good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang, we're halfway through the week, aaron is back. and we have to get through an over the hump today. >> at this rate -- >> we'll be fine. i think it's good. >> all right. >> melissa is going to track the roads and rails. that will be fine. >> we'll all get a unicorn drink and the day will be perfect. >> i like that idea. can you imagine being the sandwich artist at subway and seeing aaron gilchrist on the other side. i want three pickles. i want one pickle here, one pickle there. it would be a nightmare. >> let's hope it will never be you, chuck. >> you never know, never say never in our business. it's a mostly cloudy start. after a beautiful day, hit and miss rain chances through the first half of the day. now just fits of sprinkles in loudoun cou

on capitol hill, aaron gilchrist, news4. >> a powerful story.erage of the remembrances at virginia tech continue all weekend. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is headed down to blacksburg to join us live at 9:00 tomorrow morning for a wreath-laying ceremony and a moment of silence on campus. >>> and switching gears, we'll get to the weather forecast. heating things up, summer-like tomorrow. >> yeah, indeed. but this morning you need a jacket and it is cool and cloudy. but tomorrow, shorts and flip-flops, you'll feel like a saturday morning, gray sky and we are going green. all the trees you see there near the capital and everything around the region going green quickly on this april morning, mid-april. there's the gray skies over this with our tower camera from upper northwest. temperatures right now are climbing, into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in parts of the region. leesburg, 59. so is frederick. and sunshine in the mountains, but still a lot of clouds east of the blue ridge and east of the mountains to the bay. but they shoul

good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang, we're halfway through the week, aaron is back. and we have to get through an over the hump today. >> at this rate -- >> we'll be fine. i think it's good. >> all right. >> melissa is going to track the roads and rails. that will be fine. >> we'll all get a unicorn drink and the day will be perfect. >> i like that idea. can you imagine being the sandwich artist at subway and seeing aaron gilchrist on the other side. i want three pickles. i want one pickle here, one pickle there. it would be a nightmare. >> let's hope it will never be you, chuck. >> you never know, never say never in our business. it's a mostly cloudy start. after a beautiful day, hit and miss rain chances through the first half of the day. now just fits of sprinkles in loudoun cou virginia. falls church, centreville. and future weather carries pockets of light rain into the d.c. metro area between now and 7:00. and hit and miss light showers here for much of the morning hours. after lunchtime, it may try and dry things out a little bit. and the model is hin

our coverage will be with news4's aaron gilchrist who is that the down with tim kaine in what is an emotional talk about that day. >> in a classroom is a cell phone ringing over and over again. because parents saw there was a shooting at virginia tech and you want to call your kid to see if they are safe. >> reporter: senator tim kaine fought back tears after rushing to the horrific scene of virginia tech in 2007. he vividly remembers every day, every sight, after the attack. >> every hospital was filled with people who were injured. so we spent a couple of days going around talking to some of these kids. >> reporter: on what kaine calls the worst day of his life. he was in trip as the shooting started a world away. >> ron, who is head of the security detail of the governor, said you have to call back home. there's been a horrible shooting. then it was still ongoing. >> reporter: first in the dorm room and then to the hall bringing chaos to southwest virginia. when it was all over, 34 students and faculty were dead. the gunman killed himself and the entire community was left in inexplicably g

i'm aaron gilchrist, news4. sn >>> we're working for you to help bring kids home.ictures, just search missing children map on our app. >>> the manhunt is over but the investigation into an apparent kidnapping is just getting started. for the first time, the suspect's family is coming to his defense. >>> a 15-year-old g nationwide manhunt, now we're hearing from her accused kidnapper's family for the first time. gabe gutierrez has more on the story. >> reporter: elizabeth thomas is being welcomed home while the sister of her accused kidnapper tells nbc news she talked to her brother three times this weekend. cummins is scheduled to be arraigned on federal kidnapping charges. his sister says he doesn't believe he kidnapped elizabeth. >> i asked him why. the answer he gave me, she wanted to run away, she wanted to leave, and he didn't want her to go alone. so he went with her so he could know that she was safe. >> reporter: the 15-year-old and her former teacher were found more than 2,000 miles away in a remote cabin in northern california, with no electricity or runn

. >> aaron gilchrist covered the shooting in 2007.sat down with senator kaine for an emotional conversation. >> they talk about going into classrooms where bodies were littering the floor. and every body, there was a cell phone just ringing over and over again. because parents had seen on tv there's a shooting at virginia tech, and your natural instinct is to call they're safe. >> reporter: senator kaine fought back tears recalling conversations with first responders who rushed to the scene on april 16th, 2007. he remembers every name, every sight, every detail from the days after the attack. >> every hospital was filled up with people who were injured, and so we spent a couple days going around talking to some of these kids. >> reporter: on what kaine calls the worst day of his life, he was in japan on a business trip, asleep as the shooting started a world away. >> ron, who was the head of the security detail for the governor, said you gotta call back home, there's been a horrible shooting. >> reporter: first in a dorm room, then in

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to take a look at the roads and rails with melissa in just a few sheena with drizzle. >> drizzle me this, drizzle me that, that's sort of the pattern that we've been stuck in the last few days. i'm optimistic, i'm a half full kind of a guy. >> me too, chuck. well, girl. we're going to notice big improvements so this morning, there are areas of fog and mist and drizzle. still a wet morning. still damp outside. temperatures still on the mild to cool side, depending on where you are. but if you look around the district currently, we still do have sprinkles on the radar. a lot of clouds around marlboro, seeing sprinkles or very light showers even st. mary's county. that area of low pressure is offshore. it's going to keep us in this area for the first half of the day. you do need to know what to wear. >> probably just a small

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang.ick roads but we begin with sheena parveen and chuck bell. a little drizzly weather. >> it's the kind of weather you can't hide your your hair. >> it looks great no matter what color. >> your hair looks great. >> no frizzle at all. >> that is the beauty. we're dealing with areas of fog, areas of mist out there, no, we're not talking about dense fog, but you may notice patchy fog this morning. here's the radar. we do have the sprinkles around the beltway. i think some of you will probably use the windshield wipers. st. mary's county looking at lighter rain showers. as we zoom out, you'll notice that area of low pressure, we were looking at yesterday, it's still offshore. for a closer look at that let's send it over to chuck. good morning, chuck. >> yes, indeed, our weather is just about ready to make the around here. it carries a little chance for sprinkles around here through the front part of the morning. most of the light rain chances will be to the east of i-95, later this afternoon

good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> hello, welcome yang, we're working for to you get tod to go on this wednesday. >> keeping an eye on the commute. we want to start with chuck bell and sheena parveen with a look at what we can expect when we get outside. >> does aaron look considerably older now? >> older? >> happy birthday. >> i think he took some r & r. aaron, you look very refreshed. >> thank you, sheena. chuck -- >> i'm going to the wall to show you the radar image and let you know your back to work day, aaron is going to be a lot cloudier and cooler than yesterday was. not looking for any heavy, but make sure you have your umbrella ready to go. four things to know, a lot cooler than what you got yesterday afternoon. a couple of rain chances not only for today but if you like the warmer weather, you don't have to wait long. much warmer weather returns for tomorrow. i'm getting increasingly concerned that wednesday is nearing washout potential. for more, let's go to sheena. >> i don't like a lot at all, especially on the weekend, but, unfortunately, yes, we do have it

fst >>> good morning, 8:26 on this monday, april 24, i'm aaron gilchrist.et a check on the commute with melissa mollet. >>> no doubt adding to the pain on the roadway this is morning. outer loop at the american legion bridge, that's now out of the way but we still have those delays even as you're headed southbound on 270 so take a look right now. main and local lanes very slow because of that problem on the american legion bridge. eastbound 70 to 270 crash on the shoulder. 66 and 95 pretty normal. >>> a check on your forecast right after this quick break. >>> have your umbrella with you. 100% chance for rain today so even if it's not raining where you are, it will be today. current temperatures in the 50s. in the 50s all day long with steadier rain coming in this afternoon and evening and the will be in the first part of the day. we'll dry out and warm up later this week. >> chuck, thank you. >>> you can get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. ♪ >>> >>> it's 8:30, monday morning, 24th of april, 2017. great crowd on our plaza. the

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. the forecast is just what will we need for the week.ad so much rain here. chuck and sheena are here with good news and melissa mollet has a look at your commute. good morning. oo nicer. >> we're starting, we can almost feel the turn the corner. >> a little bit. a little bit, kind of misty outside in some areas, a few sprinkles around, you may need a couple swipes of windshield wipers. 58 degrees in the district. 57, manassas. 57 degrees in leesburg. here's the radar. we still do have a few sprinkles across the area, right around the district and parts of prince george's's county. as we even head south towards clinton we're seeing light sprinkles. a big area that brought us rain yesterday, it's right off our coastline. that's going to keep moving towards new england. and as it does so, it's going to pull the cloud cover away with it so that means we're going to see improvements this afternoon. the four things you need to know before you walk outside. good morning, chuck. >> yeah, cloudy skies. as you said, just a couple sprinkles and dro

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we begin with charges against a teacher and coach. >> detectives say they found child pornography's in his home. he work onned at brad bury heights elementary school. >> prosecutors said he admitted to the crime saying he uploaded videos and images to his drop box account from several devices that were found in his room. >> megan mcgrath is at the school getting reaction to this arrest this morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, christopher space was with the prince george's county school system works as a substitute for nine years. and he was also a basketball coach with the south county sports academy. the president and founder of that group luther henry says space was with the organization since the beginning and he says the allegations are very upsetting because the goal of that group has always been to protect and help >> our job was to dheem off the stre keep them off the streets and out of trouble. so this -- you know, you feel betrayed almost. and some hurt for me,

i'm aaron gilchrist. let's check on the commute with melissa mollet. >> good morning.ill with delays. outer loop as you're approaching 50, you can see them. westbound shady grove at oakmont. getting by. northbound snouffer school road shut down. southbound lane is closed. southbound 395 after duke street is slow. >> we'll get a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us. if yit's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. >> a lot of clouds around washington. most of the rain coming to an end. be a mild day. in the upper 50s across the region right now. afternoon temperatures today with the return of, t bright shining object in the sky, the temperatures in the low 70s. we'll be in the 80s with sunshine tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in our nbc washington app. ♪ >>> good morning, everybody. it is 8:30. the it's wednesday