right now on news4 today, showers and sunshine. a mixed bag on this memorial day. we have your holiday forecast. >> tribute to the fallen, thousands of our nations heroes set to be honored today. and a stunt turns deadly during fleet week. new details about the accident that killed a navy s.e.a.l. do not adjust your tv set. it's monday morning. it's memorial day. i hope you're having a good one. >> we've just extended the weekend. there may be a few showers out there near your home this

anything like yesterday's storms. you may have had to move your cookout indoors as the rain cam falling down. this is what it looked like for hours in prince george's county. >> today a different story. chuck bell and lauren rickets is in with the weather. >> i didn't know it was that bad. >> it was. i was like, when is this rain going to pass. >> i was at the beach yesterday and i had to leave the pool around 3:00 in the afternoon when the clouds rolled in. got home about 7:30 last night just to time for bed. i have a chance of rain in morning and another chance for a few showers later on. four things to know, cloudy and damp on your way out early this morning. pretty nice afternoon coming. a lot more sunshine than yesterday. and looking down through the week ahead,

weather, no 90s in sight. here's a chance of rain early this morning, thunderstorms into western maryland. rain chances between now and noon but we'll get enough sunshine to get a sun burn. afternoon highs should be in the 70s and 80s. a look at the week ahead a few minutes from now. ♪ ♪ ♪ god bless america >> well thousands of people braved the rain to see and watch the national memorial concert on the national mall honoring those who served our country. the concert was streamed lined to troops serving all around the world and it featured real stories of soldiers and their

to the tuskegee airmen. one of a full day of events to honor memorial day. >> all over the area people will be remembering the brave men and women who died for our country. let's get to news4's justin finch live this morning at the vietnam memorial with more on today's events. hey, justin. >> reporter: hey there, good morning. a true weekend of reflection here in the d.c. area and across the country today. here at the vietnam veterans memorial, we're seeing flowers and flags in place in tribute to the servicemen and women. and perhaps you can see that setup is under way for the addition of new names to the wall and to award. later this morning, some 70,000 volunteers will distribute roses at the

now this happens after sunday when some 300-plus volunteers placed 160,000 roses on head stones over at arlington, an effort put on by memorial day flowers fund. working to place tens of thousands of roses at 17 cemeteries today nationwide. looking out, a powerful image for these three service members now surrounded by flowers and flags and messages from people across the country. this morning there will of course be tributes large and small here in this area and across the nation honoring those who have made tremendous sacrifice for us. folks gears up for the national memorial day parade in d.c. everything in red is what you need to avoid if you're in your car. road closures begin at 9:00 this morning. to start assembling the parade.

the parade runs along constitution avenue tleen 7th and 17th streets. starts at 2:00 this afternoon. several roads around the national mall will be closed beginning at 1:00. those closures should wrap up around 5:00. nearly 5,000 are expected to attend the annual ceremony and parade in rossville. >> the parade begins at 10:00 in the morning at north washington street, running to rockville time square and ends on east montgomery avenue. the parades are not the only event taking place today. we have a roundup of memorial day events around town inside the nbc washington app. a brutal attack outside a hotel has montgomery police on the lookout this mark. a group beat up a 24-year-old

parking lot of the days inn in silver springs. she later died at the hospital. police don't know why he was attacked but are treating his death as a homicide. in the district police are looking for more than one person involved in a shooting that left one man dead and severals injured. police are describing the understand accident as heartless and callous. it happened just south of the blooming dale neighborhood early on saturday. a 22-year-old was killed. police are looking for two men who ran into a black car with tinted windows and fled the scene. if you know anything, call the police. a planned u.s. navy parachute jump at citi field won't happen today. this comes after a jump went terribly wrong, killing one parachutist. >> diver down in the water. >> that was the at

when the member of a navy s.e.a.l. leapfrog team went down in the water. officials say his chute ma' malfunctioned. developing this morning, police in manchester are raiding apartments in another attempt to find people connected to last week's attack. they searched three places just this morning and arrested a man. this is video from a different raid this weekend. investigators say a terror network set up the bombings at an ariana grande concert last week. police have 14 people in custody so far. 22 people were killed in the bombing, dozens hurt. president trump is back at home and he is railing against leaks and the media. he tweeted several times on the issue yesterday, the latest coming overnight where he wrote, quote, the fake news media works hard at disparg

immediate ymedia because they don't want america to hear the real story. his son-in-law jared kushner is in the spotlight over secret back channels communications with russia. kushner's lawyers say he's left leg to talk to investigators. many protesting took their message to the golf club yesterday hosting the senior pga championship. talks of hosting the tournament started before president trump's thought of running for office. but protesters say they're skeptic skeptical. they're worried about the president's potential ethical conflict. protesters hed trump would visit his golf course yesterday but they didn't. a small group of people held a protest this weekend outside the offices of white nationalist richard

they protest there and protest every other week. this week they were responding to discriminatory messages on flyers. they want their children to know how to stand up against hate. >> i would like to believe that some of the explicit racism that's still around here and will be a thing of the past in their generation. if not, we need to teach them to stand up. >> after the flyers showed up, the alexandria mayor said that the city denounces hate speech and hate crimes and discrimination in all form. there's a new winner of the indianapolis 500. >> pack more rosette to is the first asian driver ever to win the race. sato only took the lead with three laps to go. >> vice presid

also in attendance there. >> and we expect the nancy crashes and there was one there too. a student spent his spring break honoring a soldier who went to his high school. why this tribute took him out of the country, coming up. and we're also taking a look at your weather for memorial day. a lot of things going on out there today. but temperatures topping out in the 80s. we will get some sunshine after we burn off this morning fog and we have a little bit of rain and mist out there. we've got the full forecast to let you know what to expect for the rest of the day after the break. a boy's rough ride going viral this morning. something you to see before heading out to a water park this summer. and let's take a live look at the bay bridge. quiet right now. get out, go, now is the time before the rush begins. we'll tell you which roads to

me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting 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.

well, we've got a little bit of wetness out there right now. some fog, some mist, drizzle out there for your monday morning. by we'll start to dry out. we do have a chance for rain showers as we continue through the day, highly isolated. it's going to be warm but we've got comfortable conditions out there. we have rain c

we've got your ten-day forecast. 5:13. here are the top stories. two people are in jail in morning following a protest that turned violent in las vegas. people are calling for action after a black man was killed by a vegas officer earlier this month and a bystander and a protester started fighting. suicide by cop was my intention. that's what a shooting suspect said to a reporter moments after killing eight people. this is video of willie goodbold after the shooting rampage in mississippi. a sheriff's deputy is among the dead. the mother of uber's ceo has died following a boat accident in california. bonnie and her husband were riding in a boat on friday when it hit a rock in pine f

these are pictures of the crews pulling the boat out of the water. a memo to uber staff called the accident a tragedy. well, you know, several slides at a new brand-new $43 million water park in california shut down as state inspectors invest gate how a boy was ejected from one called the emerald plunge. >> there is everyone's nightm e nightmare. he walked away with just scratches so he was lucky. this is the shocking video. the water park just opened for the season on friday when the 10-year-old slid off right along the slide and across the concre concrete. the little boy was treated at the hospital and

thankfully he'll okay. the bikers involved with rolling thunder are not the only ones honoring the soldiers who served and died. one month gamly high school has four students who were killed. we share how a teacher and his student went above and beyond to make sure all four are being honored and not forgotten. >> retired army colonel paul shelton commands the rotc program. when he took the job a little over a year ago, one of his first missions is to take his cadets to arlington national cemetery where many from the iraq and afghanistan war are dead. >> i knew we had students killed in action who were in section 60. >> four of its graduates have died in service to his country. one killed in iraq in 2006,

old died in afghanistan, lance corporal dennis borrow was killed in 2009. three of them are buried at arlington. >> it was bothering us that we knew there were three in there and the other one was in el salvador. >> like others soldiers, his body arrived at the dover air force base for a transfer but his family wanted him buried in el salvador. >> reporter: he wanted to make sure there was a tribute for him just like other soldiers buried him. colonel shelton knew that tribute would require a trip to el salvador, a trip he couldn't make. >> finally he came to me and said i want to

>> reporter: this 18-year-old is a junior at the school and a native at el salvador. this spring break he was going home. >> i'm proud of what i did. >> in his full dress uniform he carried a wreath to play on his grave site. in a slow reverent march. >> he didn't get any coaching and it was done very well. >> getting here meant finding the cemetery, reaching out to the fallen soldier's family and securing a wreath before he left the u.s. >> it was actually when they saw the video that it hit home, you know. there's a student in that ground in san salvador and he was part of jrotc. >> colonel shelton helped find a driver for everett to make the three-hour trip across el salvador

territories for this moment. a moment his mother was able to witness a decade after she lost her only son. >> she thought we forget about her son. my response to her was we never forgot your son. >> a tribute to one soldier, a reminder to us all, the lives we honor this memorial day. aaron gillkris news4. the pools are opening. >> spf 30 at least just to be on the safe side. each on a cloudy day you can certainly get more than enough sunshine to give yourself a little pinkness on the skin. be careful. a mostly cloudy start this morning but there will be sunshine before your memorial day is

in maryland. best chances for rain over the next five to six hours will be along the maryland/pennsylvania border. rain chances lower south of washington area. not looking for a big risk of washout. no real threat for severe weather. any chance for strong and sphere storms will be well south today. as you're planning out memorial day, hit and miss chances for showers here between now and 8:00 o 9:00. a fair amount of sunshine today. and there will be moisture and instability where we may be able to bottle up a stray shower. quick a chick shower or two today. wednesday and thursday look nice and a hint of a cooling trend. we should sb in the low 80s for the next couple of days. our average high is 79 degrees. closer

the middle part of the week. here's your five-day forecast, 84 today with a 30% chance for showers later on. tomorrow a 30% chance in the afternoon. then into wednesday and thursday should be back to sunshine. i don't know why those icons have raindrops on them. fi i'll straighten that out. >> sunny with a chance of a raindrop. >> apparently i was more asleep than awake when i made the dwrask. time is 5:2 is, coming up, another chance to hear her husband's heartbeat. up next we'll tell you how one man made it possible. commemorating john f. kennedy on what would have been his 100th birthday. your time now 5:21.

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they are the best in the country yet again. the maryland terrapins women's lacrosse team just won the national championship chbl it's their third title in four years. not only that, they didn't lose a single game this year. >> hard to do. >> just awesome there. the men's lacrosse team is in a championship game happening today. >> cool. a lot of excitement. the men's team has not won the championship in 42 years. let's see if they can do it. that would be amazing to have the men and the women in lacrosse winning. the teddy bear that you see here is a gift unlike any others. it plays the sound of barbathat thought she would never hear again. her husband's heartbeat. >> she was gifted the bear yesterday, one of six people who received an organ from

accident. this was the first time the two had ever met. >> i'm happy that these people are so well. if i can't have him, i'm glad he helped someone else. >> roger tells us that he's grateful to have the time to shouz hi appreciation to barbara and the rest of her husband's family. >> what a way to honor her and him. what a gift to give someone else. >> amazing. reading, writing and police patrol. >> what? >> it's all part of a curriculum at one d.c. school. a look at how this brand-new program is working to train our future officers. today is memorial day. we'll getting you ready for all sorts of events across our area from parades to tributes. we'll tell you when to go and how to get there. plus a check on your storm team4 forecast coming up.

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right now at 5:29, some showers to start this memorial day. but the sun, it will be here soon. we'll check in with our storm team4 forecast. plus, centennial celebration marking 100 years since j.f.k.'s birth. and getting around on this holiday monday, the metro closures you nto

5:30 on the dot right now. good morning. and i hope you're having a good start to your monday morning here on this memorial day. i'm adam tusk. >> thank for waking up early for this memorial day. it's monday. >> i know. >> et will's get to the forecast, chuck bell, lauren rickets outside. >> braving the elements. >> how is it feeling? >> it's not that bad. last weekend was pouring out here. we can deal with anything at this point. >> a lot of fog here. >> absolutely. low visibility. >> take it a little easy on the roads early this morning. but not much of a rain threat out there. here's a check of the radar to show you where the raindrops are. temperatures first. 60s now, 64 washington, 63 martinsburg. and there's

not much rain around the d.c. metro area. a foggy cloudy start. we should be breaking out with some sunshine before lunch. there's still an opportunity for a stray shower or two today. but on the whole it's a fine day to celebrate memorial day. the parade downtown on constitution goes off at 2:00 this afternoon so it should be good weather for everyone lining constitution avenue supporting everybody in the cause of memorial day. here's a look at the top stories we're following for you. 7:00 a.m., dozens of volunteers will begin handing out thousands of roses at arlington national cemetery. the roses are gift to the families who have given the ultimate sacrifice for this family. justin finch will be live from the vietnam

parade gets underway at 2:00 today. several roads around the national mall will be closed starting around 1:00. these closures should wrap up rnd 5:00. president trump is visiting arlington national cemetery today. we'll have a look at his visit and the latest on the reports of how the reports of jared kushner are being seen in the white house. north korea has test launched another missile. this is file video of a previous launch. it appears to be a short range ballistic missile flew for six minutes before land in the sea of japan. this was the north's ninth ballistic missile launch this year. we have a moving tribute. loved ones remember 17-year-old norman white last night. he died in a car crash on his way home from work. they chanted 51, the

white's football jersey as they walked to his parents' house in clinton. his teammates organized that candle light vigil as a way of kochli in coming together and supporting his family. >> we love his parents, his mom and the coach and the football team. i wanted to bring the whole school together. >> white was killed tuesday night after losing control of his car in clinton. prince george's police are trying to figure out what happened there. anyone with information is asked to give them a call. you may be one of the people worried about all of the children who go missing in d.c. missing.d.c..gov shows that 99% of the children come home out of the more than 900 missing children reports, only 28 are still missing. we have an interactive mappon nbcwashington.com of the open cases, the names of the children, that they loo

it was a dark day for metro when a train filled with smoke at if metro station. hurt dozens of people, killed one woman more than 2000 years ago. many who have sued the district over that incident appears to have received a settlement. one attorney representing several of the plaintiffs will not say why. the lawsuit is filed by the family of the woman who died was not dismissed. today six stations remain closed as part of track work including the five stations on the orange line as well as the rhode island station on the red line. those orange line stations will stay closed through june 15th because of safe track and all trains are running on a weekend schedule. today passengers are still stranded because of the british airways

the computer glitch at messed up travelers all around the world. hundreds of people trying to board a flight. those who didn't make it onto a plane slept in the airport. that's rough. we believe when men reach beyond this planet they should leave their national differences behind them. >> those other words and others will be celebrated today as we mark 100 years since the former president's birth. today would have within kenne kennedy's 100th birthday. >> they'll celebrate today with an afternoon of reading and performances, rare video footage of the president. one of the ideas they came up with is to use kennedy's words for a new work. >> i thought wouldn't it be interesting if we could take not just the words of

actual recorded speeches and set them to music, integrate them into the orchestra. >> the celebration continues today at 4:00 p.m. at the kennedy center opera house. well you may see people wearing red flower pins. >> those pins are a symbolic way to remember our fallen soldiers and many of them were made by sol tears at the american legion in fairfax. the volunteers made 1,000 poppy pin to give out over the weekend. and today the meaning behind the pins stems from a world ward i poem about fallen soldiers. >> it represents the bloodshed across generations in defense of our constitution. there's not a day that goes by that i don't think of my friends who have died in the last 16 years since 9/1 is. >> while the pins take a long time to put

a labor of love, a small gesture of thanks for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. this year millions are using vacation days in a different way. >> why you may want to give up your week long tour for a shorter stay. i don't know about that. a closer look at the program that's pairing students with

back now at 5:40 this morning. there are real challenges ahead for d.c. public schools. it appears that 200 teachers have quit since the school year began. the school district experienced a h 4% increase in resignations some paired to the 128 teachers who left in 2013/2014. now 28% of the staff quit by mid year. but in most d.c. schools the faculty is stable. of 115 schools 59 had two or fewer resignations since last august. police officers and kids say a new program is improving their relationship chbl we first told you about the

academy earlier this year. it's a complete package. the students learn about becoming an officer and investigating crimes and they get community college credit. this is a great program. and the chance to become a police cadet. it's especially helpful in building trust. >> now i understand why they do the things that they do. >> anytime we can relate better with our kids here in the city, it's good for both of us. >> now a police cadet earns 32,000 dollars a year and the police department pays for their associates degree. and i think that's a really good deal, especially when you are getting and recruiting officers from those communities in which they will serve, you know, it works out. >> and we so so much of the community and police trying to come together. >> that will make that happen. >> a good thing for sure. still

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time right now, 5:45. it is memorial day and we' getting you ready for the day ahead. details on the parades that you can watch and how to get around all of the road closures. and we've got a few showe out there right now this morning. but as we get through the parade time, get through the cookouts, we could have a few more showers this afternoon. we seal have the timing on the rain in a few minutes. plus president trump back at the white house

foreign trip and the investigation into his son-in-law is growing. we're going to fill you in. familiar sounds for memorial days pass as we prepare for the celebration today near the national mall. several roads will be closed. >> we're live now with what you need to know as you prepare to head out this holiday. good morning, amy. >> reporter: adam, mollet, go morning. we're downtown at 7th and constitution where the parade will be taking off in just a few hours. take a look at the map on your screen, showing the parade route. northwest will be shooting down between independence and constitution, constitution will be closing between 6th and 9th. d

when the route itself will close, constitution will sh shutting down. nearly 20,000 expected to attend the annual memorial day ceremony and parade in rockville today. our very own melissa is going to be emceeing the event. begins at north washington street and runs through the rockville town square ending on east montgomery avenue. and the parades are not the only events taking place today. we have a roundup of the memorial day events inside the nbc washington app. right now president trump set to begin his first full week back in the u.s. after a nine-day trip abroad and he's set to start it with a visit to arlington cemetery. >>

hill this morning. what should we expect from the president as he gets back to work today? >> a pretty busy week. he's going to arlington today. the last time we saw him there was on inauguration day. he'll remember this memorial day the same way. also this week he's meeting with vietnam president, coming to the white house. and the secretary of defense is headed off to asia. secondary of defense maddox is headed off to asia. >> and we can't ignore the elephant in the room, the president dealing with all of the questions swirling around russia and now of course his son-in-law at the ernt of attention in the spotlight now which we're hearing staff shakeup. what are we expecting inside the white house with this? >> so kind of interesting here. our sources are telling us

surprised to hear this news, that jared kushner may have tried to back channel communications with the russians before they got into office, that he didn't disclose all of his meetings with russian officials, some suggesting that he lay low for a while, not do as many public appearances. but the ore thing is jared kushner has been open about the fact that he will talk to congress, he will talk with the fbi. so here on capitol hill, some lawmakers are taking a wait and see approach. they want to hear from him. the community is stepping in to help the families of the people killed on a portland train in a stabbing attack. a gofundme page has raised more than $350,000 in just two days. the two men who were stopped to death on friday called heros. they tried to intervene when a

religious slurs on a train at two girls. one of them was wearing÷ a hija. he praised the oklahoma city bomber calling him a true patri patriot. a small group of people held a protest this weekend outside the offices of white nationalist richard spencer. they were responding to discriminatory messages to flyers on the dell ray neighborhood. the protesters say they want their children to know how to stand up against hate. >> i would like to believe that some of the explicit racism that's still around here will be a thing of the past in their generation but if not we need to teach them to stand up. >> after the flyers showed up the mayor says the city denounces hate

crimes. d.c. police are working to find out what hung a noose in a tree. according to a statement from park police, the smithsonian police officer found it on friday night. officials don't know how long it was there. if you have any information you're asked to call d.c. police. well there are a couple of sharks swimming near the shore now but it's the jersey shore so that's okay. let your friends know about the great whites swimming up there. you're looking at where maryo me has been pretty busy. she visited the virginia shoreline last week. she's been up and down, it looks like right off of rehoboth too. if you're planning your summer vacation you may want to plan for more cars on the road. >> that's because it looks

more vacationers will hit the roads for microadventures. travel zoo surveyed more than 1300 people. the travel site found that more people plan to take long extended weekends instead of a long getaway. who are these folks? some has to do with the recent security scares overseas. also predicting that the gas prices will go up this summer. >> i could see that. you take a bunch of longer weekends m weekends. >> it might be nice. get out and beat the traffic rating now. you start to see some coming across the span there. plenty of congested roads today. travelers book into the d.c. area. this is the bay bridge as people are making their way, the popular route to and from the beaches. i's not unheard o

traffic to be clogged from 10:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the morning. and we have seen over the years some historic traffic backups on the bay bridge on this day. if i were you and you' ear watching up, time to get moving. >> start coming back now, beat the rush. >> can we expect some sun? >> yes. we need to get through the fog earlier and a chance of a shower or two later on today but it will not be the washout that we had to deal with yesterday. sunrise just about ready to get in here and mostly cloudy skies. precious little sunshine here early. but we should have enough sunshine to make it a pool day for a couple of hours this afternoon. four things for four days, from clouds to clearing, no washouts tomorrow, turning out

we're in the low to mid 60s right now. a mild start to the day. radar shows any rechancal chance here on the maryland border. here's future weather, drying out between now and noon, breaks of sunshine before lunchtime. here's 12:30, maybe a hit and miss shower about 2:00 or 3:00. after 3:00 or 4:00, back to the s sunshine. planning on going to the pool? put your sun block on. there remains a chance for a stray shower or two. neighbor not the ultimate pool day. outside rain chances for the next couple of days bs, hit and mistod miss today and tomorrow. what's most important, no 90

forecast. well this might be one of those things on your bucket list, a view of the northern lights. stargazers in north dakota got quite a treat over the weekend. a bismarck photographer snapped 500 photos to create this. the lights are created by electrons with the sun colliding with the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere. >> very cool looking. a scary afternoon for more than three dozen people trapped by a high tide on a break wall in massachusetts. this is a photo of the rescue yesterday. before rescues crews arrived, the family had to be pulled from the water after they fell in. the coast guard says there was only a few minor injuries. on this memorial day we want to share a story about three remarkable brothers preparing to se

graduated and became second lieutenants. this is the first time there have been three brothers in one class at west point in 30 years. the brothers say they leaned on each other during those four grueling years of training and they're prepared to go their separate ways now and embrace the risk of serving their country. >> whether you're in training or deployed in a combat scenario, there's a chance that something can go wrong but we accept the risk. very fortunate. >> the boys' parents also serve maryland the coast geared and say they're so proud their sons are continuing service to their country. we want to say congratulation to local champions. >> students in alexandria won honesty of the mind. hundreds of teams compete. they have to figure

solutions to problems. this year it was about superheroes saving the world. the students from the middle school in alexandria took ninth. i have a god daughter who does this. they get together and it's a big deal. >> we're following a numb were of stories ahead at news4 at 6: 6:00. throughout the vietnam veterans memorial, flags and cards in place. i have a look at local memorial day celebrations.

heading into the 6:00 hour and right now on "news 4 today," watching the radar. if you have plans, we have the timing on the rain and what to expect next. memorial day tributes, the special events are just hours away. from the road closures to the motorcades, we're working for you to help get you around. and a in the victory

made at the indianapolis 500. good monday morning. i'm molette green. >> and i'm adam tuss. aaron and eun are at the pool. we're here for you. but this memorial day, we have team coverage on everything you need to know from the parades and road closure to the memorial day events happening. >> but first let's get the holiday forecast fromyn rickett. >> good morning. kind of a gloomy cloudy start to the day, but would you go to the pool today? >> i would because the temperatures will be in the 80s. we'll get a little sunshine out there. >> lauryn ricketts says it's a pool day. so good advice for you. i'm not really a pool person necessarily. but nonetheless, i think that you will get enough sunshine to make it pool worthy. though we are off to a murky looking start. these clouds will gradually