. >>> the death of a vibrant 16- year-old bowie high school student during a spring break field trip is still a medical mystery tonight. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at bowie high school where the focus of the day was helping kids cope with the sudden loss of a 16-year-old classmate. okon ntekim, beloved honor student and athlete, recipient of the kindness award at bowie high school. okon was on a junior rotc spring break field trip to parris island, south carolina, home of an iconic marine corps training base. toward the end of the trip home prince george's county rescuers were called to an oxon hill gas station for what they described an unknown medical emergency. okon had complained of stomach pain during the trip officials said. he was unresponsive and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital early saturday. no protective health measures were taken at the school. instead the focus was on remembering okon and coping with the loss. >> he would do his best at everything. >> he was a hard worker and somebody for everybody to look up to. for him to go on a school field trip and die, it's

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bowie, stretching over to calvert county. the rest of us are dry.clouds still lingering but for the for long. in d.c. we're 60 degrees. it's cool and breezy out there. take a look at the beautiful shot from our tower cam. you can see the sun try to come out. we'll see sunshine for this afternoon. temperatures reach the near 70 70-degree mark. that's t. we'll cool off from here. i'll have the details on your seven-day. larry, over to you. >>> thank you. wants to let my metro riders we have residual delays in both directions of the orange, silver and blue line. we have earlier single tracking going o. that's been resolved -- going on. that's been resolved but we still have delays. you want to give yourself plenty of time. add about 10 or 15 minutes to your commute time as a result of the delays going on this morning. buses running on schedule. for those of you traveling east on 66 toward the beltway, you're looking at no major issues. just slowdowns toward frederick and the beltway. again, you're looking at a smooth commute overall for those of you tr

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bowie, 41 right now. right in the district northeast and southeast, hovering in the and 50s. fairfax county loudoun and into prince williams spotsylvania in the upper 40s, near 50. the east end of the mall, looking beautiful up on capitol hill. look at the cherry trees in full bloom there. keep up with all of these weather changes coming in tomorrow with the rain with the storm team 4 weather app. and the timing on that rain this area in color, this is where we'll get some showers coming on through. probably no thunder. just some showers moving through. this is around noontime. moderate showers, briefly heavy at times with some of these areas coming on through during the afternoon. 3:00 or 4:00 or a -- 5:00. we could get half an inch of rain so today the last day to enjoy the cherry blossoms. cooler with the rain tomorrow and back up to near 70 on wednesday around thursday. beautiful pattern as we get to the end of the week. the weekend looking terrific as well. highs, mid 70s, saturday. near 70 on sunday. how is the commute going on? >> it's looking good. we are seeing the n

strong thunderstorm right now to the west of bowie and then down to the south of bowie and south throughnd continuing to watch. here's the line i'm seeing back around laray. south and east making the way. and about the next hour so we'll be top of this all evening long. tornado watch until

we should be near 70 again as strong southwest winds appear. 304 34 -- 34 in gaithersburg, 36 in bowie, a cold start. by 9:00 still chilly, pure sunshine and by walking to lunch low to mid- 50s. it's all relative, but 54 downtown, 53 frederick, 50 in hagerstown, 53 in cumberland. 6:00 temperatures in the upper 50s, still below average, 54 in gaithersburg, 58 in manassas, 57 in la plata, 57 also in bowie. tomorrow night essentially 23 hours from now back in the 40s in the suburbs, low 50s downtown, still clear, not crazy cold. by midnight back in the low 40s north and west. overnight clearing skies, breezy, chilly, lows 36 to 45. day planner chilly, 40 to start, sunshine, downtown temps, mid-40s at 9:00, almost 50 by 11:00 and mid-50s with sunshine by 1:00. so thursday we're warmer, a few late clouds, but we're dry, 70 and look at friday. showers and storms should hold off until late, but temperatures in the mid-70s. that sounds nice. now next seven days, start of passover, a couple morning showers on saturday, cooler, behind the front upper 50s, easter sunday low 60s, perfect for donni

. >>> the death of a bowie high schooler is a mystery this morning. maryland state police are investigating how he died. he was coming back from the rotc field trip and he started to feel sick. then he stopped breathing. he was just 16 years old. >>> breaking news a stabbing we have just learned in alexandria and right now, police are looking for a suspect. alexandria police tell us it happened after 2:00 a.m. a man suffered from stab wounds not too far from the post office building. the victim is in the hospital. no word on the extent of injuries. back to you, eun. >> thanks molette. >>> months after he was detained in iran we are learning that charges a "washington post" reporter faces. >> the new pictures showing how a group of thieves made off with tens of millions in jewelry. what police say they did for two straight nights in order to pull off this heist. >>> taking a live look outside where the temperatures are still mild out there. just 54 degrees outside. tom is back with how to dress your kids for the bus stop. your time right now is 5:08. >

they robbed the bank of america on laurel bowie road in bowie. witnesses believe both robbers are men. >>> and one of the members of the so-called black hat bandits has confessed. 66-year-old thomas george admitted he was part of a robbery at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. witnesses say he threatened to kill a customer if he didn't get the money. a possible accomplice was also arrested. they're known for using high powered rifles and black hats to rob banks. >>> 5:04. we'll find out how long a man will stay in jail for allegedly raping men. he lured men he met at beer pong tournaments to his home in gaithersburg after getting them drunk and raping them. poindexter is believed to be a sexual predator who has been targeting young men for a decade. he is expected to be sentenced today at 1:30. >>> for the first time a good samaritan is talking about the day he found a quadriplegic man abandoned in the woods with just a blanket and a bible. police say the 21-year-old victim's mother left him in a philadelphia park on friday so she could visit

down here further south near bowie as well. you can see how warm we get during the day with the help of southwest wind. but by 6:00 we are tracking thunderstorms. some severe. we'll track that coming up in just a bit. first let's go to larry with traffic. >>> i want to let me metro riders know the trains are running on schedule this morning. no issues to report. as well as the buses. we are definitely off to a good star. looks like the flood water have a problem in the metro. i want to take you right now to i-27 0 for those of you in frederick traveling south toward the beltway, no major issues. we have slowdowns as you get closer to clarksburg, so you want to account for that as well. flooding water taking place on the 1500 block of east he were avenue at addison road. where we had three cars stuck as a result of the flood waters out there we have been seeing this issue of rising water throughout the metro causing problems for drivers and various accidents throughout the metro, we are asking people to stay away from areas that

strong thunderstorm right now to the west of bowie and then down to the south of bowie and south through there and continuing to watch. here's the line i'm seeing back around laray. south and east making the way. and about the next hour so we'll be top of this all evening long. tornado watch until 10:00. severe weather potential. tornado threat is low. but it's still there. high wind hail and heavy rain in many areas. slowing down the evening rush. you know that. >>> freddie gray is the name of a man who died in police custody in baltimore. but tonight even though baltimore police cannot explain how that 25-year-old young man suffered the injury that led to his death. pat lawson muse with developments of a case leading to anger and frustration. pat? >> jim, the police commissioner and mayor trying to calm tensions but unable the provide many answers about this case. police did release a detailed time line of gray's arrest all the way up until the time ambulances were called to transport him to shock trauma. we did learn that after the initial arrest he was taken out of the van and placed

leon: in from prince george's county, news chopper 7 flew over the scene of a water rescue in bowie. one person was rescued. the calls of the accident is under investigation. in anne arundel county, a manhunt for a person who shot and critically injured a police officer. the officer was at a 7-eleven just before 2:30 this morning when some of the said there was a man acting suspiciously outside. when the officer approached the person, they struggled the suspect took off, and that is when he opened fire. >> i cannot believe it. things happen in other places but it blows my mind. leon: officers canvassed the neighborhood. the officer who was hit has not been identified. he was listed in critical condition. if you have information or saw anything, anne arundel county police want to hear from you. in fairfax county, a criminal investigation into a police officer and child pornography. the police were alerted via a cyber tip from the center for missing and exploited children. richard reeve has how the police are trying to figure out what happened and how long it went on. rich? richard: le

bowie down to just 31. gaithersburg down to just 30. fairfax county it's near freezing. 32 at ft. belvoir, reston at 35. loudoun county stafford spotsylvania down to the low 30s. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up a at 6:11 a look at your bus stop forecast what to wear for the day ahead. melissa has an update. p. >>> an update on this crash georgetown pike at river bend chopper 4 just got over the scene. so you can see the road there completely shut down. so we have traffic on both ends here trying to get in to and out of oun. we understand tow truck we just spoke with police tow truck on the way. so should be cleared out probably in the next 30 minutes or so, but if you normally take georgetown pike, might want to to your alternate. 270 south at buckeystown pike, still have that crash. volume building headed into hyattsville. outer loop at colesville, also report of a crash there. not seeing it on camera, doesn't mean it's not there. 66 no problems 95 slow through dale city here this morning. wide look at things overall inner loop and outer loop actually looking pretty

you get out toward bowie and see darker green. that's heavier rain, little flecks of yellow, moderate rain and pretty good rain near dunkirk on route 2. it's going to end tonight north to south. in hagerstown could end as early as 6:00 or 7:00. rain and showers will continue through the commute. bus stop temperatures tomorrow 44 to 56, a little cool. wednesday is nice, grab a light jacket. thursday clouds return and we could see showers return also by thursday afternoon. here's a look at futurecast. by 10:00 tonight most everybody is pretty much rain free, a couple showers south of fredericksburg. clouds are still lingering, temperatures mid- to upper 50s. in the morning we clear out, still lingering clouds, 9:00 temps in the 50s, a few more cloud south and west, but in the immediate immediate partly cloudy skies, pre -- immediate metro area partly cloudy skies, pretty nice, 60s to near 70. by 5:00 it's still near 70 downtown despite the clouds and by 7:00 we're looking at mid- 60s north and west. tonight rain and showers ending,

and i want to show you in bowie. this is actually 395 still. but the issue for you you can see here is going to be in bowie and this is annapolis road. and unfortunately, all the lanes are blocked off. we have crews on scene so police they are diverting you but again, this is definitely going to be a problem spot for you. we move back to the map and show you the area where we do have it. again, this is annapolis road that's blocked off at high bridge road. that's a look at traffic. back to you guys. leon: all right, jamie. coming up here at 5:00 -- that's the sound that strikes fear in the hearts of japan. and right in the heart of tokyo find out why this godzilla here is a welcome one. alison: but first -- >> it's this new domain and we're still trying to create and we're still trying to adapt to it. alison: one of the region's largest employers is working to protect all of us when we're on line. leon: coming up new at 6:00 tonight, a lawsuit after a deputy kills an unarmed black man. hear for yourself the 911 call justifies the decision not t

this will push off to the eastern part through clinton, upper marlboro and bowie.ou'll see heavy rain as well. down through st. mary's county finally seeing a little bit of rain and it won't let up. heavy rain continues along lee highway and 66. so count on rain and temperatures falling into the upper 50s by the time the sun sets and we will have better weather tomorrow. your full forecast coming up in just a bit. but larry, good morning. >>> good morning, allyson. good morning to you at home. i want to talk to my marc train riders and let you know the train is running on schedule. vre riders, same for you. certainly so far so good. for those of new brandywine, accokeek, oxon hill, the roads out there smooth for the most part. no major issues to report. a live look right now at 301 at route 5 shows you that traffic is moving on 301. but we are starting to see some slight slowdowns as a result of the rain. so you want to take it easy out there because i have heard of a few spinouts this morning. for those of you in laurel traveling toward the beltway, you're looking

now, prince georges county police are trying to identify a body found in a car at the golf course in bowie. as derrick ward discovered the fire was so intense, both the car and victim are almost unrecognizable. >> a scorched section of the green just off the fair way, ground zero for a mystery. police are calling it a suspicious death investigation. >> we are asking if you are missing a loved one, if you know anything about this case to contact us as soon as you can about it. >> reporter: it started to up fold about 5 a.m. when a grounds keeper came upon a burning car. he dialed 911. >> withhen police and fire personnel arrived on the scene, they discovered, in fact, a burning car but also a body associated with a burning car. >> reporter: police say the car so thundershower rowly burned, vin numbers and license plates had melted away and couldn't tell what kind of car it was. the body inside burned beyond recognition. it stands in stark contrast to the pastoral celts beyond incidental visits. not the place you stumble beyond. >> this maps that put this police on the map, built in the late

bowie high school will send a letter home with students tomorrow but as derrick ward reports, the sad news is already spreading throughout his community. >> reporter: come monday grief counselor will be among those starting the school day, to help students deal with the tragic loss over break. the 16-year-old got sick on the charter bus. he and other members of the junior rotc program were returning from a trip to south carolina when he got sick became unresponsive and stopped breathing. the bus pulled out of the bellway, paramedics were called the young man was taken to the hospital. he played football and wanted to attend the u.s. naval academy. the cause of the teen's death is still under investigation. the effect is already being felt among those who knew him. there's a plaque and garden dedicated to those who are special to the school whom death has taken away. sadly one more name will be added to that toll. derrick ward news4. becoming a volunteer firefighter other paramedic may be the time to go for it. they held open houses today. people can come by learn how to sign up and wh

>>> the groundskeeper making a shocking discovery on the ninth hole of the popular golf course in bowie, maryland. the groundskeeper showed up and saw a car engulfed in flames on the golf course fairway. inside a body, calling that death suspicious. the victim's identity and gender have not been determined. >>> at an early morning shooting in northwest washington leaves one man dead and another hurt tonight. dc police found the 39-year-old of waldorf. another man suffering from gunshot wounds to the 400 block of butternut street just before 2:00 this morning. he died a short time later. tonight police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in that case. >>> tense moments in alexandria. an early morning fire from several dozen hotel g for their lives. it all happened at the quality inn and suites at root 235 -- on route 235. it started with several explosions. >> reporter: even after the fire started, the firefighters were still out here fighting this as you can see the damage, it is very dangerous with the roof and the collapse. that t

be mindful if you'll be traveling in affect people in bowie and mitchellville particularly so you want to plan accordingly. sky 9 right now showing us i-66 at the toll road. you can see looks like we have a situation going on there mainly in the form of delays. we're also keeping a close eye on another developing situation. i'll let you know how that shapes up. in the meantime want to give you a look at 95 and show you how things are shaping up there if you're going to be traveling northbound coming from areas like dale city, newington, even springfield toward the beltway. you're looking at a smooth commute. as you get closer toward the beltway, things tend to slow down as we have volume starting to build up in the area. so you want to make sure you plan accordingly. want to let you know also too metro running on time. the trains, buses running on schedule. we have a number of marc train delays. we'll talk about that coming up in less than ten minutes. over to you. >> all right, larry. >>> later todays are we're expected to learn more about the arrest of a second suspect in the shootin

it was at the enterprise golf course in bowie, discovered by a groundskeeper. the fire was so intense that they have yet to determine the make and model of the vehicle. >> it's said somebody has lost their life. kellye: the golf course remained closed until noon as the police collected evidence. d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot two men killing one in northwest. a39-year-old darren conte of waldorf was killed. a second victim was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. if you know anything, contact the police. tomorrow opening faces of the trial of james holmes, accused of shooting and killing 12 people at a colorado movie theater. he could face the death penalty if convicted. if he is found not guilty, he will be committed indefinitely to a state mental hospital if he is not guilty by reason of insanity. "the new york times" is reporting that russian hackers got hold of some of the president's unclassified e-mails last year after bridging a white house computer system. no word on what was in the e-mail or how many hackers may have seen. they als

leon: right now, the police are searching for robbers who targeted a bowie bank of america today. one of them was wearing a hazmat suit. they threatened employees and stole cash just after 9:30 this morning. nobody was hurt. alison: rain is moving out and we have better weather tomorrow. steve rudin is here with the forecast. steve: finally getting the rain out of hair. we had quite a bit, anywhere between a quarter inch, some places with more of an inch. doppler radar right now moving closer come inside the capital beltway, lingering showers around southeast d.c., moving off to the north and east. further to the north and west, northern montgomery county southern frederick county, the panhandle of west virginia, light to moderate rain the next half hour, 45 minutes. all of this moves away. the express forecast tomorrow, waking up tomorrow morning, you don't need the umbrella but the sunglasses, absolutely, all day long. they time highs near 70 degrees. the rest of the week and upcoming weekend forecast coming up. alison: thank you, steve. police body cameras are meant for transpa

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some thunderstorms that are continuing to develop just to the northeast of the city headed towards bowie out of largo across here and a few more across sections of southern and calvert county. they're developing all over the place. the i-81 corridor south of richmond and a few more now just coming in areas over king george county. a lot to watch and again any of these have the potential of becoming severe. temperatures starting to cool off a bit. look at this. 81 in winchester and frederick. very warm april evening. so because of that still several more hours a possibility of heavy to severe thunderstorms and an isolated tornado, clearing skies and cooler temperatures late tonight. we'll have the full forecast in a couple of minutes. maureen: thank you doug. remember, you can take the stormwatch weather team with you wherever you go. just download the stormwatch weather app for your android or iphone. you can also follow us on twitter or like us on facebook. >> jail! maureen: a community on the edge. that's how baltimore's police commissioner is describing the atmosphere after a man's de

there were high concerns along route 50 in bowie, maryland. >>> east coast storms produced at least four tornadoes in alabama and georgia and left behind debris in south carolina. falling trees are responsible for at least two deaths. a cincinnati woman was killed by a large tree that crushed her car. and an atlanta woman also died when a tree fell on her home. >>> it is an all too common occurrence recently. people jumping over the fence at the white house. last night one more person managed to do it. secret service officials say that jumper is 54-year-old jerome hunt of hay ward, california. nikki burdine brings us the latest from the north lawn. >> reporter: here we go again. another person tried to scale the fence here at the white house. this time they were stopped almost immediately. >> it is really cool. >> reporter: for lucas and the rest of his classmates from ohio their first visit to the white house is surreal. but so is the idea that someone would jump the fence here. >> a little weird to think about, that people can jump the fence. >> reporter: but it happens of the a lot. a

now by morning a couple showers are possible for prince george's county, bowie, mitchell, back down in to dc and loudoun county. i say this all the time as we're getting in to that type of season and that type of pattern, don't get too hung up on where the showers are. there will be some showers in the morning, but not everybody will see some showers. better chance for showers late to mid-morning. and after culpeper, manassas, and down i-66. the more showers possible during the lunch hour. so keep your umbrella handy, nothing crazy. no yellows popping up just yet. in manassas, leesburg, upper 60s, but the showers are possible around 1:00. and then you can see the reds and the yellows pop up there with the line of thunderstorms between 3:00 to 5:00. we'll keep an eye on that. temperature wise 75. and downtown at 5:30 tomorrow evening. a little bit of a break tomorrow night. around 10:00 to 11:00 with the showers building out to the west and no showers will move in overnight on friday. tonight mostly cloudy, windy, mild. showers are possible well north and west and temperatures in the 50

most everything is pushing east and north of d.c., still some rain in prince george's county around bowie, but over toward annapolis, but west of i-95 pretty quiet. it's still cloudy and drizzly. by morning we do it all over again, more showers develop, temps in the 40s. by 9:00 look how light it is, but it's just enough to be a nuisance to make it wet if you're walking the kids to the bus stop. by 12:30 just clouds, upper 40s, low 50s. by 5:00 looking at 50s with spotty showers. by 6:30 temperatures in 50s. tonight cloudy and chilly, showers and drizzle, low temps in the 40s, winds easterly at 10. by morning more showers and drizzle, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, winds easterly at 10. day planner, 40s to start, 51 by 11:00, 53 by 1:00 with a couple sprinkles. friday yellow alert, big thunderstorms, upper 70s, mid- 60s, breezy, cooler saturday but mostly sunny. next season days really a weekend, pleasant on sunday -- seven days really a nice weekend, pleasant on sunday, maybe a chance for a shower on tuesday and then where it should be, in the low 80s. >>> you know when duke defeated w

. >>> the death of a vibrant 16- year-old bowie high school student is still a medical mystery, but on the first daybreak from break students were focusing on coping with the loss of sophomore okon ntekim. he died on his way back from a school field trip to south carolina. >>> an incident report of an inmate tased that later died showed natosha mckenna who had schizophrenia was handcuffed and shackled with a mask over her face. when she would not bend her knees to sit in a restraint chair, she was tased four times. >> handcuffs, leg shackles, mask, still not cooperating, okay, bang, bang, bang, bang, 50,000 volts. we're going to make you submit. >> in order for us to get her the help she needed we were told that she had to go back to alexandria because she did not have an attorney in fairfax county. >> the fairfax police department is investigating the incident. mckenna was in jail on an alexandria arrest warrant for assaulting a police officer. >>> new information tonight on that shooting that sent the capitol into a lockdown saturday. the man who shot himself was 22- year-old leo tho

and the low 40s in montgomery county, demascus, bowie at 45. same for alexandria. you probably have the heat on tonight. you will need it for the next couple of nights. tomorrow a chilly start. 6:00, 48 degrees in town, and some of you may be upper 30s for the outer suburbs. we will see sunshine for the morning. climbing to 60 by noon. maybe 62 or 64 with the chance of the spotty shower and breezy, too. gusts on monday, 25 to 30 miles an hour. better news for the second half of the week. the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. debora and bruce? >> you got it. >>> the trial for the accused colorado movie theater shooter starts tomorrow. the defense will argue that james holmes was insane when he shot 12 and injured 70 others. it was during the midnight screening of the bathman movie in 2012. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for holmes, now 27 years old. >>> a philadelphia mom is in trouble tonight after police say she locked her four children in the basement before leaving the house. a 13-year-old boy made the 911 call this morning. the boy said his mother loc

over toward bowie and mitchellville i'd keep the umbrella with temps in the 40s and by morning do it all over again. 6:00 on the futurecast, showers rolling in, temps in the 40s and by 9:00 in the morning still some very light showers with temps around 50. by 1:00 might be able to walk to lunch without the umbrella. you might want a coat, temperatures low to mid-50s. by 5:00 or 6:00 tomorrow night in the upper 50s downtown with maybe 64 down toward culpeper. you folks in the west get the warm air before we will. 40s to start, 49 by 9:00 with light showers, 51 by 11:00, clouds and 53 by 1:00. yellow alert friday for thunderstorms, some heavy, some severe, upper 70s, breezy and cooler saturday, upper 60s. sunshine, hope to see you at the parade safford morning, sunday upper 60s and -- saturday morning, sunday upper 60s and mid-70s on tuesday and highs back in the low 80s later in the week. >> is it just me or is it cooling down as we go along? >> i think we've dropped it, but by the within it's sunny. >> then it will be a snow day. >>> next at 7:00 who the heck is this? take a look. ce

forked over cash and the fellows took off, nobody hurt, but if you know anything, call the fbi or bowie city police. >>> imagine not being able to save money for your future. that's been a serious problem for people living with disabilities in america. now in virginia at least inning this are changing. peggy fox is in tysons corner to explain. >> reporter: the governor was in town today signing groundbreaking legislation. it will allow for tax free savings accounts with children with disables and it took 8 years to get the law passed. >> reporter: katheryn beck's husband steve died suddenly after this picture was taken, but he left behind a legacy and the people in this room now have brighter futures. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: virginia's governor signed the act today that will allow people with disabilities in their families is to allow them to save for their future. >> the biggest fear is what will lap when i'm not alone -- happen when i'm not alone. >> reporter: they have two children, jason who is 9 and nicholas who is 6 who has downs syndrome. to qualify for disability

ross teaches science to third graders at tulip grove elementary school in bowie. she has been teaching in the the county over 30 years. she was selected from a list of 16 teacher of the year nominees. >>> a memorial service for grace rebecca mann is under way right now in fred rigsburg. the university of mary washington student was murdered in a house she add rented with other students. police believe her house mate 30-year-old stephen briel is responsible. he's held without bond and is due in court next month. the falls church student was a leader on campus. >>> grief counselors are on hand at an indiana high school after a frightening accident. the stage collapsed when students were wrapping up the finale of their high school musical. don champion reports. >> reporter: one minute students performers were dancing and singing. then next in need of help. the accident happened during the performance of westfield high school's "american pie" musical. moments after cast members rushed the stage for the finale, the structure gave way. >> a falling of faces. i just saw

in bowie brianne carter, abc 7 news. jummy: morning rain has moved out and now look at that. sunny skies are overhead right now. but here's the bad news. some severe weather could be on the way for the evening commute. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the timing and track of the latest storms. doug, tell us about it. doug: ok jummy. we had the heavy rain this morning. skies are bright. we're sunny. 72 degrees. winds continue out of the south-southwest and may pick up. you're absolutely right. we expect lines of storms to potentially be heavy and even severe to develop later this afternoon. just east of the appalachians and as they develop, we'll watch for the possibility of strong winds and hail in some of these. 74 degrees in fredricksburg. you can see the satellite and radar showing the heavier rain. this morning moving out, you see a few lines developing west of the mountains. they'll start to really blossom once they get east of the mountains probably after 3:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. we, because of that have a possibility of that severe storms. get hail and wi

i had never played a bowie to do my life.her and i had written a christmas care from space so i slapped and ipad on the wall and i played it in one take. my son put it out on sound cloud or whatever. as soon as people on the web heard that that was a musician on the space station recording suddenly there was this undercurrent of demand. you have to do a cover of major tom, which is "space oddity." katty: you talked about the problems of your body coming back from space. one day for every in space. cmdr. hadfield: you get three to one try to grow your skeleton back. i was in the space for the better of six months and it was the better part of a year for my skeleton to grow back to the density before. there was not an astronaut in the world that would not make that trade-off. it is a tremendous chance to try to understand the rest of everything. katty: thanks for coming in. cmdr. hadfield: nice to talk with you. katty: a man who loves what he does. to a marvel that is right here on earth. in southern france, a cave contains som

but a couple of showers came right through downtown and betz did a and laurel area and over towards bowie. right now the only shower is towards the culpepper region and one more just popped up west of quantico in through stafford county. not quite done with the showers yet. this one making a bee-line down towards fredericksburg an area that's already seen a lot of rain today. what are we watching? tonight's headlines, great saturday and much cooler on sunday and big changes come in because then we're talking rain. some of it will be heavy. i'll mention when that is in my forecast in just a minute. >> all right. thanks doug. >>> tonight we're learning new details about an explosion out in california. more than a dozen people are in the hospital recovering after a gas pipeline burst near fresno. a work crew was using heavy equipment at the fresno county sheriff's gun range, and they hit a pipeline carrying natural gas. witnesses saw a huge fireball shoot 200 feet in the air, and the explosion shut down a major highway for hours. at least three people have been severely burned. >> that's why

a grounds crew found the car on entire in bowie. he called 911 and police got there and discovered that a body was inside that car. they say the fire was so intense the license plates and the v.i.n. digits were burned beyond recognition. early morning golfers were surprised by this discovery. >> a sign of the times. >> never heard of any problems out here so i don't think it's a reflection of the golf course or the area. it's just one of those things that happens. >> now, investigators hope forensics on that burned out car will give them some clues as they work to find out what happened. >>> the guests thought they were under attack but it was actually a fire that started in an electrical room at the quality inn on richmond highway in fairfax county. a group of air force cadets happened to be visiting from new york and helped evacuate the guests. everyone escaped safely, but almost everyone lost what was in their rooms. >>> this morning, seven firefighters are waking up at home after their fire truck crashed while heading to a fire

lamont payne of district height, maryland allegedly ran another car off the road march 20. 19-year-old bowie state university student ter respect lagrue was killed. >>> still ahead at noon, a fire is burning near the site of europe's biggest nuclear disaster as hundreds of firefighters battle the flames. >> plus, the trouble with tow trucks has a montgomery county law maketory put the brakes on >>> it appears marion barry's son will not be following in his father's footsteps. the race still remains too close to call. only 118 votes separate the front runners. laruby may and tryon white. in ward 4 it wasn't close. brandon todd will fill muriel bowser's seat after receiving 47% of the vote in that race. >>> the race to the white house now vermont senator bernie sanders says he will make an announcement tomorrow about his intentions to run for president. sanders, an independent -- [indiscernible] recently sanders has been speaking to liberal groups in critical presidential states like iowa and new hampshire. he's expected to run to the left of hillary clinton, the of course democratic favor. >>

bowie high schoolers are mourning a classmate. he was coming back from a field trip with the rotc when he started feeling ill. he then stopped breathing. maryland state police are now working to find out just what happened. he was 16 years old. >>> new information this morning about a "washington post" journalist being held in iran. an iranian news agency says he is accused of spying and acting against national security. he sold economic and industrial information from iran to the u.s. he will stand trial before the revolutionary court which handles cases involving national security. "the washington post" calls the spying allegations absurd. and he has been held in tie ran for more than eight months. >>> we are still working right now to learn why a maryland police chief is stepping down this morning. the delmarva daily times reports that the princess ann chief scott keller has decided to retire. princess ann county is where eight people died of carbon monoxide poisoning less than a week ago and keller has led the department for t

investigators say they got away with cash at the bank of america in -- on laurel bowie road. both had guns but nobody was hurt. witnesses believe both robbers are men. >>> a woman is in the hospital in critical condition this morning after she was hit by a car. this happened last night on balk road. the driver who hit the woman did stay on the scene. the road was closed for hours, but is back open this morning. >>> you or someone you may have probably been a victim of predatory towing. where tow truck operators grab cars as fast as they can. montgomery county officials are saying no more. a new bill aims to crack down on the aggressive towings that would ban spotters who look out for cars to hook. a council members say it's the number one complaint in the county. >> i was literally there for an hour and a half. my car got towed. >> it's not okay how this business is done and we need to step in and clean it up. >> now, if you want to see all of the proposals, search towing on the nbc washington app. and i did. there's actually 17 pages. this is something they're taking very ve

annapolis and bowie you probably have till about 5:00 or 6:00. 8:00 still rain across much of the metro area, upper 40s, low 50s. sunday this may be optimistic, but i agree with the overall trend. it's pulling the clouds south and temperatures will be warmer. we should go back to the low 60s sunday afternoon. that's good news because i'm heading out for the point to point sunday in middleburg. 43 7:00, 48 at 9:00, low 50s by 11:00, dry through 1:00. we'll keep the yellow alert for a while sunday. we'll see the sun set. temperatures in the low 60s and low monday as well with a few showers. upper 60s tuesday, maybe 70s wednesday, perhaps showers wednesday night, upper 60s thursday and mid-60s on friday. i know it's cold, but severe weather season is upon us and we have a severe weather special tomorrow night at 7 p.m., kind of cool, check it out. >>> the wizards, man. >> he said cold and i was thinking no, the wizards are hot, playoff basketball. wizards hosting the raptors and there were two guys who gave a great effort, paul pierce and >>> now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfin

postal service worker was in grave condition following a crash in bowie, maryland. this happened along route 450 near church road. police say that driver lost control and the mail truck crossed from a westbound lane onto the eastbound lanes and ended up rolling over. the driver was thrown out. no other vehicles were involved. police are still looking into this. >>> the girl friend of the woman police say killed 30-year- old david messerschmitt at the donovan hotel pled not guilty today to her part in the robbery of the capitol hill attorney. 19-year-old domonique johnson was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. police say johnson admit her involvement after she was told investigators had the surveillance video. >> this is not the first time nor the last time that you've all seen either a family member or significant other of somebody who is accused of a crime charged in conjunction with that. >> johnson's girl friend, 21- year-old jamyra gallmon, is behind bars charged with murder. investigators say gallmon killed messerschmitt. >>> the man leaving the scene o

you can see it here on 450 in bowie yesterday. fire officials say the man was thrown from his truck. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. mail of course spill all across the road there. it's not clear what caused the crash. fwloo >>> metro announced yesterday that about half of the trains on the red line will switch back to automatic operation next week. this is the first time metro has used automation since the deadly ft. totten accident that killed nine people in 2009. metro says it has been testing the automation for some time now. >> for the last six months, during midday hours, trains have been operating in automatic mode for training purposes. >> metro says the additional six cars on the rhetted line are waiting for a computer upgrade and that will take about a year. >>> it's 4:58. a former virginia delegate is now suing his own party for taking him off the ballot. joe morrissey wants a court to review hundreds of signatures rejected by the democratic party. the sits are in his application to run for state sen

not too bad out there. 57 in washington we're at 51 in bowie. 54 degrees now in leesburg.r skies. here's a look at the high temperature tomorrow in your neighborhood. upper 1996, low 70s. 6 -- upper 60s, low 70s. 68 for the high in frederick. we'll start to partly sunny skies. clouds will gradually increase as we work our way throughout the day especially for those of you further back to the west around that i-81 corridor. those of you more in southern maryland and d.c. metro area and up into montgomery county have a better chance at hanging on it more sunshine as we work our way into the afternoon hours. here's your nationals forecast. if you are heading to the game dry weather for the game comfortable for the first pitch at 4:05. temperature around 71. seventh inning stretch, we don't drop much. temperature around 70 last out. 68 degrees. if you get chilly easily, maybe bring a sweatshirt. aside from that going to be really nice weather. tuesday, still mild. a high of 73. a 60% chance that you're dealing with showers. let's show you the timing on future weather. 6:00 a.m

. >>> the death of a vibrant 16- year-old bowie high school student remains a bit of a mystery. students focused on coping with the loss of sophomore okon ntekim. he died saturday after a field trip for rotc to is being is. the medical examiner is -- to south carolina. the medical examiner is still trying to determine the cause of death. >>> an 18-year-old became ill last monday, went to the hospital and died there the next day. the medical examiner said she suffered from a rare type of bacterial meningitis. the health department is keeping tabs on the limited number of people who had close contact with madison before she died, but there is no danger to larger community. lauren hill made her first basket five months bag. the 19-year-old died friday from a brain tumor that had been growing inside her more than a year. she devoted that final year to playing basketball, raising money for cancer research and inspiring others. >>> a third republican has officially entered the gop presidential race. senator marco rubio announced his candidacy in his homestate of florida this evening.

hazmat heist, the fbi on the lookout for two people who held up the bank of america on laurel road in bowie this morning wearing full protective suits and masks. both robbers were armed. at least one of them pulled out a gun. the robbers threatened employees and demanded cash. witnesses do believe the robbers were both men. nobody was hurt. >>> the district is currently trying out body cameras on some metropolitan police officers. after all, mayor muriel bowser's 2016 budget proposal actually includes funds to equip all officers with those cams, bottleneck helping is here to tell us she's also -- but mola lenghi is here to tell us she's also making the video difficult to see. >> reporter: the player is exempting body -- the mayor is exempting body cam video from public access. critics say that would negate the whole point. bode cameras on officers is part of a -- body cameras on officers is part of a new policing tested around the country to protect citizens and police against false complaints, a goal that may go unrealized if the public has no access to that video. >> we have to have a rob

we actually had them earlier toward bowie this evening. they crossed the bay. we're saying good-bye to the rain soon, cambridge as well as this pushes southeast. new showers popped up near culpeper heading towards fredericksburg. we're watching this little lonely shower up there. these guys pull away in the next couple hours. tonight clear, cool, comfortable in town, upper 50s to close to 60. as we get into tomorrow, what a great day we'll have. sunshine, 70 by 10:00. put the sunscreen on. nats are home, great day for that. high temperature about 80 degrees. some changes sunday and i'm tracking the next rain system. i'll have that for you coming up with your seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> a bullet left melvin tate paralyzed unable to speak shot during a robbery back in 2010 in capitol heights. >> in a video he used his eyes to blink to point out his attacker when officers showed him a photo lineup of suspects. he later died of his injuries the day maryland's highest court could rule the video could be used as evidence at trail. the murder defendant je

i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs.d jason robards on "moon for the misbegotten" on broadway considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life! it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of like robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area is that quite a lot of businesses aren't spoken but governed by the yakuza. >> yakuza, that's the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally, your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainments, your porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, for instance, where a lonely, o

valerie bowie has the story. >> reporter: the owner of a long wood bakery is keeping track of all her after being targeted online. sharon says she's been getting lots of hate calls after being secretly reported on the phone by someone she thought was a customer. police are investigating what happened. >> he wanted me to write a hateful message on cake and i really thought it was a prank because of april fool's, and i said, i'm sorry we don't do that and i hung up. >> reporter: this is video of joshua fear steen posted oh online. sharon posted it on her facebook page to explain to her customers what happened. >> we do not support gay marriage. >> hello? >> is this a crank call? >> no. we wouldn't do that, sorry. >> probably win the next hour we started getting hundreds of phone calls. sharon way scared for both her business and her life after getting so many threats. >> saying we were -- we were -- we should die and we shall kill ourselves and that, um, this business was anti christian and we didn't say anything like that on the phone. >> but in the video firestein is not anti gay. >>

. -- we state university -- bowie state university. i heard you talking about challenges to the department of defense in africa, the middle east, and a broad. -- abroad. i am concerned how we are supposed to maintain our fighting strength and continue to train effectively with the economic issues such as sequestration facing us. secretary carter: really good question. it is a big challenge to us. let me explain why sequestration is so bad. sequestration is a sudden and arbitrary cut to the defense budget that we can't predict. this comes up year-by-year. as a manager, if you have to suddenly cut your budget, where do you get the money from? you grab the money mostly from readiness because that is where you can get your hands on money quickly. ucr readiness go down because training levels are down. -- you see readiness. you begin to curb the rate in which you bite weapon systems -- buy weapon systems, raising the price, extending the time of contracts. in short, doing all sorts of stupid things. of course, we wouldn't like reducing our