we thought this is us learning how to get used to gainesville. and it was like i had my best friend with me. it was somebody who i could always turn to somebody i always did turn to and somebody who was always going to be there for me. >> who made the move for the first embrace. >> he did. he drove to my house. and i see him, and i instantly -- we hug and i'm there. and i'm just nervous. i haven't been this nervous. i had butterflies in my stomach. he grabbed my chin and he pull mead up and he just gives me thigmagical kiss. >> you became a exultcouple in that moment? >> yes, our first date was going to a restaurant, chick-fil-a. we had the butterflies in our stomach. we felt like is it still really happening? i kept pinching myself like god this is crazy. i can't believe this. >> in a matter of weeks their young lives she and christian had changed completely e. they were madly, deeply in love. >> what do you think the two of you had? >> something very rare. something you don't find every day. something amazing. something -- i don't even know how

you track 15, right on down to the south, you notice around the gainesville area marshall seeing that rain. some of that very heavy right along 66. continue to watch that, too. more showers and storms developing farther down to the south map nasa, gainesville, this storm right here is traveling right up 28 right toward manassas see that most like lit next 15 20 minutes. get ready for that, quick downpour, move on through. future weather tomorrow, showing future cloud cover tomorrow, the after into and then we will see a chance for storms. notice they are all south and east of d.c., in through northern virginia biggest chance to see showers and storms north of this region. i'm really not expecting much, do not expect much in the way of storms tomorrow may see an isolated storms in through parts of virginia should not affect your day too much. high of 92 tomorrow, heat index back to 98 degrees. 90 degrees on sunday, better chance of showers and storms area wide, 91 on monday we stay in the 90 oz on tuesday and looks like things want to cool but not much. 85 on wednesday, 89 on thursday.

do still hblem. 29 gainesville a right lane blocked there.eltway at colesville road rolling along quite nicely. same thing as you look here at 29 95 and b.w. parkway into and out of town. no major problems there. back in ten minutes with some travel times for you this morning. >>> all right, melissa, thank you. >> now let's go back to kristin wright with the breaking news. are you there? we'll check in with her later. now to tom with your forecast. >> i'm not saying it's dreary. but i'm saying it's dismal. we have got some low clouds and some drizzle. i know. dismal, dreary. and we've got it cool as well feeling more like april than june. we have a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. prince william, fauquier into fairfax county. elsewhere just a little patchy drizzle under the low clouds. a little bit of a northeasterly breeze. it is keeping it cool in the mid 50s. montgomery county prince george's upper 50s in fairfax. much of fauquier stafford and culpepper in the mid and upper 50s as well. going forward by 7:00 or 8:00 still

gainesville. temperatures in 70's in the most spot. we stall in the upper 70's where we are now to the 70 degree range tomorrow morning. for the showers, let the loop run. the area of green and yellow are the heavier rain. if you come across the mountains they fade away blue and the showers are indicated here. they are west of the mountain. that will push overhead tonight and possibly heavy downpours and possible thunderstorms. a flash of light and big boom at 2:00 don't be rattled. be prepared it could be eventuality tonight. we have showers as the heat and the humidity will return. we look, watch the progression here through the thursday and friday. the remnants of bill will pull this off in the upper flow. 88 tomorrow. poupes. scattered showers and thunderstorms. 40% chance of showers and storms. 30% on friday with a high of 90ment --ment. look at monday tuesday, wednesday. it's hot and humid and right back in the heat. maureen: thank you so much. leon: hopefully the nats won't have to dodge too many rain drops tonight. robert burto

and then heading towards the beltway, 66 is slow out of gainesville and manassas.fter route 50 all the way to the beltway. 395 at glebe road, earlier crash is on the shoulder. has been cleared out of the way. looks like the volume has eased a bit there. then the accident on the inner loop ramp was reported, still no delays in the area though. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you hope for a less crowded commute on metro this morning probably not going to happen. about 100 eight-car trains are not on the rails right now because of safety inspections. doors on the 4000 cars opened up, causing metro to pull them out of service. the 4000 series would return this week, but news4 transportation adam tuss says they won't be running today. metro doesn't have a time line for when the cars will return. >>> in a few hours tropical storm bill is expected to make landfall in the eastern part of texas. now, we now know they'll probably pack winds of up to 60 miles per hour. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein says the storm should make landfall later this afternoon. four to e

another line of showers west of culpeper haymarket, gainesville, and this is moving into montgomery county. it's up to 2 inches per hour. heavy downpours, the last thing that we need with a flood warning, and we have one area with lightning and thunder, very heavy rain here, tracking to the northeast at 30 miles per hour, we are thinking it is going to be hitting the area at 11:33. we have a few more hours to go, it has been really an active day. we see some storm reports, and we see another good hour or more on the air. we are tracking the thunderstorm and we will know whether or not it was eight 20 or just straight wind. a lot of damage across the river into charles county and st. mary's. we are talking about areas getting hit hard lots of trees snapped all over the place, you can see it near the intersection of morgantown, rocky point road and it's all moving to the east, pneumatics, a big line of trees were down. this storm is moving east and northeast. a barn destroyed in clements. trees to defy trees are down by church. parables are down, and look at some of these pictures from south

david: other cities are putting their sick young men on airplanes literally, like gainesville, florida put a dying young man on an airplane and had him flown to san francisco and literally dumped him in the city. paul: it blasted away almost every organ in their body. we had people with blindness with dementia, wasting away with cancer all over their bodies couldn't breathe, couldn't think because of the infections in the brain. and these were people in their 20s and early 30s. tom: and i mean, some gay people as well were very freaked out. they said, "oh, you know, if you eat the popcorn in the gay bars, you know, people have reached in there, so it could be--" you know, it was really--it was very, very bizarre. a lot of denial in the beginning. "oh, this is a plot to make gay people feel bad or punished." paul: i was afraid that i might give it to my kids without knowing it, you know because we didn't know how it was transmitted. i was afraid, no question. there was a growing amount of anxiety. sometimes nursing and other services would not know quite how to handle it and wouldn't do

it will be held at robert trench jones at gainesville, vass. big names locked in like rickie fowler. tiger didn't make it in person for the presser for the tour but he made it via skype though. he says golfers should expect a tough course with opportunities for low scores. finally the nats are off tonight after dropping a series to the cubs. they will send nicole scherzinger -- they will send max:00er to the mound tonight against -- max scherzer to the mound tonight against the yankees. doug: there are numerous showers west and southwest for later tonight. for now the severe thunderstorm warning over the portion of the western mont i go almost county. that is moving northeast. we'll keep you up to date all evening long on ahead of the rain. maureen: all right. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. have a good >>> breaking news tonight. in the man hunt for two escaped killers across state lines, and police now show up at a woman's home. >>> the power tools, the plan crawling their way through pipes up through a manhole, and now in

the event gets new digs this year in gainesville, virginia, and host tiger woods will be on the course despite his recent struggles. tiger shot his worst round ever in his career this past saturday at memorial. when asked about it today, woods reminded everyone that just because he is tiger woods doesn't mean he is invited to every event. he still has to earn it. >> it's kind of funny to think about. i think i won at firestone eight times, so i need to obviously start playing better to get into that event and get into the playoffs. that's not guaranteed. so i got a lot of work ahead of me and i'm looking forward to it. >> the media got to check out the course at robert trent jones golf course today. morning anchor mike hydek, sports producer tom hunzicker and myself tried it out. beautiful course. >>> earlier in the newscast we brought you the story of dan hernandez, a former marine trying to qualify for the u.s. open today in rockville. only the top three move on. unfortunately hernandez was not one of them. he did play extremely well, though, but a very competitive field. >>> the was

teacher lies in a coma tonight a week after she and her son were in a car accident on lee highway in gainesville. kelly henesa is teacher for special needs in cliston. her husband talks her to regularly even though she doesn't respond. he sings a special song to her, one by the partridge family, that she has loved since she was a teenager. >> maybe somewhere down in the comb why she can hear me to help bring her back. >> powell's 12-year-old son had cerebral palsy, he broke his leg in the crash. >> investigators tell us 22-year-old byron diaz from landover got too close to the dam and got sucked under by a current. swimming is banned here in that area. diaz is the sixth person to die in that spot in the last ten years. >> tonight we have learned high power d.c. attorney will represent former house speaker dennis hastert. green will be with hastert at his arraignment tomorrow. it will be hastert's first public appearance since lying to the fbi about bank withdraws. he paid a person to conceal past misconduct. there are reports he had a sexual encounter with a student years ago. green represented

all lanes are open on shady grove. 66 headed out of gainesville, manassas headed into the beltway and it's looking good. and no reports of delays on 395. 95 at powder mill road, some volume is building. we have the closure in muncaster mill road and when you hit the road, tune in to wtop for more information. >>> it's 5:54. health officials are watching and waiting after a person showed to show signs of ebola. >>> a lot of people make bucket lists but for your dog? we'll te >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. there is a new possible case of ebola. the person recently returned from sierra leone. >>> a sick dog's bucket list yes, he has an instagram account. he was diagnosed with kidney fail year last january. the owners took him on a cross country trip. it inincluded the white house and they stopped in 35 cities spanning 12,000 miles. i hope he's having fun. >>> today the rockville city council is talking about cutting off development for a new school. it would halt development when the school reaches 120% of the program capacity. the city's current standard is 110%. su

taking a look at 66, traveling out of gainesville, haymarket area, to the beltway no delays reported.aking a look at a 95 at prince william parkway, all lanes are opening. volume building but no reports of ims dents there. route 50 at landover road, no incidents as well. and the beltway is looking good as well. 270 at father hurley all lanes are open. no reports of incidents or delays. that earlier car fire westbound 370 at i-270, we're hearing reports it is clear. all lanes are open now. good news in that area. we'll be back in ten minutes with a live look at 95 in maryland. >> thanks alexis. >>> why police in charles county want to talk to this woman about a murder even though she's not a suspect. >>> and a lot of things are vulnerable to hackers these days but traffic lights? the man who says you better believe it. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. police need your help to find this woman. they want to question her about a murder that happened outside a mcdonald's in waldorf back in may. a mother may have used her son's service weapon to shoot the ex and the new h

this happened in gainesville. 12-year-old carson powell has cerebral palsy. recovering from a severely broken leg. his mother is a special needs teacher in centreville high school in clifton. >> she was an excellent champion for all the students. >> two gofundme pages are helping out. you can head to the nbc washington app for more information on how to help. >>> a violent fight between two passengers on a metro train sent riders scrambling to get out of their way. you're about to see cell phone video that may be a bit disturbing to watch. this happened on a green line train on sunday. two were standing in the aisle arguing. one starts to punch him again and again. that beatdown lasted several minutes and the victim left bloodied and dazed. metro transit police stopped the two men when they got off at the southern avenue station, but the man who was hurt did not want to press charges. >>> something needs to be done to change immediately on metro. this new report is a response to january's deadly smoke incident at the what feint plaza. the sleeves are designed

gainesville down towards warrenton it's a slow ride as well moving southeast.ps, we'll see it over towards manassas at 11:25 and in prince william county at 11:53. still warm and muggy tonight. a threat for maybe some strong to severe storms sunday and monday. back with the full forecast in a few minutes. >> howard, thanks for that. >>> a man is shot and killed in frederick, maryland, where horrified children played nearby. >> it happened in front of children wait to go buy treats from an ice cream truck vendor. officers were called to the block just after 5:30. after they found the 22-year- old suffering sphra gunshot wound, -- from a gunshot wound, he was pronownsd dead on the -- pronounced dead on the scene. >>> a volunteer dive team spent several hours searching for the remains of 8-year-old releisha rudd. they alerted dc police after finding a bag that appeared to be tied to two bricks in theanacostia river. selfstephanie ramirez reports from the park where that discovery was made today. >> i was shocked that it was right there. >> he's the captain of the

then when you're on seminary there at 395 we have lanes blocked in both directions. 66 east at 29 gainesville, a crash off to the right shoulder. colesville everything moving along nice. prince george's county looking good. same thing, 66 and 95. and then right now on 270 looking pretty good. no problems into town out of town. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. >>> it's a lottery a lot of people want to win. but there's no money involved. where parents now have to enter to get their kids in full day kindergarten. >>> he jumped the fence at the white house and made it all the way to the east >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> a man accused of jumping the white house fence carrying a knife may face nearly two years in prison. omar gonzalez made it all the way into the east room. they have requested that sentence and sentencing for gonzalez is set for monday. his attorney wants it delayed though. he's a u.s. army veteran who was arrested inside the white house last september. >>> the smithsonian takes action. the institution issued a reminder to its employees

now, the young gainesville swimmers are among thousands around the globe who took part in the world's largest swim lesson yesterday. they hope to raise awareness for swim safety and make it into the guinness book of world records. >> we're here promoting water safety. it's summertime kids are in the pool. we want to make sure that everybody is well informed. well educated on ways to stay water safe in the pool. >> the event is run each year to promote swim lessons. have you had to do the swim lesson? >> of course. aren't they so cute with their little goggles and little swimsuits. but it really is a crucial -- a critical message this time of the year about pool safety. we talk about it all the time. you have to make sure the little knows how to swim. >> absolutely. what you don't see in the picture is how cold the pool is. dads jump into the pool, that's freezing on saturday morning. >> is your little one taking swim lessons? >> nonstop. >> very cute. yes, you do get the shock in that sense. >>> all right, stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now.

the gainesville, virginia, house, may have been struck by lightning. flames could be seen from the roof of the home. that's in the 13,500 block of fieldstone way. turning gears now in charleston, south carolina, cleaning crews working feverishly because emanuel ame church ready for sunday services. the historic church the sight of wednesday's deadly shooting that left nine people dead. authorities say 21-year-old, dylann roof joined a prayer meeting for nearly an hour before he shot and killed the victims during a bible study class. librarian, cynthia herd was among the victims. today her husband watched a steady stream of people stop outside that church to express their condolences. >> i'm proud to be a charlestonian. it shows how much we have evolved. as a race, as a people. both blacks and whites of this town, how much we finally come together. so for what he tried to do, to start some incident, all he did was bring us closer together. >> he plans to be at tomorrow's service when the church reopens its doors. >>> meantime, the fbi is looking into a

several buildings hit by lightning including an apartment building in rockville and a house in gainesville. several thousand utility customers without power this morning. no one was injured in the storms and much drier weather on the way for father's day. we still have lingering flooding out there. these are flood warnings that are still in effect for a couple of our local creeks and streams. this is not a widespread event, but we have lingering flooding in southern frederick county and also in eastern fairfax county. but we do expect those floodwater to recede and all our creeks run to normal by mid-morning today. much drier today, but we can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon or early evening. and high temperatures today are going to push into the 90s through the entire metro area. current temperature is 77 in downtown the washington. it's 73 in leesburg and manassas. 75 in frederick. so it is a warm start to the day. you can see all that heavy rain that moved through. that was what is remaining of tropical storm bill. it is now pulling away. just a lingering sprinkle i

gainesville less than a quarter of an inch. that is the rainfall with any showers we expect. later tonight heavier thunderstorms could come through part of the area briefly heavier downpour. 79 in reagan national. 73 in gaithersburg. lexington park at 82. the same in midshore. 74 in culpeper. so the bottom line for the evening is we will continue the basic pattern we have now. cloudy, a little glimpse of the blue sky for a couple of hours and cloudy through the night. scattered showers here and there. later in the overnight, isolated thunderstorm. we will wake up to hazy, ground fog conditions. partly sunny skies. 70 degrees tomorrow morning. area temperatures farther north and west the cooler it will get. 70 in hagerstown. 71 in pittsburgh. south is warmer. 93 in greenville raleigh and fayetteville. 91 in greensboro and back to 93's. that will be back in the forecast in the next few days. tonight, just kind of muggy. we get through the day tomorrow, we will see the possibility of few more showers and thunderstorms pop up. the reason is the leading edge of the warm front is s

then the ramp to westbound king street is closed as well because of the break. 66 is slow out of gainesville, back to you. >> thanks alexis. >>> new this morning, muncaster mill road at bowie mill road is shut down. police are investigating why two cars crashed into each over. the woman driving the white taurus was killed. police are not releasing her name right now. the driver of the black ford focus was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >>> local lawmakers will introduce a bill aimed at saving the quickly deteriorating roads in our noon today, eleanor holmes norton along with virginia congressman don beyer and tim kaine will make an announcement on the arlington memorial bridge. the act would authorize more than $463 million to repair -- to fund repairs of the roads like the memorial bridge. >>> it's 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. entrance fees are going up at the national park in mclean. >>> today, there's a funeral for the victims of a brutal murder in d.c. family and friends will lay savvas and amy and philip savopoulos to rest. >>> and

>>> some local squirms are awaiting word on whether they made history. [ whistle ] these young gainesville swimmers are among thousands around the globe who took part in the world's largest swim lesson today. they hope to raises awareness for swim safety and to make it into the guinness book of world records. >> here promoting water safety. it is summertime. kids are in the pool and we want to make sure that everybody is well informed well educated on ways to stay water safe in the pool. the big event is run each year to promote swimming lessons. >>> closure today for an elderly couple who was attacked in their home. we will tell you how a smart trip card led to a break in the case. >>> new controversy for that former naacp leader who lied about her race. it all stems from >>> crediting high-tech investigating for help solve a terrible crime. in january a gauk man broke into the home of a couple in their 80s, stabbing one of them. he kidnapped the other and forced her to take him to the metro and that was his downfall. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey discovered why at today's se

this happened on lee highway in gainesville. powell, a special needs teacher remains in a coma now. her 12-year-old son carson has cerebral palsy. he's now recovering from a broken leg and greg powell hopes playing his wife's favorite song will bring her back to life. ♪ i think i love you, i think i love you ♪ >> always been sort of a -- he was her teen heartthrob. she really loves that song and it has special meaning to her. >> two gofundme pages have been set up to help with the family's medical expenses. they have raised about $40,000 so far. you can check out the nbc washington app for more information on those pages. >>> today, you can share your opinion about a proposed bill that would affect tipped employees in montgomery county. the council is considering a bill that would change how employers calculate tip credit for minimum wage employees. the public hearing is at 1:30 this afternoon at the montgomery county office building. >>> your property taxes in prince george's county will not go as high as you first thought. county executive rushern baker vetoed a 1.5% increase for

they had wind gust of 50 miles per hour. 43-mile-per-hour gust in gainesville. 41 with the storm a few minutes ago in manassas. another reporting station 36 miles per hour winds and falling temperatures. no surprise. high winds and torrential rain. we still keep the door open for isolated tornado threat through the evening with any of the storm that show rotation. i want you to unction that this is the beginning of what will be an active weather trend here because we will get hot and humid by the mid-to-late week. afternoon chances of showers and storms each day through friday and the weekend. busy part of the weather season just ahead. that is the latest. back to you. leon: all right, doug. right now the woman at the center of the tyrann mathieu trial in fairfax county is on the stand -- the center of the jesse matthew trial in fairfax county is on the stand. the trial started hours ago. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg spent the day in courtroom and joins us live with fairfax with the latest. jeff? jeff: emotional testimony for the last hour and a half as the victim had t

for the day that he can bring his wife kelly and their son, carson, back here to their home in gainesville, virginia. coming up on news4 at 6:00, why he believes that a nostalgic pop tune by her teenage heartthrob may help kelly wake up. the latest in prince william county, chris gordon news4. >>> new york state racing officials tell the news4 i-team they plan to launch an internal investigation into the death of a horse in the seventh race at belmont, new york, on saturday. that horse, named shook up, was euthanized after shattering his leg during the race. the horse was humanely put down one state official said. a new york equine review board will meet in the coming weeks to review videotape of the injury and determine the cause. the board meets to discuss and review all thoroughbred deaths in that statement the horse's death occurred minutes before the triple crown victory by american pharoah. thoroughbred horsing deaths are not rare. there were more than 100 horse deaths at d.c. area tracks in 2014, per an i-team review. >>> washington football players are teeming one another franchise

thunderstorm warnings mainly issued, the newest one until 4:45 fauquier county, advancing toward ashburn gainesville, bull run, the next couple of minutes. so, right there along 1529 this storm packing a lot of lightning and heavy rain with it another warning up to the north impacting areas like martinsburg, sheppard's town and boonsburg the next few minutes with a lot of lightning. the tornado watch covering areas to the east, isolated tornado possible, damaging winds hail and downpours, give you the timing of it all coming up in a couple of minutes. we will be right here. >>> quick shuttle flight to buffalo getting blown right off the run watch it happened last night from dulles. united express 3976 was trying to land around 11:30 ben the plane skidded right off the runway and into a grassy area. the pilot told passengers that a strong gust of wind carried the plane off the runway. much hit the grass 100 yards out in the grass. >> thankfully we stopped before hitting u drive. we were close. >> all the passengers got off the plane ininjured. >>> dozens of people are facing charges in new jersey a d

this happened on lee highway in gainesville. carson powell has cerebral palsy.recovering from a severely broken leg. his mother is a special needs teacher in clifton. >> she was an excellent teacher and a champion for all the students she teaches. >> two gofundme pages have been set up to help with the family's medical expenses. they have raised nearly $40,000. you can head to the nbc washington app for more information on how to help. >>> a frederick city police officer on desk duty after she wrecked her car over the weekend and was charged with dui. officer deborah kidwell was not in the vehicle when the accident happened. normally she's part of the criminal investigation division. her police powers have been suspended and has been reassigned while the department investigates the crash. >>> we expect to find out if deputies in spotsylvania county will start wearing body cameras. the board of supervisors will vote on that today. the grant would buy 43 body cameras worth more than $26,000. if granted, the county would have to match the government's investment. >

also looking good right now. 66 headed into town, pretty much from gainesville on you're fairly slow here. inbound this morning, outbound don't have any problems at all. >>> you know honestly they say you'll go through hell and back again but you'll love it when you get back and the results are good. >> you have probably heard that maryland governor larry hogan is fighting cancer. he has lymphoma. he'll take a couple of days off to undergo chemotherapy and then he he will have 18 weeks of treatment with chemotherapy. politic politicians and friends took to twitter and d.c. mayor tweeted that her thoughts about all this, saying that she's with him in his fight against cancer. former maryland governor martin o'malley wished him the best in overcoming the challenge. the prince george's county state's attorney office showed support by saying they're praying for a speedy recovery and anthony brown said he and his family will be in their prayers. the announcement comes five months after he took office. >>> and metro has to answer about the underground emergency and let's go live to megan m

quicken lopes national media day, this year's tournament held at robert trent jones golf club in gainesvilleof the talk centered around tiger's epically bad weekend at the memorial. tiger finished in last police,lace, a career-worst 14 over for the tournament and 85 for the third round on saturday. in his video teleconference, he said a lot of reps and a lot of rest.now, tying rest. now, tiger faking the advice of his caddie. >> tells me this past week reminding me to the point of annoying, like, man, take it easy on yourself. you haven't played that much golf. you never played last year and haven't played that much this year. you have been playing at home but haven't played tournaments. he says just take it easy, it will come around. just it all takes time. and i hate to say when he is right, because as a player you always want to be right. but he was right. >>> elsewhere now the redskins and texans will have joint practices at training camp in richmond august 6 through the 8th. houston, they will be featuring the teams on team hbo inside access training camp "hard knocks". they have a join

then 66 west of 29 there, gainesville, rolling along quite nicely. back with some travel times in ten minutes. >> melissa thank you. >>> 5:32 is your time right now. a rape trial in fairfax surprisingly ended before the defense could make the case, but the judge did convict jesse matthew. before the defense started matthew entered an alford plea. that means acknowledging that prosecutors have enough to convict him, but did not admit guilt. he was convicted of sexual assault for the 2005 attack on a woman in fairfax. >> the dna pretty much sold it. >> did you think you'd convict him? >> i personally, yeah. >> matthew faces life in prison when he is sentenced in october. he'll be back in court later this month on murder charges for the death of uva student hannah graham. >>> feminist groups say they'll take more legal action against the university of mary washington if it doesn't do anything to stop threats against the female students. this is according to "the free lance-star." the group filed a title ix claim last month, saying that people posted thr

this issue earlier, 66 east at 29 and gainesville, remember that is now cleared out of the way. that was there for a while.o major problems right now as we take a big look at 29 and b.w. parkway as well. aaron and eun? >> thank you. >> let's look at the bright side here. how about this, a break from the summer heat and humidity as we get the day started with a little more rain. even if you're not stepping outside in the showers, you're dealing with some cloudy skies here. >> tom kierein has more on the damp and drizzly day and the impact it will have on temperatures where you live. >> i like that, aaron, looking on the bright side. it is rather dark though. here's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera. clouds over the capitol looking like that downey comforter on your bed. these puffy clouds coming through are producing a few scattered areas of some drizzle and we have had a few sprinkles this morning but most of that is dissipated. but maybe a little bit of a drizzle around the metro area. through the morning commutes. so have an umbrella handy as you head out the door.

travel lanes are open, but it is jams back to gainesville on interstate 66.ince george's county police are searching for the gunman this morning. the homicide investigation is ongoing. d.c. police are searching for a sex assault and kidnapping suspect. that happened te 5900 -- run the 51 hundred block of ninth street bridge west. if you have information, you are asked to call police. the news is always on it wjla cut, -- w late that the be jail a.com. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't w, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. orrom now until june 8thth get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a two-year agreement. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v ♪ happiness hits like a bull

mainly volume from east to west like front royal, gainesville headed toward manassas and fairfax. that's the eastbound side there. you can see traffic starting to build as you get toward the beltway. it should ease up a little bit once you get inside the beltway. expect the delays for at least the next 20 to 30 minutes. around the beltway no issues as we just told you. free and clear. a live look at new hampshire avenue both on the inner and outer loop no problems there. the next update coming up in ten minutes. >>> we are following new information this morning on the mansion murders. police now say this home you see behind me still wrapped up in police tape was actually broken into. detectives are now tracking the stolen cell phones that belonged to the family members and they're also tracking the phone of the man who delivered the ransom money. he is 28-year-old jordan wallace. he worked as a driver, an assistant to savvas savopoulos. according to a search warrant, wallace lied to investigators about the $40,000 in cash that he dropped off at the house the morning of the murders

gainesville is rolling along nicely as well.1 with more on the possible delays this morning. >> thanks, melissa. >>> police are still trying to find the driver of a stolen car who hit another car in anacostia and then ran away. our news partners sent us these pictures. it up had near anacostia high school yesterday and the driver of the car that was hit did go to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. >>> we don't know how long a starbucks in alexandria could be closed after someone drove into the front window. take a look at this picture. you see the driver shattered at least one window at the starbucks in the bradley shopping center on king street yesterday. alexandria police tweeted these pictures, they say no one was hurt. >>> a young boy is safe after a massive tree narrowly missed him in northern virginia. the boy was about to leave the house in fairfax when his mother heard the popping sound and she saw that tree falling in slow motion and saw her son in the driveway. >> i was standing by the door of the house and i ju

the young gainesville swimmers are among thousands around the globe who took part in the world's largest swim lesson yesterday. they hope to raise awareness for swim safety and make it into the guinness book of world records. >> we're here promoting water safety. it's summertime. kids are in the pool. we want to make sure that everybody is well informed. well educated on ways to stay water safe in the pool. >> the event is run each year to promote swimming lessons. very cool. >>> for the first time this morning, brian williams is speaking out about his suspension and new role. also this morning the vice president is moving from d.c. to l.a. at least the one on tv. why "veep" will no longer film in our area. >>> and twitter users major changes are coming to the platform. >> those stories in a moment. but first, we want to check in with tom who is looking at our forecast. let's look out the window right now at the city camera. the sun is starting to come up. tom, we have been dealing with a lot of rain. >> we are getting a nice break thankfully. we had a lot of lightning yesterday, reports

. >> flash flood warnings are in effect from corpus christi to gainesville with a foot of rain expected to fall in some areas. already saturated ground and swollen rivers means that there is nowhere for that water to go. >> oh, the water shed. can't handle much water. and it will go somewhere else. it will go on the streets. >> in houston streets are still underwater after severe weather in may. the damage there so far is expected to top $45 million. the city could see another eight inches of rain before tropical storm bill clears out by thursday morning. dallas saw roadway flooding memorial day weekend. and the city has closed some streets and highways now and is preparing for emergency evacuations. >>> and a dallas emergency operation center is scheduled to open tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. john, most of this rainfall here in dallas accepted overnight upwards of six inches. >> heidi, thank you very much. our meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with more on the path of the storm. >> tonight we're going to be looking at a dangerous situation as we go into the nighttime hours things a

the west conditions dr in the rain is causing big, is through the area, beltway out past gainesville and centreville on westbound side of 66. also southbound 95. incident right near the area of 234 to the left-hand side. on and off we are slow through fredericksburg. this is a point i am starting to see a break in the interstate action. we have been looking at jammed up traffic since noon. something had to give at some point. across the 14th street bridge in northbound side of d.c. 295. plenty of brake lights continue there. heading to 295 past 100 eastbound route 100 in anne arundel county. the accident there now to the right shoulder. the inner loop beltway stop and go. toll road through connecticut avenue to the area of 202. eastbound 50 also jammed up to annapolis to the severn river bridge and the bay bridge joint brake lights as well. back to you. alison: robert thank you. have a great weekend. well, for tonight's working woman, shopping for clothes was a frustrating process. she stands at 6'4". and could never find clothes that fit her. so helen pappas took matters in her own

quarter of an inch in gainesville. less in manassas. less in martinsburg and frederick. hit or miss showers. temperatures, look at it. no more 90 for a little while longer but they will be back. 80 at reagan national airport. through the remainder of wednesday, scattered showers and an isolated rumble of thunder. we will wake up to sunshine. we will talk about the weekend weather possibility in more details in a couple of minutes. back to you. jonathan: thank you very much. the maryland board of public works is considering a plan to offer $20 million in state rainy day funds to pay for april baltimore riots. remember the riots were in response to the death of freddie gray in police custody. the funds could cover expenses to the deployment of the maryland national guard and other costs. kimberly: alexandria police officer shot on the job more than two years ago retired today. peter laboy miraculously recovered from a gunshot wound to his head. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in the satellite center with more from today's retirement center. jeff, i ima

. >> flash flood warnings are in effect from corpus christi to gainesville with up to a foot of rain expected in some areas. saturated ground and swollen rivers means there is nowhere nor that water to go. >> the watershed can't handle much water and it can't go anywhere else, so it's going to go in the streets. >> severe weather in may damage is expected to top $45 million. the city could see another eight inches of rain before tropical storm bill clears out. some streets and highways are closed now and the city is preparing for emergency evacuations. >> here in dallas, we're under flash flood warning until at least tomorrow afternoon. >> ok, heidi zhou castro live for us. as the tropical storm -- depression i should say moves in land oklahoma and arkansas have to worry about tornadoes and flash floods. let's bring in kevin. what are they looking at in the next couple days? >> we have a couple of things going on now. not only dallas, but we're still with everything down towards the south with this particular storm. here we are with the center of the storm bill making its way. we thi

if you make the drive on interstate 66 about 50 minutes from the gainesville to the beltway, off andg northbound as you make your way into the district this morning, the right lane is blocked at king street with accident cleanup. jummy: top stories right now thousands in the area are still without power after last night's storms. pepco reported about 221 outages . dominion has nearly 7000 homes without power. potomac edison reporting nearly 1000 customers without electricity. today's ceremony at 6:00 will be held outdoors at the medical center entrance and the u.s. navy band and kevin peter jones jazz band will be performing. if you need more weather traffic, and news updates, head over to news channel 8. why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or c

angela: typical congestion for the rush hour, starting back in gainesville, all the way to centrevilleou are on the brakes. king street, you are looking at almost a 15 minute ride. along the beltway it is slow going through alexandria headed into prince george's county. once you get in we have got crash cleanup at the baltimore-washington parkway. keep in mind that we are still shut down on baltimore-washington pike and old marlboro pike, i should say for that three alarm fire. that is the update on the commute. back to you. melanie: crews are on theescene of a fire at a restaurant in upper marlboro. the fire broke out at 3:30 this morning at tucker's restaurant which has been around for more than 100 years. the roof partially collapsed. it is still unclear what caused the fire. a former fairfax county police spokesperson child -- charged with child pornography has a preliminary hearing today. he was arrested back in april and is charged with possessing and uploading child pornography. you can get more news, weather and traffic updates on "good morning washington." have a great day. >>

speaker, i rise today to congratulate the university of florida in gainesville, florida, the lady gators softball team. the lady gators won the women's college world series in oklahoma city last night in defeating michigan, 4-1. this is the lady gators' second national championship in two years. it's a back-to-back national championship. and again congratulations to the lady gators' awesome softball team, their coach tim walden for his great coaching and leadership. i would like to end by saying it's great to be a florida gator. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarksment the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate mr. vick story on being named the 2015 swisher sweets sunbelt expo florida farmer of the year. this is a tremendous honor and one he truly deserves. as the head of his family's citrus business, mr. story has demonstrate add lifelong com