happening now, caught in the ct. a groupof teens force their way inside a local woman's home. what happened that made them take off running. marijuanamomentum. d.c.'s mayor prepares to fight for recreational marijuana, but will she have to take on all of congress to get it done? capitol hill is often the scene of gridlock, but has it officially gone to the birds? en got enough s to have bo jangles chicken. >> what caused the feathers to fly between democrats and republican republicans. that wle episode never gets old. i could watch that video all esy. >> when it com to fried chicken, people get serious about what brands they eat. >> i wish i had some. good morning, eryone, it's 5:00 a.m., i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. cet's begin with a check of the forecast and mute. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the roads.

we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. as tracking the possibility of some storms thisernoon. >> yes, indeed. feeling a lot more like homer simpson -- mmm, fried chicken. yes, indeed. cloudy and mild on your friday morning. most areas are starting off in the 60s today. another little taste of summertime here in the first few days of may. there will be a likelihood more rain and thunderstorms this afternoon. i think the coverage and the intensity will not match what we saw yterday. still, an isolated, stronger storm not completely out of the question. saturday we'll start dry, but a t of your weekend is going to be hit with rain chances. i'll show you more about the weekend coming up in a bit. your friday, offto a dry start for most. 59 leesburg, 60 inlorton. 68 in annapolis. there are a few raindrops across the northern shenandoah valley. these a sort of headed northbound. winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown, falling waters, west virginia, onorthernmost loun county, purcellville could get a couple of drops first thing this

morning. those will stay away from the d.c. metro area. there will be another opportunity for raindrops later in the i do. school forecast, the countdown to summervacation goes on. outdoor recess before the rains get going, the afternoon and playti could be hit-and-miss showers. a closer look at the weekend and the beach forecast cming up in the next half hour. in the beltway, college park inner loop, the ramp two northbound 95. we have a vehicle spun out on the left side. we have fire rescue there trying to help. so that should be cleared up pretty soon. southbound 295 after benning, have that accident, as well. when you're looking at 66 and 95 in virginia, no issues in your way. that is good, good, good t s morning. taking a look at prince george's county into town and out of town, everything is nice and open. eun? >> all right. thank you. it's 5:03. breaking news in prince george's county. firefighters were called to an overnight fire at the new life baptist church in capitol heights. take a look. this is a picture showing flames

from the church's steeple.nj no iies have been reported. and the cause of that fire has not been determined. the new life baptist church may sound familiar. molette green was just there a few weeks ago for an "in the community" segment. the church worked to put on a free food market for families during easter. hope they can rebuild. and this morning, fire investigators will continue to try and figure out what sparked flames fifth a ft. washingon -- flames inside a ft. washington senior home. >> it's possible it was a bolt of lightning. the fire started in the attic yesterday afternoon. residents heard a loud bang and smelled smoke. a nearby church helped prince george's county firefighters move those residents safety. nobody was hurt. in tenants are pretty -- some tents are pretty sure it was hit by lightning. >> lightning hit right over my apartment, 4:30. >> reporter: what did it sounds like? >> just a big clash -- big, big clash. >> several apartments were damaged by smoke and water.th red cross is helping those residents with a place to stay.

someri ftening video you're only going to see on a woman had to scream for help when a group of teens cornered her in her apartment building. this happenedes wednday morning in southeast washington. the woman in the red dress you can see is ahe door, she's trying to get into r home. a group of teens threatened her and tried to robher. the group followed her into her building. a family member heard the woman aming for help and chased the kids off. the woman was not hurt. day a former nanny will be sentenced for killing an 8-month-old baby in glenarden. she was found guilty in february of abusing and killing the little girl in 2016. she was caught on home surveillance camera force feeding the baby and causing h to suffocate. >>e right now ther's a search for two missing elderly women from montgomery coryty. >> co smith is at the live denks with the latest on this. cory? >> reporter: good morning. we get missing persons reports into the newsroom almost daily. it's rare to have one report

about twoissing people. montgomery county police need your help. take a look at these photos. police say geraldine evelyn costello and delores paula kashewka left to go shopping on tuesday but never returned. we're told they both live in the 200 block of booth street in gaithersburg. there's a panera bread and a bb & ank in the area. castillo is 85. shewka is 89. they were last seen driving a lincoln mkx, smaller suv-type vehicle, with maryland plates. call police if you know where either might be. back to you. >> thank you.s thimorning, democratic calls for attorney general william barr to resign are growing louder. >> house speaker nancy pelosi has even gone as far as accusing barr of a committing crime. she says the attorney general lied to congress when he asked robert ew whether mueller was unsatisfied with his summary of the russia report. this week we learned mueller

sent barr a letter telling him as much.ti at the barr said he was unsure how mueller felt. he refused to appear before a ee house com because democrats were going to have a lawyer question him. the justice department said that was improper. tennessee congressman steve cohen wanted to send a clear message to barr during the hearing. do you see what he's doing? he broughtim with h a ceramic chicken and a bucket of kfc asa proceeded to eat it while the hearinla was going on and ter referred to the attorney general as chicken barr. it was a gag that dn't sit well with blrepuans. >> what this boils down to is theater. some of it almost to the level on comedy. you tell me whether or not the chair of that committee is actually serious about this subject when you've got a guy eating fried chicken in place of where they want attorney general

barr to be. this guy didn't even have good enough sense to have bo jales chicken. >> he likes kfc. after the hearing, congressman cohen said barr was appointed simply to be president trump's, quote/unquote, fixer. >> plastic chicken inhand. 5:07. the democratic pool of presidential hopefuls grows even bigger. colorado senator michael bennett announced he is running. bennett, considered a moderate, graduated from yale and worked in the clinton administration. he had plann toenter the race last month but was delayed because he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. if april he had surgery. ays spokesperson no edditional treatment is needed. bennett is th 21st democrat to enter the race. this morning, baltimore has a new mayor. y jackoung says his predecessor's restion will only make the city stronger. young automatically became the mayor yesterday when katherine pugh resigned. pugh is accused receiving roughly $800,000 from a hospital neidork and others that d business with the city of

baltimore for copies of her ld chren'ssooks. yerday pugh's lawyer read a estimate to reporters. >> i am sorry for the harm that i have caused to the image of the city o baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor. ayor that deserves a can move our great city forward. >> pugh has not been seen in public in weeks. more than a month ago she began sick leave when she w hospitalized for pneumonia. today a courts hearing over e measles outbreak in rockland county, new york. the disease started running rampant in ultra-orthodox jewisn communities ioctober. so far more than 200 cases have been reported. the historic outbreak prompted county leaders to issue a state of emergency. officials issued summons to those not following vaccination requirements and closed ultra orthodox jewish schools where unvaccinated students were

attending sses. probably many of you are dreading the commute into the district this mo work is being done to help in the cause that could cost you itre money. megan mcgrath w more on the proposal before the d.c. council. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. that's right. charging tolls to drive in certain areas of the district or perhaps charging a fee to cross a bridge in d.c. the d.c. council proposed a study to look into that. according to our news partnerwt p radio, the goal would be to cut down suggestion in certain areas by charging the fees. new york city recently approved congestion pricing that is very similar to this. the study would take a year ande would weigh t pros and cons. the results would be released by july of 2020. tolls in d.c., hough, have been very controversial in the past. some city leaders are pointing

to the horrible traffic that we have now sing that something needs to be done, but all options needs to be looked at. a recent traffic study found d.c. to have the second-worst traffic congestion i the country. second only to boston with people in our area using -- losing about 155 hours a year sitting in traffic. that's o week, guys, a lot of time wasted there. if you travel during rush hour, you know theproblems. is this the solution in that's what they're going be looking at here. >> charge people more money to live and work here. >> you tte tohink of how much life you lose. >> thank you. 5:10. m bald eagles have been poisoned along eastern shore. a great horned owlt and aast seven ballot eagles have been found dead since march. the "baltimore sun" reports that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating the eaths. they are similar to ones in the area in 2016. it's believed the birds may have

eaten bait laced with a pesticide that's been banned in the u.s. because it can kill birds. meanwhile, environmental activists met with local leaders to discuss the promise of a green you'll deal maryland -- green new deal in morldaryland. they talked about the positive impact of moving to clean and renewable energy. proponents say the deal would and stop climate change improve the residents in moortgomery and prince gege's county. d.c. mayor muriel bowser n announced a ew plan that would llow thele sa of recreational marijuana. >> he introduced legislation that would legalize selling it as early as next year. that's despite a congressional ban. currently residents can legally grow and possess small aofounts marijuana, but they cannot legally purchase it. in the past when the d.c. government considered legalizing sales, congress warned that even holding public hearings would violate federal law. mayor bowser says she disagrees.

>> has always been our opinion that the counsel had the legal -- the council had the legal authority to proceed with hearings. that continues to be our view. >> d.c. council chair phil mendelsohnn says he will hold hearings on the proposal but says residents should not get their hopes up. the congressional ba expiresin 2020. still ahead on "news4 today," are coyotes targeting pets in one local neighborhood? >> the warning f people who live there after three dogs disappeared. and it's friday. news4's molette green is taking us on a one-tank roadtrip and promises plenty of horsing around. >> reporter: our one-tank trip brought us they're assateague islands. we're up close and personal with these beautiful ponies. good morning, everyone. your allergy report for today, tree pollen remains moderaow. da notch from a few days ago. grass pollen has also gone down

from moderate to low. haking progress. increasing raines helping to keep the pollen washed out of the area. that's good news. car w shing forecast, probably not.

where can you talk a beautiful vacation on just one tank of gas? we put melissa mollet and her photographer to the test. >> they gassed up and headed to chincoteague island for a te-tank trip. >> reporter: onenk of gas for a roadtrip. three hours later,ar we are f from big city bustle as we ride into chincoteague, virginia. it's well-known for its salt oysters, farm raised right here on the island. >> same as the water. >> here we go.

>> lean forward a little bit. there you go. >> reporter: it good. hey! oh, my gosh! >> chincoteague is noted for its >> reporter: in a matter of weeks, people will flock t tos oasis to find serenity on a sandy beach or fun sailing the water. famous for its wildlife, nestled in the refuge on assateague island wherewild horses and ponies room free. >> a dream come true. >> reporter: up theteps we go. i'm holding on. 175 steps, and we'll be at the to t. insidehe historic assateague li thouse, over 150-plus years old and where we took in a breathtaking 360-degree views. awesome. >> on one tank of gas, you, too,

can come to chincoteague national wildlife refuee and enjoy the historic assateague lighthouse. >> reporter: park ranger dixon says it only dkes one to create a lifetime of memories here, and we did it on one tank. gas. >> the oysters will be on full days play at this 51st annual chincoteague seafood festival. anastern shore tradition happening tomorrow from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. the light is still on the island -- mollet is still on the land. she'll join us live in a few minutes. >> love raw oysters. >> you're the only one here. >> and now mollet. >> and mollet! i'm going to have to talk to her for real and see if she enjoyed russia. as o you like escargot, well? >> i do. but i don't eat raw escargot, i eat them cooked. not that i eat them all the time. >> too slippery. t aexture thing. >> give me meatlaf. >> i li that, too. >> i'm not a meatloaf guy. >> what you do like to eat?

>> it should be -- my person opinion, meatloaf is the final half life of everything. you cook food all week, you got a little of this left over, a of little that left over, you smoosh it up in a pan, bank it, call it ketchup and serve it to ykids. that'smy personal of meatloaf. a rain-free start across the area. there are drops on the stote m 4 radar already. they're impacting primarily the mountains of west virginia and parts of the shenandoah valley. no rain around town. you don't need the umbrella here for the next couple of hours. equally divided and controlled mild.po 58 at dulles a. 66 in washington. 6 2 in germantown this the planner for today, 60s to get you going. near 80 by lunchtime. much like yesterday. more than to be enough sunshine to get things cooked up into the mid 80s for highsday. and just like yesterday, a likelihood of some thunderstorms around later on in the afternoon. t earlys morning, the only rain is west of the blue ridge

here in the shenandoah valley. so north ofleesburg, up toward frederick and hagerstown, a little chance of light rain here ngrst thing morning. trouble not goio have to worry about that around town. later in the day, there will be a bubbling up of more storms. primarily the northern half of the area during the afternoon hours. eningtime, there could be a round of thunderstorms between,sa 8:00 and midnight that reaches the d.c. metro area. then we dry out for early saturday morning. and then rain on saturday eventually. here's 5:00,just hit-and-miss scattered showers. if you have things to do outside, tomorrow's the day to do it. rain becommo a lot likely after the sun goes down tomorrow. atowers, maybe rumbles of thunder late sday evening. that will continue on into your day on sunday. and most of sunday especially sday morning will be raining. tomorrow before the rain gets here, afternoon highs on your saturday around 80 degrees. sunday because ond the clouds a the rain, it will be cooler, high only 73.

and then we goba ck to dry weather and sunshine and tuesday. over to melissa mollet. good morning. good morning to you. taking a look at thebeltway, inner loop, the ramp to northbound 95, the crash has cleared. don't have to worry abo that. i had a vehicle that was spun out. southbound 295 before east capitol after benning, onlyhe right lane is now getting by the crash. you can seeas some delays you're headed inbound on 295. northbound is looking good, 95 in virginia, no major issues as we look at the beltw at indian head highway. inner loop, outer loop, everything is rolling fine. more coming up.

welcome back at 5:23. disappointment turned to outrage in montgomery county over proposed cuts to school music programs. a choir intrucktor at rockville high school and a band teacher at northwood high school are now scheduled toome part time. wtop reports parents voiced concerns awe this k's board of education meeting. complaints at last month's meeting successfully reversed plans to make cuts to the music program at springbrook high sc hool. >> disappointing that the artsa prs have to be first to go. montgomery countyhools are also contesting a recent ranking of the country's best higthschools released week by "u.s. news & world report." here's a look at which schools made theut -- thomas jefferson

high school for science and technology in alexandria, virginia, ranked fourth nationally. t.j.'s always top n. in maryland, walt whitman high school in bethesda ranged 93rd. in the third, benjamin banneker ranked 178th. the magazine changed the criteria for the ratings to give a more comprehensive look at the schools. the montgomery ysunty school m is questioning the rankings and released a message to families saying it believes the list is inaccurate. the school system says the report fails to take into account reading and matt ticks data that would have -- mathematics data that wouldave taken into account the prince george's county schools. they did not respond to the concerns. you have to take it with a grain of salt. >> they look at data. you have to wonder why they didn't get access to the numbers there at th school district they're talking about. big changes coming to a csx pharmacy that -- a cvs pharmacy. we were there as crews cleaned out the vvs on maryland avenue

near lnfant plaza. the company says these stores were all struggling and that the cuts only represent about 1% of the locations across the country. thisser to ts the only --s store was the only one in our area to be closed. h>> some of us drink to diet soda for healtreasons. most kids consuming diet soda are not saving on cories. researchers at george washington university tracked 7,000 people. they found children who consume lowor zero-calorie sweehlned berc still took in about 200 more calories per day comparedt ids who drank water. experts say the extra calories are the equivalent of about a candy bar. if you're a fan of the kentucky derby, your plans are set for this weekend. the most exciting two minutes in sports is tomorrow. this year there's a new favorite. the horse omaha beach had to be scratched from the race because of breathing problem. w game winner is the favorite with a 9-2 odds. pretty good. stay with us for live coverage

of the derby. it starts tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. right here on nbc 4. game winner. the winning name. 5:26. coming up, birth control for rats. it's a phrase you probably didn't expect to hear today. ahead, we'll tell you about the new effort to rid the district of rodents. and good morning, everyone, your driving forecast for the weekend, if you have stuff to do in the yard, try it on saturday. rain chances are much hh or sunday starting first thing in the morning. saturday should start dry. rain chances increase later in the day.

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a possible lightning strike nds a senior center up in flames. wpdate you on where they are this morn dg. theirog was taken out of its fenced in back yard and dragged into the park.e

spcial. >> reporter: family pets disappearing it, and another animal isam to bl the coyote watch before your nextlk wa. what seems like common sense in the kitchen, a debates going viral about whether you should wash raw chicken. the cdc has airm answer. we'll share it with you. first at 5:30, a live look outside as we get the friday started. a beautifook at the capitol building. where almost there. almost to the weekend. once again, we are tracking rain as the workweek ends. seems like every time we're talking about rain. >> months. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. thanks for waking up with us. let's get to storm team meteorologist chuck bell and hen talk to melissa mollet about first 4traffic. what do you have? >> if we get rain today, i believe that will ri fys in a row. i know it rained lastfriday,

the one before that and befor -- >> we don't like this pattern.re >> the sth of rainy fridays isn't going t make me a popular person at all. maybe next weekend will be better. for now, starting off with a partly cloudy sky over washington. the rain is gone for now, although there's a cce for showers and thunderstorms later today. currently 59 in leesburg. 63 in marinersburg, west virginia. 66 in quantico, and 67 in leonardtown, maryland. visibility reduced a bit across parts of northern virginia. half mile or less from manassas own to warrenton. half mile visibility inno hern frederick county maryland, as fll. the commute, fogirst thing this morning. more tn enough sunshine again. we'll have highs inmdhe lie 80s. we are keeping that 40% chance for thunderstorms later into th afternoon and eveng. we'll time it out later in the weekend. for now, more to melissa. looking at a problem that is out of the way. that's good. here's soutound 295 before

east capcapitol, we had the rig lane getting by. that's gon don'tworry. had the earlier issue. inner loop, out ar loop, slowdown outer loop approaching the wilson bridge. don't have a report of a problem, might be late of roadwork we haven't seen on the radar yet. 66 in and out of town looking goud. 95 northbnd through woodbridge, tiniest slowdown, very normal especially at 5:30 in the morning. nothing to worry about. and frederick to the spur, a couple of slow spots through g mantown. you open up all the way down into bezos. aaron? >> thank you. 5:32. breaking news in prince george's k,unty this morning. take a loo firefighter were called to an overnight fire at new life baptis church in capitol heights. as you see the church's steeple was on fire. it's heavily damaged there. no injuries. the cause hasn't been determined yet. it may sounds familiar to you.

our molette green has been ere. she wasere a few weeks ago for an "in the community" segment. the church worked to putn a free food market for families e during ter. dozenings of seniors are staying in shelters after a fire ioripped through the senr home. it started in the attic of the center buildingn the development yesterday afternoon. >> nicole jacobs joins us live with more on what residents believe started this fire. nicole, good morning. >> reporter: the fire -- rather, the weather, the thugh weather rolled through over the last 142 hours really was powerful an destructive in somea ses. residents at this h complexrd and felt that destruction. prince george's county fire department received some help from good samaritans yesterday, from a nearby church to help with the evacuation of 2 un00 --

of 200 residents. the blaze was likely caused by i tning strike to the attic which one woman says was just above her tmaparent. >> the lightningit over my apartment 4:30. >> reporter: what did it sound like? >> a big clash, a big clash. >> reporter: fortunately crews were able to keep the fire contain contained to just the attic leave something units with smoke and water damage. more good news here there were no injuries. back t oyou. bright spot. thank you. 5:34. d.c. police a trying to figure out whether a body found near a chain bridge is that of a frederick county teen. >> the principal sent out a letter talking about the death of a ninth grader.

he was reported missing last friday. his remains were found in the district over the weekend.e policve not officially connected the student's death to found near ed body the -- mutilated body near the chain bridge. they suspect gains are involved and are telling parents toeep a closer eye on their children. >> i have cameras around my house just to be safe and i'm very cautious of what i let them do, where they go. >> d.c. police say they haven't been able to identif the body because it was so badly damaged. this weekend happening for metroriders, there will be a preview of the extented metro shutdown -- extended metro shutdown. it happened at th northern virginia station. the station south of reagan national on the blue and yellow lines will be closed tomorrow led sunday. buses will be abo get passengers from the last stop to the end of the line. starting may 25th, the stations will shutn for more than three months to replace

crumbling platforms. >> rock way parkway will be shut down near the kennedy center to cars, bikes, and ped mediterranean sea starting thursday -- pedestrians starting thursday. it will remain closed until early next tuesday. detour signs will be set up for drivers there. the closure is so workers can install parts of a new pedestrian bridge over the parkway. you have tickets for a kennedy center event, officials say you should budget extra time to get there. got him. number 1,500. >> howon is that? -- how often is that? they count everything in major league baseball. this i a big win. steve strasburg reported strikeout number 1,500 last night. he reached the miltone the fastest in major league history in terms of innings pitched. swasburg who doesn't sho lot of emotion described this -- pretty cool, you know, chill. the history-making strikeout cake on -- came on t t same nighty fired their coach.

the team is struggling. the bullpen was a problem earlier, and now the injuries keeping starters including ryane soing to celebrate with the nats. coming up, an update on the runaway peacock on the prowl in a legal town. you'll want to stick around for this. >> reporter: one tank. gas got us all the way here. assateague lighthouse. 360-degree views, 175 steps we climb on one tank of gas.

tonight, a "harris' hero."

a character in his own write, but it's the croatia terse he created inra -- chacters he created in his children's book that make a difference -- hoping that no child is bullied again. he knows all too whale it aep--l too well who itik l >> i got lead poisoning. doctors said it would slow my learning ability which it did. i'm 68 and still struggle. >> reporter: you won't want to miss the story coming up at 5:00. here's something to think about before your next dinner. cdc is remindsing people, don't washw ra chicken before baking it. it's contaminated with salmonella, a it can spread the bacteria around your kitchen. this goes against what a lot of our mothers and grandmothers told us about cooking. >> to prevent food poisoning,

put it in a bag beforeyou put it in they from ridge traitor. wash hands -- refrigerator. ash hands after you handle it, and designate cutting board to chicken, watch it when you're done. and cook until the internal temperature is 168 degrees fahrenheit. always a good idea to have a meat thermometer -- >> and use it. >> yes. if you can month it out -- figure it out. >> i'll tell you about an incident at my house. >> can you not know houses use the meat thermometer? this is q-tip, a 2 1/2-year-old mixed breed dog. and max and erica scherzer, max scherzer of the nationals, he and his wfe donated the money to pay the adoption fee. you can adopt q-tip for free. go to humanrescuealliance.to go finds out how to --

humandescuealliance.org to out how to adopt him. the forecast coming up. plus, there is a new effort to rid d.c. of rats. we will tell you about the costly plan that involves birth control. that's coming up.

welcome back at the fight over the special counsel's report is heating up, house democrats are taking it a step further when it comes to the attorney general and his

handling of the report. >> nbc news is reporting they want to go straight to the source, robert mueller. chris pollone joins us live with more now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's rit. in the past the house judici wy committee negotiating with the justice department in order to have special counsel robert mueller testify about his investigation into the trump campaign's ties to russia and possible obstruction of justice following that campaign. now we're told nbc news has learned that they are negotiating directly with representatis of robert mueller himself. all of this follows a contentious and unusual day ev for the capitol here yesterday when the attorney general failed to show up for his hearing in frontof the house judiciary committee objecting to the method of questioning where decrats wanted to use staff attorneys to ask him questions as opposed to the members themselves in some cases.tt

commiee chair jerry nadler threatened to charge tge attorney ral with contempt of congress, not for not showing up yesterday but for failing to turn over the fun, unredacted report before the deadline. nadler said if that isn't turned over to the committee, he woulde likely mo to charge the attorney general with contempt s of congre doesn't carry very much weight. you might remember it happened to eric holder several years ago. it would ensure that the battle for the full mueller report would go through a lengthy court battle. >> chris pollone, thank you. 14 before the hour now. sitting in gridlock traffic is very common for drivers in the d.c. area. s we haveme of the most congested roads in the world, but some work is being done in the d.c. council to hopefully give you less traffic in the future. at a cost. megan mcgrath with more on

possible plans that could change your commute. good morning. >> rerter: good morning. yeah, charging toefls to drive in certain areas of d.c. or perhaps charging a toll to across aoridge int the district. the d.c. council is looking into it according to our news partner wtop radio. the council proposed a study that would look into con jegds pricing in the area. and according to a recent survey by interest -- a lot of people know this already -- we have terrible traffic in the area. in fact, the second-worst traffic in the entire country with drivers losing5 15 hours a year sitting in traffic. it costsdrivers in our area $2,161 a year in gas and lost time. and t controversial in the past. it's been brought up before. some on the council say that the traffic has gotten so bad in our area thaee all options to be on the table. this needs to be explored yet

again. and new yk city recently approved similar convention pricing. now the proposed study would take a year to complete. it would lo p at thes and look at the cons and take it from there. the results would be released to the public in july of 2020. again, something that we have heard a lot about over the years, it's not popular with a lot of people. but it is starting ton gai some support with others who say something's got to be done with the traffic in our area. we'll see. back to you. >> all right, thanks. 5:48. t aep it's a way to remove some of .c.'mostdested pets. >> it could cost hundreds of dollars. jodie fleischer on what could be a groundbraking treatment to rid the district of rats. >> reporter: it's an unusual plan aimed at finally winning d.c.'s rat race -- birth control for dents. ur pretty brazen. >> reporter: restaant owner scott bennett says he's all for

tity trying new treatments. >> bring it on. >> reporter: the alley behd his adams-morgan restaurants is one of several around the district that's part of a new six-month experiment. >> whoa! >> reporter: city crews are filling boxes with a product called contra-pest. >> a sweet tasting liquid, and they drink it, and they become unable to reproduce. >> reporter: it's never been tested on this kind of scale across a major city. but with comaints on the rise, the length department's girard brown says it's worth trying. >> i think this will be the real-world st. >> reporter: a costly gamble. the product alone costs $300,000. the company's largest shipment ever. >> we get the question all the time. >> reporter: brandile hand the operations at the company beyond contra best. she says it's a long term, more humane solution. >> you should see fewer and fewer juveniles.r: >> reportt will also depend

on whether cities see a drop in complaints in the alleys. >> we'll be more excited if we determine that it's successful. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 5:00 and 11:00, see what other criies who t the product had to say about it and why some are no longer using it. jodie fleischer, news4 i-team.'s there warning for dog owners in fairfax county. neighbors in the lake barcroft community believe coyotes are targeting and killing their pets. that's apparently what happened to this dog, chipper. neighbors tell news4 he went outside one night a was killed by coyotes. nay they say -- they say he's o one three dogs that have been snatched and killed. forecast police don't have any verified reports of coyotes attacking pets. i would keep my pet inside. that looks scary. an update now on the peacock making rounds in loudoun county. >> he's been found kpoufted but they found him. we told you about chip on monday after he flew the coop looking

for a mate or mates. several people almost caught him this week, but chip kept taking off into the trees. the "washington post" now reports that promiscuouspeacock was finally captured yesterday about five miles from his home. his owners brought in some female -- soen working h if you will, to get him back on the farm. >> called them working hens -- pea hens, aaron. i big your pardon. how offensive. chuck bell, we've got to get to weather. >> wow. all right. change the subject, look at how pretty this picture is. >> gorgeous. >> yes, indeed. mirror calm finish on the potomac first thing.us sunrise j about ten minutes away. already a lot of beautiful color out there. so shutter bugs, if you're headed out the door shortly andn you w a picture to send to me on twitter,@chuckbell on twitter, i'll re-tweet it. quiet start to the day. probably going to end with mor rain chances. keep the umbrella handy.

66 in washington, barely a w breeze rry about. 61 in manassas, 58 at dulles airport. 59 leesburg. into maryland we go, ellicott city, columbia, 63, prince george's county 63 now in upper marlboro. visibility not too much of an issue around town. there are some areas of northern virannia and northern maryld where visibility is down under a mile. patchy fog first thing this morning. otherwise, it will turn into a bright and sunny day. the sunshine will lead to another round of thunderstorms later on in the day today. i don't think it wbe as numerous or strong as the storms that we had yesterday. t inside individual storm, don't want to turn your back o that. the rain chances near cincinnati, that's our rain second oming in for the half of your saturday and your sunday. right now, most of the rain is confined to the shenandoah valley. eastern west virginia, moving into northern maryland. could get a couple of drops from leesburg up to the northern parts of montgomery county. most of that should stay away from the inside parts of the

beltway and east of i-95, dry orre through theng hours. future weather, carries a tiny chance for rain in and out. by afternoon time, another likelihood of storms developing over northern maryland and the northern shenandoah. the rain chance in the city comes in after 8:00. 8:00 p.m. to midnight.h e's the ten-day forecast then -- a lot of rain likely for the second half of your saturday. sunday lost to raindrops well. sunny and i do for early next week. now over to traffic. good morning. inner loop, outer loop, don't have any big problems. everything is moving nicely. a delay southbound 295 at benning road northeast, left lane blocked by a potle has caused multiple flat tires this morning. careful if you are headed that way. they say they're going to fix it todlo. taking a into town and out of town three prince george's county, everything is looking pretty good. as far as travel times on 270, 63 miles per hour. tap of the beltway, 95 to 270,

miles per hour this morning. 66 inbound, 95 northbound there in virginia, looking good. remember to listen to op 103.5 when you hop in your car. good mor fng, i'mank holland at cnbc headquarters. youtube says the new lineup of original series and specials will be available to watch for free with ads. original shows such ads the "karate kid" spinoff were previously available to premium subscribers who paid 1.99 a month. last year youtube said it would shift the original content to a free and ad-supported format.s earlier thiweek, youtube's parent company alphabet reported a sharp drop in sales partly due to lower ad growth from youtube. with your business report, i'm frank holland. >> thank you. where can you take a ca beautiful vaon on just one tank of got? we put molletreen and her photographer to the test. >> they gassed up and drove to chink teak island, video --

chincoteague island, virginia, for a one-tank trip. how is it going out there? >> reporter: my goodness. elcome tochincoteague, virginia! [ cheers ] i've got a nice, lively crowd. look athe young people from chink ticoteague high school. we have the product liability and themayor. staff and the mayor. more coming up in the 6:00 hour. we've had the best time. right behind us is assateague a chel. and we've been watching that sunrise this morning taking in the scenes on this rone-tank t to paradise really. look at this table full of oysters and clams. tommy clark is responsible. we love it. you have the best oysters and clams in town, right? >> yes, i do. we grow hem here in the island

-- grow them here in the island, in the waters. they are aqua farmed in the chincoteague channel. >> reporter: i had the chance te tathem. i know aaron and chuck are not game, but eun and i like the taste. it was fresh out of the ter. 15 minutes out of the water. >> that's it. that's where it comes from. >> reporter: ever civilian -- evelyn is with thenc cou. we visited the white house, had a chance to visit the ponies. there's so much to do, e tank of gas away from paradise. >> absolutely. thpponenponies, we have rocket c ls. the nature, the wonderful seafood. we have it all. you need to come visit. >> reporter: all of that leading to tomorrow's seafood festival. the 51 nual. who's going to the festal? we've got a bunch of people going. [ cheers ] all right. we're just going to take you into the 6:00 hour and talk more about this fantastic experience. one-tank tr g.

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wildlife refuge. molette green down there for usn this morn she'll be joining us live throughout the, how detailing her one-tank trip to one of virginia's most beautiful areas along the eastern shores of virginia. getting us in the mood for the weekend. good morning, everyone, it's 6:00 a.m., i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we'll begin with a check on the forecast and ommute. melissa mollet is standing by k with a l the roads. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who's tracking the possibilities of storms. once again an opportunity for afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms to impact your friday afternoon plans. here's a look from our city camera now, sun just about ready to come up. officially sun rise at 6:08 i washington. happening about six minutes earlier at the beach. cloudy and mild, a taste of summer. mid 80s for afternoon highs before another likelihood of rain and thunder. the coverage and intensity of the storms should not b quite -- packing quite the punch that yesterday's did.