justiest east of the river. a group of atv and dirt right bike riders was involved in a shoot-out andmilton was used as a human shield. a vigil will be held tonight at 7:40 p.m. the men and women who care for our nation's hallowed ground may go on strike. grounds keepers say they have been trying to reach a new contract for nearly eight months. their union has been working to negotiate with their employee. the 45 groundskeepers are asking to higher wages and paid sick leave. right now president obama is in heiroshimahiroshima. he's the first u.s. sitting president to visit the site. you're looking at live pictures here ase

coming out of that building. obama says is this a chance to reaffirm a world where nuclear weapons are no longer mess. i know the president before actually visiting the site, he was at a nearby air station where he met with japanese and u.s. troops there. this historic moment is also the final set of events for the president as he was there for the g-7 economic summit. we'll come back with more live pictures as soon as we see the president. >> gesellscha-e-s-e-l-l-s-c-h-a. >> that is correct. >> 7 d 25 -- that is the youngest ever champion of the national spelling bee. he's only 11 years old. he's not alone at the top, though. the bee ended in a tie will this year for the third year in a

actually. a 13-year-old was the other winner. the two will each take home $45,000 in cash and prizes and a trophy of course. and the title. >> i love their reaction. and the folks behind the bee made it more difficult so that ties would not happen and yet again we have another tie. >> they will get another shot next year. 4:32. let's check in with a me i can't and s amel amelia. it will be hot and humid today. notice mainly clear skies as we move into the hid gay hours. still mostly sunny. during the afternoon, isolated thunderstorms.gay hours. still mostly sunny. during the afternoon, isolated thunderstorms. petersburg, luray and winchester, notice brighter colors here on future weather. maybe a thundershower or two, maybe an isolated shower in the d.c.

but i think most of us are completely dry today so good news if you're getting out of town. 71 right now in the district. 68 in frederick, 64 manassas. i'll be back in ten minute looking ahead to memorial day as far as any rain is concerned. taking a look at prince george's county overall looking quite good here this morning, so we don't have any big worries there right now. no construction really to speak of through that area either. inner loop after connecticut avenue, two left lanes getting by the work zone. you can see up top of the beltway where connecticut avenue hits, we don't have any yellow or orange to worry about. 270 at montgomery village avenue, look quite good. taking a look at 66 from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, no worries. take you about nine minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. 95 here at triangltriangle, loo good. going to be very different as folks start heading out of town

coming up on 4:34. a former fairfax county fire investigator is taking her ex-co-workers to court. this is the latest allegation of a hostile work environment for female firefighters. patricia worked for the department for 20 years. she's now seeing 17 firefighters after she says she endured bullying and sexual harassment. some says it started when she became a firefighter in 196 and only on news 4, she said that harassment continued for years. >> on a number of occasions, i had a couple of firefighters come to my room 2:00, 3:00 in the morning and just constantly harassing me about sex. >> a judge had dismissed her case two years go. recently the department has come under fire after another firefighter took her own life and lewd comments were

the man who crashed in to two emts last year will spend a year and a half in prison, six months longer than sentencing guidelines. he was driving drunk when he lost control of his truck and ran into the medics seriously hurting them. the judge cited two previous offenses for the additional prison time. and a maryland man will spend the next 50 years in prison for killing his three month old son, prosecutors say he did to collect the life insurance policy. the judge sentenced him to life. is this allison elizabeth mot tcm mot, she was last seen walking away from her home. and she also goes by the

if you've seen her, call police. pack patience this week pend. all the lines at metro will be affected by repair work and there will be no orange service. also the vienna, dunn loring and west falls church stations will be closed so riders can take shuttle buses between those stations. today is the last day to register to vote for the democratic presidential primary here in d.c. registration can be done online. early voting starts next tuesday. if you forget to register, election officials say that d.c. residents can register at a polling location on election day. break out your swimsuits, it is time to kickoff pool season. mayor bower is hosting an event this afternoon. all pools and spray parks officially open tomorrow. memorial day weekend, 12:-6:00 and during the sum

live look outside this morning, reagan national airport for you. a lot of you headed out of town for the memorial day weekend, but if you're staying here, you could see some rain. amelia draper back with a closer look at that. shocking video just in of the shooting of the new york concert that we first told you about yesterday. what police have to say now about the man accused of firing off several shots. and what one of the men who stopped a man from attempting suicide on the bay bridge says about the tense monts.me

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a man was killed at a t.i. concert and this morning we have video from inside the venue. the nypd says the man with the gun here is rapper troy ave and that he is the one who started the shooting. he and two other people were hurt. another man, ronald mcphatter, was also killed. ave is in the hospital. he's expected to face charges. coming up on 4:41. and you can already feel a difference outside. >> 73 degrees right here at our station. let check in with amelia. >> as we look ahead to the long holiday weekend, unfortunately, the best chance of rain does look to occur on memorial day. so here is the set jump. thire

likelihood of bonnie, a tropical system, will impact the area for our memorial day. maybe late sunday, but especially on monday. likely bringing showers and an easterly flow into the region. so cooler temperatures at the beach, all the beach forecast coming up in ten minutes. showers looking likely. looks like the right chance of rain during the morning and midday hours. but overall, most of the weekend is looking good. right now roads looking good, as well. we will keep an eye 095 in maryland and virginia to see how things are moving thorn. and how they really start to change here throughout the afternoon as folks get out of town. 95 at 198, looking quite good here this morning. 270 also just fine. we did have some debris in the southbound lanes there in gaithersburg as you were passing montgomery village avenue and hitting the 370 area. looks like that has been cleared out of the way. 66

95 north, no problems. it is something that will impact a lot of you. metro's safetrack. and the countdown is on. hat youneed to know before

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to decision 2016 right now. donald trump has clinched the gop nomination. tracie potts joining us from capitol hill with a look ahead at his campaign. >> reporter: good morning. so he's clinched the nomination, at least he has the numbers do so when they go to that convention. and he's agreed to debate bernie sanders, but he put a price tag on it saying he wants a $10,000

health groups. not clear if he wants the networks or someone else to do that, not clear if this debate will happen at all. what we do know is that hillary clinton has said she does not want to debate. and while she's trying to focus on trump, she's also now facing increasing questions about her e-mails after this latest inspector general's report. asked about it, she said that she acknowledges that there are voter concerns, but that she expects and hopes that the voters will take a look at the bigger picture. meantime trump is also laying out his battle plan for the fall saying that he will focus on 15 battleground states. he just at the present time sdw. >> tracie, thank you. we are one week away, very soon you will have to make plans to work around the first phase of metro's massive safetrack plan. the aggressive main thantenance will start next saturday on the or and silver lines. it is 13tr

the clock single tracking between ballston and east falls church and trains will only run every 18 minutes. some riders say they will avoid the trains completely. >> when safetrack starts, will you just totally look for an alternate option? >> yeah, most likely. >> first one will be the most difficult clearly. first one for us, first one for the customers. so it will be bumpy. i wouldn't be surprised if it is bumpy. >> so you will have some extra metrobus service during the weekend, uber is also expanding options to accommodate more riders. new video shown in the andrew schmuhl trial gives workers a look at what led up to a violent attack on a couple. in surveillance video taken just days before the attack, you can see schmuhl's wife in a gun store buying a taser. a clerk told jurors that she came back to buy more taser

attorneys hope to show andrew was just carrying out his wife's orders and he was heavily medicated. jury returns to court on tuesday. investigators in fairfax county hope a sketch will lead them on to a person of interest in a homicide. police believe this woman may know something about the murder of a fairfax county teacher's assistant. sampson was found dead in a parking lot of the city side huntington metro apartments last week. the victim's girlfriend believes he was shot after witnessing a car break-in. an historic moment happening right now in hiroshima. president obama speaking at this moment after he and japan's prime minister laid wreathes at the historic site. the president talking just moments ago about the mushroom cloud that eventually led to the deaths of 140,000 people there. the president of course the first sitting u.s. president to visit the

the bombing there. 71 years ago. that is the latest. back to you. a prince william county teen who faced felony charges for sexing his girlfriend has filed a civil rights lawsuit. trey simms was 17 and charged with distributing child pornography. police took pictures of his genitals and sought a court order to take more pictures. charges were eventually dropped. simms is now suing the prosecutor who handled that case and the estate of the officer who arrested him saying they violated his right against unreasonable search and seizure. a flower delivery turned into a robbery when the driver decided to let himself into a woman's house. anthony reeves is facing several charges. according to montgomery county police, this is him in surveillance video trying to deliver those flowers to a kensington home the day before easter. instead of dropping off the flowers, he cased the house and then went in and

debit card and ipad. he even stopped and spoke with a neighbor who caught him on camera. >> and i said do you want me to sign r them. no, that's all right. >> were you suspicious some. >> right then and there, i said there's something wrong somewhere. >> police believe reeves may have used his position as a delivery driver to commit more crimes and they're looking for victims. happening today, we'll get a close her look at potential hurricanes this season. noaa will issue its initial outlook for the 2016 atlantic hurricane season today. experts will also highlight upgrades and new tools for better hurricane tracking. the atlantic hurricane season officially starts on june 1. hard to forget grandma virginia, the bomb who danced with president obama and the first lady at the white house. you might remember that. well, she just got the chance to bust a move at the ballpark.

game last night. p she met with nats manager dusty baker, received her own jersey. her number is 107. that's her age. >> this lady, mrs. her heart, she is everybody's grandma. i love her. you just can't get enough of her. can watch her over and over again. >> her first major league baseball game. >> very cool. all right. coming up on 4:51 now. and it's going to be a warm memorial day weekend. >> highs [']near 90, upper 80s tomorrow, 80s on saturday. memorial day the coolest day of the long holiday weekend. it will be noticeably humid today, as well, and humid on saturday. and sunday. maybe late day isolated showers and thunderstorms today. it's looking mainly dry saturday and sunday during the day, subpoenaed night though p during the overnooil night hoight hour will be tracking some rain.

memorial day showers. atlantic hurricane season officially begins june 1, but we'll likely be tracking bonnieobonnie over the weekend. right now we're in the 60s and low 70s. 72 in college park, 71 in the district. manassas one of the cooler locations coming in at 64. 7:00 a.m., a temp around 71 degrees. no sunny skies. hazy sun not rest of the day. lunchtime, temperatures in the mid-80s and isolated thunderstorms between about 3:00 and 8:00. highs today 89. if you're heading to the beach, water temperature now at 64 degrees. so certainly chilly. tomorrow at the beach though nearly perfect. upper 70s. mid 70s sunday showers later

the day. monday, temp around 71 and showers. for yard work, tomorrow and sunday looking good. pa r parades on monday, showers possible. so you can see tuesday, wednesday, thursday, i'm keeping it dry with high temps in the mid-80s. good morning. looking good there, especially the temps next week. inner loop after connecticut avenue, construction still hanging around. but when you take a look at the top of the beltway, you can see nothing is being slowed by the road work there. 270 at shady grove road, rolling along just fine. had the earlier report of debris in the roadway, a tire, some tire debris southbound there as you were passing 370. not seeing any slowdowns, though. 66 eastbound and westbound rolling along just fine right now. taking a look at 95, quanto

17 minutes. so did have earlier road work and of course this look way different here during the evening commute as folks really start hitting the road or perhaps even around lunchtime start leaving for some fun this weekend. prince george's county right now looking quite good. inbound 210 going 60 miles per hour. it's a startling diagnosis, the so-called super bug. why health officials are so worried. and a daring rescue all caught on camera. how authoritie manageds t

we're tracking developments out of northern california where a 15-year-old girl is missing after police shot her suspected kidnapper. that suspect was killed in a shoot-out on thursday after a high speed chase. 15-year-old pearl last seen being dragged across a freeway on wednesday. investigators believe she was held at gunpoint as she walked to a school bus stop. >> we know that she is outstanding and until we find out that she's okay, everybody at this hour is all focused on locating the 15-year-old. >> police say the suspect and victim are were acquaintances, but they emphasize she was taken up willingly. the so-called super bug doctors have been worried about has arrived here in the u.s. experts believe it is resistant to all known antibiotics. the potentially deadly bug was discovered seven

a pennsylvania woman who has never traveled out of the u.s. has tested positive. the concern is that antibiotics have been prescribed so much that a super bug has grown immune to them. >> we need to do a very comprehensive job protecting antibiotic so is that we can have them and our children can have them. >> doctors say if antibiotic resistant bacteria becomes more common, infections will be extremely difficult to treat. if you're a parent to a young child, you might want to hear this. a recall of these backpack carriers. the problem here, a faulty buckle that can pull the carrier off the shoulder. if that happens, your baby could fall over. the backpacks are made by osprey. if you have one, call osprey for a replacement or full refund. d.c. is getting closer to a $15 an hour minimum wage mayor muriel bowser signed an order to put together a

the group has six months to come up with recommendations. a daring rescue completely halted early memorial day traffic thursday morning. this was the scene after a map climbed over the rail of bay bridge and threatened to jump. not one, but two people are being praised for putting their lives on the line to save this machine has he dangled from the highest point on the bridge. a driver jason hayes stopped to help him despite the fact that he is afraid of heights. >> as soon as i locked eyes with the gentlemans, i knew that i had to push that aside and that i would be there for him. >> both hayes and lieutenant kevin brener talked to the man for about 45 minutes up tentil arrived. >> so let's say that you had a million dollars to spay spare, you could buy a nice home in d.c. or an entire town in west virginia. want to show you a look at sugar grove stationn

s's a form it's a former u.s. n business and it's up for auction. >> $1 million is the starting bid. you got 122 acres, 80 home, bowling alley. >> fire station. here in the district you may get like two small homes. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. from the highways to the skyways, a lot of you are getting ready to head out for the holiday weekend. >> and you can be sure to expect some company. news 4 "today" at 5:00 starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erica rodriguez. let's get a check of your weather. the weather having a low impact on your day. it's hot, humid, with hazy sunshine. and some

thunderstorms especially west of washington. mainly around the i-81 corridor. 71 balmy degrees. 10:00 a.m., upper 70s and plenty of sunshine. and we're noticing the muggy nest today. by noon, a temperature around 84. and as far as the allergy report is concerned, trees and grasses coming in at high. weeds and mold spurs low. not only is the weather having a low impact on folks getting out of town, but there really aren't any problems on the roads. >> no problems on the roads. i wish i could tell that you this in about 12 hours. it will be different with folks trying to get out of town. taking a look at route 1, 29, 95, bw parkway here, everything looking good. so no big worries. still have that construction inner loop after connecticut kind of hanging around for us. taking a look at 395 and flying in to the district, you are on time there at 14 minutes. don't have any worries. we'll take a live