a live look outside for you at 30 this morning. it's a thursday. for the first time this week, you may need to keep the umbrella handy as you get moving this morning. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. o get e you were able some sleep. i wasn't. so many of your co-workers may be cranky. you think the producersere thinking of me when they browro that? if you stayed up watch the end of the capitals-hurricanes game, it was continue pretty. >> carolina advances, the stanley cup champions are done. >> boo. that was the final goal that cost the capitals game seven and the chance to win the stanley cup again. the hurricanes pulled out the win in double overtime. we'll show you how it ended up going that far coming up. first, let's check the forecah wit storm team 4 meteorologist chuck be he'll fill us in before melissa

takes us on a roadtrip. >> fun. >> maybe happier news in the weather? >> a roip indeed. >> yeah. >> let's go for a roadtripre temperatures in the 50s and 60s this morning. another relatively mild start. there will be no pretty sunrise day like yesterday. the color of the sky will be gray from start to finish today. right now, in loudoun county. 61 in stafford county. 60ge in prince ge's county. and there are areas of light rain here from winchester to frederick, maryland, to hagerstown, northern montgomery county. nothing heavy, but you will want the umbrella. the raice chans, in and out with the rain chances. day-long percentage, abo 40%. high enough you'll need the la umbrel. but it will be another mild one. even just a lite easing in the rain during the midday hours. peak daytime heating should allow most areas into the low 70s. higher rain chances tomorrow. more about that coming up >> thank you. taking a live look outside, 66 here, fairfax county, into town,

out of town, everything is roll rolling along llwe the northbound gw parkway right lane is open now. we hhe red on t map a couple of minutes ago. this is looking better. camp springs, southbound bavnch ue after allentown road crash. we have issued on both shoulders. inner and outer loop braddock, we had the right lane as getting by the wor'szone. that cleared, and the beltway is nice and open. >> thank you. 4:32. overnight, the hockey seaso is over in washington. the capitals posted this thank you message to fans after last night's overtime loss. no new images.ch alex oven with the stanley cup this year. too bad. >> regardless of the foutin,s said -- outcome, fans said it was the best game they'd seen all year. the caps were up by two goals on two separate occasions, but they just couldn't close out the

game. the hurricanes kept close and forced overtime twice. in the end, it was the former caps player, justinll wiiams, who gave -- who ended the game and the team's hopes of back-to-back championships. >> i'm proud of themecse they fought hard the whole playoffs. but it was kind of devastating to see them lose.t bue're still -- i mean, we're stil going to be caps fans. all caps. >> that's right. that's the spirit. >> from the mouths of babes. >> she's going to be tired at school today. >> she'll be okay. >> the team -- the capitals beat -- the golden knights eliminated earlier in the week. >> t main competition, it the wttsburgh penguins, also niiminatedh the top seed tampa bay lightng and predators -- >> the pension are out -- the penguins are out, we could have gotten the stanley cup. woulda, coulda, shoulda. here's a look at top

stories. we're working to learn more about a house fire ipper marlboro. this is video of that overnight scene o mlard court. prince george's county fire officials have not leased details on injuries or what may have caused the fire. we'll keep youposted. daniel beckwit has been convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in a man's death. he hired him to dig under the home for a nuclear bunker. the 25-year-old died in a fire inside the house in 2017. prosecutors say beckwitt created the conditions that prevented a copr from leaving the house. he will be sentenced in june. former vice esident joe den is expected to announce that he is running for president. sources tell nbc news he will make the announcement with an online video. this would be den's third run for president. stay with news4 and the app for updates. today the metro board will consid making parkingt some lots free all summer.

we've told you metro's blue andw yellow linesl shut down south of reagan national airport next month. to help commuters, metro is considering offering free parking at the franconia/springfield, huntington, and van dorn streetsations while the shutdown -- street stations whi the shutdown is in effect. a major health alert. the centers for disease control says this is now the worst near for measles in the u.s. sinners it was eradicated nearly decades ago. there are nearly 700 cases nationwide spanning 22 states. most are in new york and washington state. there are four cases in maryland. the cdc blames the outbreak on people who c travel tontries where the outbreaks are happening and brought it back on misinformation on the vaccine that prompted some parentsot to vaccinate their children. measles is highly contagious, affecting 94% of people who are exposed to. it. remember this terrible crash in southeast washington. nearby cameras caught the

chain-reaction crash that killed a young man walking on the sidewalk on easter sunday. family, friends, and community members held a vigil for 31-year-old abdul sekh yesterday. they met near 16th and vuttreets soheast where the crash happened. police say the driver who caused the crash ran a stop sign. temporary stop signs are in place. during the vigil, drivers continue to go right through them, forcing d.c. police to stand in the street to enforce th traffic law. sekh was in the neighborhood to visit his friend. she's devastated. >> i just wish he didn't have to lose his life for the to happen on the streets. he was a good person. he had m soh like goals, the way he wanted his life.li and his fe shouldn't have to have been cut short the way it was. >> ashe community grieves, people say they want the roads to be safer. there were 11 traffic-related deaths in the area last year. that is the most of any wnd

the district. new overnight in the district, federal agents reportedly raided a tour bus outside a concert for rapper kodak black. this happened wle a show was going on inside the anthem at the southwest waterfronts. tmz oained pictures of agents processing the bus. it's unclear what they were looking for or if the bus belongs to kodak black or part of the tour. tmz reports agents wanted to go inside during the show, but promoters stopped that. you may rember this from last week. that is kodak black being relenged from jail after bei arrested on gun and drug charges at the canadian er. it's unclear if this case has anything to do with why agents showed up at the rapper's show last night. coming up, drone delivngy is comi to the skies near us. comingreup, whe this futuristic technology will get its first test runs. plus, prescription produce. doctors teaming up with local grocery chains to give patiesss

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> it is 4:45. today former vice president joe biden is expected to announce he is running for president.l sources tel nbc news biden will release an online video declaring h candidacy later today. >> news4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more for us this morning. good epmorning. >>ter: hi there. good morning. good morning, everyone. we've been expecting this fwe s now if not longer. and nbc news has confirmed that the online video willoll out today. after that, biden heads to pittsburgh for his opening ray. and then he's going to four early voting states. jumping rht into this race. and jumping in, according to the polls, as the democratic frontrunner and winning in matchups with president trump. so it could be the president's biggest threat yet. but biden has been in washington for decades. so it's a good threatening. it means he has

long record to run on. it could be a bad h thin has a long record to run on that his opponents can pick apart.ot himself ve to support the iraq war. not to t mention recent allegations for women who say that how he d tched them,y were uncomfortae with it. biden addressed that. will it drag down his campaign or is that something thate will be able to survive politically and sail into theno nation. it all starts today. >> all right. tracie potts live to capitol hill for us. thank you. also today, family and friends and colleagues will pay their final respects to a local firefighter killed in afghanistan. ther will be a visitation for marine staff sergeant slutman in bronx, new york. a adside bombilled him and another marine in afghanistan earlier this month. he served with the lakentnd fire department in prince george's county and the new york city fire department. his body was driven across three states from delaware to new york where firefighters saluted him.t his morning parents of a 5-year-old illinois boy have

been charged with his death. i police crystal lake, illinois, believe they recovereb they of andrew a.j. freund. the boy disa peered a week ago. his body was found wrap dependence plastic in shallow grave. his parents a w chargedh murder among other charges. developing in maryland this morning, investigators are still working to figure out what caused an odor so bad that a plane heading to florida had to turn around and head back to bwi marshall airport. this hned shortly after spirit airlines flight off wednesday morning. an airport spokesperson says seven peooe were taken t the hospital as a precaution. spirit airlines says that plane has been taken out of servi for inspection. and right now it's not clear what was wrong with the plane. meanwhile, the battle over school funding seems to be over in monleomery county. ers and officials announced yesterday they found a solution to fully fund the school s.strict without raising ta county executive mark el rich had budgeted more than $2.5

billion for public schools. that number was millions of dollars less than what the school system asked for. now both sides say they're working together to find the money. >> the school system, the sumt, tse executive, the council really wan to work collaboratively. but also begin to do the hard work of understanding how kiwi leverage the resources tt we have. >> montgomery county schools perintendent jack smith says the additional funds will go toward reducing class sizes as wells building more career paways for students especially in s.t.e.m. fields. a consumer alert now that could impact your family's prescriptions. the new owner of shoppers food and pharmacy is closing its pharmacies. united natural foods said it sold its pharmacy inventory and prescriptions to cvs and walgreens. the company says the closures are, quote, part of the continued evaluation of our retail banners in discontinued operations. the closures started yesterday.

beasted a list of locations on our -- weos pd a list of location on our sewebsite. ch "shoppers." there's a new pilot program in d.c.'s ward eight called the produce prescription program. it treats food le medicine. medical prossionals can prescribe fruits and vegetables to patients with diet-related chroni illnesses. news4's megan fitzgerald shows how the program has already changed one woman's life. >>ro your bther likes broccoliment. >> reporter: shopping for healthy foods is a lifestyle for adrienne dove and her family. >> i had hypertension, i still have that, but i'm able to monitor all my pills and eating more healthier foods. >> reporter: dove also lost more than 10 pounds and credits a nonprofit called d.c. greens for helping to change her eating habit. >> this kind of program - >> reporter: lauren beal is the executive director.

>> we're working to make sure that healthy food access is integrated into our hlth care stem so that patients who are experiencing diet-related chronic illnesses can get the healthy foods that they want and need. >> reporter: her organization teamed up with giant on alabama avenue in southeast and other health centers in ward eight to offer produce prescriptions. >> what will happen is they just came from their doctor's office. e doctor identified that they are eligible to receive a voucher. >> reporter: the voucher is worth $220, and eligible patients get four a month. >> about re-educating ourselves and figuring out how we can live longer. >> reporter: megan ,fitzgerald news4.>> ight now it's availableo residents in ward 8, but giant n and d.c. gre is hoping to expand in other areas in the district. what a fantastic idea. i think before you even think about medication, you think about the foods you eat and how you live your life, it's like the first step. >> make the changes first. a virginia teacher was just named the twiept national teacher of the year. >> rodney robinson took the top

honor. the king william county native teaches social studies to students incarcerated at the richmond juvenile detention center. ime teacher in the public school system. shout out to the folks where i grew up. mr. robinson will spend the next 12 months speaking across the world, influencing others to change lives. he comes from a background where he -- he's long wanted to be a teacher. he worked at armstrong high school, one of the struggling high schools for a time. he said, want to go to an environment where kids oftentimes seem to be forgotten and work with educating them. >> he is a hero. the work he does, the smile on his face, thempact on young lives. >> boom -- >> beautiful smile. thank you so much and congratulations. >> absolutely. chuck bell -- >> the sneezing r season islly here. >> it's really, really, really bad. >> it's horrible. i took these pictures yesterday. those are pictures, the parking lots right here at channel 4 in northwest washington where the oak catlets

are forming -- looks like area.eweeds across the little mounds here. i was going to make a joke with doug, i was going to e-mail and say if these piles of pollen get deeper we'll have to forecast amounts. yesterday, i walked along the national mall with the dogs. there is the reflectin pool. there's the lincoln memorial right there. this is on the east reflecting president obama. this pollen was so thick the ducks won't swim through it. if you're sneezing a lot, that is why. some cleansing, pollen-cleansing raindrops expectedoday and an even better chance tomorrow. 63 here in washington right now. mid 50s in theva shenandoah ey. mid to upper 50s in the western suburbs. 59 in frirk. 54 inew market, maryland. the hit-and-miss rain chance, put the umbrella in the backpack. we're dealing with a couple of drops. the daily grade today, d-minutesus. cloudy skies and a 40% chance for showers. even higher chances tomorrow as this area of low pressure across

the lower mississippi river value comes in. right now, most of the rain we're condenteding with i across northern maryland from germantown to the pennsylvania border and some drops there in the shenandoah valley. again, have the umbrella ready to go. you'll need it today. you'll definitely need it tomorrow. at least it will be mild, though, in the 70ie dr weather for the weekend. cooler saturday, kind of breezy, as well. high, 69. a gorgeous day to be outside. sunday looksce, too. and temperatures really a big bunch of ups and downs next week from 68 to 78, backo 72 up to 80, up and down, up and down all next week. melissa? >> i like the weekendor sure. looks good. thanks. 395 here at glebe. inbound, outbound, everything is rolling along well. arlington, northbound gw parkway after the scenic overlooks. had the right lane getting by the work zone, it's cleared out of the way. no big worries. 270 northbound and outhbound looking good through prince george's county. also now no issue. camp springs, southbound, branch avenue after allentown road.

we had ara c on the shoulders there this morning. that hasleared out of the way. aaron? >> thank you. 4:54 right now. many residents in maryland are fuming over the idea of widening the beltway near i-270. th're concerned about how it will impact their lives, where they live, exercise, even play golf. the maryland departmort of transption met with the communy at a public workshop at eastern middle school in silver spring yesterday. many listened to officials explain how the plan is t necessary ease traffic congestion. some people are concerned about the effect on the environment and the added gridlock in their neighborhoods. >> the added pollution from the cars. at the end of the day, i think the way they want to do managed lanes, very few people are going to pay for the >> three more workshops are scheduled over the next few weeks. the environmental study on the plan is expected to be finished next fall. every day hundreds of people in this region lose their hard-earned money to fraud. >> in fact, every two seconds a

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aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. a tough game for the washington capitals. but our guys fought hard until end.very >> it took four hours and two overtimes, but just before midnight, it was all ove the caps loso the carolina hurricanes 4-3. we'll look back on the game and check out reaction from fans. but we do want to begin with a check on your forecast and commute. >> melissa mollet is standing by with aheheck on t roads for us. let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bellatnd the expectn of rain today. >> yes, a 40% chance of showers on your thursday. highest rain chances will beer across north maryland where it's already raining for some. really about the rain le gets to t middle of gunpoint. showery near the pennsylvania border. and raindrops from winchester and strasburg and the shenandoah valley up the i-81 corridor. not a lot of rain from the washington metro area and down to the southern suburbs. not a lot. grab the umbrella no matter why you're living or traveling to today.