night. on saturday you'll have to leave even earlier than that, around 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. on the app we'll have a link to vdot's traffic map. breaking news out of montana this morning. a man running for docongress wa cited for assault. a reporter for "the guardian" said republican greg giacourt body slammed him to the ground. erika has audio. >> reporter: take a listen to this. >> i'll talk to you about that later. i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came in here you did

get the hell out of the last time you did the same thing, you with "the guardian". >> yes, you just broke my glasses. >> you did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> i'll call the police. >> ben jacobs claims that he was roughed up by gianforte is running for a seat in the u.s. house. in the tape you can hear reporters say that he was body slammed. something witnesses say. today gianforte faces the democrat for the position. they say he was trying to push away the phone and they both wound up on the ground. the sheriff's office cited him for assault. over to you.

4:32. now to the investigation into the deadly bombing in manchester, england. overnight two more people were arrested in connection with monday's attack that killed 22 people. so far eight people have been arrested including two of the suspect's brothers and his father. also this morning u.s. officials say there's more evidence that the 22-year-old was part of a wider network. they show the suspect carrying the backpack. what's used there are the same bombs as used in paris and brussels. right now president trump is in brussels meeting with the leadership of the european union. he could be in the middle of a tense meeting with nato leaders later today. theresa may will raise concerns with the president after evidence from the manchester attack with leaks to

outlet. they say u.k. officials were furious when pictures were leaked to the "new york times." the latest analysis of the health care bill could complicate things in the senate. right now a fairfax city family needs your help finding this missing and endangered girl. 13-year-old sophia cuela cuelar barrientos was missing from her home. today is national missing children's day and d.c.'s mayor is trying to change misconceptions about missing teens. for months we've been telling you about a number of false reports on social media claiming there is a spike in the number of missing kids in d.c. majority of those missing are run away teens who return within

days. mayor muriel bower is holding a meeting tonight. >> reporter: we've got some pictures for you out of montgomery county that will make you say, man, i'm glad this isn't my car. this is apparently a brick wall, the facade of a wall on cherry hill road. this is a commercial building this just collapsed on a couple of cars. you can see all the bricks there. thankfully nobody here has been hurt and authorities are still trying to figure out what exactly happened here. but, again, part of a brick facade on a commercial building collapsed on a couple of cars. back over to you. >> stop budget cuts. >> there is growing controversy in prince george's county as

budget there today. teachers protested outside high point high school in beltsville, yesterday. they're worried about losing funding for the student breakfast program and a new pilot program for students with disciplinary problems. >> i've seen my colleagues leave and go to other counties. >> i've seen a lot of changes come to the system, but this is probably the worst. >> now the teachers union district questioned how stipends could be t. news 4's darcy spencer breaks down just what the teachers are asking for. as students and teachers at benjamin moore wrap up the school year, there are big plans to modernize the school building. this morning mayor muriel

will kick o renovation. it's a new ecoridly and energy efficient computer lab, gym, library and outdoor center. more than 1,000 soldiers will make sure the arlington national cemetery looks good. soldiers have a precise system for placing the flags. each flag is 1 foot in front of the head stone. >> 4:36 is our time. want to get you another update on roads and traffic. >> melissa mollet will have another look but first the weather. >> another rainy day. still not as many rainy days as last year. >> people are asking us when they're going to see some sunshine out there.

let's keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow. outside justin finch driving the roads. the wipers are going, going, going, that's going to be the case for all of the commute. might see a peek of sunshine but a big area of low pressure keeps us very unsettled around here for today. tomorrow looks a little nicer. here's the thunderstorms around parts of south central virginia. those will be coming in here later on this morning. between now and 7:00 is when the heaviest and steadiest are. rain tapering off. maybe a little bit of sunshine at lunchtime into early afternoon before, yes, more rain chances come back later on today. for more about the temperatures you should expect, let's go over to lauren. it is a little on the chilly side. we have the wind coming out

the east at 10 to 20 miles an hour. temperatures in the 50s. 50s in the east, 57 in gaithersburg. a little on the cool side. yesterday only down in the 60s. i do believe we will make it into the mid 70s. maybe peaks of sunshine and just around the midday hours. but we do have scattered showers and storms as we get into the afternoon and evening. melissa, how's it looking with the traffic out there? >> not going to be good for the morning commute. for folks headed out of town, you have to leave early. inner loop at georgetown pike, all lanes open. we have the police activity on the right shoulder. rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no big worries. lady smith, getting by a tractor-trailer crash. 95 from 32 to the beltway,

same thing outbound. it is the arrest that has some local police scratching their heads. what they're trying to figure out about arresting a man for taking people's gloves. a pregnant teen was banned from walking at graduation. t what she broke. the models which you

welcome back. it's 4:41. grief counselors will be at prince george's county high school. they were devastated over the loss of a 17-year-old classmate. >> he was driving home on tuesday night when he slammed into a tree on centerville road. his parents, football coach and classmates are all in shock. >> he always greet everybody with a smile. >> big heart type of guy. very big smile and very shy kid. >> everybody was pretty much mourning and everyone was sad and crying and everything. >> now the roads were wet but prince george's county police are saying they are still looking into the exact cause of that crash. a bizarre arrest montgomery county. a man was arrested for withdrawing and storing large quantities of blood

apparently he paid people to withdraw blood and swab their noses. he was not licensed. they're trying to figure out why he was doing this. >> okay? what? sorry. >> we said bizarre. we said bizarre. police are looking into it. >> not lauren. she's not bizarre. >> thank you. i appreciate that. this weather is a little on the bizarre side because it looks like it's never going to stop raining. we have a few breaks. chuck is going to time it out. students in northern virginia will soon be able to sleep in a little longer. where schools will soon be shifting their start time. and days after a murder on vempus, unirsity of maryland

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lots of rain as youn w hd g memorial day weekend plans? chuck has the report. it is not the student picture you'd expect to see in a school yearbook. the heartwarming gesture for a young man's service dog. metro plan on hold. what president trump may be prepared to do. 4:46. right now officials at the university of maryland are launching an action plan to protect students. this comes on the heels of the stabbing death of a bowie state student on the umd campus. wallace lowe is putting resources, money and people, into his fight against hate crimes on campus. effective immediately at the university the school is allocating $100,000 to support the office of diversity and inclusion. a rapid response team will be trained to

symbols of hate will not be tolerated at sporting events. president lowe wants to strengthen policies to remove violators from athletic venues. also new, a task force on hate bias and campus safety. students, faculty, staff, alumni even will dissect policies. dr. lowe has specifically requested that the review investigate the difficult issues at the intersection of free speech, hate speech and freedom of speech. we learned that two 19-year-olds were arrested for hanging a noose at the school in anne arundel county. 4:47. you'll see a lot of political news when you open social media feed. according to american

donald trump. he meets with european union members in brussels. ben carson is under fire for saying, quote, poverty is a state of mind and a new analysis shows the house republican health care plan will leave 23 million people uninsured. news 4's tracie potts is live. what is the take on how people will be impacted by the house republican health care plan? >> reporter: one of the big things here, eun, people with pre-existing conditions, remember, the white house republicans promised that they would be covered, but according to this cbo analysis, their cover is out of the range. the other thing that this analysis

of this is whe you can opt out like emergency care, maternity care that some conservatives wanted out of the bill. they tried to work out a deal to make this happen. according to this analysis, those states will be done. the cbo says it's not enough to make it up. 23 million people without insurance. even though we're saving a trillion dollars, critics say we're doing it on the backs of people who can least afford it. 4:49 now. good news for supporters of the purple line who suffered a major set back this week. the trump administration is still considering federal construction aid for that light rail line that would link montgomery and prince george's counties. supporters worried that the federal transit administration would get rid of that $900 million in grants for t

ordered maryland to update rider ship projections which could add to a seven month projection. maryland supporters said they can't afford it without the feds picking up nearly half the tab. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. want to show you some pictures that we are getting from d.c. fire from an incident from last night. amtrak rail yard off of 9th street, it appears two engines bumped themselves. one minor injury. one person transported to the hospital. this happened last night. you had d.c. fire and ems responding to this. it appears to be a minor collision between two train engines there at the amtrak rail yard off of 9th. back over to you. >> 4:50. we have mor

decision not to let a ptt graduation. maddy has a 4.0 gpa and was student counsel president. when administrators at the small private christian school found out she was pregnant, they suspended her for two days and told her she would not be allowed to walk at graduation. they say she should be punished because she broke the abstinence pledge. >> when maddie planned to breech the rules, she had to be punished. >> she'll still receive her high school diploma. they have planned an alternative graduation ceremony. >> the school board is pushing start times forward by

minutes. the new schedules will take place this fall. this change allows bus drivers to make additional runs reducing pressure from a bus driver shortage. a man's best friend -- there's a new keep sake. >> look how cute this is. >> students at stafford high school in stafford county, they were pleasantly surprised to see a classmate's service dog. he has type i diabetes. the dog alpha helps monitor his blood sugar. he's one of the most popular students in school. >> i bet he is. >> so the school agreed to let alpha get his picture taken. >> he's like, what's going on here? >> alpha also has his own student i.d. as you can see, a spot next to him in the yearbook. >> ie

cute. they do such great work. >> i'm a dog person. little biased. >> little bit. >> i'm trying to get iza certified for service work. >> iza is a diva. >> what she hates is rain. this thing does not like her ears to be wet at all. which means she's probably going to be sitting in the house going, i'd like to go chase the squirrels, but not if i have to get wet to do it. exactly. lots of growling when i mention it. outside it is raining right now across most of the area. 58 degrees. it's breezy as well. east wind averaging 16 miles an hour. main area of low pressure still back to the west. we're going to be very unsettled around here for today and tonight. that area should pull away and leave us with one day without a big threat for rain. we will be rained on. rain chance

virginia and northern maryland. prince george's county, if it's not raining at your house, don't worry, it will be soon. cool and wet this morning. we will actually get a break or two of sunshine around lunchtime today. putting temperatures into the mid 70s. that leads to thunderstorms this afternoon. steady rain this morning out of here by about 10 or 11:00. peaks of sunshine early afternoon. then we destabilize a bit and add up to thunderstorms later this afternoon or evening. tomorrow looks like a pretty nice day. outside chance of a shower. rain saturday night and into sunday. i'll have that forecast and maybe a passing shower monday. it might be the middle part of next week before we can get two whole days without rain. >> not totally excited about that. i'd like a little bit more sunshine than we're seeing. new

business route, lanes blocked because of crash and response on the scene. inner loop at george pike, lanes closed. everything else right now looking pretty good. again, all of the green here showing you where it's raining across the area. eun? >> thank you, melissa. you've heard the warnings. social media is not always appropriate when it comes to your kids. one site is the worst of the worst. the app you may want to keep them off of and why. and it's the report you're going to want to hear before you hit the roads for memorial day weekend. why your make of the car could increase your chances for safety. a live look at the wet roads this morning where rain is definitely going to impact your

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wind and rain whipping things up. could make for a tricky start to the weekend for those of you kicking things off early this morning. it is 5:00 a.m. right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. you can see how much of our area is seeing rain from the storm team 4 forecast. look at all of that rain. >> we will get a look at how the interstates are doing with the rain with melissa and justin finch. let's start with chuck and lauren to see just what we're dealing with from the meteorological production. >> you're sharing an umbrella this time? >> we are. >> i'm a good sharon er. >> the rain is tapering off a little bit. light around here now. >> nothing too bad just yet. >> look at that. >> keep your umbrella. there's a lot of big drops falling off the leaves over our head.