>> and i'm angie goff. earlier talking with tom, we had a tale two of skies. >> oh really? let's check in now to see if anything has changed with that, hey. >> now it's a tale of one sky because we have cleared out beautifully after some morning clouds gave us a few sprinkles around dawn. that's long gone. and my gift on this mother's day is a blue sky and some balmy breezes by later this afternoon. there's the national cathedral on this sunday morning, back offing in that morning sunlight. and it's spreading all across the region as temperatures are now climbing into the 50s to near 60. quickly jumping, leesburg up to 61. reagan national, 56 degrees. low 70s by noontime, and then hovering in the upper 70s during the afternoon with lots of sunshine and the winds maybe gusting around 30d miles an hour from time to time. gets cool again back down to the mid-60s by 9:00. heat wave on the way for the week ahead. at least for a couple of days. hottest days or

days. that's in just a few minutes. >> tom, we'll stick around. while you were sleeping, dozens of firefighters worked to put out the flames from a fire in springfield. >> but location of this fire, it's about location. it's very unusual. news 4's derek ward joins us now live from the scene with details, hi darin. >> reporter: good morning, how are you? well of course this is something you don't necessarily see every day. a fire at a fire house. that's exactly what happened here at station 26. we're a carolina place just off of the road in fairfax county. and you see what they believe is the cause of this fire. yeah, it was a serious fire. it actually went to two alarms. take a look, this is a scene shortly after it was reported. you can see that piece of equipment where the fire is believed to have started is pretty much

that's going to be central to the investigation as to how this all got under way. but we are told that even with all of this adversity here with a fire at the fire house, this station was indeed open for business of saving lives. >> it's under investigation right now. they believe this could be related to the vehicle itself. we're going to still provide service to this community. one apparatus today will be out of service. >> we don't know if it was an accident of design. fortunate accident of design. if you look at the construction. three bays here, but the bays are offset from the main structure. if off situation like this, it doesn't endanger the folks who are in this fire house. there were 11 firefighters here on hand when this started. again, it went to two alarms. took them a little bit to get it out, but they got it out and now it's about clearing it up and finding out exactly how it started. we are live in fairfax county, derek ward, news 4, back to you. >> thank you very much. right now, thousands of cyts

it's the change for many of them because the 20 mile route they're taking is completely car-free. >> amy cho is live at the finish line this time with a look at how cycling is actually inspiring some teenagers in the area. hi amy. >> reporter: hey guys, good morning, that's right, we are at the finish line where the bikers should be showing up in just a few minutes from now. they're wrapping up a 20 mile bike ride through d.c. 6,000 riders out here today. now some of those riders are part of a very special group called gearing up bicycles. now this is a group of local kids who actually built the bicycles they're riding today and they also got scholarships to be here. so we caught up with some of them earlier this morning and asked them what this day means to them. >> thinking about all the supportive gotten over the time and the people. >> it feels really

if anything happens, blame it on me. >> reporter: and you can see behind me that some of the bikers have just started arriving now. take a look at that. the first people to cross this finish line, but today is not about racing. it's more about just having fun. and that's why they had a speed limit here today, 18 miles per hour. so nobody really was allowed to race too far ahead of the pack and all the money raised today will be going towards making the streets of d.c. safer for everyone. we're live outside the capital, amy cho news 4, back to you. >> excellent. great day for biking now. >> that's right, and tom sherwood's out there too, number 21 -- >> no, 120. we'll have this to check up. developing this morning, north korea has done it again. fired it's seventh ballistic missile test around 5:30 in the morning their time. now the missile flew around for about 30 minutes before it landed in the sea of japan.

also new, 29% of americans approve of trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey, 38% disapprove of that decision. and looking into the russia investigation, overwhelming 78% would back an independent commission or special prosecutor to look into those claims. health care also a big topic here. and by a 2-1 margin of 48% say that the gop plan that passed the house was a bad idea. the poll surveyed 800 adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. as far as the future of the fbi is concerned, sources tell nbc news that the department of

eight, eight contenders for the job of fbi director. nbc's chris palone explains how soon a decision may be made. >> reporter: after a drama-filled week following the firing of fbi director james comey, president donald trump left washington to find a friendly crowd. >> congratulations to the class of 2017. >> reporter: graduates at liberty university, the largest evangelical christian college, it's trump's first commencement address as president. while he did not directly represent the events the past week, he took aim at critics. >> nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. because there are people that can't get the job done. >> reporter: as trump spoke, attorney general jeff sessions met with several candidates in washington who could replace comey as head of the fbi. several were spotted arriving for interviews at the justice department saturday. trumpay

successor before leaving on his first overseas trip next friday. >> i think the process is going to be smoothly because almost all of them are very well known. so, you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime especially. but very well known, highly respected. really talented people. and that's what we want for the fbi. >> reporter: the president set off a fire storm tuesday by asking comey in the midst of an fbi investigation into the trump campaign's possible collusion with the russian government. friday, trump raised the stakes suggesting on twitter that he recorded conversations with comey. >> the president has nothing further to add on that. >> reporter: congressional democrats have demanded the white house reveal whether any such case exists, turn them over to congress if they do. chris palone, nbc news. >> now later this morning on "meet the press" chuck todd takes a deeper look into the future of the fbi issue. he's going to have an exclusive interview with secretary of state rex tillerson. also going to speak with senator lindsey graham and senate minority leader chuck schumer.

preview coming up in 10:15. also coming up this morning, a major airline taking new steps for security. how cockpits may be compromised and what's now being uncovered about your safety. well you won't need the umbrella when you visit with mom today. tom is here tracking how soon the temperatures, they're vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities.

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sworn in as the nation's next president in paris. he is the independent sen tryst who was elected last week and he becomes the youngest president in france's history. a unique culture bringing new life to our region. the growing industry celebrating the koreanway. >> i'll have what he's having. looks delicious. and the sun is out, you'll feel the heat coming up this week. tom's talking about 90s coming up this week. also check your monday morning forecast when we come back. stick around.

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♪ take mom out and get in a hike or bike ride and maybe get in a brisk walk along the toll path on this sunday. we'll have our temperatures by noontime the low 70s then hitting upper 70s during the afternoon. lots of sunshine, the winds going to be a little gusty, maybe around 30 miles an hour. we've got hotter weather on the way for the week ahead. a look at that in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. the 2018 winter olympics still months away, but you don't have to go far to immerse yourself in korean culture as you know. >> i do. there are dozens of

the old city. the impact so big that the state of maryland recently designated a whole stretch of road korean way. cake, cake, more cake, don't have to look too hard to see yourself in this child. but at bakery in the city -- >> always the cake, they use tangeri tangerine. remember? >> yes. >> reporter: these cakes, those pastries, oh that bread personally takes this one back to growing up abroad. >> the bakery is less sweet and very soft. >> reporter: daniel kim says everything he sells comes directly from south korea and it's what people want, especially around here. >> you le more and more korean business reopening. >> reporter: it's one of 170 korean owned businesses breathing life into a ailg stretch of howard county. now there's doctor offices, hair salons, clothing

supermarkets right across from one another. big revitalization followed by rare recognition. recently, maryland officially named a good parking lot of route 40 korean way. across the street did. >> we hand brush them. >> reporter: they could tell you every detail about the double fried chicken, but they can't recall one time in the last six years business has really slowed. >> it tells us that, you know, korean community and culture is growing. >> reporter: latest data shows asians make up 24% of the city's population. a boom attracting a diverse community and new business. these brothers like the competition, but say communication is key. >> we try to work together as a team. so that, you know, we can build it empire together. >> right. >> reporter: a sign of growing success and a real sense of belonging. >> when i come here, it feels

like home. >> and make sure you join me and others for a winter olympic special. it is going to air this moment -- not moment, morning around 11:30 right here on nbc 4 and we're covering all kinds of ways you can experience korean culture and don't worry, i know a lot of people might be out to brunch, so, you can bring the show with you on the go. we have the nbc 4 washington app. and you just have to click your little play button to watch it live. >> excellent. we have a beautiful start to the day here on mother's day. the sun coming up over the nation's capital. a lot of people out and about right there in the 14th street bridge. and the national mall. you have dialled up a nice one for mother's day. congratulations. >> after the foggy days of low clouds and chilly temperatures, we deserve it, and we're going to get a warm afternoon on the way. in fact, temperatures are really jumping with that strong may sun that's breaking out. and as we take a look at the view from

camera, this is looking off to the north into montgomery county. just a gorgeous morning, just a few clouds building. in fact, those clouds were fog, oh a couple hours ago. and then they just lifted up and became clouds, all that moisture lifting up into the sky as the heat hit the surface and right now, we have up all the way to near 60 degrees from where we were in the 40s just a couple of hours ago. so a rapid warming under way, reagan national is at 56, we had a few of the showers racing on through morning, they're now all gone. here's your mother's day planner, temperatures will be hovering near 60 here for another hour or so, then noontime, low 70s, and then by 3:00, upper 70s near 80 degrees, briefly. by mid to late afternoon. with lots of sunshine. maybe just a few wispy high clouds coming through. the big story this afternoon and the warmth and sunshine, the winds, they could be gusting up to 30 miles an hour during the latter part of the afternoon. then for the morning commute tomorrow, you'll be battling the sun, dng

the low 50s, 7:00 a.m., then for your lunch hour on monday, into the upper 60s with bright sunshine, then ought to hit mid-70s coming back home. gorgeous day again tomorrow. not a lot of humidity and not too high as well because we're sort of past the peek pollen season and addition to all of that rain washed remained out of the sky. and then as we get to monday afternoon. we'll be back double to the mid-50s or so by dawn on tuesday. tuesday afternoon, the upper 70s, then here comes some heat for a couple of days. up near 90 degrees. this is more like mid-july than mid-may. partly sunny, both wednesday and thursday. and then it does get a bit cooler as we get into friday with afternoon highs around 80. notice the trend here, it's all dry, all the way into next weekend. afternoon highs next saturday and next sunday, right around 80 degrees. gets a little hot again starting off that following week. next chance of any rain may not be until way

on that tuesday and temps in the 70s. that's the way it looks. i'm mark murray. >> and i'm carrie daniels. >> it can be dizzying to keep track of the latest developments in the ongoing investigation of russia's interference in the 2016 election and the saga of donald trump's dismissal of fbi director james comey. >> but there's a long-term problem tied up in the comey issue as well. mainly, every passing day is making it harder for donald trump to achieve his promises of overhauling the tax code and completing the repeal of obamacare. which has passed the house, but not the senate. >> it would very difficult for trump to gets though pieces of legislation through congress even if he hadn't been such a polarizing figure. with the white house facing constant distractions, it'll be harder to get lawmakers on the same page. >> and couple that with a deepening credibility crisis of the white house and it's hard to see how business on capitol hill doesn't grind to a halt until trump can put the russia issue behind him and focus on the

handle. >> as you know sean is fulfilling his duty as an officer in the naval reserve and that is why he can could not be here. >> i'm sure i can see him hiding in those bushes. >> you knew it was coming. and melissa mccarthy delivered. the epic jokes that are getting thousands of shares this morning. stick around for that.

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because you're just lying in there. yeah. oh. >> you lie all the time your pants get on fire. yeah. liar, liar, pants on fire. >> she's pretty good at that. melissa mccarthy returned to saturday night live this time as the host. she took her usual spot, hot tempered role as white house press secretary sean spicer. and after storming into the press briefing room, mccather ri removed a pillar to the set, threw it toward the set. look at what happened when one of the reporters asked the question about the russia investigation. >> next question. >> sean, you must know this russia thing looks really bad. >> oh my god. there's no russian

the only russian thing here is my little dollies. bring them out. okay. here's the deal, see if you can follow. okay. first here's trump. okay. he's the biggest one, and he's the most beautiful. and he wasn't happy with the performance of the fbi director, boom. this guy, comey. >> skit ends with mccarthy zipping out of the briefing room on a motorized briefing room in search of president trump to find the truth. there she goes. >> and this makes it the fifth time that melissa mccarthy has been on, she enters the five-time club. >> really? >> so steve martin was there obviously, alec baldwin. >> very cool. >> to celebrate with her. it is mother's day today, of course, happy mother's day to all the moms out there, including

>> and we would like to send a special thank you to the mothers in our lives, including -- >> yeah, let's look. this is my mom on the left, your right. and my wife, carolyn and the kids. and love them so much for all they've done. my mom has five kids of her own. >> wow. >> we have three. and my mom has ten grandkids. so all of us wish her a happy mother's day. >> so active. i think she loves it. she loves her job as grandma. and this is my mother, chen. and that's her mother's day gift. >> who's the bear? >> we went to send her flowers and then we decided a six foot bear would be funnier. >> who doesn't love a six foot bear? >> they always debate who loves each other mother. we love you this much. >> did someone deliver that or maybe robert carry that into the house? >> it was delivered. >> it was. >> on the porch. >> oh my goodness. that in itself is a feat. happy mother's day, hope off great day today. we have a great day on tap weather wise. take a look outside. it is quickly warmi

tom is looking ahead to how you can also plan for the monday morning commute. zblts we continue to follow a developing story, a train off it's tracks and passengers killed. what's unfolding at the scene of the crash. it's 9:27.

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month old chloe johnson and her mother. police believe they may have been abducted as they were headed to a nearby beach far walk. we found out their car has been found in newport news area. the baby and mom are still missing and are still in danger. we will continue to follow that story as it develops here throughout the morning. meanwhile, it is 9:30 on the dot, on this sunday, mother's day. and hope you're having a good one. >> we sure do. just to reminder that while we're on the air, we're also live on facebook as well. so head on over to the nbc washington facebook page, we posted a link on twitter and behind the scenes. >> we have a little fog this morning, drizzle, but all that seems to be out of the area, let's check the storm team 4 meteorologist who can tell us about our mother's day forecast. >> yeah, and that's all replaced by a blue sky, i'm out on the storm team 34 weather deck, breeze beginning to pick up. you can check the latest weather with thebc

rapidly. in fact, you listen carefully, you can hear the grass growing. look at it there, there's the prince george's county camera overlooking national harbor, beautiful sunshine pouring down there on this mother's day morning. current temperatures right now well into the 50s to low 60s, look at leesburg. up to 63 now. and day nine double header gets under way at nat's park this afternoon. first pitch at 1:35, be into the upper 70s middle of the part of the game. gust kwi wind there too with lots of sunshine and for the evening game, back down into the 60s under a clear sky. a look at hot weather on the way for the week ahead, that's coming up this half hour. >> tom, thank you very much. developing this morning out of greece. three people died, ten were hurt when a train went off the tracks there. the train derailed in is in the northern part of greece. officials say the train's operator is among the dead. witness says that he saw a flash and then heard a

officials say the train slammed into a three story house when it derailed. at least three of the people hurt are in serious condition. we are starting to get new information concerning that global ransom ware attack. the european union's law enforcement agency now says that that attack hit more than 100,000 organizations across 150 countries. meanwhile, 22-year-old in britain is being credited with stopping that ransom ware. the mall ware tech is not being named at this point, but he tells nbc news that he noticed a software consistently pinging in unregistered web domain. so whoo what he did, he bought the wekz's url for $10.69. doing that made the website go live. which essentially flipped a kill switch. >> wow. how about that? it was a chaotic scene in southeast d.c. after police cruisers collided and gunshots rang out. it all started when an officer tried to question someone near the gardens apartment. they

on a foot chase, other police were called to the scene, but that's when two cars slammed into each other. here you can see at 12th and i street. at some point, shots were fired in the area, but no one was hit. the officers and the cruise verse minor jurls, several people were arrested. meanwhile president donald trump will speak at the 36th national peace officer's memorial service at the u.s. capitol tomorrow. that service is part of a national police week, a theme that's meant to remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> nearly 400 names were read at the national fallen officers candle light vigil last night. one woman who was among the crowd, zeta bates. she went with her baby daughter who will never see her father. bates was pregnant when the baby's father, a kansas city police captain was shot and killed in july.

how many people care, but it's also incredibly painful because, you know, we're still working through the grief process. he hasn't even been gone a year, and it's just -- it's a very difficult journey. and it just all of the emotions have bubbled to the surface. >> last night's keynote speaker was attorney general jeff sessions who promised to have the backs of police officers. pope francis and president trump will meet for the first time next week. the pope spoke to reporters on his plane about that meeting. he will not try to convince the president to soften his policies but said he hoped to find at least a partly open door for dialogue so they could contribute to the cause of world peace. last year, you might recall, when the pope was asked about then candidate trump's immigration policies and plans for a border wall, he said a man with such views was quote, not christian. time now is 9:34, tragic murder of a

housekeeper captured headlines. unbelievably, today marks two years since the quadruple killing. the mansion where the family lived has now been demolished in northwest d.c. police say wentz held them captive along with their ten-year-old son and housekeeper for 18 hours. he was allegedly paid a $40,000 ransom before police say he killed his victims. wentz is set to go on trial in september. maryland man and navy vet, they returned from vacation in the bahamas and they were bruised and beaten. it's a story you will only see on news 4. adrian brand believes he was targeted because he is gay. he says last week he was attack bade group of people and was even hit by a rock during the carnival celebration. it was unprovoked and people. shouted a derogatory name at him. he says he worries what has happened if strangers did not come to his

>> for them, i would have been -- i think i would have been dead. >> well brown says an arrest was made, but he had to still pay thousands in medical expenses before he could return home. well the nats save a double header at home today against the phillies and last night, the crowd was roaring after the nats bryce harper placed the cherry on top of a pretty sweet day for him. not donl he win the game as a walk-off home run, he added a new contract yesterday. here's the homer. >> that sbal gassed out to center. see you later! >> now the walk-off home run there powered the nats to a 6-4 victory over the phillies. it happened just hours after the nats announced that they had reached an agreement with harper on a contract worth more than $21 million for the 2018 season. so you've got him for this season, next season, after that people are sa

yankees, but maybe the nats should do some serious thinking about about keeping that guy. he's no joke. >> when you talk about the dollar signs, 1 million more if he gets mvp. >> how about that? >> there's an incentive. we can't forget about the wizards either if we're talking sports. they are facing a big game seven. >> that's right, they're headed into game seven and by the way, this is a big deal because it's the first time in more than 30 years that they've made it this far during the playoffs. they won friday night, but at one point, 92-91, this is at the verizon center. and as the wizard tells the story, that winning shot was actually an accident. >> the last play was really for me to get to the corner and brad come over, but he didn't get to get open. i came and got the ball from otto. and looked the defender in the eye and took a shot and it went in to get on the scorers table h

city. how much love i have for my teammates. how much fight we have. never quitting. >> right there, that was the end. he was feeling it. he was feeling it. >> pretty amazing. >> that's right. you can make those kind of mistakes all day long. the wizards play tomorrow night at 8:00 in boston. >> good luck to them. let's look outside right now as we start our day off here, our mother's day. a lot might be traveling today and tom it is looking ahead to the commuter forecast for the week ahead. ancient discovery breaking new ground in egypt. the history hidden in the sand here. now being brought to l

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[000:40:59;00] forecast in just a few minutes for us. illinois state police say that a king county jail inmate is dead after he took two hospital nurses hostage yesterday afternoon. >> police say he was at the hospital getting treatment when he somehow got ahold of a correctional officer's gun and after failed attempts to negotiate, police say the s.w.a.t. team shot at him. the nurses are okay in the hospital is now back to normal. meanwhile, ancient discovery turns up egypt antiquities found an ancient burial site. >> and this has 70 well preserved mumnys in it. this was discovered in the city that is more than 160 miles outside of cairo. officials think that the burial chamber dates back to late greek roman period. it's like lay it more mumnys they think could be found so more discoveries there. >> unbelievable. we have pictures of all of that

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shine on. good morning, bright sunshine all around the region. we had a few morning sprinkles to dip on by. they are now long gone. we're going to stay dry for the rest of this mother's day and look at our temperatures, quickly jumping to the 70s by noontime. and then peeking in the mid and upper 70s during the afternoon with the winds gusting around 30 miles an hour. looks like hotter weather moving in for the week ahead. a look at that and next weekend. that's in just a few minutes. >> all right tom. nbc today. >> right. well right now thousands of bicyclists are winding their way through the district. it's a change for many of them because the 20 mile bikers they're navigating is completely free of cars. >> and very scenic at that. news 4's amy cho joins us now live. she's at the finish line this morning, checking in with riders who were just crossing it already. wow. hi amy. >> reporter: hi guys, good morning, that's right, if you look behind me.

you can see all the bikers just they're finishing up a 20 mile ride through d.c. and they're doing it for a good cause. it's to help raise money to make the streets of d.c. safer. now we spoke to several of the bikers just after they had crossed the finish line. they seem to be in good spirits and certainly very happy. they didn't have to deal with cars this morning. zblz it felt free. like that's a best thing. you had no people that honking at you, everyone knew what they were doing. and it was just fun. >> great! great day out here. nice weather. nice crowd. great course. wonderful day. >> awesome. nothing like a bike ride in d.c. whew. on mother's day especially. happy mother's day, mom. >> reporter: and they are crossing the finish line straight into a festival with food and water. something that is certainly very welcomed after that long ride. now some of the roads in d.c. are closed this morning.

we have a full list of the nbc washington app. we're live outside the capital, amy cho, back to you. >> not every day you get to stand on pennsylvania avenue and do a live shot. that's cool. >> i love how spectacular the backdrop is. and we were just talking about it. such a scenic ride and opportunity to ride carefree and kids as young as three riding along with their parents to see the monuments like that. it's a beautiful thing. >> absolutely. fwel you are looking by the way for a spot to take your mother today, you may want to head over the del rey neighborhood in alexandria. italian street painting festival is set to get under way today. la bella was actually supposed to happen yesterday, but tom and his rain put a damper on those plans. >> don't blame it on me. >> he's making a comeback today. from 9:00 to 3:00, watch artists create incredible chalk art, something to see. >> better day today. >> he did. maybe mother's day plans call for maryland blue crab.

>> every day does. news 4's megan mcgrath explain why is the maryland crab season is here just a little earlier than normal. >> reporter: well i'm near churchton, maryland, which is in southern county and if you look behind me here, you can see a watermans work boat out there. they're pulling up their crab pots out here on the chesapeake bay. and because of the warm winter and the warm spring, we are actually seeing crabs in this area in the churchton area coming out a bit earlier. lots of waterman in the area reporting that they're actually out there working the crab pots. working their trot lines earlier than usual. weeks earlier than they have in previous years because they are actually catching crab. so good news for the waterman in this particular area. we went out with one on his boat early in the morning and he says he's very optimistic about what he's seeing so far. things slowed down label the because of the cold weather we have seen as of late, but he's

seeing plenty of crabs and >> so very optimistic about the season. now one thing to keep in mind though is that an early start, a strong early start does not exactly mean a strong season overall. in fact, there are some numbers out there which indicates that the crab season is actually going to slow down later in the summer, but the dredge report from the state of maryland shows the juvenile crabs are down. that's not good news. but there is a bright spot though. apparently the female crabs spawning age female crabs, they're at the highest level ever seen during the survey. so there's hope there as well. as for the crab season, there are local crabs here in southern county right now, and crabbers hope it'll be a steady season. on the bay, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> and megan has a full report coming up tomorrow at 5:00, you can catch it right here on news 4 at 5:00 p.m.

>> the female ones, those are excited for the tom, gorgeous day, you saw the bike ride. what spectacular weather they had. >> perfect for bike riding and not too hot. you don't to want ride a bike when the sun just bakes you. this morning it was fresh and cool. few sprinkles, they're long gone and now sunshine pours down on washington in this live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking the river, there's capitol hill in the distance, and yeah, washington showing off in springtime. this was the best time of year here. and pollen count is down as well. and we're in that time of the year where the pollen counts are dropping. temperatures are rising though, climbing into the 60s, leesburg is up to 64. noontime on this mother's day, low 70s, sunshine through the afternoon with winds gusting 30 miles an hour. hovering in the upper 70s between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. then this evening, maybe heading back home, we'll be back down to the mid-60s by 9:00 under a clear sky. then by dawn tomorrow, dealing with sun glare, driving in to work tomorrow morning, waiting

at the bus stopth you may need a light jacket tomorrow morning, low 50s, and then sunshine, lunch hour, you'll be comfortable in short sleeves as well as heading back home on dry roads tomorrow afternoon, we'll be in the mid-70s as you walk back home as well. beautiful afternoon tomorrow. then on tuesday, another gorgeous may day, but not feeling like may wednesday and thursday. more like july, it'll be up near 90 both of those days under a partly sunny sky. then cooler as we get into friday and next weekend. notice the trend is dry all the way until day ten, that's when we might get some rain showers that following tuesday week after this comg week.

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built for business. i would like to wish my mother a happy mother's day. i'll see you soon. and thanks for all you do for us. >> i want to happy mother's day to my mom in virginia. happy mother's day, mom. and to all of our military mama out there too, a big thank you too for your service and for being a mom. we appreciate you. now to an amazing story that will have you asking, is it coincidence or fate? >> listen to this, a 93-year-old woman living in an independent living residence has known one of the servers there for years,

but six weeks ago, the two discovered their connection news 4's megan fitzgerald picks up the story from there. >> you have to smile and be happy. >> always. >> reporter: if you're familiar with the fox hill residence, you know it's like a family here. daniel james knows that well because his customers love him. >> daniel's been in -- downstairs as a waiter for the last two years, i guess. >> reporter: mexico city is a place 93-year-old sherrying mydale and daniel have always had in common. >> my husband was a foreign correspondent. and we based in mexico city for u.s. news and world report. >> reporter: sherry has a house filled with memories that span a lifetime, many of them were spent with her late husband. >> this painting is haitian. and i'm sure that jesse saw it. >> reporter: jesse was sherry's best friend. they lost touch decades ago, but

what she found out in march was something she never coulde imagined. daniel is sherry's best friend jessie's son. >> i had given him his baby's shower. >> reporter: they made the connection here at the restaurant, inside the fox hill residence. >> somebody said to daniel who was our waiter that evening, you were born in mexico, weren't you? >> reporter: but when he mentioned where his parents were from -- >> my father was born in liverpool, my mother in haiti. >> reporter: sherry instantly knew who he was. >> the feeling of there's a link. there's a strong bond. that has been missing far while and now we have it. >> reporter: decades passed by, daniel's parents have passed on, but these two spirits manage to find their way back to each other in the most unusual way. >> it is useful, i think, to talk to people and kind of get a little sense of what they are and where they're from and who

they are coincidences are >> reporter: reporting in bethesda, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> i love that story. hey the sun is shining. that's great for us. and we're in for a beautiful mother's day, tom is tracking how you can plan for lunch and dinner with your family. this is what irony looks like. a fire at a fire house overnight. no one was hurt, but as you can see, this vehicle, this was a total loss. i'll tell you more coming up on

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go to fiosgigabit.com news 4 today starts now. heading into the 10:00 hour on news 4 today and take a look at this. unusual call for firefighters. what sparked a dangerous situation inside that fire house there and it sent dozens rushing in to help. pedal to the pavement, thousands take off for the d.c. bike ride. we're there live with the emotional stories and also the major traffic impact for everybody else. and if you haven't found a mother's day gift yet, you might be in big trouble, but storm team 4 can bail you out. we are tracking a big warm-up that might make mom pretty happy on this mother's day. certainly shaping up to be a nice one. little bit breezy, but we'll take that. happy mother's day, angie. >> thank you. >> happy mother's day to all the moms throughout. and let's have a great day today. >> and i'm angie goff. great weather puts everyone in a good mood.