i'm lauren ricketts. maryland's top cop is leaving. long-time federal prosecutor rob rosenstein begins work in the coming days. that's u.s. deputy attorney general. while rosenstein is stepping into a new role, he'spp one of the biggest in prince george's county. scott macfarlane sat down with rosenstein to talk about the fup of that case. >> reporter: rod rosenstein oversaw thousands of local cases, serving since 2005 in three presidential administrations. among the big local cases he's handled, the high-profile ongoing prosecution of deante careaway, the prince george's county elementary school aid who has pleaded guilty to exploiting children to produce pornography. rosenstein brought federal charges in that case and secured the guilty plea without needing to call any of the children to court as witnesses. >> when they are facing that federal prosecution, most defendants who are guilty will realize it's in their interests to plead guilty. you don't have to go to court at all. it's really important to b

. >>> and we'll get a check on the forecast with lauren ricketts right after this. >>> lauren rickettsd to see. >> we do have fog out there. and the rain. so just a nasty situation as you head out the door on this saturday morning. unfortunately, we'll be dealing with rain all throughout the day. we need it. but we have rain in for tomorrow. and it will be coming back throughout your saturday, so it won't be raining the entire day. but it will be light with some showers light and heavy later in the day. but by 2:00, more rain that will continue to pulse through the region on your saturday as well. so a good rule of thumb, keep that umbrella with you. and tomorrow. lauryn is getting ready for a full hour of news and weather. that will start at 9:00. for now, back to the "today" show. >>> and we're back. saturday morning, april 22nd, 2017. we have a fantastic crowd on the plaza. >> i feel like ohio is really represented today. >> a lot of people from ohio today. what is going on? >> ohio is always well represented. always folks from ohio. they will get to see us cook up a little bit out

we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts. , unfortunately, we havehe rain as you said, angie, most of the day and pretty much through the day tomorrow. some areas will be dry tomorrow but not all. we'll show you what is happening out there right now. we have a few showers out there. and this is going to continue to pull through the area as we go through your saturday morning. unfortunately, we are getting dry spots, but that won't last for long. another batch of rain will continue to move through the area. look at that fog. it is going to be a little on the foggy side as you head out the door. temperatures right now are 61 degrees. we're going to continue to drop. we'll spend most of the day in the 50s. now, we are also going to spend most of the day on the wet side. we'll time out the rain for you and let you know when to see the rain spots coming up in a bit. >>> thank you. 6:31 this saturday. a fallen officer brings people together. the jacai colson remembrance >> it's overwhelming. >> no shot! >> i feel joy. >> reporter: d

. >> kind of a dreary start with lauren ricketts tracking the rain moving through. what about the day today? >>> we have more rain moving through our area. but the good news is it's getting rid of the tree pollen out there. we'll go ahead and show you what is going on out there. we have the rain moving right on through in batches. so we will get some dry spots out there. and then we'll also have spots where it will be a little on the wet side. so you can see, again, some rain will continue to fall through we have another batch of rain down hsouter that will move on tghing the midday hours and into the afternoon. but just expect rain throughout the remainder of the day. so we're going to time it out for you. and we thought tomorrow was going to rain all day, not the case anymore. we'll let you know exactly what we're thinking for that sunday coming up in about 15 minutes. guys? >> lauren, thank you so much. and right now, clean up continues in takoma part and other parts of montgomery county after fast and furious storms swept through the area. this is what it looked

. >>> and we'll check on the march forecast with lauren ricketts right after this. >>> let's get you s now. it's a rainy morning out there. >> i know. we'll get your saturday underway. bring the umbrella. rain continues to move through in batches. so we'll continue to see the rain heavy at times throughout the day. but again, pretty much the name of the game today is rain showers. also, we have some rain in the forecast. temperatures will be in the 50s today. just a wet and cloudy day. temperatures tomorrow stay in the 50s. rain mainly south of i-56 tomorrow and south of route 50 in maryland. througut well. >>> thank you. keep tabs on lauren's updated forecast on the nbc washington app. we'll see you on air in 25 minutes. >>> good morning. >>> good morning. tough talk. with north korea threatening to conduct a nuclear test as early as today. vice president mike pence warns the u.s. is willing to take military action if necessary. that as president trump promises a massive tax cut and a big move on health care all within just a week to go until he hits 100 days in office. but can he de