screening people. >> have two people at the front desk at all times and they're supposed to allow people in if they are guests of people living in the building. >> atrium's condominium board has declined to speak with news 4. police have arrested this man for the shooting of wayne pope. police say on may 3rd 24-year-old pharrell williams approached pope at a gas station. williams tried to rob pope who fought back and was shot. police knew where to find williams because he was already in jail for murder montgomery county. he's charged with shooting four people at this home in germantown on april 29th. 19-year-old man died there. this morning working

getting more information on a serious crash in cheltenham. two people were trapped in these cars. prince george's fire says at least one person has critical, life threatening injuries. police had to shut down the southbound lanes of the highway for a while. it is open now. leesburg, virginia, family needs your help finding this missing teen girl. jasmine dunn. the loudoun county sheriff's office said the missing girl was reported missing on april 19th but was recently seen on tuesday on pipeline plaza in ashburn. call the loudoun county sheriff if you know where she might be. an earthquake in china. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> search and rescue efforts underway in the northwest region of china. we do understand that as many as eight people are dead. 11 others are injured.

several others may be unaccounted for. there are numerous tremors after the 5.5 magnitude quake. we understand that officially have r there have been two earthquakes two minutes after the first. the 5.5 magnitude earthquake. this is in china's shin jing region. as many as 8 people dead and 11 others injured. at the live desk i'm erika go gonzal gonzalez. acting fbi director andrew mckay will testify on a hearing on worldwide threats. james comey was expected to speak. new details you're likely to see on your social media feed. wall street journal reports koe comey was concerned about information

russian officials. comey is fired tuesday in the days following that request and we're learning from comey himself that he wrote a letter to colleagues saying it's done and i will be fine. coming up news 4's tracie potts will have the latest. 4:33. metro has a new watchdog. the agency has hired its own inspector general. jeff cherrington got the position. adam tuss will be at the meeting today. unusual crime is popping up in the district. thieves are breaking into cars and taking parking pats. we spoke to a victim in southwest d.c. she has to park on the street with her parking pass. crooks smashed her windows to get it.

she's afraid to replace it. >> i'm afraid to put it in my car now but i have to. >> the victim tells us crooks are selling the passes on the street for up to 200 bucks a piece. police are asking anyone with any information to give them a call. two seconds in one and the defending champions are going to defend still. they are halfway there. three games to two. base hit slam base hit! the nats are going to win it. at least there was one bright spot. look at that celebration. >> what a roller coaster here. >> long night, big games around here. it's a tough morning if you're a caps fan. look

>> that's truly how i feel. crushing. i stayed up for the whole thing. it was tough to watch. we're going to have to wait yet another season. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. at this time yesterday we thought we were on the precipice of one of the best sports day in d.c. history with the wizards and the caps playing. the caps didn't hold up their end of the bargain. they went down 2-0. their season ended. caps fans that we talked to, they say that this is an emotional roller coaster that they've become accustomed to riding. they've been through this before and they're saying the result that they got last night left a familiar and bitter taste in their mouth. >> we feel terrible.

the penguins. >> another year, another caps loss. stanley cup. >> can you believe they did it to you again? >> yeah, i can. >> reporter: well, the season is over so it's time to turn to the question. how could we find ourselves in this situation again? is there anything we could have done differently for a different result? most importantly, have we just witnessed the very end of the alex ovechkin era in washington, d.c.? we now have all summer long to figure it out. news 4, leon harris, verizon center. back to you. >> nicklas backstrom said the right thing. it wasn't the loss yesterday. 4:36. >> ahhh. >> sorry. >> i'm with you, eun. >> somebody on this screen is going to have some good news somewhere. >> there is some needed rain on the way. >> there you go. that's a good way to look at it. we need the rain so

>> cloudy, chilly. i tried to bring back sunshine but it all spilled out of the suit waste. four things about the next four days. today rain moving in. tomorrow off and on showers through most of your friday. saturday looks like we'll have plenty of rain. most of it hopefully before lunchtime on saturday. i would not have a whole lot of stuff to do on saturday. monday drying things out. for the rest of today though, temperatures, what you see is what you get. mostly in the 50s. >> most of the rain west of the district right now. we do expect more of it to be moving into the d.c. area and even surrounding suburbs as we get closer to your commute. take a look at your radar.

shenandoah valley. 81. you see that around broadway. also near lor ray. as we go into the rest of the morning hours, this is all going to continue to move near the district. 14 lightning strikes this is all moving in the district. we'll see rain through the commute. good morning, melissa. >> inner loop after new hampshire avenue, we still have that crash there at the top of the beltway. right now we just learned that it's now on the right shoulder. lanes are open. not seeing any big slowdown as you take a look at the beltway. you can see that right there. everything looking pretty good on the beltway. in bound 150 near 197. it is blocking the right side of the roadway. then a little slowdown as you're headed outbound as well. 66 east fairfax county parkway to the beltway, no worries there. we'll look at 270 coming up. >> melissa, than

massive manhunt but officials say they won't charge an escaped inmate for slipping away. they are some of the most dangerous intersections in our area. they may be on your route to work. the areas you may want to avoid. a new york staple headed

reveals high dollar payouts by renters who figured out how to exploit loopholes. >> the news 4 ei-team says all you need to do is live in a rental going up for sale. >> reporter: it's to help them afford a new lease in a different building. it gives the renters the chance to buy their place first. news 4 i-team says even when they can't afford to, they can sell those rights. >> i've heard of payments of tens of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: buyers and sellers either pay the price or risk losing their sale. >> it felt like extorsion. like the whole thing felt really slimy. >> reporter: we found a whole industry of folks targeting renters for a ports of their payout. >> it's about $100 million a year industry. >> reporter: why experts say

for the rest of us. don't miss our investigation on thursday on news 4 at 5 and 11. jody fleischer, news 4 i-team. pretty soon you may be able to get a taste of pastrami or corned beef from a new york deli. katzs deli has been serving it up for 129 years. they tell our news partners at wtop that a d.c. location would be on his radar if he plans to expand. the deli ships most of its menus throughout the u.s. we could share it. it's stacked this high. it's delicious. >> really are. >> more meat, pastrami, getting me hungry. >> 4:43. so long sunshine. getting ready for gray days ahead. >> not very good weather coming your way today. the nats got the big

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good thursday morning. grab the umbrella. you're going to want it for quite a few days. we have rain that's going to extend into the weekend. coming up in a bit i'll show you timing and what you can expect. he sparked a days' long manhunt and incited fear among neighbors in maryland. now officials say they won't charge an inmate for escaping. an alarming new study when it comes to your kids and bikes. why emergency rms

an uptick in injuries. first at 4:47. the ripple effects of james comey's firing are likely to continue today. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are voicing skepticism on the timing and the cause of this. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, learning a lot of new details. sort through what we know at this point. >> reporter: we haven't seen comey since. we know that he wrote a farewell letter where he says he's not going to relit at this gate this, that the president can fire whoever he wants to fire for any reason or no reason at all he told staffers. we know that this wasn't quite as sudden as it seemed to be. the white house now said that the president had been considering getting rid of comey for some time. they didn't specify how long but apparently this was not the one-day decision coming out of the justice department that we initially heard. >> tracie, another story we've been following is the former nationalur

michael flynn apparently being subpoenaed by the national security committee. how big of a development is that? >> reporter: it's pretty big when he was asked for immunity, it was denied. he was asked for documents, that was denied. for the first time since 9/11, they're using the subpoena power to get documents from the fired security adviser. what it has to do with russia and the trump campaign, we don't know. they think there is some evidence in mike flynn's possession that might alter the investigation. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you. quick programming this morning. lester holt will sit down with president trump for an exclusive interview today. you can watch it tonight on "nbc nightly news" right after news 4 at 6:00. a lot of you have been sharing this next story online. students graduating from an historically black college protested a speech f

devos. >> many students turned their backs on and drowned out devos's speech. this was in daytona beach. you can see some people being escorted out by security. devos caused a backlash earlier this year after calling historically black colleges and universities, quote, pioneers of school choice. after harsh criticism she said they were borne out of segregation. angry and frustrated students at the university of maryland demand that the school take action after a noose was found on campus. a large crowd marched from the student union down to the administration building yesterday. they wanted to hold a sit-in inside the office of the president. the president condemned the

despicable. we have an update about all of the online threats made against a high school in our area. a 16-year-old from sterling has been charged with the threats. we told you that weapons were found in the 16-year-old's home but they belonged to a relative. loudoun county sheriff's office says there was never a credible threat to the school. we're learning new details in the inmate escape in howard county. some charges have been dropped against david watson. "baltimore sun" said they dropped the escape charges. he will fatesce attempted murde charges. he's already serving 100 years prison for a drive by shooting in delaware. he was on the run for six days last month. visitors at one of our many monuments and landmarks expect to be safe, but the force to make them safe is

u.s. park police officers is down by 5% since 2010. this is despite record nurms of visitors. 4:51. later this morning muriel bowser is expected to annoyance that she's pulling back on a ban that has ruffled some feathers. you get me, d.c. pet chicken owners have flocked together to protest mayor bowser's proposed ban on chickens. the group's petition has more than 700 signatures to protect these chickens which have names such as tina fey and maggie thatcher. how about that? yesterday news 4's tomm sherwood told one of the owners that the mayor plans to pull back on the ban. >> i'm very excited. this can be a win-win for the city and the chicken owners

news 4 that the mayor decided on this proposal which required cat owners to get licenses needs more review. >> for now the chickens get reprieve. >> they do. i think the issue is the noise. >> and -- >> farm animals. >> i think they're kind of messy, the chicken poop and all of that. >> keep them in their coop. >> you don't want them wandering around. >> people like cage free eggs. >> you need the umbrella. >> is it coming back? >> it is coming back. yes, we're going to be off to a rainy pattern, a rainy start this morning. we have rain moving into the area for now for the morning commute. rainy patterns starting today through the weekend. not the entire weekend, the start of the weekend. it looks good as we go into sunday. sunday looks dryer and it looks warmer. here's a look at the

most of the area not seeing too much rain. thunderstorms in parts of the blue ridge mountains and parts of the shenandoah valley. la ray. heavier rain. woodstock to the south of that. lightning strikes there, too. those are some pretty heavy thunderstorms making their way towards the district and the major interstates for the morning commute. we'll be watching that very closely. 61 in the district. not as chilly as it was yesterday and the morning before. 57 in leesburg. 58 lorton. 52 in frederick. here's future weather. this is what it's going to do. 7:00 a.m. mostly east and southeast. 95 we expect the break continuing to move through by lunchtime. have the umbrella. friday still looking at a cloudy, rainy pattern. most of that rain will be later in the day tomorrow. saturday morning, more rain starts to move in. we'll be starting your weekend on a wet note.

first of all. 58 saturday with rain. 73 on sunday with sun. those are two very different days. look at the big warmup next week. let's check the roads this morning with melissa. good morning. we did have this work zone inner loop with two left lanes getting by. it has just cleared. the only issues, inner loop on new hampshire avenue, crash on the shoulder. inbound 50 or i should say outbound 50 near 197 have the tow truck still on the scene blocking the right lane. that should be gone pretty soon. 95 northbound and southbound okay. little bit of a slowdown southbound. we'll have a look at prince george's county coming up. a new study reveals some of the most dangerous intersections in our area and chances are you drive them every day. where officials are warning drivers and pedestrians to be extra vigilant. >> and there

could be avoided but emergency rooms across the country say they are seeing an influx of kids with broken bones, concussions and even skull fractures. he returned to the scene of the crime just minutes after the sexual assault, but why come

you're watching "news 4 today." does your commute take you

district? here are the top four most dangerous according to a new study from a law firm. they looked at risks of collision and serious injury along with a high volume of high-speed cars and pedestrians. here we go, first, minnesota avenue at benning road. second on that list, sutherland avenue near owens road. third is 12th street and pennsylvania avenue in northwest right there near freedom plaza. i've been across that one. finally talking about u street and 14th street northwest. news 4's justin finch will break down the danger index at the number one spot. with summer quickly approaching, kids will be running outside to play and riding their bikes. there is now a new warning about how often kids are getting hurt because they're not wearing their helmets and pads. according to new research, nearly 1200 children are rushed to emergency rooms every day. most of them have injuries

scrapes. some have serious head injuries including concussions and skull fractures. doctors say helmets are so important because kids skulls are thinner and more vulnerable. >> any injury that occurs at that point may damage parts of the brain that have not yet developed and prevents them from developing properly. >> reporter: it can be permanent? >> absolutely. lifelong. >> wear those helmets. parents aren't being as vigilant as they should. nearly 40% admit their kids don't always wear a helmet. get ready for another blast from the past. '80s tv gold "dynasty" is making a comeback? what? the aaron spelling classic about a family's oil business is being produced by the makers of the o.c. no word yet on any possible cast members but it will be hard to mirror the likes of joan collins and

carol. you can't. don't even try. >> that's where it starts. >> that's right. they set the standards. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. get a look at your thursday morning commute with melissa mollet. first we'll check in with sheena parveen and chuck bell. welcome back. happy belated on the air. >> thank you very much. you can't turn 50 at work. that's the bottom line. >> that's true. you have to turn it in the sun and come back with the tan. >> little tan. i'm not much of a tanner, but it was good. outside today, just keep -- we need the rain. that's the good side of this. there are thunderstorms now moving into the shenandoah valley down towards la ray and mount jackson. washington, virginia, out in