>> it feels really nice. it is officially that time of the year. the cherry blossoms for whatever is going to constitute peak blooming period, it is happening now. it started on saturday and we r keeping them -- i took these pictures yesterday by the tidal basin. what looks really nice from afar, that same tree when i took a closeup picture, these are not in shadow. these are the frozen cherry blossom petals. you can see the weeping cherry tree under the 14th street bridge. look at that. 20 or 25% of the blossoms able to hold on after all of those freezes. between the rain drops today and wednesday, thursday will be your last best chance to see what we have. there's another chance of rain on friday. today though we're tracking chances for rain. thunder showers down across central virginia are likely to move in here for the second part of the morning commute. for more on that and a talk on temperatures, let's go over to

cluster chuck was showing you a moderate to heavy rain to move in shortly before lunchtime or late this morning. i would say around 9:00, 10:00. getting closer. near charlottesville. temperature wise, aaron mentioned how warm it was. 61 in the district. 56 dulles. if you're walking the dogs today, we have one available for adoption, this guy right here. if you are walking the dog today, looking for a dog to walk, well, it's going to be one of those days where you need the rain coat. keep an eye to the sky. limit it because we have lightning in the forecast with the thunderstorms. by noon today 67 degrees. that's when we expect the bigger area of rain and thunderstorms to move in through the evening though, 74, scattered thunderstorms have the umbrella with you all day long and speaking of kind of a wet commute for this evening, let's go over to melissa mollet. good morning. >> going to be a little yucky this evening.

talking about a couple of other issues. 95 southbound at powder mill road, still have a report of that crash here this morning. at this point you can see it's not really slowing things too much at least. 66 and 95 no problems northbound or southbound there. taking a look at 270 with a trip down south, a little slow as you're coming off 70. it's better through germantown and then things open up through gaithersburg and rockville. aaron? >> we continue to follow the breaking news this morning. a man is dead after being shot by a police officer montgomery county. >> there are a lot of questions right now this morning about what led up to the shooting. news 4's justin finch is live with the information police will be reviewing. what's new, justin? >> reporter: angie, good morning. the on site investigation has wrapped up for now, but next up montgomery county police will look over that officer's body camera footage and other evidence collected including a

scene. so far police are being tight-lipped on what kind of weapon that was, but we do know this all begins about 11:00 or so last night here at the condominium complex. at some point that officer met a man here during a call. that's why the officer was here. they had some kind of conflict. it's unclear whether that man was involved in the theft call initially. it all ends with the officer opening fire and hitting that man in his upper torso. we were told the officer did call fire/rescue to assist in treating that man but he did die at the hospital. his name will be released once his family is notified. now as for the officer involved, we know that he is a five 46 year veteran of montgomery county police force. his name has not yet been released but it could come out. he is on paid administrative leave per department policy. >> justin finch live montgomery village. molette green with

learning about this. it happened a couple of years ago, aaron. a female victim in the hospital. this all happened in the 3900 block of ames street in northeast. it's not far from east capital street. no suspect information just yet and no word yet on the victim's condition. as soon as we get more information we're going to bring it right to you on air and online. back to you. >> molette, thank you. catoctin high school students returning to their school after it was the center of an alleged school plot. coming up next what could have been a mass shooting at the frederick county school. we'll be live with the latest. >> i'm confused. like i said, i've been with him 24 years. he never showed me any sign of illness. >> this morning a father is racking his brain wondering if he missed any warning

this after his daughter was shot several times by her husband in waldorf and her two daughters, 4 and 17 years old were killed by their daughter in the murder/suicide. she is still in critical condition and doesn't know her daughters are dead. >> people want me to be angry, want me to do something, to say something. i know that ain't the right thing to do. i can't bring them back. you know what i'm saying? there's no way in the wor i could bring them back. i have to -- i have to forgive him. >> last night imagination early learning center in waldorf held a vigil for the 4-year-old girl that died. teachers say they will continue to remember leila goodwin by displaying her little diploma. five minutes after the hour now. new details in the murder of a d.c. artist may lead to her killer. this morning d.c. police forensic teams are processing korean na

her prius was found on friday. police are not saying where. her body was found bound and stabbed to death inside a basement apartment last week. police say they want to speak to the man you saw there. they're calling him person of interest. they said there were no signs of forced entry at the apartment and investigators don't think this was a random crime. we have some new details in the brutal murder of a d.c. artist. >> we'll tell you about a missing girl right now. this young woman is heaven shamte. she's missing since saturday. you see her picture on the screen. heaven is 150 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. she was last seen on 30th street just off naylor road. >> people are beginning to get more involved when it comes to searchinor

the national center for missing and exploited children hosted their very first facebook live session. they say luring kids on social media has replaced traditional ab dungt shuns. you can watch the entire conversation on our nbc washington app. all you have to do is search missing kids. 6:07 right now. an attack on a maryland girl is another important reminder to talk to your kids about the dangers of social media. court documents revealed a 13-year-old was raped by two men in a southeast d.c. home. police say the victim met one of the men on social media. she snuck out of her house and took ab uber to meet him. they ended upholding her in the basement until she was able to escape. two men are in jail without bond. here's a look at some of your political headlines this morning. president trump focusing on energy today. he's expected to sign an executive order to create more jobs for coal miners and repeal president obama's policyn

house intelligence committee chairman devin nunez is facing calls to recuse himself. this comes after his secret trip to the white house grounds to review classified information. the white house issuing a new threat to sanctuary committees. the penalties may not be the same for drivers who get a parking ticket in the district. if you get a traffic or parking ticket and you don't pay up in 30 days that fine doubles. the d.c. counsel is looking for a plan to get rid of doubled penalties but only for people who live in the district. that means if you live in virginia or maryland you could pay double fines. aaa says it creates short due dates because of the time it takes to mail notices. dc dmv warns people to nail a week in advance. >> the national season

opener what's going to be new at nats park. they'll be showing off new food options, several redesigned spaces. you might recall last year the ball pavg revamped the dining club behind home plate and debuted falaffles, gyros and handmade dumplings. we'll take you behind the changes. 6:09 now. do you uber to work? the ride sharing service is getting into slugging. how it's making it easier to share a ride and cut down on expenses. good morning. it's 6:09 on a tuesday morning. radar shows a big cluster of showers and thunderstorms just down to our south and west. it's coming your way, everybody. be umbrella ready. moving into the d.c. metro area between 8:00 and 9:00 this morning. don't leave home without that umbrella. check of the weekend forecast coming rig

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you're watching "news 4 today." 6:13 our time right now. it's nice that it's going to be warm. not so great that it's going to be wet though. >> some of us could see some rumbles, right, sheena? >> yes, that's right. we've seen it so far this morning. we've had a few thunderstorms move by. right now they are all cleared out of the area heading towards baltimore. in a little bit of a break. start to notice light rain around 81 in winchester. this big area that i circled, that is what we're watching by lunchtime today or even a little bit before lunchtime

activity. before you head out have the umbrella. keep in mind we have thunderstorms in the forecast. 7:00 a.m., spotty showers near 60 degrees. by noon, 67. rain likely. a big area of rain. this afternoon 4:00 p.m. could see a few peaks of sunshine with scattered thunderstorms in the forecast. a chance of the thunderstorms by 7:00 p.m. they'll start to wind down. we'll have a look at the rest of your forecast. let's look at melissa mollet. >> top of the beltway sheena, outer loop with a crash. you can see the backups on the outer loop. taking a look elsewhere 210 at wilson bridge drive right there on indian head highway, both directions traffic lights are not functioning. red line delays. 270 south looks good for your travel times. top of the beltway is slow because of what we just showed you with that problem outer loop there at

66 in bound and everything rolling along nicely. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in the car today. melissa, thank you. 6:15. breaking news out of florida now where police officers were shot overnight. molette green at the live desk. >> reporter: we've learned that police are looking for six people involved in this ambush style shooting of those undercover miami officers. that's according to the miami herald this morning. incredible video we want to show you again of those injured officers hobbling out of the back of the pickup truck. they're getting help to walk inside a trauma center. they were shot inside the unmarked car while working a gang detail. the suspects reportedly walked past them and then opened fire and they got away. a bullet grazed one officer. the other one took a bullet to the leg. that's the latest. new charges for a maryland white

it may lead to terrorism charges. he's an army veteran. he stabbed timothy kauffman in the back with a sword killing him. prosecutors zajac son was intent on stirring racial fears. he told the "new york daily news" he's sorry and he would have rather killed a, quote, younger thug or more successful black man. this morning there is some hope for flint, michigan, residents. new waterlines are being installed by 2020 per the court agreement. the state of michigan and the city will pay to replace 18,000 home waterlines. the agreement settles a lawsuit over led contaminated water that was supplied for a year and a half before city officials alerted them. it didn't treat the water for led that leaks into it. are your

slime craze or making the gac? making homemade slide is becoming more and more popular. while it may keep your kids entertained, one ingredient may not be safe. susan hogan has the warning. >> reporter: this slime is so popular right now that just a few weeks ago we told you how it actually is causing a shortage of glue. but "consumer reports" is warning about another ingredient in the slime, borax. they say the household cleaner could actually be dangerous for your children. >> borax is meant to be a household cleaner or an additive for your laundry. just because you have it around, just because it seems to be perfectly safe for those types of applications doesn't mean it should be used for anything else, particularly household slime. >> reporter: tonight on news 4, we'll tell you about another concern "consumer reports" has and how you can protect your

it, a lot of places include that borax ingredient. diy, make your own slime. it's not widely known. a good alert there. in the coming weeks you will have a new option to help you commute to work. >> our news partner wtop reports that uber is testing a new feature. the idea is to essentially create slug lines using the ride share system's app. drivers will be connected with nearby chuters who need to hitch a ride. to start it will only be used along i-66, 395 and the gw parkway. we have rain, some people might see some wind, hail sneen. >> -- even? >> gusty winds and pea sized hail not outside the realm of possibilities. also, some thunder and lightning as well as pockets of moderate to at times even briefly heavy rain. it's all because of this

swirl out here in the radar. that's the area of low pressure. it's sort of the scoop and score. scooping moisture out of the gulf of mexico. we are going to score some rain drops. that's good news. we're quite a bit behind in rainfall for the year. this first batch is moving out of our area from columbia into baltimore. there are rain drops out in the shenandoah valley. i-81 likely to have pockets of wet pavement. moving into parts of charlottesville. that is also coming our way. the speed it's going will arrive on the southwest side to the d.c. metro. likely to be raining around here between 8:00 in the morning and about 11:00 and then another chance for later. so here's future weather carries that first patch out. here comes that cluster of rain showers for charlottesville. by 9:00, pockets of moderate rain coming on 209 beltway. the first wav

hour. doesn't mean you're going to be dry. should be a break in action and a sliver or two of sunshine and another chance of thunder showers later this afternoon. have the up bra la and you meade it two or three times. >> now afternoon highs up into the mid to low 7 os. your rain chance stands at 80%. hopefully it won't take too many of the blossom petals down. wednesday and thursday will be good days to be outside. much needed and potentially heavy rain comes up on friday afternoon. >> rain drops often slow the commute. >> we have a couple of issues. on the red line, a problem. single tracking between fort totten and that's because of a medical emergency. outer loop at georgia, the kra shall is on the corner. the backups are coming down

morning. taking a look at the south, northbound indian highway, southbound at wilson bridge drive. branch avenue in brandywine. 66 and 95 you can see don't have any issues there. live look at 270 father hurley you can see the rain drops. >> melissa, thank you. if you use rockville pike you may need to change your route. the crossing project to build a pedestrian tunnel under the road will move forward next wednesday. c construction crews will close from april 5th to april 7th from 9 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. it will give you something to think about. >> at least you have it better than these drivers who could not move because of a couple of horses on the

they're trotting down the highway. this is out in california where this happened. they broke through a fence, went right into the roadway. >> now the california highway patrol had to completely stop traffic here while they chased these horses. good luck with that. no one was hurt. >> what would you think? >> i would take out the phone and take pictures. >> so beautiful. spinach leading to a major break through in heart health. how scientists are using the leafy green to grow new cells. plus, a dc native looking for fame on "the voice." we were there with the family as they watched his next steps at becoming a star. their

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you're watching "news 4 today." all right. spoiler alert. if you're still trying to catch up on this season of "the voice." >> take a listen as malik davage wowed the judges during last night's battle round. ♪ ♪ >> he's so good. love his style, too. malik walked away from the night a big winner. we were there with him as he and his family watched from the home, their house. it was a big celebration. malik telling us he was so thrilled to win. >> won the battle round. putting it on for the friends and the family. awesome experience. going to keep rocking. go team davage, go team

>> we are rooting for him. >> little daughter paris there with him. malik grew up here in washington. he was pushed by his family and teachers to pursue singing. the final battle round is tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. see if malik makes it to the live round. >> we hope so. >> wish him luck. what goes up comes down fast. it is the escalator scare that has people around the world talking about safety at the malls. plus, a maryland school's terror plot foiled. why police believe a young woman was going to make good on a plan to bomb and shoot up the school. and we have rain in the forecast in just a few hours from now. big cluster of heavy rain and thunderstorms. that will be moving in. keeping the umbrella around through the afternoon. chuck and i are back with the planner for the rest of today and some sunshinheading our e

>> reporter: right now at 6:30, a deadly police shooting. what key piece of evidence was found on scene? >> reporter: and i am at the scene of a high school where an attack plot was foiled. the teenager had ammo

bomb-making materials, but it's what her father found in her diary that was even more concerning. and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we've had a little rain overnight but there's another cluster of moderate rain. i'll time out its arrival coming up. "news 4 today" starts now. it is 6:30 on this tuesday morning. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm angie goff. melissa mollet is here with your first 4 traffic. >> we want to get straight to the traffic. chuck bell and sheena parveen watching thunder showers. >> have the umbrella and keep an eye on the sky. >> absolutely right. thunder and lightning early this morning. there's more where that came from later on today. the next batch of pockets of mod der ra it to brief rain in central virginia coming in

direction. that's between 9:00 and 10:00. future weather to show the blossoming of rain chances by 9:00. pockets of rain on almost all four corners. waves of moderate rain moving through mid to late morning hours. as you get into lunchtime, a little break in the action. a little chance for showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. one thing it won't be is cold. we're in the upper 50s and low 60s now. afternoon highs today upper 60s to low and mid 70s. more on our next rain chance with sheena coming up in a few more minutes. wanted to start with a look at the beltway to show you what's going on. beltway looks quite good until you look up top. outer loop at georgia avenue is where we had that earlier crash. again, it's on the shoulder. we have delays coming off of 95. that's adding to the normal pain at the top of the beltway. beltway at new hampshire avenue wanted to show you thee

there. northbound side north of 301, new crash there. 210 at wilson drive, traffic lights still malfunctioning causing slowdowns. up top biggest problem is southbound 95 hitting the beltway. 270 at montgomery village you can see road spray. a school attack plot foiled in frederick county. this morning students are headed back to classes after investigators uncover a classmate's cache of bomb making materials and ammunition. >> that young woman is being evaluated in the hospital. we're live at the high school with more on the student's alleged plan and what's next. darcy? >> reporter: well, good morning. we are here at cocotin high school. students will return to class at about 7:30 this morning. authorities do believe one of their fellow classmates planned to carry out the

they do believe she planned to do that here at the school sometime next month. among the items that she was allegedly assembling, shotgun, bomb-making materials, they were found in the student's home. she was identified as 18-year-old nicole savario. taken into custody here at the high school last week. her father came forward after reading some very frightening entries into her personal journal or diary. he did the right thing and possibly saved lives. >> small town close to camp david. just a scary thing. i'm sorry for the whole school and the whole community. >> that student does remain hozlized. there are counselors here at cotoctin high school to help students deal with the frighteningpl

6:34. some of the other top stories we are following. a man is dead after being shot by a police officer montgomery county. this happened at 11:00 after police say they got a call about a theft at a condo complex montgomery village. not clear what led to the shooting but police say they found a weapon at the scene. in about 15 minutes we'll have a live report on the other evidence that police are reviewing this morning. new details in the brutal murder of a d.c. artist may lead to her killer. they're going over her car as evidence. they found her car on friday although they're not saying where they found it. she was found bound and stabbed inside a basement apartment in northeast last week. the senate intelligence committee wants to talk to president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, about his ties to russia during the transition. it's part of the investigation into russia's interference during the election. kushner volunteered to come forward and

meanwhile, russia and a secret trip to the white house are topping news on capitol hill. >> democrats are calling on the house intelligence committee chair to recuse himself from the russia investigation. news 4's molette green in the newsroom with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. that's exactly right. some democrats are questioning chairman nunez and his ability to conduct the investigation. he made a secret trip to the white house grounds last week to view classified information and that visit happened the day before he claimed the president and his associates may have been incidentally swept up in foreign surveillance by american spy agencies. here is how congressman adam shift shiv reacted. >> too much called into question whether he has the objectivity. >> reporter: he said he saw classified information that could not be brought to his committee and that it has nothing

6:35. the father of a high school rape suspect is in jail. i.c.e. said sanchez re yyes is here illegally. his son is accused of raping a student in the school bathroom. that high profile attack got the attention of the white house. now the trump administration is using that case at rockville high school as an example for the need to take action against sanctuary cities. sanctuary cities shelter people living in this country illegally by refusing to have the federal go -- >> that would be such a mistake. i would plead with the people of maryland to understand that this makes the state of maryland more at risk for violence and crime, that it's not good poli

governor larry hogan opposes a sanctuary bill and says he will veto a measure if it makes his desk. shoppers trampled and many injured. why the investigation led to arrests. your mom always said spinach is good for you. we have a story about a heart healthy veggie that could be a game changer. maybe good for you but that doesn't make it good. outside we have rain drops on storm team 4. they're likely to be reaching heavier rain, fredericksburg by 8:00 and leesburg by

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and now your storm team 4 forecast. good tuesday morning. make sure you have the umbrella today. locally we're in a little bit of a break with the rain, but take a look at what's on the way. moving into charlottesville right now. big

thunderstorms. so as we go through the day today, 7:00 a.m., temperature near 60. by noon, 67. widespread rain and thunderstorms around by the afternoon commute still some scattered thunderstorms. temperatures in the 70s. speaking of the commute, let's check it with melissa mollet. >> still our biggest backup will be the outer loop as you're approaching georgia avenue. again, the crashes out of the way. when i talk about delays we're talking about southbound even on 95 as you're passing cherry hill road. the crash north of 301 has the big delays because of malfunctioning traffic lights. that's causing serious pain for a lot of folks this morning. look at traffic times straight ahead. melissa, thank you. we all ride them. we probably have never had an escalator ride like this one though. >> that's right. check out what happened. here's a

after some safety gears malfunctioned. this happened in hong kong. you can see in the cell phone video, dozens of people thrown to the ground. check that out. 18 people in all hurt. one person actually got a serious head injury and get this, now two engineers who were supposed to investigate, they've been arrested and charged with tampering with evidence. jeff rosen will have more on escalator dangers coming up on the "today" show. a lot of people don't even hold onto the rales. spinach, popeye would like this, to help solve a deadly medical problem. the lack of donor organs. this is how they turned spinach leaves into human heart tissue that can actually beat. spinach grows in a way that's very, very similar to blood vessels that you find in a human heart. scientists stripped the spinach leaves of cel

tissues and they beat for up to three weeks. doctors say the human plant fusion came over lunch. . a waiter at ihop taking the time to feed a disabled customer. find out what happened to the waiter when the story went viral. we continue to follow breaking news montgomery county where a deadly shooting took place involving a police officer. we're live with the look at what we kw about the man killedno o

breaking news overnight. a deadly police shooting. why officers believe their lives were at risk. and storm team 4 tracking several rounds of thunder showers. the hour-by-hour forecast that you'll want to see before you head out. and he called global warming a hoax. now president trump is taking on climate change and taking new action today. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. 14 before the hour now. that breaking news this morning. a call to police that ended in gunfire. a montgomery county police officer shot and killed a suspect last night montgomery village. >> this all happened around 11:00 p.m. on stedwick road near centre court condominiums. there was a lot of

the shooting. news 4's justin finch is live at the scene with the evidence that police have already collected this morning. what have you found out, justin? >> reporter: well, angie, we now know the officer's body camera footage will be critical in this investigation. major crime detectives spent hours in the area where we are right now collecting evidence which we now know includes a weapon of some kind. the investigation looking at video here covered a wide swath of the centre court condominiums last night. after 11:00 an officer radioed for fire rescue to help treat a man that he had shot. that's after he and that officer were embroiled in some kind of conflict out here. the officer was out here responding to what we know was some kind of theft call. it's not clear if the man that was shot was involved in that. we spoke to a neighbor who said she heard four to five shots last night and then she looked outside her window. >> i heard the gu

room. i heard the gunshots and i ran into the hallway. i didn't know if something was going to come in. you could see the police because i was standing right there like pumping down on him. >> reporter: the officer involved here is a five-year veteran of the montgomery department. he's on administrative paid leave pending the outcome of this investigation. some time today his name could come out as well as the man who died. back in to you. >> justin, thanks so much. 6:48 right now. you can help find a 15-year-old girl. please take a look at your screen right now if you can. no one has seen heaven shamte since saturday. she's described as being 150 pounds, brown eyes, black hair. she was seen off naylor road in the southeast. we've put her picture on social media. please share if you can. fairfax county police are looking for a woman who posed as a target

stole tens of thousands of dollars in new iphones. this happened to the target in mount vernon a couple of weeks ago. police say the woman pretended to be an employee, walked into the stockroom, took the phone and left. 11 before the hour now. we have breaking news involving the virginia's governor's race. >> reporter: new poll numbers shows democrats are tied up in the virginia governor's race. take a look at the results of a just released wason center for public policy voters. tom pariello has gained ground since the last survey in february and is now tied up with lieutenant governor ralph northam at 26%. former national committee chair ed gilles pea leapie leads his competitors. they have president trump's job

margin of error here is plus or minus 3.7%. aaron? >> molette, thank you. president trump also getting ready to take a major swipe at former president barack obama's legacy on climate change. he's expected to sign an order rolling back the carbon power solution. an ordinary moment of kindness, loving this story, nearly brought me to tears, it is going viral. >> just a beautiful moment here. it's a good reminder that everybody needs a little help every now and then. take a look at this, an ihop server sits down to help her feed a disabled person so her companion can eat. >> love what matters. >> this happened in springfield, illinois. the photo has actually been liked more than 29,000 t

server. some are even sharing their own stories of kindness. >> she just wrote how her faith in humanity was restored today. something so simple when people think that nobody's watching. >> the server has been offered a job to work and be a caretaker. he'll do well. let's get to melissa now and get an update on the morning commute. >> let's toss it to the pregnant lady who can't handle any of that. >> melissa, i will feed you after the show. come on over. >> georgia avenue, the crash there is now clear. we still have those delays. inner loop at little river turnpike with a vehicle stopped there. couple of problems. the rest of the beltway looks good. 95 southbound at cherry hill, you can see some of the delays as you're getting onto the outer loop of the beltway. 270, live look at montrose

pretty good. you can see the sheen on the roads. southbound 270 after north frederick road, left lane getting by the crash. new crash on 270 i'm just hearing about. we'll hear about it and tweet about first alert traffic. 666 and 95, no big issues there. 210 at wilson bridge drive, traffic lights still not functioning. no longer single tracking on the red line. that is great. travel times looking very typical right now. top of the beltway 95 to 270 your slowest spot. 66 in bound, 5 northbound no worries. listen to wtop when you hop into your car. chuck bell, are you emotional today? >> no. that's just me. the next few days will be peak blooming period for the cherry trees. they look good from a distance.

of the blossoms were bitten by the freeze bug. not bad from a distance. up close you can tell on the weeping cherry tree. only about 20% of the flowers actually survived. four things to know, grab the umbrella. dry weather tomorrow. sunday looking like the better half of the weekend. cluster of rain and thunderstorms down in central virginia. coming our way into the d.c. metro. do not leave home without your umbrella or you will be sorry about that. timing it out that batch of moderate to heavy rain comes through the d.c. metro between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m. pretty good rain coming up on friday. let's go to my colleague sheena parveen. >> we dry out for a couple of days ahead of some rain for friday. friday we could see pretty heavy rain, too, lasting for quite a long time. future weath

tomorrow morning nice and dry, thursday dry. then we go into very early friday. here's our future weather model clearing up as we go through saturday. weekend looks pretty good. normal high, 60 degrees. early look at the weekend, clearing out. let's take a look at the ten day forecast. >> i think between today and friday that will be the end of peak blooming period. so the weekend though dry probably won't be as pretty around be the area. sunday morning is the cherry blossom ten miler. i'll be taking part in that race along with thousands of other people. looks like good weather coming up and more chances which we do need which is rainfall coming up next week. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters.

step closer to reality. elon musk, the founder and ceo of tesla and sapacex has computers to link up with the brains. he wants to develop tieby electrodes that could be implanted into your brain. musk says more details will be coming in about a week so stay tuned. for cnbc's morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. coming up on 6:56, here are four things to know before you head out the door. a man is dead after being shot by a police officer montgomery county. they found a weapon at the scene. the officer and victim have not been identified but that could happen today. justin finch is montgomery village. follow him on twitter for updates. an 18-year-old frederick county student is expected to face charges after her

school attack was foiled. follow darcy spencer on twitter for updates. democrats calling on house intelligence committee devin nunez to recuse himself from his committee's russia investigation. this comes after we learned he made a secret trip to the white house grounds last week to view classified information. the "today" show will have more on that next. a brand new poll says the leading democratic candidates are tied. ralph northum and tom parielle has 26%. the margin of error is plus or minus 3.7%. the primary is june. right now, a couple of problems on the beltway slowing things at outer loop in georgia. inner loop at little river turnpike, that disabled vehicle is causing a two-mile backup. >> rain drops always slow the commute just a bit. we have an

going to get rained on. one wave of moderate rain before 8, 9, 10:00 in the morning. chance of scattered thunder showers and more needed rain on friday. >> chuck, thank you. that is the "news 4 today." we appreciate you waking up for us. >> we have the "today" show next and we will be back with more breaking news, local weather and traffic at 7:25. >> have a great tuesday, everybody. mmm! [ keys clack ] [ slurps ] make it iced, then make it happen

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should he go? the chairman of the house intelligence committee under fire after admitting he went to the white house. information the dth later said vindicates him. growing calls for devin nun us to step away from the investigation. is he too close to the snvgs. >> a second straight day of damaging storms across the south. more severe weather including large tornadoes possible today. too much? a young boy being screened at the dallas airport with a pat down that went an at length. nearly two minutes. the boy's mother posting that