one of bes times to travel memorial day weekend is today, before 10:00 a.m. >> you know the cars are coming though. you know all day today, tomorrow they're going to start getting ready. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we have team coverage for you getting you ready for your holiday destination. megan is at the beach already. i'm jealous. >> melissa will have a look at how the roads are shaping up. let's start with chuck bell who we have september outside to test out the weather, what do you think? >> i like it so far. a little cloud cover and there are two or three lonely rain drops on radar. all of the severe weather from late yesterday, that's gone. we don't have to worry about severe weather until tomorrow. there's a live picture from overhead on our tower. sun is up at 5:52. not long from now. there are some showers right along interstate 70 there as you go through parts of frederick county and out towards columbia, maryland. a few showers at the toll

temperatures 50s in the re's 60 around washington and by the bay. forecast for the day, plenty of sunshine. it's going to be a nice one. little breezy. northwest winds today maybe up near 30 miles per hour at times. i couldn't rule out one or two lonesome little showers but, again, no severe weather threat today but we do have that threat coming back for tomorrow. more about your weekend forecast. look at the rolling thunder forecast, beach forecast, all of that coming up and more. for now let's go into melissa mollet. >> good morning. with the traffic forecast, starting to see a slowdown on the bay bridge. again, just volume that we don't normally expect this time of day. we're heading into memorial day weekend. this is what happens. we're going to keep an eye on that one. 270 northbound/southbound looks okay. crash 270 northbound at 370. going to try to get more information on that one, let you know what's happening there. 66 into town and out of town, just fine here this morning. 95 northbound no

virginia. southbound through woodbridge a little bit of a slowdown. don't have a reason for that. that is a little bit of volume, late clearing road work perhaps. >> melissa, thank you. breaking news while you were sleeping. candidate charged with assaulting a reporter won the election in montana. >> molette green is at the live desk with greg gianforte's apology. >> reporter: he spoke to his supporters after the win on the heels of that assault charge. >> that's not the person i am and it's not the way i'll lead in this state. rest assured our work is just beginning but it does begin with me taking responsibility for my own actions. >> now the montana republican beat his democratic opponent in the special election last

most of the votes were cast via mail-in ballot and that was before he was charged. on election day he stayed out of sight mostly about body slamming the reporter. he has a court date in june on the misdemeanor charge. 5:03. president trump is on the final leg of his first over seas trip. he is at the g-7 summit in italy where he meets with heads of other major economic powers. this morning everyone is talking about this video. take a look. here's president trump pushing aside the prime minister of montenegro so he could move to the front of the group. this happened as the leaders were ready to take a group picture yesterday. the white house official said the president was just moving into his assigned place. the prime minister markevich shrugged off the sleight and said it was harmless. the fbi investigation into the trump campaign and russia has hit the

nbc news has learned that his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is under the bureau's scrutiny. they believe he has significant information related to the russia investigation. coming up news 4's tracie potts will explain why the fbi is looking at kushner and the possibility that he could face criminal charges. four minutes after the hour. this morning secretary of state rex tillerson travels to london to pay tribute to the 22 people killed in monday's bombing in manchester, england. while he's there he will work to smooth out the relationship between british and american law enforcement. this morning the two countries are once again sharing their intelligence about the attack. you're looking at live pictures from london where tributes have been put in place. balloons, flowers left to honor those who died in the attack on monday. leaders angrily stopped exchanging information about details that appeared in american media. here's what we know about the investigation this morning. for the first time we're seeing the suspect, salam

the bomber's sister told t"the wall street journal" that he wanted revenge for the bombing in syria. ten people have been arrested, including two of the suspect's brothers and their father. 5:05 now. family and friends will gather today to say their final good-bye to army lieutenant richard collins iii. he is remembered as an exceptional man and friend. flowers were placed at the place police say the 23-year-old was killed in an unprovoked attack last saturday. he was at the universe 12i ity maryland when he was attacked. his gown was draped over his chair at tuesday's ceremony. the killer is maryland student shawn urbansky. he's charged with murder and assault. the fbi is helping to determine whether the collins killing was a hate crime and the university of maryland has launched an action plan to deal with hate

dior will be laid to rest today. she was killed last week in a crash along suitland parkway. her fwrand mother told news 4 she was on her way home after a recording session. her funeral starts at 10:00 this morning at the way of the cross church in capital heights. her birth name is dasha red. she was one of three people killed in that crash. no license, no problem. that was the thought of dozens, possibly hundreds of people who lined up to sell their blood to a man in southwest d.c. but police say he didn't have a license to operate his make shift blood bank. our cameras will rolling when ko nguyen left his court hearing. he set up shop in an abandoned apartment building and paid people $30 for each sample. >> to me, it was illegal, unsanitary, unsafe. >> offer you $30, you know, people, $30,

>> now nguyen said he worked for boston biosource. the company said he provides a valuable service collecting blood for research for diseases like cancer and alzheimer's. it's unclear if that company is tied to this collection of blood. more details in the massive construction project happening on beach drive. you can see some relief as we enter the next stage of the project. the good news is there will no longer be a 24/7 closure. segment 2 and 3 of the project are going to be combined. detour routes have been updated to improve neighborhood safety and be more a come 340e dating to traffic pattern and feedback from area residents. >> you will hear this sound all memorial day weekend. thousands of motorcycles are in town to take part

5:08 now. the unofficial start to summer is here. can you believe it? >> it's here. memorial day weekend. many people flocking to the beaches to kick off the holiday. >> this morning we are heading down to north beach. news 4's megan mcgrath is live there with what you and your family can do there this weekend. hey, megan. >> reporter: here at this view, we're just starting to see the sun come up over the chesapeake bay making the sky rosie pink. abso

drive very far. less than an hour from washington, d.c. the vibe, very laid back and family friendly. you can rent beach chairs. they have a public beach, floaties, even a pirate ship jungle gym for the kids. there is a small charge to get on the beach, $17 for adults. if you live in calver county there's a discount. on a warm summer day, a great place to soak up the sun and relax and you don't have to drive very far. >> the thing i like the most is you have a beach. it's still a small town feel. you get the best of both worlds. >> reporter: right across from the beach is a beautiful coy pond in the sunrise garden. fish of all sizes and some of them are really quite large. lots of benches there. you can sit down and just kind of take in the scenery. has a

north beach has all kinds of events. many of them, in fact, most of them during the summertime are free. if you come down with your family or friends, there's so much to do. i'm going to have a little bit more on that coming up in the show. back to you guys. >> what a pretty scene. megan mcgrath and north beach. check it out. thank you, megan. ten minutes after the hour. will your mow mrl day cookout be a wash out? >> i hope not. >> storm team 4 radar where there are a few showers out there right now. things aren't too bad. chuck's back with a closer look at what day may be the best to fire up the grill. we're remembering the true meaning behind the holiday weekend coming up. meet the soldiers who are literally carrying

ng asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia.

good morning, everybody. memorial day weekend finally on our doorstep. there's the picture of capitol hill here early this morning. 4 things you need to know about the next 4 days. nice and breezy today. watching out for a chance for severe weather tomorrow, and then a hit-and-miss shower

sunday andmonday. no total washouts are expected. talking temperatures with the ten day coming right up. taking a look right now at the road. police don't see anything here, 270 north of 370. it's good news here. take a look at the bay bridge into town, out of town looking pretty good. for sure, more volume than we typically see there this time of day. looking okay. might have a good day. take a look at 95 and the beltway coming up. melissa, thank you. 5:14. here are some of the top stories we're following this morning. armed police are patrolling trains all over great britain in response to monday's bombing in manchester. the threat level in brittain is at its highest level although they say they have not received any specific threats to trains. 22 people killed in the bombing at the ariana grande concert. a four alarm fire that

businesses. strong winds fueled the flames and spread to nearby businesses and even homes. the cause of the fire is still under investigation this morning. right now president trump is on the final leg of his first over seas trip. he's at the g-7 summit in italy. and these meetings come after a contentious visit to the new nato headquarters in brussels. >> nbc's jay gray is live in italy with the president. he has more on this trip and how it's going. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. good morning, aaron. we have seen heavy security here. warships in the water off the coast, soldiers on the ground, what you would expect as the leaders of 7 nations gathering on this island. there is some intense scrutiny for one of the newest members of that group, president trump after strong work yesterday in belgium. we know the meetings are starting here. president trump looking to push his agenda on terror and get support from the other nations in fighting terror across t

north korea a big leaders want specifically about trade and of course global climate change. president trump talked on the campaign trail about the u.s. walking away from the paris accord, the 2015 paris accord, a promise to reduce greenhouse gases in a response to global warming. it's interesting to see how those discussions are going to go. here a lot of the leaders coming into this said that it's a must that he stick with that accord. the white house said the president won't make up his mind on that until he gets back to washington. that is the latest live right now. here in sicily. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jay, thank you. memorial day is about more than traveling and cookouts, it's about remembering our country's heroes. there is a veterans group dedicated to doing just that. carry the load on "nightly news." they organize marches nationwide and they trek all across the

back. i a beautiful way to remember so many of the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. >> 17 after the hour right now. this picture -- >> look at that. >> beauty. >> such a pretty way to get the day started. cooler weather, less humid. you probably noticed it on your way in. >> i felt it for sure. >> sleeveless. >> i wanted the sub to come back out. i can wear green because sheena's taking the day off. >> inside baseball story. >> sorry. >> eun lives for the two or three days of the year when it's just one of us weather folk here. >> look -- >> what? >> whoa, what was that little effect right there? 60 degrees right now in washington. still a light breeze out of the southwest. that wind will be more of a northwest wind in that 20 to 30 mile per hour range at times this afternoon. little bit of a breezy afternoon but more sunshine today than

storminess from yesterday. that area of low pressure is pulling away from us. we're still in a very active northwesterly flow. so that means for us hit-and-miss quick lasting showers. here's storm team 4 radar. you can sort of get a sense. nothing widespread. nothing all that heavy. i couldn't rule out a five-minute rain shower. zoom in. most of the light rain is in howard county, northern anne arundel county. high resolution model picks up this little feature very well. sprinkles out this morning. dry by 8:00 in the morning and dry between 8:00 and about noon. once we get into the afternoon hours, just like what you saw on radar now, that's going to be the pattern again today. gusty northwest wind. could bring a brief little shower or two. by and large, i think you're going to like it outside today. plenty of sunshine, breezy. chances of rain 20% or less. welcome news. for tomorrow k

to the sky tomorrow afternoon because we will have a chance for severe weather tomorrow. have your nbc washington app downloaded ready to go. we have an interactive radar on there. severe weather between 3 and 7 sclk p.m. tomorrow. then that storm chance races out to the beach. coast line, severe storms possible around 5:00, 6:00, 7:00. here's a peek of the ten day forecast -- or five-day forecast, rather. 60% chance of storms tomorrow. some of those could be on the strong side. keep a watch out for that. severe weather not expected sunday and monday. off and on shower chances do continue. best of all, melissa mollet, no sweltering heat for all of the folks in rolling thunder. >> very good news. taking a look right now at the bay bridge into town, out of town, no worries right now. here is a situation that i want to let you guys know

sometime today, naval academy graduation today at 10:00 a.m. remember, going to have to be dealing and contending with those folks trying to get to naval academy off of 6:50. gates opening at 6:50, gates open at 10:00. try to leave as early or as late as possible to save yourself the headache. 66 is just fine. 95 northbound and southbound, another route out of town today. the beltway, no major problems inner loop or outer loop. melissa, thank you. call it salt in the wound for metro users. why some riders will have to pay more for less service. president trump's so-called travel ban could be headed to the highest court in the land. who's in our back yard that could send the controversial message to the supreme court. heartwarming follow-up from a story from yesterday. alpha the s

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"news 4 today" starts now. good morning, welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're getting you ready for memorial day weekend. you want to know about weekend weather and traffic. >> i want to know what we're going to eat. >> everything, probably. >> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roads. let's start with chuck bell. >> if you're like me, you'll eat whatever you decide to make for yourself. that's what it is. unless you can talk the kids into making the dinner for you. outside, what a great morning it is. four things to know about the

monday's shower chance in the afternoon, our main focus weather wise will be chance for severe storms coming up tomorrow afternoon. again, have your nbc 4 -- ncbc washington app ready to go. you need to move indoors at the first sound of thunder tomorrow afternoon. otherwise, a few hit-and-miss sprinkles. highs in the mid to upper 70s. that will be a pleasant day to be outside. going down to the ballpark, nats and padres. a perfect night for baseball. enjoy it. more about the storm chances for tomorrow and the rolling thunder forecast and the news forecast all coming up. melissa mollet. good morning. how's the roads? >> okay right now. i hope a lot of you are leaving early if you're headed out of town. taking a look at the beltway,

on time there. remember to lis zwroen wtop once you hop into your car for the memorial day weekend. bay bridge looking beautiful this morning. nice and clear in bound and out bound. mostly of course concerned about outbound. remember though naval academy graduation is today at 10:00. gates open at 6:30. could add to those slowdowns on 50 headed out of town. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:31. here are some of the top stories following today. another person arrested tonight in a raid in manchester, england. police are hunting down members of a terror cell. so far ten people have been arrested. eight people in custody including two of the bomber's brothers and their father. family and friends will gather today to say their final farewell to army lieutenant richard collins iii. police say the 23-year-old was killed in an unprovoked

last saturday. he was at the university of maryland visiting friends when he was stand. the -- stabbed. the fbi is helping people determine whether the killing was a hate crime. also in prince george's county, police tell us a man killed in fort washington on wednesday likely knew the man who pulled the trigger. 19-year-old xavier johnson is accused of killing timothy harris on asbury drive. they argued before the shooting. county police are also questioning a relative about a murder of an elderly man. officers said they went to the victim's house on mill street in fort washington to do a welfare check. that's when they found him slumped over with signs of trauma to his body. no names have been released in the investigation. a sad day for working families and children of maryland. that's what prince george's county executive said about the governor's veto of the earned sick leave legislation. that bill would have required employers with more than 15 workers toow

paid sick leave. maryland's governor larry hogan called it a job killing bill. hogan supported a different bill that relied on tax incentives to coax employers into offering sick leave benefits. the governor did sign some bills yesterday. one of them was amber's law. that bill was named for a.m. be chenault who was killed by her boyfriend despite having an order against him. it's 5:33. you might be awake right now because you're getting ready for the memorial day weekend. >> what's the best time to get going? molette green is in the newsroom to tell you how long you have until the traffic gets out there? >> reporter: as of this moment you have 4:24 to leave the house. 10:00 is the last chance you have to have if you don't want to be out there with everybody else. if you miss the

want to wait until 10:00 tonight. the maryland transportation authority says if you're using the bay bridge, it's going to be backed up all day. tomorrow you'll have to leave before 7:00 in the morning for a stretch free ride or wait until 5:00 at night. sunday and monday are the same. thankfully the gas prices are a lot lower. in d.c. $2.5. in maryland, $2.38 that's the same as the national average. paying $2.16 on average for a gallon in virginia and $2.37 in west virginia. hit the road before 10:00 this morning. vdot says the heaviest traffic will be between 11:00 in the morning and 7:00 p.m. every day. get all of the times and the current traffic conditions. just go to our nbc washington app. back to you guys. >> all right, molette. thank you. 5:34 now. we are beach bound this holiday weekend, too. here's news 4's megan mcgrath with what many call a hidden

>> reporter: this memorial day weekend a lot of people will be heading to the beach but you don't have to cross the bay brink bridge to find a beautiful stretch sand. i'm live in north beach. well, if you visit arlington national cemetery this weekend, you will see flags beside many of the graves. that is because of a special effort just before memorial day. more than 1,000 old guard soldiers placed american flags at each of the head stones. they do this every year going all the way back to 1948. this morning there are flags beside 280,000 head stones. the old guard is the oldest active duty infantry unit in the army. if you can't go in person you can see more of the photos online in the gallery in the nbc washington app. a student at a montgomery county high school brought his classmates to tears with the way he honored a fallen soldier. >> still blown away by the story when we learned about

it aired last night. wantf oe video here from this it a junior at mcgruder high school, a member of the jr. rotc program there. he's in el salvador laying a breathe at a grave of a student who was killed in afghanistan. this year's class, they weren't sure whether he had been given sort of the normal military honor when he died because he was buried in another country. he bothered to do this when he was home in el salvador on spring break. >> i represented a program at the school and i feel proud for what i did. >> three our mcgruder students have died in service to this country. specialist burkhart killed in iraq, young man private justin davis class of '05. 19 years old when he died. dennis burrow, the class of '04. they both died

afghanistan. there's a tribute case at mcgruder. >> to have that sense of duty already and he's only in high school. imagine the future he has with the military. >> he took his dress uniform, took it all the way to el salvador, drove three hours across country, to dangerous parts, gang territories to lay that wreath saying he has not been forgotten. >> you're making me all -- it's the update to a story that will make you believe in the good in people. don't we love that, though? the total stranger who went out of his way to make a wrong right for a woman who was scammed. first, take a live look this is in maryland, ten minutes away from the official sunrise. download the nbc washington app. you can find up to the minute republican leadere

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you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. 5:40. earlier this week we told you about the woman who was scammed out of hundreds of dollars by someone using movie money, fake money. >> news 4's working for you in the community. a viewer said he had to take action after seeing our report. craig janis met up with hannah burly and gave

dollars. you can see itsthere. burly sold an iphone online to make money for a trip. she later discovered she had been paid with fake cash. >> i have three daughters and i felt really bad for the victim and i saw an opportunity to maybe make that right. >> he didn't have to do this. he didn't have to go out of his way to do this but he's a good person for sure and it definitely restored my faith in humanity. >> he tells us that one of his own daughters is also named hannah. he told this hannah that he hoped she could use the money for her trip. >> something good is going to ham to that man. this is what happens. the universe is going to see this. >> yes. let's hope. beautiful weather for today. now here's future weather, when you're looking at there. that's tomorrow afternoon. there will be a chance for strong, perhaps severe storms tomorrow afternoon, maybe even as early as 2:00, 3:00 in the day, up to 6:00 or 7:00 i

evening. temperatures up to 80 degrees. beach forecast coming up next. good morning, melissa. good morning, chuck. southbound 395, they moved the camera on us. we have a tree blocking the right lane. take a look at your trip out to the beach ts whiee

you're watching "news 4 today." good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. it is 5:45. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. jared kushner under scrutiny by the fbi. why the agency is looking closely at president trump's right-hand man and son-in-law. >> and a local pregnant teen barred from walking in her graduation speaks out. what she has to say about missing the big day. more bad news for the white house this morning. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser is now under scrutiny by the fbi as part of the russia investigation. the new revelation sug

past 4's tracie potts is live with more on why the nfbi s interested in kushner. >> reporter: eun and aaron, we don't know specifically. what we do know is that being under scrutiny is not the same as being a subject or target of the investigation. it's not like paul manafort and michael flynn where they're looking into his actions. according to the fbi, according to our sources, multiple sources, they're thinking there's something that he knows that might lend to this investigation. we know that kushner has had two meetings with russian officials, russian banker and the russian ambassador. he has already told congress that he's willing to talk about those meetings. his attorney says he's willing to share that information with any investigating authority, which of course would include the fbi. tracie, let's turn to the investigation. where does the fight go from here? ep

to appeal. attorney general jeff sessions says this is not a fair decision. they're going to bump it up to the supreme court. they said it's unconstitutional because it is religious discrimination and they base that on statements, multiple statements made by president trump during the campaign where he said he wanted to ban muslims from this country. keep in mind this is going on a parallel track. we have this appeals court and the ninth circuit court of appeals out in california that's also taking another look into the revised travel ban. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. 13 before the hour. the president's counselor signaling she will be around for a while. kellyanne conway and her family dropped nearly $8 million on a d.c. mansion. according to the washington business journal, the house in the massachusetts avenue heights neighborhood. this is a picture of that house from redfin

bathrooms. the most recent owner was the acting prime minister of pakistan. molette green at the live desk here just hours ago. alabama executed 75-year-old death row inmate tommy author is his name. he was put to death by lethal injection at 12:15 this morning. he spent more than three decades on death row. faced seven previous execution dates. he was convicted of killing his girlfriend's husband in 1982. back to you, eun. >> molette, back to you. inexcusable. that's how metro board chairman describes two metro workers and an at&t employee. according to our news partners at wtop, the three were walking down yellow line tracks near eisenhower avenue. they had to jump out of the way. the two workers recently underwent safety training and had violated at least four safety pr

action. speaking of metro, get ready to pay a lot more for your metro fare and perhaps adjust your schedule. starting june 25th riders will have to deal with fare hikes and service cuts. the changes will have the biggest impact on riders that use the system late at night and on weekends. take a look. here are some of the major changes on the rales. week night service will end at 11:30 p.m. friday and saturday service will go until 1:00 a.m. and on sunday the system opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 11:00 p.m. metro says the changes to hours should not have a big impact. >> still going to have trains in the downtown area coming every three or four minutes so really it's a matter of one or two minutes when it comes to customers. >> when it comes to fares you'll be paying 10 to 25 cents more to ride the train or bus depending on when you take your trip. if you need a reminder on the time changes and fare changes head to the nbc washington app and

good news if you've had to deal with the massive construction projects happening on beach drive, you'll see some relief as we enter the next phases of the project. reconstruction between porter street and tiny branch parkway will begin in june. the good news is that it will no longer require a 24/7 closure during construction. segments two and three of the project are being combined. detour routes are to be more accommodating to traffic patterns. it looks like lyft is trying to give uber a run for its money. the ride sharing service is adding some black car service options. now we don't know when exactly they will be available in d.c., but you'll be eventually able to choose from lyft lux or lyf lyft lux suv. it is back. the popular spanish ship "e "el

spanish ship. i'm going to keep saying it because it sounds so spanish. st. augustine. it has an all spanish crew that lives and breathes her travels. el galeon was here last summer. there is a charge for admission. >> galeon. >> that's my elementary school coming out. >> you're probably right. you're probably right. >> there's only one l. one l. >> spanish it would be galeon. >> i'm not arguing. >> we have a beautiful -- >> look how bright the sun is after a week in the darkness. >> no kidding. that's the way it looks. north beach, maryland, right on the western shore of the chesapeake bay. >> oh,

earlier as well, here in washington, takes an extra few minutes. sun is already up over the bay. higher up in the skies for whoever made the early trip out to the beach. meanwhile, back here at home, dealing with sunshine again later on this afternoon. i grabbed this picture when dog and i were out running yesterday at arlington cemetery. little hard to see there in the picture but there are proud members of the u.s. armed services putting flags on 2 200,000 head stones. thank you for your service. outside, big weather yesterday gone for us. we get a quiet day today, but we have a busy northwest flow around here. it will be a breezy day to be outside. northwest winds 30 miles per hour at times. rain chances are low but not quite zero. as is evidenced by the fact that there are a few sprinkles. the inner harbor in

west virginia. almost anyone could see a little five-minute long rain shower. no severe weather. no thunder and lightning to worry about for today. just a couple of passing showers. a few popcorn variety showers. that will not be the case tomorrow. tomorrow the severe weather chance comes back so be ready. right now it's a nice morning outside. fair sky. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. kids still have to go to school today. boy, this will be one of the hardest days of the year to concentrate on your studies. nice weather outside today. rain chances very, very low. if you're planning to go over the bridge and down to the beach like yours truly, yes, indeed, good weather at the beach for most of it trmpt there will be a chance particularly saturday evening.

>> thunderstorms more likely tomorrow. hit and miss shower chances sunday and monday. dry weather for most of next week. now it's time to find out about traffic. we have melissa mollet. taking a look at 395. southbound at glebe road. you can see a tree down in the roadway blocking two right lanes. most folks gone for the weekend. southbound 12 at constitution, vehicle stopped in the roadway. wanted to let you know about that.

chopper had. gates open at 6:30. that will add to everybody headed outbound there. just fine in virginia. look at the travel times as good as they can get. remember to do it later tonight. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. >> melissa, thank you. five minutes before the hour. an update now on the story we've been following about a hagerstown teenager banned from walking in her high school graduation. her private christian school suspended her and banned her from walking in her graduati

she said she'n't be able to sha moment with her friends and family. >> how important is walking at graduation to you? >> it's important to me because that is everything i worked so hard for and that's a night to acknowledge it. i go to a small christian schooling. 16 kids in my class and graduation is a big deal. i will be the only one not there to celebrate it with my friends. >> you can watch the entire interview after "news 4 today" coming up on the "today" show. yesterday we told you how 4-year-old alpha got a spot in the stafford high school yearbook and won a spot in our hearts. >> such a cutie. david culver had to meet him and his pal a.j. >> good boy. >> that is alpha. service dog. she alerts him when his blood sugar is too low. everywhere a.j. goes, alpha goes. when a.j. took his

picture, he wanted alpha right there with him. a good thing to have for my school and me to look back on when i'm older. >> a few months ago the yearbook staff agreed. on school picture day alpha posed for the camera. look at that. a.j. -- so the big question is will alpha get a spot in next year's yearbook? i'm going to say yes. i'm going to say he's going to walk with him at graduation across the stage. >> nice to see that. next at 6:00, using technology. >> and the first step to start finding them and we'll show you the apps that could be the most important one you ever download. >> reporter: what was to be a week of celebration has been one for mourning for the family of richard collins

very customizable. you can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. we couldn't be any happier.

right now on "news 4 today," preparing for the holiday week end. from the forecast to the roads, working for you to make it as smooth as possible. security stepped up. the area's police will be keeping a closer eye on this weekend after the deadly concert bombing. breaking news. elected after an alleged assault on a reporter. the politician who is facing charges will now be heading to washington. we'll have the victory speech and apology he made overnight.

"news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. if it's not here for you, the long holiday weekend is hours away. look at this beautiful scene. isn't that so pretty? >> it is. >> the weather will be really nice today. >> a lot nicer than yesterday for sure. we saw major flooding as a result of the rain. take a look here. stream overflowed in brookville, maryland, trapping an suv. >> you're probably thinking more about this kind of water. if you are beach bound this weekend, isn't that just so pretty. we're going to check in with megan mcgrath in north beach in just a bit. we're looking to get you through the traffic. maine slays mollet has the traffic. >> chuck bell is outside on the storm team 4 weather deck with a look at our forecast. we like you now, chuck. >> oh, good. >> you've done well nkts we always like you. >> you guys have been sneering at me all week long. >> no. no. no. >> i'm glad