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 this for you.

sounds like there's a tire and a wheel rim that was lost. a bunch of people hit it. now they're on the right side of the road. this is northboundits to before moon -- northbound round 270 before moon trees.rf 123 before f county parkway, four-car crash. all lanes are open. have another problem east on 66 near leesburg pike. we'll look at that in a minute. the rest of66 looks okay. 95 northbound, southbound, no worries. inner loop,uter loop of the beltway, rolling along nicely. aaron? >> all right. thank you. 6:01 new details about a deadly home invasion in prince george's county. on wedne homeowner shot and killed a man who tried to break into his house in riverdale park. >> we'reng from the suspect's family this morning, and police are telling us whynk they t the home may have been targeted. news4's justin finch is live at police headquarters with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county police have released new information so far in this case.

there is servic video of this being captured. they'll say the man who kicked in the door wasd. ar we also now know who he is. take a look now. he's 18-year-old victory mbay. on wednesday close to 5 thort p.m., the river-- 5:30 a.m., the riverdale homeowner shot through the front door. mbang managed to run from the scene. police note that he was armed. now as police continue to investigate at the home, the family says that a frien of mbang's drove him to doctors hospital where heho died a time later. news4's jackie benson spoke with his aunt last night. >> he doesn't need anything. so the story about victory breaking into somebody's house is false. i would lik the police to really investigate this matter and tell us the truth.

>> reporter: and we do know at this time police are continuing to investigate this case. however, they say at this time, the homeowner is not yet facing charges. live here in palmer park, justin finch, news4. >> thankyou. this morning d.c. police are looking into the shooting two of young men. one was found on the ground near the anacostia yesterday arch.t a short time later a second man laund up at a nearby hospital. police hope survee footage will help catch the shooter. charged withrber sexually assaulting three women is facing a fourth charge.d 35-year-ulian everett was arrested last month, initially assaults.r three sex two of his accusers were howard univerty students at the time. now the prince george's county state's attorney says a fourth woman has comeforward. everett would lure women with alcohol and drive them to a home in prince george's county where he would rape them. 6:03. the parents of makiyah wilso

are suing the housing authority for $30,000. she was hit by a stray bullet and died. seven people ultimately were arrested. makiyah's parents says the housing authority shares the blame, saying the officials knew how dangerous the neighecrhood hade and didn't do enough to make it safer. >> makiyah's gone. there's nothing that can bring her back, no money can bring makiyah ba. it's a statement and what we're trying to do andrying to make sure there's not another makiyah. >> the director of the authority declined to speak to news4 citing the pending lawsuit. safety isn't the only concern among peopl who cal d.c. home another is affordability. >> mayor bowser is trying to t connect withse residents in an effort to lower the cost of living in the district. yestery she had lunch with a group of government employees who say they may work here, but they can barely afford to live

here. a firefighters firefighter -- a firefighter, teacher, and sociat worker sharedir stories. >> i've been a social worker serving the entire time in my career. it's still ver challenging to make sure that you can afford to live here. and i felt prioud >> the mayor wants to expand the programs that offer support to government employees who are trying to buy a home. she says homebuilders and landlords also need to do their part. the high cost of living may be impacting the housing market in the district. the number of active listings on houses and condos is down nearly 10% from a year ago, but prices on those homes are still rising. in march the median price of a d.c. home was $450,000, up nearly 4% from last year. this morning, julian assange's lawyer says he will fight extradition to the united states. the wikileaks founder was arrested around this time yesterday morning in london. the justice department is charging himpu with cr hacking. prosecutors say he helped

chelsea manning crack a password that gave her access to hundreds of thousands of classified files. lawmakers say the release of those files put u.s. troops in danger. president trump praised wikileaks during the 2016 elections b yesterday too a decidedly different tone. >> this just came out. wikileaks -- i love wikileaks. i know nothing about wikileaks. it's not my thing. >> wikileaks was behind the 2016 hack onra the democc national committee. it published private emails written bla hil clinton and her campaign staff. vice president mike pence was back b at the southernder for the second time this two months. he was briefed by arizona customs and border protection agentses the vice ent once again lose d on congress to loopholes that he claims are causing a humanitarian crisis. democratic congresswoman ilhan omar is defending herself again after comments she made about 9/11. backla grew after she used the

words, quote, some people did something,ib to des the terrorist attacks. omar was speaking to the council on americann islamic relat when was she made the comments last month. some conservatives say her remarks make lig of the attacks. this comes weeks after critics pounced on previous comments described as anti-semitic. last fall, omarecame the first somali americans and one of two muslim women to be elected to congress. a sheriff in louisiana says the 21-year-old man charged in t connection t arsons that destroyed three historic churches is the son of one of his deputies. holden mathews was arrested yesterday. the three churches he's accused of setting fire to were each more than 100 years old with mostly black congregations. it is still unclear wheth the arsons were hate crimes. the issue of hate has been on the minds of america's largest tech companies this week. representatives from facebook, twitter, and other social media platforms appeared atng ssional hearings to talk

about monitoring disturbing speech on line. earlier in the week, during a house hearing on the issue, a live stream of the conversation had tbe shut down because the comments section was quickly filled with hate speech. cash may ut king, soon it won't be accepted at certain tolls in maryland. the franc scott bridge and hatem memorial bridge will onlyc besible by e-zpass come october. if you don't have one, you'll be billed by video tolling which i more expensive than the base toll rate. >> it's a nightmare. itctlly is a nightmare. >> virginia transportation leader are hoping you'll help them find solutions to relieve coestion on i-95. a new study is underway. a it lookst traffic along the interstate from the beltway all the way to the c northolina border. poncible solutions ilude better amtrak options and additional express toll planes. the first public meeting -- toll la the first public meeting will

happen in our area next nth. cheers ] back to back! >> there you go. nothing but smiles and chants of "back to back" outside of capital one arena last night. the ca defeated the carolina hurricanes in the first playoff game othe series. >> a great way to start. there's a long road ahead, though, if the tea t wants hoist the stanley cup again. after last night there is reason to be optimistic. morerirom s buries. >> reporter: washington c outlastedolina after a stressful final fewminutes. the capsrying to defend their title came out firing early. nicklas backstromcores two of the team's three goals in the first period alone. the hurricanes surged late, but the caps held on to win 4-2. >> we got a good start, the goals in first. overall, i think we got fortunate. >> great to see, you know, that -- they put pressure on us all game. you know, we knew we can improve

and get better. >> you live from a glaim gaame this, you're happy the win. we can play better than that, especially five on five. >> reporter: the capitals need three more wins to advance to the second round. first, game two here and on nbc 4 on saturday at 3:00 p.m. from capital one arena, sharree burr burruss, news4 sports. tomorrow for "defendin the cup." the caps game is right after that followed by new at6:00. one down 15 to go. >> is that all it is? 6:10. ahead, do youhink it's rude to talk about money on a first date? >> there's a survey telling us what people think about that. we'll share it with you. lauren? > we're looking at the some storms out there right now to the ast. this is headed our way. yeah, that kind of season right now. we have stons the forecast for tonight. we'll talk about those and the

spact on the n game not only today but the rest of the weekend with rain this weekend coming up. [ cheers ] right let's get fit for spring. boot camp spreadir all ove prince george's county. we've got mr. and mrs. maryland over there right there. and look who's here working out with us -- the county executive, angela alsobrooks. more coming up on "news4 today." let's get fit 4 spring!

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welcome back. is it rude to talk about money on a first date? >> guess it depends. your answer may depend on how urd you are. according to avey from ,

bankrate.com millennials are twice as likely to talk about finances on ahairst date those who are, quote, older. they say knowing someone's credit scoreld impact their interest in another date. are we allowed to ask that on a firste? my goodness. >> 4:30? check, please. >> when the check comes, lllennials are moreely than any other generation to s it the bill. that part doesn't surprise me. >> yeah. the journey to get fit 4 spring continues. a taking molette green's workout che out challenge into the community. >> dozens turned out. molette green with folks g pumped about getting fo-- g fit. looking good out there. >> reporter: i'm amazed by the turnout. this county is serious about getting in better shape, getting healthier, and of course we've got the leader of the county unth us to talk about that. prince george's 's executive angela roalso-b.

thank you so much for working out with us this morning. >> it's wonderful to be here. i'm not alone prince george's county is ready to be fit. regime i love that. youre a shining example of where we need to be vimo. i know we have challenges all c over thenty and challenges ith getting healthier and mor fit. >> yeah. this is the first step is moving your body. and doing it with our neighbors. we're getting healthy together. it's important for health help and the things that impact us. this is wonderful. >> reporter: she's got a little sweat going. it's glistening on you. >> thank you. >> reporter: keep working out. she brought her trainer, too, because she does work out. she lives the life. i want to introduce you to mr. and mrs. maryland 2019 and their beautiful children, talia and reyna. you have a healthy platform, as well. >> wellness, stay tuned. we are honored to represent the state of maryland. thank you for the

>> we've got akas here, the d.c. divas here, we've got whur here. the american diabetes association, the american heart association here.ch we've got coa leona, coachg lead this class because -- [ cheers ] we've got to recommit ourselves to a healthier lifestyle. what are we going to we're going to -- let's get first 4 -- >> spring! >> reporter: much more ahead including an interview with the county's health director. back to working out. >> what a turnout! great to see so many people there. >> such an important message. and obviously the work isg ge done. >> exactly. 6:16.t' turn to a check on the forecast. lauren ricketts hth an eye on sky for us. >> an eye on a beautiful sky right now. the sunoming up in just about 25 minutes or so. and listen, iis going to be a

nice morning. a cloudy morning. but a nice moweing. e going to be dry, but this afternoon, not so much. we've got some rain moving in, in even storms moving after that. after the evening commute. already.eautiful start current temperatures out there right now, it's not too bad considering we had the cloud that helped to insulate us. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s out there right now. as we continue through the day, those temperatures will be topping out at aroun 71 degrees. we're dry through the morning, becoming breezy with rain showers and chances of stormsin easing throughout the afternoon. and evenings, all due to this frontal stem. right now we have a northeast flow. that is quickly going to sunrise south and boost our temperatures. we'll top on the right around70 degrees. we'll time you on the storms. 6 clam o your friday -- 6:00 a.m. on your friday. we've got the cloud cover. isolated rain chances, light showers from noon until the evening commute. and then after the evening commute,yshe frontalm gets its act together and starts

pushing to the east closer to our area. so once that sun goes down, that's when we can start to see some showers and thunderstorms develop moving from the west to east. severe g to keep the chances low, but i think we could see stronger storms into the late if you're headed out, just know that we're going to have a o couple showers and thunderstorms. i think the firstrt of the nats came can get , but we'll watch for the later hours. we'll keep o chance rain saturday night. sunday morning, isolated rain chances. through the day on sunday, rain chances increase. obreezy and humid sunday. we could have some pretty strong storms on sunday, as well. as far as your nats forecast is ncerned, we're playing the pirates. temperatures aund 70 grees. rain chances, then storm chances increase throughout the day. again, we could have a delay later on in the innings.

also for tomorrow, we've got the cherry blossom parade. we also have the game tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. i think that might be a-okay. ansunday, we have rain chances. we're dry this week. next chance of rain coming on friday. let's take a look at the traffic with melissa mollet. mo good ing. northbound 270 before montrose, still have a problem. this might be the tire. that might bt the culprit t caused a lot of disabled vehicles on the right side of the roadway. opper 4 showing us there northbound 270 before montrose. just be careful there.oo southbound,ng pretty good. pretty typical this morning.nd northb 95 at 610 garrisonviroe , a crash blocked the middle of the road. falls church, eastbound 66 before leesburg pike. that crash on the shoulder. taking a look at camp springs, h northbound bra avenue before manchester. left side blocked by a crash. the beltway looksa-okay here this morning. delays, silver, orange, blue line, problem outside stadium armory. as for youme travel no problems on the main routes into

town, out of town on 66, 95, 270's okay. 38 miles per hour. topping the beltway outer loopen lio wtop when you hop in your car today. >> i don't know what happened there. hemicrophone must have fall even -- sorry. that was kind of funny. 6:20. scalpels and sketethoscopes, thermometers all that stuff. >> how three local doctors detries using very -- de-stress using very different types of instruments. and likely on "ellen," likely presidential candidate peter butt geoghto buttigieg ising by. >> i can at least read through an article in norwegian, arabic, italian, couple others. >> me, too. [ laughter ] >> how many languages isthat? all right. the mayor also responds tois critic from vice president mikepence. catch ""ellen" at 3:00.

stay with us. happy friday, everybody. i've got a question for you. >> have you ever been really good atomething but you just hate to do it? >> today at 4:00, we'll introduce you to a star local chef who just hates to be called a chef. i ate cooking. i hate being in the kitchen. i hate anything that has to do with it. >> why does he do it and how did he work up they culin food chain? >> a catch 22. yoll want to see this mau'n'>

welcome back. 6:24. it's one of the most stressful jobs you can ha a doctor. >> we've been showing different ways you can de-stress. this morning, mark seagraves shows how three local physicians unwind.ep >>ter: they call themselves one note samba. but most people just call them doctor. ♪ four of the members of this ban ctors at medstar washington hospital center. >> tryour biceps -- >> reporter: the leader of the band, dr. robert bunning, specializes in helping arthritis patients. >> i'm in joints friday and joints by night as i play piano at clubs at night. >> reporter: we asked him how good the band is. >> we're very good docto, but we're musicians who just love to play. >> reporter: to give you an idea how good the band actually is, the guy playing bongos is the original drummer from the

jefferson airplane and dr. marc schlossberg, a h neurologis played at carnegie hall. ♪us >> is a tough career. it's a very -- i had a friend who'playing in the san francisco symphony, and we knew each other when we were in high school. 1remember when i was 17 a i said, well, i'm probably going to go to medical school. he said, you're taking the easy way out. >> don't let me bend, resist me -- >> reporter: this rehab specialist notes there's a healing component to music. >> well, there's no question mp that song istant because they trigger emotional responses. sometimes responses that people can't articulate. >> reporter: the band started out playing hospital benefit s shom time to time. now pls about once a month at restaurants and nightclubs. they draw a crowd. as for what the future holds these doctors/musicians, none eiare planning to give up day jobs yet.

>> i probably won't be injecng joints at age 80. but i bet i'm playing the piano still. >> reporter: with the doctors of jazz, mark seagraves, news4. [ applause ] >> a lot of talent there. >>6:26. coming up, the students have spoken. georgetown votes a plan to pay back the families of former slaves. we have the results that ca in overnigh if you're headed out tohe school bus stop with the kiddos, not too bad out there. mild.tle we'll be dry through the morning, midday, a few light showers, and later on thi afternoon, some rain and then some storms after that, especially if you have friday ght plans. ght plans. ni

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coming up on 6 o0 this friday morning as we take a live look outside. made it to the weekend, folks. beautiful weather all week long. today,eh. >> eh. >> not so much. the rain is coming back in. these things happen. it's okay. >> it's friday though >> it's always a good day.

good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. whatever's heading our way, there is reason to celebrate.re he caps a one game closer to defending the stanley cup. >> took the shot -- he scores! [ cheers ] >> they have itthis final goa with less than a minute left to score, secured the win over the carolina hurricanes. we'll have more highlights and what to know about game two coming up in just a few minutes. also rightnow, many of our news4 viewers are up early getting their sweat on. molette green leading the community boot camp as part of our get fit 4 sprinng chal live pictures from upper marlboro. the crowd doing a little stretching. >> that's an important part of the workout skblmpt absolute. >> absolutely. first to the traffic updates. >> we'll begin with meteorologist lren ricketts in r chuck with a look at the day ahead. of course, the important weekend, lauren. >> absolutely. everybody working for the

weekend. unfortunately, we have rain showers around for this weekend. the cloudsave moved in. 've got one sliver of sunshine, if you can see it right there. that little pinkh.oming thro sun coming up in just about nine minutes from now. temperatures out thite, not too bad. we're in the 40s and 50s right no w this northead is going to switch and come out of the south. that's going to helpte boost eratures up pretty quickly. look how quickly we rise. we'll top out around 70 today. maybe a few peeks of sunshine here and there. but that's going to be the exception, not the. ru 71 degrees today, becoming breezy, isolated showers through the middle part of the day. storms later on. and some of these could be a little on the strong side and not only today, we've got rain throughout the we've got nats games, cherry blossom parade. we'll talk all about that and o the importanc the timing on those. that's coming up in a few minutes. let's talk about the timing of your commute with melissa. rood morning,ht now chopper 4 over the top of the beltway here near connecticut avenue. inner lo, outer loopooking good. look at the mormon temple here this morning. you can see a little fog.

chopper may have to land sooca e that is moving through. northbound 95 at garrisonville road looking a lot better. eastbound 66 before leesburg pike, crash is on thede sho this morning. northbound branch avee before manchester drive, still have that left side blocked by an accident.er inner loop, ooop of the belt ty, no complaintss morning. op side, you can see, prett li crash and a lot of delays headed northboundgh andt new proem at hyattstown, southbound 270 at 109. an accident, starting to see a little bit of a delay. >> thank you. new overnight, students at georgetown university passed a reparations referendum. >> this calls for the creation of a fund to help the descendants of slaves the university sold in the 1800s. news4's mental health is live at georgetown university now with more on the vote and the university's response. megan? >> reporr: well, the voting ended at midnight, and this

morning the results are in. students at georgetown university havese p a referendum calling for a new student fee could a fee of $27.20 per kmefter with the money going to a fund to help fe descendants slaves sold by georgetown university back in 1838. tractor-trailers important to note that the rerendum is nonbinding. the university does not have to institute the fee, t board of trustees will actually be making that final decision. shepherd thomas is a junior here at georgetown. his ancestors were forced to work as slaves on plantations that helped fund the university. he supported the referendum and says students need to keep up the pressure ony the univers to do the right thing. >> every kind of challenge to the university and the jesuit. we are the fst step. someone needs to take the initiative. whenever you want change at a university it starts with theen st in my opinion. >> reporter: georgetown released a statement saying in part the university values the engagement

of our students. it goes on to see therere many proaches that enable our community to respond to the legaciesf avery. the university has made a commitment to further our efforts in dialogue and rtnership with the descendant community. again, the finall decision w be made by the board of trustees. back to you. >> allright. thank you. 6:34. we're also learning some new details about the victims of this deadly crash in prince george's county. we brought you this as breaking news wednesday morning. moments a er the tractor-trailer crashed into a school bus and crushed a car. the driver of the car was 32-year-old chamique brown. she was married and the mother of two. the truck came barrelling into the intersection 15 seconds after the light turned red. investigators are investigating the crash. so far no charges have been filed. 6:34.es a cha county teen faces charges after threatening to shoot la plata high school. udents reported a social media post to school officials.

police were able to track down he person behind it and determined there was no credible threat. the 17-year-old has been charged as a jewel. this comes a day after another la plata student was arrested for bringing a 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 tuday at 7:00 in the high school auditorium. take a look at this composite steps. the loudoun county sheriff's office is trying to identify the man. they say he exposed himselfo a teenager and appeared to perform a sex act. thes teen told igators that she was in a parking garage when she spotted a naked man behind her car. the alleged incident happenedmo ay evening at bramble ton plaza in ashburn. many a reason to celebrate last night. look at all these fans after the caps big win over the carolina

hurricanes. the caps sweat the hurricanes in the regular season. everything resets during the ngayoffs. you have to briit. >> each if carolina hasn't been to the post season since 2009, the game looked like an easy win. alex ovechkin scored in the third to put the capshead 3-0. >> the game wasn't ove because th hurricanes did not back down. they scored twice in the third period and were threatening to tie the game. we're getting nervous there. then the caps scored on an empth net ae end of the game. and bee went on to victory. love it. back to back. don't forgetou to watc special this weekend "defending the cup." it airs at 2:30 followed by game two against the hurricanes at 3:00. a it's alling right here on nbc 4. >> all right. 6:. we want to head out to upper marlboro where mollet green is getting people moving at a t community bcamp. molette' >> reporter: in the cooldown. but we're not done yet. we've got the county health

director coming up and the county e tcutive wantssay one more thing, how do you feel? >> i feel great, focused on fitness. >> gat. we'll rebe

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get fifth lping you for spring. a look at the exercises you can do at home to get moving this morning with this big crowd and mollet green. >> love it. >> i'm not interested in feuding with the vice president. if he wanted to clear this up, he could come oute and say changed his mind and that it shouldn't be illegal to discriminate anyone in this country no matter who theyare. >> south bend mayor pete buttigieg likely candidate for president. he is responding to vice president mike pence who says he has attacked both h and his faith. the mayor is considered a long shot for the white house, but lately he is moving up in the polls. >> peter axander is keeping an eye on the buttigieg bump. he's live at the white hou us.r >> good morning to you. with the weekend announcement expected to make his presidential bid official, pete buttigieg has already vaulted himself into the category of contender. there are a pair of new polls

that show himraing only joe biden who has not yet announced and bernie sanders in both iowa andampshire which isn't too bad for this guy who is 37. he's the mayor of southbend, indiana, the city of just 100,000 people. his potential weak notes, of ourse, his youth, limited governing experience, and the fact that he has never won statewide office or even come close. he certainly is making headlines. the latest this last weekith poignant personal comments about his sexuality. buttigieg as you saw tre even taking on the vice president, mooip. the former governor of his home state of indiana who opposes same-sex marriage. we'll have the latt on allf it and the latest tall oh where the democratic field stands when we see you latertoday. >> peter alexander live from the white house. thank you. again, more from peter next on "today." new details this morning in a deadly home invasion in rince georgeunty. >> police say an 18-year-old man targeted a home to rob inrd rie park wednesday night. >> the entire incident was captured on home

video.illance this morning, we're hearing from the suspect's family. newss justin finch is live at police headquarters now with the latest. justin,g. good morn >> reporter: good morning. you know, you might recall just yesterday it was unclear if anyone was shot at all in this case. we know that a man was.o we are hearing from his family who are coming forward stth their own questions and a different y, as well. here's a look at 18-year-old victory mbang. the man who kicked in the front or of the riverdale park home on wednesday the homeowner then taking matters into his own hands, firing his gun, shooting at him who managed to run from the scene. but police do note that mbang was apparently armed at the now as that was transpiring, we are told that police were not only gatringlues but a ways away, a friend of mbang drove him to doctors hospital where he did die a short time later. meantime, too, members of the

family telling us this is not adding up. they s friends ofmbang told him he was shot by an unknown passerby. right now they say they're just hetbroken. >> victory as i know is a very gentle person. if the police check his cords, he doesn't have any previous records. he's a very gentle person. he does his little businesses, looks for his money, he -- works for his money, he doe't steal. >> reporter: his aunt saying she's hearing two different stories. one about this attempted brea n break-in much the other about thenknown passerby. she's hoping the investigation will help the family answer the questions. back inside to you. >> justin inch in palmer park, thank you. the year is flying by. the time for procrastinating on those taxes is almost over. you have until monday night at 11:59 to get them in. at this point, e-filing is the best option. if you're mailing in your taxes,

have a postmark by monday that is also the deadline for filing an extension request. keep in mind the extensi esn't put off paying. you have to pay. make a best estimate of what you o or face interests, costs, and penalties. those of you who do get them in on time, you should see a resulc y. the irs will pay out nine of ten refunds in less than three weeks. emancipation day in d.c. is aserved a dayer tax day this year. april 16th. the district is getting anar eay this weekend with the parade, a concert, and fireworks. theio emancip act of 1862 ended slavery in d.c. this weekend's events starts with the paradet 2oliceman of on pennsylvania avenue on saturday. saturday. >> all right. now 6:49. outorm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts is here with more on what to expect for the weekend and today, too. >> today not loong thatad although justin was wearing gloves and a scarf. maybe you need to bundle up a

little bit. i haven't been outside for the last five hour again, temperatures are in the 40s and 50s right now. we areoing to be warming up today. even if you walk out with the gloves and the sca on, you can lose those as we go over the next couple of hours. we're going to warqu kly. winds are going to be switching from the north and coming from the south. that's goingsto help b the temperatures. chance of an isolated shower as we go from about noono3:00. light stuff. and then as we get into the evening commute, we'll start to see rain moving in.r afhe commute, some storms moving in. all from the frontal system. it's been slow. geton't think it's going to here until tonight. listen, temperatures are going to be in the low 70s today. showers will linger into tomorrow for the gardening forecast. temperatures starting off in the low 60s tomorrow. most of the day going to be dry tomorrow. i want to mention, if you're in southern maryland, the northern neck, you'll have rain throughout the day. isolated showers early on rain storms by sunday ndsunday. evening.st weeds by presenting a weed

preventer to the la t. thanks f tip from our friends at merryfield gardening center. after lunch through the evening commute, sherers. then ahe evening commute, that's when the storms start rolling in. we will have aom chance for storms throughout the overnight. getting out of here early tomorrowmorning. rain possible through southern maryland as we go through the day tomorrow. then maybe an isolated shower late tomorrow into sunday morning. more rain coming on sunday night and even into monday. we'll talk more about the ten-day forecast in a few minutes. let's talk traffic with melissa. >> reporter: good morning. taking a look at the roads. hyattstown 270 at 109. have a crash there. starting to see delays. we have debs in tight lane. and causing some of those slowdowns. chopper 4 right t now over top of the beltway near 95. nice, light volume. i like that tyson's. eastbound toll road after the main left side blocked by an accident.

southwest northbound 295 at malcolm x avenue. a crash and delays headed northbound now. on,on hill northbound, 210 before wilson bridge. broken down dump truck in the right lane. northbound bnch avenue before manchester drive, still have the identside blocked by an a there. travel times in maryland, not bad here. 33 miles pereltway, hour in virginia, also looking okay. remember to listen to op 103.5 f.m. when you hop in the car today. guys? >> thanks. so many of y have shared our molette green's get fit 4 silver spring journey. what a journal ae's been. not only cherrying her on, but many have started working out and eing better themselves. >> mollet is live in upper marlboro with tons of folks working out in the community early thimorning. molette? [ eers ] >> reporter: we have sweated out the whole hour. i tell you -- [ cheers ] okay. it doesn't stop with this. let me bring in the county's heth director, dr. earnest

carter. okay. we are done with boot camp for today,ut this i not the end in prince george's county. >> yeah, absolutely, yeah. classes coming up v soon. so keep your lifestyle healthy. ter: that's the message that the county executive wants to lead off with in the county, right? >> that's right. let's stay fit,rie george's, we are proud. [ applause ] >> reporter: and coach leona led the class. how do yo feel about the boot camp? >> they did an amazing job. it's good to be here helping everybody. >> reporter: she's going to work me out. not done yet. i want to thank the akas, i want to thank the d.c. divas, t american heart and american diabetes associations. even the honorable sharon kelsey is here from the prince george's county circuit court. thank you for being here. okay. [ applause ] we have so many people here, i can't even name them all. here's the last message of the morning. what are we going to do in prince george's county?

let's get set for -- >>ng sp [ applause ] [ cheers ] and let me -- i talked to aneisha wilson here throughoutr thisss about her challenge with being prediabetic. how do yo feel? you look great. >> thank you. and it's all about the eatingus and eating healthy and exercise. festyle, healthy ladies. it is a lifestyle change. >> reporter: yes, it is. yes, it is. [ applause ] i want to thank the west business phia cmuomtyniwestphal letting us work out in this beautiful facility. coach, what is your parting wo haven't started but want to do it? >> you can do it. that's my w partids. you can do it. >> one final thing were let's get fit for -- >> spring! >> reporter: the community center boot camp, done. [ cheers ] >> got to take f thest step.

great encouragement there. >> really inspiratnal to see so many people who came out this morning. thank you so much. 6:55. this weekend you have a rare chance to check out the white house gardens.be tours wil held tomorrow and sunday starting at 10:00 a.mke free t will be handed out at 8:30 each day at a tent on constitution avenue at 15th street. keep in mind, never in your group must be there in order to receive the sticks. n 6:55. here are four things to know. the caps are one win closer tof deing the stanley cup. they won lastight and play game twoomorrow ternoon. puck drops at 3:00. action news in at 2:30 for our "defending the cup" special followed by the game live from capital one arena. see it all here on nbc 4 tomorrow afternoon. while we're talking about champions, the cavaliers, the fans continue to celebrate the university of virginia tomorrow in charlottesville. the official ncaa championship celebration will be held at scott stadium tomorrow afternoon. the cavs beat texas tech monday

night for their first-ever nationalmen's basketball championship. new overnight, students at georgetown university passed a referendum for slave reparations. the new student f would go into a fund to help descendants of slaves sold by the universitt in 1800s. the university will take the pressed into consideratio go to the nbc washington app foo moren this story. ande'ulian assangs lawyer says he will fight extraditoon he united states. the wikileaks founder was arrested yesterday around this time in london. the justice department here is charging him with computer hacking. an in-depth lk is next on the "today" show. and there's temperatures around 70 degrees. isolated g to have an shower chance after about lunchtime. rain chances increase there on stormy tonight into tomorrow morning. ery tomorrow afternoon with the exception of sou maryland having lanech ances. we'll have rain espec sunday afternoon but dry monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. >> taking a look at the roads. hyattstown southbound 270 at

109, we have a crash. we have some delays headed southbound there.ol then eastboundroad after the main toll plaza, left side blocked by the cra there. >> all right. thank you. that t is "news4 today." we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. e you in 25 minutes.

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good morning. breaking overnight. taking reveng a stunning report claimumg the p administration wanted to releaseig mrants into democratic strongholds including the congressional district of house speaker nanpelosi. we'll have the latest on the lye report. gearing up for a fight. julian assange vowing to fight extradition to the u.s. will he ever see the inside of an american courtroom? ready to run. democratic presidential hopeful puth buttigieg surging in the polls ase gets set to make it official. >> we're going to be making some . >> why the mayor of a midwest town could shake up the race for the white house. those stories, plus saying