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your generosity after a story you saw only on news 4. and still tracking rain for you. i will show you what to expect tomorrow. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> good evening. we are following up on what could be a major disruption on metro this weekend. >> adam tusz was the first to report about the flthreat of an employee sick out planned for friday, saturday and sunday. shomari stone has details on what is behind it and how it will impact you if it happens. he joins us now live from outside the dupont circle metro station with new reaction from riders tonight. >> reporter: i talked to riders and many of them tell me that this potential sick out comes at a very bad time. >> it's not a good thing. >> reporter: he is concerned about workers threatening a sick out this weekend. >> people rely on

and they need it for work and school even on the weekends and it is a big inconvenience. >> reporter: sources tell news 4 metro employees have been telling supervisors they will not show up to work friday. metro management and largest union are locked in a heated tense contract dispute. adam tuss broke the story at 5:00. >> reporter: contractually they are not allowed to spriek strike. this is a way they feel they can get the attention of general manager. >> reporter: union leaders say they do not support a sick out. however a metro spokesperson says there have been an unusual high number of absentee requests. >> makes me feel stressed. >> reporter: news 4 learned there is an e-mail going around telling metro supervisors that they will have to step up and be willing to work 12 hour shifts in case

don't show up to work. >> i hope they work it out because people rely on metro. metro's largest union has planned a march from the square metro station to the board meeting on thursday. the union is encouraging members to take part in the march. i'm shomari stone, news 4. new at 11:00 a d.c. man has been arrested and charged in the death of his father. investigators believe 26-year-old david blakeny jr. stabbed his father to death last week in the berry farm neighborhood in southeast washington. when police arrived there before noon he was already dead. his son is charged with second degree murder. investigators are trying to figure out what started a five alarm fire at a vacant apartment building near the university of maryland. tonight a few significant hot spots continue to burn under the collapsed roof. more than 150 firefighters

building. it was still under construction near baltimore avenue on monday. fire officials say the fire broke out on onet of the top floors. crews are expected to be on the scene here for days. >> going to stay on the scene now until the fire is completely extinguished on the hot spots. building engineering are going through and trying to determine structural stability. >> investigators believe the fire was an accident but they don't know what started it. firefighters are estimating more than $39 million worth of damages. storm team 4 is tracking showers tonight. temperatures are on the rise. doug how should we prepare for tomorrow? >> you can take umbrellas tonight but i don't think you will need umbrellas tomorrow. tomorrow will be a different day. you will start with jackets but you will not need them on the way home. they can sit in the back seat.

we have fog fog towards national harbor area. this is not only fog but mist and drizzle. now let's take a look at rainfall on the radar. you see more showers moving in from the east. those showers in through fairfax county and really all around the area the mist and drizzle will continue. the storm system finally beginning to move our way. you can see it right here and now just around the norfolk area. temperatures on the way up. i will show you how hot. what's more important, better cell service or health of our children? >> that is what opponents argue at a heated community meeting over cell towers being placed on school properties in prince georges county. it is a story news 4 has covered extensively and

has new reaction. >> reporter: the cell phone tower would be built here on the property of eleanor roosevelt high school. we start with a story of a man who says he will be able to see that tower when he looks out his back door. >> we are talking about 200 to 300 meters from here where the tower will go. >> reporter: he lives behind the high school in green belt very close to a planned 100 foot tall cell phone tower. he is concerned about the health of his children. once your daughters go to high school here you are thinking of moving. >> exactly. >> reporter: william was among dozens of people who packed a church meeting room to ask questions and voice opposition to the planned tower. >> we are here to let you know that you might as well prepare to fight and spend money because we are not going to -- >> milestone communications is teaming up with

wireless service in the area. >> t mobile looks at this and always trying to optimize the network to ensure calls are getting through. >> reporter: edwin says the tower could be built behind his house. he also says he may have to move. >> it is dangerous for the health of children. it is dangerous to our property values and it is generally not accepted by our community. >> reporter: many of the residents said they were concerned about their property values and possible health effects of children in the school and neighborhood. >> concerned about playing outside. >> it might effect me playing outside especially on a hot summer day. >> reporter: company officials did not provide a timeline for when they plan to build this tower but they did set up a website. i looked at the website. you can go on there and see what the tower would look like in the community. if youan

to the nbc washington app and search under cell phone tower. thank you. other top stories tonight. pleaded guilty to killing two strangers. he faces a separate murder charge in prince georges county where prosecutors say he killed his estranged wife the day before the other murders. air bnb faces a big battle in the district. a suit was filed against a landlord using air bnb in part to fill apartments subject to rent control. tomorrow a long list of witnesses will testify in a hearing about how to regulate and license operators. three people are in the hospital after a small bus smashed into this group home. two victims were in the bus and a third lived in the home. six residents who live at the

tonight. no word on what caused the crash. maryland's long time top prosecutor has a new job. the u.s. senate confirming rod rosenstein to be deputy u.s. attorney general. he served as u.s. attorney for maryland for more than a decade and he leaves behind a high profile corruption case in prince georges county. >> scott macfarlane asked him about the future of that case. >> reporter: he made major headlines a few weeks ago bringing a series of high profile corruption cases in prince georges county including charges against two county liquor board officials and two liquor business owners. those cases still pending. he also won a guilty plea from will campo to a federal bribery charge. another state delegate, michael von, pleaded not guilty. he faces possible trial. rosenstein is overseeing those

hand off cases and they won't slow down as suggested there could be more cases to come. >> you are stepping away at the very beginning of some sweeping corruption cases in prince georges county. do those push forward at the same speed? >> if you do this job right there will always be important cases in the pipeline. no matter what time you go you will be leaving things behind. there are cases you know of and some you don't know about yet. >> in his new role he will oversee more than 100,000 federal workers, more than a dozen agencies and will be the right hand man of attorney general jeff sessions. scott macfarlane, news 4. a woman determined to give her neighbor a proper burial will get her wish thanks to your generosity a go fund me account has raised $3,000. he was a veteran a

fixture in d.c.'s gay community. when he died back in february at age 85 his body was headed to a mass burial plot but his neighbors and activists learned he is entitled to a military grave so they began raising money for a funeral. it will take place friday metropolitan community church in northwest d.c. have you ever been signed up for something without knowing about it? it's called slamming and it is illegal. how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. before you experience a medical emergency you should know this, the distinction between two words, urgent and emergency could cost you thousands of dollars. and how one of the biggest names in music is helping young women pay for college here in the district.

we have a warning about an illegal practice called slamming when utility customers are signed up with a third party supplier without their permission. consumer reporter susan hogan details what you need to know. >> many of you use third party suppliers for gas or electric. many promise savings while most of you willingly signed up we learned some of you may have been switched without your knowledge. slamming can happen by phone or from a knock at your door. >> i go who are they. >> reporter: or a mysterious charge just showed up on her gas bill. >> and when did i change because

signing a contract with them. >> reporter: she believes she is a victim of slamming. >> it is where you get signed up for a product or service that you did not contract for. >> reporter: how do you know you have been slammed? take a look at your utility and look who supplies your gas or electric. if it is a company you have never heard of before you may have been illegally switched. be careful what you share with door to door sales people. if they ask to see your utility bill refuse and never let them see your account number. >> they copy that down. they put it on a contract. somebody signs their name to the contract. >> reporter: beware of telemarketers who lead you to believe you are talking to your utility accompany. confirm who you are talking to. notify your energy supplier immediately if you receive a call or notice to verify a change

that you didn't authorize. in karen's case the third party supplier couldn't find record of a signed contract and agreed to cancel her account. by law a third party supplier in maryland must get a customer to sign a contract. however, in d.c. and virginia a verbal okay seals the deal. our story continues online for you right now. check out what third parties are licensed to do business in your state and what you need to ask before agreeing to switch. susan hogan, news 4. there is a new kind of health care facility popping up around the country called free standing emergency rooms. it's exactly what you think it is, an emergency not attached to a hospital. they provide immediate medical attention to those who need it. some patients are confusing those with urgent care centers and that can get expensive. procedures at free standing emergency rooms are much more expensive than

a fillet than hamburger. it is different types of care. >> right now you can find free standing emergency rooms in 35 states including maryland, virginia and d.c. how do you tell the difference? here are important take aways. look for the word emergency. ask a lot of questions so you know what you are dealing with and understand your own health insurance plan. do you have a high deductible and is a free standing er covered in your plan? follow those tips and that could save you money. beyonce is helping a few ladies get in formation as they head to college. she launched the formation scholars award today to mark one year anniversary of her album lemonade. the scholarships will go to one woman at howard and parson's school of design. former first lady michelle obama praised the move on twitter

for us all and thanks for investing in our girls. good for her. more rainy weather today. we want to know when is it going to dry out? >> tomorrow. late tomorrow. as a little red haired girl once said the sun will come out -- we have the clouds out there now the fog and rain that has moved back in. a little bit of a break earlier this evening. that is our city cam. normally you will see the monuments there. not the case this evening as mist and rain continues. current temperatures at 58 degrees. winds out of the north at 13 miles per hour. the temperatures are not going to fall all that much from where they are right now. 57 leesburg and here is the rain. doesn't look like a lot. it's right over the metro

here. you can see shower activity into parts of the beltway into downtown. radar has a hard time picking up drizzle. that is what we are getting in many parts of the region. heads up if you are thinking about heading out. this storm heading up the coast. it will start to get on the back side. as it moves out it will start to take clouds away with it. a few showers here and there. cloud cover remaining through tomorrow morning. we could see fog. i'm not too worried about dense fog but there could be fog tomorrow morning. towards the pluridge you might see fog. as far as clearing you still have many clouds here. to the west we are seeing that clearing. temperatures warm up faster to the west. everybody sees the clearing by late in the afternoon. that is what we are waunge throughout the day tomorrow y. want to show you how the temperatures coincide with that as we move through the day

back where they are right now. tomorrow afternoon around 5:00, 60s to the north and east. 70s in the city. upper 70s to the west. d.c. i'm going for high of 73. clouds early. how about this ten day forecast? 84 on thursday. 83 on friday. a couple of great days. this weekend raeally tough forecast. we have a frontal boundary on saturday draped right across our region. if it is to the north ofl us we stay on the warmer side. we are not just in the 80s but 90s. if it drops to the south the cooler air comes with it and so do the clouds. where is this front? cooler with clouds just to the north. that is what we are watching and that is why we have cooler and cloudy conditions on sunday. i am going for a high of 72 with these back door fronts easily in the 60s on sunday. stay with us on this forecast. we'll continue to keep you posted.

looking good. back door front. that is confusing me. coming up, the nats flying high in colorado. even a rain delay couldn't slow them down. here is seth myers with what is ahead on late night. caitlyn jenner is my guest night. to

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desk. >> after that rain delay did they come out swinging? >> april showers, may flowers, baseball rain delays. the nationals and rockies starting about an hour late tonight. a little longer to get back in the win column after colorado snapped the nats seven game win streak last night. rain delay not dampering. harper ropes one to right. carlos gonzalez bottles it. that allows turner to turn on the jets. harper ends up on second. just like that it is a 1-0 nats ball game. 4-0 working with bases loaded delivers all three runs come around to score. murphy's triple puts them up seven. right now in the bottom of the fifth they are up 8-3. the orioles looking to improve on the best record in baseball

backup catcher in a bit of a slump hasn't had an rbi since december 2015. teammates showing support. two men in the second. that is 592 days and counting since his last rbi. scoreless in the fourth rays threatening. part of a two rf run inning as they beat the orioles 2-0. to get one step closer to the stanley cup the capitals have to go through defending champs. a long playoff history between the clubs penns pull a playoff advantage over the caps. this morning the first practice of the week for the capitals. defenseman on the ice progressing from his upper body injury but still no word on if he will play against the penguins. tom wilson had to leave

foot. alex ovechkin and company with another practice. game one thursday from the verizon center. dale earnhardt jr. announcing his retirement at the end of the season. he said he wanted the opportunity to go out on his own terms. he missed most of the 2016 season with concussion-like symptoms. 26 cup victories including two daytona 500s will make his 6 00th career start. >> i have accomplished way more than i have ever dreamed, way more than i ever thought i would accomplish so i'm good. >> and the wizards will be back for game

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