of 3% a year. d.c. council member jack evans has long advocated for dedicated regional funding for metro. >> if this reason doesn't get behind what paul is putting out there, our riders should vote out of office, should vote out of office every politician that doesn't support this. >> one of those politicians who might not support it is maryland governor larry hogan. >> the discussion i had with the secretary of transportation, 40% of the people who ride metro are government workers. you need to step up. they only pay $128 million and 40% of the riders are theirs. >> hogan argues maryland is the largest funder of metro, more so than virginia, d.c. and the federal government, paul's plan calls for a rainy day fund for metro. we'll find out more about that plan at 10:00 at metro headquarters. >> leroy malveaux is headed back to a cour

in 2002 with the deadly sniper attacks. malveaux's attorneys will say his six life sentences are unconstitutional. a mandatory life sentence for juveniles is unconstitutional. malveaux was 17 when he was arrested. the hearing is set for june 15th. we're learning more details this morning about another man who went on a shooting rampage last year. eulalio toroil went on a shooting spree before he went on to kill two others at a mall and a grocery store. washington post reports that on tuesday toroil is expected to plead guilty to two counts of first degree murder. he faces the same charges in prince george's county. police are looking for the same man in two sexual assault cases. the first

kenilworth avenue. a man groaned her, rped her and and did it again. the same happened to a different woman who says the man had a knife. the description of the suspect was similar in both cases. down to a black jacket with green coloring on the sleeves that the man was wearing. it is 4:32 now. memorial service is planned for term at the fort bellemore army base to remember specialist jeremy tomlin. the 22-year-old died in a military helicopter crash in prince charles county. his mother said nothing could stop him, not even his fear of heights. new security if you plan to visit the white house. erika gonzalez has that. >> changes

you'll see the white house next time you're down there. if you go down there and to the sidewalk along the south side of the grounds is now off limits. used to be that it was just closed overnight. not anymore. the pretty pictures, you're still going to have access to those. agents say the move is supposed to help with monitoring the area. now, remember, the north side of the white house is where that higher fence is supposed to be going up. at the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. foreign policy will be a big focus for president trump today. he will meet with italian prime minister at the white house. the president will likely face questions on some of the foreign policy decisions his administration has made in the last several days. and one of those questions will likely focus on iran. it comes after some tough talk from secretary of state rex tillerson who called the iran nuclear deal a failure yesterday. news 4's tracie potts will have details on what that can mean

for the future of the deal coming up. former president george h.w. bush could be headed home any day now. he remains in a houston hospital this morning recovering from a mild case of pneumonia. mr. bush is regaining strength and is in high spirits. you might remember that bush spend 16 days in the hospital for pneumonia back in january. it's april 20th. can you believe that already? 4:20. this year marijuana supporters are taking their call for legalization directly to capitol hill. marijuana advocates are holding what they call a joint session near the capitol building from noon until 4:20. they'll be offering pot to members of congress and hill employees who are 21 or older with a valid congressional i. dmp. while it's free for them to give away the weed, it's against d.c. law to smoke marijuana in public. the joint give away will take place on federal grounds at 1st street and constitution avenue northeast. do you remember the powerful storm that moved through o

now we know that some of you actually survived several tornadoes in one day. the national weather service has confirmed three tornadoes hit fauquier county. each storm had wind gusts at more than 80 miles per hour. seven tornadoes actually hit virginia that same day. d.c. was hit, too. you might remember this video. it's 4:35. now we want to get another check on your weather and traffic for us today. >> melissa, of course, keeping an eye on the commute. chuck and sheena, we are looking for a warmup. no severe weather today. >> no, no, no. a rumble or two of thunder certainly a possibility. not severe storms. >> no, we don't have that severe threat in the area. we are watching a cluster of thunderstorms that could start to move in. chuck will show you that in just a second. otherwise, temperatures mild this morning. in the 50s. 58 degrees in the district. it's the kind of weather where you can walk

jacket. 56 manassas, 58 degrees quantico. thursday commute could be showers between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. temperatures, low 80s. chance for an afternoon hour or storm. let's look at the radar. >> some rumbles of thunder in the northern parts of west virginia, southern pennsylvania and that little cluster of thunder showers is coming in the general direction of the d.c. metro area. don't stray too far from the umbrella today. no severe weather expected, but there's a little cluster of thunderstorms getting ready to move into far western maryland. garrett and allegheny counties. with time now our future weather model brings these thunder shower chances in the panhandle between now and 6:30 this morning. rain chances ramping up between 7:00 and 9 or 10:00 this morning. a nice, dry break for the lunch hour before afternoon heating

thunder showers. bottom line, melissa, have that umbrella ready to go. >> i will be prepared. you've warned me. southbound 95 near the i.c.c., we just got a report of a broken down tractor-trailer. sounds like it's on the right side of the shoulder. they have help there. it is leaking fuel. it could be some time before it's actually fully out of the way. beltway once again looking quite good here this morning. remember, in bound river road kind of a mess. you have to stay the right lane right now is open starting from goldsboro down past the whole area. let's go back to erika gonzalez at the live desk. a launch into space, kaerk? >> yes. this happened a few hours ago. 3:00 in the morning. >> the engines firing. now building up to flight speed and liftoff. jack fisher -- >> these are always so neat to watch. i know that you enjoy these, aaron. that ship has two people on it joining the crew on the i.s.s. it's american jack

cosmonaut theodore juorkin has been there before. they're still flying but we understand they should be there by noon. they are going to spend the next four months in space. cool. back over to you. >> cool stuff for sure. erika, thank you. he's already accused of trying to abduct two children. now police want to know whether there are more victims. where one man was supposedly targeting young children. and they're known as zombie homes. neighbors in our area say they're attracting crime. what's now being done to keep forgotten f

welcome back. this morning there is a new push montgomery and prince george's county to address foreclosed and neglected properties. >> neighbors say the homes are driving down property values and attracting crime. montgomery county a new law actually creates fines for hedge funds, banks and vacant property owners. >> they're targets for arson and fires, utility problems. there's drug parties that go on in some of these. there's all kinds of crime associated with vacant properties left to rot there. >> in prince george's county they're looking at a packet of bills that would include fines of up to $1,000 a day. in a couple of years you may not need your fingers to type out a facebook comment. facebook says it's exploring a system that would turn

>> into text. no words needed. >> silent thoughts? they're reading your mind? >> literally. it might be a little bit unsettling to facebook users who already think they know too much about them let alone their thoughts. >> yeah, don't be google searching for a pair of sunglasses because it will pop up all over your facebook feed. >> you don't have to worry about implants, probes, anything like that. facebook says it wants to use optical imaging to read your mind five times faster than you could type something. >> i'm scared about that. it's in the 60s in most spots but you haven't seen anything yet. >> hey, eun. wear one of those foil hats like in the movies so they can't get to your brain. that was from "sign," that's what it was. this morning we're watching an area of showers and thunderstorms, that could be moving in early. then it's going to warm up big time. we have another chance of rain. those detls

it could shave a half hour off your morning commute. the project claiming to do that for some drivers in our area. preventing teen suicide with something as simple as a walk. how one school is taking steps to keep tragedy from s

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good morning, everybody. it is 4:45. four things you need to know about the weather. the warm air is coming back. a lot of your sunday may be a rainy one. we'll have a complete check on the ten day forecast coming up in a few minutes. a startling warning from the trump administration. why it says iran is a threat to the world. it's a summertime staple around here. blue crab. but will there be enough? what we're learning about this year's harvest.

amazing stories in ohio. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> aaron, this is cleveland, ohio, where they have had torrential downpours. look at what it's done to the streets there. just wide spread flooding and numerous people having to be rescued. dozens -- in fact, dozens of water rescues. unfortunately, there is no drying out in sight right now for cleveland, ohio. in fact, they've gotten more rain that is supposed to come their way today. so the scene playing out in cleveland, ohio, where torrential flooding caused damage. there are new rising tensions over iran this morning. >> secretary of state rex tillerson with strong words about the country yesterday calling it a threat to the u.s. and the world. news 4's tracie potts. tracie, the trump administration trying to back out of the iran deal? >> reporter: they're

aaron. it's not clear them' y'll be ab to. the u.s. does not like a few things they're doing. the secretary of state laying it out, laying out his case at the state department saying that iran is sponsoring terrorism in at least five countries, testing and developing missiles, arresting u.s. citizens and accusing them of human rights violations. so while they may be complying with the deal, the u.s. is trying to figure out if they can get out of it, there are a number of other things that iran is doing that the u.s. thinks is destabilizing the whole region. >> why is secretary tillerson making these claims about iran now? >> reporter: again, they want to put iran on notice the second time during this administration's short tenure. also, they had to certify to congress as part of that deal that iran was complying. they had to do that every 90 days. this was the first time that the trump administration did so. so while they sent the message to congress that, yes, iran is sticking to the deal, they also wanted to send a message that

actor. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. 4:48. a battle over banners is brewing at an apartment building across from nats park. take a look. sports banners have blown in the wind for years at camden's south capital, but recently the banners have become more political. some say resist, black lives matter, make america great again. some have a danner that said, no. near a pro trump banner. building management said all the signs must go. >> i was personally looking forward to like the passive-aggressive flag war of 2017 but i guess it's not going to happen, which is kind of disappointing. >> so now residents have until may 1st to take down signs or risk fines or eviction. management declined to comment except saying they're having the windows washed and they want the buildings to look n.

police say tried to abduct two boys from a playground and exposed himself to a young girl is being held without bond. now investigators are worried there may be more victims. on easter sunday montgomery county police say jamburo gaydo tried to pull two boys into his apartment. he exposed himself to a young girl. officers arrested him on his balco balcony. in prince george's county a man was arrested for exposing himself. this still image showing the man with his pants down at the maple ridge apartments in landover. this happened on three separate occasions. how would you like a shorter commute from frederick, maryland, to the beltway? a new project planned for i-270 should help do just that. crews are adding 23 more lane miles installing

lanes. a new express lane from montrose road to democracy boulevard may break up one of the biggest sites. construction could start by late summer or fall. new information on a major light rail project that's on hold. federal funding for the purple line is up to a federal judge. developers and business owners sent a letter last week. they urged her to finalize a $900 million funding grant if the judge green lights the plan. construction was stalled after a long dispute. the ruling is expected in eight days. great news for seafood lovers around here. there are about to be a lot of blue crab in the chess is a peak bay. they're seeing a record number of female crabs, the highest ever in the 28 years they've been surveying the population. three years ago there were so few female crabs that officials enacted

officials say this year's harvest should be substantial. i grew up in the area, silver spring maryland. nothing says summer like cracking blue crabs, steamed crabs along the picnic table. >> all that wastewater ends up in the bay. you need to be very careful. a lot of pictures in d.c. of the fish where the stormwater drains in. anything that you throw out into the street ends up in the bay. definitely limit the amount of nitrogen fertilizer you put on your yards because in heavy rains that also ends up, yeah, aaron gardening. >> i'm not going to start with fertilizer this morning. it's too early. >> i'm still trying to picture aaron in a set of overalls, work boot. >> straw hat. >> straw hat. >> you know -- >> tending to his garden. >> too early in the morning. you're taking me to a place you guys don't want to go. just warning you. >> we're there. >> bring it. >> we're already there. outside it is a mostly cloudy sky here early this morning. no rain in the immediate area just t,

two chances for rain coming our way today. 58 now with a southwest wind. those southwesterly breezes are going to bring temperatures from the mid to upper 50s now into the upper 70s and low 80s today. chance for some showers especially in the d.c. metro area here between about 7:00 and 9:00 in the morning. then dry through lunch hours. that's when temperatures will jump up into the low 80s. another chance of a thunderstorm or two later on in the afternoon. the rain chances with embedded thunderstorms near morgantown, west virginia, and far western virginia. that will be coming in towards hagerstown or fredericksburg. don't stray too far from that umbrella. no rain, too close to the capital beltway just yet. future weather brings the opportunity for showers to leesburg and frederick. rain chances coming into d.c. as we get into the middle and second part of the morning commute. just realize that you'll probably need the wipers between about 7:00 a

dry for lunch and another chance of some bubbling up of thunderstorms coming in between 4:00 and 7:00. after that it turns into a nice day. outdoor planner, showers around this morning. chance for some thunderstorms around again tomorrow. saturday may start dry but it will probably end wet. sunday we could get an inch or more of rain. some places could get two inches or more of rain. at least a chance to need the umbrella each and every one of the next four days. dry and warm for the second half of next week. how is thursday morning's commute coming along? let's go to melissa mollet and find out. >> i always like dry. we're dry right now. beginning of next week. southbound 95 nice and dry there near the i.c.c. know issues in the way as far as weather goes. tractor-trailer there. still leaking fuel on that right shoulder. so a warning there. you might see a little bit of a slowdown headed southbound. in bound river at golds borrow. still have that work zone hanging around. lt

clear and nice and dry. in bound canal was diverted there at fox hall. that is done for the day. it will pick back up tomorrow morning. melissa, thank you. the queen of daytime gets ready for primetime. when and where you can catch oprah's movie about a maryland woman. preventing suicide one step at a time. the local students who hope to prevent another classmate from taking his or her life. and we're getting a closer look at how much

you're watching "news 4 today." all i got to say about that is, hallelujah! finally somebody want to talk about my momma. >> oprah winfrey returning to the small screen this weekend. she's playing the daughter of henrietta lacks. she transformed modern medicine. she died of cervical cancer at johns hopkins in 1951. that's when doctors found her unique cancer cells were the first to grow in a lab. lacks never gave permission and her family never knew the cells were being used until a reporter revealed the story. news 4 your health this morning, getting through difficult times in childhood may increase the risk of suicide among kids. research study childhood

people born in sweden. those who experience trauma and turmoil had about double the suicide risk as a teen or young adult compared to their peers. the highest suicide rates were found among those who had a family history of suicide. a parent with a psychiatric disorder or parent with a criminal background. a few thousand loudoun county high school students are learning a powerful lesson about suicide prevention outside of the classroom. every student from wood grove high school walked yesterday in memory of ryan bar teltell. they started the we're all human walk. all 1600 students took time to write down a personal anxiety on an index card and carry it with them. at the end of the walk they tossed the card into the fire. >> everyone else has something that they're going into and that's what the dialogue is saying. that's what helps so much. you're not alone, someone cas,

there for you. >> the walk started at wood grove and it's since grown. open the nbc washington app and search suicide prevention. maryland's emergency management agency is partnering with a popular app to make your neighborhood safer. it will announce its affiliation with next door. it's helped people across maryland, d.c., and virginia provide information to their neighbors about safety concerns. it even helps police solve a few crimes. maryland will be the first state to connect its emergency management agency with this app. the goal here is to communicate with marylanders. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are going to get a look at your weath

and melissa. >> osi tight. scores! t.j. oshie. >> oh, my goodness, gracious. the caps are now tied in their playoff series, 2-2. another nail biter of a game but they beat the toronto maple leafs. >> feel the jumper. dagger! >> you love sports announcers, right? yes. all the fans excited up on their feet. the wizards won their playoff game last night. now they are headed to atlanta to face the hawks. up 2-0. go, wiz, go caps, go d.c., go sheena, go chuck, go aaron. >> now eun can stop stressing so much. >> yes. >> the next game is going to be a little stressful to watch. >> absolutely. no kidding. each game is critical at this point in the season, that's for sure. >> if you look at the radar, we're watching a cluster of showers. we've been talking about it and