hail, wind gusts up to 75 miles an hour 37 can't rule out a tornado in that actually. >> once again, this is well west of the metro washington area, d.c. area are not in that watch at all. the severe thunderstorm watch continues until 10:00. frederick count loudon county, fauquier county and points to the west. it is this storm rightha here t we're really watching that has really flared up a ton of lightning out of this. looking at somef the hail, upwards of 2 inch hail likely. we have quarter inch hail has already fallen aroun the area and this warning goes until 5:30. a new storm forming in shenandoah county. i want to zoom back in. this is just to the south of the winchester area. heads up, yes, we have rotation and we'll see what happens outs of the storm. ee're watching that one and watching this linight here. once it moves into this region, we could see more severe weather. that's why we're in weather alert mode once most of this well west of washington, but even into d.c.

we could see rain. we'll update you on when and with respect ek your d. we're back in a few minutes. >> count on it, doug. storm team 4 is working for you at home and when you're on the go. download our nbc washington app to get up-to-the minute ou forecasts in yneighborhood. just click on the weather tab. now to a heartbreaking end to a local family's painful journey. >> their former live-in nanny dropped to her knees today and begged for forgiveness for killing their child. >> tracee wilkins was in the courtroom today and, tracee, that nanny is now headed off to prison. >> reporter: she is. and her defense attorney s id that this is a death sentence because of her poor health and how old she is. but the fact is this is a woman who was not honest about what she didto the child. the state disagrees and said it was murder. what made the difference is that nanny cam.

this nanny is taking a 7 ounce bottle of formuledand feg it to this 8 month old. we're not showing what happens next. according to state prosecutors, she feeds the child so forcefully that the infant suffocates. the nanny then force feeds the infant water. the once vibrant 8 month old playing in herker just moments earlier passes o from dies. >> she should have known that her actions could have caused serious bodily harm and in this case death. >> adeleye called the death an accident. prosecutors say she was not honest ith the father about what she did. they only found outafter checking the nanny cam video. in court the father said i ask, your honor, that this lady who took my daughter away get the maximum. she should be locked up forever. 73-year-old adeleye got on her knees and said i beg you please as she sobbed, i did not want to

child.our please don't put me in jail. let me return to my family. >> she's taken care of childn her whole life about the last 50 years. never been any problem. i think that's why she was so emotional. because she doesn't want be thought that she want ked an harm to that to that . child >> reporter: the judge sentenced aer to 15 years in prison. >> nothing that hened could have brought them the justice that they want which is to have their little girl with them. she would have been 3 years old had she lived. >> reporter: adeleye also took care of the other kids. they were in the room when it happened. when they saw the ambulance, they asked if she could come ack because that's how they saw her leave. i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in t studio. >> fahard for that whol

family. one chapter closed today. you trust the school teacher with your children, so this may be disturbing. a local elementary school teacher is accubed of ing drunk. deputies arresng the loudon county teacher yesterday. david culver is live just outside mill run elementary. that's in tshburn wherere are a lot of uneasy parents this evening. david. >> reporter: you can bet fo sure, wendy, but a lot of the parents also say they're happy that at least they were directly alerted from the school when nt that incide happened toesterday. anght the sheriff is praising the school's principals. back in august we visited mill run elementary for the first day of classes. excitement and joy among students and stagh. tonit we return for the arrest of ateacher. 46-year-old brian chamer. >> it'srn conceg. the principal was on the ball and let us know right away what was going on.

>> reporter: in the middle of the schoole day shas found intoxicated. >> a subsequent check of his personal belongings and he also this vodka on him. >> reporter: loudon county public schoolssays he began working for the school system in 2012 as a substitute. teacher erved as a assistant and became a special education teacher in 2016. he joined mill run two years ago. tonight he is on administrative leave. >> i ink of my daughter every day around this time. so it really surprised me today >> i didn't expect is school to have teachers like this. >> reporter: parents most disturbed regarding how young the students are. >> not e n a high schooler, so i feel bad for them really. >> this mom one of many parents keeping the news to herself, not letting it spoil the innocent joy of her children. as we were working this story today, a father passed by. didn't want to go on camea, but wanted to stress that he's interacted with that teacher. called him a good guy and a

dedicated teacher. comg up on news 4 at 6:00, i'm going to walk you through some of the recent incidents that are very similar to what played out here yesterday. >> interesting,ha t you, david. a loudon cou y teacherwho is accused of sending racy photos of herself to students is expected to plead guilty on monday. allison briel was in juvenile court this morning. she's on administrative leave as the marketing teacher at loudon county high. briel sent photos to three underage boys in her class. she also reportedly solicited sex from two of them. day a judge amended her charges. she now faces three misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. we've got some new video from that latest atm theft early yesterday morning to show you in silver spring. two robbers entered this 7/11 on tech road and forced the store employees to the floor. a third person rammed the pickup truck through the front of the store. they loaded the atm on to the

vehicle and just took off. the store workers were not injured. the thies wore black hoodies and covered their faces. so far there have been no arrests. metro's major summer shutdown is the weeks away. tomorrow buses will replace trains at six of the stations. blue and yellow line ations south of reagan national airport are going to be closed. that means no stops at the airport. the yellow line is closed at huntington, eisenhower, king street, braddock ro ad. blosed on the van do rn street and franconia. f you takeber or lyft, a big ride sharing strike is planned for next we k. it could mean no service for hours. there are calls for drivers to turn off their apps next wednesday in d.c. and six other major cities across the countrym

k segraves explains what the drive drivers are looking for. >> uber estimates the ride share company and worth up to $90 billion and plans to offer shares to the company to the public sometime this month. uber drivers like this man who wanted to speak anonymously said they'll walk off the wednesday. >> i just boente driwon't drive >> drivers plan to turn off their apps at noo wednesday, may 8th and leave them off until midnight. ntie wells from georgetow university has done several years of research into how uber drivers are paid. she said the drivers want to send a message. >> thers worke vhave been experiencing really difficult situations for a peweod. >> ls explained the paperwork uber filed in order to offer the stock to the public revealed the company long-term plans. >> it intends for driver incentives to go down and this is coming at ae timen drivers

pay have already been reduced a number of times. >> in the filing with the securities d exchange commission, the company reports drivers have earned over $78 billion since 2015we as ll as $1.2 billion in tips. >> for the driver whose plan to strike, they feel overworked and underpaid. ra if you want to make a lot of main, they'll d you. you have to drive a lot. maybe 80, maybe 90 hours a week for, like, $1800 a week. >> not only are drivers in d.c. and other big cities planning to strike next wednesday, some are sidering an organized protest at national airport. >> at the end of the day,et we g the shortened of the stick. >> mark segraves, news 4. while that strike is focus on uber, many lyft drivers also plan to walk off the job as well. > the latest jobs report sent stocks higher on wall street

today and also included something we haven't seen in decades. we saw 263,000 new jobs added to the economy which beat expectations. the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 3.6% which is the lowest for unemploymt we've seen since december of 1969. wages are up slightly as well with an annual gain of more than 3%. did youernow t's a baby boom going on in d.c. and it's no surprise just how tough it can be t find quality childcare? well, now working families in the district have afew more options. mayor muriel bowser with the big scissors and city leaders cutting the ribbon on the new two birds day care center here. this is located on brandy wine stre northwest. it will serve 72 children as the increased demand for childcare grows, mayor bowser issued this

challenge to businesses today. >> we are challenging all of our folks who want to be in business in the district, who want to educe children, and want to really help the city be prepared for the 10 and 2years to come where we'll have even more children needing childcare. >> education leaders say d.c. more than halfway to their goal of creating a thousand new childcare slots by september of next year. still ahead, a costly catch to rid the district of some of its annoying pests. >> we get thequestion all the time, why will i use that? >> birth control for rats. the news 4 i-team will show us why the city is going to try it. and a trash transformation. the new use for a huge collection of straws dumped into the anacostia rive and we are working for your

wallet. "washington post" food critic is going to join us live with the dmv's best eats on a budget.i' and tracking the severe thunderstorm. a new severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:45 for clark county, virinia. t this. we've had golf ball size hail reported. 70 mile an hour winds. possibility is there for aor tdo. right now we see severe thunderstorm warnings. we'll continue to watch this storm as it moves off toward the

at this time yesterday we were getting pummeled. >> d.c.etro area nice afternoon. ce evening too. you eat dinner outside if you'ri thin about doing that. however, look at our western zones. a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. areas in the pink off to the

west, that's where the watch is. the watch is until 10:00 tonight. we expect a lot more in the way ofrms over the next few hours. this is where we've got the heaviest rain. very heavy rain here, but look at this storm right here. this is just to the south and east of winchester. this is all clark county right now in virgia. look at the amount of lightning around the millwood area. this location, if you're in the millwood area, make sure you are staying inside. there's a lot of hail. we're getting a lot of hail with this storm. i've seen nickle size, quarter size and golf ball size hail. national weather service says with this storm we could see 70 mile an hour winds. that could bring down trees. be careful as this storm is making its way north and east. this is go ng into toward western loudon county and parts of jefferson county in towards west virginia. just a nasty, nasty storm right. no that's really the only game in town. we've got another storm coming in.

we're waiting on this line right here. once this line moves in to this area, i expect this to kind of go off into parts of our ar too. if you live back towards the shenandoah valley, watch out. you're going to see strong storm there is over the next couple os h but what else do we have? a chance for heavy rain. and a flash flood watch in effect untildn mht. frederick county, maryland, down unty and fferson parts to the north and west. 1 to 3 inches. watch out, week see some flash flooding with this right on through about midnight tonight. pockets of heavy rain. turn around, don't drown. we do not want to see any water rescues. you crossover, you get stuck, u're putting the first responders lives in danger. the d.c. area, look at that. high temperature so far in the 70s. 78 degrees. we've got that northeast flow keeping things on the cooler side around baltimore. now at 71 with sunshine, but much warmer to the south. 84 in manassas. 85 in culpeper.

86 down towards fredericksburg. here's future weather for tonight. notice the storms by around 10:00 with that line coming on through winchester and frederick and leesburg. d.c. area, if you're heading out tonight, around 10:00, 11 :00, 12:00, we see it through the metro area. take an umbrella. you may need it. into saturday no problems. most of the saturday dry. couple of showers, but most of theay d dry. 70% chance of rain on sunday. that's just a rainy start to the day. ternoon owers in the too. high of 73. really nice monday and tuesday. monday looking great. cinco de mayo, maybe you're ng inside doihat you nk. >> dg margaritas. >> yep. >> while we're talkiin about dinal fresco and drinking margaritas, let's talk about one of the great signs of spring which is thet" "washington pos spring dining guide. it is about to come out.

we have our buddy tom onhe show withus today. tom is going to be talking about howhings are -- there's our i favorite man the shadows. >> reecognize that face. >> and you'rete looking qui well. good to see you,in darl >> you know what? i love the fact that you can't see my newly acquired double chin. >> oh, okay. we're about to go in the shadows in the next couple of months as ll. that's a lot cheaper than lipo sucti n. let's start with your top four overall favorites and i love that number ons not in the city. it out in the suburbs. >> momma chang. this is from a former chinese mbassy chef, the famous peter chang. this is a celebration of the women in his life. his mother and his wife and co-chef. it's mostly home style food, although everything is so beautif o. it reallyht to be in pictures. i could see myself being a regular if i lived closer and didn't have to check out all the

w places all the time. in particular, one dish that i really like and gravitate to is the sweet potato nodles with squi rk and pickled mustard greens. >> other one of your other top four is al the way out in rappannock county. >> honestly, wendy, you tipped me o to the restaurant. ree block smith is week. aree it serves 20 diners who have to eat at the same time. it's probably one of the hardest reservations around, but you can book 200 plus days out. i just had a friend tell me i got in in october. >> oh, 2021. >> right. after the election. no. this is very much like a dinner party in the home of people with a lot more style than most of us. again, it's hard to get into, i buts such a lovely experience. you're all sitting down there. you certainly have privacy. you're not eating atsome big

communal table, but it's a lovely drive down there as you know. experience. it just feels -- it's really sweet and worth the effort. >> right. you really feel likeofou're out town when you're down there. john andcdiane pherson have done a beautiful job. if you are looking for a spot where you don't have to break t bank, i love that you're back at mama chang's again. there are a lot of places to eat cheap and still swyoon. >> u know, there sure are. one place that comes to mindh withe rappahannock oyster bar. it's at the wharf. i go there for peel and eat shrimp and a terrific burger. they don't take reservations. it's a big oval bar, but they do have a patio that's open in good weather. this is good weather right now. they'llfind me down there. in silver spring, i love port au prince. it's a rare tte of haitian

food. 's also a chance, if you want to, to learn the language during happy hour. on monday andursday they teach haitian creole. you can sip in grades and learn new language. >> nice. it's also nice to see you. you've got our mouth watering. i thohope to actually see you s out of the shadows. >> i look forward t it. thank you. >> thank you, dear. and for a link to take ar closeook at tom's favorites and his reviews for these spots, just search dining guide in our nbc washington app. >> suddenly craving oysters. i love that rappahannock oyster bar. mammogram scenings personalized just for you. the change you could be seeing on yr next visit to your doctor. >> o and keeping rivers clean while creating something beautiful. we'll meet the local artist helping to transform the anacostia and all of our nasty

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the -- beauty in the unexpected. >> along the river it's tough to find peace and quiet where everywhere you look there's pieces of trash. wendy has created treure. >> i'm a self-taught artist. it started in such a w that would keep people coming toward it. >> reporter: look at the art work. every edge down to every detail all made of plastic straws pulled from th>>river. showing the removal of waist you can create something more attractive. >> reporter: she cleaned the straws first before arranging them. 4,000 straws in total. >> hundreds of hours. months of work. i didn't see the vision. >> emily conrad is with the anacostia watershed society. when wendy first brought them the idea, theyt admihey didn't know what to expect, but now ey're all in. >> i'm really glad there are

creative people out there like wendy who can take that and turn it into something beautiful and inspirational. >> reporter: both conrad and sidner say they hope one day the anacostia will be safe to stand in. that's what the girl going fistsng represen a small piece of a big dream. >> i really wanted to do that to show the connection with the removal of the waste. i hopehey're inspired to continue cleaning up. >> reporter: sidner says she's thinking about making another art project out of trash. she obviously wouldn't have to look too far to find art supplies. she's thinking about using plastic bags next.ne aimee cho, ws 4. >> the artist is taking her work on the road. she's going to display it at various events. that's pretty cool. >> she wants as many people to see it as possible obviously to see how much trash we are environment. the rat complaints, these are complaints about rat, not from em. they are on the rise. what do you do? how about stopping their

reproduction? >> you think taxpayers ar going to think this is good use of money based on the number of complaints you get? >> yes. >> some might, yeah. the news 4 i-team goes on rat patrol today with d.c. healthof icials on a costly new experiment involving rodent birth control. >> also heavy rain, thunderstorms, possible floods. some of you it is hitting you already. already. storm team 4 is acking the tree i ha kids, i work from home. we are all on the internet at the same time. my kids are doing homework or they're streaming videos. upstairs, downstairs. how's homework going? you need help? and while he's doing that i'm on video chat with the client. no online. so that, you mama can make some money.

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and a look now at some of our top stories tonight. a nanny will spen the next 15 years in prison for killing an 8 month old. prosecutors say she force fed the child too much food in one sitting and the baby suffocated. >> a loudon county school teacher isn administrative leave. he's charged with being drunk on school grounds. deputies arrested brian chamer yestgday sayin he was dis shelved and intoxicated. he joined milen run elemry two years ago. the sheriff is crediting the principal for getting in touch with him right away. some areas are under a thunderstorm watch rht now. we've already seen some severe storms out there. >> radar is starting to k up. doug kammerer joins us. doug, some areas could see stronger storms. >> absolutely. we're looking at the d.c. metro area and points to the east. no worries here at all over the

next couple hours. it is all to the west. frederick county, loudon counties r councounty and points to the west. the warning we have in clark county, there are many storms out here. this is a brand new storm around west virginia moving in towards frederick county, virginia. more storms around winchester, but this has been the storm we've been watching upwards of golf ball s hail has been reported with this storm. winds gusting upwarding of 70 miles per hour. this severe thunde warning will go until 5:45. there is another chance of more storms along this line right here. we're not done yet. yes, i even think this pushes in towards the metro late tonight. we'll update you when and take you hour by hour. see you back here in about ten conutes. a montgomery ty judge has sentenced a teenager to ten years in prison for his role in gang activity. cell phone video shows martinez waving a machete.

another machben was involv and s already been ensnced. how this is part of a bigger crack down on gang activity in the county. >> cities across the country are in a fierce battle to combat rats. here in the district they've tried plenty of ways to kill them. now they're spending hundreds of housands of dollars on a different idea. >>'s basically birth control for rats. >> you heard right, folks. ratbirth control. the news 4i-team found it's never been tested on this big of itale. somes that tried it aren't using it. our investigative rerterodie fleischer shows us why d.c. is willing to be the next guinea pig. >> reporter: it's e ugly side of living in a big city and in the war on rats, this army is changing its tactic.

think of washington, d.c. as one giant laboratory with garerdwn bro leading an experiment. >> with this new method thatwe use doesn't work. >> reporter: to d.c. health department is thinking inside the box targeting rodents where they feed. the news 4 i-team watched as crews began baiting 16 alleys across the district. two i each ward with a product called contra pest. >> it's a paste and liquid and they drink it. >> they're targeting alleysth wh e most complaints like this one in adams morgan.nd right behicott bennett's restaurant. >> you've got to try anything. if it does work, it's going to be the best mone ever spent. >> reporter: a costly gamble. d.c. is spending nearly a milli dollars on the contra pest and new staff to deploy it. the product alone costs $300,000, the company's largest shipment ever. an it makes them infertile.

>> reporter: handles operations. she says rats in the wilboonly live aut 6 to 8 months but in that time they breed thousands. in the last test the rats had no baby. the e get the question all time rat? why wouldn't i just kill them? >> reporter: it's a more humane solution tat works on males and females. the city of st. louis said it was so successful it's currently expanding its use. >> in terms of testing in an w urban cie environment you have not done that before. >> we have not. >> reporter: the company has had small smaller successes at an animal facility cryaiming delive of the product, quote, to a substantial number of rats which successfully reduced the infestation and that they saw a reduction in rat activity in as le as one month. the i-team concted the new york city health department which also tested a multi family

housing department. no decrease in rat activity was detected over time. >> definitely proven thatolorks challenging. >reporter: she says the successful study mentioned on the company's website was in no way affiliated wite health department and that the health department never asked for help deploying the product which could have affected its outcom. st people, their definition of success is a wheelbarrow full of dead rats. >> reporter: she says you can never count the total number of rats, but you can tell how much of the product is missing from the containers and if there are fewer baby rats runningou talke about what their results were? ve not. we believe without knowing that it's going to work. >> reporter: they should know in about six months. the measure of success will be if the city receives a drop inin compla near those alleys and fewer rat holes and droppings near . if thathappens, they'll expand

the program. >> i think this will be thea re world test. >> repter: if it doesn't work? >> we tryme soing new. >> reporter: we did spe with a horse ranch in arizona tat has been really happy with the product saying its rts are almost all gone. chicago says it continues to test the effectiveness at different locations. a boston suburb said it stopped auusing the product becse rat population wasn't large enough to benefit. the p districtns to keep using rat tool and other toolgs s in addition to the birth control. >> and pets wking around the alleys -- >> they don't go in the boxes. and this is not killing the rats. it keeps them from reproducing. >> their life 8 span onth. >> we constantly hear reports of people's pets eating ratso poi this could be an alternative down the road, a long-term

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scenin screenings starting at the age of 35. y robocallers buzzingou in the middle of the night from random international numbers. and they're letting the phone ring once or twice and hoping you call them back. like 1-900 numbers, you pay an extra fee per minute andhat goes to the scammers. experts tell us thest way to avoid this, don't pick up the numbers you don't recognize and if you don't make international calls, ask your carrier to block outgoing calls soou don't accidentally call it back. pretty sneaky. we told you earlier this week that hundreds of th se electric scooters are being rolled out in the district. hundreds more. tonight we have new details about why you should wear a helmet if you choose to ride one. consumer reporter susan hogan working for you with the details. hey, susan. >> these scooters have been harnd fhave been around for ae years. we're getting a first look at just how dangerous they actually can be. the center for disease control and prevention teamed up with

the health department in austin texas to trrk scoote injuries for threeon mths. roughly 200 injuries were reported in that time period. about half t ofose injuries were considered severe. get this. one out of every three people irt were r an e-scooter for the very first time. 16% of the incidents reported involved a motorized vehicle, whether it was colliding with one or swerving or jumping off the scoot toreer to avoid hittie isvehicle. ths one of the most important findings of the study. nearly half of those hurt had a head injury. so if you takein one th away from this, it is the importance of wearing a helmet when using these scooters. a lot of people e doing it the fly. >> how do you do that? >> we are used to seeing heroes on the pages of books.

>> but tonightly y leon harris here to introduce you to a hero who writes them. >> nick daniels is a character in his own right. you can see it the minute you meet him. it's the characters that he has created in his children's books that are helping mak a difference. nick daniels is this week's harris's hero.he tre's some magic happening inside an apartment on edgewood street in northeast washington. nick daniels and his team are running a printing press. mr. daniels is a natural-born story teller. tory can come up with a line in a matter of seconds. i'll wake up in the morning and actually write a book. >> he's written 42 books. all of the characters are based on some verypecial friends. >> i started making up stories about ike and mike, lucky sandy. >> more than characters in a book, they're a tool he uses to

educate kids about bullying, something mr. daniels has dealt with. >> i was diagnosed and the doctors told them it would slow do my learning and it did. i'm 68 now and i still struggle with reading and writing. >> but he says he thinks kids today have it even worse. >> these kids hold it in and hold it in and splash it all over the interne w >> that'sre the books come in. the characters find themselves in all kinds of sticky situationsike on the metro or in downtown d.c., places where they can relate. they have to figure a way out. >> i think itr helps to wite a book the kids can all relate to and also teach them >>something these characters really jump off the pe whenr. daniels and his team do puppet shows at local schools. >> what i like about them, they say you got bullied too as a kid? yes, i did. some of them hug me.

>> he says he won't stop until every child knows they matter. >> if we can make a small dent, it's time to go to a school, each time when character kids, not to bully. that's why it's important we get dsto the school. >> those ki were eating that puppet show up and here are examples of someooof the b he's got. he has got dozens of this these. ike special mike. >> he quite talented. >> he's really talented. he didn't get training for this. they teach more about just bu y bull bullying. they can use counting ari colong. if you would like to purchase one of t se books,'ve got a link to his website on our nbc washington app. >> he's a good artist, illustrator. >> he should be in every school, particularly now with the issues going on. >> these are great. >> what a great hero. >> can't put it down.

>> he signs this to you. >> you better put that one down. let's turn to doug and boy, we have had all over the place this week, but we're endingr anothe friday with wet weather. >> but not in the d.c. metro area. that's the good news. today will go dn rain free, unless we get rain around, 9: 10:00. that's where we could see it. all to the north and west. that's where we have that severe thunderstorm watch.'s right now ll about frederick county, virginia, clark county, virginia. that's where we've seen the strongest storms. let's take a look and show you what i'm talking about. areas in pink, loudon county, frederick county. fauquier county and points to the west, including frederick county, virginia, all undersehat re thunderstorm watch. not d.c. not areas to the south. i'm not worried about severe weather here. this is the area we continue to be worriedabout. this is the storm that brought golf ball size hail. this is a monster of a storm that's starting to weaken now.

here's the next storm that's taking its place. if we did see a severe inhunderstorm warn it would be for frederick county again. that would include the winchesterirea. thone is not moving fast at all. that's it. it could dump very heavy rain in that area. ore storms up around the martinsburg area. not a ton of lightning. moderate to heavy rain along i-81. tracking this line, i this moves in to the severe thunderstorm watch area, we could see a little resurgence re of some of the thunderstorms. watch out for that mostlyaround the 7:00, 8:00 hour. you folks arod port royal getting in on some of the action. something else to think about, ng s is what we're tal about, slow moving storms producing a lot of rainfall. we have a flash flood watch in fect until midnight. again, not in d.c., but we do have a chance fors show overnight and another chance of just plain rain tomorrow night into sunday. amelia, we're going to be talking about the chances for

rain, but the severe threat reallyte diminishing aftoday. >> it does as far as the gusty winds and hail are concerned, but still some arrive rain out there tomorr night could certainly impact plans. i'm going to time out the future weather coming up. first let's get you through your planner. it's going to be dry. once we hit 5:00, there could be widely scattered showers. most of us still dry. temperature around 81 for a high. rain looking likely sunday morning. maybe light showers around later in the day with the high of 73. much cooler out there on sunday with plenty of clouds. the experts tell us that these are all easy to grow. fragrant and all easy to use. here's future weather, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. etray showers possible. really once w hit midnight here i'm this is talking about heavy rain moving in to thearea. thatontinues to move through until about 4:00 a.m. sunday morning.

plenty of clouds around throughout the day.y, sunda maybe a few morning showers, then maybe another round of showers during the afternoon and evening hours ith h you can see here future weather. so doug, you certainly want to be weather ready out there this weekend. for thewe most part re looking at completely dry conditions tomorrow during the day on saturday and then sunday not talking about any severe weather. st a few showers are possible at times. >> most likely in the morning hours with the high temperature of 73. 81 tomorrow. ot of clouds tomorrow. 73 on sunday. 77 monday. monday and tuesday looking great. dare sunshine. especially tues tuesday looking really nice. more clouds on wednesday with a high of 76. then a good chance for some showers as we end the week unsettled just like we ended this week as >>well. > we're going to close this hour wit a big smooch to a taleed member of our nbc news 4 family. >> we have been privileged and honored, folks, to call a

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od evening and thanks for joining doreen gentzler. >> i'm leon harris. strong storms to the west. dougd amelia will be here to break it down. plus president trump talks irone-on-one with vladim putin for an hour today, but one important topic did not come up. and tackling the growing demand for childcare. a new facility opensup as d.c. reaches for an ambitious goal.

here we go again. severe thunderstorm watches, even flash flood watches are in effect for parts of our area. just like yesterday, these storms a slow movers. >> the biggest threat still north and west of us right now. let's get to doug and amelia in the storm center. give us a sense of what to watch out for. >> yesterday we were talking about the i-95 corridor. this is back toward i-81. frederick county, virginia has been under the gun all afternoon. >> we've been seeing a l of really heavy rain continuing to move over parts of frederick county, so you might actually get a flood warning issued out there later tonight. >> heads up in that area. once again, if you folks are watching in montgomery county, fairf, prince george's,d.c., no problem. you're oing to dinnertonight, no issues. eat outdoors, you won't have any issues at all. it is all off to the west. you see some of this storminess ng through clark