meteorologist lauren ricketts in for chuck bell. talking about rain a today? >> unfortunately we are talking about rain i think at least first part of the day going tbe dry. in the afternoon we'll see the rain chances increase throughout the area. starting off on a mild note. we have the cloud cover out cere. therld be a little fog in areas. temperatures in the 40s right dew. we are h into the 50s by the time we go through the early morning. hen we'll quickly rise into the 60s throughout about lunchtime. topping out around 70. rain moving into the afternoon. that rain is stretching right now back to the west. that will continue pushing east. even a few thunderstorms. the weekend not going that dry. really maybe not that nice. we'll be talking about the timing of rain for the weekend. first, let's talk about the timing of your commute withme ssa mollet. good morning. just got off the phone w sh rockvillte police.

if i can get that out. bezos, northbound 270, it's closer to montrose. at's the debris causing problems. vehicles on the side of the road. sounds like a big tire causing problems. northbound 270 after 121,s that cleared out of the way. southbound looking quite good, as well. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no problems here this morning. earlier roadwork is gone. 66 this morning from fairfax unty parkway tohe beltway, 67 miles per hour gets you there in eight minutes. aaron? >> tha you. 5:01. new details about a dead home invasion in prince george county. on wednesday a homeowner shot and killed a man who tried to break into his riverdale park home. >> this morning we're hearing from the suspect's family. and policelire tel us why they think the home may have been targeted.us news4'sn finch is live at police headquarters now with more. oostin, good morning. >> reporter:morning. that's right. we do know also, too, this whols encounteraid to be captured

on surveillance camera. however, the new details are not answering everyone's questions, including this young man's family first a look at victory mbang, 18. he is the one that the homeowner shot and killed wednesday hening after kicking in a front door of thee on 59th avenue in riverdale about 5:30 p.m. on wednesday evening. now the homeowner who fired that tot, he has not been charged with any crimes ats time. as prince george's county police investigated the home and the frontdoor, the family says md bang's friends drove him to doctor's hospital where he did die a short time after. for the family, this is hard to understand especiallyiven that they are saying her nephew was involved in a break-in attempt. >> he didn't need anything. so the story about victory breaking into somebody's house is false. i would like the police to ally investigate this matter and tell the truth.

>> reporter: and there is an investigation now underway. but the aunt says the friends of her nephew told her tt victory happened to be shot by ae passerby befey brought him to the hospital. police say the break-in attempt was captured on camera, and they do have evidence. back inside to you. >> justin finch in palmer park.n you. this morning, d.c. detectives are looking into the shooting of two young men. one was found on the grounds near the anacostia library yesterday.la a short timer, a second young man showed up at a nearby hospitals. dectives hope surveillanc footage will help them catch the shooter. >> a d.c. barber who was charged with sexually assaulting three women is facing a fourth charge for the same crime.-y r-old julian everett was arrested last month, initially charged wit three sex assaults. two of his accusers were howard university students athe time. now the prince george's county state's attorney says a woman has come forward.

everett would lure women with alcohol and drive them to a home and rape them. the parents of makiyah are suing the d.c. housing authority for $30 million. the 10-year-old was killed last summ when she w hit by a stray bullet. seven people would ultimately be arrested. makiyah's parents say the housing authority shares the blame. the lawsuit says officials knew how dangerous the neighborhood had become and didn't do enough to make it safer. >oo kaakiyah is gone. nothing can bring her back. no money can bring makiyah taba. it's ament of what we're trying to do and trying to make su there's not another makiyah. >> the director of the housing authority declined to speak to news4 citing the pending lawsuit. safety isn't the only concn amongeople who call d.c. home. another is affordability.ay >> muriel bowser is trying to connect with those residents in an effort to lower the cost

of living in the district. yesterday she hadunch with group of government employees who say they may work here but they can barely afford to live fihere. a fiters, a teacher, and a social worker shared their stories. >> i've been a social worker serving that entire time in my career. it's still very challenng to make sure that you can afford to live here. and i felt priced out. >> now the mayor wants to expand programs that offer support to government employees who are trying to buy home. she says home builders and landlords also -- home and lapdlords also need to do their part. the high cost of living may be impacting d.c. the number of active listings on houses and condos is down nearly 10% from a year ago. prices on those homes are still rising. in march the median price of a d.c. home was $450,000. that's up nearly 4% from last year. it's now 5:05. ne overnight, students at georgetown university passed a referendum saying they are

willing toay for slave reprations funds. >> this is the latest action from the student body as the university continues to confront its role in -- past role in the slave trade. news4's megan mcgrath is live with new details. megan? >> reporter: good mo the voting ended at midnight, and the results are in. georgetown university students approving a -- passing a referendumalling for a new student fee of $27.20 per semester with the money going to the descendants of slaves sold by georgetown universityack in 1838. now it is important to note that this referendum is nonbinding. the university ds not have to actually institute the fee. the final decision will be made by the board of trustees. shepherd thomas, though, is a student here at georgetown, his cestors forced to work as slaves. he was in favor of the referendum and says thaten stud need to pressure the

university to do the right thing. >> to challenge the university. we the studenir, we're the step. someone has to take the initiative. whenever you want change at a university, it's up to you, in my opinion. >> reporter: georgetown everyone reased a statement saying in part, saying in part, thety univeralues the engagement of our students, it goes on to say that there are many approaches that enable our community to respond t the legacies of slavery. the university says that the rerendum and the outcome of the vote provide valuable input into what students are thinking. they'll take it into n. considerat again, ultimately it's the board of trustees that will make the final decision. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. this morning julian assange's lawyer sfis he will t extradition to the united states. the wikileaks founder was hirested around time yesterday morning in london. the justice department is

charging him with c packing -- computer cracking. he helped chelsea manning css a password that gave her hundreds of thousands of files said to put troops in danger. president trump praised tekileaks during the 2016 elections but yay took a decidedly different tone. >> this justt. came wikileaks, i love wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks. it's not my thing. >> wikileaks was behindhe 2016 hack on the democratic national committee. it published private emails written by hillary clinton and her campaign staff. a sheriff in louisiana says the 21-year-old man charged in connection to the arsons thatee destroyed tistoric churches is the son of one of his deputies. holden mathews was arrested yesterday. the three churches he's accused of setting fire t were each more than 100 years old with mostly black congregations. it's not clear whether the arsons were hate crimes.

the issue of hate has been on the minds of america's largest tech companies this week. epresentatives from facebook, twitter, and other social media platforms appeared at a congressional hearing to talkou monitoring disturbing speech on line. earlier in the week house hearing on the same issue, live stream of the conversation had to be shut down because the comments section was quickly filled with hate speech. 5:09. cash may be king, but soon it won't be accepted at tolls in maryland. the frances scoot key bridge and hatem will only be accessible by e-zpass in october. if you don't have one, you will pay by video tolling, more expensive than the base rate. >> it's a tmnie. it is a nightmare. >> in virginia, transportation leaders are hoping you'll help them find solutions toelieve congestion on i-95. a study is underway now, it looks at traffic along the interstate fm the beltway all

the way south to the north carolina border. possible solutions include better amtrak options and additional express toll las. will happen next month in our area. !>> back to ba >> nothing but smiles and chants of "back to back" outside of captain one arena last night.ca th defeated the current carolinaheurricanes in first playoff game of the series. >> there's a long road the team wants to hoist the stanley cup again. after last night, there's reason to be optimistic. sharree burrus reports. >> reporter: the capitals survived the first game of the stanley cup clofs. washington outlast be carolina after a stressful final few minutes. the caps trying defend their stanley cup title came out firing early. nicklas backstrom sred two of the three goals in the first period alone. the hurricanes surged late, but e caps held on to win 4-2.

>> we got a good stt. we got goals in first. overall, i think, you know, we got fortunate. >> great to ousee, y know, that they put pressure on us all yme. so know, we know we can improve and get . >> you leave from a game like this, you're happy with the win. but you know, we can play bette thanthat. and especially five on five for us. >> reporter: the capitals need three more twoiwins to advance the secondround. first, game two here on nbc 4 saturday at 3:00 p.m. news4 sports. and don'tforget to watch the news4 special this weekend, "defending the cup." itirs tomorrow at 2:30 onbc 4. the game is on right after that, and that's followed by "news4" at 6:00. do you think it's talk about money on the first date? i guess it depends on how the venversation goes. a new s tells us what most people think about that. plus, robo call toackdown.

y we have an idea about how the senate plans to fight companies that blowphp your e with illegal calls. lauren? and we've got some rain on the way. we're dry right now through the morning, but look at this -- yeah, rain and thunderstorms. and not only today, possible through the weekend.

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older.qu e/unquote. they say knowing someone's credit score could impactheir interest in another date. you going to ask somebody about their c score? come on. >> let's not waste any time. >> a good point. when the che comes, millennials are more likelhan any other generation to split ewe bill. a world out there, aaron. >> that's never been my reality. yesterday we td you that a senate committee was trying to with a way to stop the annoying robo calls we get. there's a new bill that could help. the traced act is -- has bipartisan support now. if it passes, i would increase fines for people who will make illegal calls and would require telecom companies t use technology to help identifier scammers and spoof numbers. the bill has the backing of attorney general from every state. the legislation goes to the senate. in recent years, schools across the country have made a bush to inspire young women to t involved in science and

technology. >> four mairfax countyiddle schoolers are doing that movent proud. news4's aimee cho explains. yes, let's do it! >> reporter: spend even just a second with these sevenths grader and you, too, will likely smile as doch as they >> so funny making crazy. >> my gosh. we're getting interviewed. be quiet. >> reporter: they've hd reason to grin lately. best friends since fourth now best student robot builders in the state of virginia. >> i love science. it's coolesearching things and coming up with solutions to problems that are real-world problems. >> reporter: the gls have spent all year building a robot out of lego's and writing a research project. they beat out 82 teams to win the state championship. >> yeah! >> reporter: in a few weeks they'll head to theinorld finals detroit. the girls have been washing cars and holding bake sales to afford the trip. when the group women in defense heard about it,hey knew they nted to help. today the group giving the girls a check for $4,000. >> we are excited to see how you

guys do and how you represent. >> don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something yocause you're a girl, you're a female. can do whatever you want to do. dream big. >> reporter: in burke, news4. speaking of girls who know their science, let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts with t forecast. that's you. >> i love hearing that -- i was super excited to hear that they did so well. i've been folwing their story. congratulations to them. listen, it is going to be a nic morning out there. so you can get the kids ready for the bus stop. pack hem with theumbrella. they may need it later on this afternoon. sun coming up just aut 6:39. another hour and some change from now. listen, we do have those p.m. rain and storms arriving. i'd say any lime afterch we'll see the rain chances increase. some of the showers will linger into your early saturday morning. most of the day on saturday going to be dry. then we have periods of rain on

sunday. solated showers and maybe even a thunderstorm on sunday morning. better chances during the afternoon and evening. once again, some of that could linger into your ely monday morning. right now, we're dry, fairly mild. i mean, it'sot too bad out there. those temperatures are in the 40s and 50s now across the board. we're on our way to the low 70s today. the wind will pick up.rl it will be f breezy as we continue through the afternoon and evening. so again, we've got widespread rain for just about everybody. alater on this afternoo through the evening, into the overnight, through tomorrow morning. most of the day tomorrow going to be dry. and then some more widespread showers and thunderstorms by sunday, specifically sunday afternoon. and some of that could linger into monday. we're finally dry completely by tuesday. again, nothing happening out there now. we're waiting f thi to move into the area. that's a frontal system that's moving rather slow. again, we will see the thunderstorms creep in from the west to the east throughout t

day. most of this will arrive around the i-95 corrido after the evening commute. if we have a chance for severe weather, it's going to be m tnly to west. a few isolated showers. anything during theirst part of the day and middle of the afternoon going to be light. as we head through the evenin look at this. a few thunderstorms happening. and again, these could be strong, bringing gusty winds, sora heavy , they'll continue through the overnight. start to move off by early saturday morning. we're dry through much of saturday. then by the timee getnto sunday morning, isolated rain chances come back. we will have better chances ome ain and storms as we get into your sunday afternoon and intoenunday g. that could linger into monday morning. the most of monday will be dry. machine's goio be a little -- monday's going to be a littl windy. we have chance of rain ahead friday and through the t,ekend. all ri melissa, let's look at the traffic earl old this good morning. >> reporter: we have a couple of problems. look at this first one. this is70 here near montrose

road. so theroblem right now is in the northbound lanes.. there we taking a look on the right side, you see we have vehicles that are disabled there. that is because of a large tire that was ine the mid of the roadway. so police trying to respond here and figure out what's going on t and get that of the way so additional ren't issues. southbound, looks like heavier volume than normal. probably because they're looking the other way across the lanes. inr loop, outer loop, me -- no problems in town and out of . helloey hello to my friends at fields kindergarten these were the second-graders yesterday. had great questions for career day. so much fun. they're on the left, i'm in infront of thergarten classroom on the right. and i remembered which door it was. isn't that impressive? >> i'm very impressed. >> a long time -- >> i don't know if i remember my kindergarten classroom. thank you. scalp else a stealth scopes,er this -- slpels and

hethoscopes, thermometers and more. three local doctors de-stress using musical instruments. and on "ellen" pete buttigieg stops by. >> i can read throughic an a in norwegian, arabic, italian,ca le others. >> me, too. [ laughter ] >> me, three. no, the mayor responds to criticisms from vice president mike pee. catch "ellen" at 3:00. we'll be right back. stay with us. happy friday. got a question for you -- >> have you ever been really good at something but you just a little -- you just hated to do it? >> we'll introduce you to a star local chef who hates to be called a chef. >> i hate coating. i he being in the kitchen. i hate anything that has to do with it. >> why doese do it, and how did he work his way up the

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5:30 as we take a live on a friday morning. a little wind near union station in the district. we've made it to the weekend just about. after a beautiful week of weather, a little rain's rolling back in. it happens. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. whatever weather h isding our way, there is reason to celebrate this morning. the caps are one game closer to defending the stanley cup. >> he scores! >> there you go, less than at minute to secure the win over carolina and the empty nets. we'll have highlights and what g to know aboute two coming up. first, a look at the friday forecast and the commute. melissa will have the firefightt firs first alert traffic. lauren ricketts in with the forecast in for chuck bell. >> not too bad this morning. later this afte and this

evening the winds will pick up. we'll have to deal with rain chantses. su coming up in judge abonin --r chances. sun coming up in judge about an hour. it's not bad. temperates in the 40s a 50s. compared to yesterday morning when it was chilly. again, it's not too bad. andem thoseratures are going to warm up pretty quickly despite the cloud cover we'll have. we'll get the southerly wthd 's going to help bump the temperatures up. already into the 60s by the time we tead int lunch hour. however, as we head into the lunch hour, rain chances increase. in fact, we have some lane chance -- rain chances throughout tweekend. all the way through saturday morning. saturday will be dry for the najority of the day. we have some r chances through the day on sunday. even into your monday morning. this is coming our way. some stronge thunderstorms, as well. today and through the weekend. we'll talk more about at. ow you the weekend forecast. right now, let's show you the roads with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. northbound 270 near morose, sounds like somebody lost their tire and rim. and that is what caused a

problem theren the northbound lanes. some other folks hit it. and now they're disabled on the right side. are seeing a little bit of a delay northbound and southbound on that camera. when you look at a map, you don't see any big slowdowns. th's good. earlier problem northbound at 121 is out of the way. inner loop, outer loop, no problems there through prince george's county, into town, out of town looking good. back to maryland. 95 to 32 dow to the beltway, 66 miles per hour. gets you there in 11 minutes. eun? >> thank you. new detai in a deadly home invasion in prince george's county. >> police say8-nar-old man targeted a home to rob in riverdale park wednesday night. >> the entire thing was ctured on home surveillance video. this morning, we're hearing from the suspect's family. news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters now with more. stin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fily of that man shot and killed wednesday believe there is more to this sty, and

they're asking prince george's county police to find it. however, it does appear police are already working with critical evidence l firstk at the man who is dead. victory mbang, 18 of new carrollton. he was shot wednesday evening after police say apa riverdale homeowner fired at him as they say he was kicking in ther front df the home. mbang, whom police say was armed, did r from the scene. as police combed the home for hours looking for clues, the family says a friend of his drove him to doctors hospital where he did a die short time later. for the family, the details are hard tobelieve. >> he's a gentle person. if the police creck hisrd. he doesn't have any criminal records. he's a very gentle person. heoes his little businesses, looks for his money. d doesn't -- works for his money. sn't steal.

>> reporter: the aunt says that the friends of her nephew told her that her n was shot by a passerby, not mentioning the shooting -- rather the shooting at the home at all. we can tell you as well again all of this police say was caught on surveillance camera. at this point, that homeowner is notacing a charges. back inside to you. >> all right. justin finch live f us in prince george's county. thank you. 5:34. we're learning new details about the victim of a deadly crash y see here in prince george's county. we brought y this as breaking news on wednesday morning moments after the tractor-trailer crashed into a scedol bus and cru a car. the driver of the car was -year-old chamique brown. she was married and a mother of two. neighborsrnere shocked to l about her death. >> really, really shocked and sad at this poi t becausey were great people. the family needs peace. the family is going to need comfort. >> police say the truck ran the red light 15 seconds after he lighchanged. officers are still investigating

the crash. so far, no charges have been filed. it's 5:35. a charles county teenagers faces chges after threatening to shoot la plata high school. students reported a social media post to school officials. poce were able t track down the person behind it and determined there was no credible threat. the 17-year-old has been charged as a juvenile. thus comes a day after another la plata student was arrested for bringing loaded gun to class. this is the second gun incident at the school in as many months. school leaders will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on esday night at 7:00 in the la ata high school auditorium. take a look at this composite sketch. the loudoun county sheriff's office is trying to identify this man. they say he eosed himself to a teenager and appeared to perform a sex act. the teen told investigators she badge when rk could she -- in a parking garage when she spotted the man behind her

it happened in ashburn. a dramaer teaas been illegally charged with filming the family's au pare.ks he w at herndon high school. the au pare found it in the vent of her bedroom. she took a picture and send it to fairfax county police. the man'sheife said had trust issues with the people looking after their children. the school has placed h on leave while police investigate. there was plenty of reason to celebrate on the streets of washington last night. take a look. very happy fans afterpshe ca' ricanes in r the h game one. the caps swept the hurricanes in regular season,nout you how everything reset in the playoffs, right? >> yeah. even if carolinan hasn't beehe -- to the post season since 2009, the game looked like an easy win when alex ovechkin scored to puthe caps ahead 3-0. >> the hurricanes did not back down scoring twice in the th d period.

i was getting nervous. reatening to tie the game. that was until the caps scored an empty netnd secured the win, 4-2 the final ore. watch our special this weekend, "defending the cup." it airs at2:30 followed by game two against the hurricanes at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. all irin a h4.erge back to back. >> 5:37. we are working for you with at. work molette green is just getting our get fit for spring community boot campstarted. ok at that. >> look at the turnout. we'll see what this is about straig ahead.

montgomery county police officer katy beard has done a lot of good work during her 19 years on the force. but perhaps none as rewarding as her current assignment. we expect police to protect and serve our iecommunits, right?

officer katy beard isec esplly invested in the serve part. her dedication to herhyommunity is one of her neighbors nominated her to be this week's "harris'hero." >> her whole day is filled with this, but she'seally a blessing to montgomery county. just felt she should be recognized for all the great work that she does. >> you won't want to miss this story coming up on tonight's news4 i' heroes" on "new news the if the at 4:00 -- "news4" at 4:00. 26-year-o baltimore officer is known as saint the rapping cop on instagram. ♪ when joshua jackson is not rapping, he patrols thetreets of baltimore. nbc's craig melvin talked with him and asking how he's changing the imagdeof the police rtment.

>> i have kids now who walk up to me that last week were running from the police. apw he's walking up saying, hey, you're the guy who how you do this, how you do that? then the rap conversation turns into, hey, man, how's your life? then every time we run into each other, it's, oh, man, that's a good -- good cop right there. >> wow. jackson is from anne arundel county. you can watch the full interview coming up on the "today" show. cool story. >> it is.fo i'm lookinard to that on the "today" show. i'm also looking forwards to warmer temperatures, but maybe not so much the rain. we've got rain later on this eafternoon. weoing to warm up pretty quickly as we get the southerly flow. temperatures around 70 today. we'll time out the rain for you not only today but into the weekend, yeah, more ming up.

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>> new, students at georgetown eparations passed a referendum. >> it calls for a fund to help the descendants of slaves the university sold in the 1800s. megan mcgrath is live at georgetown university with more on the vote and the university's response. megan? >> reporter: well, the cutoff for voting wast midnight. and this morning the results are in. georgeto university students have passed a referendum calling for a new student fee, $27.20 per semester. the money would help thef descendants slaves sold by georgetown university in 1838. it is important to note that the referendum is nonbinding. the university does not have to actually institute the fee. the board of trustees will make that final decision.

shepherd thomas is a junior here at georgetown. his ancestors were forcedrk to as slaves on plantations that helped fund the university. he supported the referendum and says students need to pressure the university to do the right thing. >> a challenge to the university and the we the students, we're the first step. someone has to takehe initiative. whenever you want change on university, it stance with the students in my -- it starts with the students in my opinion. >> reporter: and georgetown university release a statement saying in part, "the universiin values tengagement of our students," and goeeon, "there any approaches to enable our community to respond to the legacies of slavery.rs the uniy has made a commitment to further our efforts in dialogue and partnership with the descendant community." and again, the university, the board of trustees, they will make the final decision about the fee and the funds for the descendants o slaves. back to you. >> megan mcgrath live at georgetown for us this morning.

thank you. 14 before the hour. this mornn g, juliaassange's lawyer says he will fight extradition to the ud states. the justice department is chargi the wikileaks founder with computer hacking and now president trump is reacting to e arrest. >> news4's tracie potts joins us live with more. the president seems to have done an aboutface when it glocomes t wikileaks. >> reporter: a full aboutface saying he has nothing do with wikileaks or julian assange who's been charged by the justicdepartment wit breaking into a government computer to get and pubsh information out the iraq war. he also was wrapped up in those clinton emails that were published during the campaign. backthen, president trump happy with assange. now distancing himself fwim kileaks completely. you talked about extraditio it could take years, up to two years, if he ftihts extra to get him to the united states

to face these charges. >> all right, tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. ew thimorning, southwest airlines has suspended boeing hr7 max flightsgh much of the busy summer travel season. the annouement grounds the planes until august 5th. customers booked on those trips are being notified so they can reschedule flights well ahead of their travel day. last monhe faa called for airlines to ground those jets following two deadly plane crashes. the year is flying by. the time for procrastinating on your taxes is almost over. you have until monday at 11:59 to get them in. at this point e-filing may be the best option. if you're mailing them in, make sure you have the postmark by monday. that's also the deadline for filing for an extension. the extensionoes not put off paying. you must make the best estimat of what you owe or will face interest and penalties. those of you who get them in time should see a pretty quick

result. the irs will pay nine out of ten refunds in less than three so many of you have shared molette green' get fit 4 spring activities. not only cheering her on, a lot of people have joined her and started working out and eating better for themselves. >> today we are working 4 you with the community boot camp. molette is in upper marlboro with tons o people pumped up for the early morning workout. looking good out there. >> reporter: it's not too late to comeut to the community center. look at the turnout here. [ cheers ] coach leona has been warming u up and the getting us ready for the hour of boot camp fun. can i point out my get fit 4 spring bling t-srt i haven. >> i love it. >> reporter: a medium. i'm trying to hold my stomach in >> you loo good. >> reporter: tell me what the plan is for is. >> so we started with dynamic warmups and stretching to get the body going. now we're doing the full-body workout. everybody's sweating real good. >> reporter: we're sweatlyg

realgood. ne of ona, this is part what you always tell me -- the exercise part, regular pxercise is oce. two is what -- >> you cannot train a bad diet. >> reporter: say it again. >> you cannot train a bad diet. it's a tot a wellness the way around, 360. >> reporter: we'll get back to working out. let me shout out to the people who have come to support me. my akas in the house. [ cheers ] >> american heart association, asamerican diabetes ciation. we have got so many groups from the county here. the county executive, angela, also on her way. we'll talk to her, as well as the county's interim health direct about getting fit, the exercise and healthy eating po ion. two keyrts. we'll get back to working out. shout out to everybody who's come out. thank you all.

youready? let's do it. i'm givin the microphone back and getting back to working it out. ♪ >> go, molette. >> all right. 5:50 the time. k >> youw the best thing about the journey is not only has it been fun to watch her, buthe's d such a positive impact on so many people's lives. i think it's great to see all w thork that she's done. >> staying healthy, living longer. all right. let's get to lauren ricketts for an update o the forecast. i love it. the coach putting her through the wringer. >> coachna l -- >> she showed me videos. see that doesn't just work out now. she goesfter work and works out for an hour. boy. good job for molette. current temperatures, it's not bad out there now. fairly mild. going to be dry through the morning. get your workout done early because we'll have more rain later this afternoo headed into the low 70s for highs today. it will be breezy. but we're going to be dodging rain and somhuerstorms later this afternoon. it's stemming from the frontal system here.

it's working through the area slowly. so we won't see some -- we will see some showeto and thundes but not until later. i'm going to increase chances after lunchtime. through i would say noon to about 3:00, mainly light rain. and then we' s citye thunderstorms, right around the i-95 corridor. after the evening let's tyke it out so you can see what i'm talking about. a few light shfters, right lunchtime. we could have isolated showers through the commute. this comes through later on. sand with the l of daytime heating, i'm not expecting a widespread, severe if we have severe weather, i think it's going to be west. it's going to be there onearlie. wey with lease the daytime -- we release the daytime heating, could have stronger storms. i don't think they'll be severe criteria. we'll keep an eye on that, and doug will be with you later tonight. rain saturday morning, dryiny out saturafternoon. most of saturday going to be dry. kiaded to the nats game on

saturday, not l too bad. ae nats game today, may have a delay or rain delay as the storms get going. sunday afternoon, we'll hav a better chance of storms moving our way. and it could be strong storms with someflooding. it's going to be humid on sunday, as well. you're going to feel the humidity around. so again, we'll talk more about the nats game coming up. first to the ten-day forecast. morning showers on saturday. most of saturday dry. temperatures mid 70s. humid a breezy int sunday. we'll have afternoon rain showers, breeze oh monday as we dry out. he next chance of rain after that, coming onfriday. let's take a look at the traffic. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. chopper 4 headed tro theem we've been talking about this morning on 270. northbound near montrose. mebody lost a rim and a tire, caused a problem. other people hit that, and now see somethingth delays nund on 270 near montrose. fairfax station, northbound 123 before fairfax county parkway, four-car crash. all lanes are open. they've gotten itut of the way. that's good. inner loop, outer loop of the

beltway. no major delays. we have delays on silver, orange, and blue lines this morning because of a s nal problem outside of stadium armory. travel times in virginia, looking good on 66 and 95 inbound. topping the belt.y, no proble southbound, 64 miles per hour, 270 at 47 miles per hour on t08 listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in yr cartoday. aaron? >> all right. thank you. 5:53 now. six alexandria city middle schools have received amazon grants for s.t.e.m. >> this morning we're seeing how it's helping inspire the next generation of engineers. news4's megan fitzgerald has the story. o we conn our computer so that we can control the robot wires. >> reporter: when it comes to s.t.e.m. or science, technology, engineering, and math -- >> so do any of you have any other questions before we try driving it? >> repor public schools is working to create leaders of the future, even using students from the tc willia high school robotics

team to inspire the younger kids.>> nd back -- >> the drivers -- >> reporter: the principal at cora kelly elementary school says many of the students are economically disadvant bo we have a s.t.e.m. lab where students can colte, create, communicate because we're workinhard to create a pipeline for our students in the high-tech fields. >> reporter: thanks to amazon, the process will become a lot easier. they were one of six s awarded a $10,000 grand aher helpful tools. >> the kids will gess to different things and coaches and professional development for our teachers. >> reporter: the company is moving its second headquarters to crystal city and says it's committed to investing in the commity. >> whoa!s >> in to drive it. and it's cool watching it. >> reporter: the older students are investing in the younger ge ration, too. >> it's so rewarding to see a

problem and then figure out a solution and be really proud of the work you've done. ment porter: it's a comm on all levels to make sure all kids, no matter which neighborhood they come from, are exposed to a career field that has the potential to change the world. in alexandria, megan fitzgerald, news4. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. disneyas launched streaming service, disney plus. it will cost $6.99 a month.r cheahan the most popular netflix plan which is $13.99 a month. disney plus will have a narrow focus with family-friendly movies and shows including original content from "star wars,"marvel, and pixar. as well as classic disney shows such as "hannah montana." disney says everything can be wnloaded to watch off line. with your cnbc business report, i'm frank holland. >> thank youo much. more things to have to watch. out enough time. >> this weekend had the rare chance to check out the white

house gardens. tours will be held tomorrow and sunday starting at 10:00 a.m. free tickets will be handed out starting at 8:30 each day at al tent 15th street. everyone in your group might be there in order to respect your tickets. and still ahead on "news4 toy," the rent is too high. a complaint among a lot of people living here in the district. >> what th mayor wants to do to cut back on the cost you pay. plus, demandsing justice. we haveheetails on $30 million lawsuit filed by the parents of 10-year-old makiyah who was shot and killed last summer. stay with us.

and we are off. the washington capitals crewso a 4-2 victory over the hurricanes making a victorious end to game one of the nhlnd playoffs great start to your friday. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang >> i'm aaron gilchrest. just about 6:00 a.m. now. we're looking back on the game, but we'll start with a check of e forecast and the commute. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the roads for us. let's begin with storm team

4 meteorologist lauren ricketts in for chuck bell. not so bad starting off. >> it's not. 40s and 50s. yesterday morning was chilly. i was off yesterday morning, had the windows open and woke up to a little chill. you're not going to be dealing with that thimorning because we had the clouds out there. that kind of burbanketed us and kept -- of blanketed us and kelp the heat from the surface. winds only eight miles per hour out of the northeast. they're going to turn to the south bumping the temperature up y.ickli. 70s to we also have rain today and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. all with a front system moving our way. pretty slowly, though. oon, on this afte throughout the entire evening, we will have a chance for rain and some storms. that will lead into tomorrow morning. we also have widespread rain into your sunday. it's not going to be raining all weekend, but we have rain and storms and humidity around. we'll sort it out coming up in a bit. let's sort out the commute with melissa mollet. >> good morning. northbound 270efore montros road, chopper 4 over thisor