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

rappahanock county. grab the umbrella. the first wave of rain is down into southern maryland. another wave likely to come in here and affect all of the second half of the morning commute between 7:00 and 9:00 this morning. just know that it is not going to be a pretty one today. temperatures in the 50s. your chance of rain 100%. now let's go over to melissa mollet. hopefully it's all green on the roads. >> looking pretty good here right now. prince george's county, don't have any issues inbounds or outbounds. same situation where everything is rolling along pretty nicely. 270 southbound from frederick to the spur. on time here. going to take you 25 minutes down to the spur. same thing as you're heading northbound there this morning. again, no major issues there. on the beltway, inner loop after new hampshire avenue, crash on the shoulder and inner loop before connecticut work zone there blocking that right lane. >> melissa, thank you. we want you to take a good look at this man's picture because he is still

arlington county police. they say he poesed as a maintenance worker and forced his way into a woman's condo in roslyn and sexually assaulted her. as if this case wasn't scary enough, that suspect went back to the scene of the crime according to police. news 4's megan mcgrath is in roslyn. how police traced the suspect's movements down to the minute. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. there's really good surveillance video in this case, and that allowed police to put together a very detailed time line. take a look here. you can see at times very clearly the suspect's face. you also see hispanic at one point as he tries to return to the scene of the crime and realizes that police are arriving on the scene. now why return just two minutes after leaving? well, sources tell news 4 that the man may have been trying to retrieve something he either dropped or left behind. now the

sunday morning, 8:34. the suspect is caught on camera entering through the parking garage at the atrium condominiums. he may have followed a car into that garage. 8:52 he's seen in an elevator, knocks on the door posing as a maintenance worker. the victim in this case, she opened her door. he forced his way in. then at 9:44 the suspect leaves again through that parking garage but he returns just two minutes rater coming through the front door of the building. he gets into the elevator. apparently tries to return to the scene. that's when he realizes police are arriving, he panics, exits on a different floor and leaves the building, he escapes and is still on the loose. police are hoping someone recognizes him. >> megan, obviously we can see they've got several really good cameras in that building. do you know anything about other security measures that are in

>> reporter: well, people that live there tell us there is a front desk personnel or people at the front desk 24 hours a day so exactly how this suspect was able to re-enter through the front door we simply don't know whether at this point whether he followed someone else in, whether he was buzzed in. certainly that's part of the investigation, but we do know that he also entered using the parking garage another time. all of that skes that are being asked here by police. >> all right. megan mcgrath live for us in arlington. thank you. 5:04 our time right now. prince george's county police have arrested the man you see here for killing wayne pope. may 3rd the 24-year-old approached pope at a gas station. williams tried to rob him. police knew where to find williams because he was already in jail montgomery county for murder. he's charged with shooting four people at this home in germwn

if you saw the breaking news on news 4, details on a crash where two people were trapped. these are ariels of a blackstone avenue in cheltenham. this is near prince gorges county and charles county line. at least one person has critical life threatening injuries. as soon as we learn more information we'll let you know. 5:05. a leesburg virginia family needs help finding this girl. jasmine dunn. loudoun county sheriff's office says the 16-year-old was reported missing on april 19th but was seen as recently as tuesday at pipeline plaza in ashburn. call the loudoun county sheriff's office if you know where she might be. a tragic accident in india right now. erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> reporter: the most awful incident i

a wedding celebration interrupted when a 12 foot wall collapsed on the people inside. horrifically, 23 people have died. five of them are children. another 30 are injured. the video that you're seeing is, of course, a number of people outside hospitals waiting to hear about their loved ones. this is during what was supposed to be a joyous time, a wedding celebration when because of heavy rain a massive wall collapsed and has killed thus far 23 people. five of them are children. and another 30 injured in india. from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. your time is 5:06. today your safety and security will be the focus of a senate committee hearing. acting fbi director andrew mccabe will be testifying on worldwide threats. james comey was originally scheduled to speak at the hearing but he was fired on tuesday by president trump if you remember. if you thought

again. here are new details you're likely to see on your feed today. we're also learning that comey briefed congress about requesting more resources from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein for the investigation. comey was fired tuesday in the days from the arrest. we're hearing from comey himself. he said, it's done and i will be fine. coming up tracie potts will have the latest details on this story. metro has a new watchdog. jeff cherrington is only the second person to hold that job. today metro's board will gather in executive session. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss will be there. you can follow him on twitter for big developments coming out of the

it is no secret that driving in the district can be tough. this morning working to get you a better look at some of the most dangerous intersections. 14th street at u street northwest, that tops the list. that is where we find news 4's justin finch to break down the other dangerous spots here in the city. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. you know, this might be one of the best times in the district's busiest streets. we are here at 14th and u street northwest. which will get a lot busier. it finds itself on this new list of top 25 dangerous local intersections. coming out on top, number one here. minnesota avenue and benning road in northeast. number two, southern avenue near owens road in southeast. third, 12th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. that's not far from freedom plaza. coming in fourth, 14th and u streets northwest where we are now. now these findings are

law firm here which analyzes the intersections finding 5300 pedestrian crashes from 2000 nine and 2015. the highest concentration of those collisions taking place in downtown d.c. at the root we're hearing distraction and smart phones. the law firm says they have a way to prove that. you can see a full list of the intersections on our nbc washington app. later this hour we are heading off to another intersection to see how things look there and we will take you there live coming up at 5:45. back in to you. >> safe travels, my friend. 5:09 our time right now. unusual crime is popping up in the district. thieves are breaking into cars and taking parking passes. now we talked to a victim in southwest d.c. near nats park. she has to park on the street with her parking pass, but crooked smashed her windows to get it. it's happening so frequently that she's afraid to replace it. >> now

>> these are some pictures that she snapped of the damage. victims tell us that crooks are actually selling these passes on the street for up to 200 bucks a piece. police are asking anybody with any information on this crime to give them a call. two seconds in one and the defending choibs aampions are go defend still. they are halfway there. >> boston in the eastern conference semi-finals three games to two. >> base hit! base hit! the nats are going to win it! >> all right. i love to see that celebration and that excitement from the nats because for the most part, it was a maddening day to be a sports fan. i'm crushed. i'm just going to put it out there. that was tough. i stayed up for the whole stinking game and now i'm sad. >> i think a lot of people sort of woke up this way when they

phone. the nationals won, right? but there were two playoff losses to talk about, too. the big one was the caps. >> ah, they had a chance for revenge against the penguins who won the stanley cup last year. they didn't even score one goal. shut out last night at home. and now we're done. eliminated. season's over. bye-bye. >> wizards, well, they had to win two in a row to move on now. they lost to the boston celtics. next game is tomorrow night. >> at least the wizards have a chance. then we have the nats. looked like they were going to go down against the orioles but they scored five runs in the last two innings and walked off. that's why you thought they lost. you didn't stay up for the whole thing. they play again tonight. go nats. look at justin baker. love it. say good-bye to the sun and hello to the rain. >> absolutely right. we have rain chances coming back in on us for today,

the first half of the weekend. time for the long sleeves, jeans, umbrellas once again. we'll be in the 50s once again. big check on the five day forecast coming up. monitoring developments to our south where a wild fire continues to ravage parts of georgia. erika gonzalez is gathering new images and check in at the live desk and how much of that fire is contained. heart break and hope. our own melissa mollet shares her year's long struggle with infertility. we continue to celebrate some of the teachers in our area during national teacher appreciation week. be sure to tweet us pictures of your favorite teachers. use #nbc4dc. we love our e

good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we told you about the wildfires burning in georgia. now we know more than 200,000 square miles have burned. there are a lot of people under evacuation orders, but no buildings have been burned. good news there. firefighters say they are feeling good about the progress that they're making. some 700 crews are working to contain the fires this morning. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. coming up on

want to turn to sheena parveen talking about the rain heading our way. >> we have rain heading our way. before you walk out the door this morning, grab the umbrella. here's a look at the radar. this radar is looking to show rain heading towards the district. the timing of it coming up and what you can expect with heavy rain around 81 in culpepper. we'll show you where it's heading and what you can expect. let's head over to melissa. >> hi, sheena. taking a look at 50 near 197 eastbound. tow truck on the scene. still blocking the right lane. that really should be cleared up here quite soon. inner loop after new hampshire, and the inner loop before connecticut avenue blocked. today's top stories, energy's commissioner rick perry is looking at what caused the partial collapse at the tunnel in washington state. a 20 foot section of the tunnel where

stored collapsed on tuesday. so far there have been no reports of injuries or radioactive release. yesterday workers began filling the tunneling with soil. new dash cam video is showing a brawl at the university of davis picnic day. this is prompting the investigation into three officers who were involved in that fight last month. department initially reported that the officer's unmarked van was surrounded and that officers badges were clearly identifiable but in this video none of that seems to appear. >> it's never too early to begin talking about the next summer olympics. los angeles has submitted this hollywood style video in its bid for the 2024 games. the bid has a lot of public support since most of the venues are already built. the city also says it will be able to turn a profit if it hosted the games. l.a.'s biggest competition is paris. in news 4 your health now, it turns out

may not be as healthy as some people think. scientists looked at the nutritional makeup of 654 gluten free products. many breads and pastas contain more fat and much less protein. the differences could impact our kids' growth and increase the risk of obesity. >> our sugar free challenge. we want to take a moment and just say what a joy it is to see melissa mollet glowing and basking in these beautiful pregnancy days. you make it look so good. >> we know that before too long you'll be welcoming another. >> we will, later this summer. as you all know my whole story, but many of you have been so lovely and so supportive do not. we have a biological son. then came many tests of having a second child. we adopted our daughter last may and, bam, i got pregnant, thank you. this is hard to sh

faith and how things were supposed to be and a story that i thought might give somebody else some hope. >> i never thought we'd be doing a story after adopting you. >> when her birth mother picked us i found out i was pregnant but before years there was so much heart ache and sadness. after we had our son we thought, oh, it will be easy, like a lot of people, to have another baby. and i had actually no concept of what was ahead for us. >> we went to see a fertility specialist. >> diagnosis is pretty common. unexplained infertility. there was no specific reason i wasn't getting pregnant on my own. >> infertility as a diagnosis is traumatic for people. >> for three years we tried and tried, blood draw procedures, medicines, shots. my doctors were just fabulous, but it was so hard, i think especially on me emotionally because i'd be so hopeful and then so sad and i'd want to be

happiness and hope and thinking about names and what you're going to do with a nursery and all of these different great things and instead you're thinking how are we going to keep this preg nans be si going. >> i remember being in the bathroom one day at work trying to work up the courage to give myself a shot in the stomach and i'd be in there crying thinking, come on, you can do this. and it was just really, really hard. >> i think we did ivf five times and melissa got pregnant four times. >> we'd see the heartbeat and then there would be a couple weeks later some sign that something wasn't right. >> a miscarriage is a death, inability to get pregnant is equally like a death. people who suffer miscarriages, my advice to them is do what you need to do emotionally to get through this. there's no blame here. >> each loss was heart shattering, but i stel felt like someone was missing from our

trying in that way but we needed to. i don't regret any of it. it led us to adoption, and now we have our little angel bringing us another baby. i know there is no real explanation for this pregnancy now and i really don't care. i don't need one. >> it's awesome. couldn't be happier. >> so after losing five pregnancies and being blessed with this one, we really do believe in miracles. we have a longer version right now on the nbc washington app. and the gender reveal on friday doing a facebook live at 7:00 a.m. and to talk about all things infertility. i know a lot of people have suffered the same way. >> you've learned so much. >> we have. i feel like a doctor. >> thank you for sharing with us, melissa. >> it was. it was hard. >> give a lot of people hope. we love you and we support you so much. >> thank you

>> everything in life brings you to where you are and you're happy now and that's what's important. we have a very cloudy stretch weather coming our way much like what we had last may. last may we set a record with 15 consecutive days with measured rainfall and last may was 2 degrees cooler than average. so far 9 days into this one, this may is also cooler and cloudier and wetter than average. speaking of wet, there are thunderstorms now in the mountains of west virginia. thunderstorms now in parts of the shenandoah valley. no severe weather, just rumbles of thunder. this ribbon of rain chances along i-81. from woodstock to front royal down into rappahanock county. this first batch isn't going to get inside the beltway. the next batch certainly will. that's expected to happen between 8 and 8:30 this morning. grab the umbrella now. you'll be needing it at some point during the day.

temperatures only in the 50s. once the rain starts those temperatures will go nowhere. we'll stay in the 50s dale long. the chances of you getting wet are 100%. 80% chance of rain tomorrow. shower ri weather through tomorrow morning. sunshine comes back on sunday afternoon. >> chuck, thank you. summer right around the corner, folks. you know what that means, warm weather and con be struks. how to avoid projects that would otherwise slow you down when our gridlock game changer series continues. >> the ellen degeneres show, ellen welcomes amy

weather you drive or take metro, construction is something that can always slow down your commute. >> not if you know somebody like transportation reporter adam tuss. he shows us the things to know about summer construction projects.

take a look here. with that in mind, here are the top four construction projects to watch out for. in the district beach drive has been by far the most disruptive project. the entire road surface being replaced, the trail next to it enhanced. the work on the first section of the project has been extended until the fall meaning that the closure between tilden and rock creek parkway will last all summer unfortunately. in maryland, 210, construction there that will impact plenty of drivers. new interchange coming between kirby hill and livingston road. >> the governor's identified that as a huge project. >> reporter: the traffic on indian head highway expect the to grow to over 125,000 vehicles in the coming years. in virginia get ready for new express lanes on 395. work will pick up significantly in the middle lane, the turn hov lane and metro starting in early july the system changes its hours to

schedule, late night and weekend rail service goes away. service will stop at 1:00 a.m. the system will close at 11:30 on week nights. on sunday trains will only run from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. adam tuss, news 4. and we have rain and thunderstorms moving into the area this morning. after the break chuck and i are back to show you the timing of it and how many days this will last befor e

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"news 4 today" starts now. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa mollet is keeping an eye on your thursday morning commute. we'll kick off this half hour with chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> good morning. >> rain drops are back in style here in washington. i guess we technically need a little bit more in the way of rain but not on the weekend. >> that's a positive way to look at it because you're not going to be seeing the sunshine for a few days. here's the radar. rain on the way many areas south and west of the district as we get into culpepper county. this is getting closer to fredericksburg about to move in at 95. more rain across 81 near the shenandoah valley. higher elevations where you see a lot of lightning coming in. the direction this is all moving heading into the di

district pretty soon. the next couple of hours. it will be around for part of the morning commute. 7:00 a.m., 60 degrees. not going to see much of a warmup. speaking of that commute, make sure you have the umbrella. let's check that with melissa. >> southbound 95 before 216, between 32 and 216, have a crash on the right shoulder. eastbound, outbound i can't get it out. near 197, still have that tow truck on the scene. have an earlier tractor-trailer crash. we have the right lane blocked. you can see here everything is nice and green. hearing in my ear we have a brand-new crash on 270. we'll talk about that in a second. lincoln road near hughesville. 5:32. an inmate that escaped custody and kept howard county on edge for six days won't face charges for running off. >> news 4's erika

case. good morning? z >> good morning. they dropped the escape charges against david watson. on april 28th he managed to get away from two guards. you remember he spent six days on the run and he was eventually found hiding in a drainage pipe. he's going to face attempted murder charges. the 28-year-old is already serving 100 years for a drive-by shooting in delaware. in the newsroom i'm erika gonzalez. we have an update for you about all of those online threats made against a high school in our area. 16-year-old from sterling has been charged for the threats made on social media towards dominion high school. we also told you that weapons were found in the teen's home. they belong to a relative. loudoun county sheriff says there was never a credible threat to that scho

university of maryland are making their voices heard. they want action after someone found a noose inside a frat house on campus. >> stand up. walk out. we will protest. >> 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 university's president. that didn't get very far. the president has condemned the effort and called it despicable. visitors at one of our monuments expect to be safe. the force that is expected to make sure they're safe is steadily shrinking. new numbers show that park police staffing is down 15% since 2010. and to add to the challenges park police may soon face budget cuts under the trump administration. that police department responds to everything from traffic incidents and vandalism t

>> later this morning d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expected to formally announce that she is pulling back on a ban that has ruffled some feathers. so d.c. pet chicken owners have flocked together to protest the mayor's proposal to ban chickens. the group's petition has more than 700 signatures to protect the chickens. >> pet chickens. >> they have names like tina fey and maggie thatcher. yesterday news 4's tomm sherwood told them of the mayor's plan to pull back on the ban. >> i'm very excited. i think this has a potential to be a win-win for the city and for the chicken owners. >> there you go. the environmental director told news 4 that the mayor decided the proposal which included cat owners to get licenses needs more review. have at if. t

dangerous intersections in our area and they may be on your route in to work. the areas you may want to avoid. and a new york staple headed to d.c.? the potential business plan that might make you want to watch an '80s classic movie. we continue to celebrate some of the teachers in our area during national teacher appreciation week. tweet us pictures of your favorite

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you're watching "news 4 today." 5:39 right now. there are fewer homeless people in the district this year than there were a year ago, but the number is still higher than it was in recent years. according to the washington post there are several hundred more homeless families than there were in 2013 but the number has dropped this year. d.c. mayor muriel bowser has made ending homeless an important part of her administration's work. a news 4 i-team investigation shows high dollar payouts and renters are exploiting loopholes in an old d.c. law. >> jody fleischer and the news 4 i-team shows us it involves rentals that go for sale. >> reporter: the law was designed to keep loim

them afford a new lease in a different building. it gives the renters a chance to buy their place first. news 4 i-team found even when they don't want to or can't afford to buy, they can rake in big bucks by selling those rights. >> i've heard of payments of tens of thousands of dollars. >> 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 portion of their payout. >> i would estimate that it's essentially $100 million a year industry. >> reporter: why experts say it's driving up housing costs for the rest of us. don't miss our investigation on thursday on news 4 at 5:00 and 11. jodie fleischer, news 4 i-team. pretty soon you may be able to get a taste of a pastrami sandwich, rubin, corned beef. katz deli has been

the sandwiches on new york's east side for 29 years. they tell our partners at wtop that a d.c. location would be on his radar if he planned to expand. the deli ships most of its menus throughout the u.s. i could eat a whole kornd beef sandwich. >> i've only been in there once. you're shoulder to shoulder. >> it's worth it. the sandwiches are this big. there was a special scene where meg ryan's character, very expressive. yes. you know what i'm talking about. 5:41 right now. they are injuries that could be avoided but emergency rooms across the country say they're seeing an influx of kids with broken bones, concussions and even skull fractures. and the other shoe drops in the firing of fbi director james comey. several new details coming to light as comey's saga becomes more dramatic. we're live from capitol hill next. outside this morning it's a grab themb

storm team 4 radar here shows a rivet of rain drops into the shenandoah valley, northern virginia and inside the beltway as well. temperatures down in the 50s. no more 70s for a while, little girl. grab the umbrella. in the 50s with rain drops. sheena has a closer look at the weekend coming up. taking a look at a brand-new problem, new hampshire avenue at powder mill road, have a crash there. 270 south before 109.

it is 5:45 now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. in the next 15 minutes a new study that reveals some of the most dangerous intersections in our area, and chances are you drive through one. where officials are warning drivers and pedestrians to be extra vigilant. they are injuries that could be avoided but emergency rooms across the cou

seeing an influx of kids with broken bones, concussions, even skull fractured. we'll tell you why. first, more bombshells in the surprise firing of james comey. "news 4 today" starts now. at 14 before the hour the shock waves around james comey's firing as fbi director are still rocking capitol hill, but the white house is defending the decision. >> we're now learning that president trump had been contemplating it for a while. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what are we learning today? >> reporter: the white house press office says this wasn't necessarily only something that came from the justice department, which is what they initially told us. this came from the bottom up. that the president did not order this probe into what was going on with comey over there but now they're saying this is something he had been thinking about for a while. also new today, we are learning from a senior source, congressional source, that

had been asking for more resources for this russia investigation recently before he was fired. now the justice department which oversees the fbi is pushing back hard on that one saying it's absolutely not true, that he had not asked for more money, staff or resources to investigate russia. we haven't seen comey but we could soon because one of the senate panels here investigating wants to talk to him next week. >> tracie, another story we're following is that of former national security adviser michael flynn being subpoenaed. how big of a development is that? >> reporter: well, it's pretty big considering that flynn had asked for immunity, didn't get it. he was asked for documents among others. the committee said if their requests weren't adhered to, then they would start issuing subpoenas and they have starting with the fired former national security adviser, mike flynn. they think he's got some paperwork that can help in the russia investigation. >> traci

hill. thank you. if you haven't seen the next story, you may see it in your time line today at some point. education secretary betsy devos booed as she gave a commencement speech. students graduating from an historically black college. let's take a listen. >> let's boost one another up. >> this happened at yesterday at daytona beach. many students not only booed but they turned their back on her as she gave her speech. students being escorted out. devos caused a backlash when she called these schools pioneers of school choice. she acknowledged that they were borne out of segregation. good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. eight people dead, another 11 injured after a 5.5 magnitude quake. after

another two earthquakes just minutes after that. again, 8 people dead, another 11 injured and now there is a search and rescue effort underway for people in that region. a number of tremors reported after the fact. this is a 5.5 quake reported. >> erika, thank you. new surveillance video showing a woman fairfax county police consider a person of interest in a small explosion at a falls church clinic that provides abortions. take a look. it happened on april 27th. the explosion was caused by someone setting off fireworks inside an elevator at that clinic on south washington street. the woman is also suspected in other cases dating back to last year. your regular route to work may actually take you through one of the most dangerous intersections in the district. this morning we're working for you to break down the danger

benning road in northeast. that intersection is number one on the list. >> that is also where we find news 4's justin finch right now with more on the other dangerous spots you need to know about, too. justin, good morning. >> reporter: hey there. good morning. traffic building up now. as you may know passing through here, this is a high traffic area. lots of cars. lots of pedestrians out here as well. minnesota and benning northeast scoring highest on this danger index which measures high speed car traffic and pedestrian foot traffic here. the study counts some ten collisions and 14 injuries in recent years at the minnesota avenue intersection earning the top spot, 25. second up is southern avenue near owens road in southeast. third is in the freedom plaza area off 12th street at pennsylvania avenue northwest. rounding out the top four, 14th and u street northwest. to cpi

firm studied public data on pedestrian and car traffic. they counted 1500 crashes from from 2005. >> they are distracted looking down at their cell phones. paying attention to their friends and talking and not really looking at what's going on. >> reporter: and when lawyers come in they often find that smart phones play a role in these crashes. they are distracting, too. what they say is the people involved often lie. what they find when they subpoena phone records, they find evidence of distraction at the times of the collisions. back to you. >> no surprise. justin finch, thanks for the information. 5:51. cyclists are taking over d.c. streets this weekend for the d.c. bike ride. whether you're taking part or just want to be out, you want to look at the map you

police will close off this route so they can roll through 50 miles of district streets. they'll keep the course open to bikes from 8:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon. nbc 4 is a proud media partner of this ride. sheena, we're talking about some rain? >> yes, we are, for a few days. the good news is for the d.c. bike ride it will all be out of here and drying up. good for the second half of your weekend. not so good for the first part. rainy. if you have not left the house yet, grab the umbrella before you leave. rain is moving into the area. you'll be seeing it shortly. tomorrow cloudy all day with showers, better chance later in the night tomorrow. that leads us into a rainy saturday. it's going to be chilly and breezy saturday. in the afternoon we'll start to see some improvement. then by sunday evening, bigger improvements with sunshine returning into the

no rain in the district but you do see it to the north and the west. winchester, 81. culpepper county and now in fredericksburg. we've been watching that area approaching fredericksburg. that's where you have heavy rain near culpepper. that's what the yellows, oranges and reds show. across 81 where we've been seeing rain for quite a while now. there you see part of that weather system. a lot of our lightning to the north and west. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. here's 10:00 a.m. in future weather. by lunchtime, have your umbrellas. evening drive still seeing the rain around. tomorrow pretty cloudy day. rain coming back in the evening. saturday morning, more rain and then we see improvements. look at the sunday forecast. 73 and breezy, nice and sunny. warmer.

melissa this morning. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. the beltway looking pretty good. new hampshire avenue at powder mill road, a crash at that intersection. same thing, southbound 270 before 109, crash on the left shoulder. a little bit of a delay on 270. eastbound 250 near 197, still have the right side blocked there. that transition lane because of a tow truck trying to get things out of the way. taking a look here, 66 is fine. look at some of the travel times. 270 southbound germantown to the spur, top of the beltway. no problems there, 66 in bound and 95 northbound. no major problems. remember to listen to wtop 105 f.m. 5:54. with summer quickly approaching, the kids will be running outside to play and ride their bi

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