pounding rains. we're showing you the hardest hit spots. it is 6:00 on thet. do i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we'll start with the commutcaand the forest. melissa mollet has the first 4 traffic. >> we'll start with storm team 4 suteorologist chuck bell. looks like the 's coming up, chuck. yes, indeed, officially subrise less than -- sunrise less than five minutes away. probably not going to be the prettiest sky for sunrise because we still have aai f number of clouds. a cloudy start, but the pavement on the 14th street bridges are still lingering puddles on some of the shady roads in the country. four things to know about the weather -- cool, cloudy, a littlemp early this morning. again, nothing showing up on storm team 4 unrain-wise l later today. on the whole, a nice day for today and tomorrow. mid 70s coming your way for the afterno n. startingf in the 50s. low to mid 50s in the shenandoah

valley. mid to upher 50s here in t nearby neighborhoods, closer to 60 from annapolis into st. mary's county though. your planner for the commute, sun's up at 6:05. down at 8:05. there wilcebe a tine chanf rain on the western shore of the chesapeake bay. i'll show you the future weather and help you plan that coming up in a few minutes. fornow, over to first 4 traffic. good morning, northbound 5, those hov lanes before the 14th street bridge, we have a crash. everything is temporarily stopped. we'll keep you updated on this. right now we are stopped there. the lanes before the 14th street bridge. chopper 4 over the outer loop ac necticut taef. earlier crash, again, on the right shoulder. you don't have to worry about thamuch. a tiny delay. the rest of the beltway looks good. no big complaints on the beltway this morning. as we zoom in, in northwest, beech drive at broad and branch have a downed tree. th road is clos there. >> thank you.ve

deping this morning, there's a search for an suv in the potomac river. >> what was a rescue effort has turned into a recovery effort. cory smith is live with the latest on this fr roosevelt island. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. as the sun rises, the conditions needed for crews o get back and continue the recovery effort, continue to improve, we'll show you the scene from late sunday night. the call to 911 came in around 9:20 yesterday. someone reporting a car going into the potomac river, an suv. when investigators got to the scene, theykeid spo it to a witness who said they saw the car go into the water. inveigators also found tire tracks indicating that a car had gone in. for hours, crews searched by th air, ey searched by land, and divers in the water, as well. there are no signs of the suv and no signs of anyone who may have been side. the difficult thing about this

obviously is that the potomac is a large body of noter. w crews are having to take into account the currents and t wheres car may he drifted. let's listen to what investigators had to say. >> there is possibility of this vehicle in theh water, tat it could have floated some distance. that is a possibility we're exploringu the coast ard was going to do modeling to see where the vehicle could have ended up. >> reporter: there are multiple agencies involved in th recovery effort. you've got d.c. fire, ems, you've also got the coast guard, as well as u.s. park police. what we're keeping an eye out for is exactly where the recovery efforts will begin. in is where the car went into the water last nigh the models say this cower could be anywhere along the potomac river. we'll see c wherews focus

their search this morning. back to you. >> all right. cory smith live for us near roosevelt island. thank you. 6:04. a young man is among the dead in a rash of violence over the weekend. d.c. police a 18-year-old sayon coplins was shot and killed on stanton road southeast around 9:00 saturday night. two hours laternother teen was shot on dawg lass street. he is in stable condition. there were two other shootings over the weekend. we're working to gather victims about the victims in s.ose instan no arrest is been made in any of the cases. this morning, one american is among the 41 people killed in a fearyia plane crash in >> look at that dramatic row here. you see the plane on fmare as i an emergency landing at an airport in moscow yesterday. the entire toil the endas engulfed in forward-looking statements as the thick black smoke killed the sky. what a scene. 37 passengersth escaped e plane. the plane's twol bk boxes have

been found. the passenger plane well just taken -- plane had just taken off when the crew respected a malfunction -- reported a malfunction. a cracked windshield caused a plane to return to dfw airport. this shows it looning back towardulles. united said, quote, about 45 minutes in the air the pilot noticed an issue with the windshield. the flight returned without incident, and the passengers were transferred to another flight to las vegas. this morning, investigators are tryg to figure out why a helicopter crashed in the chesapeake bay killing two men en board. the chopper w down about a mile off kent island, maryland, on saturday. crews recovered the bodies of charles night of mt. airy and the passenger, matt clark. pasadena, maryland. . later, a teacher accusedf sending race oh photos to st sents andoliciting sex at

loudoun county high school is expected to appear before a judge. allison breel was arrested last month. today she is expected to plead guilty to contributing to the delinquency of three minors. she wilget a suspended s.ree-year sentence for the misdemeanor charge she's the school's marketing teacher. she's been on leave without pay since last november. today, president trump's former attorney and fixer begins a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion, campaign finance crimes, and lying to congress. michael cohen was spotted u walking arond man during during his last weeke of freedom. he will serve hiseam 40 mills away, in otisville. the sfwritars of "llrsey shore"i be there. president trump reversed course and says robert mueller should not testify before congress. the president tweeted a couple

of hours after house democrats announced a tentative may 15th date for mueller to testify. congressman adam schiff saidll m will testify because the american people deserve the truth. the democrats want additional information on the russia investigation. >> all he has to do is sit and read any of the 448 pages, and it is devastating. there's no upside for donald trump to have mueller testify. >> on friday the president saidl muler's testimony is up to the attorney general. atr rney general william bar says he has no objection. today is also the adline barr to presented unrecollect re ccount --n uedacted report. a majority of americans say the u.s. constitution should be amended to do away with e electoral college.

53% of respondents favor the idea of determining a presidential winyer b the national popular vote. 43% want to keep things the way they are now. 4% of respondent were unsure. the poll surveyed 900 americaom adults april 29th to may 1 frp1 adults from april 29th to may 1 frp1 of the. tensions are mounting between the u.s. and north korea after north korea fired missile images on state-run media show north korean leader squlong jong overseeing the toasts saturday. u.n. officials say the majority-range missiles aren't considered a threat to the u.s. the move comes as talks between the u.s. and north korea stallef er kim refused to denuclear iegz. on "meet the press" yesterday, john kennedy was asked whether the president is being played. >> no. well, i don't know.

mine, he could be. i don't know. the only person kpo knows that is kim jong-un. we can all speculate but i would rather have us talking with kim jong-un than fing missiles at each other. >> president trump tweeted that a deal withy in that will happen. 6:09. tyson foods is recalling frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips that could be contaminated with metal. the food safety and inspectione sce is aware of six complaints from people who found pieces of metal in the food. frozen products have "use by" dates of october 1st of this year three march 7th of next hayear. if yo it, throw it away or return it to the store where you bought it. the d.c. region may hfave seen it share of lough weather there wrntd weekend. almember all the lane? florida was hit very hard by mother nature. check thought bolt of plieng which hit too close to home. h. >> this is my house.

and -- [ screa ] a, ply god. >> did you see that? oh, my god. did you see that? that was boynton beach. florida is known for its lightning and strong storms. no one was hurt here, and little damage was done. close.to see it so up >> yeah. a few hundred miles north in wilmington, cleanup is underway. the national weather service says a tornado did touch wn there late saturday afternoon. the high winds rav ammed a yacht club. one was -- high winds damaged a yacht club. one was flipped on its side. most of therea unscathed. college graduates are about to enter the work force. >> before they do, they need a job. how to help your gr o stand from the crowd. cluck? gardening forecast from our friends at merifield guarantees,

a perfect time of the year to do a little inspecting of yourfl wer to make sure there aren't bugs taking hold. wore celebrating the teachers at hayfield secondary. [ applause ] coming up, we'll talk to some of teachers at 2064 school. we'll talk to some of them.

welcome back. we're quickly approaching the graduations of millions of college students which means ar employers once again receiving a flood of applications for open jobs. >> yeah. the good news is the economy and the job market a pretty strong.

the challenge, though, is making yourself stand out from the crowd. so there are somens suggestio that you target your cover letter, your resume, and linkedin page for each of the prospective employers. when you walk in for the interview, you want to showco nfidence but also humility. nobody wants to hire know-it-alls, someone who doesn't think they have anything to learn. clean up your social media pages, too, and take as many internships as you can. and h.r. experts remeer to show the three es during your i and enthusiasm. >> always good to be eve that you're a lifelong learner. >> uh-huh. speaking of learning, take time to thank a teacher today. we are celebrating teacher appreciation week on "news4 today." >> molette green kks offer of the celebration in fairfax unty at yfield secondary school. molette? >> reporter: can i give a shout out to the 204 teachers a

hayfield secondary school, right? [ applause ] i have them here in this first row, second row, and i have some of theic dynamtudents supper rounding them and other -- surrounding them and others. and the deputy superintendent is here. we are celebrating the teachers at this fan taft could school. you got-- fantastic school. you got a lot of students and need dedicated sisters. miss sssy moses has been teaching for 20-plus years here. physical science? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: why do you love this? hat makes you do it year after year, decade after decade? >> because you can make a difference. when you can make a difference, y day n come to work ev and love it. >> reporter: don't we need more teachers like that? [ applause ] we have them here. ben bernard, he tackles english with eighth graders. all right. why do you love this? >> i love waking up in the morninand having the opportunity to change someone's life every day. >> reporter: that's important. your lives are being impacted.

our actors in the front -- they performed before we came io the 6:00 hour, "the newsies." the play goes into the second weekend. get tickets at hayfielddrama.com. we are celebrating the teachers, celebrating teachers throughout the week. have a treat. they don't know what it is so we're not going to tell them until later in the 6:00 hour. i love teachers. he 's give a big cheer for teachers at this school. back to you. [ cheers ] >> we don't know it what the treat is either. i can't wait to see what we've come up with. >> surprise on tv. stay tuned for sure. >> a bipg thankou to al of the teachers -- a big thank you to all of the teachers. we talk with you on social media. a big thank you to everybody. 6:16. let's check in with storroteam 4 meteogist chuck bell to find out what the forecast will do today. no problem rain, i hope. >> no. 90% no. there's a tiny littlean ch,

but most of us will not have to worry about rain drops yo monday after a soaking of rain across the region yet. all three airports reported kwiebt of rain. national airport yesterday, two-thirds of an inch, over an .nch and a half month to da dfw airport almost a full inch yesterday. -- dulles airport almost a full ch yesterday. and bwi airport almost an inch, now 1.76 for the month. afternoon. temperatures up into the mid 70s.

if we have any rain, it will be along and to the east of i-95. closer to the chesapeake bay into southern maryland. about 3:00 and 7:00. most of us especially if you travel to the west and north, no chance for rain. tomorrow, no chance for rain nywhere. a bright and sunny day. probably going to be the sunniest and therm wast day of the week. highs today in the low to mid 80s. the five-day forecast then, another cooler day coming up on awednesday. back-door cold front means an east to northeasterly breeze bringing clouds back and at least a chanc for showers. i think wednesday's rain chance is maybely west of the blue ridge -- mainly west of the ridge. on thursday, the front comes north as a warm front. r,ght bring out a rumble or two of thunde as well, thursday afternoon. fairly low chances for rain wednesday and thursday. nothing to really wash your plans out. unfortunately, the rainiest day of the week is likely going to be friday. rainhances now at 60%. mostly in the form of afternoon thunderstorms.

warm, too. highs near 80 degrees. the ten-day outlook includes rain chances coming up. but for now it's time for first 4 affic and melissa mollet. a couple of problems here. northbound 395, the hov lanes before the 14th street bridgsl very . they were stopped. we now have the right side getting by. that's better. it is stillslow inbound 395 approaching the 14th street bridge. chopper 4 over this problem. we had a report of near montrose a ladder in the truck. i went to see what wa goingon, now we see a crash. we're not sure if it caused the crash. may have at least one injury. ey're trying to get help. is northbound near montrose where that issue is going to be. washington, northbound 295, 11th street bridge, a crash on the shoulder. seeing slowdowns. northwest, beachan or br shut

down. travel times in ,66 57 miles per hour. on 270, 33 mil per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> ahead, uber and lyft drivers planning a major strike. what it means for riders in the d.c. region. and later today on "ellen," matt easton stops by. what's funexpected?

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>> it baby will be seventh in like to the throne. meghan markle wants to spend the precious moments in privacy. >> yeah. eventh in line? we'll all be dead before the baby becomes -- >> exactly. if y useer or lyft a lot, the next story will impact you. this wednesday, ride-share drivers will strike, an it could mean no service for hours. >> there are calls for the drivers to turn off their apps here in washington and six other major cities across the country. mark seagraves explains what the drivers hope to gain. >> reporter: uber estimates the ride-share company is to $90 billion and plans to air shares to the public sometime this month. uber drivers like this man who wanted to speak anonymously say they'll walk off the job wednesday. >> i just want to drive. n ed better pay. >> reporter: the strike will last for 12 hours. drivers plan to turn off their apps at noon on wednesday, may 8th, an leave them off until

midnight. katy wells from georgetown university has done several years of research into how uber drivers are paid. she says the drivers want tomend a message. >> workers certainly have been experiencing, you know, really difficult situations for an ex nded period. >> reporter: wells explains that the paperwork uber filed with the government in order to offeo its sck to the public revealed the company apes long-term plans. >> it intends for driver o incentives t down over time. and this information is coming out at a time when driver pay has already r beenduced a number of times the past few years >> reporter: a spokesperson for uber declined to comment. n the filing with the securities and exchange commission, the company reports drivers have earned over $78 billion since 2015, as well as b $1.5 lion in tips. >> if you want to make a lot of the money, they'll drain you. you have to drive a lot. maybe 80, maybe 90 hours a week for like $1,800 a week. >> reporter not only are

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a rush tohe rescue in potomac river after a suv submerges. new details from the overnight search for survivors. wideningoads tospeed up your commute. a proposal for two of our area's busiest highways. we'll tell you why some people are pushing back against it. and thanking teachers. a week to show teachers extra appreciation. we're kicking off the celebrations here on "news4 today." first at 6:30, a live look outside as we start a new workweek. while you may be sad that the weekend is over, the good news is the rain s ended, too. the sun is up, we're working 4 you to get you moving on this monday morning. the sun will be better as the day goes on. >> that'shat chuck says. i believe him. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we' check in with melissa mollet, but first storm team 4

eteorologist chuck bell is here to tell us whaouds are moving out. >> give it a little time. starting off plenty cloudy this morning. then iwill be a pleasant afternoon. we'll get sunshine back for later in the afternoon. the bulk of the rain is done. e tiniest chance along the western share of the che.peake bay if you travel westbound into the blue ridge or russian dough ayou don't need to war -- shenandoah, you don't need to worry about the rain ops. 58 in fredericksburg. school day forecast. those schooldays, the countdown tomer break is on for sure. 50s at the bus stops this morning. probably don't need the umbrella andod the backpack t. afternoon highs in the mid 70s. not bad for a monday. a b-plus. we'll be back to a-plus weather tomorrow. we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right. sounds good. taking a look now at problems we have. northbound 395, the hov lanesbe ore the 14th street bridge, you see we are quite slow.

one lane open o because an accident. they had been shut down. this is an improvement. it's just not getting by quickly as you might like. eastbound 66 after nutley, right ne blocked by a disabled vehicle. chopper 4 over the earlier problem, we had the main lanes northbound on 270 this morning near montrose. now in the local lanes. temporarily stopped right now. just a little slowdown in the main lanes because of this earlier crash. looking at southbound, looking o pretty d. no major issues. 43 miles per hour gets you there in 42 minutes. eun? >> thank you. right now crews are closing roads to prepare forfoen memorial service. here's a look at the affected areas, d street from 3rd to 4th streets is closed in northwest washington. indiana avenue is closed from 4th to 5th, also in northwest the roads will reopen around 3:00 this afternoon the 40th

annual memorial will start this afternoon at the d.c. police headquarters on indiana avenue. >> the service honors th men and women killed. developing th morning, there is a ecoveryort for an suvin theotomac river. d.c. fire and rescue says somebody reported seeing that suv go into the water near roosevelt island's parking lot last night. cks cials did find tire t leading into the parkway -- potomac. coming up, more on the recovery effort. >> reporter: several frightening incidents in the air are part of our top stories this morning. one american is among the 41 people dead in a fiery emergency oknding in russia. take a lo at this video.i black smoke filled the sky as fire destroyed that plne yesterday. russian media reports the plane's flight data recorder and a voiceve recorder h been found. the plane was on its way from moscow to a cityn northern russia when the crew reported a malfunction. we'll have more on the story coming up at 6:45.> ck in the u.s., federal

investigators also found a data recorder after this boeing 737 skidded off the runway and into the st. john's river in jacksonville. the plane was landing at the naval air station from guantanamo bay, cuba, when it began to skid. the landing gear appeared to be in the riverbed. more than 140 were on board. everyone survived. closer to home, investigators are trying to determine what caused a helicopter to crash tilling two men on board in the chesapeake bay. that crash happened saturday a mile off the tip of kennedy island, tharyland. about lot and passenger maryland governor larry motion r hogan's posal to ease congestion on the beltway, i-270 and bw parkway. >> dozens turned out to express their concerns. any joel jacobs is -- nicole to bs is on the road wit find out more. >> reporter: good morning.

most people can agree that traffic can be overwhelming. it's how to alleviate the congestion where the conflict comes in. let's look at the congestion during this morning rush. we're on i-0. and you so it is bumperer to bumper. certainly an increase from what we've seen earlier today. governor larry hogan's p3 plan to widen parts of 270 and the bw parkway while aults also adding tolls is not sitting well with montgomery county residents. it was standing room only at a p quickanned meals last night. residents -- planned meeting last night. residentsje reing the proposal that could force homeowners near theioroadways in questn to lose their homes. >> this proposal has been managed bike the brunaway in the movie "speed." [ laughter ] it's our job to slow it down, to get the board of public works to ask thehard questions, and to depend the environmental and fiscal and traffic review that we deserve before our

neighborhoods are compromised, the environment is damaged, and taxpayers are left holding the bag for billions dollars. >> reporter: governor hogan monitored that meeting through a live feed. he called it a roadkill ralliment he also said it showed no regard for the o hundreds thousands of marylanders who are actually caught in the traffic on a regular basis. back to you. >>ly told jake objects, thanks. [ cheers ] this was the momentf complete shock at the kentucky derby over the weekend. look at all these people. this was the moment they found out, the gamblers, that maximum security, the horse who cssed the finish line first was disqualified. ovr? in the history of the derby d a birn been disequaled for interference. >> country house was declared the winner philadelphia. we've learned the owners of

maximum security and country house are not committed to running in the preakness. more on the "today" show. >> and maximum security's disqualification cost betters some $9 million. only 1% of that'sre pcted that country house would win. the people who betted on country house now going tomake money. 6:37. we're kicking off a week with celebrations dedicated to teachers. melissa mollet is in faihiax county tmorning. hi, molette. >> reporter: guys, yes, we are celebrating the teaches here at hayfield secondarho of the -- >> the hawks! >> the hawks coming up in just a few minutes. good monday morning. coming up this afteron at 4:00, we'll take you to a community garden in northeast wheur volunteers are png their hearts, souls, and sweat

into the dirt. >> i like planting. today i helped taking out the roots. >> you on some popsionate pele are helng toeed and clean their community and connecting generaons in the process. ti

we'd like to say thank you to everybo who participated in comcast cares day over the weekend. we got help. members of the news4 family and the telemun family. we were at seabrook elementary school in lanham on saturday. veefrts helped to spruce -- h volunteersped to spruce up the school inside and out. part of our commitment to make a lasting difference in communitieshere we work and live. comcast cares day is you in in its 18th year. obviously the station is owned by comcast.

the incumbencompany makes a com to spruce up the community. new, social media sill buzzing about a surprise ending to last night's episode of mooimpt. >> a con -- "american idol." >> a surprise when the judges hewere going to use t only save of the season. things took a turn. >> we need an answer right now. who's it going to be? >> which one? >> you're all so great. i love you so much, lacey. >> lacey! the creditswe rolling. the judges decided to let catonsville native ajeremiah johnson. he has been a fan favorite since the first audition.

he casing his butt ff. play the piano. he's oh talented. there's frustration over line over his elimination. is a contest. everyone can't win. he's so od. here's the cnbc morning business report. >> reporter: good morning, i'm at cnbcheadquarters. disney's "avengers: end game" is the second-highest growing movie of all time reach will nearly $2.2 million worldwide after 12 days after hitting theaters there. it took 11 dpys to to $2 billion. "avat "avatar" needed 47 days to surpass the mark. "avengers: end game" is the first to pass $2 million, it's already the most popular imported movie in the history. good morning, everyone. after a rainy sunday, the rain rain has stopped. now thelouds are hanging around. most of us won't need to worry about rain chances until we get later into the week. c washing forecast, i think you can get it cleaned off and keep it that way.

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tenses arewe mounting bet the us and north korea again after the launch of ne missile tests. u.s. officials say the weapons are not considered a threat to this contry. nbc's kristen welker joins us live from the white house with the latest developments.

good morning.or >> repr: hi, good morning to both of you. this morning, there are growing concerns about north korea after its provocative move over the ilekend launc those sever short-range misses off its eastern coast that you talked about. the president inconsists's not going to deter the u.s. from encouraging the regime to give up nuclear weapons.th is comes as president trump is grappling with another foreign policy challenge over russia facing fresh criticism hear fizz phone call with russian president vladimir putin. the two leaders speaking for f over an houriday discussing a range of topics including the mueller report. but it's what at president didn't discuss with putin that's raising eyebrows. the special counsel found no connection between the ampaign and russia, he found interference inthe election. the president said when i pressed him onid friday he d not raise the issue of meddling with putin. we're tracking that on a busy

monday. >> busy indeed. we'll see more on the "today" show in a few minutes. thank you. happening today,si predent trump's former attorney and fixer begins a three-year sentence for tax evasion, campaign finance crimes, and lying to congress. michael cohen was spotted walking around manhattan during his last we end of freedom. he will serve time 70 miles away from otisville. he'll have some famous company, too, "the situation" from "the jersey shore" and fire festival founder bill mcfarmand are also in prison there. > today another monumental achievement in tiger woods' career, perhaps bigger than his comeback win at the masters. the highest honor for at civilian, the presidential medal of freedom. woods is the 33rd athlete to receive the medal and only the fourth golfer. the president tweeted that he gave tiger the news while congratulating him on hisrs

mastevictory. it is 6:48w. no divers, boats, and a helicopter spent hours near roosevelti sland overnight searching for an suv in the potomac river. what was a rescue effort hasbe me turned to a recovery effort. >> cory smith withore now. what are they saying? >> reporter: the crews were out last night werese sent home durg the overn hours. it was simply too dark to the search safely. in the last few minutes i spoke. with d. fire and ems. they told me that mpd is now the lead agency in the recovery effort. as you can see behind me, there are no watercraft, noth one in e area searching for the suv. we can show the scene from last night. it was very hectic. investigators got the call arnd 9:30 las night. someone reported that a vehicle had gone into the waer.

when crews made contact with the witness, they also found tire tracks indicating that the car had into the river. that sparked aassive search. a helicopter in the air, divers in the water. boats on the water. people here on land searching forny signs of this car. the thing is that the their may drifted to the widening search year for these crews. and as you state, given how much time has gone by, what started as a rescueowffort is n obviously a recovery effort. here's what investigators had say las night.no >> you don't kw what the circumstances are, how the car came into get into the wa gr. that's ifing to be part of a law en.orcement investigatio the likelihood of recovering somebody who's still alive at this point would be highly >> reporter: in is a multiagency search. you've got u.p.s. fire rt

depant, the coast guard as well as park police. again be the most receipt news here is that metropolitan police are now taking the plead in this recovery effortment i reached out to find out what they are going to do. the water is quiet, we'll hope to have an update for you on "midday." live near the receiver, back to you. thank you. we are learn you flew details in the fiery emergency landing that till an american peopru in ia. look at the video. 41 people downtown as the plane caught fire and made an emergency landing at an national airport moscow. crews are searching the film r victims for rim ox. -- searching for the flight data recorderayo see what pled a role in the crash. it just taken off when the crew reported a malfunction. much moreahead. >> look at that video. 6:50.

time to chk back on the forecast. our chuck bell is here with more on when we're going to see the sunshine today. chuck, good morning. >> good morning. yeah. skies are still on cloudy first thing. these aren't are going to be moving out. there will be sunshine first in the shenandoah valley, then sunshine reaccong the i-95 idor mid to lit mortgage. 60 degrees, winds returned to the most for us, it will be la northwest r in the day, bringing less humid, drier air into the picture. that turns off the rain chances arings the clouds out for later in the day. comfortable enough to get your monday started. mostiators tin mid to upper 50s. 58 in chap tillie other salt lake city. 54 in lean. 55 ingermantown. 61 in beverly, maryland, thorn. with the cloud and the 50s this morning, we'll get increasing ads we go deeper about the day. is 4 hours of daylight today. there's a chants for a sour o

two toward the cheap. between it :and 7:00, if u blink you'll miss it. then skies go clear overnight tonight. tomorrow, bright sunshine, in the low to mid 80s radios the area. th's going to be the nightsi i-- the nicest day of the week. a chance of showers on wednesday. everyone has about a 30% chance of a shower on thursday. the next most likely day for rain, unfortunat will be friday in the form of afternoon storms. once fwhaen coming weekend will be like thene i just. if now to melissa mollet. t ing a look, chopper 4 just coming up on the problem at con cticut avenue. a truck on the right side of the roadway. excuse me, blocking a lane. looks like they may have just gone off to the right shoulder bich, of course, would much, much better. inner loop, outer loop, the rest of it isooking quite good. northbou 395, those hov lanes

before the 14th street bridge, still very slow. we were closed a shortime ago. fachkt r fairfax, eastbound 66 under 1 is 223, aane blocked -- fairfax county, eastbound eastbound at 66 and 1 is 223, a lane blocked. local lanes before west montgomery, have an accident on the right side of the roadway. seeing delays headed southbou. travel times, 66, slow fairfax county to the beltway. quaico to the beltway, 28 miles per hour. top of the beltway, outer loop, 27 miles per hour. remember to listen to w to p 103.5. 6:53. this morning and all week we are hmongoring the heroes of the classroo it is -- honoring the heroes of

the clam. >> we kick thin off with molette green tet h-- molette g outside of the high school. >> reporter: look at them go. this is the play going on this weekend here at the school. ah, yes, we are celebrating the dynamickeeps, 2 079094 teachers. [ cheers ] >> we have the teacher of the year here, maggie. [ applause ] >> reporter: okay. so we're going to talk to math teachers -- >> math? i struggled in the math. onpam and kb are passionate about their jobs. pam, you do this tx lot of work, right? >> yes, indeed. but hey, you ask why do i teach here. i say why not. rip i love it. monica, what do you say?

>> i tylike to bring energy to e classroom to make math more fun and less scary for students. >> reporter: i love that celebrating students at hayfield. our first stop during this week-long celebration of teachers, ght. >>yes. >> reporter: we have something special -- before that i want to thank principal graham, the vice principal for letting use here. the deputy superintendent, dr. ivy, all of these guys, welcoming us into the school. this year. we've got theerybody supporting. this is the home of the -- >> hawks. >> we've got goodets for you, coffee and doughnuts and jaunts. we have more from hayfield. ttthank you so much for g us

welcome you. come on down, we need to fill you up on doughnuts. >> the teachers do a lot of hard work. god bless them. and nurses, we haven't forgotten about you. we'll be honoring national nurses week, in the yeoman's work they do it every day. >> all day long. here's well four things to know. howard univeity will introduce the new coach r basketball coach, denny blakely, won before playing two championships at duke more at police are investigatoring shootings from over the weekend. -- police are iestigating a shooting from over the weekend. one man was kill and would another shot on douglas in northeast. we'll japan the conditions in our app as soon as we learn mother nature. so far have about been -- as we

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good morning, breaking overnight,how of force. the u.s. deploys bombers at an aircraft carrier strike group to the persian gulf, a stern message to iran, this morning what caused the pentagon's surprise move. we are liven washington. runway horror, a passenger plane bursts into flames in russiaal more than hf the people on board killed. this morning, the view from inside the cabin, frantic passengersra fic to escape. coast-to-coast storms, al tracking the news, severer weathe threat, targeting tenseo of milli across the