whether the use of pepper spray was appropriate. the department says it will take a look at police body camera footage and other videos. all right. take one look outside.

there. it's a little wet and dreary. it's a scene we're getting used to around these parts. i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. on top of that, it's pretty cool outside. tom kierein is tracking when the summerlike weather will be here, though. >> it is on the way later this week. so let's focus on that. but the overcast is brightening a bit as we have the sun up now and it's been up for about an hour and a half. and if we take a look at the storm team 4 radar, here comes more rain. the areas and moving color some light rain and it's beginning to spr spread out now in the shenandoah valley, montgomery county, from the north and west tracking right into the metro area over the next couple of hours. so we will have increasing wider spread light rain coming in. right now just patchy drizzle, a little bit of fog around the immediate metro area. going to stay cool throughout the day with temperur

wa warm-up on the way. today is national learn to swim day and in wood bridge oiroig tlel be a memorial to remember a 7-year-old who died last memorial day after dwrorowning the lorton station memorial pool. she didn't know how to swim. after the memorial, there will be a class to learn to swim. a majority of voters think hillary clinton is qualified to be president while more than half rate donald trump as not qualified. and the two candidates are focused on showing hair differences ahead of november's general election. chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: with polls showing the race between hillary clinton will and donald trump tightening, both candidates made a pitch to a voting group which could be pivotal in the general election. hispanics. the ad libbed speech recorded on his airplane, trump talked about bringing back jobs, improving education and cutt

promises to keep some drugs from pouring over the border, when you he did not mention the wall he vowed to build. >> we will stop drugs from pouring in to our country. we will strengthen our borders. >> reporter: clinton's pitch more direct. she didn't mention trump by name, but made clear who she was talking about. >> we have a candidate who wants to tear families apart and forcibly deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> reporter: a day after the national rifle association endorsed trump, clinton blasted his position on guns. >> this is someone running to be president of the united states of america, a country facing a gun violence epidemic and he's talking about more guns in our schools. that's no way to keep us safe. >> reporter: while polls show republicans are starting to coalesce behind trump, clinton still hasn't secured the

democratic nomination which is why bernie sanders continues to hit the trail saturday in new mexico. >> and i hope that this incredibly beautiful state will go on record as saying that we need a political revolution. >> reporter: new mexico, california and new jersey are among the states with democratic primaries june 7, final votes cast before the party's convention. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. former secretary of state hillary clinton will sit down exclusively with chuck todd this morning on "meet the press." you can see that interview right here at 10:30 after "news 4 today." president obama is on his way to asia for what is expected to be a historic trip. he will arrive in vietnam this morning to meet with leaders and spend three days touring that country. then it is off to japan where he will become the first sitting u.s. president to tour hiroshima. president obama will also attend the g-7 summit. e

house. jesse olivieri's home is in ashland, about 80 miles outside of philadelphia. the secret service agent shot him in the chest after they say he approached a checkpoint armed with a gun and disobeyed commands. neighbors say this is a complete shock. >> the last thing that you would think of would be something from the olivieris that would be involved in anything closely concerned with that. >> he remains in critical condition at george washington university hospital this morning. time is 7:34. a virginia man killed during a court order custody exchange. police say this man, cory terry, shot and killed austin on courthouse road in stafford county. during the exchange, terry alledgedly shout several times and then took off. police arrested him on nearby jefferson davis highway. he faces first-degree murder chaes

another local police department will try out the body worn cameras. wtop says annapolis police will kick off a year long pilot program. 10 of the department's 114 officers will be outfitted before the end of june. so it's a rainy and cool start, but we're always looking ahead and tom is updating his forecast now with how you can plan for the monday morning commute. and he hopped on his harley for a cross-country mission. stay with us for the touching story of the 89-year-old veteran

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ft. washington yesterday morning. the water main break created a pretty big geyser on valleybrook drive. wssc says just under 20 customers were affected. meanwhile in china, a sinkhole swallowed up several cars. it widened to about 16 feet and 10 feet deep. in the end four cars fell in. luckily no one was hurt. well, it is 7:38 and we could have a verdict tomorrow in the case of a baltimore police officer on trial for the death of freddie gray. prosecutors argued that edward nero should be found guilty of assault for his actions while detaining gray. nero was also blamed for risking gray's life by putting him on the floor of the police van instead of on a bench in a seat belt. nero's defense lawyers says nero acted reasonably and arguing seat belting gray was the responsibility of the van driver.

verdict tomorrow. time is 7:39. grab your umbrella and your raincoat. fom tom is updrating t dradating fo when it clears up and temperatures back into the 70s and 80s. and there a lot that you can do inside. we reveal some of the recent traveled lotions i had thissen in the nation's capal. it

good morning. gray sky, got some drizzle around. so you will need an umbrella, poncho, rain boots, jacket. because it's quite cool. we're only in the 50s and slacks as well throughout much of the day ahead as we'll have this off and on light rain and drizzle this morning. rain may get steadier into the away. right now the area in green on the storm team 4 radar coming in from the north and west tracking right into the metro area. this steadier rain going to be moving back in in about another hour or so, be with us off and on into the afternoon. promising news for the week ahead, summerlike temperatures on the way. we'll look at that in just a couple of minutes. sunday "today" is next and it starts at 8:00. >> willie geist joining us live from new york. >> good morning. coming up on sunday "today," 'l

bentley. and plus you'll meet a 29-year-old using ipads and a lot of new tech noolg to try to turn around the senior care industry, it looks like he might be doing it. and six months after the deadly terrorist attacks in paris, tom brokaw talks to one of the survivors about the awful day and how he and the city are doing today. all that and a lot more when we get started here on sunday "today." >> a lot of great stories. thanks so much. well, much of the focus in flint right now has been on drinking water, but now bathing is getting some much needed attention. members of a local plumbers union installed about 1,000 shower filters for free in the city. they are designed to target metals and potentially irritating chemicals. residents say that the lead-tainted water has been

horrible on their iskn. low flow shower heads and faucets were also donated. metro opened its headquarters for their first ever youth empowerment summit. the goal was to reverse the trend of teen violence. metro leader listened to teens about the possible causes and solutions to the violence. >> stand up for peace because that me what we need in the community. especially our generation. we need more of these in our cities, not just here, but everywhere else. >> no word yet on if metro will do a followup summit for teens. you could spend more on your next meal in fairfax county if a 4% meal tax referendum ends up on the november ballot before inside nova reporting that supervisors will vote 00 adding the referendumup june 7. the next story is about a virginia womanos

immigrated from china 40 years ago. and she was inspired to find a way to give back one box at a time. >> reporter: when she couldn't find an easy way for young girls to give back, she created one in >> we have boxes everywhere. >> reporter: she started little loving hands, a monthly subscription service with a twist. a box of kid crafts for a cause. >> every month we spotlight a different charity and in our kits we include all the materials and instructions for a child to create a craft and then it's sent back to the organization in need and handed out. these are the activity bags for the children's hospital. >> reporter: every project comes with a card that emphasizes who the kids are helping and why. one project was making snowman hand warmers for sick children. claudia lewis was ronald mcdonald house charities says teaming up was a win/win. >> it's a wonderful opportunity to raise visibility forhe

child's face. >> reporter: the whole experience is hands on teaching children empathy and compassion. and for busy moms like carrie, it's also convenient. >> the fact that it shows up in your mail box without much thinking about it is very helpful. >> reporter: they finished a tote that will be filled with canned food for seniors. this charity is geared to children ages 3 to 9. >> parents love it because there is no clutter but they know that it's going out for something good. >> they're doing a lot of good. since they launched, they have shipped more than 1,000 boxes everywhere from alaska to hawaii. please join us at 116:30, up i can't think and i are hosting our news special celebrating the culture and people in

and nothing is stopping an 8 89-year-old veteran. bruce heilman is on a coast to coast ride on his harley honoring fellow military hebs who never made it home. he also serves a university of rich mond chancellor. today he's stopping in ohio and plans to reach richmond by the holidays. well, this morning we continue our worth the trip series with a jaunt through the district from anacostia to a hidden spot in the medal of tide potomac. >> and with the rainy weather, some of teashese indoor spots m be speaker effect. melissa mollett takes us on the journey. >> reporter: so much history in the district, sure, you can get lost in museums or monuments or your secret favorite spot. >> i love the national arboretum. especially for kids. we have picnics.

lincoln cottage in northwest? it was president lincoln's summer house. here he wrote parts of the emancipation proclamation. fascinating relics inside, it's only been open to the public since 2008. >> lincoln first came out here a couple days after his first inauguration and was last seen riding the grounds the day before his assassination. so it bookends his presidency in many ways. >> reporter: now to southeast. how does a tour of a chocolate to factory sound? tasty and kind cool. every chocolate bar sold helps save 20 square feet of brazilian rainforest. now over to anacostia and the frederick douglas house. go back in time. the statesman called it cedar hill, a tribute to its sweeping views of the city. and jump off gw parkway, this

trail is perfect for hiking and biking and spectacular roosevelt island. >> you can hear the hum of traffic in the distances but apart from that, i feel like i'm totally in nature. >> reporter: this couple comes here for a one hour walk every day. the dirt path perfect for a jog in the middle of the island, though, a treat. a statue of the island's namesake. from the banks you can see all of georgetown. why not catch your transportation at the boathouse and cross the river. all these d.c. spots definitely worth the trip. melissa mollett, first 4 traffic. check out even more day trips in our nbc washington app. search "worth the trip." people are always looking for different places to go. >> and we're so lucky to live in an area with so much to do. >> alen

>> and we recommend being inside. >> looks like your hot shower. we're all goifogged out here. angie is growing webbed feet. this is what her feet look like. >> cute, aren't they? >> i didn't know you were so fuzzy. >> i need a shave. >> and i'm growing gills. post your photos on facebook, instragram. we have more rain coming in. you can see the radar starting to fill this with more rain. the area in the color, that is just very light rain tracking from the northwest heading southeast right into the metro area out of loudoun county, into fair fax and the district. scattered sprinkles all around the region. the hour by hour timing on this, these showers sinking south and by noontime, will be covering

district, most of matter and and west virginia, too. out in the mountains, many locations there getting showers and maybe this thunder. we will continue with light rain off and off all the way into the evening. it does taper off by dawn on monday. so for the d.c. bike ride today between now and all the way into the afternoon, it will be springily and damp and cool with temperatures in the 50s throughout the day. and waeting at the metro for the bus stop tomorrow morning, a chance of some drizzle in the mid 50s. 8:00 to 9:00, rain should be stopping but cool and damp. and then sun breaks out later in the morning and during the early part of the afternoon. by then upper 60s near 70. might get a passing shower in the afternoon or maybe a thundershower. finally a day with sunshine, an all dry day on tuesday. highs reaching the upper 70s. and here comes summer. wednesday up near

thursday, friday and saturday, into the 80s. partly sunny each day, rather humid, a small chance of a an afternoon thunderstorm. next weekend, sunday chance of afternoon storms. memorial day itself looks like mid-80s and scattered thunderstorms around. so here comes summer. enjoy that. will you dance with me? >> i'm not going to dance with you. i'm not a dancer. >> i'll give you three super did delegates. >> yeah. >> new classic for snl, their season finale, the hilarious reunion poking fun at hillary clinton and bnie sanders. er

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differences over a few drinks and they even danced. something the real democratic deaths are probably unlikely to do. hilarious. here are the 4 things you need to know. right now there are dozens of road closures around the stri district for the d.c. bike ride. it goes through d.c. and into virginia. for a full list of closure, head to our nbc washington app. police now searching for a man who robbed a jewelry store, got into a shoot-out and then car jacked a person. university of police department is reviewing body camera footage from officers. this after spray was used at a ho house party. police want too know if the use by officers was appropriate. today there will be a memorial event and water safety

remember a 7-year-old who died last memorial day after drowning at the lorton station community pool. she didn't know how to swim. >> let's get one final check of the weather. >> in about five days, temperatures will be 30 degrees warmer in the 50s today with occasional drizzle. tomorrow near 70 and chance of an afternoon shower. and then here comes the warm-up. it will feel like summer thursday, friday and saturday. even sunday and again a memorial day highs in the 80s. only a small chance of an afternoon thunderstorm each day. >> time to break out the pena company lad

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