let's see what happens with belfort. i don't know if it was a slip or a punch or a throw that got him down. when he went down, luke did a great job of completely capitalizing and letting machida know this is his world on the ground. and he said it before the fight and proved it during the fight. >> when he started to fight rns it was very slow very deliberate, with pressure, but not crazy pressure. machida landed a couple punches, and you see that rockhold is a big guy. he's durable. he didn't feel like machida could hurt him so continued to press him. and is once they got to the ground, it was like two different levels. this is crazy because lyoto machida is a brazilian jujitsu black belt. it's the ability to do different things, the things you don't expect on the ground that makes him hard to deal with. >> and the other big fact, luke fought an extremely smart fight tonight, something you thought, chris, would be an advantage for machida. machida is known as an incredibly smart fighter. doesn't make mistakes in there.

the wider view from the belfort furniture weather center pockets of sleet. coming in from bristow. there is sleet today. several people said i cannot believe it, but it is this round of thunderstorms that could come in and bring rain as soon as tomorrow morning. that could roll through and go mainly to the south of the washington metro, providing a glancing blow. the next two days, the rain pushes out in the morning. hope is midday, afternoon sunshine will allow the temperatures to go back. we will have some clouds back in there this week. a look at the rain overnight even futurecast has confirmed most of the rain to the south we will have a cold start, mid to upper 30's north and west 40's downtown. the 10 mile or mount vernon told town, you could be running into a headwind and the temperatures 40 to 48. the temps could go into the 60's if the sun breaks outcome is still under the atmosphere. monday, the last effects of the upper-level system, the wind the temps go back down from even though the air temperatures will be much cooler, but it will not feel cooler. the next rain chanc

let's see what happens with belfort. i don't know if it was a slip or a punch or a throw that got him down. when he went down, luke did a great job of completely capitalizing and letting machida know this is his world on the ground. and he said it before the fight and proved it during the fight. >> when he started to fight rns it was very slow very deliberate, with pressure, but not crazy pressure. machida landed a couple punches, and you see that rockhold is a big guy. he's durable. he didn't feel like machida could hurt him so continued to press him. and is once they got to the ground, it was like two different levels. this is crazy because lyoto machida is a brazilian jujitsu black belt. it's the ability to do different things, the things you don't expect on the ground that makes him hard to deal with. >> and the other big fact, luke fought an extremely smart fight tonight, something you thought, chris, would be an advantage for machida. machida is known as an incredibly smart fighter. doesn't make mistakes in there.

doug: hi, doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. we have your forec maureen: new tonight, police have stepped up patrols around in indiana ca -- pizzeria. the law has led to widespread protests of businesses, claiming that the statute discriminates against gays. today indiana lawmakers added wording saying that businesses cannot refuse service based on sexual orientation or gender identity. and new light on the investigation into terry mcauliffe. it shows that he denied a request from the department of homeland security, saying that he was reportedly too busy running the commonwealth. maryland's -- ben cardin is moving up in the senate foreign relations committee. he will replace robert menendez as the ranking member. menendez is facing charges for allegedly accepting bribes. he has pled not guilty in court. star power at a star attraction. the new push from larry hogan and rg iii and why this event at six flags was so important. kevin: why is a golf course dividing an entire community? i'm kevin lewis and i have the answer. tim: th

the belfort furniture weather center, morning cloud cover, rain skirting south of the region. we had sunshine a better part of this sunday, and the temperatures responded in kind. 66 right now in washington. national harbor, there is a look at the sunshine. heading into sunset in a little while. high of 67. the week ahead, parents and kids in the morning, although up, it will be cold, mid to upper 30's in the suburbs. the rest of us, in the forecast, heading into the wee, not a huge drop-off, high of 67 today. tuesday, we will be tracking rain. the forecast coming our way in a few minutes. kellye: just into the newsroom, a sigh of relief for a nepalese chef. when we spoke with him in adams morgan last night, he had no idea where his wife and child were after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. he told us just about an hour ago they were found alive and they are expected to be ok. very happy ending. the death toll from the earthquake has risen to 2500 people, and that is in nepal alone. there were also deaths in the himalayas. search and rescue teams have started to arriv

i will break it down from the belfort furniture weather center in about 10 minutes. kimberly: baseball is back in d.c. today fans piling into nats park to see them taking on the yankees. even out was exhibition, people cannot be happier. richard reeve is live at nats park. this is kind of like the real deal today. richard: kim the energy was amazing, folks grinning, so happy that baseball has returned. this is more than just about the baseball game. it's the smell of hot dogs, the crack of the bat, the cheering crowd, the beginning of a new season, in more ways than one. >> welcome to nationals ballpark. all gates are open. richard: baseball is back in d.c. is just next bashan game, nats-yankees -- it is just the next bishop game, nats-yankees, a tonic for the winter blues. >> this is a beacon of hope. richard: new security, metal detectors, and long lines part of the price of admission. >> if that keeps people safe and helps them have a good time, you just do what you have to do. richard: and a little smack talk between friends. >> i think there will be some fights

steve: a busy evening in the belfort furniture weather center. the tornado watch has come down for the d.c. metro area. the exception would be to the east of d.c. especially delmarva, where the watch continues another hour or so. at 8:00 this evening, the time lapse shows the storm system moving across the d.c. metro area, looking west down route 50. lightning, gusty wind, heavy heavy rain. this caused a lot of lightning. the good news is this moves off to the north and east. live doppler radar shows most of the action in the northern portion of the delmarva. the exception would be northern montgomery county into frederick county. the showers will gradually ease through the overnight. tomorrow, brighter skies sunglasses, no need for the umbrella, daytime high near 70 degrees. we have some cool lightning pictures and what to expect the rest of the week coming up. alison: steve, thank you. an incredible story from prince george's county -- a heroic 13-year-old boy has saved his family from a burning home and clinton. we brought you the dramatic 911

cloudy outside of the belfort weather center. showers and some big storms we've been watching. let's get to doppler radar and show you this is a complex of thunderstorms that has got into western ohio late this morning. very strong. they've been moving eastward at a steady clip. 35 405 miles per hour. the air overhead is cool and damp. that's going to mean more than likely this line of storms as it crosses the appalachians and encounters the much cooler damp air, it will kind of diminish these storms. now, the thunderstorms will break into just individual heavy pockets of rain. we'll track it all during the afternoon and evening. definitely, more rain coming here later this afternoon and this evening. probably arriving in the metro area probably after 6:00 6:00 to 7:00 at its current speed. we'll monitor that as well. look at the numbers. 50 at reagan national. 46 in fredricksburg. 50 degrees in quantico. 46 in annapolis and through the evening, we'll call for showers. maybe western parts of the viewing area might have a thundershowers as these things diminish somewhat. everybo

i will break it down from the belfort furniture weather center in about 10 minutes. kimberly: protesters outside of the final four, shutting down traffic in indianapolis as they rallied against the state's religious freedom all. they say that it could allow people to use their religious beliefs to stop funding against gay and transgendered people. earlier this week, the governor amended the law. >> when you are dealing with a big public issue like this, i think leadership is needed. i'm very proud of ncaa for doing that. kimberly: that is former nba player jason collins, saying that indiana did the right thing -- saying that the ncaa did the right thing challenging the indiana law. they said going forward, they should avoid scheduling games in states without lgbt protection. indiana lawmakers change the law to prevent discrimination this past week. the duke blue devils topped a message can state 81-61. -- the duke blue devils topped michigan state 81-621. we are still waiting for the outcome of the other game. nats park is expected to host the 2018 major league all-s

kind of cloudy ask cool outside of the belfort furniture weather center right now. let's take you to a live weather bug camera lots of clouds around there and a few lingering showers behind the early afternoon cold front. showers getting ready to pass through laurel. 53 degrees right now. and doppler radar shows the area getting close to laurel stretching southeast to bowie. we'll see the rain come and go over the next couple of hours. by 6:30 7:00, the rain threat will pretty much end as drier air filters in behind the cold front. some of the storms are rather heavy moving across long island but in our area lingering showers and falling temperatures. half of the wind advisory gone now, been cancelled. but farther south along the i-81 corridor it will stay up until 8:00 tonight. temperatures, still 60's south and east everybody will turn chilly tonight through the nats game tonight, it will be partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. take a jacket or sweater as we drop into the 50's and wind up in the 30's in many areas by morning. scott? scott: all right, doug. municipali

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. beautiful sunshine outside today. can we hang on to it a couple more days? maureen: the man accused of killing a university of mary washington student is being held without bond. prosecutors said today in court that steven vander briel strangled 20-year-old grace mann inside a home they shared in fred i canericksricksburg fredricksburg. a funeral was held today in falls church. she was remembered as a lover of music. her father, thomas mann is a judge in fairfax county. some very clear video is coming into our newsroom tonight of some thieves in action. d.c. police release this video they say shows a man snatching a package from a home's porch. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon. rather, in the afternoon of april 9th on warren street in northeast washington near constitution avenue. we're also getting a clear look at the suspect in a d.c. school burglary. this video was shot april 5th inside jefferson middle school on seventh street southeast. in it you see a young man leaving the building with computer equipment.

kind of cloudy at the moment outside of the belfort furniture weather center. doppler radar shows plenty of areas of rain especially south and southwest of metro. heaviest downpours south of fairfax and across the route 195 corridor in dale city. it's moving from right to left and moving from east to west not the usual pattern of travel around here. there's a lot of rain to deal with. most of the heavier amounts will be d.c. metro area west and the entire pattern will slowly calm down during the day tomorrow and things are looking good for the weekend not only with the clearing trend but warming trend. all the details coming up in the seven day outlook in a few minutes. maureen? maureen: thanks, doug. still ahead at 6:00 how senator bernie sanders may alter the tone in the race for the white house. plus a rescue team from county pulls a 15-year-old from beneath a collapsed building in nepal. the one thing that saved that teenager's life and a suspect is named in the attack on a man inside a metro station. we'll show you next. and don't forget to go to wjla.com

doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. the weekend getting off to a crystal clear start but it's not going to stay that way. i'll tell you what to expect straight ahead on abc 7 news at maureen: currently on 7 a woman fighting her parking ticket after her car became trapped at a crime screen. liz was out to dinner when a man shot and killed a guard at the u.s. census bureau. her car was in an area roped off for hours by police. and the area where the suspect was captured after a shootout in northeast washington. when she returned the next morning to get the car she found a ticket for an expired meter. >> i couldn't get my car or my possessions. the money it costs me to get home and back and they have the nerve to give me a ticket? they should be sending me a letter of apology. maureen: she has now begun the process of getting the tickets nullified. a warm farewell today for u.s. attorney general eric holder. this was holder's last day on the job after six years as the nation's top law enforcement official. his successor, l

doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort weather center. clear skies and comfortable temperatures. you want temperatures back in the 70's? i think you'll like the forecast still to come, then. so i'm working from home. i get on a video conference. with my boss, and my boss's boss. t i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. i don't and it was taking forever. we don't miss a beat. i'm yelling at the kids to get off wi-fi. get off the movies! get off the video games! i think i got a promotion. i think i need a new job. are you guys hiring. why settle when you can have you have fiber optics with a two year price guaranteed. fios. the fastest, most reliable internet. maureen: breaking news now from tysons corner. that's where news chopper 7 is live over the scene of the crash of a tractor-trailer. on the inner loop of the capital beltway near the exchange with highway 123. several lanes, as you can see are blocked. there's no word yet on any injuries. california's governor has implemented the first mandatory water restrictions in the state's histo

doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. skies are starting to clear outside right now. when they do temperatures will drop cold enough for a freeze warning in parts of the area. those details ahead maureen: the family of michael brown is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri and darren wilson. he is the white police officer who killed the unarmed 18-year-old african-american. brown's death in august set off a wave of protests nationwide. prosecutors declined to charge officer wilson saying there wasn't enough evidence to show his life was not in danger. attorneys for the brown family say something must change. >> we have to stop this sanctioning of the cannon of unarmed people of color in america. because that's what we're doing when nobody is never held accountable. maureen: the lawsuit does not include a specific dollar amount for damages. the family seeks about $75,000 in addition to legal fees. maryland governor larry hogan ordered state police to baltimore today to provide crowd control

rest of tonight, clear skies, beautiful tomorrow. 57 degrees right now in d c, 55 outside of the belfort furniture weather center, 55 dulles, 51 annapolis. not as cold as last night, 50 degrees when you wake up in the morning in the city, 40's in the suburbs. midday, 66, and we top out in the lower 70's tomorrow. bring the rain gear with you tuesday, showers, especially in the morning, and i am also tracking showers late in the week. i will detail that coming up in a few minutes. kimberly: we will see you then, eileen. more trouble for germanwings. the airline had to evacuate a plane full of people after a bomb threat. air traffic in trouble at the cologne airport got the message as the flight was taxiing. everyone was taken off the plane and bomb sniffing dogs were brought in. officials found no sign of explosives, but moved passengers to another plane as a precaution. and an annandale bakery is closed on it after a car slim through the front on tom davis try. six people, including the driver, were hurt after the car jump the curb and hit the restaurant. none of the injuries are life-th

doug: very quiet outside the belfort furniture weather center cloudy and cool and damp. we're watching showers and some thunderstorms getting closer and closer to the metro area. but the number of lightning strikes diminishing every time we look near the lightning counter. winchester to front royal west to culpepper. that's one line of very heavy downpours as smaller lines ahead of it moving into the western suburbs right now. we'll look for showers and thunderstorms probably about 7:00 moving into the city into the metro area. definitely having an effect at the beginning of the nationals game but much larger picture shows a much bigger area of rain. this is all being propelled to the south and east into this cooler and damp air. that will take the starch out of it all and giving rain to it. later tonight, talking about drizzle and any lingering showers will come to an end. we'll see brighter days ahead. happy to share that in a few minutes. maureen? maureen: thank you doug. congressman chris van hollen has won the endorsement of rushern baker in his bid for the u.s. sen

the temperatures outside of the belfort furniture weather center, 66 dulles, 60 winchester, 70 petersburg and luray. it stays dry the next few hours. look to the upper left-hand corner of the screen. notice the rain moving into western maryland. this is what is on the way for the rush-hour commute early tomorrow morning. 9:00 upper 50's. we will have a hard time gaining traction, the temperature staying in the lower 60's midday, with areas of heavier rain. if there is any good news with the forecast, weekly route late in the day -- we clear out late in the day tuesday. coming up, we will look at what to expect for the day wednesday and the rest of the week. hopefully my allergies will not an end to my weather forecast. alison: good luck with that. funeral arrangements are set now for the guard killed while protecting the u.s. census bureau. lawrence buckner was shot last thursday outside of the agency policy when headquarters. his funeral be friday at the little zion baptist church in colonial beach, virginia. the suspected shooter is accused of kidnapping his girlfriend at exchanging gun

kind of cloudy and mild outside of the belfort furniture weather center. let's give you a look right now at conditions in alexandria from the bell haven country club and little breaks every now and then. the sun tries to peek through. i think that will be a losing battle but temperatures are mild enough. 66 degrees there. 60 degrees at quantico. 67 at washington dulles. 55 degrees with that cool breeze coming off the river and the chesapeake bay in annapolis. we'll do better. we'll hit 70 degrees i think in most spots. there's rain to deal with. first batch, heavy rain moving out of the bristol, virginia and tennessee will spread southeastward through north carolina but a few more showers likely as we head through the afternoon and really for the next several days we'll have shower opportunities. best chances for an isolated thunderstorm, perhaps, today and then again for the day on friday. but for this tuesday, not like yesterday's award-winning weather with the clear skies and 75-degree weather. today, we'll barely get into 70's. lots of clouds. maybe a

live look from the belfort weather camera in alexandria. 69 degrees. few high clouds. sunny days in alexandria and throughout the entire area. temperatures will manage their way in the low to mid 70's. 72 already in reagan national and manassas. 70 degrees at andrews and frederick and 73 in fredricksburg. somewhere, it's 74 and 75 i think, for most areas, slow increase in high cloudiness through the afternoon but the sun will still manage to shine through. more clouds later tonight and then overnight tomorrow morning, then a chance of showers with the approaching cold front. with high pressure off the ocean now, looks good for this afternoon but that front will bring the showers and clear right back out later tomorrow afternoon. check out the next seven days in detail for you in a few minutes. jummy? jummy: all right, doug. the list of 2016 presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. hillary clinton hit the ground running this morning after announcing her candidacy yesterday. abc's karen traverse reports as clinton begins her campaign trail in iowa. karen: hillary clinton

doug: cloudy skies outside of the belfort furniture weather center. we have some rain showers getting closer to town. we'll explore those and check out the week end for you as well. leon: an arlington home is in ruins and two neighbors' homes are damaged after a two alarm fire this afternoon. fire investigators say the smoke alarms in this house on south rolfe street could not activate. that gave the fire time to spread before someone saw it and called 911. the smoke fill most of the skies with smoke and visible from the district in fact. the cause is under investigation. maryland state police say a driver was killed when he crashed his car while fleeing from a trooper who had tried to pull him over. this happened early in the morning in waldorf. the trooper noticed a toyota sion with a burned out tag light and tried to pull the car over. instead, the driver pulled off and sped away. that driver lost control and ran off the road and hit a utility pole. >> looked out my window and there was a car overturned on the side of the road and they had a sheet

doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. cloudy skies in rosslyn right now but rain to the north and west. i'll show you on live doppler where it is and where it's headed. that's still to come here on maureen: symbols of hate have tarnished a gaithersburg synagogue during one of the holiest weeks of the jewish calendar. congregation members at the synagogue found the swastikas and vulgar words this morning and quickly started cleaning up the hateful signs. >> when my wife called me this morning and told me what happened, i was speechless. i started to cry. i mean i didn't know what to think, what to do and this is our synagogue that somebody came in and defaced. maureen: police have now released this video that caught the suspect in the act of the vandalism. you can see the person is wearing a mask similar to the ones used in the "scream" films. a professional power washing crew is removing the graffiti. the congregation will hold a special prayer service tonight. the widow of former d.c. mayor marion barry is suing the woma

doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. finally a little sunshine on this wednesday afternoon. we'll let you know if there's more to come in that thursday forecast. stay with >> ladies and gentlemen, our president has breathed its last. leon: one of the nation's most sad moments commemorated today outside of the peterson house in northwest washington where 150 years ago this morning, abraham lincoln died. hours after being shot by john wilkes booth at ford's theater. across the street from the home as a matter of fact. huned out today to mark the anniversary. >> and it was a cold night with drizzly rain and it was -- >> shock and awe of how quickly something huge and drastic can happen and change the course of history. leon: bells tolled at churches across the district at 7:22 a.m. this morning, the moment that lincoln died 150 years ago. flag at the white house flew at half staff today in memory of the 16th president. this week marks one year of the kidnapping of hundreds of school girls by that terrorist group in nigeria.

outside of the belfort furniture weather center and the reagan national airport dew point is low, too at 67 degrees. 68 degrees in frederick right now. annapolis picking up a bit of a bay breeze and 58. reagan national can see the temperatures drop a couple of degrees and winds coming across the potomac river could do that. the general theme is we're going to push through the upper 60's to around 70 area wide. it will be a very pleasant afternoon but during the mid afternoon hours, you will notice an increase in cloudiness from the west and that cloudiness will produce showers. i think they'll be later tonight. looking at radar trends right now, certainly could happen in some areas west of town by very late this afternoon or early this evening. keeping a very close eye on that. so here it comes on storm scan. you see one batch of rain southwest of richmond now. small area. larger area of rain developing over kentucky and tennessee and that's the area i think we'll be dealing with late tonight and through the day tomorrow. some good news and some not so good news for outdoor weather co

doug: and i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center tracking on this friday evening some showers and a few downpours. we'll show you where they are and where they're moving and update the weekend forecast still to come here on abc 7 new leon: maryland state police have identified the man killed in a crash following a police pursuit near waldorf. investigators say the man driving the car that crashed into a utility pole on acton lane was 26-year-old delante lee of fort washington. lee had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. after police say that he was caught driving without a license. he was not legally allowed to drive. a new effort tonight to fix a problem that has long plagued d.c. fire and e.m.s. a lack of e.m.t.s. mayor muriel bowser says that she's launching a recruitment drive. that will include an exam to recruits for the first time in eight years. that will happen in june. they announced the addition of a new ladder truck in palisades, part of an $80 million five year plan to increase the fire trucks and ambulances on the road in the district.

the fact that outside of the belfort furniture weather center, right now, 72 degrees. light northwesterly wind here and very dry and clouds are clearing. temperatures are 72 now at reagan national airport and frederick. clear skies, light winds and dry air. we're going to have a chilly night. 42 to 52 degrees by tomorrow morning and a lot of sunshine tomorrow. another mild afternoon as well as we approach 70 degrees and clouds roll in tomorrow night. and then as we continue through that, we'll see the possibility of rain before sunrise on thursday and then through the day on thursday 60% chance of rain. periods of rain. not raining every minute. best chances of rain south and east of the city. 66. rain will end friday. remaining cloudy through the afternoon. highs about 60 degrees and then start a string of very pleasant weather days with a warmup. partly sunny. 70 degrees for the day on saturday. 76 sunday. maybe close to 80 degrees by the time we hit monday. steve rudin will have more coming up tonight at 11:00. tim? tim: thank you very much. let me tell more about b

doug: at the moment still cloudy and damp outside of the belfort furniture weather center. we're watching this large area of showers and thunderstorms move towards the appalachians and beyond. let's take a look at the live super doppler 7 radar, that's the leading edge. you see the right-hand side of the screen is the washington metro area. this stuff we're watching is west of the i-81 corridor. still have a distance to go. it's moving pretty quickly. we think probably in the 6:00 to 7:00 hour in the western suburbs will start to pick up some effect of the rain. again, part of the much larger cluster that's been dropping very heavy rain torrential downpours and severe thunderstorms across portions of ohio all day long. temperatures are cool. air is defrp. 50 degrees at reagan national. 51 degrees in fredricksburg so for tonight, we'll see through the evening hours cloudy skies. showers possible. isolated showers and storms to the west. mostly rain will tend to taper off late tonight. take a look at the rest of the week and the weekend for you coming up in a few minutes. leo

for signs of development and that's the kind of late afternoon and evening we'll have here in the belfort furniture weather center more and more showers and storms popping and each one is going to have to be closely monitored to see if it shows any signs of hail or very high winds that would make it a severe storm and, of course, since the overriding possibility that one or two of these storms could produce an isolated tornado. that's our job here over the next few hours. we're not alone. there's a widespread area of severe weather possibilities from southern pennsylvania to south of the atlanta metro area. tornado watch to the south. our area in between the severe thunderstorm watch so indeed it will continue to be very active and busy afternoon. right now no warnings in effect for our area. but we'll continue to watch that

right now, clear skies outside of the belfort furniture weather center. this is the rooftop view. 61 degrees at reagan national. here in shady areas, that's a bit cool. the bright sunshine definitely helps. 60 degrees in quantico. 66 degrees in baltimore and annapolis right now and the winds still gusting over 30 miles per hour at washington dulles at this hour. 24-mile-an-hour gust at andrews and 32-mile-an-hour gusts logged at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. skies are going to be clear tonight and the winds will diminish and temperatures are going to drop. light blue area is a frost advisory for the northern and western suburbs extending back across the blue ridge. purple area is another freeze warning. then the best time for a freeze or frost expected between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., it's just going to be a clear and chilly night. bundle up if you have outdoor plans. we'll look ahead to slightly milder temperatures for the weekend and maybe some showers too, that coming up in a couple of minutes. leon? leon: ok doug. tensions remain high in baltimore followi

right now, cloudy outside of the belfort furniture weather center. few sprinkles showing up on doppler radar, very steadily drift to the east and southeast over the past couple of hours. chilly 59 at reagan national. 54 in frederick. 49 degrees in hagerstown. if you want warm stuff, culpepper, fredricksburg around 50. that's as warm as it gets. there's the area under the freeze warning. it's for the overnight hours through about 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 in the morning. areas shaded in purple northern maryland and up and down the i-81 corridor so for tonight, clearing skies. diminishing winds. and temperatures ranging across the viewing area between 30 and 40 degrees. that's warm enough in the colder spots to get temperatures to cause some freezing issues for at laos a couple of hours earlier tomorrow. a few milder days not going to say we have warmer days but milder days. we'll share that in a bit. alison: thank you. meantime, the f.a.a. is investigating a reported drone sighting near dulles airport. the crew of a jetliner reported seeing an unmanned aircraf

for signs of development and that's the kind of late afternoon and evening we'll have here in the belfort furniture weather center more and more showers and storms popping and each one is going to have to be closely monitored to see if it shows any signs of hail or very high winds that would make it a severe storm and, of course, since the overriding possibility that one or two of these storms could produce an isolated tornado. that's our job here over the next few hours. we're not alone. there's a widespread area of severe weather possibilities from southern pennsylvania to south of the atlanta metro area. tornado watch to the south. our area in between the severe thunderstorm watch so indeed it will continue to be very active and busy afternoon. right now no warnings in effect for our area. but we'll continue to watch that very intense thunderstorm now over western sections of charles county continuing to move towards the northeast towards the southern sections of our viewing area of the metro area over the next hour or so. join you with more details on that cell and others in the studi

filtered sunshine and very pleasant from the belfort weather center, start our coverage with the time lapse video from the weather bug camera on the campus of langley school in mclean skies were partly cloudy this morning. overcast during the day and then a waiting game to see the sunshine come back late this afternoon and that's not going to be happening around the area. temperatures are starting to respond. 67 now at reagan national and 66 in frederick. 60 degrees in lexington. temperatures drop between 42 and 50 degrees tomorrow morning. a lot of rain from the south and that will stay to the south for now. in fact, we're expecting a very pleasant day tomorrow with partly sunny skies. temperatures heading through the upper 60's. we'll check out the weekend and be on in a few minutes. alison? alison: thank you, doug. a high schooler is facing criminal charges after a gaithersburg synagogue was vandalized. today, montgomery county reporter kevin lewis spoke with the teen who went on camera to say i'm sorry. >> i want to try to make people understand that i'm not racist. kevin: fresh o

doug: nothing but bright sunshine outside of the belfort weather furniture center. we're looking at them clearing us out by the weekend. to the south towards the pentagon, pentagon city, crystal city national airport, reagan national, it looks like a plane is taxiing down the runway. getting ready to take off or just landed. don't have time to watch it. but just landed. 60 in quantico. mild but cooler than yesterday. nine degrees cooler than this time yesterday. a few fair weather clouds should dissipate shortly after sunset. clear night tonight with temperatures falling to near 40 degrees. tomorrow, back to the 70 at the fwree -- degree mark. we'll talk about tomorrow's weather. alison: see you then. months after ao revamp cedar lane ended, crews started work this week to widen old georgetown road in bethesda. it's part of a plan to ease traffic near the national institutes of health campus now that walter reid is housed there, too. but montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live in bethesda with a fly in that ointment. kevin, tell us about it. kevin: hi there a

right now, outside of the belfort furniture weather center, just cloudy but take a look at what's happening in barriville virginia right now at clark county high school they've had some hail and lightning and thunder, and some rain. still raining there with dark skies. there's one area of storminess developing just to the northwest of downtown washington. we'll zoom in real quick and see now for potomac and east of mclean over towards the river, there's heavy downpours developing there. more through centreville and clifton. more as you travel farther west out towards the blue ridge and slightly beyond. continue to see the possibility of showers, couple of rumbles of thunder and maybe a little hail through the evening. pattern should generally improve tomorrow. 74 right now warm spot at reagan national. everybody else pretty much in the 60's and through the evening, there will be showers, temperatures will eventually fall late tonight, wake up to temperatures between 45 and 53 in the morning and we'll leave with the futurecast here showing there will be an improvement in this whole pattern a

let's get you started outside of the belfort weather furniture center. mostly cloudy. a little glimmer of sunshine tries to appear. we should be near 70. instead, we're stuck in the 50's and we'll only go lower and no higher. 52 in gaithersburg and 58 degrees in reagan national. we saw the gusty winds. these are sustained winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. they will diminish a bit tonight. as they do when skies clear, got a large area set up for a freeze warning. northern maryland and then all along the i-81 corridor possibility of temperatures 30 to 32 degrees. several hours before sunrise in the morning. here's how we'll get there with a slow drop in temperatures and clearing skies. temperatures in the 40's will wake up with the range between 30 and 40 degrees. surely, there must be some warmer days in our seven day outlook. we'll find out in a couple of minutes. alison? alison: we hope so. doug, thank you. a federal judge has now sentenced former c.i.a. director david petraeus to two years of probation. this for leaking those classified military sec

first, absolutely beautiful outside. 79 degrees and sunshine outside the belfort furniture weather center. 78 at reagan national and dulles now. 79 degrees in manassas. gusty winds continue. latest wind gusts continue out of the south and the winds will slowly diminish. they have been the mechanism to draw in the unseasonally warm air today. here comes the cold front. most of the rain across arkansas and northern louisiana, that will stream northward along the front. it looks pretty meager with rainfall and that will all change during the day tomorrow. this evening, we'll keep it mild comfortable and breezy at times. temperatures in the 70's. rain is on the way. you'll need an umbrella tomorrow. check out the next seven because in a few minutes, alison? >> ok we'll see you then, doug. thank you. in the next hour, the race for the white house will officially get a little bit larger as emily schmidt reports senator marco rubio is joining the race one day after hillary clinton made her own candidacy over. emily: the road to the white house is getting more crowded with these announcements --

very pleasant outside of the belfort furniture weather center. there's the showers we're looking at live to the west-southwest and northwest of metro washington. those areas of showers have been diminishing a little bit over the past couple of hours. kind of just patches now and they'll overspread parts of the area the next couple of hours and that will be that. it will be the break for quite a stretch and then overnight 3:00 in the morning or so the next larger batch of rain showers will move into the area. 71 now at reagan national. 72 in frederick. 66 degrees in annapolis. and through the evening looks good. we may have a brief sprinkle or shower and beginning of the game time for the nats tonight. it will remain cloudy and that will be our story tomorrow. cloudy, off again on again rain through the day. sotherly winds. highs maybe 72 degrees. clearing late in the day and that sets the stage for what we think will turn out to be a pretty decent weather weekend. share that for you in a couple of minutes. leon: counting on you for that. a concer

let's get you started outside of the belfort furniture center. live doppler shows a line of showers from martinsburg, hagerstown down the i-81 corridor and they are moving to the east. don't see any lightning detected. don't expect any from this line but a couple of little downpours. one near martinsburg and the one farther south. we'll watch that move through the area. best guesstimate around 5:30 6:00, there will be scattered showers. this is just the beginning of a very protracted period. i want you to look out to the west and the left-hand side of your screen all the weather that you see severe thunderstorm warnings and a tornado warning in southern indiana right now so all this energy will be mixing up with a cold front coming up from the north rather and a warm front from the south later in the week. we'll be stuck in a pattern of clouds the difference tomorrow will be the temperatures. we're in the lower 70's now. tomorrow and thursday only in the 50's for highs. the periods of rain and drizzle and maybe late friday when the warm front com

doug: we're starting to see some of those showers pop up right now although outside of the belfort furniture weather center, bright sunshine at the moment. let's get to it and show you the picture from the rooftop. beautiful scene but there are a few showers popping up. doppler radar shows a few heavier downpours located to the north and east of front royal and a few more west of warrenton. a couple of showers out of mount vernon into charles county. that's going to be the story the next several hours. you notice they're moving to the southeast towards stafford and towards southern maryland. we'll keep that in the forecast for the next few hours after that, things will settle down nicely tonight. 78 at reagan national. 77 at dulles and andrews now. 79 degrees in frederick. for this friday evening, partly sunny. isolated showers and thundershowers. light southwesterly wind as we head later tonight, all that ends and partly cloudy with temperatures in the 50's. the weekend forecast if you have outdoor weather plans, you want to make sure you stick around and hear this forecast. it's a good one

outside of the belfort furniture weather center gorgeous as you say. sunshine give you look at the rooftop here. a few clouds and we'll hang on to partly cloudy skies this evening. mild temperatures. more clouds move in tonight ahead of the next system that's going to come our way and that system will eventually bring some rain to the area for the day tomorrow. for this evening, it looks just fine. temperatures 76 now at reagan national. 75 in frederick. a real spring day around the area. so for this evening, we'll hold in the 70's. sunshine and a few clouds with a sotherly breeze. overnight, the clouds move in. maybe a shower west of town. but tomorrow will be the day, i think, when moisture starts to converge across the area. storm system to our south. periods of rain developing through the day tomorrow. will it hang around into the weekend? when we get back into the beautiful sunshine and warm weather, we'll let you know in a few minutes, alison? alison: see you then. an adult and baby are recovering after a house fire in the district. that fire bro

right now, it's cloudy and threatening outside of the belfort furniture weather center. give you a look right now from the rooftop camera and plenty of dark clouds over the city. doppler radar is showing some pretty good rain to the west of the metro area and if you look closely at doppler radar, we've got some right in the city of washington. you'll see right over downtown a little hot spot of heavy rain. there's thunder, there's lightning and lightning continues to be the story and maybe even some more small hailstones have been reported during the afternoon. the storm that you see right now is parked right over washington and just across the key bridge from our studios here in arlington. watch for showers and storms at times through the evening hours. they will continue and i think the chances of rain will diminish later this evening a bit and especially as we head through the overnight hours with a few patchy showers and temperatures near 50 degrees. look ahead to tomorrow and the weekend coming up in a few minutes for you, alison? alison: ok, doug. thank you very mu

doug: the rain continues here in arlington and outside of the belfort furniture weather center, continue for a few hours and a lot headed this way. down to the south, bottom half of the screen on the outer banks, northeast north carolina some heavier downpours and maybe a rumble of thunder in those spots. key will be time another five or six hours or so. mostly steady rain should move out of the picture and broken into the region here and patches of rain. mid 50's now. temperatures will be falling this evening. as they fall, as the temperatures fall, skies will be clearing. 47, 48 degrees tomorrow night with a light northerly wind. just watch how everything changes so quickly with the rain moving out and the sun coming out tomorrow. warming up to near 70 degrees. we'll hang on partly sunny skies through the day on wednesday. we'll check the weekend, next seven days for you in a few minutes. leon? leon: get back to you in a bit. the soldier ride kickoff today. it started with a bike fit. each injured service member gets paired with an adaptive service equipment and they'll head out on a f

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let's you up to the rooftop high above the belfort furniture weather center, a few clouds and bit of breeze. sunshine mild temperatures. pretty good spring combination on the way. humidity level at 36%. actually a dry afternoon as well. 70 degrees also in fredricksburg and in frederick and manassas 71 in quantico. 65 degrees now in annapolis. through the evening, we'll stay partly cloudy but then when we get through the later night hours, we'll see clearing skies. the northwesterly winds of 10 to 15 will diminish down to five miles an hour. we're looking at temperatures of 42 to 52 degrees. tomorrow more sunshine, there is rain in our future. we'll have more on that timing and get ready for the weather that looks a little brighter. share that with you coming up in a couple of minutes. kelly? kellye: thanks a lot. big scene outside of the nation's highest court today. the u.s. supreme court heard arguments over the rights of same sex couples to marry. senior political reporter scott thuman is live outside of the court right now with more on what the justices said today. scott? scott:

and then a little bit of sunshine through the clouds and that's the story right now outside of the belfort furniture weather center. let's give you a look at the rooftop camera. a lot of clouds showing up. cloud cover things out a bit, enough that even with northerly winds, we're up to 68 degrees at reagan national airport. 64 degrees at manassas. gaithersburg at 63 and 65 degrees in fredricksburg. through the evening, keep it mostly cloudy and a little bit of sunshine at times. cold and in the 60's. as we head to the late night hours, partly cloudy and cooler. there is some rain in the weekend forecast. have the timing of that for you in just a couple of minutes. back to you. alison: ok. it's pretty exciting. ready to rock the red tonight. anchor: a lot of the stanley cup playoffs between the caps and the islanders. robert burton is joining us live from the verizon center with what's at stake tonight. robert: hey larry. everybody remembers we weren't exactly here covering the caps in the playoffs. that's because they weren't here. not like a big letdown when you make the playoffs consiste