we do have a couple showers around fredericksburg. this one did have some thunder and lightning with it earlier down around the fredericksburg area but it's moving towards southern maryland. the lighter view showing where the severeea t is. a severe thunderstorm watch in roanoke, down towards ralleigh. we're a little too far to the north to get intohe extremely strong storms. we'll see those just down to the south. we did get into the 80s today. 83 the temperare out there ght now. the warmest day so far this year. this storm passes through. iat comes next? big question. i've got the answer for you coming up in ten minutes. >>> we invite youo down loud our nbc washington app. it is free and you can see doug's foralast in the p of your hand anywhere, anytime. >>>e've got some breaking news in the college admissions cheating scandal. >> 14 people named in the scandal are pleading guilty. >> scott macfarlane joins us now from the live desk with more on th h. scote we learned any new names here? >> there are 13 parents and one university a

it was picked up by william, who was, we believe, a resident of fredericksburg. we were not able to find him in any of the rosters for either rmy. we are guessing that he was a native of fredericksburg, which was common, especially after any battle. civilians and other soldiers from both sides would be scouring the battlefield for other soldiers, wounded individuals and also for souvenirs as well. it is not uncommon that this was picked up. it was also common to make notations. the stove was for a tent, which was patented in 1856 by henry sibley. he was an officer and eventually became a confederate officer. he joined the south and as a result, he did not receive any royalties that he would have gotten for his patent. the tent looked much learned to the shape of the stove. it was conical in shape and about 12 feet high. it had a single pole in the center. the diameter of the base was about 18 feet and it could comfortably house about a dozen soldiers. because the stove was in the center of the tent, the heat emanated and made it very comfortable. > this, we have

if you are south, look at this, fredericksburg up to 70 degrees. d.c. will fall somewhere in between. the reason why is we have a frontal system bisecting the area andl clouds wil generally increase throughout the afternoon and through the day. warmer temperares to the south, cooler to the north but we are quiet today. reason, here we go, back door s cold frontweeping through the area so north of the front have the cloud cover and cooler temperatures. areas south of the frontav he more sunshine and also temperatures in the 70s. but eventually these cloudslill spilrom the north to the south throughout the afternoon and into the evening. in fact, we'll all end up cloudy overnight. so here in d.c. today, temperatures right around 70 degrees. again m0s are possible around thea fredericksburg are and in the low to mid-60s if you are north. tomorrow all of lus be in the warm sector because that front th i just showed you, lifting back north through the area in the warm sector, increasing humidity and sunshine through the afternoon. taking a look at your sever

more down toward the south around fredericksburg. just south of edericksburg, there is a severe thunderstorm watch which later may include rts of the northern neck. we'll continue to track that for you, but again, the strong to severes should stay just to our south. we're monitoring this entire situation tonibet. going to a little bit of a wet one near the next couple of hours. >> thank you, doug. >>> now to that terror plot foiled in maryland. a man who told the feds he wanted to pullff an isis-style attack. >> this evening we are learning the disturbing details about his efforts and his arrest. all of this l unfolded latt month when the man was leaving his job in germantown to launch this attack. >> investigators tell us he stole an u-haul order to mow down pedestrians. authorities found the vehicle and the man at national harbor. >> let's get to news 4 pat hellins who has rest of this story. pat. >> reporter: wey, the details here, bonehiing. they say the s was inspired by isis. that he stole a truck. that he had a plan. plow that

some places, fredericksburg, southern -- parts of southern and central rginia, could be well above 80 today. whereas up closer to the pennhtlvania border it mig not get above 70. a big battle zone taking place. here's -- we're going to hoot it down the middle. mostly cloudy, a hit and miss chance for a shower south ofnd washington a for the most part later in the day. afternoon temperatures for most will be in the upper 70s to perhaps near 80 degrees from washington south. we'll call it 80 today. keep the umb handy, especially toward fredericksbury or southern mand. a higher rain chance there. have to worry about showers across northern maryland. we'll detail this because the temperatures will be up and down all week. i hate these kind of forecasts. >> i know it's harder for you. you can do it. i know you >>> inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, nothing major right now. we have a little bit o roadwork here and there, but it's not slowing you down. so inner loop of 466, two right lanes are getting by. again, n major slowdown. southbound bw parkway between 198 and 197, left lane gets

metro area, down around fredericksburg area. arlington, alexandria, parts of prince george's and montgomy county are getting pelted with heavy rainfall. the syste is still impacting our weather, but thankfully not with weather weather. >> right. were going to be seeing things really calm down over the weekend. still some showers. let's go ahead and plan out your wieck. i've got a look at the outlook. if you are going to be hitting the road to travel,l i'll tel you something. if you could hol off to tomorrow it's probably your best bet. then you don't have to deal with flooded roads, torrential rhine coming down while you're on the roads. by saturday things are looking good. green light means go. saturday, clouds tosu sun. ifou are getting ready for easter egg hunts on saturday, it's looking good. a bit breezy. then by easter sunday not d. think of it this way, could be worse. we are looking at showers possible. it will be on the cooler side. nu'll see that i a moment. for the most part, not a bad weekend. going through after all

back to theest, the showers just to the north of fredericksburg.ouple more sprinkles, but that's about this. this is moving on othrough. it to sea. notmain storm itself i moving towards the east. down to the south and meandering. the spin right here in parts of the southeast. that puts moisture in ourway. a few more showers, but watching this storm up here towards he grealakes. this moves in and this moves across to our south. in between, we see a nice day because of this guy up here. we stay nice and mild. temperatures into the low 80s. 83 degrees and a mixturef sun and clouds and continued warm and isolated showers can't bele out. n cold front could bring shower activity late ithe day. 72 degrees at recess. 83 degreesy theime we pick up the kids. 65 on your wednesday. capitols, yes. playoffs on thursday.se ltu temperature is 70. as we look towards the weekend,d saturday 73 a great day there. at capitals once again are home and a lot of people will be downtown as wen take the kings. a couple of storms on friday. >> thank you,doug. >> coming up whe

fredericksburg, you'll still see strong winds there too. 20 to 30-mile-an-hour winds area wide.ay dc andd southern marylan gets 20 to 30-mile-an-hour winds. gusts at 50 miles per hour. that could produce some tree damage. we saw some today. we could see some tomorrow. heads up for that. again, the windchill tomorrow morning, 30s and low0s 4 will warm though during the afternoon. a chilly start. winds 20 to 30 miles per hour and a betteraf ternoon. going 69 degrees. 73 on sunday. i jumped a day here but 69 degrees on your saturday. there it is right there. 69, raert coth cool and windy. 66 on monday. we're goingn down but the shoot right back up. a front around our area, if we're below the front, we're at 83. front is below us, we start to cool and tn that's what we've got here. the front meandering. first couple of days of may. cinco de mayo on there. 71 degrees and then ses de mayo. there's my birthday. 72. >> plenty of time to get him a gift. >> just letting everybody know. >> putting the word out. >> i don't likl to tel anyone too early but now it's in the ten-day forecast. >

. >>> a fredericksburg man had his bike stolen, his onlyto way to t nd from work.e said he had to walk in all sorts of weather two hours there and back. and back. that and back. that (music throughout) >>> fast rising number o people in maryland are under orders to use so-called ignition interlocks in their car. >> those are devices tha are used to prevent drunk driving. scott macfarlane explains tonight from our newsroom. >> in 2016 maryland passed a law requiring ignition interlocks for those convicted of drunk driving. drivers convicted have to blow a breath into the ignition interlock to confirm they haven't d beenrinking before the ignition starts. in a public records request with vee maryland motor vehicle administration, wearned a number of people required to use the devices has surged by thousands. about 14,800 people have interlocks in 2016. them now 18,000 have and that number is growing. the 2016 law was called noah's law ned after former montgomery county police officer who was struck and killed on the job by a drunk driver. the head of maryland's mothe

some heavier rain around fredericksburg.ing here, but once again, we are seeing some moderate to heavy rain. t's take a look at the heaviest rain. right in here, southern calvert county around mechanicsville and moving over towards huntington, down towards the calvert beach ea as well. we'll continue to see that rain moving off toward the north and east. behind this, no more warningsr anywhere o

war department between edward stanton and joe hooker and asks suns are my 15,000 murdered at fredericksburg? joke from an of a outraged interruption. go tell your joke at springfield. democrats insinuated a critique of lincoln the joker into each and every one of their campaigning themes of 1864. none was more challenging then the charge of lincoln's shocking levity and the face of numbing military slaughter. lays the maker who nation across his knee and tickles her catastrophe with obscene jokes and little stories came a campaign staple. nothing gave this attacked greater power than the bogus accusation that when visiting the blood drenched antietam battlefield in october 1862, lincoln had shattered its sanctity by asking to hear a vulgar comic song while touring the field with bodies yet warm in their graves. mcclellan, by george lincoln drove over the field as heavy details of men were burying the dead. lincoln suddenly slapping marshall lemon upon the knee explained give us that song. george mcclellan has never heard it. the general protested, not now. i would prefer to hear it some oth

by tomorrow morning, look where we are. 58 inaltimore. 61 in fredericksburg. we warm to the south. we don't warm much to the north. by 1:00, we're still only in the 60s tomorrow. about 15 to 20 degrees cooler than we are out there right now. he warm front moves to t north. as a result, we get into the 70s to the south. but only the 60s to the north and ea o. somethe computer models actually keeping it even cooler than this. this is really a tough forecas for the day tomorrow. one thing for sure, it will be cooler. even if we' 6 atin baltimore and 70 in d.c., hey, we'll take that. that's still pretty good. average high temperature 71. going 71 for a high tomorrow. we're actually going average, not 77. 89 on thursday. 89. that's the warmest day so far this year. 85 friday. 83 on saturday. good chance of storms. some of those will be on the strong side. we'll continue to post this on socialedia. we'll see you back here20 in minutes. >>> as the world mourns the passing of movie director john singleton, health advocates hope that this will be a reminder to everyone that hypertension is

more casualties took place within 20 miles of fredericksburg, virginia than in any other state in the confederacy. 19 of the 20 union regiments suffered the highest percentage of union casualties in the war fought in the eastern theater, as did 10 of the 15 confederate regiments and 8 of the 10 confederate brigades veterans that grisly distinction. several factors conspired to focus attention on the east, in the united states, and the confederacy, and in europe, and by europe, i'm in london and paris. the rest of it did not matter. [laughter] this, the eastern theater contains national capital. they are only 100 miles apart. they also contain the wars to army ofous armies, the the potomac and the army of northern virginia. it has the newspapers with the largest circulation in the united states. british and french observers habitually gave the progress of the war by what was happening in the eastern the at her. they had a view of the united states that is very similar to the view that new yorkers have of the united states. when they look at the united states from london and paris, they

north of washington, cooler mperatures, south of washington, fredericksburg in the low 80s.morrow area-wide, mix of clouds and sunshine overall, maybe humid the end of the day. we're under a storm team weather alert early friday and potential for strong and maybe severe thunderstorms and showers at but dry r the weekend time as well. here's a look at current temperatures. check out this temperature range. fredericksburg has gone down a little bit. 63 in hagerstown, 70 in washington and near 80 to the southwest. 83 in charlottesville. everybody is warmer tomorrow. if you're headed out tonight for the nats game, it is looking really nice, as they take on giants first pitch at 7:05. comfortable. bring outs lo long sleeves or a sweatshirt and upper 60s and 50s. tomorrow, high of around 80 with a mix of clouds and sshine. warm and pretty pleasant out there. look to friday, issued by them storrediction center. the biggest risk is in ydolow, to the south in virginia and north carolina. most of the area east of i-95 to southern maryland, fairfax county, are under a slight risk for s

look dowth to the s look at fredericksburg. 42 degrees. we even sea snoaw snow, up to 2s r charlotte, north carolina. the currentnfall making its way through our area. storm team 4 radar tracking tt rain in through the d.c. metro area. if you live aroundri fre, hagerstown and winchester, maybe some shower activity around leesburg. light showers. but right along the blue ridge here, yeah, could we see some beowflakes or m even some sleet in parts of the area? can't rule it out. we are on the chilly side .no dowhnt mown area, here's the heaviest shower righ here's the ballpark right here. it looks like we've got some showys, but they're v light. again, if we were to start now, tybe they would start. this is not goibe a lot of rain, but could we see a possible delay? yeah, it is possible. ifht they were playing rnow, they will probably play right on through this. what we're going to be watching as the storm system continues to move up toward the north, notice the trajectory here kind of moving aittle bit more east of north and that' good news

baltimore and maybe around hagerstown, baltimoreld be 63 while fredericksburg is 83.oo much there. look at thursday. 89 degrees. hot, a little bit more humid as well. definitely feeling much more on summer. 30% chance of showers and storms. fray is the best chance for some strong possibly severe storms on friday. if you have friday plans, youwa to make sure you're ready for storminess. 83 on saturday. chance of storms in the afternoon on saturday. they transition into early showers on sunday. notice the temperatures dropping. sunday will be mcooler,e clouds and shower activity early. monday, tuesday, wednesday actually looking pretty nice for the first few days here in may. chance of showers on thursday. chance of showers on friday of next week as wl. all inall, the battle of the seasons. right now it looks like summer tryingo win here. a little bit more in the way of 80. >> go, summer, go. >> you know he wants to say 90 for thursday. >> we can get there, man. >>> coming up adnext, more b news for the nats as they looig to r the ship. dave is up next with sports. >>>

just to the south and west of fredericksburg. that is going to possibly push into our area. especially areas to the south. as we go into the next hour or two, so maybe a few isolated showers out there. ndain, just south and west -- staying south a west and anything we do see is on the light side. continuing to have sunshine and clouds around and aew isolated storms later on this afternoon. isolated being the key word here. about a 30% chance that you'll see them whe you are. the thing is, if we do get one -- one or two could be on the stronger side. we're talking about some damaging winds and maybe hail. but that is it. not anything widespread like last friday. we dry out into the overnight but watch the clouds pushing back intthe region. we're getting nice on-shore flow with the easterly wind so we'll ee cloud cover increase throughout the overnight and into tomorrow morning. in fact, we have drizzle tomorrow morning and some low hanging clouds. t we take on the nationals. -- the nationals are taking on the cardinals fan. i'm not a cardina fan, aats fan. this evening at 7:0

south of fredericksburg. nort of baltimore seeing the shower activity.ould see it right here, down towards the northern neck. still seeingalhowers. part of the same storm system that brought theevere weather. there's the line. look at that line of storms. a lot of lightning associated with it now. a couple of tornado warnings. some trees down in montgomery county. are severe thunderstorm wng back to the west. again, warm air moving up. col air moving south. colder air starting to move our way. look at the current wind gusts. 32 miles per hour in baltimore. 38 mile an hour wind in hagerstown. 37 in winchester. you walk outside right now, you already feel the difference and we have a wind advisory in effect until 3:00 torrow afternoon for everybody here in the brown. you're still going to be windyyo just don't meet the criteria of 50 mile per hour winds. that's what we've got, especially hagerstown.th the far west you are and higher elevation, headsp there too. looking at more tree damage tomorrow because of the wind. w about the leavesn them? how about th

look at fredericksburg. only 40 degrees right now. really chilly night with that rain. you see how the rain is making its way look how it's starting to move off. you see the last couple frames right there. that little subtle motion is good news. that's why think this will last for about another hour or so. 45 minutes insidehe d.c. metro area. then start to move on out of here. you can see where the rain is. right along and east of i-95, but even down to the south, k culpeper county, but look right re right aroun the district and right through nats park. that's where some of the heaviest rain is going on right now right there at the park.e this will con over the next hour or so before it all moves off. it's all becauf this storm right here. look at this, guys. it really looks like a rricane. look at the eye that has developed with this. an incredibly intense area ow fresh. once again, you may hear this tomorrow. a bom cyclone. this is another storm that has storm a very, very strong in a short amount of time. it's when a storm strikes tremely rapidly. that's what this on

slightly drier conditions out toward fredericksburg, the northern neck, and southern maryland. most of today's rain chances in the northernhe half of t area, but no matter where you go, you will want to have the umbrella handy. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, hit-and-miss rain chances become steadier than during the afternoon tomorrow. particularly between about 3:00 and 8:00 on your friday into your evening. that will be the chance for the heaviest of the rain, maybe aru le or two of thunders. look, by saturday morning, waking up to a clearing sky. keep in mind it's going to be ustery around here on saturday. northwest winds around 15 to 25 miles per hour. dry weather for most on sunday, as well. but a cautionary tale. there's a 30% chance of a stray shower on sunday. that will be a low impact rain chance for your weekend. there's there five-day fost, 70s today and tomorrow, breezy and 60s on saturday. and cloudy with a little tiny chance of rain on sunday. back in the 70s. melissa, good morning. >>> good morning, chuck. ight now, taking a look at the beltway. outer loop, inner loop

in fredericksburg, virginia, david culver, news 4. >> what a family. >> absolutely. she's wonderful. that was just great love her medal there. >> that was wonderful. >> i have nothing that's going to even come close to that. we've got rain coming in the xt couple of days we are. tomorrow into the day on sunday as well. i'm not talking a whout. let's show you what we are dealing with out there right now. we've got the cloud cover. we've had the clouds almost all during the day today. earlier today we did see sunshine, but it's beenr coo today. average high temperature 65. right now at 61. dropping ait little the next couple of hours. not too much. it will be a little cool tonight. be out and about. temperature wise around the area, 57 college park. 59 camp springs. westtowards the south and it's a little warmer. they were at 65 earlier. 62 right now. nothing on radar. now.e dry for however, we do have some shower activity just to our north and wee actuallyatching this hole system here. there's a front up here. 've got the cold front coming down right here in the middl

in virginia are allowed to start their school year before labor day, students and teacher in fredericksburg are in for a shock to the system. this fall the first day of school will be august 12th. august 12th. let that sink in. school leaders say they're worried about keeping and hiring new teachers with a short summer vacation. this school year doesn't end in fredericksberg until june giving them a shorter time to fill open positions. at's a longer school year. i'm surprised they didn't shorten it at t endf june so you have more days in the middle. >> see who puts up a >>> 4:51. game, set, match. the citi open tennis tournament will be staying in washington, d.c. great news. >> yeah. it's been here for 50 years. it was on the verge of leaving but as news 4's mark sea graves reports, staying here will have an impact well beyond thecourt. >> reporter: when it started in 1969 it was called ther washington s international tennis turn to namt. while the sponsorship has changed, the mission remains the same. to carry on arthur ashe's commitme60. years later the citi open is one of the only major

b he'll making stops in fredericksburg and prince lliam county. he'll end with a town hall in alexandria. last sight hepped at the university of virginia in charlottesville and it was impacted. >> i know that we can achieve this and rewrite the immigration laws in our own image. this is aom this mt on all of us a fining moment of truth and we cannot be found .watching >> o'rourke also talked about s plans to introduce universal health care, criminal justice reform and stricter gun control. be sure to stay with us for his tr to northern virginia. >>> 4:37. attorney general wilam bar plans to release a redacted version of robert mueller'srt retomorrow. barr is redacting grand jury information and classified information from the report among other sensitive things. news 4's tracie potts will have more on this in about 15 minutes. >>> this morning several denver colorado school districts will be closed because of violent threats. the fbi isooking for 18-year-old sol pais. they consider her armed and ngerous. afterriving monday night and buying a pump

. >> they realized just how important two wheels were to one fredericksburg man. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver with us. >> mark cunnin doing a lot of walking lately. his commute to and from work, up to two hours eachnd way requires walking the shoulder of route 1. >> i'm about that far away from someone going 60 miles an hour. if they acdentally, there is no coming back from that. >> reporter: a far easier and safer trek when he used to pedal to work. last week he briefly leftis bike to finish a task. when he returned a few minutes later, it was gone. >> i pretty much already counted the loss. here's where it takes twist. when the deputies got word of the stolenk bike, they t a standard report but they also wanted to understand him. why did he need his bike? >> just talking to him lifts you up as a person. >> especially when they learned all mark has been 15rough. ears ago, this father of three young girls slammed into a tree. e crash nearly killed him. >> i broke my neck. they had to hall me back. three months in a coma. >> i put god first. defin

there maybe spots near fredericksburg or richmond that my get to 90 on thursday. then rain chances and more typical early may temperatures by the end of the week. back to the news. >> thank you. >>> now, if you think gas prices are too high, you're not alone. >> if you want to save, you have driving ons than just around town looking for the best price. coming up, we'll show you. >>> and then o later today "ellen, kwt " kourtney kardashi stops by catching ellen up on all things kardashian. it airs at 3:00, then news4 at 4:00. >>> 4:23 now. look -- >> what is happening? >> i knew could push these thesgs. 66 mil really is a long distance to walk in one day. now imagine it whi you're doing what this guy isoing -- he's pushing a car. this croatian man did that this weekend. >> it is a little car. >> yes. true. he's a world record holder now. the 27-ar-oldushed a smart car 66.4 miles in less than 24 hours. this car weighs about 1,600 pounds. there was also a driver inside. >> that's more impressive. >> the record-tter took three-minute breaks every hour. hedomolished th

breezeiest part of the day will be first uning. 50 in loucounty. 45 in frederick, maryland. 46 innd fredericksburg stafford. school day forecast, kids have that little layer of fleece ready for the bus stophis morning. sun's up at 6:38. we love the pre-7:00sunrises. outdoor recess and play after school today. a-plus weather today. tomorrow, also not a bad day. there will be increasing chances for rain once we get to sunset. p.m. showers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder likely. nowashout, though. we're likely not to have to worry about rain until lell aftechtime tomorrow. this is a big spring storm out across the upper midwest. no hurry to leave. and snowfall amounts will be copious across the dakotas and oklahoma. 18 to 24 inches of snow in spots. if y traveling to minneapolis, pack your heavy winter gear. for us, theseain showers up across parts of pennsylvania may graze right on the maryland/pennsylvania line, but they're not going to reach the metro area. we'll back to a reasonable amount of sunshine later today. tomorrow, don't have to about rain before lunch. 6:00 tomorrow evening, rain chan

already hearing some rumbles of thunder now just to the west of fredericksburg. moving -- that's moving up toward culpeper county. there could be rumbles early on. that sto n is severe at this point. nonetheless, we'll keep a close eye on it. future weather carries the opportunity for hit-and-miss thundershowers before lunchtime. i think the main threat for severe weather will start around noon as this line ofar source t to move through. between about 1:00 and 5:00, that main line of storm chances moves right on through. thereow d lingering storms around 5:00. noon to 5:00 is the most likely time for thunderstorms. tomorrow, dry weather. the wind is going to be cranked up. northwest winds near 20 to le mis per hour. blustery but plenty of sunshine. cool, though, highs tomorrow staying below 70 degrees, mostly in the 60s. speaking of temperatures now your friday morning, mostly in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. it's a mild just start to the day. afternoon temperatures will get above 70 degrees. again, thunderstorms likely in that noon to4:00, 5:00, 6:00 time

our friends toward fredericksburg, stafford, and into s hthern marylande a dry start this morning. future weather. here's the firsthance of rain moving out of here. we'll get enough breaks of sunshine late morning into the early parts of the afternoon. it will be nice and warm today. there will be another chance for showers, maybe a rumble or t thunder developing after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. not oeveryone's going get rained on. we've got the rain chances at least 50% fortoday. rain chances increase a little bit more between about 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. that will be the best chances to get rainbs in the southern sub for today after between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. we mainly dry out through the hours.ght by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, still mostly cloudy, but the sunshine is making a big-time comeback for tomorrow. do expec a nice, warm day. 78 today. but grab the umbrella. a couple of chances for rain. 79 tomorrow. wow. that's going toeel good the cooler weather returns for wednesday and thursday. highs in the low to mid 60s. another chance of a thundershower on friday. most of the upco

for those of you living farther down inia virg starting in may, fredericksburg regional transit will offer new bus routes. take a look at the map. bus services will be offered between a quiet town jr. to the vre -- aquaia town center to the vre. the service is free in both may a one-way fare will cost $1.75 starting july. you can try it for a couple of whether youecide want to stay on board. >>> turns out there are more than jusa few ears listening to your conversations with amazon's alexa. according to "bloomberg news," amazon has thousands of employees around the world listening to and reviewing people's private conversations with alexa. "bloomberg's" report says that the amazon teams transcribes the recordings and shares the coersations with other parts of the company to help with alexa's understanding of hum speech. the report says some workers go 1,000 h more than conversations a day. an amazon spokesperson says directes do not have access to information that can identify the people speaking or the account that certain audio came from. >> still. i don't want alexa to listen to m

nbc news caught up with him in fredericksburg when he was awhed e he stands on calls for governor ralphtham to resign over the governor's blackface scandal. >> i think it should be up to the citizens ofirginia to make the decision. in the wake of the revelations about his actions in the past, i said i thought it was best that he step do. but ultimately, again, that's going to be decided by the people of the commonwealth. >> a racist photo in governor northam's medical school yearbookur sfaced in february. northam says he does not believe he is actually in the photo. and he h resisted calls to step down. >>> the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral in paris t ledo an immediate outpouring of donations across the world. here in the u.s., the fire also moved donations of more than $1.8 million to rebuild three historically black churches burned in suspected hate crimes in louisiana. those fires at three churches occurred over ten days beginning at the end of march. authheities said t were deliberately set and have arrested a suspect. the $1.8 million is to be distributed equally among t

that's areas in the yellow including southern maryland, c., fredericksburg, points to the south. what does a slight risk mean? iteans we'll get one to two, maybe three severe thunderstorm warnings during the day tomorrow. that's just something to th k about. that's normally what we get with that kind of a system. here it is tonight. you can see the rain area wide as we move through overnight. more showers off and on. 7:00 ta.m., you notice lighter showers around the d.ct me area. a couple of heavier showers toncrd wister, toward the south. mostly light. around 10:00, 11:00, a little break here. and then we see the storm really come into our area.at 1:00, wing some heavier showers. here's the line. back to the west. at 3:00, look at this. a couple of strongerstorms. you can see in the red, coming in across our region. as it moves across, here's 3:00, 4:00, moving through d.c. area. 5:00, 6:00, they move off toward the chesapeake and toward the east by 6:00, 7:00 if you have dinner reservations. i think they'll be okay. a good idea to wait until they're out of there. heavy rain def

some places, fredericksburg, southern -- parts of southern and central rginia, could be well above 80eas up closer to the pennhtlvania border it mig not get above 70. a big battle zone taking place. here's -- we're going to hoot it down the middle. mostly cloudy, a hit and miss chance for a shower south ofnd washington a for the most part later in the day. afternoon temperatures for most will be in the upper 70s to perhaps near 80 degrees from washington south. we'll call it 80 today. keep the umb handy, especially

tomorrow morning, i think we rise overnight tonight in some areas. 58 right now i culpepper. 56 in fredericksburg, 54 in the gaithersburg area. on the radar, we've seen a couple o showers trying to move on through. most of this not hitting the ground, but where it is, some very light sprinkles. anne arundel county. if you're driving i-95, aybe they got the windchill wipersy n evnce in a while, but really, no need for that. but what this is, is part of a storm system that is moving just to our north with some rain, had some snow back towards the great lakes here. and that is twactually going to bring in some very warm air. to make us feel better, my brother in colorado springs says, what's going on! it's 34 and snowing there in colorado. >> aleast we feel betternow. >> it was only 62 today, everyone. i'll tell you what. could be a lot worse. and look what's coming. not 30s. we're talking 80 degrees coming up tomorrow. look at the warmth, down to the south. we've got the warmth here, it just has to get. he we've got a warm front that's going to move through overnight tonight. that brings in the war

. >> reporter: tomorrow o'rourke will make a stop in fredericksburg in the morning and then it is on to dumfries and prince william county, and then he will end his day with a meet and greet with fairfax democrats followed by a northern virginia town hall in alexandria. one more note here o'rourke also today became the latest presidential candidate to post ten years of his tax returns. back to you in the studio. >> all right, leon. thank you. >>> next at 11:00, we're working for you at the gas pump. >> yes, the 2001 big thinghat experts say you might be doing all wrong when you fill up. next at 11:00, we are helping you save some money. >>> love thy neighbor, plans for a big new church notll sitting weith a local commuty ni ♪ >>> leon here at the live desk with an update to the breaking newse brought you at the top of the hour here. s four peoplet tonight in montgomery county. one of the patients died we have justctearned. deteives are on the scene now on curry powder lane in germantown. what they're telling is around 9:15 p.m. police found four h pet in a parking lot, three adult, o

fredericksburg, virginia, probably above 80. frederick, maryland, could easily be stuck in the -- speaking of stuck, i'll give the computer the old nobang. we got it. >> yeah -- >> not much of a rain chance today. are you kidding me? this is going tot do to me again? there. i got it this time. 50s to get you out the door this morning. school day forecast for the kids today, a warm one.tl unsettled, lit chance for showers and storms later on in the day today. keep the umbrella in the backafck to be on the s side. the daily grade, sums up my performance. c-minus. >> you can kick mine because it probably will need it, too. outer loop toward the toll road, two right lanes getting by the eork zone, ramp four blocked. the rest of theltway is fine. the work zones aren't slowing too much. laurel, southbound bw parkway between 198 and 197, work zone with a left lane getting by this morning. we'll take a look at 270 coming up in just a couple of minutes. eun? >> thank you.rn >>> this moing, renewed calls for safety changes on the george w

you guys still b in fredericksburg. not in criteria for wind advisory.thnd saturated , we could have trees downnd definitelwn branchs do. batten down hatches. temperature s near 60. winds out of t west at about 60. conditions. before the weekend is over talk about rain shers in little bit. >> thank you. >>> 9:02 this saturday. happening today at reagan national airport a large emergency drill held there to prepare for a possible disaster. today's drill involves ala simud crash on the runway. the government requires drills like this every three years to keep agencies prepared for a f al disaster. don't be alarmed iu're out there and see smoke, fire and a lot of police and firefiters. at the airport today. again, this is only a drill. t >>>o prince george's county. officials want you to keep three things in mind while driving. focused, stay sober and be safe. part of a new initiative kicking f today. news 4 derrick ward is live in fort washington. what's it all about? >> reportell, tell you, it's about what those three things are that you said here. sjust

cl 32 in frederick county, maryland and 32 in fredericksburg.lanner for today, bright, sunny, mild. afternoon highs will be way up into the mid 60s. it wily knock on today, be windy. winds out of the west at 15 to 30 miles an hour. hold on to your hats. ilfor tomorrow, again. a lot of clouds and less wind. you have to make the tradeoff here. sunny and windy. there goes that big storm off the coast line. it's pulling away. we'll be left with sunshine.ur i think next chance for a rain drop doesn't arrive until we wake up friday morning. 7:00 a.m. friday morning. rain likely pretty much start to finish during the day on frida but that rain pulls out of here just in time for first thing turday morning. could have a few lingering drops 7 or 8 saturday morning. thereafter the rest of the weekend up until late sunday should be dry. better still, it won't be cold this weekend. highs in the low 70s both saturday and sunday. now let's go over to first alert traffic. problems on the orange and blue line. e're talking about a switch issue at stadium armory.

nbc news caugh up with him in fredericksburg when he was asked where he stands onalls for ralphm northam to resign in black face scandal. >> i think it's up to the virginians. i said i thought it was best in the past to step down but that will be decided by the people. >> in surfaced in february and northam said he does not believe he's in the photo and resisted calls to step down. >>> president trump offering u.s. support to help rebuild the cathedral. he said he spoke with pope francis and got his condolences. and they are designing a competition to build a new spire for the fire ravaged cathedral. in paris with more on the renovation plans. >>> quite a few new developments in paris including announcement of annternational competition to build a new spire that would rise above notre dame. there are workmen there goingn- nostep trying to assess the stability of the building. we learned today, they're very concerned about the three gaping holes in the roof, officials describing it as a race against the clock to build a temporary roof, a bubble umbrella, as they describe it to m sure th

northwest, 15 miles an hour, anu gusty to 40 miles an hour today. 71 in d.c., 71 in annapolis, 71 in fredericksburg. 64 is the number around leesburg and rtinsville area. very nice. we're dry tonight and dry tomorrow. it's friday we have to worry about here. now.ng around our region all of this whole mess is making its way to the east. first, we see clouds today and the stormystem to t portion of the nation on friday. it's not a big storm but it is going to make friday rather dreary. light shower activity, more than anything else, cloud cover, cool temperatures all hday,hs only in the 50s. noon. most of the area driving to the west and rain moving in. the rest of the afternoon, wet ound 3:00, wet around 5:00, wet around:00, dinnertime for friday night. take the umbrella late nht, 11:00, rain making its way through here. should be out of here early saturday but can't rule out an isolated shower orle dri 67 degrees. still nice tomorrow. not a bad afternoon for the kids at the bus stop tomorrow, 57 degrees. 57 is the high on friday.a ool dreary day. saturday and sunday, not a bad weekend. that's the o

cooling breeze, and it's way up into the 70s now. 74 in gaithersburg. 74 at dulles airport. 78 in fredericksburg 72 in fredick, maryland. a warm day today. chance of rain and thundershowers going up later in the day. our highs today close to 80. there's that area of storminess across koentucky and teessee. the leading edge is around charleston, south carolina. the rain chances are kracramp u for us. dry for now. once we t past 3:00, showers could start to break out. and even become much more likely after 5:00. here's 7:00 on future weather.e that's that l of showers i showed you near charleston, west virginia. that's the arrival right aroundn 8:00 this ev and again, some of these could contain rumbles of thunder. we're not really primed for severe weather. but any one of those individual thunderstorms could have somest winds associated with it. another day with a hint of summer tomorrow before more typical april weather returnsn wednesday and thursday and another rain chance comes up on friday. next half hour, we'll give you the 10-day. >> looks good.ha love warm weather. >>> record breaker. thi

water, between edwin fenton, and joe hooker, and asks, where are my 15,000 sons, murdered at fredericksburg, lincoln's callous answer, that reminds me of a little joke, from -- and an outraged interruption, do not tell your joke at springfield! democrats insinuated the critique of lincoln, the joker, and each and every of their he campaigning themes of 64. none was more challenging, then the charge of lincoln's shocking levity in the face of numbing the terry slaughter. the oppositions theme of lincoln, and i quote, the widow maker, who lays the nation across his knee, and tickles her catastrophe with clean jokes, and little stories, became a campaign staple. nothing gave this attack greater power than the bogus accusation that when visiting the blood drenched battlefield, in october 1862, lincoln had shattered its sanctity, by asking, to hear a vulgar comic song, while touring the field, with bodies yet warm in their graves. accompanied by -- george mcclellan, and another officer, lincoln drove over the field, as heavy details of men were burying the dead. lincoln sedley, smith slapping ma

nbc news caught up with him in fredericksburg when he was asked where he sfantands on calls for governor northam to resign over the blackface scandal. >> i think it should be up to the citizens of virginia to make the decision. in the wake of the revelations about his actions in the past, i said i thoughttt was bes that he step down. but ultimately, again, that's going to be decided by the people of the commonwealth. >> a racist turned up in his schoolyearbook. he says it's not him in the photo and has resisted calls to step down. >>> a d.c. contract worker is dead follong a shooting on southern avenue in southeast. the victim was working on a paving job on the road yesterday. at 4's drew wilder is live police headquarters with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the question this morning --ho is this shooter. you mentioned the victim was a . contractor police don't think that the killer was working with the victim, but they think it's possible that the killer went thereobo the site knowing the victim would be there, looking for him to kill him. if you look at this video, we'l

in parts of southern maryland down through the northern neck and potentially as close as the fredericksburg area. this is 3:00as p.m. we continue on into the evening hours, we see rain moving this computer model bringing rain as far back as i-81. i think it will stay closer to i-95, but you get the idea. showers out there impacting that evening commute. we continue to track rain in spots until about 9:0 10:00. after that the storm system exiting the area. f as your pollen report, we have mold and weeds coming in low. trs coming in moderate. grasses are absent today. and this storm system as it pulls away tomorrow will lead to breezy winds out there on wednesday with a high temp ter of consecutiv67. one more chilly da i and tmn things wup. despite clouds on thursday, we have a high temperature of around 70 degrees. spotty showers are possible at times throughout the day on friday. ote cloudy skies with a igh temp erature on friday of 66. i'll have more on how friday's rain impacts the forecast coming up. >>> tributes tonight for an up and coming rperhot to death outside a store he opened in

some heavier rain around fredericksburg. no lightning here, but once again, we are seeing some moderate to heavy rain. t's take a look at the heaviest rain. right in here, southern calvert county around mechanicsville and moving over towards huntington, down towards the calvert beach ea as well. we'll continue to see that rain moving off toward the north and east. behind this, no more warningsr anywhere o watches anywhere in the state of virginia, maryland, only along t eastern shore. here's the whole storm. you see the rotation spinning here. there is that line. stil seeing a tornado watch in effect around the fiphiladelphi area. moving out of our area. tomorrow something different. movingim on in just in tfor the weekend. >>> now to a story you first heard on news 4. a manhunt for a suspected arsonist wanted for setting a fire outside the national archives. that is the billing that houses some of our country's most treasured documents. the i-team scott macfarlane broke the story today. he's in the newsroom with new >> wend

ty nice conditions. 66 fredericksburg. 68 manassas. 63 in frederick. tomorrow temperatures go down about 10 to potentialro 15 degrees where they were yesterday. combine that with rain. we're talking a nasty friday. out there on thursday no rain to talk about, but you notice some es,tul c s wwingal thoup, showing showers trying to move in. they're not hitting the ground. it's with this swath of moisture trying to move our way. you see the storm system from the west moven in. the rain is going to inclerease. the clouds and then the rain. let's timet out f you. 7:00 a.m. most of the rain through parts of northern virginia. round winchester by around 10:00, 11:00. it starts to move in. by noon area wide rainfa. me of that on the moderate side. really heads up tomorrow. you need the jackets and the umbrellas. we're talking the golf this is going to be a little bit of a breeze. 3:00 in the afternoon is when it mes down the heaviest. right during the afternoon into the evening rush. 6:00, still rain along i-95. heading out late night, ye, friday night, late n

from 62 degree in hagerstown, then you head south, fredericksburg hitting a high of 70 tomorrow and 71 in culpeper. most of us will be in the 60s.ng north of wasn low to mid 60s. south of washington flirting with the 70 degree mark. if you have friday dinner plans atting for severe thunderstorms right now, so you want to stay tuned to the forecast. be weather ready on yourevriday on into the overnight hours. running errands on saturday ahead of eter, showers possible. especially during the morning hours. easter sunday, for those easter egg hunts during t morning hours before church starts, you definitely want to have the sweater. here's your planner. maybe posting this on facebook and twitter. lingering showers saturday morning, maybe an isolated late day shower on saturday. otherwise breezy with a high of consecutive. a cool but pleasant start sunday with a mix of clouds and sunshine, late jacket weaer with a temperature of 51 and a high on easter sunday of 71. storm team 4 10 -day forloast. at that 80 degrees on thursday. thursday looking really nice and then again friday it's goingo

a third of a mile for fredericksburg a gaithersburg. fort meade, four miles in fog burning off gradually throughout the morning. tempsatures in the 60 65 in town. 63 in huntington. to our west we go. temperatures in the 50s. a bit cooler, of course, in the high country. tith that, this is w it's all about, everyone. the weekend. saturda, for today, 8:00 a.m. showers ending from west to east. temperatures rise from 60s to 70s. e.t a bad afternoon, every seeing sunshine before the day is done. temperatures mid-70s. do it all over again tomorrow. temperaturewise more clouds for sunday. und take a look. late ony night into monday. rain ext round of heavy possibly thunderstorms will move across the area and as it does, itill bring a change to our weather. futurecast in motion showing those stormsn starting to move to our area through sunday. of here it is the next round showers moving across the area as it does west to east. we'll look at those showers and hey rain movingacross our area. give you the ten-day forecast of tell you what the res

down towards fredericksburg, 82 in frederick. a really nice afternoon. areano wide. rain to talk about until you get right up here. i want to see -- let's see if i can zoom in to the north. look at this. some thunderstorm activity. we've got franklin and fulton counties. you've seen some rain today. down towards hagerstown. watch out. this one moving just a littl south. you may see it come into washington county. already back there along i-70. these may drift as far south as frederick. you can see the front right here drifting to the south. this will weaken as it moves on through. we're watching this storm pass well to our north, but the trailing cold front will come through overnight tonight. most of us on the dry side. hover, if youo live up towards frederick winchester, back towards martinsburg, you folks have a better chance of seeing some rain. better chance next week -- notk. next wee next couple of days.ab talking t thursday into friday for rain from this next system that comes on through. take aha look at w else is going to be happening. cooler numbers. 50 in

even for the areas that are not in the advised gion, down through fredericksburg, northern neck, sourthern maryland, gusts up to 45 miles per hour. just not in the adv ed criteria. as you head out the door, you can leave the umbrella at home. you're going to be w dealih downed trees, ponded roadways, even road spray from all of the rain last night. this evening, we're going to be dealing with the winds. two hands on the wheel. tomorrow, the winds willwn die and we'll have sunshine. not a lot of rain, but showers into wednes more widespread storms as we get into friday. that will be something that we'll have t watch. amelia and i will be with you to deal with that heading into this week. current temperatures now, and 60s. we will drop, and most of the day will be spent in the 50s a lower 60s. again, winds are going to be picking up through the morning andticking with u throughout the day. 68 degrees for today. that's what we hit overnight. most of the day are going to be 0s the upper and lower 60s. sunshine tomorrow, chance of showers on wednesday. dry thursday. storms possible on friday. t