. >>> and turning to the ice, washington capitals' defenseman brooks orpik was suspended three gamesor this late hit to the head of pittsburgh penguins' defenseman olli mata saturday night. orpik will miss games three, four and five in the series. orpik hit mata in the head four minutes into game two and was given a two-minute minor penalty for interference. mata left the game and did not return. nhl director of player safety patrick burke said this hit was forceful, excessively high and late. that series is tied 1-1. >>> let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill. >> good morning, jonathan. you got a chance of severe thunderstorms later today in d.c. >> oh. >> keep an eye to the sky a little late today. over the weekend if you saw any of the pictures from louisiana, they just got nailed with one thunderstorm complex after another. the pga tour event, i think they're still in the third round. it's amazing. they had rainout just about every single day at one point or another. a lot of water where it's not supposed to be. rivers at major flooding in

the big story continues to be that brooks orpik on olli maatta. he is going to serve a three-game suspension for that late hit. let's show you how it happened. take a look at this. orpik hit maatta in the head after the puck was gone in game two on saturday and given two-minute minor penalty for interference. after hearing from nhl the punishment it was far more severe than anybody expected. today orpik spoke out for the first time about his suspension. brooks: it was a bad decision. it was late. obviously no intention to hit him in the head. but that was the result. i'm >> he is a first class person on and off the ice. true pro, all that. he does not target people. he plays tough against people. we'll take his punishment and move forward. erin: well, even though orpik is suspended, he is here in pittsburgh with the rest of the team. he scaled earlier this morning. in about 20 minutes ago i spoke with voice of the capitals john walton to get his take on how the capitals move on without orpik. how will this affect the rest of the series? >> well, i

brooks orpik suspended for a brutal game two hit on the penguins. orpik was on the ice for the morning skate. the suspension announced last night. orpik admits the hit was a bad mistake, insists it wasn't intentional. in front of a hoard of reporters today, an emotional orpik accepted his punishment. >> it is late. obviously no intention to hit him in the head, but that was the result, so i'm not playing. >> reporter: orpik acknowledges that he's especially sensitive to shots to the head as he was on the receiving end of one just two weeks ago. caps teammates react to the happy. in pittsburgh, carol maloney. >>> in the spirit of the caps playoff run, you may have noticed some of the men here at news 4 looking a little different these days. doug kammerer and adam tuss have sworn off shaving until the playoff run comes to an end. their hair growth isn't just about playing hockey. it is also for beardathon, an effort to raise money for the u.s. warriors ice hockey program. the organization named our adam tuss beard of the day. or maybe they named his b

brooks orpik, a four-time penguins players' player award winner for being the best teammate will not face his former team unless the series continues into next week. a three-game suspension on orpik for a game hit on a teammate. orpik today acknowledges the mistake, accepts the punishment, but does not agree with being called a predator. >> it's tough here. people try to say i was intentionally trying to hit him in the head. i've dealt with enough head and neck issues. that was tough to watch. >> try not to paint him that way. come on. that's a joke. he's an honest hard-nosed player. i think a lot of players around the league will tell absolutely. he hits hard, but that's not a predator. >> reporter: orpik is known for being a tough honest player. his teammates say the speed of this game contributes to split second decisions that can be regretted for a long time. >> they break down that video and they're going half a second too late, stuff like that. when you're out there, you're flying around. stuff happens quick. he wants to be out there with us. we're going to do our best to make

brooks orpik slammed olli maatta.hey should both be on the sis. >> see who gets head first. >> we want game seven back lehe at home and move on. >> she takes the high road every time. >> she sure does. hockey weather continues around here. cloudy and cool and looking and temperatures staying way below average once again. average high right now almost 75 degrees and we will be stuck in the low to mid-60s for a much of the day. so cloudy and cool. it won't be a complete washout start to finish, but there will be periods of rain this morning and again chances for showers later on today. so it wouldn't be a total washout. the bulk of the rain that we will get will be before lunchtime, but there will still be shower after lunch possible. so most of the rain here early this morning and tomorrow occasional periods of light rain. not looking for a ton of rain, but just enough to keep the sunshine blocked out. we're in the hid to upper 50s across the area right now. heaviest of the rain is still across southern maryland, north

brooks orpik is back from a three game suspension.s lost two games without him. 1-2 when he missed time in the flyers series because of injury. now he's ready blue line and spoil the party in pittsburgh where he played for 11 seasons. >> it's the week i didn't think i would miss. so try to stay sharp in practice that i had and guys did a really good job and pushed to it six. we have an opportunity tomorrow to keep the season long. >> a lot of guys are willing to do a lot for each other. if we play our best we're a pretty tough team to beat. >> this is the way to travel. kentucky derby winner nyquist touching down in baltimore less than 48 hours after winning the run for the roses and to borrow an election term, he arrives at pimco as the presumptive winner. i'm disappointed suddenbreakingnews didn't win. >> tha o "nightly news" coming up next. >> we hope to see you for news4 at 11:00. so weird to see a horse coming off a plane. >>> breaking news tonight. massive, potentially catastrophic tornadoes exploding on the ground right now. a

michelle: now the big news of the day is three game suspension for brooks orpik for the hit. was it fair or unfair? at 5:00 you will hear from orpik. and head coach barry trotz was emotional speaking out about the suspension today. that is interesting. stick around for 5:00. you don't want to miss the emotional response. jonathan: thanks. an american exchange student and her mother recovering after getting lost in the new zealand wilderness for five days. talk about 22-year-old rachel lloyd and her mother set off for a one-day hike. that's all it was supposed to be. but after rachel fell and hit her head, carolyn lloyd huddled with her to keep her warm and spelled out the word "help." >> i took a tummable in the water and hit my head on a rock pretty bad. >> she was fading on me. it was terrifying. >> i was with my mom and i had to go through my dying wishes, the hardest thing. watching my watch me suffer and die slowly. jonathan: wow! carolyn lloyd said when she knew she had to get her daughter help she was able to carry rachel on her back for a little while. eventually a he

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. >> defenseman brooks orpik hasrp sub spended thre -- suspended te games for a late hit against ollie maata.aa. he will be eligible to returnoet if the series goes to game six i on may tenth.. tonight's game is in pittsburgh.pittsburgh puck drops at 8 o'clock >> ly. >> all right.dsow c drizzle and some showers shors wethough, get thi forecast in the fo mid-50's. 55 leonardtown, 57 culpeper, cue 55 winchester, 55 out atou a dulles as well. all right.al some showers just out to the west. we so what's happening is we're trying to get a warm frontt a w through the area.th if we can just get a little l further north and east, we eastw should start to clear thingshins out a little bit.it. get some midday sunshine and s then as a cold frontront approaches la afternoonay suntemperaturesperae much warmer than they've beendp7 yo >> we're living in the moment, al, one moment at a time,mome a right. >> exactly. >> all right erin let's go ahead. busy monday for you. >> i know.>> i don't even know where to know begin.begi 7:07. so many delays and crashes.c right now take a look at this, i 295 north

the brooks orpik is getting up inn age, he did cost you a littleyo bit in the playoff run but forun the i love thiss team. team. >> i agree. >> you want to combat the comba style of the penguins, smaller quicker skaters maybe add somebody like that on your l lower pieces on your roster tote help compete with the speedpete that we saw from the penguins.om because the penguins aren'tn' going anywhere from the looks fs of things so if you have to tweak the roster to kind ofind compete with them.co >> it's flies to go into thes to off season knowing that most of those pieces are in place inp this time. this time. >> right. >> steve, i watched 12 hockey h games in the playoffs.s i won't watch another one theh n rest of the year.st othe >> yeah, i know.ea >> that's for sure. tha >> it's going to go until julyij so it's probably a good time a o course. cakes you going the keep thee ep beard? bear >> of course because i'm lazy'ml and i hate shaving. [laughter] >> fair enough. >> the beard is staying. sta >> thanks guys.>> ts gu junkies 106.7 f.m. the familiar. >> you guys got yourself fee.elf >

orpik with a late hit and elbow to the head on maatta who did not return. the league will review the hit. if you know anything about brooks, he plays hard and clean. he's not a dirty player. pittsburgh people know that. he plays the game hard, but the right way. so whatever the league cities, we'll just deal with it. >> reporter: the series now shifts to pittsburgh. and the caps hope the momentum does, too. at verizon center, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >>> an ambulance screw assaulted by the patient they were trying to help about it happened in langley park this morning. the family of the teenage male patient thought he had too much to drink and needed medical assists tan. when the crew arrived, he grabbed and hit the female crew member. both crew members were able to get away from him 37 police also responded to the scene. the female crew member was not hurt. no word yet if any charges will be placed against >>> ted cruz won pig big in vira this weekend. sort of. get the delegates but only in the case of the contested convention. gop delegates were selected on saturday. at large bids only come into play if trump does

orpik with a late hit and oig who did not return. the league will review the hit. >> i'll let the league handle it. if you know anything about brooks, he plays hard and clean. he's not a dirty player. pittsburgh people know that. he plays the game hard, but the right way. so whatever the league cities, we'll just deal with it. >> reporter: the series now shifts to pittsburgh. and the caps hope the momentum does, too. at verizon center, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >>> catholic priests protest toprotestor has died. in 1968, he and his brother entered a draft board in baltimore county with other activists. they removed records of young men about to be shipped to vietnam and burned them. he served three years in federal prison. after his release, he continued to be an outspoken he was 94 years old. >>> a state of emergency still in effect in bag tad of a at the protestors breached the heavily fortified greene zone there.tad protestors breached the heavily fortified greene zone there. it houses iraq's government and most of the foreign embassies and united nations. it marks a major escalation in the political crisis following months o

orpik with a late hit and elbow to the head on maatta who did not return. the league will review the hit. >> i'll let the league handle it. if you know anything about brooks, he plays hard and clean. he's not a dirty player. pittsburgh people know that. he plays the game hard, but the right way. so whatever the league cities, we'll just deal with it. >> reporter: the series now shifts to pittsburgh. and the caps hope the momentum does, too. at verizon center, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >>> we want to get back to the breaking news, the derailment of the csx train. joining us on the phone, doug p buchanan. nine to ten are on the tracks? >> that's right. maybe even more than ten. but i think we're in that and 10, maybe as many as 11 trains derailed earlier this morning. >> and the big concern is about the chemical that is there. we heard it was sodium hydroxide, something that you might find in like draino or what not. what is the concern for anyone who is in that area right now? any evacuations for that area? >> absolutely not. they are not calling for at this time and i don't think we're going to at this point. we're not calling for any evacuations. we'