to thank you for buying the book, it's a good for every phase in age and thank the book -- the gaithersburg. >> i hope they have me back. >> i hope so too. thank you. [applause] >> book signing -- the book signing -- [inaudible] >> buy copies of the book >> okay. >> all right. >> hello, everybody, can you hear me okay, am i loud enough? i'm supposed to speak directly into this, okay, great. so just housekeeping notes before we get started with the conversation with damon young, i just want to welcome, everybody, tenth annual gaithersburg book festival, rain or shine, it's great to see everybody having a good time. the city that proudly sports art of humanity and please to bring you the great event thanks in part

gaithersburg 46, winchter 46 as well, 49 in baltimore.it's going to be a cold start to the morning, so just know that epping out the door. as far as the rain is concerneda we had couple showers earlier. that's all gone, all because of our storm system which has just beenhe rotating all t way around the eastda to just sitting and spinning here. new york this afternn, 49 and rain. that's just nasty stuff. they had kind of what we had during the day yesterday. we'll see better condions tomorrow areawide as that storm system moves on out. you can see the highs today. 64 was the high here, 52 in new york. event' raleigh at 67, tha really cool for them. you have to go way down to the south and west to get to the warmer air. that's where we're going to see it and that's where it's eventually going to move our way. this pattern shifts off. we'll see the cool air start to move out. we'll see this big ridge in the middle part of the country move closer to our area. b the key is where is it going to set up, because we're right on the line. cool to t

right now it's 55 in gaithersburg. 59 out in the shenandoah valley. planner, clouds around the morning hours. increasing amounts sunshine later on in the day. if we get the sun out a little bit sooner, w temperaturesl be a lot colder. close to 80 today and most of the maryland suburbs l in the to mid 70s. split the difference, call it 79 degrees for today. for tomorrow, going to feel like a hint of summertime. flip-flop weath a with high of 89 degrees. >>> taking a look now, chopper o headed out t a problem eatbound66 at 29 gainesville. be there in just a second. here's what's happening. this is anrn over t vehicle. the vehicle on the roof. you can see fire and rescue on the scene. they're zooming thi in. northbound 95 at prince william parkway had disabled vehicle. that is now gone but we see pretty good delays. inner loop and outer loop, no major issues. gaithersburg, northbound 270 erre near clapp road. two left lanes getting by that work zone. chopper 4, eastbound 66 at 29. gainesville just coming up on the scene zooming in about five miles here t

the crimes happened between 2007 and 2011 in germantown in gaithersburg. break in the case came when a private company tested dnaev ence in their data base. a sample submitted to genealogy websites. >> you may see this sign the flex-time you fly out of dulles -- the next time you fly out of dulles.au it says sex as on flights are federal crimes. the d.c. field office has an airport liaison team, agents o assigned t handle airborne crimes. the i-team reviewed an fbi affidavit. a massachusetts man is charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old next to him on boara flight to dulles frla tokyo t summer. a grand jury indicted george serigen with a federal crime. he's expectriday court on friday. >>> this week nbc news is highlighting mental health issues among children. it's called "kid under pressure." henew report shows t may not be enough resources to address the problem across the country. 21 states including maryland have a severe shortage. child and adolescent psychiatrists. doctors sa when it comes mental health concerns, it is important for parents t

gaithersburg, northbound 270, the local lanes near 370. left side blocked by an accident. right side is open. you.hank >>> this morning could be a tricky commute for those of you who use the gw parkway. >> that's right. all northbound lanes are shut down between chain bridge road and the beltway. the park services a ten-foot-deep sinkhole opened up on friday frcing them to close laneshe for t entire weekend. it's the second hole that's formed in this area since march. officials say the weather is to blame. >> this and the previous sinkhole that happened in march were caused by large rain events. it's all about water moving off the roadway and into the drainageystem that's built under the george washington memorial parkway. the good news is that crews have patched that sinkhole. but heavy rain from over the weekend then prevented them from finishing up the job. the park service hopes to open one lane before the evening commute. >>> meanwhile, a busy stretch of rock creek parkway is back open for driver in the district. crews finished their work that road more than a day ahe

there you go. 73 degrees in martinburg. 76 gaithersburg. 78 over towards gaithersburg. no rain right now, but we are watching this little area right here. the only area in the bookmaking its way down. it should die off before it gets here, but that was not the case ea lier. we sawese storms move through. they're off the coast. more storminess back towards the middle part of the country where they doiot need flooding continues to be ongoing. the second highest crest ever along the mississippi river in st. louis coming the next several days. they're still seeing rains.i seeing tornado watches through the south. this boundary has been here for weeks, and we've seen storms ride right up over this boundary. tomorrow we're going to see it again, and we'll see the storms in the midwest come our way.or 8:00 tomow morning, no problem. stepping out the front door is just going to be on the warm and mild side. humid too. 1:00, we'll see a couple of showers and more cloudiness here. watch what happens during the afternoon. here is 2:30. some showers and thunderstorms developing. an

gaithersburg, northbound 270 copper road, rate liight line b. the outbound ramp is blocked., 66irfax county parkway to the beltway, 62ur miles per ho gets you this in nine minutes. >> thank you. ow. it's 4:53 right how's this for a cross-country adventure? traveling on a trail that will stretch almost 4,000 miles across the u.s. for the first time in history, that could be a reality. here's what it could look like -- it's called the great american rail trail. it will ultimately connect he country on one seamless path using a series of existing trails and gaps. from washington state to right here in the district, while it will take years to complete, advocates say it will also allow americans to safely see the country from a whole new perspective. >> super cool. >> yeah. >> i wonder how many days it would take me to walk the whole way. >> more than days. >> right. years. >>> the people m kraft have a very special gift for moms this year. they're picking up the tab for the ysbabter. kraft says it will reimburse $50,000 worth of babysitter bills as

as for other issues around town, gaithersburg here at eastbound 28 at muddy branch road.ane is the only thing getting by the work zone. we're seeing delays there, as well. 66 and 95 looking quite good here right now. rough prince george's county, at the bottom of the beltway into town and out of town, no worries., chuck how we looking outside? >>oing to be a nice day to be outside today. sunshine aplenty. 14 hours and two minutes of daylight today to enjoy it. mhere in theth of may, so far it has been warmer and wetter than average. and not by a little, by a ot. the first almost full week of the month of may, 6.5 degrees warmer than average. inchainfall, almost a full above, very, very similar to last year when we had an incredibly warm month, 6.5 degrees warmer than average for the month. and nearly double ourrainfall, average rainfall for the month. so this is the kind of thing in a changing climate, warmer and wetter than average. these patterns have a tendency to lock in more severely. we'll see if we can get a break from the heat and the rain into the month. county -

right now they're close to gaithersburg. they're very close to leesburg, right around the ashburn area. this whole line, this is all the line that i'm i talking abo making its way down to the south and east. heads up montgomery county, heads up loudoun county. nothing severe, nothing too strong. heavy downpours and maybe a little lightning. the strongest storm i right here in towards st. mary's count. looks like it's continuing to strengthen. this is in st. mary county. heads up crossingver into calvert county over the next hour or two. all with a line that's coming through. ront that's ld going to move through that's going to change things big time for tomorrow. the big storm is what's happening out west.y, bothis is huge. you're talking 5 to 10 inches of snow, yeah, around the denver area. then you've got the tornado outbreak today. notice the tornado warnings already here. we have numerous tornado warnings already. we already have confirmed tornadoes. there are storm chasers all over this region. this is one area that we

started with the conversation with damon young, i just want to welcome, everybody, tenth annual gaithersburg book festival, rain or shine, it's great to see everybody having a good time. the city that proudly sports art of humanity and please to bring you the great event thanks in part with generous support of sponsors and volunteers, if you see them thank them. all of the great support. also, of course, please make sure to silence all your devices, we hope you're following the gaithersburg festival on facebook, twitter and instagram. if you're posing about the festival please use the #gbs hashtag. your feedback is also really valuable, surveys are available here at the tent and on our website, as you probably heard, you heard the introductions before, so i am submitting survey you'll be entered into a drawing for 100-dollar visa gift card. damon will be signing books after and book sales are in politics and pros tent. a quick word about buying, this is, of course, a free event but does help the festival if you buy lots of books, so the more books, the more publishers want to send authors he

up 72 in gaithersburg, and stnton, 81 earlier and now 79. we hit 71 today and todayur tned out pretty much what we were thinking. the clouds giving way to sunshine. all sun in southern maryland and fredericksburg and the shan do wa valley but a lot of cloud cover inch rockville and baltimore as well. showers, we have a couple here. let zoom on in. this is nothing so don't worry about ground clutter. north and west of winchester, fairly steady. they have not moved a lot in parts of west virginia. not going to amount to a whole lot. of you live in hagerstown, you may see some. it bumps the teeratures way up. fitoff, chances of storms around 10:00'clock tonight. maybe frederick or hagerstown. look at the highs, 87, record high is 89. we will be close to a record high temperure tomorrow. only 40% chance of storms but keep the umbrella ready and friday a chance of showers and saturday late andsunday, but no washouts. >> looks like rain to me. >> a little deceiving. >> thanks. >>> a navy admiral sword passed down from generation to generation now

. >> gaithersburg. a ramp to disabled avenue. >>irfax county to the parkway, 63 mis per hour. >> a gun went off inside of a classroom. >> no one was hurt but it keptu ts stuck in the classrooms for hours yesterday. news 4's justin finch is live outside the high school with more on thent stude who brought that gun to school. justin? >> reporter: aaron, thatst 16-year-old ent will not be in class. he's facing a charge of firearm on schoolgrounds. they'll try to get back to normal after yesterday's scare. hilton high went into secure status mode. police searched for a weapon. we did see parents hug e ch other tightly. police telling us it appears students brought a gun to school and showedt off. it will take hours later for the truth to come out and for the gun to be found. parents were alerted earlier in the day. they had to agonize and wait until they could hold their children. >> he's been going here every day. how long has this been happening.f ghtening for the teachers, students, the staff. my heart is just in many places right

our bakeries in gaithersburg at 8507 vicki and we're moving behind rocksville between the en metro cterking lot. so that people can have better access to pop off the metro and pup some goodies on the way. >> this is great. thank you both for coming in. sarah and angel, this is excellent. thank you for your time. aaron, back to you. >> thank you, ladies. >>> it has been a big year for race car drer will power. he won the indianapolis 500 and became a u. citizen. coming up, hear how he's feeling >>> welcome back. so it is not looking good for the redskins already. minutes intoyesterday's first team workout of the off-season, linebacker reuben foster suffered a potentially devastating injury. you could see the pain there. sources tell nbc sports washingtonha foster may torn the acl in his left knee. on just the third play of the y he wentwn in obvious pain. grabbing his knee. obviously it is a devastating turn of events for the skins as foster was expected to make a big impact with the team this season. >> had some bad luck over here for the last couple of years. but thishe one here takes

only 58 in gaithersburg and 55 in leesburg. a very chilly day for this time ofear and we hasome showers to talk about now. i think we'll see an increase in showers over the next few hours. you can see where they are. i'll zoom into that area. frederick, maryland and montgomery coty, howard county. few and far between. most of us dry tonight but most aroundk, frederic downtown frederick, you see the shower and wider view shows them settling on in across our region. so i do think as this storm system continues to spin, we'll see this area of showeon continue dc northward and look at the overall spin here and this kind of goesith what pattern is just sitting here across the northeast. we've got very cool air. the jet stream down to our south meaning very cool air forst of the east coast here. the warm air, way back to the west and talking about kansas, parts of texas and oklahoma. we want it to come our way. it will be pushing towards the weekend. but here's the thing. the jet stream is going to stop right here. some day thearmer

take a look at the numbers. 56 at gaithersburg, 57 reston. it's a cool night. it's going to beno aer cool one. a couple of showers. we have some towards anne arundel county. leesburg shower activity through loudon county, lumont county, too. they are not going to do a lot. sprinkles right now. all rotating around this area of low pressure. this big area of low pressure that's really just not spinning and moving off towardsas the e fast enough. it is going to continue to make that trek off to the east. look what it's leaving. i mean, vy cool air up into parts of the northeast. only 49 in new york. 45 in buffalo. there was snow today in the mountains towards vermont and new hampshire. back to the west. this is what we want to get into. the 70s and the 80s. they are back to the west, and that's the pattern right now. a verof warm dom area in the middle part of the country. cool air around our area.n that patter shifts. the cool air stays in new england. but we start to get on warmer side of things. we will be between very warm air and that cool air. but i think wa

look at th numbers right now. 52 degrees in gaithersburg. 55 campus springs.y chil afternoon for this time of year. take a look. here's the rain. we've seen so much of it. you know that. e've talked aboutl kinds of records. over 70 inches of rain since this time last year. more than 30 inches of rain above average. as we make our way through the next couple of months, looking dryer as we make our way to summer. i'll have my summer forecast. we'll talk more about this p coming u on thursday. looking down at the salt line. we'll be live down about but i've got my winter forecast. altalking about the potenor hurricanes and how much moisture i'm expecting this year as well. we do have plenty of rain still coming through. side.f this on the light we do have heavier showers. now back to the west, we're watching another area of showers down to the south around luray and front royal. right in here, this is right around winchester, up towards martinsburg, some heavier lightning strike or two.w right nooming right through winchester. this is going to move right along 7

gaithersburg northbound after montgomery village avenue, crash in the right lane. that is re. because people are headed out of town and northbound, we are seeing morissues northbound on 270. >> thank you. >>> 6:33. we're following two breaking stories this morning. the first innt fairfax cou police say one man is el dorado and two other people are hurt following ahooting at a shopping center on route 50 in chantilly. this hppenedabout 1:30 this morning. police believe they do have the shooter in custody. there's no danger to the public, we're told. we'll have a-report a 6:45. >>> and more breaking news this morning. british primeinister theresa ay announcing she is resigning after three years of trying to seek parliament's support for a brexit bill. sh will leave on june 7th. this announcement comes as president trump prepares for a state visit to britain. may would still be in office during that trump visit which is scheduled for june 3rd through the 5th. the latest on thisre bing news coming up on "today." >>> things may look a little different along the national mall as cle

mostly mid 50s inhe suburbs now. 52 leesburg. 56 gaithersburg. up to 62 at marine base nt qo.for afternoon temperatures today in the low 80s. so nice and warm today. subpoena's -- ssun' not down until after 8:00. the high downtown, around 82 degrees. download the nsbc washington ap. rolot of changes. starting tomor a lot more clouds and way tyler tomorrow. most areas will barely -- way bettertomorrow. most areas will be barely in the 70s. ne 15 degrees lower. the front comes southward down the i-95 corridor later today and tonight. enjoy the sunshine while we have it. you can see here future weather, mostly sunny today. really start u to lower and thicken up. tomorrow during the day, almost no sunshine at all. not a big rain chance. b there could a little sprinkle of rain mainly to the south of town tomorrow. it's not really a rain issue, it's just cool and cloudy. there's the ten-day outlook. low 80s and sunshine. barely 70 withtoclouds rrow. showers mainly in the first half of thursday. thursday afternoon might not be too bad. mid 70s.ck friday, ba too near 80 but thundersto

in arlington, 75 gaithersburg and 77 in leesburg. so afternoon temperatures in the upper 70 toss near 80 degrees and a likeliod of rain and thunderstorms beginning as early as 2:00 or 3:00 in the shenandoah or hanging on until 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. closer lookingth atiming of the weekend rain coming up. >> thank you, chuck. >>> this morning two perspectives of a montgomery couy police encounter now under investigation. >> one of the officers was recorded in a cell phone video using a racial slur toward a group of black m. megan mcgrath joins us live from outside of montgomery county police headquarters in gaithersburg with what the two sides are saying. megan? >> reporter: well there is a loy of controveurrounding all of this. and it began when police officers approached a group of african-american men outside of a fast food restaurant in white oak. now during the exchange with the men, which was recorded, a white female officer can be heard using the n-word. the incident captured on police body cam and cell phone video. police

martinsburg, 68. 68 in gaithersburg and germantown. 74 in arlington and over into district heights andnacostia. 64 in ft. meade, and 73 at marine basean quco. the dog-walking forecast, this is a 1 1/2-year-old mixed breed available for adoption. his name is chick like the jazz musician. humanerescueallian humanerescuealliance.org is where you can go tmaget him. i ine he drinks a ton of water with a tupg lightniongue . dry pavement, easy walks. it will be hot later and we'll keep an eye on the sky for isolated thunderstorms. i'll show you future weather totito place that out. now over to melissa. >>> good morning. new problem on 395. alexandria southbound 395 after duke street, lt side blocked by debris. sounds like it's a leftover construction barrel from earlier roadwork. that the rest of 395 northbound and southbound looks quite good. on the beltway now, falls church, outer loop n 66, right lane is getting by the work zone. this is a bit better than it was here this morning. it is still ain t bit slow. the rest of the beltway looks okay. in the district, southeast, vstbound pennsylva

reporting from gaithersburg, d maryland, drchris gordon, news >>> we have video from the late latest atm thef early. they entered the 7/11, forced the employees to get on the floor while a third person rammed a pickup truthrough the front of the store. they loaded the atm on to the vehicle and took off. nobody was hurt.e there have several atm theftin thefts like this in recent months. no one has en arrested yet. >> almost a regular category of news now. it happens so often. >>> today is world press freedom day. rk nightly news anchor lester holt is g the day with an update from the parents of journalist austin theis. he disappeared while reporting in syria. >> the parents are certainhe georgetown graduate still alive and they want to spread his story. >> we do ho that mor people find out about austin and they re motivated to encourage th white house, the state department, their congressmen, senators, to bring this american home. >> we know that austin is captive because he was a journalist, so the's nothing closer to our hearts, frankly, than freedom of the press. >> on nightly news

helped to maintain temperatures in the warm category this morning. 68 currently in leesburg. 66 in gaithersburg. 67 inorton andspringfield, virginia. your commute, we have raindrops early thtoday. nk we'll have some dry hours to get the afternoon started before ankeher li chance for rain andun even rstorms comes later in the day. not a big severe weather threat. there youee the cold front. that's the reason the rain chances are flowersing with time as we go -- are increasing with time as we gohrough theday. first raindrops moving in now. that's the steadier chances across western west virginia now. that's expected to arrive on the i-95 corridor somewhere around 7:00 or 8:00 this ening. right now, most of the light rain is in upper montgomery county, coming through the heart of loudoun county.th sprinkles norof manassas. this is inbound. light rain moving in on dulles airport now. so fairfax andll fa church and arlington and southern parts of montgomery county, don't be surprised to get sprinkles of light rain in the next couple of hours. otherwise, i thinkll catch a little break around noontime

gaithersburg 68 right now. 75 in leesburg and 75 in monassis. upper 60s and mid 80s and cooler than it was today. that threat for storms prevails 4 to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. let's tlk about when is a the best time to get something done. dining out i'd say tomorrow. i wouldn't let ranin chs cancel my plans. it's going to be a great afternoon and a really nice brunch as well. getting the car washed the only reason i'm sayingis friday we have rain chances here, here, and here. but if you want to jt go for it, go ahead. we might have high pollen though on wednesday. perfect pool day speaking of which is goin to be ednesday. temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 90s. it's going to be a scorcher out there. you're going to want to jump in the nearest body of water. yske a look at the next couple of da. by the numbers we have three days in the 90s. three days in the 90s means what? a heat wave. we're talking tuesday, wednesday, thursday and they're probably going to bump those up for tomorrow and wll see a threat for storms on tuesday and thursd

that actually came at midnight. 63 degrees. 7 miles an hour to the north. 57, gaithersburg, 56 degrees in huntington and 50 degrees in winchester. why some may get to the upper 40s. i don't think you will need thet j sun comes out, even at 6:30 or 7:00, the sun is hot. we have to look back to this storm. look how big this is. snowfall in denver, the biggest storm they've seen this late in may in 45 years. the tornadoes ongoing in the st. louis area. tornado watch in parts of illinois and missouri. for us, it's bringing us something first, warmer air from the south moving in from the frombringing in warmer air the south temperatures starting thursday and friday. high temperature tomorrow, 76. another beautiful day. doesn't getore perfect. light wind. 97 on thursday. on the warm side. 40% chance of showers or storms. we'll be watching that. 86 on friday and 87 on saturday. and even warmer sunday, high of 90. 86 degrees monday. memorial day. only a 30 to 40% chance. better chance next week. 90 degrees on sunday looking really good. thebeaches, in the 70s. who's going to the beaches? it'sm

right now 66 in arlington, 62 for gaithersburg. 57 in winchester. 63 in fredericksburg. not much of a rain chance early. a sprinkle.ha maybe tt's about it. otherwise, justdy clou. temperatures will gradually climb into the mid to upper 60s. today's high, right aund 73. that's probably going to occur today.around noontime plan on temperatures being back in the mid to upper 60s by 00 5:00 when you're leaving school and work today. for tomorrow, a cloudy day and higher chance of rain today. couple of showers in the morning. another little chance of rain during the afternoon. tomorrow's high temperatures in e mid 70 but with a 40% chance of rain. that storm out to our west omises a big impact on our weekend weather around here unfortunately and usually when the weather man says big impact on your weekend weather, that means rain. increase our cnces for rain on friday, saturday, sunday. it's all about the clouds building in. that wedge of cool air may ring out showers especially the farther south you live or travel today. the higher your rain chances will be. should be dryer

most of the suburbs comfortably into t 50s. 52 for manassas to dulles airport. 55 in gaithersburg, 56n bowie, maryland. the forecast for day, a warm day today. high temperature 84 degrees. a likelihood of some showers and storms. rr drew the aws to sort of give you an idea of where most of these are headed. mosof this now in central ohio is going to go just barely south and west. a lot of times what happens, the thunderstorms have little tflow boundaries that get left across the region. those boundaries end up being the focus for another better chance for stos later on. so slight chance for severe storms later on in the day today,ss especially acro northern virginia. slightly lower chances for bad weather today as you get farther and farther up into the state of maryland. there's the first chance for thunderstorms going down to the south. that's between now and about 1:00 or2: in the afternoon. but the boundary left sort of hanging around means thereill be an opportunity for thunderstorms between about 4:00 and 9:00, really in and around the d.c. metro area. that could include suburba

down to 42 in gaithersburg. the wind being up has keptd there from being anything in the way of a frost warning.th noneess, it's chilly. bundle up early today. the good news is sun's up before 6:00 a.m. his kids were at the school bus stops this morning. it will be in the mid 40s. outdoor recess today, afternoon play time for sure. overnight you can see the skies have been mainly clear. a few lingering showers over the eastern shore. they're moving away from us. our next little chance of rain will be late tonight. sunshine start to fini for the morning hours today. i do think there will be fair weather clouds bubbling up later ftin the noon. rain chances in the 10% range down to the south. it will be a little cloudy ov night and maybe a sprinkle tomorrow before we go back into sunshine. then the warming trend begins. near 70 today. mid 70s tomorrow. 82 on friday. maybe an isolated shower or thunder shower friday afternoon. not a high impact event. are you kidding me, melissa mollet. 80s and sunshine over the wee

mid 4 from dulles airport to germantown to gaithersburg, only 41 in thurmont, maryland. day will eratures t stay below 60 degrees. in fact, i think we'll be lucky to make 59 at national airport. cold and wet and showery weather all day long today. it may not rain every minute of the day, but it will rain at least four or five times today on you because already round one is leaving, round two is lying in wait down across central virginia. this low-pressure area here is taking its own sweet timeoving along. we'll be stuck with full cloud cover again for tomorrow.at fortunely a lot of the moisture will be lifting out. each though i don't think we get anythinin the way of sunshine, i don't think we'll get much rain. here's the rain on your monday morning. rain at lunchtime. rain for the evening commute. the rain will taper off overnight tonight. tomorrow, though it will be mostly cloudy, only ape 20% chance. a shower or two tomorrow. wednesday morning, clearing out. as a result, wednesday, the first half, will be sunny. although i think clouds will come back in wednesday aft

jackie agragri savette in gaithersburg. says your diet could be part of the problem. >> if you're allergic to tree pollen, the last thing you want to do is eat something that comes from the tree pollen, which would be a fruit or a nut from the tree. >> reporter: it'salled oral allergy syndrome caused by cross reacting allergens found in pollen and raw food. people who are sensitive to grass pollen may have difficulty eating carrots or tomatoes and celery for the same reason. >> later on in the summer when ragweed comes out it's watermelon and can't at that lopes that can beishy. >> as for the best way to get around the problem. >> peel the fruit, apple, cherries are hard t peelo i suggest you cook them. >> reporter: doreen gensler, news 4. >>> o the flip side there are foods and driks that could help you. look for anything with anti-intammatory componen things such as berries and fish. allergy seasonug lasts th october. we have a longays to go. >>> we are three days away coom the send leg of the triple crown. this morning w

it will not last. 57 in gaithersburg this morning. 60 in quantico. 60 on the eastern shore.shine. look at that jump in temperatures. from 50s between now and 7:00 or 8:00, quickly to 70 by 10:00 a.m. and highs around 82 degrees. not a bad day to spend ti outside. look how much cooler it's going to be tomorrow. only barely making about 70, maybe 71 or 72 for the high tomorrow. a big drop. almost no sunsomne at all trow. here's the culprit, this area of low pressure is going up to our north. but more important for us, high pressure over the eastern parts of canada is going shove this anld front down into the richmond and roe areas. we call it a back door cold front because co's ng from the east while most come from the north and west. the back door cold fronti w bring the cool northeast breeze off the ocean. that means a lot of cloud cover. not a high chae for rain tomorrow, but i cooperate rule l out a sprin or two of rain. dsre comes the clou thickening quickly during the daytomorrow. then opportunities for maybe a drizzle drop or a sprinkle mainly from washington southbound

she was part -- gaithersburg high school on friday.he was speaking to more than 500 seniors who walked across the stage with people cheering them on. ongratulations to all of the graduate in the class of 2019. look, she's taking ase lfie. >> got to post it. >>she was little nervous. >> i haveto done in two weeks. >> you do? >> yeah. lake braddock high school, the patriot center. i'l.be all right >> got to inspire. >>> it's not common for one graduate to and out at graduation. >> right. but one four-legged grad named keith and his owner stole the show at the university of maryland baltimore county's commencement. take a look as erica hatcher receives her degree in mechanical engineering. her service dog and his custom made cap and gown right by her side. loyal as ever. just as he's always been. >> he knows my m evee before i think it sometimes. i joke -- hes let me know stuff happens before any of the medical devices can pick it up which is incredible. >> hatchet says she's looking forward to starting her nex chapter with chief by her s

. >> report : lifetime gaithersburg aquatics manager sean gaffney says knowing what to do is key. first up, swim lessons early are essential. >> they're going to be more confident and better swimmers. r orter: and teach kids from infa ty how to float oneir backs. something else to stress, that waiting, patience could be lifesaving. tell them you muff give them the green light before they head in. make sure they're clear on the pool rules. no running, horseplay, and only diving in designated areas. take breaks, and a good plan to follow -- >> if you're child can't swim more than 25 meters consecutively, you should always remain within ten feet of them. >> reporte avoid air-filled ffoaties. >> unrtunately they can deflate or pop. >> reporter: and remind them how to ask for help. nastly but perhaps most importantly, k cpr. >> there's a lot of neighborhood pools or back yard pools or your going to the beachor the lake where you don't have that access to a lifeguard. so you know, it's greato just have more people who know cpr the better off we'll be. >> reporter: as for bella, mom jess

investigators in montgomery county are also working to figure out who set a minivan on fire outside of a gaithersburgome. look at that. this is what's left of the vehicle after it was found burni along killgreg terrace yesterday morning. crews put out the flames, but they need help figuring out who sparked them in the first plac >>> major changes are coming to one of the most dangerous roadways in the region. starting saturday, there will br threeing speed cameraslong indian head highway. few weeks people have died on route 21 ise thatty will king county spoke -- tracee wilkins spoke to one of the activists marking change. >> a lot trek. any people have been lost along the way. we're doing the best that we can to chae behavior. >> starting saturday, those roving speed cameras will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. they will move from location to location along 210. the cameras are the first of their kind in the state and were made possible through legislation. >>> it is 4:37 now.gi we our top stories withve se weather in ohio. as many as 80,000 people are without power after suspected tornad

we're told they both live in the 200 blockof booth street in gaithersburg. there's a panera bread and bb and b tnk there. one is 81, the other 89. the pair were last seen driving an ivory covered lincoln mkx, a small suv-type vehicle. it has maryla license plates. be sure to call montgomery county lice if you know where either of these women might be. aaron, eun, back you. all right. thank you. >>> 4:05. this morning, democratic calls for attorney general williig barr to r are growing louder.>> house speaker nancy pelosi has even gone as far as accusing barr of committing a crime. she sara the attorney ge lied to congress when he was asked whether he knew whether robert mueller was unsatisfied withfhis summary o the russia report. this week we learned mueller sent barr a letter telling him as much.ti at the, barr said he was unsure how mueller felt. yesterday barr refused to appear edfore a house committee because the democrats plan having a lawyer question him. the justice department said that was improper. >>> tennessee congressman steve coen wanted to sen

this morning, 46 in gaithersburg and germantown. 49 in stafford and freder ksburg. 52 in manassas. there's your planner. unshine the first part of the dayment a lot of clouds -- day. a lotof clouds later with the risk of passing owers. you'll need your fleece this morning, and i'd take the umbrella with you, melissa mollet. you're probably going to need it. >> i always have fleece on me. >>> gw parkway between 123 and the beltway, all lanes blocked as wehecked a few minutes ago because of the sinkhole. we'll learn in a minute when they think it will reopen. mclean, outer loop between hegeorgetown pike and t toll road, right lane blocked by a work zone. falls church, outer loop between turnpike, tle river right lane gets by the work zone. silver spring, southbound new hampshire avenue near the beltway. left lane is getting by the work there. n? >> thank you. >>> now to moreon that first 4 traffic alert on the gw parkway sinkhole melissa mentioned. the northbound lanes are still closed from route 123 to the beltway. the national parks service says the weather and other factors have d

northwest winds are out there, 61 now in gaithersburg and leesburg. 60 in martinsburg. way out here, western maryland, up by deep creek lake,

visibility down to only a mile nowpa in ts of howard county, urnld a mile from -- under a mile from gaithersburg to esburg, frederick unty, maryland. be on the lookout for thick fog. lower speeds and low beams on. temperatures haven't really rived a lot du the overnight hours. we've stayed mostly in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. it's 55 in lorton and manassas, 54 ileesburg, 57 in ellicott city. the forecast for today -- i , promise you'll see more sunshine, and it will be warmer day. yesterday, thought we were going to be close to 80. we barely made it to 70 yesterday in washington. meanwhile, just down the road, richmond yesterday was 88 degrees. that weather is coming back with a atorm chance,s well. i'll time out the rain cting up laer on. for now, back to th. >> thank you. >>> 4:02. a local african-american scholar and prossor is demanding change at a lo school. he said his asgrandson w called the "n" word and threatened with violence. >> this happened at horace mann elementary school. michael eric dyson said 6-year-old max was going to lunch with friends when another person called him t

temperatures mostly in the 50s to around 60. 61 in fredericksburg a washington. 58 in gaithersburg now. 60 in charlestown, west virginia. so your forecast then for today -- once the fog gives way, sunshine will break out probably around 9:00, 10:00 this morning. it tlln very warm and a bit humid by early may standards. and there is a likelihood of some thunderstormtoday between 3:00 and 8:00. an even higher chance for rain tomorrow. nfortunately, pretty high chances for rain both days over thereeekend as this aa of stormess finally com our way. i do think the tail end of the weekend may have some promise to be dry later on in t day sunday. but much of sunday morning is going to be lost to raindrops.in today's ra coming to us from parts of ohio and pennsylvania. here's the future weather -- this is echigh-resolution fort model. a bubbling up of rain and thunderstorms between 2: and 4:00 coming east of the blue ridge and coming riht through the heart of the city here during the evening commute. take your umbrella with you todayth those derstorms will be around again, 3:00 to 8:00 or so,

this morning, 46 in gaithersburg and germantown. 49 in stafford and freder ksburg. 52 in manassas. first part of the dayment a lot of clouds -- day. a lotof clouds later with the risk of passing owers. y'

it has been really quite nice the last couple of days. 63 gaithersburg. 58 cu eper. and we're going to be in the 50s early tomorrow morning. just know thath anoer great start to the day. tonight, no ain. tomorrow. seeing any rain we'tll track a little sys em here that is going to try to pull through. another that moves across our boundary. this is tobig-time ss. we've got the tornado watches now. again, from south of chicago, s,just west of st. louind look at the red boxes here. each one of the red boxes is a tornado warning. numerous tornadoes on the ground. and we have had some damage from these. we're going to be watching the e storm cour way carefully. there has been ais moderate r for severe weather across this region today. tomorrow that risk shifts over to us. with is rea slight risk for severe weather. that normally means one or two severe thunderstorms in our unregion. arod.c., parts of southern marylartd, pa of northern virginia. in the enha ted risk,hat means three or four severe storms happening. if you get one around hagerstown, frederick, over towards b

gaithersburg. rights i am a civil lawyer. i am asking a question with regards to why you believe there needs to be a higher standard of high crimes for the impeachment when a misdemeanor is not defined as a high crime, but it is the basis upon which impeachment can be had. when donald trump made intements regarding africa d.c., there is a law, and it is a misdemeanor to disrupt a white house or any meeting that results in obstruction of a meeting, and that is a misdemeanor. if you are focused on the specific elements of activity, he has already committed many misdemeanors. i'm not clear why you're not focusing on those and are only .ocusing on the high crimes guest: the constitution says high crimes and misdemeanors. virtually every constitutional scholar agrees that high modifies not only crimes but misdemeanors. forcould be executed committing a misdemeanor. any statute and the district of columbia that would prohibit the president from saying the disgusting thing he said about african countries would be unconstitutional. a

an american the gaithersburg book festival, live this weekend on book tv on c-span2. senate judiciary chair lindsey graham has introduced legislation to address the number of immigrants seeking asylum at the u.s. border. some of the provisions include requiring asylum request to take place in the country of origin and expanding the time that a family can be detained together. to give more details on the legislation at a news conference alongside u.s. customs and border protection chief operating officer john sanders. senator graham: today i'm going to introduce legislation about our southern border and the acting border control director will describe the problem our folks are facing at the border and this is all focused on central america. there's been a 54% increase in people apprehended at the border , family units. before it would be a lot of young males trying to illegally cross into the country. now we see people coming as family units. the number of asylum claims coming from central america is going through the roof. the number of unaccompanied minors coming fro

then, the gaithersburg book festival in maryland later this morning. can see all the details on www.c-span.org. melanie and ventura, california -- in ventura, california is next. news that is your watch. watchhed the hearings -- the hearings. i don't think the news is all that off. there's many organizations. --bc, i wouldn't watch fox there's quite a few agencies that have proof, that have backing, that have information on the mueller report. we now have a dictatorship. i'm very concerned about this. host: how much do you engage online about the news? how much time do you spend on twitter or facebook sharing news stories, engaging others? day.r: 2-3 hours a 6-7.d to spend i had a heart attack over trump being president. so, i had to slow it down. host: have you ever changed your opinion after engaging with someone online about it? caller: i keep an open mind about things. it's really hard when you see it happening live. you know what i'm saying? middle-of-the-road as a democrat. i'm not far left or far right. i'm right in the middle. it is hard to dis

jackie is an allergist at family ent in gaithersburg.he says your diet could beof pt he problem. >> if you're allergic to tree pollen the las thing you want to do is eat something from that tree. >> reporter: it's cross reacting llergens from pollen or raw foods. >> or they get an itchy mouth or hives around their mouth when they eat a juicyse peach becau it's come from a tree that has pollen on it. >> reporter: peoplsi senve to grass pollen may have difficulty eating carrots or tomatoes or celery for the same reaso l >>ater on in the summer, watermelon and canty lopes are related to the weed family. >> reporter: ragweed can trigger reactions eating bananas, cucumbers and sunflower seeds. the best way to get around the problem. >> peel the peach and apple, cherries are hard to peel. i suggest you cook them. >> reporter: on the other hand, there are foods to help allergy sufferer anything with anti-inflammatory components, things like berries and fish. it usually lasts through october. something to think about. hard to givep sunflower see

temperatures, look at that wind and we will see the increasen chance of showers and maybe fog. 63 in gaithersburg, 73 in fredericksburg. and cooler air has moved in because of the cloud cover. it's all south of fredericksburg, south of fredericksburg closer to richmond and i-. traveling there you will run into heavy rain. it's starting to creep to the north. the front to the southmoves to the north. you can see it right there, a boundary right in the . that's what i'm talking about, moving up to the north towards our region and a much better chance of showers overnight and today and tomorrow. cooler washington, d.c. in our area. and to the south we get back into it. i mentioned the chance of showres. hethey are overnight tonight. not everybody. don't be surprised to see areas of drizzle and shower activity early tomorrow morning. heads-up there. ba to 77, after a cool part of the day, most of the day will be cool and we start to seein ease seeing clearing late in the day. 60% chance of showers and only 40% saturday. there's mother's day. temperatures around 57 with rain, heavy rain. we'll talk mo

in the 40s across the shenandoah valley. 50 degrees in district heights. 49 in gaithersburg and germantownin falling waters, west virginia. your forecast for today. bright sunshine. pretty much all day long. there will be a gradualcr inse in high clouds later on today. no chance for rain today.af ternoon high right around 76 adegrees. ourrage is 77. so perfect weather for the month of may. not too humid, either. n too breezy. for tomorrow, things start to change a little bit. mostly cloudy in t morning. here's a tiny chance for a sprinkle of rain tomorrow. i think the real issue tomorrow will be later on in the afternoon. ton ownload our nbc washi app. we'll have our full interactive radar feature available. this big swirl of low pressure out here that's brought 20es inchf snow to the high country west of din very not to mention all of the severe impact during the second part tomorrow afternoon. all high and dry, in the afternoon about 3:00, 8:00. the chance of thunderstorms comes through here in e afternoon rush. they could be strong to severe. we'll keep you posted on it. rest of the day

a lot ofice in this forecast. 70 degrees in reston. 73 degrees in gaithersburg.nd nothing on the radar currently. we won't see anything big. the big deal is the temperatures. we've been on the cool side three days in a row. we were above average a second day. we have been on the coo side for sure. the warm side to the south and it will move ouray in a big way. yesterday, i had the head to our south, this boundary, jet stream around us. the cool air will be sliding back and forth just liker this. fonow, it looks like the warmer air wins this battle in a big way as we make our w the next couple of days. 56 degrees at the bus stop -- i almost said atir the art. you have a flight out, great. 77 degrees by the time we're picking up this kids. there's the theme again, nice, nice.nd a lot of niceness coming up. 84 on friday. 89 on sunday. 37% chance of afternoon thundershowers. could be some friday. how about tomorrow. weather day at nats park. we will be there at nats park. we're talking to 3, 4,00 kids talking about weather. all of storm team 4 will be there to talk a

jackie agra savet is an lergist in gaithersburg. she says your diet could be part of the problem. >> if you're allergic to tree pollen, the last thing yo want to do is eat something that comes from the tree pollen, which would be a fruit or a nute from the tr >> reporter: it's called oral allergy syndrome caused by cross reacting allergens. people who ar sensitive to eating carrots, tomatoes and y celery for the same reason. >> later o in the summer when d ragweecomes out it's the watermelon and can't at that lopes. >> as for the best way to get around the problem? >> peel the fruit, peel the apple, peel the peach. cheris are ha to peel so i suggest you cook them. >> reporter: doreen gensler, news 4. >> never thought about breakfast foods to preventie alle on the flip side there are foods and drinks that can help you if you lookyt for ng with anti-inflammatories, things including berries and fish. allergy season lasts october. we have a ways to go, chuck bell. >> just getting started. rain to wash the pollen away? no help today. our

we will start to see changes during the day early tomorrow. 73, gaithersburg, 73, manassas. 72 degreeswe won't see anything today. tomorrow, we're watching a couple systems here. really, the system i'm watching is here. the system causing all of then havoc the middle part of the country is still spinning near minnesota. this will kick offornadic thunderstorms as well. this whole system moves our way during the day tomorrow. that will do a couple things for us. ise our temperatures, high of 87, mix of sun and clouds. warmer, and raisemi the huty tomorrow. talking afternoon storms, some could be strong, possibly severe, enhanced risk for severe weather in parts of maryland and we have a chance for strong storms. if you're doing garndening, tody is a good day and tomorrow might be. iffy >> tomorrow a littleffy around midday hours, a chance for showers and then around 4:00 p.m. start at 61 degreesnd a lunchtime tomorrow, 78. the experts at maryfield garden center says to inoduce your kids to gardening early by planting sunflowers or elephant ears. sy to grow plants and they grow really qui

this is a video of a mang wavin a machete in a parking lot in gaithersburg.the teen is a member of the notorious ms-13 gang. prosecutors say another man was involved and alreadyd. sentence >>> new details in two major trafficking arrests of humans s.volving teenage terrell armstead used an instagram hashtag with messages. the so-called "dates" took place in cars that were around 11th and 12th street between k and n streets in northwest. adolice also me a second unrelated arrest on alleged human trafficker who charged young women $1,000 a day to be their so-called career manager. >>> an update this morning. a d.c. catholic priest arrested for abuse. a priest at shrine of theacred heart in northw late last year was charged with child sexual abuse after three people accused him of abusing them asteens, but the statute of limitations had run out on two of the reported assaults. after the accusations came to light he was charged with two more crimes invo ming aor and a woman. according to our news partner, te will plead not guilty when arraigned may 24h. the washi