two major road closures to walk you through this morning. they could onve you turned around on where you need to go his mother's day weekend. and it's a shortage you wouldever expect.up a global sy problem means the party is over for dozen of stores around rye count we welcome you in this saturde morning. th11th of may, 2019. good morning. mime david culver. a wet start. images. a look at the downpour sped up outside ouruilding heren northwest washington. driving rain soaked describers d roads. be look outside, much calmer, lauryn ricketts, you're thinking things could get wet once again today? >> i think things will be on the wet side later this afternoon. a few spotty showers rig now. anything we are seeing out there right no is just light. we're going to continue to see spotty showers as we go through the morning, and then later on this afternoon, that's when

they're goi p tock up a little in intensity. saw early morning sunshine, and f sun elieve some peeks or at least limited sunshine. if you're north and east. a lot of this rain is pushing in from the south and west. areas north and east, you may be the last to seeit. a patch of showers i'm looking at now. light stuff falling in the district. up through montgomer county through frederick and towards the fredericksburg area. i widen out the view. this is what's coming our way. knocking on our doorstep by the middle part of the afternoon. again, pushing in from the south andst weoving to the north and east. currently those temperatures, 66 degrees. winds out of the north. really not that bad. goingo be cooler today. listen, legends in flight at joint base andrews. tons of graduations.he mots day. time everything out so you can plan out your weekend. that's coming up in about 12 minutes. >> lauryn, check in then. at 8:01 on this sard, the gw

parkway northbound lanes shut down. park police tell us there was a serious accident shortlyafter 6:00 this morning. there's no word yet on any injuries or how long this closure will last. we'll update youoo as sas we hear more. and if you use the gw ind way you may want to another way to get around. a popular stretch of that road is closed off because of yet another sinkhole. a that could pose a major threat to those of you who drive through that area. news 4's derrick ward is live along the parkway andoins us. for folks heading out, a slow one there? >> reporter: indeed it is. we are here on chainbridge road, exit to the y.parkw deja vu in march, a sinkhole in the same area that this one has been reported. this is in the area of deadrun. about where they had one a couple months ago that closed down the parkway for some time. now, apparently it was an observant park police officer oe

t parkway that noticed that and had it shut down our caution. we understand the engineers and cr are there assing the dama assessing the damage and seeing at they can do aboutit. right now, this northbound gw parkway, confusion. people having to make-turns or go around. heading this way, even if you're not taking the parkway, be a little cautious when you get near thisxi e because people are going to try to have to figure out what to do. going to turn around and maybe stop and reset their gps's to figure how indeed to get around it. again, northbound gw parkway between chambridge road clos due 0 to a sinkhole just like back in march. back to you. >> from the g tobw, a lot of traffic troubles this morning. our nbc washington app is keeping you posted what to avoid and how ao getund the mess. time, 8:03.

a trchic stoagom story. a w shot to death after a day at work. this morning a manhunt is under way. bettie jenifer was walking out of her office building yesterday in greenbelt. as she left a man approached and point add gun at her. she bolted nf rly the length o the parking lot.er sev shots fired until a bullet struck her in the head ending her life. >> this happened in front of multiple witnesses. so they are in the process of interviewing witnessge trying to as much helpful information as possible. >> police say a gunman jumped into a car and drove way from the scene. they're working to develop a description of the shooter. mourning the death of a right now, mourninging the death of a first lieutenant mcdowell killed in a vehicle rollover that this happened thursday morning during a regularly scheduled

training. officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding this accident. six other marines were treated for minor injuries. an update on a disturbing story of seven kids left in a hot car in charles county. we've learned all quite young. not one of the kids older than 4 years old. the temperature was in the low 80s yesterday afternoon, but much hotter in the car. investigators say a 37-year-old woman abandoned the children in a monte carlo parked at st. charles town center for about 20 minutes. s she was insiopping. she was the mother of two of the kids, we're told, and baby-sitting the others.he one of thildren in the car was able to call 911. when officers showed up e ey found r not running, the windows were rolled up. first responders treated them at the scene. police are not yet releasing the woman's name. charged with confinement of children in a motor vehicle. looks like the measles s epidemic igetting worse in maryland. the maryland health department confirming a fifth case of measles.

no known public exposure locatns. we've also lorned that loudoun county, virginia, has one of the highest risks for measles outbreaks in the entire company. at's according to a commuter model from scientists at johns hopkins. a tip leading to 100 animals living in filthy conditions at a local nprofit. the animals were rescued y. yester the place is called the animal welfare society of howard county. officers found dogs, cats, rabbits and much more. many in poor health. vets will examine the animals to figure which ones are healthy enough for adoption. president trump planning to move the fourth of july lllebration from its usual spot on the national nd possibly address the nation on the steps of the lincoln memorial. that's according to the "washington post the new event is to be called "a salute to america." eworks shift to potomac park. launched from a different point. that's about a quarter mile

southwest the usual location near the washington monument. the fourth of ju celebration has long been non-partisan but the "post" reports it may nowly potenti turn into another version of a trump campaign rally. a virginia lawmaker isponding to our news 4 i-team report about an escape at the v.a. medical center in d.c. a congressman calls is stunning and unconscionable. the man got out of the psg chiatric ward after ente the shower late sunday night. he removed ceiling tile and crawled into an adjoining office. a neighboring office worker who didn't want to be identified talked with us. >> he went throu the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room for the hospital aaff to call a taxicab. >> they called him cab? >> they called him a cab. >> he was wearing his hospital clothes? >> wearing scrub bottoms and a tank top.

>> police say he assaulted a woman he knew in anassas. he faces charges now. the medical center identified the patient's location andc contad police. the v.a. is reviewing its policy and procedures. congressman connelly says a si congresal hearing will look into the incident and other problems at the v.a. big changes coming to party city. wnit will shut do5 locations across the country. it has to do with a global helium shortage. the company says they're closing a higher nber of stores this year so as to stabilize profits in the coming months.gh rit now it's not clear which locations will shut down, but the company confirmed closures in california, illinois and connecticut. it secured a new source of t helit should help relieve the pressure. at 8:08, an accident at a virginia school killed a youngb almost a year ago. it devastating story, but this morning the bos parents are opening up to news 4. ahead of a law being passed in

toeir son's honor. their emotional s is next

now to a story you'll see only on news 4. nearly a year after a tragic accident claimed the life of a fairfax county third grader we hear from the parents for the first time. helping a teacher operate a motorized partition and got caught between the parti the wall. changes are made across the country and the commonwealth to protect other students. consumer reporter susan hoge sae following ttory from the beginning and sat down with wesl wesley's parents earlier this week. >> reporter: well, our hearts could know go out more to this family. not only will may 18th mark the one-year anniversary since they

lost their only child, this will be amy's first mother's day ndthout him and next week the couple will be sg behind the governor of virginia as he signs a bill named in honor of their son. >> he was always just happy, jovial, jiggly, moving around. >> reporter: it's wt hawe all a hope for parents, for our children to be happy, and, boy, was wesley. >> he was just happy. he wasmi always sng. jumping around. so when i think of those things, that makes me really happy. >> reporter: and he was always i ting of others. >> he was friends and nice to everybody. >> everybody. >> you can ask -- >> anybody. >> -- anybody, and they'll say e same thing. >> wesley was, he was a very kind boy. >> reporter: amy says they did everything together as a family. >> just the three of us all the time, and i miss that. >> yeah. >> and i, i'm going to miss the future with him. >> yeah. >> that kills me the most. >> reporter: a year after wesley's future was abruptly cut

short, the pain is still setting in. f >> thest year's numb. >> the -- you're numb. that's -- you're just numb. it's a blur, and it's hard to explain. it's hard to understand, and recently it's gotten harder.>> reporter: josh and amy still talk to wesley every day heren his room. josh stops by every morning. ed >> we talk whihe fish. >> and amy every night >> but i give him a kiss and talk to him and ten i turn off light. >> reporter: friends and family have helped the couple through this first yea you may remember amy's mom sally. her testimony helped convince virginia lawmakers to pass a bill designed to protect stuents. >> ayes 40. nos 0 and the bill passes. >> reporter: the wesley charles lipicky act prohibits anyone from operating a motor iz aed apartition when students in the room unless it has a safety sensor installed with it, and every year school districts will now be required to train anyonet

who oper the wall. >> the bill is a good thing, and it's okay to look at it that way. >> reporter: josh and amy say the new law is a bit of light in this horrible tragedy, and they think wesley would be proud. >> i know if he knows it, it will save lives, he's happy. >> reporter: and for all the pain and sadness thato cmes with losing a child, wesley's parents say the nine years of happiness he brought to their lives willi continue to ve on in their hearts forever. >> he was just such an enormous part of our lives for just the small time that he was here,s that something we have nobody can ever take away. so that part's really good, too. >> hmm. love you. >> love you, babe. >> reporter: the ceremonial t signing wesley charles lipicky act will take place next week. by the way, fairfax county is starting the process of adding motion sensors to partitions already installed in the schools, and new ones will also have the added safety feature as

well. back to you. >> susan hogan reporting. susan and her team have been cosring this story since la may. as part of their investigation they compiled a map showing which schools in our areas haver those motized walls. there's a link to that map in the nbc washington app. search partition map and zo in to your county and you can see if your child's school has one of those motorized partitions. 8:15 is the time. live long outside on this saturday after a wet niovert. lauryn ricketts says may, b for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwide low-price leader: floor and decor. the prices are the lowest you will find. not only did we find lots of options, but we were like, oh my gosh, it's so affordable.

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> the preakness is week from today. all eyes on pimlico racetrack for the second jewel in the rown e crown, but in a could be tarnished with deteriorating conditions on the track. sert of the stands are c for safety reasons. news 4 chris gordon reports on pimlico in peril. >> reporter: the preakness is just a week away, but here at pimlico the cheering crowds have not yet arrived, and on a day like this, you can see the glory of this racetrack has faded. the owners of pimlico who also own laurel park want to build a supertrack in laurel and move th preakness there.an amda rawlings is a horse trner at both tracks. >> in your opinion, where should fue preakness be in the re? >> at pimlico. >> why?

>> because history.part of the >> reporter: dottie covers racing. >> i work in the barn at the stable. for me, convtiencewise, nice to have at laurel. >> reporter: the city of baltimore is fighting to keep it at pimlico. governor hogan says whatever happens it needs to remain in maryland. >> they have a state-of-the-art track in laurel. a falling apart track in baltimore city. the city does not want to invest any money in the track. the legislature has no interest in investing state dollars in the track. it's a couple of days of racing and needs $430 million of investment. >> reporter: they've been racins horseere at pimlico since 1870. this is all that remains of the historic old grandstand, but a month ago they closed this section off, all 6,600 seats, aer an engineering firm determined that it was unsafe. it would not bear the weight load. >> i used to sit right back there in the stands and watch all the races and had trouble

finding a seat. now, if i sit out here it's me and the pigeons. >> reporter: in a week, the country's attention will turn to pimlico f the preakness, and for that bri moment, horse racing in baltimore will once agn be the sport of kings. chris gordon, news 4. if yout w to watch the 144th running of the preakness, watching the right channel. here next saturday. if it was today,au ln ricketts, potentially a muddy track out there? >> like the kentucky derby has been what seem likes the last -- >> just a wet mass. >> just a wet mess. looking ahead, looks like next weekend will be dry. so fingers crossed that will stay the same. >> i like talking about our producer, sang the derby has own been wet the last three years. very, very particular. >> oh, yes. he's familiar. looks like it's always been

raining there andee f like, after we finish the weekend, feel like its been raini here the last several days. we'll get tired of it because keeping rain chances today, tomorrow, right into monday. ekt raining the whole time but i believe this wend once we start this afternoon, we're going to start a little bit of a washout. usually like, ah, not a washoel. i do bve it may be a washout especially for your mother's day. so if you have plans especially utside plans you're going to go ahead and want to make sure that you are not eating outside. we are looking at temperatures out there right now with plenty of clouds. temperatures ithe 60s across the board. are you saying my mike's not on? >> no. we hear you. >> oh, you don't? >> saying my mic's not on. >> stand by. get nice and close to me let you talk it over. walk me through this.

you're talking -- >> we've got rain chances. now n get on your mike. rain chances for saturday, sunday and monday. widespread rain. again, we will have scattered showers out there today but better chances of rain getting iuo your say and monday. as far as the radar is concerned, you can see spotty showers there through frederk own through the d.c. area and then we continue to watch more showers just down to the south and west. now, that little area showers coming into southwestern virginia will be here by the time we head into the afternoon. rain chances increasing. hello. walk in with me, david, since i'm using your mic. it's on. o weird. i don't know what's going on. step back here. kids' games not looking bad. legends of flags leaving fedex. last van leaving. >> and like ceremony weekend. >> told me about that. put it in my forecast. spotty showers in the morning.

mainly congratulations in the morning. by this afternoon wet. most of the graduations, if outside, will be fine. but it's chill out there, david. temperatures in the 50s and 60s, where they're going to stay heading through the day. step back out a bit so you can see. we've got the times over here with chances of rain, pretty much all through theday. chances of rain increasing after about 2:00 or 3:00. go ahead and step back in here, david. show you. i like you're doing the weather. just joined. >> i'm like an intern learning. it's great. >> a few spotty showers until 2:00 or 3:00. heavier rain pushing in from the south and west. newest models has it waiting to get in. a lot of steady rain after 2:00 or 3:00. overnight, david, continuing with rain. continue with rain tomorrow morningnd you can see that rain steady during brunch and steady through much of the day o morrow. so again, eating outside tomorrow, not looking like the best day. also cold with temperatures in the 50s. again, could have heavy rain ats tim

get to the ten-day forecast quick because we're looking at cooler temperatures for a while. good-bye to 80s. low 60s monday. rain chances finally move oumo ay afternoon. tuesday and wednesday dry. weather day, nass park at nbc, going to berk at nass pa thursday. a small chance [music playing] (vo) this is matt and rachel. and this is the fe nminutes they have untilaptime is over. this is rachel depositing a check without leaving the house. (rachel) [whispers] have you seen my debit card? (matt) [whispers] no. (vo) this is rachel turning off her debit card. (matt) [whispers] babe. (vo) and back on again.

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weather, in may,s i even odd in colorado. >> uh-huh. >> but that was no stopping the graduation and boulder. >> you see images. almost 9,000 students and parents. go sitting through a snowy ceremony this week. even this friendly snowball fight broke out briefly.ea forget the b balls usually tossed up. throwing snowballs 0 ut the s o. even with the snow, the ceremony went off without a hitch. >> didn't stop. came down another day and finally melting this weekend. good skiing out there, though! >> grab your diploma and hit the slopes. ngrfect. and fightifor change. >> not a turn of a phra. literally fighting other people. >> yeah, he i throwingpunches. father dave smith right herre thehe is. he's got -- been a priest there in sydney athe same church almost 30 years and now on a mission to help refugees come into hisry count. >> his next fight will help raise money to help refugees and

peace groups in war-torn syria. >> hopefully gets it all out of his system and then, no fighting after that. great. >> one-two, one-two. look at that guy. solid steady rain coming our way. seeing peeks the sunshine this morning like we are seeing now. don't let it fool you. even in the northeast may hold on to that sunshine a little longer but clouds andain coming our way. we time it out for mother's

sinkholes and construction works. major roads shut down right now. show you what to oid so you don't get turned around out there. deadly explosion. workers trying to figure outt w caused this in another part of virginia, rockford county, in particular, a gas station exploding there. latest on the semp farch for survivors. and a hot spot ready to hope this weekend. find out how toet in on the international spy museum reopening and a special mother's day deal. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. happening on this mother's day weekend a welcome you in to "news4 today" on this saturday, 11th of may, 2019. .ood morning. i'm david culver thanks for being with us. lauryn ricketts is with us also this morning starting off in the storm team 4 weather center

tracking some dry conditions right now. >> yeah. >> thinkingrain's on the way. >> i do think rain's on the way. a lot of things going on out there this weekend, david. spotty showers out there early this morning, but also seeing some spotty sunshine out there this mngor toni continue to watch for increasing chances of rain heading right into the afternoon, and expect rain through is evening. now, again, you can see a little bit of sunshine. if you're out early this morning you may need the sunglasses. but, again, you're not going to need them for long. change the sunglasses in for am umbrella continuing through the day. a few spotty showers here and there. you can see justto the north and east rnoght not a lot of that hitting the ground, but we can still see maybe few spotty showers between now and about 1:00 or 2:00. then all of this moves in. we'll continue to see some periods of rain later on tonight and throughout the overnight. 66 degrees is our temperature now. that's about as good as it gets.

for any wedding forecasts, a friend that is getting marr d in winchester, virginia, alexandria. unfortunately her wedding's at 5:00. rain continuing through the day. beautiful pictures, though, with clouds. take them early. emperatures in the 60s. talk about the rain for your mother's day coming up hour-by-hour. the planner 15 minutes. i'm melissa mollet with a look at yokest. furir4 national police we. 5k happening saturday here. as far as road closures and parking restrictions start around fooi5:00 to 100 a.m. s street, sections of third, fourth and fifth shut down. parts of pennsylvania avenue,id incce and constitution closed as well. a if a rarade. oad closures noon to 7:00. and parts of t, vermont and u street closed.

bigger list of clocsures on the app. find them there. >> not all closures to tell you about. if you use the gw parkway you need mother wanother way toe ga. closed because of a major sinkhole. derrick ward is live along the park wye now. derrick what exactly is the closu happening? >> reporter: pretty much at dead run. w the same placere there was one back in march. this the northbound lanes, what we understand. the other direction of traffic is indeed flowing. take alook. video of the last one. that one was a major, indeed, sinkhole, and tk time to dig around it, to fill it in, and what i think it was, a matter of a pipe underground that had collapsed. we don't know exactly the cause now, but they are extra vigilant in that area because of the problem of sinkholes. we understand that it was

actually a park police officer who noticed that and out abundance of caution indeed decided to close it down while they study the problem and get it fixed as fast as possible. fortunately, this is on the weekend. don't have heavy commuter traffic. hope to have it straight at least by nday when rush hour starts again. so, again, gw parkway northbound closed bean chambridge road and the beltway because of a sinkhole. back to you. >> derrick, thanks. .>> 8:35, your time n this morning a tragedy unfolding in prince george's county. a woman was shot to death after a day at work. now the arch is on for her kill perp police say the gunman walked up to the woman with a gun pointed towards her as she left her offe in greenbelt. news 4 jackie bensen picks up the story from there. >> reporter: it was 5:00. quitting time when the victim started walking out of the front door of this building into the parking lot. people were all around. police say the victim was

walking out of the office s building a01 ivy lane in greenbelt when a man approached and point add gun at her. >> to which time the victim mgan running. the suspect firedtiple shots towards the victim. >> reporter: rather than running a few feet back into the busy lobby or to her office just off the lobbwhere people were w stillking for help, the victim took off running towards her car. she ran nearly the length of the parkinlot, bullets flying past her, until one struck her. the injury was fatal. the gunman jumped in r and drove away. police say they are working quickly to develop a detailed description of the shooter.pp >> this haed in front of multiple witnesses. so they are the process of interviewing the witnesses, trying to get as much helpful information as possible. >> reporter: we're told the victim worked at a temporary eloyment business located on the first floor of the building. in greenbelt, jackie bensen, news 4. this morning we're learning more about a deadly gas os expln. this is at a gas station in

virginia. the associated press is reporting two people are dead td multiple people injured. all ofis happened yesterday morning in rockbridge county near the west virginia state line. you can see here through this of o, there's a little left that gas station. right now police are searching for others who may have been inside. they still don't know what caused the exlosion, but don't think it's anything suspicious. to arlington now where a man is facing charges for sexually assaulting a woman inside a restaurant freezer. this morning police are looking for more possible victim. what we know about the suspect. 25-year-old santos.t he woman told police he assaulted her inside a walk-in freezer last saturday night. allegedly it happened as a restaurant on clairton boulevard. police arrested santos when he came bae next day. he's worked add several restaurants in the county and want to know if something like this happened before. tomorrow is the grand reopening of the international spy museum l atnfant plaza.

msince it'sother's day, moms can call in advance and get a free ticket. more information about all the events happeningor f this weekend. links found in the nbc waseington app. rch for your weekend. 8:38 is thetime. "news4 today"m on when barbara harrison first us introduced to this young man, he was a little guy facing big challenges. now more than 20 years later, you've got to see how he is overcoming those challenges and inspiring others. an incredible reunion barbara harrison has with a wednesday's child right here next on "news4 child right here next on "news4 today."

the big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g. they e neglecting small townsand rur leaving them on the wrong side of the digital divide. if a roved, only the combinailable resourcesof t-mobile and sprint can deliver on all the spectrum bands for wellver three decades we have been watching barbara harrison introduce children in the foster care system all w

around thehington region. there have been little ones teenagers and all ages in between all in need of a home and a family to grow up in. we've been catcng up with some of them over the past few months. barbara harrison has more. >> reporter: he was just 3-years-old when we first met jaron, a foster child diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome, and as any perspective adoptive family would btold, he could have developmental delays. but one family watching ed esday's child" that day saw something special in jaron. >>othe day i saw him was television, your show, and for some reason it was like a magnet that we wanted that child. e >> reporter:l taylor and his wife sarah both active in the air force had been thinking about adopting before being fe transrred here from colorado. >> and we had just started the n process when we got a assignment here to the washington, d.c. area. >> reporter: they had found a

home but timing was wrong. they needed to get settled, but sarah called to ask aboy.t jaron any >> we knew that that was the one that we wanted to try to adopt. >> i said, if i can'tave that one, then i don't want any. >> reporter: the call led to several visits with jaron. earl says from the very first he knew there was no turning back. >> and the first day that i saw him he came to me and asked me, he says, are you my daddy? and i says, yes, i am. >> reporter: sarah was convince and jaron the first overnight visit. >> one evening in my bedroom watching television.at he looked up e and he said, you know i love you.st that j- i just didn't know what to do after that. >> reporter: although social workers warned about the long-term effects of jaron's mistreatment as an infant, the taylors decided to use their own brand of healing. >> he needed ritalin and adhd

all that. i told them, no. all he needs it love and all he needs is attention and direction. >> reporter: they brought him home to this house and more tha0 years seemed to just fly by and jaron still comes home regularly when he gets off work. >> jaron. >> hello. >> do you know who i am? >> yes, ma'am. >> it's so great to see you again! >> reporte now a police officer in anne arundel county, maryland, and still remembers things about coming here the first time at 3 years old. >> i guess the main one probabli the driveway asking my dad, are you my dad. >> you remember asking him that? >> uh-huh. >> and what did he say? >> he said, yes. yes i am. >> reporter: were they tough parents? >> tough, but not pushy. they got the job done. here i am now. >> reporter: his parents are very proud of him. >> he was a victim of shaken ro baby sy. >> yes. >> so a lot of things they told us he couldn't do or wouldn't be able to do, he's done. he'll never be able to run.

he'll never be able to ride a bike. well, when you're a police officer you have to run. >> reporter: we watched together as wremembered a story that began nearly a quarter century ago. >> love you guys. >> love you. >> reporter: a story of love at first sight. . >> thank you, thank you >> jaron's mom might call it a match made in heaven. >> that's a story you're going o want to share with friends and family. find it in the nbc washington app if you want to do that. jaron spends s a lot ofare time mentoring kids and he and his mom teach martial artsto kids in fort washington. no doubt spending time with his mom tomorrow, if he's not working andvi ser our community as a police officer. a lot of folks spending this mother's day weekend,erhaps p

there are more than 500 apple retail stores around the world. today the tech giant will open what tim cook,c eo, says is the most ambitious ever. we get a look at the old l carnegiebrary in downtown washington. >> reporter: it is itself 1903 as a ened in public library donated by businessman and philanthropist

andrew carnegie, the building never lived up to its potential. three years ago the d.c. government decided to lease the property and picked apple as the tenant. >> we're glad apple has created a space not just for a retail experience, really it's now a civic public space open to the community. >> reporter: over the past two years appl worked to return the e gant buildingback to its original condition andes dign adding a modern touch like this two-story light-filled atrium and converting the one time reading room to a high-tech showroom. >> it's not about a store. it's aboutenn experice with reimagined, a beautiful old space and made it better than the old community, then we've done our job. >> reporter: the apple carnegie isbrary is more than a store. it's home to therical society of washington, d.c. >> so we are here to offer research support for historians and citizens of wash, but what you can also do here is have fun in our galleries. >> reporter: those galleries include these life-zed panoramic photos, including

amelia earhart posing with her plane outside the u.s. capitol that's in the background, and this carnival outside union station and artifacts on display as well. seats from the old griffith baseball stadium. apple amend thhistory society will offer easy occasional programs at the carnegie which opens to t public on saturday. in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. >> appleas more than 500 stores worldwide, their very own store opened 2001 in our area. tyson's corner. cool history there. >> yeah. >> hanging in there? >> hair's a little frizzy. what are you going to do? >> going to get worse as the rain comes down? >> yep. got to put that helmet hairspray in. yours, too. oe >> mine d get pretty puffy. >> it does? yep. >> going to get pretty puffy.

and rain is on the way. a lot cooler today. yesterday made it to 82 degrees. today, 60s. that's about good as it gets. tomorrow, 50s. so, again, quite cool and quite a change in our weather forecast. we have steady rain, from late last night. probably heard it. headed 0ut to kids' sporting games, anything this morning, graduations outside? i think all right in terms of r n. maybe a spotty showers passing through but most of the morning fine but muddy and damp t from rain from last night and then that mud and wetness increases because rain ances. rain through much of the day on monday. by tuesday, we finallydry out. rain possible all weekend. i do believe tomorrow could be a washout at times. heaviest rain late other than tonight through your sunday night. as i said, take it right on in to monday. nothing on t radar now except for a few spotty showers out

there. again, we are looking at showers just to the southand to the west at this point, but this little wave is going to be continuing to scoot up towards our way. we will see heavier rain knocking on our doorstep after: about or 3:00. until then, spotty rain chances. after 2:00 or 3:00, coming our way.re periods of m steady rain headed towards us. ,o saturday outlook, kids sporting games spotty shower this morning, wet and damp out there. most of the morning dry. legends infl ht. down at joint base andrews. all the shuttles leaving from fedex. might want to take an umbrella. cloudy, but same deal. notice steady rain arrivingft a 2:00 or 3:00. any graduations, spotty morning showers but better chances for rain this afternoon and evening. graduation parties this evening, go ahead and have the umbrel r standdy and a place to, guests to put all their wet stuff. a steady, heavy rain at times.

temperatures cool. 50s and 60s, where they'll stay. about as good as it gets today. droppin cloudsy, new word. >> cloudsy? >> my new word. you didn't know it was a word? cooting into the area. again, increasing chances of rain through the knocking on ou doorstop. baltimore, last seeing the rain moving in.e might be ng before you see it. why you could get more sunshine especiac. to the north and east. seeing a few peeks now. don't let it fool you. overnight tonight, steady rain. showers tomorrow. taking mom to church? again, rain showers possible throughout the tomorrow. throughout the afternoon tomorrow. then heavy rain possible as we get into tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. there could be flooding around, ponding on roadways.

not a good idea to take mom to an outdoor brunch or utdoor dinner, because, again, we have that chance of rain throughout the day. temperatures will be in the 50s for tomorrow. we head through your monday. back in the 60s. rain chances at least through the first part of th day tapering off late in the afternoon, and through the evening, tuesday and wednesday looking dry with plenty of ns sune, but not a lot of 80s. listen, weather day coming up thursday. all of our team will be at nass hope to you there. srk. chance of rain for that, but a small chance. then next weekend looking good. actually looking good for the

all right. welcome back. just getting an update in to the newsroom on anaccident on the bw parkway. it's cleared. all lanes reopened but the trouble continues on two other parkways. talking about the gw parkway and rock creek parkway. go to ourto nbc washingn app. our digital team is keeping you updated and how to get airport it. all of this happening on mother's day weekend. thinking, a wet weekend? >> a wet we end. just a few spotty showers out the this morning. better chances of rain after 2:00 or 3:00. most of the morning dry. talk about our gardening tip from our friends at the gardening center. you want to go outside and set up a hummingbird feeder now many thetime. replace the nectar once every two to three days.

nectar, sugar water, something like that. >> sounds good. get in on that. >> hummingbirds eat sugar. 100% chance oi periods of ra could be steady and heavy at times leading into the overnot. again, morning's fine with just a spotty shower. definitely damp out there. rain all through the day tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 50s. that's it. continuing with rain chances sunday overnight through the first part of monday dieing by monday afternndn. tuesdaywednesday, dry. >> a lot of folks on twitter commenting, team coverage there, at the weather center, first time i did that. fun. a blas ♪ you know reliable support when you have it,

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