now on "news4 today," making his pitch. detailson president trump's upcoming announcement on one ofs the countost controversial issues -- immigration. everyone stop what you're doing and say a prayer for these people. >> look out below. two window washers cling to scaffolding as winds toss them back and forth like atoy 52 stories up in the air. wow. this is something we feel like we can do. >> how a y boy inspired a realtor a his wife to give up city life and move to the country. why they hope the move will help others in the region, too. i's 5:00 m., good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we'll get to melissa mollet with the first 4 traffic in a moment.

let's begi with a check on our forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts. >> we're looking at showers, nei everybody them, mainly north of d.c. north and west of d.c. most of the area dry right now. you may wake up and find a few raindrops on the windshields, especially and north of i-70. now these showers are just moving to the north and east. all along afrontal system, spreading clouds into the region. i nto expect a fair amou of sunshine today. it's mild, temperatures in the mid to upp 50s right now. we wanted some warmweher, it's coming our way. and it's starting today. if you're headed out to nats park, we are, it's weather day at nats park, the whole storm team 4 clan will be out there. we're taking on the mets at 1:05. we'll be there hosting about 1,000 kids for weather day, answering science questions. chuck bell is already there getting ready.

plenty of sunshine, mid to upper 70s. breezy, maybe a stray shower. we'll talk about that i the futurecast and show you the weekend coming up in a bit. let's show you those roads with melissa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a two-mile back up alread and diversion off of 95. northbound 95 198 is where the tractor-trailer fire was. were getting by to the left, but now a disabled vehicle is causing all lanes to be shut do . the ramp from 198 to 95 also blocked. take a look, we're finding out northbound 95 is being pusheda to the icc. they5e diverting you off of 9 to the icc to try and get around the mess. it's going to be some time refore it's cleared up. outer loop befo66 and little river turnpike, right lane gets by. and a reminder, in poolesville, all lanes blocked. th is a dump truck that flipped over. amazingly no injuries here. took down a pole and wires. that's why we haverehe closu at buck lodge road. aaron? >> thank you. a it's justbout 5:03.

developing this mo police in prince george's county are to trying igure out how a woman ended up dead in a creek. >> her identity and cause of death are a mystery this morning. news4's justin finch joins us live from police headquarters with more on howhe body turned up. justin? >> reporter: that's right.in pr george's county police left with a lot of questions to answer this morning. among the most pressing is how did this woman die. this morning, we now know an autopsy has been scheduled. we'll show you first where this womans found. we're talking about a wooded area off 64th avenue in riverdale, not far from homes and families and not too far from william ward elementary school. the discovery made yesterday close to 10:00 a.m. the body was found in a crk under debris and reportedly decomposing. police, though, noteptd saying how they -- not yet saying how they came to find the body

ther if it was a call from a neighbor or perhaps another source. as we come back out here live, of course, this investigation still very much in the early stages. we'll bring youpdates here on news4 and also on our nbc washington app. back to you. >> joan finch for us -- justin. thank you. four men accused of attacking a police officer had their charges reduced. this all started with a physical confrontati that was caught on camera. it happened at the apartments on w street in southeast tuesday. an officer slapped a cell phone out of a man hand and pushed him. witnesses recorded what happened. th spolice unionaid officers estigating complaints about criminal activity. >> there's a line that you cross when you walk within an inch of the officer's face and put your finger hisace and walk behind officers that are armed. >> the cops, they touched it off by coming up aggressive. >> accordi to court documents, someone intentionally bumped an

officer, acting like they were about to take a swing at hi court records say one woman lapped an office on the arm. cy newlls for transpar after a white montgomery county police officer was caeht on camra using the "n" word while interactg with a group of black then. the men were stopped outside the after a mcdonald's, using a slur that one police officer said was said to her. people are demanding they release the body cam image. the department says they're o workingn a response. 5:05. making his pitch. tours from now presidentrump ill announce a new immigration policy. >> an overhaul of the america's immigration system has longbeen promise of his administration and a source of controversy. we expect to hear proposals that will beef up borderty securiand make changes to the green card system. one proposed change may favor imgrants with high-level

skills, deees, and job offers as opposed to those w just have relatives in the u.s. president trump is also expectec to annoue a plan to pay for a border wall. the cash could come from a new fee on trade. hiproposal is not expected to address cuundomented immigrants already in the country. it's 6.5 alabama defied a landmark decision that ruledbortion a constitutional right, setting up a potential legal fight that could go all the way to the supreme court. the governor of alabama signed a bill to law that bans abortions less the mother's life is in danger. the restrictions would make it n felfor anyone to perform an abortion punishable by up to 99 years in prison. there is no exception for rape or incest. the bill's sponsor says her goal is tget the sdourt revisit the 19 -- the supreme court to revisit the 1971973. roe v wade

decision. >> i think it's a setback for the women of alabama and the whole united states. >> the law will go into effect in six months. but it is expected to face legal challenges. coming up next, we'll look at inthe laws our region. new this morning, georgetown university saysit plans to expel two students linked to that college admissions scandal. georgetown said in a statement that knowingly misrepresenting yourself an application can be cause for a dismissal. you'll recall several months ags dozef wealthy parents and coaches across the country were arrested and accused of paying large sums of money to get their kids into elite colleges. one of the georgetown students filed a lawsuit to prevent the university from rescinding hism adion saying he did not know about the bribes. parking in street montgomery county can be hard enough, but the county council could make it more expensive todayil >> the counc is set to vote on

this issue later today. megan mcgrath is l e in bethesda with more on this idea. megan?ea >> reporter: y guys, if you are going out to eat or shopping in downtown bethesda, you may have to dig a little dealer intt your pocket pay for street parking. later today the montgomery county council is expected to take a final vote on a proposal that would increase the hourly a parking te to $3.25. that's less than the $4 proposed by the county executive, but it is still an increase of $1 an hour. the extra revenue would go toward maintaining parking facilities, landscaping, and beautification projects. now earlier this week, council members decided to delay energies rates in silver spring. they also decided to hold off increasing the hours of parking enforcement in wheaton. but again, here in downtown bethesda, we could be seeing some change in terms of higherf ees for that street parking. all depends on the outcome of

today's vote. back to you guys. >> all rigme. n mcgrath live in bethesda. thank you. it's 5:09. a licopter pilot is lucky to be aliveafter his chopper crashed into the hudson river. take a look. cell phone "news4 this week"ed the chopper slamming -- cell phone video showed the chopper slammed into the water yesterday. the pilot was the only one on board. he had just taken off and was trying to reposition his aircrt after refueling. he deployed flotationevices once he hit the water. a new york waterway ferry rescued him. and did you see this crazy video? a dramatic rescue about a thousand feet t up inhe air. two window washersholding on r dear life as the scaffolding kept swinging. right into the skyscraper. this was in oklahoma city. strong wind tossed the basket around. t smashed into some of the windows, knocked them out. eventually officials threw ropes to the washer, stabilized the basket and got them to safety.

investigators still don't know what made the skoflding come loose. -- scaffolding come loose. they believe it had to do with the wind. no serious injuries here. what a story, and you would not get me backn that basket any time soon. >> never again. incredible. >>hey're gutsy guys who do that anyway. >> from theeg nning. national hospital week celebrates hope and will healing as well as the women and men who celebrate the health and ou well-being of communities. >> last week we stopped by medstar georgetown hospital during nurse appreciation week.g moletteen introduced us to the magnet esnurs. nbc 4 recognizes them for theirs ounding work in the community and also for working with the station on important projects such as food 4 families and the coat drive campaigns. >> it's so important to us. you know, we're great providers of care inde our four walls, but it's just as important to do that outside our four walls. >> now this isedstar georgetown hospital's fourth magnet thsignation. t means the nurses at georgetown exceed in quality patient care, nursing

excellence, andn innovators i professional nursing practices. congratulations to them. and happy hospital week to all health care professionals. we couldn'turvive without nurses. >> literally. >> i can't say enough about the hard work they do. thank you so much. stll ahead, president trump's tariffs on china will soon take effecteaning the cost of some goods will go up. >> what you might consider buying now so you don't have to spend more later. chuck? >> reporter: and good morning. good morning, everyone. a beautiful morning down here at nats ballpark where it is ather day. going to have about 1,000 schoolkids down here learning about sience and baseball and having a grand old time. for the kids, a day out of unhool, that's most important. we'll make it fnd educational at the same time. we'll talk to some of the nashington tionals who help nashington tionals who help ge

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. breaking news first 4 traffic, an alert northbound 95 at 198. a tractor-trailer crash and fire. talking about a two-mile back up because of this.

right now they are diverting everybody off on to the icc. also the ramp from westund 198 to northbound 95 is shut down, as well. we'll have more o details this and the shot from chopper coming up. thanks. >> 5:15.ed it's pricted that the trade war with china could cost american families an extra $767 a year. >> the president's latest round of tariffs will cause prices to surge on many thiou use every day. ou'll see prices jump on appliances like air conditioners, vacuums, stoves, household things like beds, pillows, baby cribs, clothing and accessories will cost more along with ettoilries, things like shampoo, toilet paper, make-up. if you're in the market for any of these thngs, don't wait to buy. >> may is asian pacific islander heritage month. yesterory i sat down f a conversation on the need for more diversity in hollywood with t o historic cast "the joy luck club." the discussion was hosted by the

asian pacific american institute for congressional studies. my thanks to madeleine milka, president and ceo, for inviting me. the movie remered " 2-- premier 26 years ago. it will be 25 years before another movie featured a cast that starred all -- people from asian descent. "crazy rich asians." if it weren't for laying the foundation -- a eat conversation. i was fangirling a bit because i remember that movie. >> i was fan-guying? when i sea the photo that you posted. it is the perfect day for baseball, and news4 is -- at news4's nats park. >> storm team 4 is there for weather day. chuck bell is live for us. good morning, >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. beautiful morning down here. and you know, you think when you come to a baseball game, it's a 1:00 first pitch. maybe you get here at 11:00 or h:00 and it's a buzz.

it's amazing w we get here at 4:00, 5:00 in the morning, there's the buzzes- sounds like the suburbs with leaf blowers going. this place takes a lot of talent and a lot of sustained effort to keep the ballpark in perfect running order. with that in mind, let me introduce you to john turnou, the director of field operations. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> reporter: over the last year we continued to maintain 70 ches of rain in the last 12 months. what is the real-world impact of the guy caring for the lawn s er>> the big impact is game days when we're talking games starting on days, getting fans safely into the gates and remaining safe throughout the game. those are our biggest challenges when we'reealing with rain situations. when the team goes on the road, we welcome the rain. timely rain is how i like to call. it the biggest challenge is when the team is in town. >> reporter: yeah, most people

feel timely rain is when they're out of town. >> ten team is in town for seven or ten days, that's a big ask to go without rain. >> reporter: have you seen a noticeable drop in how much rain you need to apply to the field? >> yes. very rare we run the irrigation system out here. over the last12 nths, i would say in my time here, it's been the least that we've run the irrigation system. >> reporter: wow. at least yeou're not wasting money on water. amazing.d looks thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> and doug kammerer is throwing out the first pitch. he asked for the mound to be moved ten feet closer to home plate. is there any truth to that? only ten feet? >> oh. let's hope that one hot kammerer has has arm warmed up properly. if not, he he drops -- if he drops the ball, he'll never live

itdown. >> game being thrown over therei i it. all right. we'll see how doug does later on. i love. it i love . 're going to give doug a hard tim i saw itast year. he did an incrediblege job tting that -- that first pitchout to batts batter'vernor -- catcher's glove. i know a little abo. baseball i know more about the weather, though. looking at nice conditions out there this morning. temperatures today, 78 drees. e were asking for warm temperatures. they are coming. look at this as we head into the weekend, we're mo right on up. upper 80s by the time we get to sunday. e normal temperature is75. we've been well below average for a couple of days. so now we're taking the temperatures onup. 50s now, 40s down to the south and west at this point. but again, not feeling too bad out there. especially given the last couple of mornings. we have a few showers. you may feel a few raindrops mainly north of the d.c. area, light stuff rolling through.

and again, that's going toon cnue to push toward the eastern shore. really should last until about maybe 8:00, 9:00. most of it should be out of here after that. spotty rain today. maybe a stray shower this afternoo friday andsaturday, scattered showers b. a 30% chance. same on monday, 30% to 40% aance. not washout by any means. i'm joining chuck at 7:00 a.m. for weather doug and amelia, samarra, we're going to be down there, joseph from telemundo, we're all going to be down there. again, i'm giving a presentation about weather to about 1,000 kids. it's looking good. temperatures in the 60s by the time the game starts.s temperaturen the low to mid 70s. so today, mid to upper 70s for that. a little breezy this afternoon.t scaed showers tomorrow, and again, tomorrow's going to be hot and humid. we keep the humidity through the weekend. maybe a stray shower on sunday. another better chance of showers on monday. then we drop the temperatures k. next we all right. let's look at those roads. i know you got a lot going on.

that's right. breaking new in first 4 traffic. take a look. just a mess here this morning. chopper 4 up over the scene, zoomed in. this is a tractor-trailer that hit a disabled hicle in the middle of 95n north i laurel near 198.y the burst into flames. mingly nobody -- amazingly nobody injured but a mess for a lot of folks. let's take a look here at some of thec ps. 95 northbound at 198, right now shut down. so we have miles and miles of delays. northbound 95 after 198 had just that left shoulder geing by looks like nothing right now. but as far as your alternate, right now everything is being diverted ono the icc. you can see they're trying to push everybody off to the left, to the right, to avoid getting snuck that mess. we'll talk about thatore ming up. inbound at goldsboro, a lane getting by, beltway now issues. you know when you're at ross and you find.hmmm.

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from time to time in this work, i meet people who really help me see my own humanity and teach meat about wh matters in this world. and last week i met a husband and wife who gave up their fast-paced city lives and moved to the country because, well,o what wdn't a parent do for their child?

deep into loudoun county where trees ramble alonghe river sits a farm less ordinary. that was in 2016 a year after greg moved his wife and two children from capitol hill, bought 24 acres here,stepped back from his realty business and started farming. what makes this farm less ordinary is that everyone working here has an intellectual or developmental disability. just like greg's 11-year-old son, max. >> it's a safe place for him. that drove the decision. >> reporter: max ieverely autistic and nonverbal. he was at school the day i visited. even in photos there's a joy ant light thurns brightly in his eyes. a light his parents had to protect. >> what theyou know c know could fill a thimble. what they don't know could fill an ocean. this is somethin we can do, something that we feel like we can do that's important for this community, important for people like my son to give them a place, a place where they're

welcome, where they're accepted. >> reporter: a farm less ordinary is on trck tomploy 20 people this year. they'll manage livestock and work the growing season from start to finish. >> they're putting thefe ds in the feed trays in the greenhouse, turning into seedlings, weeding them, keeping them alive. >> reporter: the unemployment rate for people with disabilitiesits around 80%. more than 20 times the national average. greg and maya are on a mission to lower that number. >> milk the goats. >> reporter: yeah? >> i would love to milk the goat today. >> reporter: josh has earned h s payce for two seasons now. during our visit he gathered eggs from the chicken coops and sowed the fields. do you like working here? >> yes, i love worng here at the farm. >> reporter: and his employers hope the skills josh is learning can eventually lead him to ining the larger work force. greg and maya told me their son's autism likely won't ever allow him to work here, but there is a bright spot in max's

new life. o plans were for our son to come outside and basically see people just like him and feel like he had his own little that he wasn't so different. >> greg and maya want their employees to feel the same way. the farm is a nonprofit so they pay employees woney they raise. next month they're having a first big fundraiser called "feast in the field." exactly what is sods like. learn more about this on the nbc washington app. >> awesome that they're extending that to th community and not just their son. beautiful indeed. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell live at nats pae. what a nic assignment for you, sir. >> reporter: give me the slow pitch. absolutely. weather day at nats park. going to be a ton of fun. weather will be operative. school kids will be learning about science, doug's throwing out a pitch. a day of fun. more coming up.

5:30 now as we take a lloe outside on this thursday morning. we are more than halfway through

the workweek, folks. >> yes! >> somebody's excited. >> i mean, you know. >> temperatures are going to warm up again. there's your bonus. >> we work hard every week, aaron. >> yes, i'm here with you. good morning, everyone, hope you're having a good start to the day. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it will be a nice spring day to watch some baseball. yesterday was gorgeous, right? >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is ready down at nats park, getting us geared upfo weather day there. good morning. >> yes. i must have had a lot of interference -- did say that you work hard, aaron? >> let's flip his microphone -- where's lauren? >> interference in here. we're here f for weather -- we're here for weather day.in more comup. >> i'll be joining chuck out there. a lot of shade being thrown around and it's only 5:30. doug's throwing out the first pitch. stay tuned for all of this.

as this unfolds, it's with the weather day. good things coming out of sunshine as we warmum. there cloud cover o now -- warmup. we have cloud cover out there now. the frontal system bringing showers across the area. light stuff. you may wake up this morning and find that you have a few showers out there, especially you're in maryland. just around the i-70 area. iagain, just some lt stuff rolling through the area. temperatures now in the 50s. it's really not feeling too bad out there. not at this moment. again, those temperatures moving on up right into the weekend. r 's going to feel like sum this weekend. we'll show you temperatures coming up. right now, melissa's got eaking traffic news. melissa? a first 4 traffic alert here. talking about laurel this morning. northbound 95 near 198. ow us r 4 up early to this in the middle of the road. everything here is shut down. tractor-trailer and a vehicle. as we zoom out and kind of look

at some of the delays, it's a two-mile back up at this point n this mog. that's because it cut everybody off. when i say they cut everybody off, they're stopping folks and pushing them ono the icc at that dversion pointthere. now, we have more from brad up in chopper 4. what are you f seeingom above? >> reporter: it absolutely looks horrible. the rthbound side of 95as you were saying, they are pushing everybody to the exit for 198 and the icc. it's a slow go t get by. only that one lane at the exit there is able to pass th scene. i want to show you something real quick. that tractor-trailer and vehicle areactually fused together. they're using some heavy equipment to try to get them apart and start to clean this up but you values this tractor-trailer also -- you also have this tractor-trailer also off into the trees. a lengthy cleanup. you'll want to use the bw parkway or route 1 to get through laurel this early morning. melissa, what else going on? >> nothing quite as bad as that.

that is good. the bw parkway a great idea at this point this morning. not seeing a delau thro that same section. bethesda, inbound, river road at goldsboro, an accident there. outer loop, outer loopf the beltway, no -- inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no complaints. 66 and 95 looking good. woodbridge slow for 5:30 in the morning. >> thank you. 5:34. now to a disturbinry discove in a prince george's county creek. >> a woman was found dead in a creek in riverdale on 64th avenue near william ward middle school. justin finch is live at police headquarters with more on the on investigati justin? >> reporter: well, this death investigation is still in the early stages. at this time, police are not just saying what brought them to that very sad discovery.o we d know it was made close to 10:00 yesterday morning in the riverdale area. she was found ina creek, under debris. her body already said to have been decomposing. an autopsy will determine just how she died.

as you might imagine, understandable concern, her body found near homesnd families, also near children, too. a school is in the area. william ward elementary. as we come back live, we can tell you police are working to answer as many questions as they k. chiefly now -- as they can. chiefly now, who was and how she lost her life. live in palmer park, justin finch, news4. back to you. >> thank you. also this morning, the ensperate search for a missing west virginia teager will continue today. hundreds of volunteers joined authorities looking for riley crossman yesterday. there is still no sign of the 15-year-old. riley disappeared from her family's morgan county home last week. her mother thought she left for school early, bute never showed up. her parents believe she was pp kidnaed. morgan county sheriff says his team is almost certain riley did not leave voluntarily. some breaking news right now. missouri has become the latest state to take steps to change

abortion laws. the senate passed a bill that would ban abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. if this bill passes in the house, the gornor plans to sign it into law. the vote comes hours after ve alabama's goor signed a controversial bill banning most abortions and punishes any people who perform them. the new laws could mean the supreme court will have to take up abortion again. we're working 4 you with a look at local d.c. has one of the least restrictive laws in the country. abortions do not require a licensed physician and do not have to be performed in a hospital. in maryland, women have protected access to abortions, but licensed doctors must perform them. if the patient is a minor, a parent or guardian must be made aware of the procedure. virginia is the most restrictive in our area. women areuired to go to counseling and then wait a full day before having an abortion. you may remember the political firestorm at the beginning of the year during an effort to loosen restrictions on late-term abortions. it's 5:36. turning to decision 2020, nbc

news has learned that new york city mayor bill de blasio will announce his bid for the white house today. he will announce his candidacy with his wife been attending an event in iowa. d he will join aocratic field with almost two dozen other candidates. de blasio would become the first sitting mayor of new york city to run for president since 197.: > rare stht ahead. >> reporter: i'm susan hogan working for with new details on a consumer investigation. a local businessman charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from senior citizens and people with disabilities is talking publicly for the first time. >> i'm responsible for it, butl uately others are suffering because of me, and i want to get florida f-- get that f ed. reporter: why he was led away reporter: why he was led away in handcuffs.

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scholarship program. the donation will be used on a mobile pantry. move over "avengers," new superhero movien premiered i d.c. last night. theu 10-year-old is arhero in his own life. it came to light as mason brawner was in a local hospital. it's about supervillains who become superheroes to fight a bigger bad guy. it wasth 10,000th wish to be granted. thousands appead in uptown theater northwest and mayor bowser declared may 15th, make-a-wish mid-atlantic day. it does incredible work for kids battling serious illnesses. and mason -- basically creative skbreen creativegeesus. -- creative genius. the movie will be available on youtubou check it we're checking in with chuck bell at nats park.

hey there, chuck. >> reporter: hello. look what i got there. lots of fun down here today. it's weather day at nats park. t'll beking about baseball and all the fun the kids will be having coming up. don't go away. and a first 4 traffic a major mess on 95 northbound at 198. we are shut down. s ll detail

back now at 5:45 with new information overnight. nbc news has learned that the 2 1/2-year-old guatemalan boy who died was in u.s. custody. an official said the boy had been battling pneumonia for about a month.is he and h mother were detained on april 5th. this is the fourths known minor to have -- the fourth known pliern to have died in u.s. custody since december. u.s. customs and border protection says notanded to a request -- has not responded to a request for comment. this on the heels of an announcement from president

trump. >> later he will lay out the sweeping immigration plan. we haveore on the president's two-pronged plan this morning. craig, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, the two-pronged plan goinv to a tough time in congress. it is a major shift the president's supposed to announce, a major sift from the historic am family-based approach where green cards are handed out to those with family ties and switching to an approach where immigrants will have to take a civics test. there will be education skills required, language p and english proficiency in particular. on border security, now the plan calls for wall construction in about 33 different prioritized areas and causing moneys tbe collected through fees at the border and upgrades to technogy based there. democrats not behind the plan aa ll. it does not -- does not get to a anything t the democrats.

the 11 -- that the democrats want the country, daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals. this faces a really uphill battle in congress. in fact, lawmakers from bpth ties are kinds of acknowledging it likely is going nowhere, back to you. >> craig boswell, live on capitol hill. thank you. parking in montgomery county could cost you more this summer. >> this depends on a countyco cil vote later today. megan mcgrath joins us from downtown bethesda with more at what's at stockton.in good morn >> reporter: good morning. it costs $2.25 to park on the street in downtown bethesda now. things cod get more expensive. you may have to pay more to pay the meter. later today, the montgomery county council -- [ inaudible ] >> i think we're losing megan's microphone there. we'll have muchre mo on the

proposal to raise parking rates in montgomery county. >> coming up in a bit here. let's switch gears and talk about what's going to be a really nice day for baseball at nats park. >> indeed. orm team 4 is already there, ready for weather day. stormeam 4 meteorologist chuck bell, chuck, having fun out there? >> reporter: having a ton of fun. up and you know, doug kammerer thinks of himself as the athlete on the weather team. however, comma, i want to point your attention to the upper deck here. the name bell already on the wall up here at nats ballpark. kammererer, i don't see any kammerer names up here. already immortalized in baseball fame. lest you think i'm that crazy to think it's me. according to wikipedia, james thomas "cool papa" bell, cool is that? he played inne tho league until 1946.

tomorrow would be his 116th birthday. co cool papa bell up there. i may need to gri on thatped. the game is what kids are coming, but weather day is more than just a fun day out of school. we'll sho how weather affects baseball, how weather is used. we'll launch a weather balloon here.the field doug even gets to throw out the first pitch. i was talking to the groundskeeper, and we've moved the mound in so he has an easier chancof that. it's going to be a great day for a lot going on -- is that enough shade? i don't know. i'll keep lking for the name kammerer up here. i don't see rickets either. >> i would say the ball was going into the batter's gloves that's probably why you're not going to see my name up there thank goodness. i'll be down there with you. one thing i do know about is how

baseball and weather impact each other. that's one thing i'm showinid te k down there. i'm excited about. that doug is going to be talking about his summer forecast. you can see it even if you're not going to the game. tune in at 4:00. he's goi to be live outside with amelia and with joseph outside nats park. so tune in. doug's going to show his summer forecast and talk about that. first, let's talk about how nisi it is outde. we have clouds out there. we have the sun coming up just five minutes from now. so it's going to be a beautiful sunrise. questions -- any severe weather today? no. we'll be fine. could see a stray we are seeing a few showers out there now. it will become humid as we go through tomorrow. the humidity stays in check today with the northwest breeze. we'll be breezy by this afternoon. pretty humid as we get into your friday and throughout the ekend. is it going to be a weekend washout? no. is it going to be hot? yes. temperatures feeling more like summer as we head into this weekend. as far as the radar is concerned, you can see that we've got a few shors just to the north right now. rolling through maryland,

they'll continue to slip off to the eastern shore. frontal system is coming u thro. that's what's lending to the cloud cover out there with the sunrise. temperatures from the upper 40s to the 50s right now. not too bad out there. night, head to zoofari it the temperatures will be rolling right down through the lower 70s. a little breezy. sunny, i think maybe we could ee a stray shower, but not likely. mid 80s for tomorrow. afternoon storms are possible for tomorrow. ayand on saturd we do have preakness on saturday. we could have a few storms but only a 30% chaate. th why it's not going to be a washout. stray shower possible on sunday. show s onnday before temperatures drop next week. i know melissa's got some breaking traffic news especially on i-95. melissa? >> reporter: big problem i-95 northbound in laurel. shut down at 198. take a look at tis crash. they are trying to pull a vehicle apart from the cab of this tractor-trailer which got kind of meshedtogether here in this early morning accident.

as chopper zooms out, you can see the batwo-mile k up. at this point, what they're doing is trying to get everybody off there at theicc. chopper is moving down to show us the situation right now. all the traffic being diverted that way eastbound and westbound. we have more from brad in chopper 4. tell us how thing have developed and what you're rtee ee overin th sisee pregttyus quicka it's west of the airport here south of baltimore. and just an absolutely incrtfibly impac scene here. and as you can see below, the tractor-trailer and tnt vehicle ow loaded on to the roll as yoau wereck saying. it took a few minutes. we've also got another tractor-trailer loade up on to the side here. so this is going to be an extensive cleanup. r want to say that it's amazing that the der was not in his disabled vehicle. that may have saved his life. that'shy we recommend if you can safely exit a disabled vehicle and get to the side,

that's your best bet. >> all right. thank you. other problems here not far from this one. outer loop before bw parkway, 2.5-mile back up because of a crash on the left side of the road. everybody kind of squeezing by r to theht to get around that. outer loop after river, right side there blocked by police activity. aarot. >> all righ thank you. 5:53. we want to check in with mental health. >> she has more on the changes to parking prices coming to montgomery cnty that could cost you more. megan? >> reporter: well, that's right, guys. right now in downtown bethesda it costs $2.25 per hour to park on the street. but that could be changing. u could be paying a bit more. you'll have to shell out, dig deeper into your pocket in order to pay tha meter. later today the montgomery county council is expected to take a final vote on a proposal that would increase the ourly parking -- hourly parking rate to $3.25. that's less than the $4-an-hour hike proposed by the county

executive but is still a dollar increase. the extra revenued go toward -- revenue would go toward parking, landscaping, andeautification projects. earlier members decided to delay the increase in silver spring. they also decided to hold off on increasing the hours of parking enforcement inwheaton. but near downtown bethesda, we could se some change. and it will cost you just a bit more to park on the street. it dends on the outcome of the vote later today. back to you. >> mental health in bethesda. thank you. dunkin' donuts has come up with something pre unique. the company has created eight different nailpolishes. each inspired their signature lattes and baskin robbins' ice cream-flavored coffees. th're being offered at select salons. customers who select a color will receive a $3 dunkin' gift card. we'll post a link in the nbc washington app. you can't eat the nail polish

though it looks tempting. the national zoo will be swarm adults tonight for z as farry, the animals will be there -- zoofari, the animals will be there, too. >> you can taste food from d.c.'s st restaurants. since the zoo is the host, the animals are first in line to see what the chefs have to offer. yesterday the chef of kaliwah stopped by and fed lucky lemurs there. he whipped up treats inside the kitchen and went to habitats to feed the animal zoofari bite night begins at 6:30 tonight. >> always so fun and plenty of good food. >> for a good cause. >> yes. >> reporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. the red cross is offering an incentive for people to donate blood at a time when supplies are very tight. now through june 10th, everyone whoat don with the agency will receive a $5 amazon gift card a e-mail. the donations for type o are

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doing and say a prayer for thesl peoe. >> look out below. two window washers clinging to scaffolding as winds toss is back and forth like a toy. look at that. 52 stories up into the air. this some something we feel like -- this is something we feel like we can do. >> how a young boy inspired a successful realtor and his wife to give up city life and move to the country and why they hope this move will help others in the region. 6:00 on the dot. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we'll get a check of the forecast and the commute in a moment. first, it is weather n day ats park. what a nice day for it, too. >> melissa mollet and lauren ricketts areby standing storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is putting his life on the line. he's in the ballpark on a tractor. >> this iswe how combine weather and traffic and weaer