howard. also in fairfax county. he is the son of the ring's owner. there he died in 1972 and is buried at arlington national cemetery. >> he says i think i've discovered your father's naval academy ring. >> reporter: howard said his father wore the ring his entire career including when he helped research and design the amphibious craft that would help in normandy leading to the victory. how on earth did it end up in a patch of scrubby woods in fairfax county? howard learned the ring bequeathed to his now deceased brother had been found about a quarter mile from this home which his brother had owned forle years. family members believe the ring was stolen during a burglary in the 1980s. it is likely the burglar discarded the ring worried could it tie him to the crime. and there it lay until tom cowls and his metal detector found it to find a patriot and a beloved father. admiral howard said he was last at this home decades ago when he came back today, he said he was surprised by how little the area had changed. news4. >> you never know what you'll find.

howard counties into areas like eastern montgomery county the weather in prince george's county too, to baltimore. really important to focus on the rain and the cooler air, too, that will be coming in on the north side of this weather front. more rain too, coming through west virginia. that's about six hours away. so all that coming together with this weather system early part of the day on wednesday. we're at 52 baltimore, 65 here. there's the weather front. it's coming in. by tomorrow morning, you will need a jacket. our temperatures today got up to around low 70s. many neighborhoods by tomorrow much cooler. we'll talk about how cool and how wet our day will be. in fact it's looking like a pretty wet week. i'll have the totals coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> thanks veronica. >> developing tonight, a white police officer is being charged with murder in the deadly shooting of a black man in north charleston south carolina. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> that was the call officer michael slager made after he fired shots after 50-year-old walter scot

will exit pretty quickly from around sandy springs north in to howard county. about 7:30 or so. randalls town at 7:49 as they would quickly move to the northeast. and in loudoun county, that it looks like they will be towards the city of frederick. the other showers from meyersville at charlestown and over towards berkeley, a few showers there. our chance of showers will go up tonight and in to early tomorrow. but all in all, it's not enough for the yellow alert. a few showers, but most of that is late. and the bus stop temps tomorrow morning in the 50s. the light jacket or the sweatshirt. and then in the afternoon, we still have a chance for a couple of showers. but that will clear out on saturday as we said it will be a great day in the lower 30s in denver with the heavier snow to the west with a lot of 70s. this storm it will be a real big storm with all sorts of severe weather from kansas and oklahoma and down through texas and heavy rains on the gulf coast. but most of it will stay away until sunday night and monday and this stuff that we're looking at now

kevin: this is a 13-year-old thoroughbred mare alive today because of the work of a rescue in howard county. last july, a montgomery county animal control officer spotted zelda horses and six others on this acres in farm. her ribs visible. a paint style mare was worse, with internal parasites and badly cracked hooves. they charge their owner, robert curry senior, with animal cruelty. they say that the trough did not have a drop of water, even in the summer. >> the situation was deplorable. your heartstrings get old when you have to look at such conditions. kevin: within days of the rescue, one of the horses died from pneumonia but zelda and five other survived. >> we are here to help owners and save the pats. there are resources available if they find themselves not being able to provide. kevin: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: the judge sentenced curry to three years of supervised probation. he explained in court that a back injury kept him from caring for the horses. the loudoun county sheriff's office is warning local businesses about thieves trying to cash counterfeit bills. they just

the one little pocket we're watching it's moving into fairfax and up into howard county before long. see some moderate rains being shown by the colors in orange and yellow. right now around damascus eastbound into howard county toward west friendship and clarksville in the next couple minutes. another pocket too, still inside of montgomery county around germantown. that too, eastbound, but clarksville, north laurel area by 7:00 some heavier rains coming up and even seeing showers now northwest d.c. bethesda wet and right there around areas of 50 in the central part of d.c. right now along 66 more wet weather sliding eastbound. so once this makes its way eastward i do think we've got a bit of a quiet period coming up until more rain late tonight early part of the day tomorrow. you can see all the little waves of rain here stretching down into areas of again around areas of kentucky too, showers and thunderstorms there with severe weather. for us our best chance of severe weather and strongest storms i think will be at the end of the week on friday. we'll talk more about that in just a

metro area toward northern parts of prince george's county around laurel howard county and anne arundelnty. that's one area of showers. another to the south. right along 301 from clinton to waldorf. in through portions of saint mary's county. this area will continue to see the showers. that is umbrella all for the rain. this it just stays cold. a cloud/sun mix tomorrow. may be a couple of showers. cooler. high temperature, 52 to 57 degrees rm tomorrow it will be a very cool day. the temperatures average this time. year close to 70. we'll have a hard time getting into the mid 50s. 57 in on your friday. still cool and rather breezy. 59 on saturday. now, the weekend is going to be an interesting weekend. a lot of people talking about this weekend. saturday during the day looks dry with a high of 59. showers possible late saturday. and it could be just plain rain. saturday night into early sunday. this may last into the day on single. that's what i'll be watching. a 30% chang of early rain and then we dry out as we make our way monday tuesday and then another channel of rain possible into w

by 10:00 most of the showers now move into howard county and prince george's county on the east side of 95, temperatures still upper 40s, low 50s. we'll come back, talk about aier for friday. this time it's for something more serious than showers and drizzle. >>>. >>> who will replace the late marion barry on the d.c. council? early voting began in ward 8 monday and mayor muriel bowser has a candidate she is backing in this crowded field. >> bruce johnson reports some of the challengers today dropped out. turns out it's part of a strategy to stop the bowser candidate. >> reporter: this is ward 8 with roughly 70,000 people. it's got some of the most depressed areas in all of the districts, but developers have also discovered ward 8 and like what they see. >> we need to make sure that our residents can afford housing in the communities and neighborhoods in ward 8 they want to live in. >> reporter: it's a race that attracted 16 candidates, nearly everyone claiming to have had a special working relationship with the former councilman marion barry. >> i care about the people in this ward.

a few washington frederick, montgomery northern part there and into howard county. bus stop this morning, have an umbrella ready. a few scattered showers around in the low 60s, blustery winds. pay try to open up that umbrella. temperatures will be in the mid-60s between 8:00 and 9:00 at the bus stop and metro stop this morning. so have an umbrella handy. it will be a wet day today. in addition might have a rain coat. make sure you have some boots, 00. you might have to jump over puddles heading back home by later this afternoon. new updated storm timing for the day ahead just coming in. we'll look at that hour by hour that's coming up at 5:21. now melissa is looking at -- what is going on with the street there, is that a water main break? >> it is. brand new water main break we want to mention. zachary kiesch is on his way to this. but this is in northea at 22nd. randolph not a huge street but the intersection is kind of blocked. prince george's county no major issues. 66 into town 95 in and out of town everything looking quite good there. 270 at old hundred flowing

in fact, most of the showers are through now, a couple showers still around howard county, nothing crazy heavy. these showers that moved through earlier. so if you're headed on the east side of 270, still wet roads out toward olney and laytonsville, but for the most part quickly drying west of 270. we'll zoom in and is in the heaviest activity we could find now headed up across i-70 north of dayton, laytonsville just light sprinkles left and damascus, light sprinkles left, too. bus stop temperatures 36 to 50. you'll need sunglasses and a light jacket tomorrow. don't plant flowers yet. we are always tempted. you have to wait until mother's day. we could see frost north and west of town tomorrow night. in the meantime 8:00 tonight we're still in the 50s pretty much across the board. by 10:00 i don't know why futurecast is giving us a shower in fairfax. i don't think that's going to happen. i think we'll clear out and temps will fall. by morning we're in the 30s in gaithersburg, 39 in manassas, 41 in la plata, 43 in fredericksburg. by 9:00 we're still primarily in the 40s. notice a couple s

we've got some rain, it's a northern montgomery county and howard county and prince georges county, and yes, you do hear bruce and debra in the background. we'll take care of that. loudoun county, seeing some showers, but things are starting to really lighten up for you. and you can see it up to the north in demascus. there's a lot of rain right now. and there's been sleet, too. many reports of sleet tonight with this colder air mass. some temperatures now in the upper 30s. look at this. we are starting to clear out of washington and northern frederic county. it's a matter, maybe another hour or so, a lot of northern virginia is going to clear out. charles county, you are almost done here for awhile. and even in st. maries, a lot of that is starting to pull away from you, and the northern neck, those showers will pull out quickly as well. temperatures are struggling right now. it's a miserable night, front royal, 37. one of the coldest spots. along with frederic, waldorf 42, and this cuts right through you. we still have a few more showers overnight into early sunday. it looks like this

is wet on 270 from gaithersburg up to frederick and on interstate 70 from baltimore over toward howard county and 81 is all wet this morning and 340 as well as the light rain is continuing to move in from the west and we'll be continuing to move into our eastern suburbs in about another hour or so. there are those thickening clouds. a live view from our tower camera. a damp morning. rainy afternoon, we could have moderate to heavy downpours in the afternoon. we have rain chances over the next seven days as well. a mild start. we're in the 60s. it will be dropping as we get into the rest of the afternoon down into the 50s. next weather and traffic on the on

kyle is charged with putting a hidden camera inside the rams head tavern women's restroom in howard county was arrested back in february. he and his father own the rams head group. another woman filed a $3 million lawsuit back in march. he's accused of using that camera in early 2014. >>> major changes are coming in response to a deadly pedestrian accident last month in montgomery county. 67-year-old betty lew vest was hit and killed while walking in clarksburg. she was walking to the mailbox on the other side of the road. in response the u.s. postal service is now changing its route and people will have to move their mailboxes so they don't cross the street to get the mail. >>> detectives tonight are talking about what they say is one of the biggest drug busts in loudoun county. $250,000 sent to the suburbs of north virginia. police made the bust in a motel room in sterling. and as jackie benson reports now, one suspect tried to make an escape. >> reporter: as narcotics detectives force their way into this sterling hotel just before 3:00 a.m. deputies outside the building were astonished

on our way in and then in montgomery county across 270 in howard county. another 15 to 20 minutes.ou folks in upper marlboro is knocking on your doorsteps. oh give it half an hour or so. and that rain is coming up here. columbia at 7:22 and annapolis at 7:36. weather headlines, by the way you can see some of the rain just starting here in washington. but the temperatures are in the 60s. this is not a good thing. but the temperatures will end the 60s here today. 69 the high, falling in to the low to mid-60s. with heavy rain in to monday morning. with the flooding possible, they would turn in on monday afternoon, partly sunny with a warm day. the upper 70s to the lower 80s. some of those storms could be strong to severe. the forecast for tonight, 54 to 59 and then i think that arriving by the mid-morning hours. even thunder could be embedded in to the rain. tomorrow morning partly sunny, we'll warm out of the 60s in to the mid-70s. on our way in to the lower 80s. and that it will help set up the stage for the strong to severe storms, maybe 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. yellow aler

western howard county montgomery and loudon all expanded to the east.quier county and we could see some showers there. this is saturday tomorrow is dry. look at saturday. the later commuter models bringing the rain in even earlier. watch what happens by 4:00. everybody is seeing rain and the rain wants to stay with us right on through the night on saturday night so if you have plans on saturday afternoon or plans on saturday night make sure those plans involve an umbrella. i think you're going to be needing it during the evening on sunday. >> so yes, a very cold yigt for this time of year with that continuing. a slight sons of a monday and then i think i you can put away the glrs for good. >> that's what i thought last weekend. >> didn't we all. f . >> boy, did you see the caps tonight? they were o [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working or recharging do business travel on your terms. acela. take off. >>> boy, you talk about rocking the

howard county 21. and 80 maryland state troopers as well. >>> authorities say more than 4,300 people died in an earthquake in nepal. aid workers try to access areas near the epicenter. at least four americans are among the dead but others are still unaccounted for. >>> in just a few hours, the supreme court will hear historic args that could ultimately legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. the arguments center around whether states can define marriage as between a man and a woman. they will also look whether a same-sex union in one state should be recognized by other states. conservatives point out only 11 states have granted rights to same-sex couples through a vote on legislature. all other rights have come from court rulings. >> there's nothing in the constitution that says one way or the other what marriage policy should be. there's reasonable arguments on both sides of this issue. let's ask citizens and their elected representatives and not unelected judges make policies for themselves. >> all ey

here shenandoah valley this patch of green into montgomery county, northern loudoun and in to howard countyr to our south, a few scattered sprinkles in fair fax county prince william, very light sprinkles drifts off to the south. if you're about to head out keep up with the radar with the storm team 4 app. temperatures are balmy. water in the low to mid-60s shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. winds are gusting around 15 20 miles an hour. so rather blustery. by 8:00 this morning, some showers may be rolling through the metro area. that's when many of the roads will start getting wet. by 10:00, lights showers rolling on through. after that thundershowers should be getting closer to the metro area. another line of some showers. a swrink kell late this evening and by dawn on saturday most of it is going to be gone. and we'll get sunshine breaking out, blustery wind tomorrow and turning cooler. for the day today, we'll have a few sprinkle sthenthen shallome showers. winds. high temperature the mid-70s by midafternoon. there is an afternoon risk of some wind damage, very low risk from some

again it gets to culpeper first, then manassas, d.c., gaithersburg up into howard county. by 8:00 we're looking at rain and showers across the board with temperatures barely 50 in most locations. then we go the into sunday morning and still have rein and showers, temps upper -- rain and showers, temps upper 40s, low 50s and 3:00 we still have 1 batch of showers rolling through. maybe by 4:00 we'll end up with no more showers. it will take a while to clear out. you folks in the west will have a return to sunshine, probably even see the sunset sunday evening. 43 at 7:00. cloudy, yes, but dry. 48 at 9:00, 53 at 11:00, 57 at 1:00 but still dry. we've got a yellow alert tomorrow, sunday for light rain and showers, 59, 60 monday, a little more sunshine, a few showers. next seven days milder tuesday, upper 60s, near 70 wednesday. right now most of the showers occur wednesday night. then we're okay thursday afternoon and back in the mid- 60s next friday. >>> let's hope the wizards can keep the momentum going into this next game. >> good thing they're not counting on warm weather.

from all over our region including montgomery county prince george's county anne arundel county howard county and baltimore county have contributed resources as well as mta police and now, of course, the maryland national guard have been activated. that's an armored vehicle and it appears these officers are holding weapons. the question is what's inside those weapons. earlier today the baltimore city police reported that officers would consider these folks to be criminals. that they were breaking the law. that they would use pepper balls and tear gas to try to quell the demonstrations. so it's difficult to tell from this video, of course about exactly what they are holding, but that armored vehicle sure seems to be center of all the action. >> is this live? we have shots being fired. >> yeah. >> pepper balls, jim. >> i'm not saying it's live ammunition. this is a tense and dangerous situation. it's escalated from everything we saw earlier. a great deal -- rapid fire. a great deal of restraint as we noted earlier. and now it seems as though at least one of the gloves is coming off if not both

. >>> a group of women is suing a howard county businessman for allegedly putting cameras inside a bathroom. this isn't the first lawsuit against kyle muellerhauser. the baltimore sun says the latest lawsuit is wrt $20 million. he's charged with putting a hid willen dam are a inside the rams head tavern women's restroom. he was arrested in february. another woman filed a $3 million lawsuit in march. >>> the postal service says it's making changes to keep a section of montgomery county safe. last year a woman was hit while crossing the street to get her mail. she died. and now everyone on frederick road will have to move their mail boxes to the side of the street they live on. mail carriers will also change their routes in response. >>> a senator defiant and now facing a lengthy legal battle. bob menendez was in-tight order corruption charges yesterday. but he told a raucous crowd of supporters he intends to keep his seat. justice department says he used his office to help a doctor milk medicare for millions and to get visas for several of the doctors' girlfriends. in rush d.o.j. says menend

we also learned that hall and his passengers stole the suv during a party at a howard county motel on monday. the pooibfbi says while the then were wearing women's clothing it was not an attempt at disguise. >>> a music promoter was sentenced to life in prison plus 0 20 years, he was convicted of killing wesley king in front of his young daughter back in 2002. at one point detectives lost track of him after he assumed a new identity and created a successful career as a music producer. reynolds maintains he was in new york at the time of the shooting. >>> arkansas governor is expected to talk about his newly passed religious freedom bill. it is similar to the law generating huge backlash in indiana. hutchinson says he plans to sign his state's bill into law this week. critics including the ceo of walmart say it effectively legalizes discrimination against gays ap ss and lesbians. in indiana, mike peps oig says businesses are not allowed to deny anyone services. he's demanding his state's law be amended. and his reaction comes at the same time as a new ban on official travel there becau

that includes the chief. 25 were from howard county. maryland has more than 80 troopers in the city helping the officers of baltimore. >> shomari stone is live outside of the mondawmin mall. shomari? >> reporter: police have surrounded the mall and they are making sure that people don't loot because that's what happened earlier today. the violence started out here but i'm going to show you what happened not too long ago. my photographer shot video of protesters clashing with police dressed in riot gear and officers were forced to arrest a man on the street. police had to disperse crowds up and down mt. ave and many people threw rocks, bricks bottles at officers and the officers had their shields, their helmets to protect themselves from the flying objects. we came across a lot of different car fires and looters and a cvs going up in flames. this lawlessness that we saw and we saw peaceful protesters as well people mourning the death of freddie gray on the same day that he had his funeral. protesters want to know how did he receive that

it's for people in baltimore, anne arundel and carroll and howard counties. >>> before you head out tonats park this weekend double-check your e-cash account if you're a nationals season ticket holder. the team told us that a computer glitch caused them to double charge some accounts. the nats say the problem has been fix and the affected accounts have been credited. if you're still having some issues we have posted who you can contact about that on the news4 consumer watch facebook page. >>> the gnats are on the road in boston today. you might know. well if you're watching the game you'll notice that all of the players are wearing the number 42. all major league players will wear number 42 today for jackie robinson. today is jackie robinson day. it was 68 years ago when he became the first black player in professional baseball. >>> well, you may soon be getting through airport security a little faster. >> pretty good for your frequent flyers. a new service is being offered to speed people through the tsa precheck in five minutes. i have to see it to believe it. approved passengers wou

the other part of the line in howard county that's headed towards aspen hill. camp mill by 10:36.line slides down to the south and east. 57 degrees. 70 degrees by 11:00 a.m. that's just two hours we'll see the temperatures rise quickly. and you're going to notice more and more humidity in the air and with high humidity these high temperatures even though we're not going to see the cloud deck thin a lot, i think that will be enough energy for storms. here we are 1:00, gaithersburg to charlottesville to manassas and culpepper. look at that baltimore gaithersburg fredericksburg at 4:30 we're talking about. downpours, damaging winds, even the threat of an isolated tornado that could come during that time period. the heaviest weather fairly brief. high winds up there, gusts around 40 miles per hour. perhaps even higher in a location or two west. but 1:00 p.m. and as late as 6:00 p.m. and winds around 40 miles per hour. that could lead to a few branches down and a few blossoms around the tieded a basin. 64 degrees with the rain moving out of here already. breezy conditions from 9:00 to

we also learn that hall and his passenger stole the suv from a party at a howard county motel. the owner of the suv says he met the men who were dressed in drag in baltimore. >>> a wild and dangerous police chase left three officers injured. police tried to stop a silver pickup truck for a traffic violation this morning. but the driver sped off weaving in and out of traffic on the beltway, i-95 and the fairfax county parkway. that's where the driver 36-year-old lakisha tracy was stopped and pulled out of the truck. tracy has outstanding warrants for credit card theft, credit card fraud and identity theft. >>> in prince george's county some are complaining about a video showing a school security officer body slamming a teenaged girl. the incident happened yesterday inside laurel high school. the student was reportedly being belligerent and was not following orders after after altercation. she was picked up and slammed to the ground and forcibly taken to the principal's office. >> the incident escalated and the officer had to yous force to protect himself and students and staff a

howard county. going in as reinforcements. looks like they need a lot of bodies to form the human walls and going in with riot gear and need the bodies. they don't want them in the downtown area because they don't want a repeat of what they saw on saturday night. >> interesting about the vehicles right there is i don't see -- i can't really see the logo on the side of that one van but those do not appear to be baltimore city police vehicles. those look to be evidence markers right there on the road right there. that's typically when you cover the city of baltimore you see those when they find gunshot residue or some kind of leftover from a crime scene. so they may already be processing that scene. i believe this is closer up to the mondawmin mall area. these are television crews. >> just to update people we have been saying at least seven offers injured. one unresponsive. most have broken gone sbones. we have not heard of anyone injured as a civilian or protesters injured. >> we haven't seen mass arrests. i think we have seen

another 20 from howard county. >> this happened shortly around -- i guess around 3:15 3:20. this was an officer, they were throwing bricks at them. this officer was injured and was being carried out by his fellow officers in the barrage of bricks still coming at them and they were getting him into this assault vehicle because there weren't ambulances nearby. >> took quite a while for them to get him out of there. >> quite a while. it was about an hour or so before we heard from the baltimore police that all seven of their injured officers one was unresponsive. that they were at the hospitals and they were in treatment. two prince georges county police officers received minor injuries. let's update you now. a spokesperson julie parker says that their officers have been told to stand down. that that area around the mall is actually under control and calm. they have moved elsewhere. >> and this of course, is video of what we have been seeing. officers injured, bricks thrown and businesses being looted. that is checks cashed location on north avenue in the heart of baltimore cit

east of i-95 for the most part and west of there, in howard county and southern montgomery county. northern prince george's county, a light shower there and then west of there over to silver spring. showers in southern maryland and southern prince george's and crossing the bay and through the northern neck as well. still some wet streets here northwest washington. live view from our tower camera. a cool morning with drying pavement. mild afternoon. then may get wet again. later this afternoon as we have a chance of some thunderstorms coming through. likely this afternoon as those storms come through we won't get any severe weather. but some downpours with maybe some thunder and lightning. that's going to be mid to late afternoon. now let's check on the friday morning commute. melissa, what's happening? >> some of the roads are wet as you're talking about this morning, tom. wide look at things, beltway looking quite good. still have this issue again, scaggsville, 95 south at scaggsville road. you can see the right shoulder is taken up. as long as they get out of the way here that cr

this is about to move into olney around 1:08 and also georgia avenue and eventually move into howard county in about an hour. here's the deal. yellow alert tomorrow for severe or strong thunderstorms primarily in the afternoon. bus stop temperatures 48 to 60. take your umbrella. could be a couple early showers in the morning. you'll need your umbrella in the afternoon. the main threat will be damaging winds and heavy downpours. the big thunderstorms are possible between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. that's about the narrowest window we can give you at there point in time. 6:00 in the morning a couple showers possible here and there, temps just struggling upper 40s, low 50s and by 1:00 we're finally pushing back in the 70s. winds by this time will have turned south. the winds are now south scouring out this maritime air mass. more sun we see tomorrow, the better chance for severe weather. by 2:00 we're 75 downtown, 72 in leesburg and big thunderstorms in manassas and fredericksburg. don't get hung up on the exact location. suffice to say a line of heavy, if not severe storms will roll through tomorrow a

howard county is here. i think derek reported a short time ago that governor hogan has put the national guard on alert. they're available if needed. i think before the national guard comes in, you might hear the mayor declare some kind of curfew for these young people. most of the time the curfews are aimed at the young. they're the ones people point the fingers at as being responsible for most of this. a curfew is probably far more likely than thought at this point. again baltimore police and maryland state police and others have encircled the area around the inner harbor. it's closed. you're hard pressed to even see a boat in the harbor at this point. those open probably don't have lot of patrons. you mentioned camden yards and that the game has been canceled. the baseball commissioner himself is in town. that was a scheduled meeting. you got to believe he weighed in on closing that game off. that cvs store that had been looted earlier we're told it's now on fire. that's where a lot of this started. polic

even montgomery county, howard county fairfax county under that freeze watch.r warnings are way up here, the northernmost counties of maryland into the west i-81. that's where the temperatures are going to be around freezing if not below freezing. gaithersburg at 32 frederick hagerstown and martinsburg 31, 32 degrees early tomorrow morning. just how quickly will the temperatures rise? we'll hit the 40s by 9:00 a.m. 50s by 11:00. but that's about it. the clouds move in the rain will stay under the 60 degree mark for tomorrow afternoon. high temperatures across the area, 60 la plata, 57 around olney, 58 in greenbelt and college park. as far as the roads go we've got dry roads tomorrow morning. by midday it's looking dry with most of our rain after 2:00 p.m. but it's wet roads for the late afternoon/evening hours. what i like, though is that it's nothing too heavy until we get to early sunday morning. if you're going out saturday night, the roads will be wet and you will need a jacket. it's going to be chilly. we'll go from the 50s to the upper 40s tomorrow evenin

the little patches of green in howard county frederick county. they're tracking off to the east there. a few there, northern shenandoah valley. but these are going to be disappearing over the next half hour or so. prince georges county, down into the low to mid 40s there. most locations in the 40s. now dulles is at 50 degrees. reagan national is at 53. first light of day beginning to show up. live view from the tower camera. a cool morning but a beautiful mild afternoon coming up. even warmer than yesterday. but then showers likely moving in. during much of the day tomorrow. next week and traffic on the ones. your bus stop forecast for the morning at 6:11. alexis davies good morning. what's happening with the commute? >> good morning. traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia we are still looking good at this hour. no reports of incidents or delays on the inner or the outer loops. 95 southbound at route 644, just under the beltway, we have a disabled vehicle. it has been moved to the shoulder so not causing any signif

a freeze watch is in effect for parts of fairfax and montgomery counties, up through howard county, baltimore, prince william and falkier counties also under this freeze watch. so what does this mean? if you're in the freeze warning, low 30s tonight, frost and freeze concerns across the area. you do want to cover sensitive plants. it also means a cold start tomorrow morning. look where we're starting off, this is late april and we're talking about 32 in gaithersburg and frederick, 38 for a low temperature in washington, and 33 for those of you in manassas. it will be a dry start tomorrow morning, but i'm tracking this system that's impacting parts of the gulf states, texas as well. this will be moving into our area. i'll have the timing of that coming up in a little bit, pat. >> thanks amelia. >>> a huge rink, big changes coming for diet pepsi. >> the popular drink is ditching aspartame because of pressure from consumers. the new replacement and when you'll notice the different taste. >>> plus, what sparked an all-out evacuation at the statue of >>> everything is clear at the statue of libert

storm team 4 radar showing light rain and sprinkles in howard county that stretches into prince georges county and now tracking over anne arundel county over the next half hour or so. elsewhere, a few clouds are drifting through. bowie at 46. maybe a few sprinkles there now, but ought to reach the mid 70s by mid afternoon. absolutely wonderful spring day. pollen count is going to be jumping though. rockville, montgomery county in the upper 40s. should make it to the mid 70s by the afternoon. haymarket, partly cloudy. by mid afternoon maybe upper 70s by mid to late afternoon. a look at the hour to hour temperatures coming up at 6:41. now here is melissa on this monday morning. >> good morning, tom. we are still seeing volume building in montgomery county but no reports of ips departments in the -- incidents in the area. 66 heading toward the beltway, the taillights are headed to the beltway, but no reports of incidents. just a lot of volume. westbound route 50 at 197 the accident there has been moved to the shoulder two vehicles are there and we're seeing delays in the area. elsewhere, d

parks elementary school and northwest high in montgomery county of howard county as a whole also earned a rib on that. in virginia coles school. >>> it is earth day. and mother nature has brought us some big changes in celebration, i guess. >> we're talking some really big changes. insignificant ones too. everybody was so excited about the temperatures jumping into the 70s, the 80s. and now we're in the 50s. we've got some sunshine. we're starting to see things clear after the shower activity that we've seen around most of the area. the showers for the most part are now gone. not completely out of the region. right now toward the down area look at all the green on this earth day with that sunshine. it makes for a pretty picture. we were at 74 earlier. now down to 60. so that's a pretty significant drop. look at gaithersburg and baltimore. already down to 52 degrees. and you know we won't stop there. it will be a very chilly night as you move through region. storm team 4 radar tracking the rain. there's not much left until you get toward the south. saint mary's county had it a little whi

thoroughbred mare alive today because of deitte and her staff at days inn farm horse rescue in howard county. last july a montgomery county animal control officer spotted zelda and six other horses on this dickerson farm. zelda was badly malnourished, her ribs visible. but a 19-year-old paint style mare was far worse starved near skeletal. jasmine had scars across her body, internal parasites and badly crooked hooves. police charged their owner with animal cruelty. >> sad state of affairs. reporter: prosecutors say curry's trough didn't have a drop of water in the heat of summer and added that his hay was wheaty and moldy. >> the situation was deplorable for the animals. your heart strings get pulled at. reporter: within days of the rescue jasmine died from pneumonia, her immune system shot. the rest survived thanks to around the clock care. >> we are here to help owners and educate. there are resources available if they find themselves in the need of not being able to provide. reporter: in court a back injury kept him caring from all seven horses. the judge didn't buy that story and sentenc

is wet on 270 from gaithersburg up to frederick and on interstate 70 from baltimore over toward howard county and 81 is all wet this morning and 340 as well as the light rain is continuing to move in from the west and we'll be continuing to move into our eastern suburbs in about another hour or so. there are those thickening clouds. a live view from our tower camera. a damp morning. rainy afternoon, we could have moderate to heavy downpours in the afternoon. we have rain chances over the next seven days as well. a mild start. we're in the 60s. it will be dropping as we get into the rest of the afternoon down into the 50s. next weather and traffic on the ones. how is the commute now? >> looking quite good. beltway everything is green and moving along and a lot of that earlier construction of course is now getting pushed out of the way because it is 5:00 a.m. it's moving out of the way for us here. beltway at branch avenue everything looking quite good for us here now. 95 in virginia into town and out of town you are not having any problems. that earlier road work northbound as you are passing

light rain loudoun, fairfax, montgomery county headed toward howard county. light to moderate rain culpeper headed to i-95. southern maryland you'll be getting your raindrops shortly. p temperatures mid-40s to near 50. what to wear, maybe you can leave the frowny face at home. it won't be that bad. temperatures today hovers in the low to mid-50s. >>> we have high water on the right shoulder at colesville road so be careful in that area. and here is a look at travel times. outer loop at the beltway, 12 minutes. eastbound 66 between the beltway and glebe road 9 minutes. northbound 95 is 19 minutes. for more traffic when you get in your car, tune in to wtop 103.5. >>> getting some help keeping your classroom stocked. the steps many teachers are going to do cover the growing cost of supplies. >>> plus new developments in the last 30 minutes involving a cyber attack at the white house. what a top russian diplomat is now saying about accusations that it is behind will the attack. if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't

and howard county are taking part in this program. they will give low income children access to the internet and thousands of free e books. the president wants to connect 99% of students to high speed broadband internet in the schools and libraries. >>> not as many teachers are leaving the profession apparently. it found that 17% of new teachers left their jobs in the first five years of teaching. that is in stark contrast to previous research that said 50% of the teachers quit. the university professor says the numbers were an estimate and the new numbers are based on a survey. >>> stafford county teachers what i bear the brunt of efforts to close a hole in the budget. the school board has asked for more money for teacher raises and smaller class but the county budget gives the board $2 million less than the board's total request. the schools made up for that by cutting back on the raises and cutting funds to hire more staff. >>> 6:20 now. baltimore issic waking up this morning after a second night of curfew. this is the baltimore ci

. >>> police have charged six people in a string of commercial and residential break-ins in howard county. among them, these two. when investigators say that each of the other four people worked with ed and colin in one or more of the burglaries. when they discovered that the stolen property had been pawned. >>> new information for the volunteer deputy who shot and killed a suspect after confusing his gun with a taser. they cite claiming that the supervisors were ordered to give him credit for firearm training that he never got. they claim that the reports aren't true. that those sources are merely disgruntled employees. now the lawyer also claims that bates has hundreds of hours of training and complete police academy training when -- completed police academy training when he served as an officer. >>> he was shot in louisiana this morning. that deputy was directing the school buses in st. charles parish when he was shot three times. they quickly caught up with the suspect, but no one is quite sure why he did it. the deputy is in stable, but guarded condition. >>> and no, this is not old

western loudoun county frederick county and a freeze watch for howard county montgomery prince william, frost and freeze possible. cover any plants you've put in the ground. our average high temperature 69 today only around 62. it's been quite cool. now we're talking about rain moving in. but these temperatures that you see here will be lower through the weekend and they're going to come with some fairly wet weather, as i said. i'll take you hour by hour and show you when most of our rain moves in and just how hard it's going to fall at times. i'll have that in a few. >> thanks. >>> next week the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments from both sides of the same sex marriage debate. those arguments will get under way on tuesday. at issue, whether state bans on gay marriage are constitutional. same sex marriage advocates say states shouldn't be allow to discriminate while some religious groups say the court can't change the definition of marriage. the high court's final decision not expected until later it summer. same sex marriage is already legal now in 37 states and the district. >>>

in this area in loudoun county, washington frederick, northern montgomery howard county getting just a few light sprinkles right now. those may be spreading closer to the metro area over the next hour. right now low to mid-60s. breezes gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour. washington monument under a dry sky, but have an umbrella ready. we'll have bluster we rindswinds through the day. showers and thundershowers looking likely this afternoon and this evening. got your bus stop forecast for this friday morning next weather and traffic on the 1s. any volume building yet? >>> we do have control i'm building. 95 southbound approaching route 32, take a look here, just a little bit of volume. the deer has been cleared out of the way. again, just seeing volume green single tracking. 95 north at prince william parkway, there a crash reported. just a twlarng. one warning there. inner loop and outer loop moving along. randolph street at 22nd we have a water main break. zach, tell us how we're looking. >> reporter: d.c. water got the call about 11:00 last night, they say they will be out about 7:00

howard county says it's 40 to 50 officers, plus they've sent their tactical vehicle. anne arundel county has 35 officers there including their tactical and civil disturbance teams. we just learned within the last five minutes that prince george's county is now sending 55 fire personnel with as many as 12 of their vehicles later tonight. the frederick county sheriff's office deployed about 32 deputies earlier. the city of laurel has sent ten officers along with both of its armored vehicles. but now this afternoon governor larry hogan says police officers are coming from out of state as well including 300 from pennsylvania, 150 from new jersey, the d.c. mayor's office told me earlier today the district has sent 34 police officers and 20 from d.c. fire and emergency including their heavy rescue squad. but wendy, a spokesman emphasized that the city did not send any medics or ambulances. in fact, all of our local agencies say they are maintaining what they're calling normal staffing here locally in our area. of course, people may be asking about virginia. they say that the

a grand jury in howard county just indicted him for the murder of iva baroque watson. she was 81 years old. back in 1984 police found her body underneath some trees across from her home. clark was convicted in the murders of three other women so he's already in prison for life. inve connected him to watson's death. >>> a virginia democrat at the center of a scandal is suing his own party over a ballot issue. former state delegate joe morrissey wants the court to review the 750 signatures rejected by the democratic party on his application to run in the primary for a state senate seat. morrissey claims party officials deliberately rejected valid signatures. a party spokesman calls the allegation bizarre. morrissey has recently completed jail time for having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old girl. two weeks ago he vacated his statehouse seat to run for the state senate. >>> a new airline report card is out today and the department of transportation's air travel consumer report says 16 tarmac delays of more than three hours happened on domestic flights in f

toward areas of columbia maryland howard county getting the rain. more moderate rain and addison heights to hall's hill and d.c. some wet roads at 495 but it's what comes next a second line especially to focus on and doug has more on that. >> that line towards the blue ridge. the southern portions of the blue ridge to move in over the next couple of hours. you can see it here. future weather. happening right now. you notice where the storms are. down around front royal. as i put it in motion notice that line of storms very close to the d.c. metro area right around the 6:00 hour and notice 6:00 and there is that line of storms that we continue to watch. that's the one that we're worried about for severe weather to continue. that's 6:00. moving through towards 7:00 and 6:45 it's in through prince georges county and parts of southern maryland. that's what we'll continue to watch for the rest of the evening here. numerous severe thunderstorms likely with this. hail and damaging winds possible until 10:00 and that's why we have a tornado watch up until 1

many parts of the area, especially in through parts of northern virginia and baltimore, around howard county seeing some of that heavier rain. look around the luray region, back towards front royal, winchester leesburg, just south into parts of fairfax county again, very heavy rain. here is shf the some of the heaviest rain clark county, right down i-81, 66 toward front royal. front royal getting pounded right now with very heavy rain, some areas reporting 1 to 2 inches. rappahannock a lot of rain falkier, along 66 i guarantee 66 is not a very fun ride tonight. and then take a look around the woodbridge area, look around i-95, a little bit of lightning here. but it's really the heavy rain that continues right down from around newington, springfield, through lorton, woodbridge, quantico. one more zoom toward woodbridge, we'll show you exactly where this is. right around woodbridge and where lorton intersects with route 1. very heavy rain. we're continuing to see this area of spin. it allows the storms to develop and allows them to cool. that's why we saw hail in many parts of the region today

a 20 year veteran of the howard county police department resigned on tuesday. leon? leon: ok. one of those stories that makes you wonder if you have the right job. people who eat grilled cheese sandwiches tend to have more sex. that's right. and someone was actually paid to study that. the social networking site scout asked 4600 people all kinds of questions to find out if their love of grilled cheese translated to anything else about them and as it turned out, the answer is in the bedroom. alison: what? what a waste of time that study is. leon: like to get paid to study stuff like that. i think i would be freaked out by somebody who is a griddle next to their bed though. might be a little bit weird. alison: on that note let's go ahead and check in with doug and find out what's going on with the weather changes. leon: all right, man what's the story, doug? doug: stuck in this pattern here of very chilly air around the area and we're going to see the temperatures get back to spring levels. not at the moment. we're in the 40's and 50's still. farther west it is very warm and tha

a man picked hall up that night, took her to a hotel in howard county. but then hall stole that man's car and then tried to drive it past a checkpoint at the nsa. >>> tonight reaction that could lead to big changes in west virginia following a news4 i-team investigation. tisha thompson showed us how some women in the west virginia national guard say they faced retaliation when they tried to come forward with their stories of sexual harassment and rape. tisha is here with reaction from the state lawmaker who saw that story. tisha? >> doreen, last week we introduced you to lieutenant colonel teresa james the highest ranking guard member to come forward with a rape allegation in the country since the guard started tracking these crimes in 2012. she says she waited six years before reporting her rape fearing her 34-year career with the west virginia national guard would be destroyed, which she says is exactly what happened. >> her career was ruined and that she is being forced into retirement that is not what should happen to a victim. >> reporter: west virg

hall and a friend were picked up by a man in baltimore and taken to a hotel in howard county. that man says hall and a friend stole his car. minutes later, hall died and a friend was injured after failing to stop at that nsa checkpoint. >>> nearly a dozen people have wound up in the hospital after a dump truck rear-ended a metro bus. chopper 4 was over the scene a couple of hoursing ago. this is along new hampshire avenue near tracy drive in the white oak area of montgomery county. we're told no one is seriously hurt. investigators trying to figure out what caused this. >>> an 8-year-old boy started a fire in a maryland apartment complex. now dozens of people are out of their homes. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in suitland with new details on this. >> reporter: you can look behind me here and see that that fire started on the first level apartment and you can see how the smoke went up and the damage as well. luckily, everyone made it out safely. but, yes, as you said dozens of folks without a home tonight. we're looking at more than 50 people who

the national weather service has issued a frost advisory that now includes howard, montgomery countyax, prince william counties, and points west. if you planted anything today, make sure they are covered. but we will warm up quickly after the sunshine. 64 degrees by 1:00 p.m., and we top out near 70 degrees. also tomorrow, light wind out of the southwest between five and 10. we kickstart the workweek monday with nice weather conditions partly cloudy, 72. a weak weather front comes in tuesday, chance of showers. the weather pattern turns a little more unsettled friday into next weekend. even though that is not the best for allergy sufferers, the rain is always welcome, and it's good for the flowers we are starting to plant. kimberly: there is something about the perfect weather sunday. should we go out and enjoy it? robert: the true golfers say they could do either/or. kimberly: really? they are sitting back watching this young guy. robert: he is only 21, but age is nothing but a number, especially leading at the masters. and the team that was to win the world series is having trouble

montgomery county, prince george's county, howard county and state police. so i sincerely appreciate that support. i look forward to having more support come in tomorrow from around the region and put out calls to washington, d.c., philadelphia. we had had to go through the state to get the numbers up but we're getting the numbers coming so we're looking forward to that support. >> how many officers from d.c.? >> we couldn't get officers from d.c., because we had a state to state contact and had to go through state police -- >> how about national guard? those assets will be coming in? >> national guard are on the ground now here within our city. what we'll use them for is holding structures, and what you will see is when we go into a location we start to push the direction. we need to have them retake the area behind us. so having those number of assets are good and strong. i heard a question earlier did we plan for it? yes, we planned for it. that was not the issue. we just had too many people out there to overcome the issues we had to sustain the issues th