un to protect his home and his family and may have shot someone he know. >> police are trying to piece together how this happened. northern virginia bureau y reporter david culver is live in centerville with the test. david, what happened? >> reporter: pat and leon, police are looking into the possibility that this might have been a caseof mistaken identity. when we got here this morning shortly after that shooting, much ofhis street was closed off. investigators were going in and out of that town home trying to figure out what sparked the shooting. fairfax county policeig inveators unraveling more tape, expanding their crime scene, carrying out evidence, snapping photos of clues that might explain what caused a homeowner to open fire shooting a man inside his town home. police got thero calld 10:15 this morning. >> the victim is a 24-year-old white male. gunshot to the stomach. he >> reporter: temergency dispatcher appeared to be on the

phone with the homeowner relaying to officers what the homeowner did with the weapon ed. >> he put the gun on the kitchen counter. there's no one else in the house. it's just the two of them. he's trying to stop the bl ding. >> three of us are going to make entry into the house and look for the downed subject. >> apparently it was the daughter's friend and he didn't know who it was so he just shot. >> reporter: police are not e confirming elationship between the homeowner and the victim. only saying that they knew each other. >> officers immediately began rendering aid and he was transported with nonlife threatening conditions to local hospital. >> victim is being takento an area hospital. >> the neighbor was following police and news tweets a few doors dot'n. >> i a sad thing, because i know these people. they're very good people. >> reporter: right now police tell us thatl victim is stil in the hospital, pat and leon. they do expect that he will survive. in speaking a with police saying they had made no mention of any charges in this cas but they will be monitoring.

>> sounds good. thank you, d id. let the weather now. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center. we've got isolated showers in spots out there? >> just in spots. we're not talking about the washout we told you yesterday. in the afternoon we started to see sun and we're seeing that right now. radar actually showing where ceose showers are in through portions of prineorge's county, down around prince william, culpeper county, all seeing showers across the area. you seeis coming right over towards quantico. this right here just to the east of manassas. look at this area up here towards laurel seeing some showers right here. this is some heavier rain right along 295 and the bw parkway right around the college park area. heads up if you live in this area. we're seeing some showers. they're all drifting up towards the north andtoill continue do so. the wider view showing more rain back to the west. fairly unsettled storm pattern. that's what we'll get into the

during the day tomorrow, so another round of showers and thunderstorms and a little bit more widespread out there on friday. we'll talk about that. look the temperatures back into the 70s, but the 80s not too far off. more of this andmother's day we >> we'll get back to you in a bit. fi breaking news from alexandria. here are some live pictures of shooting scene on quantrel avenue. the victim has been rushed to a hospital. the suspect and the victim knew each other. police now have blocked off part of that neighborhood to investigate this case. we'll upd we you ase learn more. first on 4, children know him as mr. knick k.knac ical w the reston m performer is facing child porn possession charge. >> julie carey joins us live now from the courthouse in fairfax county. julie, explain how this case developed. >> well, reston town center, tyson's corner and hundreds and hundds of birthday parties.

that's where steven rossi, aka mr. knick knack, wouldly regular appear. he's appearing at the fairfax county courthouse where he now faces serious charges. >> for nearly two decades he has been entertaining children with his original muyc pg original gigs at shopping centers, earning rave reviews from parents and their preschoolers. here's what the 58-year-old looked like when he was arrested last week. the investigation started with a cyber tip from an intnet provi provide. >> there was evidencehere was choi child pornograany being d. >> parked out front, his mr. knick knack van filled with props. investigators seized several electronic devices from his home and found disturbing photos on m th >> we uncovered over 50 images through coordination.

we made charges of ten counts of possession of child pornography. >> when detectives learned rossi was a children's performer, it raised their level of concern and raised questions. >> was he in contact with any c ldren physically? at this point in the investigation, through everything we've looked at with our electronic devices, t re's no indication there was any physical contact with children, but this is still an o investigation. >> reporter: investigators also so far do not believe any children rossi interacted with are in the photos, but they urged any parent with concerns to contact them. kenow, we knoc on the door today at steven rossi's home. he did not answer. i've also left him messages by phone to tto get comment from him, but have not yet heard back. back to you now in the studio. w thanks, julie. no doubt thisll lead to a lot of parents having conversations with their kids. thank you, julie. news 4 first broke this story in the nbc washington app.

you check back there for didates. now to a overy at a park in prince george's county. police found a body in a park near largo high. the school sent a letter to parents informing them it was a senior student. at this point neitr the school nor the police department is identifying that student or talking about any of the circumstances. however, investigators are nott ating this as a suspicious death case. ut new information abo last night's homicide in silverri spngs. the victim is 30-year-old edred mo munoz. police got a call about a fight and found him there injured. he died later a hospital. no word of any suspects. ng> two people are recovering after a shooti in the busy columbia heights neighborhood in northwest washington. place say someone fired shots around 10:00 this morning at an apartment complex near 14th street and columbia ad. there were injuries to their legs and hand but bothre expected to be okay. we're working to learn more

about a suspect or motive. a traffic alert for you thir afton. a busy part of the rock creek and potomac parkway is being closed again near the kennedy center. that means you're going to be detoured starting at 8:00 tonight. e parkway will be closed off to drivers from virginia avenue to i-66, not far from the lincoln memorial. the parkway is also closed to bicyclists and pedestrians from "f" street to the roosevelt bridge. new will be installing pedestrian bridge over the parkway. g.ese closures will last through tuesday mornin we're learning some new details about the police response to the colorado school shooting earlier this eek. >> erika gonzalez at the live desk on top of the developments. what's the late snest? >> the law enforcement was response. officers arriving in under two minutes. in fact, entering the school right away. a security guard at the school actually found and apprehended one of the suspects and police

found the second suspect alon in an empty classroom. police say no shots were fired between them and the suspects. last night students held an emotional vigil to remember kendrick who lunged at the gunman. utlice are still working to learn more a the relationship between the two suspects in this case. a juvenile suspect remains froe live desk, i'm erika m unnamed. gonzal gonzalez. a ground breaking and far reacng effort by the pope to end clergy sex abuse and weed out violators. the pope is mandating that all riests and nuns report any instance they believe may involve sexual misconductor a cov- -isconduct or a cover up. every diocese will have to

create ade conial system to receive the information and then immediately ask the vatican to begin an investigation. they require investigation ors to obey local police reporting laws. experts say if this new effort works as planned, the vatican could see an avalanche of abuse and cover up reports in the years to come. for anyone who uses this website. >> a woman in virginia planne for a weekend away but hit a major snag. coming up, the lost booking that had her calling news 4 for help. plus transforming history. we're taking you inside d.c.'s newest apple store before it opens. >>nd a new way to treat animals with cancer.u how yo sa your pet and vebr

11 after the hourw right and here is a live look at the storm team 4 radar. there you can see some rain right now around us and tomorrow a chance for stronger storms moving in. doug kammerer has gotthat for us. he's got the timing just ahead. nbc 4 responds to a virginia woman who says a rental website ruined her plans. >> she was so excited to go to the 2020 democratic national convention that she booked a bouse minutes after the

announcement at where it was going to be taking place. it's what happened next that had her calling this lady, susan hogan, to get sominhelp. >> mes after. really fast right after she heard about the announcement. we know wn there is a big evnt in the city, hotel and home rentals raise their rates. supply and demand, right? ut this virginia woman says not so fast. she booked on a site you may know as vrbo which recely changed its branding. shed pai full, got a c confirmation and then this happened. >> the city known for great lake views has now earned a spotlight on the political map. iolwaukee will h the 2020 democratic natnal convention. >> i was eocited they ch milwaukee because it was my hometown. >> fortammynemeth, returning home was going to be extra special.she decided to surprise

friends with free places to stay. hotels were booked or too expensive. >>ofhis is within an hour the announcement. i wasn't finding anything on the hotel site. >> tammy quickly went on to rbo and was thrilled when she saw se this hou available. it was perfect and affordable. $2>>9 per night. booked it right away. >> she called her friends and they started booking flights. everything was working out. until this emailrom the vrbo post landed in her inbox about an hourfter gettinghe confirmation. >> and it said i'm really sorry, but this property is not available on your day. please cancel >> the host said their calendar was not supposed to accept automatic bookings. panicked, tammy started searching for other properties, but the only listings left were hundreds of dollars more at. not wanting to cancel without another reservation lined up, tammy contacted vr. they assured her they'd look

into her complaint and sent her a list of what they called comparable properties. >> i think there were about four or five and when i clicked on eir listing, all but two i re believe we gone already. and then the two remaining were $1,000 a night and i think one was maybe $7,000 a night. >> tammy made one last emotional plea to the host to honor her confirmed reservation. it didn't work. in an email her host told her we are not booking anythingfor the dnc at this time. the reservation is canceled on my books. but when we checked vrbo three weeks after her reservation was canceled, we found that same listing th the dnc datesla ave and the price, you guessed it, no longer $259 per night. it's now $950. >> i think it's obvious from th

bookings what happened. they are booking. they want make quite a premium for their property for the dnc. >> vrbo tells news 4 we encourage owners to avoid canceling a traveler's reservation whenever possible. owners with a repeat history of cancellations can have their property performance impacted and may even be removed from our site. as for tammy, she's still a keepingn eye on vrbo for any her entals that pop up in price range hoping to treat her friends to a taste of her hometown. >> the best ice cream or we call it cusnrd i the world. >> i rehed out to the host for an explaninion. bottom if you're planning o book throh a site like vrbo, know they have limited

power over the host and you may find yourself out of luck if something goes wrong. >> vrbo a can't dthing to them? >> no. they refunded their money. the most they can do is put a little mark ontheir listing, but they didn't. >> they reentered it into the marketplace. >> and they know. >> supply and demand. >> absolutely. >> that's cold.ho somebody sd get that address and throw a dozen eg s. >> he wants a bloody mary. >> and a custard. >>hat's cold. turning to the weather, it is not cold, but you're certainly talking about it being pretty wet. >> yes. especially for ther's day weekend. looking more and more wet, especially on saturday, into thn day sunday as well. let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with out ow there n most of the area dry. this is what we told you yesterday. take t umbrella just in case.

most areas will remain on the dry side. we'v got the cloud cover for the most part. some sunshine. temperature of 74. winds out of the south about 9 miles an hour. that southerly wind helping to bring thingsr up t.an where the yesterday. little cooler up to the north. here's the shower activity. we've got those showers coming through parts of our area, in through parts of the prince george's county, parts of montgomery county, just some light shower activity.n dowo the south around fairfax, around quantico and wo woodbridge. this shower over clifton and burk is going to head into the city of fairfax in about the next 15 to 20 minutes. once again, not much in the way of rain. we could see a few more develop on.e move that's really about it. tomorrow we get in on this unsettled mess back here tuesday the west. it's an unsettledest that's not a highly organized system.

what does that tell us for tomorrow? i'm not expecting a lot. 80 degrees. mostly cloudy. nice and warm. theets going to be aboutit. here's what to expect. 8:00 a.m., future weather shows not muchin happen sunshine early but cloud cover tomorrow. the rain back to the west along i-81, but think even around the d.c. metro area, lunchtime looking okay. by around 6:00, a couple scattered showers. maybe a couple rumbles of thunder. once again it's not everybody. variety.tered and same deal around 10:00. this is when the front actually comes through. that will give us the best chance for heaer showers. couple rumbles ofhunder. 9:00 a.m. on saturday. we're dry, but watch what happens during the afternoon. here comes the rain. rain on is the night. we've got dinner plans saturda night. i expect to see some rain in parts of the area. 8:00 a.m. on mother's day. how about for brunch? we've still got the rain coming

on through. i really think it's going to last just about all day long. maybe 1 to 2 inches of rain out t on sunday. now, 80 degrees tomorrow. 65 on saturday. cool 64 on sunday. a cool cloudy showery rainy weekend. monday high of 70. tuesday is interesting. only 69. some computer models have the highs in the 50s. right now i've got 60. 73 on wednesday. weather day at nats park, that is next thursday. storm team 4 will be at nats park as we take on the mets there for that 1:00 game. i will be throwing out the first pitch and you can meet all of us from storm team dawe will be down there al long. i'll get out of the way now. >> thank you, doug. students across the country often remain unsupervised between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. a d.c.-based organization is fighting that time by picking up where school leaves off. after school all stars d.c. hel their annual gala las night and

invited aaron gilchrist to attend. the organization helps 600 kids n get aid and their missio to expose the kids to missions, careers. >> that's a great program. >> yes, it is. >> helping the kids and their parents. >> absolutely. >> one of our city's most historic building is get i a major makeover. >> we're getting our first look inside to see how the carnegie library is being transformed. and the world's most famous and the world's most famous new dad resuming his royal

the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in sect cities or trying to convince consumers thatg is actually 5g.

they're neglecting small towns and rural communities, em leaving th on the wrong side of the digital divide. approved, only the combined availableresources of t-mobile and sprint can deliver on all the spectrum bands needed to quickly bring unprecedented 5g connectivity across the nation. i'm erika gonzalez with breaking news. president trump will nominate acting be defense secretary pat shanahan to becorm the peent leader. the white house issued a statement moments ago. shanahan has been the acting head since january.a recent defense department probe cleared him of wrongdoing in contracts with boeing, his long-time employer. it will now be up for a vote in the senate. back over to you. there are more than 500 retail stores

around the world, but on saturday the tech giant will open what they are calling the most ambitious store ever. mark segraves takes us inside the store in the old carnegie library. >> rorn teen ar:op a ed public library donated by andrew car nag carnegie. the building has never lived up to its potential.ag three year the d.c. government decided to lease the property and picked apple as the tenant. >> we're glad apple has c ated a space not just for retail exowerience but really n a civic public space that will be open to the community. >> reporter: over thet two years, apple has worked to return the billing to its original cgnndition and desi while adding a modern touch like two-story light-fille atrium and converting the one time reading room to a high tech showroom. >> it's not about a store. is about an experience with

reimagined beautiful old space and made it better for the community than i think we've done our job. >> reporter: the libry is much store.han just a it's also home to the historical society of washington, d.c. >> we are here toff o research support for historians and for citizens of washington. but what you can also do here is you can he some fun in our galleries. >> those galleries include these life-sized panoramic photos including ameliearhart posing with her plane as the u.s. capitol is in the background and this carnival outside union station. and there are artifacts on display as well, like these seats from theh old griffit baseball stadium. apple and the historical society will be offering education programs which opens to the public on saturday. mark segraves, news 4. >> while apple has more than 500

stores worldwide, their first retail stored in 2001 right here in tyson's corner. >> it looks like a pretty cool place to kill a couple hours. >> it really does and get your latest iphone. >> buy another $1,000 phone. there you go. news 4 working for your health. is losing weight high in your dna. >> we're showing you the new re ways people a dropping pounds. and a facebook warning by one of the website co-founders. lling the company dhegerous. lling the company dhegerous. >> is eremely powerful xt you know when you're at ross

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t' get you caught up with four things to know. a homeowner openedire on a suspected intruder. now police are working to learn if the shooting was a case of mistaken identity. authorities believe the suspected suspentted intruder walked i the centerville home and caught the homeowner by surprise. the pair knew each other. the per wn whoas shot is recovering. a children's enrtainer known as mr. knick knack is under arrest on child porn possession charges. gabe rossi regularly appeared at tyson's corner and reston town center. so far there is novince that

children rossi kbinteracted wit are n thelegal photos. are lening distressing details about a deadly fire in baltimore. three people di in a townhouse that was being used as rental unit boarding house. three people are injured and three hers managed to make it out safely. one of the injured has burns over 70% of their body. another has brokenis after bumping out a window. vestigators are trying to determine what started the fire. isan back where it belongs. the sword has been in a family since 1918. it vanished when be wasng shipped from texas. after our story first aired, ups put out additional resources to try to find it. coming up, news 4 meagan fitzgerald sits down with th owner and a very relieved bride. because she doesn't need any

more stress in her life. >> you know that's right. >> it shows up just in time. well, you have likely seen it all over social media today. the co-founder of facebook isca ing on the government to break up the tech giant. >> chris hughes whk started facth mark zuckerberg in bcewte snvard dorm roomspoke to >>he rason i'm speaking out is because i think facebook has become too big, too powerful. >> kate is joining us tolk ta about the exclusive interview tonight. >> good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> hughes hasn't worked with the company in ten years, in a decade now. so why is he speaking out now?t wha does he want? >> it's a good question. i asked him that. he said look,'ve been thinking about this for months, really since last year and the whole mess with cambridge analytica nd the company that obtained data of facebook users, those

privacy breaches. he says now he felt like he couldn't keep quiet because he has this public plaheorm. s one of the co-founders. he's really the first person of this stature t take on facebook and call for a government regulation. >> they've been friends since college. they wereusiness partners. what's he saying about his relationship?ci is prinple more important than that? sounds like it. >> that's what he's saying. heaid to me look, hopefully, can still be friends, but you h know things go. sometimes when you have disagreement, things suffer. i don't know whether wuell contino be friendly. frankly, they haven't been the closest friends over the last few years. they see each othercc oionally. they're not super tight, but heo felt it was wh the risk. facebook has put out statement saying this idea that the u government shold break up the ompany, they believe all wrong. so clearly there is a big disagreement there. >> can't wait to see this report tonight, kate.

thank you so much. tall care. we wi see you later on this evening. >> you toor, pat and leon. >> in a statement to nbc news, facebook says in part of the accountability of tech companies can only be achieved through the pain staking introduction of new rules for the internmot. of this exclusive interview and facebook's responsetonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. the royal duties never seem to end now for prince harry. i he already back to work. three days after meghan gave birth to their first child, archie, nb's kellyas more from the netherlands. >> prince harry is back at work heren the netherlands kicking off the countdown to the invictus games 2020. three days after the birth of his baby boy and he desperately wanted to make this event because these are the games for wounded veterans, t games that

he created and he's very passionate about. >> it is your resilience, your deteraination, and your cou which draws crowds in the thousands. leaving them feeling more inspired, moved and proud than they ever thoughtl possibe. >> he spent a few hours with the wheelchair athletes as we as archery athletes and received a shw baby gifts, one of which was a trt for his little boy with invictus. ntrchie lair son iroduced to the world yesterday cradled in his father's arm, the ne couple's on the instagram account along with the picture of the baby meeting the queen and prince phillip along with meghan markle's mother. as for the name, we understand there's no speciaeaning behind it. the two just like the name. nbc news, netherlands.

news 4 working for your money and ur favorite furry friend. >> coming up, the new treatment that could cut down on the cost of pet health care. >> and all weee long we'r saying thanks to our local teachers. molette green take us to a school in laurel just ahead. and you know what i'm tracking over the next couple of days. it's the rain chances. not a whole lot tonight. we've got a few showers out there now. tomorrow rain chances, but they tomorrow rain chances, but they really start increasing forour y k frome three kids, i w home.

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for some people, s nothingeems to work. why e secret to dropping may be in your dna. plus never give up. the marathon employmt en a.ah, it's me, wednesday.a. hum. because getting past me used to take hard work. sweat. sacrifice. but lately, it's a about fun and games and hugs from strangers... oh, and did i mention a ridiculous selecti of beers?to what happened laundry night? wednesday! i love you wednesday! -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. -i do. you don't. the big carriers are talking about their current 5g rt l outs, butheir efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g.

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. what's the secret to being fit and sing weight be lost in your dna? more companies are offering at-home test kits to shed some light on your genetic makeup revealing which foods might be better. b bianca castro so working for your health. >> to say connie was frustrated with her healthmight be an understatement. >> i'v been to about 15 doctors in five years. >> she had highl, choleste high blood sugar and couldn't ose weight. >> i live with a competitive body builder. i'm in the gym six days a week.

i follow a competition diet and not lose weight. >> when the popular keto diet didn't work, she went to a nutritionist. it wasn't in her kitchen. it was in her dna. she took a nutrition dna and found that because ofger etics, spikes of insulin keeps her fromng weight. it also doesn't let her absorb all the vitamin b 12. >> whout that nutritional support, i'm always going to be inflamed. when you're inflamed, you can't lose weight. she switched to an almost vegan die skpit and over the course o0 years she lost 40 pou ms. >> for that was the right way to go. >> why is it my friend can eat f frenchries and a hamburger andwe loseht and i glance at it and gain weight. >> they use dna tests similar to the dna kit to help decode what nutrition and fitness might be

good for her clients. >> then i taylor what you eat to those >> yes. . >> if you're going to supplement, what are you going to supplement with and how much. >> some dna labs layout the right nutrition plans for you, but connie used her nutritionist. >> i plan on, you know, being healthy for absolutely as lock as possible. >> using her dna as her road map. >> that was bianca castro erporting. thare some down sides including the obvious privacy concerns, but the consumer dna test kits are from the beginning. >> sometimeshey cost hundreds of dollars. >> you've got some concerns about that. >> the privacy concern was the first thing that jumped out. those companies make data getting the data from you using your dn's >> so itmportant to read the fine print. >> yes, it is. >> they state their policies in the fine printu and yoed it

so you know what you're dealing with before you turn in your sample. >> and make sure you exercise. it always boils down to diet and exercise. >> yeah. eat yo getables. >> we'll talk about that later. well, we are continuing to talk about our teachers this week. today we're in prince george's county. s olette greentopped by eisenhower middle school in laurel to say thank you. >> we're here at eisenhower middle school celebrating 50 ars of education excellence. { cheering } >> the tachers have a chance to cheer on their own. threats one of the teachers here. thank you so much for rocking i out. okay. 70 teachers at this school, 950 arstudents, and they committed

to their jobs. one of the teachers, mr. kelly burgess nminated for teacher of the year at prorngs counince ge county, you've been doing this a long time. >> we do it because we love the kids and can change the trajectory of a child's life. >> the principalhi manages business making sure he has a good balance. >> we have 17 male teachers. they canserve as mentors for african-american and hispanic students. >> i love that. teachers, you rock. let's hear another one of the great tehers celebrated for her great work was girls in the pool. the band has come out and they are ready tcelebrate national teacher's week. we brought treats to get them started. come on, teacher. >> all right. giving teachers their props.

coming up tomorrow on news 4 today, molette green is taking us insideroject hope to see how one local elementary school is bridging the gap betweenaw enforcement and the community. get your baseball gloves and your caps ready. nbc 4 and our sister station partnering with the washington nationals for weather day at nats park. chief meteorologist doug fire ball kammerer is going to bero thng out the first pitch with a game against the mets on thursday, may 16th. we'll have give aways inside tha k. you don't want to miss it. if you can't make it, tune in to news 4. doug will be revealing the official storm team 4 summer program. we'll be down there at the salt line. ve got the big screen coming down with me.om c on down next thursday. you can see us inside the stadium during the game and outside the stadium after the game. i love getting out in the community and no better place than right there at nats park. >> you'll be in your element. >> in both ways.

weather wise and baseball, yeah. it'what i went to school for. baseball andmeteorology. >> really nice afternoon. temperatures have climbed toun r mostly cloudy skies. 73 next hour. down to about 67 by 11:00. we notice the temperatures. everybody in the mid 70s todayer yestay at this time temperatures were falling into the 60s. even the mid 60s in some areas. everybody in the 70s now. we had a couple of areas of showers, one up here towards laurel. that's kind of falling apart towards howard kuntcounty. we had one around fairfax. the shower activity we had just about going. that'er not sh activity. that's clutter going on. what are we seeing? warmer numbers. 82 right now in richmond. t warmer air is making its way. nly 63 in philadelphia. the cool air is just to the north. right now the warm air is

winning out after yesterday's cool air winning out. you can see the showers developing and then quickly dissipating. soon we're going to see nothing but sunshine over the nextpl cou of hours. more storminess back towards the west. we're going to watch as theur w. it's an unimpressi ve system. it was very impressive earlier in the week. not a lot going on now. we do expect to see showers and thunderstorms during friday. not a lot and not everybody is ing to see them. only a 50% chance of seeing a shower or storm. nice tomorrow morning. 54 degrees nce and rm. little on the humid side throughout the recess hour. up to 80 by the time you're picking up theids. showers and thunderstorms, the best chance for strong stor ill be along and west of the blue ridge. showers, maybe some sho thunderstorm, but i'm not anticipating anything too strong. early dry and late day rain coming in. that rain lasts all night saturday night right into the day on sunday. sunday, again, let's take a look at other's day.

we've got rain likely. it's cool. we've got rain heavy at times and we've got flooding possible. i'm thinking area wide up to about an u inch, soto 2 inches of rain, depending on how the storm develops. we're going to be watching this closely on mother's day. could get a little break in the afternoon. i'm hoping we get some kind of break. we'll wait and see how that plays out. monday a high temperature of 70 degrees. behind that we'll see shower activity early and then it cools during the afternoon. we go down to 69 on tuesday, 73 on wednesday. wednesday looks like a great day. then we get to weather day at nats park. right now i've got a chance of shower there is. hopefully they are out before we start our presentation. the game starts at 1:00. all of next week only one chance of showers. it just happens to be weather day at nats park. thafrp thanks a lot. >> perfect timing. >> i've got to go back and sit down. that's right. >> i've got to see this. this is interesting here.

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back now with breaking news coming from alexandria. a shooting on quantrell avenue. the suspect and the victim knew each other. police havert blocked off pa of the neighborhood now for their investigation. we'll keep you updated as we h learn moree. just three hours from now, a busy part of rock creek parkway will be closed all the way through the weekend. >> big changes for your commute tomorrow and eusn monday. >>n finch reports on the work and the work around. >> reporter: this is a quick closure. we're talking about several days giving time and space for crews to install in some critical instruction. we're talking about the rock creek potomac parkway with it shutting down at virginia avenue northwest it the potomac river

interchange right by the volleyball court not far from the lincoln memorial. traffic in that area will move to virginia avenue and those interchange ramps., nowr pedestrians and cyclists, you, too are going to be impacted. we're talking about aloser on "f" street northwest that will go to the roosevelt bridge. it wilmove instead to virginia avenue and 23rd street northwest. the next few days as that routec issed down, crews will be hard at work regarding the pedestrian bridge over the rock creek potomac parkway from the kennedy center. it's going to open in september, but in the meantime, for us, that means from tonight until tuesday morning at 5 time 30 a.m., we're going to see clores here along t park way tr that work to take place. again, if youvel this area regularly or rely on it even over the weekend, you may want to work around now, because traffic will be definitely backed up around here and the foggy bottom area too.

back inside to you. hi, everybody. breaking right now at 5:00, news 4 has just obtained this video ntshowing a montgomery cou police officer using a racial slur. >> let's get right to leon at the live desk. he has the video. >> windy and jim, we'll show you a short edited portion of the clip that's getting shared all over social media a white police officer can be heard using the "n" word while talking to a black man in a traffic stop. >> youve ha more people. you [ bleep ]. >> the man who shot the video said it started as a traffic stop. that woman police officer used the "n" word while talking to him. in the same clip, th suspect is heard swearing at the officer. we still haven't seen what led up to this moment.

montgomery county police say -- a little bit confusing. police issued a statement saying they are reviewing all the video footage right now.ew n 4 jackie bensen is working this story and we'll bring you updates. jim and wendy, t bayou. now to a news 4 ivteam exclus a psychiatric patient escapes from a major local medical center right here in d.c. >> and he's been accused ofve traling to virginia where police say he assaulted a woman. scott macfarlane is breaking the story tonight. scott. >> according to internal agency records, the escape happened ni late sunday ht from thehi waton, d.c. v.a. medical center on irving center northeast. the records say the 29-year-old psychiatric patient escapedou thrgh the shower area climbing through the ceiling tiles, removing ceiling ventilation before dropping down into an nd office space heading outside. a relative of the man who did not want to be identified explained how the patient was able to then get a

y. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room to call a taxi cab. >> and they called him a cab? >> they called him acab. >> he was wearing his hospital l hes? >> he was wearing his scrub ottoms and a tank top. >> prince wlliam county police arrested him for holding and assaulting a woman he knew. late this afternoon the v.a. told us they can't comment on the case, but they are reviewing the policies and procedures. coming up, what happened when they call.ahe v. to warn them of the escape. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> the i-team has been investigating problems as you know inside the d.c. v.a. medical center for more than two eears now. if you hav any information about the day's rep