we didn't know if we'd see you today. >> the active director taking questions for the first time. lawmakers demanding answers after the firing of former director james comey and his investigation into russia interference. right now metro board members are asking questions about the latest safety issue at the transit system. putting riders at risk. and we have a lot of rain cross the area right now. and rainy pattern is going to stick around into the weekend. i'll show you the timing and when we'll finally see the sunshi

hi, good morning everybody and welcome to news 4 midday, i'm erica gonzalez. we begin with something that will impact you not for just one day, but several days. rain for the next few days. it's going to look like this. gray, rainy, chilly. storm team 4 meteorologist is here with how much more rain we can expect today. >> yeah, rain all over the area right now. radar lit up and it has been all morning. you'll want the umbrella for the rest of the day today. we have rain over the forecast for the next few days. no sunshine until sunday, maybe peeks tomorrow at best. here's what we have now, mostly light to moderate rain. that's where we see more moderate rain by the yellows and oranges. it's all moved into charles county, the heaviest, but that steady rain has been continuing all morning. and as we go through the rest of the day, scattered showers staying in the forecast. make sure we have the umbrella, ev

showers, even through tonight hours, we're looking at showers through the overnight hours. temperatures staying chilly. mid-50s. keep the umbrella around for tomorrow, mainly late in the day, but especially to start your weekend. coming up, close look at the timing for your weekend and when we'll see et sunshine next, that's straight ahead. breaking news that's been happening in just the last half hour. a suspect in a montgomery county murder has pleaded guilty. pleaded guilty, he was accused of breaking into linda sheryl johnson's home and killing her last year. she was in her 70s. now saddler could face life in prison. montgomery county states attorney spoke just a few moments ago. >> there's no way to describe other than savage. there were multiple stab wounds. multiple cutting injuries. this was a brutal, brutal attack. this is the ultimate crime against seniors in our

johnson and stole her car and credit cards. he was seen in video driving johnson's priest and he used a credit cards to go shopping immediately after her death. i want to go to capitol hill now. a senate intelligence committee hearing under way on worldwide threats. the leaders of the top intelligence agencies are there, including the new acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe. first time he's speaking in public since james comey was fired as fbi director. with so many witnesses at the hearing. mccabe has only taken a few questions, but virginia senator mark warner let us know what he will be asking. >> i will to want make sure my first question for you, even in this public setting will be for you to assure the committee that if you come under any political influence from the white house or others, to squash this investigation or impede it in any way that you'll let the committee know. >> senator warner again questioned the timing of comey's firing because of his part

interference with a u.s. election. meanwhile, the white house is still defending the decision to fire comey. deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders went on the "today" show earlier today to explain the president's decision, but she also suggested that deputy attorney general rod rozen seen it, man who wrote the memo justifying the dismissal be picked to take over the russia investigation. >> you've gone an independent individual like the deputy attorney general whose been appointed by both obama and president trump. this is somebody who sets the gold standard within the legal system. i think he is a perfect example of what you would be looking for in terms of an independent person to come in and be the helm of this investigation. >> we're also hearing from former fbi director james comey today. he wrote a tloert his colleagues saying in part quote i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi director for any reason or for no reason at all. it's done. and i'll be fine

nbc's lster holt will sit down with president trump for an exclusive interview today. you can watch that tonight on nbc nightly news. right after news 4 at 6:00. right now, metro board members are gathered for an executive session. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss is that meeting where a new safety issue is being discussed. metro train operator did not follow protocol when the doors on the rail car opened that you see here in the video on the wrong side while the train was on an elevated platform. at the meeting this morning, metro said the incident was due to operator error. and when a wrong side door incident as it is known occurs, the operator is supposed to immediately walk around the train to make sure that nobody's fallen out or that no objects have fallen out, everybody's okay. metro says the operator in this case did not walk around the train. instead, the train continued on it's journey. this incident happened just before 9:00 yesterday morning on an

station and a rider captured the video of the incident and posted it on social media. metro says there were no injuries and the train operator has been removed from service pending an investigation. new developments in a violent sexual assault in roslyn. new details about where this man went before and after the attack. in a strange twist, police say the suspect came back to the building after he had escaped. news 4's megan mcgraph is live on how he got in and megan, why exactly he came back to the scene. >> reporter: yeah, that's the big question. and police have some theories on that, but certainly a strange case. police also looking into reports that the same suspect in this attack tried to get into other buildings in the area as well, but was unsuccessful. well, he did get inside a unit here at the condominiums on key boulevard. and he left, he fle

kind of a surprising twist to the story. he returned just minutes later to the scene of the crime. he made his escape following the sexual assault, but two minutes after leaving through the parking garage, he came back. the second time, through the front door of the atrium condominium. sources tell news 4 that he may have been trying to recover something that he dropped or left behind. inside the glass elevator, he appears to panic as he sees officers arrive on the scene. he gets off on a different floor and leaves undetected. >> that's scary. >> reporter: women who live in the area are anxious to see this man caught. especially in light of reports that he posed as a maintenance worker and tried to enter other buildings in the area as well. >> you know, it just makes me sad that you can't trust, you know, have a good trusting relationship with our neighbors. people will just open up the door and assume that you're what you say you are. >> reportehe

it appears the suspect originally got in the building by following a car into the parking garage. he then randomly knocked on doors. the victim opened hers and the man forced his way in. >> i'm just hoping it's a one-time thing. these things do happen everywhere. hoping that now everyone knows what's happened, everyone's going to be a little bit safer. >> reporter: and this suspect is still on the loose as you saw, lots of good images of him video as well as still pictures and some pretty good images of his face. the hope here is that someone will recognize this man and call investigators and give them the break that they need this this case. back to you in the studio. >> scary stuff, hopefully they can catch him. megan mcgraph, thank you. dangerous man is off the streets and faces charges in not one, but two separate murder cases. he is behind bars this morning. police say on may 3rd, the 24-year-old approached wayne

pope at a gas station in suiteland. he tried to rob pope who fought back and was shot and killed. when police connected williams to the crime, they knew exactly where to find him. williams was already in jail for murder in montgomery county. he's charged with shooting four people at this home in germantown on april 29th. 19-year-old man died in that case. your regular route to work may actually take you through one of the most dangerous intersections in the district. i want to show ewe look at the top four in our area. justin finch has more now on exactly why these spots made that list. >> reporter: this study not only counts and ranks d.c.'s most dangerous intersections, it also points to an underlying cause, distractions and smart devices. now distractions in this case go both ways. we're talking about drivers and pedestrians who create a high risk for wrecks by looking at their devices. and also trying to get around. the study from the law firm identifies 25 dangerous

pedestrians collision. topping that lists, minnesota avenue and benning road in northeast and looking at a public data, the research turns up some 5300 pedestrian car collisions between 2009 and 2015. and we found pedestrians saying drivers and walkers could easily make commutes safer by focussing more on the road and less on their devices. >> pay attention to the lights and the cars. everyone has a job to do. you know, once we do that, i think we'll cut down on some of these accidents. >> reporter: and contributing to today's distraction of course is rain. however if you find yourself in a pedestrian collision and perhaps you were distracted by a smart device, be very honest about it and clear. because lawyers can easily subpoena for your phone records and see what you were doing in the moment leading up to that crash. northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4, back into you. >> thank you, justin. he was at the center of a massive manhunt, officials say they won't charge an esc

new information on a escaped prisoner now back behind bars. and we're also asking the question, what is next after last night's very disappointing loss by the capitals. fans and players sound off. and it's an over the counter drug that most of us don't think twice about taking. new study on a common painkiller and an increased risk of heart attacks.

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we are learning new details in that inmate escape in howard county. some charges have been dropped against david watson. the baltimore sun is reporting that prosecutors drop the escape and assault charges, however, he is still going to face attempted murder charges in the county. watson is already serving 100 years for a driesh shooting in delaware. watson was on the run for six days last month. moments ago, d.c. mayorboyar said she's pulling back on a proposed ban that has ruffled feathers. d.c. pet chicken own verse flocked together to protest the mayor's proposal that would ban chickens and require cat owners to get licenses. the group's petition has more than 700 signatu

has learned that the mayor decided the proposal needs more review. news 4 i-team investigation discovers homes held hostage by renters who have figured out how to exploit loopholes in an old d.c. law for profit. as the news 4 i-team shows us, all you need to do is live in a rental that's going up for sale. >> reporter: it gives the renters a chance to buy their place first. even when they don't want to or keent afford to buy, they could rake in big bucks by selling the rights. >> i've heard of payments of tens of thousand was dollars. >> reporter: buyers and sellers either pay the price or risk losing their sale. >> it felt like extortion. like, the whole thing felt really slimy. >> reporter: and we found a whole industry of

of their payout. >> i would estimate it's about 1$100 million a year industry. >> reporter: why experts say it's driving up housing costs. don't miss our investigation on thursday. a news 4 at 5:00 and 11:00. news 4 i-team. the capitals are thanking fans far great season. the team's quest for the cup is now over. the penguins shut them out in a do or die game seven last night and knocked them out of the stanley cup playoffs. the game was here at verizon center in front of thousands of caps fans. >> big moments here. big players got play big. and regrettably, we didn't do that tonight. lot

altogether. >> we lost it in the first three games. >> i don't think we gave ourselves the chance. we're going to have to live with that. and take responsibility for that. >> we know what we've worked for. >> and the penguins every time. >> sad to see so many disappointing fans. >> it's nothing new. >> can you believe they didn't see you again? >> yeah, i can. i can. they've got to beat twice in a row. if they win game seven would be in boston next week. base hit, base hit. the nats are going to win it. >> and that was the silver lining. but it looked like the nationals were also going to lose, new

the last two innings of the game. they walked off against the orioles. this is one more game at nats park tonight. >> over the next two weekends people working hard for the lgbtq community will be honored in our area starting saturday. with a capital pride heroes gala. here with more is hayden morrah and beyonce ray, good morning and thank you for joining us. start by telling us -- absolutely. start by telling us about the gala this weekend and what's going on. amazing winner from american idol. open bar. more than that, we're going to have open bars are dplushl pride, incredible and diverse group from our lgbtq community coming together and celebrating our pride. >> and you

honored. so tell me about engendered spirit. tell me about this for both of you. both of you are receiving this. >> haid season one of the honoree for this year's spirit award. and the it is an individual doing a lot of work for the transgender community and the virginia area. so hayden here is one of our honoree and we're going to highlight him. at this saturday's hero's gala. >> hayden, congratulations. and why is it important for people to not just know about these events, but take part in these events? why is it important? >> i think it's a couple of different reasons. i think first, this is an incredibly kmajing time for the lgbtq community. and under this administration, people are fighting just on to hold on to the rights that we have. for the trans community in particular, even before the current administration, we were fighting for equity, transwomen of colorre

the country. hiv and aids are off the charts. the level of struggle just to get through the day is so challenging and difficult. pride is place where we can come together, question learn about these issues. and we can support and fight back. and that's what we've got to do. >> what would you say is the biggest misconception about the transgender community? >> hmm. that's a really hard one for me, but i think -- um, i don't know, yeah, yeah. >> you can finish. >> yeah, i think that the biggest conception about the transcommunity has ever been about any small community or folks that don't know a lot of folks from the community. which is that we're just like everyone else. in terms of we love our families and we to want work hard. we want to feel safe. we want to be able to thrive in our communities and to give back. and that's the simple, not incredibly sexy truth of it.

>> i hear you. thank you for that. so the capital pride heroes gala this weekend, and again, hayden morrah and bianca, thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> we hope that you have a wonderful weekend and congrats. >> see you at pride and everyone else. >> congratulations on the awards coming your way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. he is is a super kid, the accomplishment this 14-year-old is celebrating today. most of us don't hit this goal really until we're in our early 20s. we'll tell you about this coming up. and we are tracking rain. take a look at storm team 4 radar, expected to get a lot more green and yellow on this radar over the next few days. it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy

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there's something out there that we're meant to do. >> and that's something is graduating college. at 14. on saturday, carson will graduate from texas christian university with a degree in physics. and a double minor in chinese and math. his mom says his interest in math started when he was just three years old. carson's 11-year-old brother is following in his footsteps. he's enrolling at tcu as a freshman in the fall. he's 11. >> it's mind blowing. >> i know. i know. >> physics, math, and chinese. >> makes you feel like what did you establish with your life? >> literally nothing now. nothing. it is d

>> it's not. we've had rain all morning long. we're going to keep seeing the rain through the afternoon. there's rain around now. scattered showers through the evening commute. the heaviest has moved through. we'll have mostly a scattered light rain for the evening hours. and tomorrow, well, there you see it. clouds with some late rain on the weather outlook. by saturday, rainy start, it's going to be chilly. and then we'll see big improvements through sunday. the sunshine finally returning. but the timing is good though just in time for mother's day. here's the radar, light rain shown by the green where you see the yellows, orngs, reds, around the beltway, just lighter rain falling. it's been steady all near l leesburg. brandy woin, that's more moderate to heavy. and it's mostly now east of 95 for the most part what we've seen this morning. so that's all kind of trying to make it's way through, but we're still going to be under this very

coming from. clouds around for tomorrow. more rain moves in late tomorrow into saturday. temperatures are staying chilly. mid to upper 50s, here's future weather, tomorrow a cloudy day with rain, rain late in the day. there's 9:00 p.m. we go into saturday morning, 6:00 a.m. waking up to rain and we could see some showers into the afternoon, but overall big improvements as we end out the weekend. so there's saturday. rainy, especially early. 58. look at mother's day, sunny, 73, and big warm-up back into the 80s. i like that, into next week, erica. >> yeah, that is something we can all agree on. thank you. attorney general sessions taking on the u.s. opioid epidemic today. he is in west virginia, one of the hardest hit areas. and more construction is coming to your commute. up next, the summer projects that will force you to change up your morning routine. we're going to help you get around the gridloc coming up. k,

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also talk to your doctor before making changes. attorney general jeff sessions is in the epicenter of america's opioid crisis. charleston, west virginia, somebody died in west virginia every ten hours. from an overdose. sessions says they're nothing like what we've seen before. >> that we have today more availability, lower price, and higher purity in drugs in america, particularly drugs like heroin, cocaine, and meth. that is a law enforcement problem too. >> sessions says his department is committed to pouring resources into ending this crisis. and he plans to use some of the tactics the reagan administration focussed on in the '80s. tactics like d.a.r.e., just say no, and zero tolerance when it comes to prosecution. so all week we've been bringing you gridlocks game changers. and today are ones that are all about the construction that's going to impact you this summer. whether you drive or you take metro. news 4's

alex huff show's the four things you need to know. >> reporter: hey construction is never easy. 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 street and rock creek parkway in northwest will last all summer unfortunately. in maryland, indian head highway, 210, construction that will impact plenty of drivers. new interchange coming to kirby hill and livingston road. >> we needed to do something, governors identified that as a huge project. >> reporter: the traffic expected to grow to over 125,000 vehicles in the coming years. now in virginia, get ready for new express lanes on 395, work will pick up significantly in the middle lanes, the current hov lane.

starting in early july, the system changes it's hours to a new maintenance schedule, late night, weekend rail service goes away. service will stop at 1:00 a.m. on the weekend. the system will close at 11:30 on weeknights and sunday, trains will only run from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. adam tuss, news 4. >> so if you've missed any of the series of gridlock game changers. adam tuss will do a live chat on twitter tomorrow morning at 8:00 to help solve your commute problems. in the meantime, we have commute solutions on our nbc washington app. we asked members to show us how it feels to lose weight on weight watchers. >> at the top of this new ad by weight watchers, you saw d.c. residentkey baa williams. key baa was chosen because she used the power of social media along her weight loss journey to motivate herself and motivate others andkey baa joins thus morning with more on her weight loss journey. good morning. >> good morning. >> tell everybody about t

incredible journey and why you started, why you decided to use social media to kind of propel this. >> social media, you know, has lots of power behind it. and i do weight watchers purely online. i don't have the benefit of going to meetings, and interacting with people there. so for me, doing it online has kind of brought me a little family, a little support system. so i have motivation and people that are pushing me all the way, keep going and reaching my goals. >> so tell me about your goals. how much have you lost so far? >> i've lost 56.9 pounds on weight watchers. >> yay, congratulations. you look amazing. >> thank you so much. >> is there a set goal? was that the goal for you? was there an intense target for you or why did you decide to begin this journey, kiva? >> i did have a target in mind, weight watchers has something called lifetime. and once you reach lifetime you can actually continue with weight watchers forever, for life at no cost. so i would like to get to that weight so i can continue on the program forever.

fantastic. i think the social media element, correct me if i'm wrong here, you're also adding some sort of, you know, accountability here, right? whether you have a good day or a bad day, somebody is checking kiva's posts to see how she's doing today, right? >> it acts as a diary, breakfast, lunch, dinner pictures. >> really? >> and snacks as well. so, you know, i can always kind of look back and see what i ate that day or what changes i may need to make. if i'm plateauing, i think i ate too much fruit that day or too many sweets this week. i can kind of adjust and make changes. >> wait a minute, be honest with me, did you not avoid like one picture of pound cake that you didn't want tell people or the donut? you took a picture of everything you ate? >> i mean, not everything, but i mean, sometimes you'll miss -- eating a yogurt is not exciting. >> yeah. >> but i try to post everything to be transparent. there are times where it's like okay, i don't to want post it

i made weight and post it the next day and be like, i ate a donut, had to be honest. so yeah, i'm up front about what i'm eating. >> i think that's commendable, there's a lot of us that just would not do that. how did you stick to it? how long have the 56 pounds taken you and what was it that kept you going? >> i've been on it for just over a years. i stuck to it because it was working. i mean my clothes are looser, i had to get a whole new wardrobe essentially. it's quite a bit of weight. >> absolutely. >> the results speak for themselves. it kind of made me keep going. >> and you feel like you're back to your old self. kiva is back, out, smiling -- >> back to my old self. outgoing, vivacious, bubbly, not afraid to speak up and work meetings and no longer hiding. >> congratulations, girl. >> thank you. >> keep up the great work. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. rain, okay, get used to it, folks. we are back after the break with an early look at the

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pretty soon you may be able to get a taste of pastrami from a famous new i don't care deli. they've been serving them up on new york's lower east side for 129 years. the shop's owner tells our news partners at wtop that a d.c. location would be on their radar, if the family plans to expand. and by the way, the deli was made famous in the movie when harry met sally, maybe you remember that. changing gears now, joining us, if you are planning on doing anything this weekend, probably get it out of the way on sunday, saturday's going to be an absolute wash. >> that's good news because sunday is mother's day. we don't like to hear any part of the weekend's going to be rainy, if it had to be any day this weekend,

so that is at least the good news here. the rain is going to leave in time for moms to be outside. brunch outside, whatever you're doing outside. we have steady rain across the district. mostly light. we have some spots kind of scattered and loudoun county where the yellow is, that's more moderate rainfall. you see the steady rain countying, there is a back edge moving into quantico pretty soon, but most of the moderate to heavier pockets of rain, that's already moved off to the east of 95 now parts of charles county, st. mary's county. either way, we're under the unsettled weather pattern tomorrow. have your umbrella tomorrow. expect a mostly cloudy day, tomorrow evening, that's when we'll have more rain moving in. it's not going to be an all day thing like today, the timing is not the same as today for tomorrow. currently it's chilly outside with the rain. mid to upper 50s. here's a look at future weather. so as we go through time here, 5:00 p.m. today, scattered showers around for the evening drive. tomorrow, here you see just kind of er

starts to move in. and this is the rain that continues into saturday, 8:00 in the morning saturday. you'll be waking up to some rain and some of this could be lingering through the afternoon. but once it starts to leave, we're not going to be breaking out into sunshine saturday. that won't be until sunday. so again, the timing is good for mother's day, but also for the d.c. bike ride on sunday if you're planning on doing that. we'll be starting off dry, cool 52 degrees. we'll go through the morning, 11:00 a.m. breezy, 62, 1:00 p.m. nice, breezy, the winds -- yeah, now your mother's day forecast. 9:00 in the morning, breezy conditions. more sunshine through the afternoon by lunch time on mother's day. 68 degrees by 5:00 p.m. we're looking at temperatures in the low 70s. so we're going to be warmer as we go into sunday. speaking of warm, take a look at next week. we're in the upper 70s by tuesday, mid-80s. look at that, wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday, so the weather pattern is going to get back into that summer-like feel across the area. and it looks like t

sunny. erica. >> all right, thank you. romeo and you'll yet are the west known plays. but there is a treat for fans of the play right on stage right now in our area. a rarely seen play, a look at what audiences can expect, coming up. and wz we go to break, we are saying thank you to the many teachers out there on this teacher appreciation week.

years after his death, a family in loudoun county finally has the chance to memorialize an american hero. first lieutenant william ryan was buried yesterday. with full military honors at arlington national cemetery. he died during the vietnam war. news 4's kristen wright talks to the family about how special the ceremony is for them. >> reporter: celebrating an more than hero who gave everything to his country.

first lieutenant william ryan is home from vietnam. and for his sacrifice, a baurl with full military honors at arlington national cemetery. forward. hut. hut. hut. >> reporter: the marine aviator was shot down in 1969. leaving behind his young wife and son the day before his first birthday. >> being almost five decades since we lost him. >> reporter: all these years later, mike ryan has his own family by his side on an unforgettable day. >> for having to be memorialized this way and honored this way

arlington cemetery, it's amazing. >> the defense department found his remains and identified them using dna. >> and finally found him. brought him home. >> reporter: the day after the family found out that his remains had finally been found, they got some very tragic news. it was mike's mom. >> she was diagnosed with colon cancer that metastasized to her liver. we lost her within weeks. >> reporter: the widow died days before the burial. >> i did her eulogy yesterday, at her funeral yesterday, and today, my dad. >> it was emotional. you know, i just couldn't keep the tears from flowing. >> reporter: at arlington national cemetery, kristen wright, news 4. >> and we to want wish

family well during what must be a very hard time for them. we to want switch gears now to something that has not been seen in our area in quite some time we should actually say about 17 years. simon of athens, shakespeares most rarely seen play. and it is now on stage at the fol jer theater. two stars of the show, ian meryl peeks and ma bud. close, close. join us with what audiences can expect. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> first, tell me about your characters. and then we can talk a little bit about the difference between this play and some of the more recognizable plays, shakespeare yan plays. tell me about your characters. >> he's a very wealthy man who's very generous, perhaps naively so. >> okay. >> and he gives away all his money, and then his vrp trusty servants played by robinson says, hey, you're out of money. and i said well, we'll ask my friends. and none of my

reciprocate. >> really? >> and i go a little mad and act two is basically him dealing with the fallout of the lack of generosity from his friends. >> okay. >> where do you come in all of this? >> where do you come in? >> i'm going to figure this out. >> i play the character named captain. he's basically a modern day general of the army. >> okay. >> and probably not quite a friend, but a little bit of an acquaintance, little bit on the tertiary side -- i use these words sometimes. >> pretty. >> i've read a book this morning. but anyway, yeah, he's one of the guys that essentially gets banished by the senate. which is very, very corrupt and care only about the image of justice in modern society. >> doesn't fit with today at all. >> i know. weird. >> tell me about what audiences can expect. they go to the theater, what is it they're in for? when they sit down to enjoy the play? >>

richmond's who's creative and innovative and charming as hell. said something last week that was encouraging. nobody knows this play. there's no to be or not to bes in this play. >> good point. >> the audiences are coming expecting, hopefully nothing. and because they have no preconceived notions on what this play is. because it's never done. and we're also doing a very interesting take on it. >> okay. >> so it's sort of in the near future, technology plays a huge part. very black mirror. and so we're hoping that the audiences coming just to see something that they're not ready to see. >> absolutely loved it. tell me why you think this isn't performed more or why it is not as well known as some of the other great works? >> well, it's definitely one of the more difficult texts to deal with. >> unfinished text as well. >> okay. >> yeah, but i think that this particular play is particularly relevant to the times that we live in. especially societally. it does deal with

which is something that a lot of people have dealt with in their lives. so i don't necessarily know why it wouldn't be done anymore, but it's a play that should be done more. >> and if you read it, the original text itself, it's completely unfinished play. probably written by two people, thomas middleton andshake peer. one took an act, and shared it and put it in a desk drawer and said we'll work on it later and never did. >> really? >> it ends like four times. you have to cut it and put it together. >> that being said, how's it been received? quickly. >> two audiences and they're really fascinated and we're interviewing them afterwards and people are saying things like crushing, devastating. it's not a happy play. >> no. >> but it's innovative and creative and a blast to do. >> we're so happy for you guys. break a leg. >> yeah. >> june 11th. >> through june 11th. thank you both very much. timing of athens is at soldier theater. runs through june 11th and s

enjoy. and again, break a leg. thanks for being with us. all right. coming up, a personal story from one of our favorite co-workers. why her family story may help some of you suggling with tr

and many of you know our melissa mel a y is pregnant. this morning she is sharing her and her family's struggle with infertility. in this deeply personal

melissa shares how pain led to hope and eventually a miracle. >> reporter: some of you know my whole story, but many who have been lovely and support i have do not. we have a son, then many failed attempts at having a second childed. we adopted our daughter last may and bam, i got pregnant. now this is hard to share, but i realize now it's a story of fate at how things were supposed to be. a story i thought might give someone else some hope. >> i never thought we'd be doing the story after adopting you. >> when her birth mother picked us, it felt like finding out i was pregnant. but four years before, there was so much heart ache and sadness. after we had our son, we of course thought oh, it'll be easy, like a lot of people to have another baby. and i had absolutely no concept of what was ahead for us. >> we were going to try and we went to see a fertility specialist. >> our diagnosis was common, unexplained infertility.

there was no specific reason i wasn't getting pregnant on my own. >> infertility is a diagnosis. it's really traumatic to people. >> for three years, we tried and tried, blood draws, 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 then i'd want to be hopeful again. >> that's supposed to be about happiness and hope and thinking about names and what you're going to do with the nursery and all of these different great things, and instead you're thinking how are we going to keep this pregnancy 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

inability to get pregnant is equally such like a death almost but but for those people that suffer miss koerge catchers. my advice to them is do what you need to do emotionally to get through there. there's no blame here. >> each loss was heart shattering, i felt like someone was missing from our family. it was hard for me to give up trying in that way, but we needed to. i don't regret any of it. it led us to adoption and now we swear barrett may is our 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. >> after losing five pregnancies and being blessed though with this one, we really do believe in miracles. tomorrow morning on news 4 today, join us for the big gender reveal. >> we are also excited for melissa. and we've all seen that

and we're still a little misty eyed watching it. over the moon for her. >> yeah, and we're going to find out like she said the gender starting tomorrow morning. so we're all excited about that. >> yeah. >> all right, give us one last check of this radar. >> yeah, i know we've had so much rain so far this morning. still seeing steady rain around the district. and even mostly now east and north of 95. and this is what we're seeing just a light rain, yellow showing us embedded more moderate showers. for today though, high temperatures only mid to upper 50s, it's going to stay chilly, showers through the afternoon. tomo cloudy day with late rain, then saturday start the weekend with steady rain in the morning. not looking that great through the afternoon, but hopefully we'll get some dry as that rain moves away. sunday, mother's day, that looks good. 737, more sunshine, breezy, dry, we go into next week and the 80s return. erica. >> all right. thank you. that's it for news 4 midday, thanks so much for joining us. remember that we're back on the air first at 4:00 this afternoon and c

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