manchester, england, this morning. right now all across the united kingdom there is a moment of silence taking place. people you see here in these live interviews are honoring the 22 people who died in the attacks. >> police believe the bomber was working with a network of people. several of the victims of the blast were children. >> much more on that story comi coming. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. take a look at the storm team 4. grab your umbrella, galoshes, maybe raincoat. it's raining all night and there is more on the way. >> news 4 has you covered. we will check on the roads with melissa mollet and justin finch. >> first, the storm team 4 forecast with chuck bell and lauren rickets who are braving the elements outside. >> big umbrella. >> i like standing this close

>> you hon. >> i do. >> literally two steps ahead of me. my shoes are getting soaked. rain drops coming. heaviest of the rain from parts of fairfax county, heavy rain near washington, virginia along 17 from warring ton to marshall. it is a rainy start to the day. you'll need the big umbrella early this morning. temperatures cool. most of the heavy, steady rain should be coming to a close. peaks of sunshine. leads to another chance of thunderstorms. have your nbc washington app downloaded, fired up, ready to go. have an interactive radar feature as well as the latest storm team 4 forecast. stay with us through our

all of our social media platforms. >> melissa mollet is come if i and dry. >> i am. i am dry. outer loop of woodrow wilson bridge has a crew and blocking the bridge. little bit of a slowdown at the bottom of the beltway. another thing to talk about, inner loop at turnpike crashed there. we have a disabled vehicle with a truck and trailer that have become unattached. flooding on braddock. all of the green showing you where it's raining right now. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. let's continue our team coverage of this morning's wet commute. >> news 4's justin finch is in fairfax county, prince george's, how's your commute been so far? >> reporter: we've seen some

as you can see, the rain here not so bad at this point. however, there's still some wet spots. we've soon some ponding. cars doing the right thing and abiding by the traffic signals, having their lights on, going the spied limit. however, we did see something on the beltway earlier. lots of cars flying up and down the highway going at a high rate of speed with that rain coming down. we did see what appeared to be at least one collision, a fender bender or something out there. so you do want to take it carefully out there. we'll see you about 6:45 with one more check. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. an election for congress could look very different after a reporter says one candidate attacked him. >> you may

reports about this on the nbc washington app and you will definitely see it today. listen to the brand new article. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. are you with the guardian? >> yes, you just broke my glasses. >> last time you did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out of here and i'm going to call the police. >> can i get you guys's name. >> now the police are involved in this. erika gonzalez joins us from the live desk. erika? >> gianforte has been cited for assault and could force a fine or face jail time. ben jacobs says he was roughed up. a fox news

there confirmed jacobs story. they say he was trying to push away a reporter's phone from his face. today is the election and multiple people have changed their endorsement. >> erika, 5 minutes after the hour. right now several cities around the united kingdom are opening a moment of silence ford 22 people killed. two more people arrested from mon da's attacks. two more people arrested including the brother and the father. they might have to answer for these pictures showing the debris from the attack. theresa may will raise concerns about the u.s.

re t top stories we're working for you at 6:06. president trump is in brussels now. in about an hour from now the president is expected to meet with french president macron. we'll have more coming up at 6:30. trouble in prince george's county as they work to improve the budget. the proposed budget is $90 million less. they're worried about losing money for a breakfast program and a program for students with disciplinary problems. >> they're launching an action plan to protect students. this comes on the heels of a tedly stabbing on maryland's campus. they're allocating $100 million. it is also creating a rapid response team that will be specifically trained to

to any hate bias incidents. virginia governor is being commended for pardon doning a virginia woman. she was released earlier this month but then she was arrested again by ic e. cruz mendez can be reported even without any criminal conviction. 6:07. getting eyes on a huge fire in dallas, texas. erika gone zzalez. this is in arlington, texas. this after police say a man took off in this rv with his kids

this was a slow speed pursuit after garland police threw down spikes to try to deflate the tires. we understand this rf v caught fire after it stopped. this science unfold being after a man took off with his kids. we'll have more details as they become available to us. 6:08. new overnight, take a look at this picture. a building montgomery county collapsed. nobody got hurt. this will make you glad it's not your car. this happened in beltsville on cherry hill road. parent outrage seems to be leading to changes at one northeast d.c. elementary school. we told you earlier this week that a pipe broke at capitol hill

year. now the principal said it will change the pipe. the school leaders say students should be able to use the cafeteria by next tuesday. 6:09. right now a fairfax city needs your help finding this missing and endangered girl. 18-year-old sophia was last seen yet at her home. call police if you know where she is. today is national missing children's day. d.c.'s mayor is trying to change misconceptions over missing teens. the majority of those missing are run away teens who return home within days. mayor

open a drop-in center and there is a community forum tonight. ten minutes after the hour. a new way to screen your bags being tested by the tsa. what to know before packing y r yoyour bags. details on the man behind the mug shot that's being shared all over social media this morning. and we've got some rain showers out there right now but we are going to hit a midday break. temperatures in the 70s. more scattered showers and thunderstorms. chuck will time out the forecast and let you know what

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visibilities are low right now as we've got some fog and we've got some rain out there so be careful as you head out on the roadways. temperatures in the 50s. we'll warm up into the 70s. more scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. more for this week end. we have a holiday weekend with a lot of people traveling. we'll let you know when you can expect more rain coming up with chuck. right now, a couple of things happening this morning. eastbound 70 after 40 has the left lane blocked by a crash here this morning. taking a look, 270 southbound. southbound 4 outbound there at suitland parkway, right lane blocked by a crash. outer loop on woodrow wilson bridge, slowdowns on outer loop and inner loop. we'll have travel times coming up. 6:14. bizarre story you may see on facebook today. miami police arrested lre

he was pointing a loaded gun at passing cars. sullivan, who is listed as a tattoo model, on the arrest report has green hair and tattoos that resemble the joker character from the batman movie. sullivan told our nbc station in miami he was in the psych ward at the jail and was treated like a celebrity while he was behind bars. 6:15. a day before the busy travel weekend. the tsa is testing out new screening procedures. >> you won't see these procedures around here but you may have to deal with the rules on your way back home. ten major airports will have a separate screening for devices larger than a cell phone. people are cramming so much into their carry on bags, it's getting harder to identify threats. they may carry separate check ins for food. >> we have an

deon pregnant high school senior walk at her graduation. earlier this week we told you about maddy runkle. she has a 4.0 gpa and was student council president. when administrators found out she was pregnant they suspended her for two days and told her she wouldn't be allowed to walk at graduation. the principal size she chose to breach a standard. >> she's not being disciplined because she decided to keep the baby. >> maddy will still receive her diploma. her parents have planned an alternative graduation ceremony for their daughter. you're going to love this next story. a virginia couple has been trying to have a child for 17 years. now they have

take a look there. >> look at them. >> the mother gave birth to the babies earlier this month, three boys, three girls. >> perfect family there. >> they're tiny. not even one of them weighing three pounds. we're told everyone is doing well. they're at the children's hospital of d.c. >> so happy for them. we'll pray for them as well. going from zero to six. >> my gosh. >> that's a lot of work. >> you have three -- >> i mean, that's hard enough. >> six at once. man oh, man. good luck. what's that college bill going to think about it. maybe they'll all be on scholarship. >> there you go. >> here's what we need to tell you about your weather, it's wet. the morning commute will be awash in rain drops. the afternoon will be more heit and miss rain but it's all rain all over the place this morning. four things to

nextys clouds and rain and another wave of rain chances comes in later today. tomorrow will be the sunniest of the next four days. there's still a chance of an isolated shower. showers moving in late tomorrow afternoon, saturday night and sunday off and on rain chances. not good news for rolling thunder. 8:00 is the staging out at the pentagon north parking lot. by 9:00 still dry for most but rain chances creep up very quickly by sunday noontime. sunday's temperatures into the mid to upper 70s. with the rain falling we are 58 degrees here and temperatures mid to upper 50s everywhere. here's the first wave of rain, moderate to heavy rain. marshall to warring ton to oval, all of this rain is coming northeast bound. prince william, fairfax and loudoun counties will be getting heavy rain in the next hour or

eventually that pushes up into montgomery and frederick county. most of this first wave of rain pulls out of here between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. most will be dry and get outside for a little while. peaks of sunshine will lead to thunderstorm development later on today. we'll keep you posted on that. have your nbc washington app ready to go. so you will get rained on at least once, maybe two or three times today. no more than a passing shower chance tomorrow. most of us will be dry and breezy. chance for rain ramps back up late saturday. sunday heit and miss showers. dry most of the day but there is still a risk of shower. i'll have the ten daze day forecast. nothing but sunshine. >> she'll be wearing a y

>> you'll have work the windshield wipers. the green is showing you where the rain is falling. eastbound 70 after 40, left lane still blocked by a crash there. southbound 4, outbound there suitland parkway blocked by a crash. debris with the crew blocking the right lanes. outer loop, disabled vehicle in the area. a little slower than normal. i want to thank the rain for that. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car this morning. >> 6:20 right now. our countdown to summer series. up next we'll show you the lawn

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"news 4 today" starts now. a live look outside right now at the nation's capital. the conditions we're seeing this morning, it is going to be another wet, messy day around here. >> yeah. across the region we'rein

just a few light showers. >> we, of course, are keeping an eye on that all important memorial day weekend forecast. >> some people have hit the road already. we have team coverage on the weather and conditions right now and what this means for your holiday plans. >> melissa mollet and justin finch are monitoring the roads. let's start with chuck and lauren with a look at the weather. >> yesterday was a sprinkle out here and sheena and i both had the heavy showers. >> one umbrella. i'm hugging down like this. >> you may need to put your hood back up. heaviest of the rain from leesburg to warrington. steady rains across northern montgomery counties in the state of maryland. upper 50s. we'll turn into the low 70s, maybe mid 70s. you may actually see the bright shining object in the sky. may get a little peas at the

there's still a slight chance for a shower tomorrow. rain drops making the morning commute extra slow. have your nbc washington app downloaded ready to go. >> good morning, guys. new problem. 95 southbound at quantico. crash blocking the left lane. 66 looks okay but, again, all of this green, the yellow, the orange showing you where it's raining across the area. i would say overall allow some extra time today. it is a bit slower than normal. through prince gorges county, southbound 4 at suitland parkway, right lane blocked. outer loop to northbound 395, we still had the disabled vehicle in the middle of the ramp. it's a truck that lost its trailers. we still have part of that ramp blocked this morning. the rest of the beltway looks okay. live look at 270 in montrose grove. we look okay northbound and

that rain has really fallen. eun? >> our team coverage continues with more on the impact of this morning's rain. take a live look from our tower camera here northwest washington. you can barely see anything because of the conditions right now. want to take you to the roads. >> news 4's justin finch is live with a look at the roads and rain there. what do you see? >> reporter: just hopped on the 95 south ramal here. pretty much lots of mist coming up with the rain on the ground, moving as expectsed out here so far. they say so far they're seeing a typical commute in terms of cars on the road, speed of traffic which they also found concerning. surprised to see so many cars going so fast given these conditions. they're also advising fellow drivers to keep those lights on and high so they can see

you're driving around as well. we've seen the rain ebb and flow throughout the morning. as we approach the heavier part of the rush hour we are certainly seeing a pickup in car traffic and also more cars on the road means more splash coming up. so you do want to take it easy. see you at 6:45 with more. wipers going on. nbc's washington app. we have a link on vdot. 6:303 now. the united kingdom came together for a movement of psy loans. several of the victims of the blast when krirn. the person who used the

were arrested. we're learning about the bomb used in the attack. the 22-year-old salman spts abedi used a so phisticated backpack bomb. that leads investigators to believe he was part of a wider terror network. so far eight people have been arrested including two of the suspect's brothers and his father. that attack will be on the mind of nato leaders. >> news 4's erika gonzalez has more from the live desk. >> reporter: aaron, eun, these are the pictures leaked to the "new york times" that u.k. officials are absolutely furious about. they're from the scene of the attack. according to the bbc they have stopped sharing information with the u.s. due to the leaks. the bbc also reports british prime mains

make the decision when they meet later today. president trump arrives at the european union headquarters in brussels. later there will be a highly anticipated meeting with nato leaders. and things could get testy after trump called the nato alliance obsole obsolete. >> jack berkman is challenging the dnc, rnc and shawn hannity to put up $105,000. he was shot and killed last year. he's led to it. you can help find this 13-year-old missing girl. she was found at her

before she went missing she of . 6:36. teachers, students, parents protesting growing controversy in prince george's county. they're taking a stand over a proposed 9 -- >> reporter: we're here at the heightsville high school. let's go ahead and show you the protest video from yesterday afternoon. obviously teachers here in the county very concerned about their future. of course, education for the kids. here are some of the numbers. the proposed budget has a 2% increase in education spending. that's like you said, $90 million less than what the school board wants. some critics are saying that is a huge cut. there may be

pebd for teachers who are nationally board certified. >> $100 million budget cut, that's down to bones, and we close it. >> we'll send it back to you. tragedy on the road. a high schooler killed in a terrible crash. his family speaks out about the loss. scare on the tarmac. what led to some tense moments for airline passengers. we've got the rain out there. we've got the fog as well. second round of rain coming this way this noon or do we have some rain

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temperatures are going to warm up into the 70s today. we'll get a little bit of a break from the rain midday before more rain, scattered showers arrive this afternoon. chuck's going to have the ten day forecast, but you know we could see maybe some more 80s coming back in a few days. >> thank you, lauren. now 6:41. now to a developing story in austin, texas, where travelers had a tense experience last night. take a look. two commercial planes full of passengers clipped wings on the tarmac. >> our station in dallas is reporting that the american airlines plane was clipped by the wing of the united plane. nobody was injured here. 6:41 is our time right now. a candidate for congress

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right now rain on the radar and we're watching for thunderstorms. the impact on your holiday weekend and your plans to get out of town. i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came in here you did the same thing. >> a reporter said he body slammed. a dant for congress accused. breaking point for a lawmaker up for election. a network of terror and a sophisticated bomb. manchester, united, heart broken community has a reason to cheer this morning. about 14 before the

another round of >> we're monit for you as this system rolls across the region. it will impact your holiday weekend as well. >> we've been talking p ought -- green. we want to check in with jointd finch. what are you sneeg. >> reporter: conditions getting soupy and slow. a lot of gray. a lot of back splash. a lot of mist. slowing down at points as more cars get onto the road. what they are saying is you need to take it easy. we spoke with a few drivers. we got their take on this. so far it's average volume in terms of the traffic volume,

rain is making things more complicated. i asked what their advice was. this is what they had to say. >> most of the time they don't use signals. i think they should use signals. >> right now just take it slow. >> slow and simple the best advice. basic driving. sometimes we over estimate our ability and get ourselves into trouble. back in to you. >> justin finch. justin, thank you. make sure you have that nbc washington app because it will let you know when this rain is headed to your neighborhood. coming up storm team's chuck bell and lauren rickets will let you know what today will look like. grief counselors in for a

was driving home ate. tuesday night from his job at a pizza parlor when he slammed into a tree. norman's parents rk are sad. >> he sauls likes to greet people. >> big heart type of guy. very big smile and very shy kid. >> everybody was pretty much mourning. everyone starts crying and everything. >> the roads were wet but prince george's county police say they're still looking into the exact cause of that crash. it's now 6:48. let's check in with erika gonzalez with breaking news out of montana. erika? >> eun, good morning. a reporter from the guardian said he was roughed up by the republican candidate was roughed up. now greg gianforte was

up. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time they came in here he did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> i'm going to call the police. >> a fox news reporter that was there confirmed jacobs story. a spokesman claims he forced the interview and he tried to push away the phone and they ended up on the ground. the sheriff's office cited him for assault as we mentioned to you overnight. the election is

>> thank you, erika. president trump continues his foreign trip in brussels this morning. he's expected to meet with french president macron at the top of the hour. nater he will be heading into that josh investigators believe the suspect was a part of a wider terror network that may have included the family. we're also learning the bomb used in that attack is the same type used in other deadly bombings in europe. isis was behind those attacks. now let's go to manchester. >> solidarity with the victims. more of the 22 victims have been identified. so far 16 have been named, many of them teenagers, young people. this is a tragedy that continues to shake the nation and now there is a controversy with

the u.s. are leaking so much information to the u.s. press. but they say he should not have been on the streets. many clues he was known to them. >> our thanks to richard engel. people around the world have their thoughts with manchester this morning. >> while the city recovers from this terrible loss. >> this gave everyone something to smile about. manchester league won the europa yesterday. about 6,000 people there. something to unite. 6:51. problem on 270. let's turn to melissa ll

this. talking about 270 southbound as you're approaching montgomery mall before democracy boulevard. we know we have at least one lane blocked because of that. southbound 95 at quantico, crash blocking the left lane. also in virginia, northbound between center parkway. disabled vehicle with center lane blocked. 66 into up to and out of taun in bound today. things looking slow because of the rain. all of the green showing you where it's raining. frederick road after old hundred, just talked with pete about this one. sounds like an over turned vehicle there in the frederick headed into montgomery county area. 270 south, slow. top of the beltway, same situation. 66 into town and 95 northbound. blame it on the rain. listen to wtop when you hop in your cars. chuck, i'm goi

>> i love that sonk. >> -- song. >> do you want to sing? >> no, i can't carry a tune. sat it's prit testimony. most rain chances memorial day in the afternoon. for us here today, rain this morning and a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorms later on this afternoon after we see a peek or two of sunshine. 59 in washington with the rain falling. the beak end of the rain lifting towards fredericksburg. heavy rain around low down, fairfax county. that's the back end of the rain. we'll get this first end of rain around here. that leads to that thunderstorm chance coming in after 3 or 4:00 this afternoon. let's go to lauren rickets to

looking like. >> chucyeah, you're absolutely right. we've got barbecues and people traveling to the beach. that's a live camera. a lot of that fog out there right now. we have the nats game friday looks the best. take on the padres friday, saturday, sunday. friday is that evening game at 7:00. that looks like the best bet because by the time we get into saturday and sunday, we have a chance of storms. pool time, earlier the better. rolling thunder, thank you for all you do. unfortunately not looking like the best. rain in the morning but dry for most with another chance of showers and storms. do we have any 80s? >> we have a smattering of 80 degree days over the next ten days.

not much for 80s today and tomorrow. 82 on monday afternoon before the rain chance moves in monday afternoon and then back up to about 80 degrees on tuesday and wednesday of next week. what we see are no 90s in the near future. 6:55. here are 4 things to know before you head out the door this morning. bring the tish investigators are searching for the person who made the bomb that killed tonight people arrested two more people. at any minute president trump is expected to meet with the new president of france. the two leaders are in brussels for a nato meeting. this candidate for congress was just cited for assault. republican greg gianforte's election in montana is set for today. a reporter for the british new hampshire "the gaurian aid a.

congress. >> as prince george's county prepares the classroom cuts. the proposed budget for school is $90 million less than the school board's plan. big problem 270 southbound, do have that crash in the northern area along 270 at old hundred road. have a problem there as well as an overturned vehicle. >> all right. that check of the forecast today. 100% chance for rain. raining now across much of the area. have your nbc washington app and interactive radar therein fired up and ready to go. rain chances each and every day saturday, sunday, and monday. >> oh. >> in the area? >> i interacted with that radar yet. >> that's tmi. tmi. >> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking

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>> man on a mission. new images showing the bombing suspect at a shopping center near the arena just days before the attack. is the backpack that held the bomb in that image? as photos of bomb fragments lead to an international war of words written accusing the u.s. of hindering thing investigation by spilling too many details. will it come to a head when the president and the prime minister meet today. breaking overnight, the republican candidate for montana charged with asaumting a reporter on the eve of today's election. an aud yes recording capturing the confrontation. >> i'm sick and tired of you