brandon bies, superintendent of manassas national battlefield park. he has a masters degree in applied anthropology, and as mentioned, a long career in the national park service. he was legislative coordinator for the national capital region of the national park service, project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington house, robert e lee's historical home worked on the george , washington memorial parkway, great falls park, and he will be, as you just heard, the topic of his talk today is the unprecedented discovery of field -- of field hospital burials unearthed and appomattox -- at manassas national battlefield park. please welcome him. [applause] >> i really looking forward to sharing this unprecedented story with everyone here. again, i have the great privilege and humble privilege of being the superintendent of 5000 acres of some of america's most hallowed grounds. i feel that to give the obligatory 30 seconds of why manassas battlefield is an important place, we preserve the scenes of not just one but two incredibly significant civil war bat

first of all, as a mentioned, manassas. you had union and confederate, but you had two battles.dn't know going into this if these were remains from the first battle or from the second battle. this bullet is really significant. caliberier had a .577 british enfield bullet lodged in his femur. i will step away for a quick second, the soldier was shot read about here. the bullet would have entered. right about here. -- he was shot right about here. the bullet would have entered right about here. he was shot right at the rear end. the bullet entered sideways and lodged in his femur. you don't see that, forensically. essentially one bullet struck bone lick of this, they would blow it apart and keep it going. the reason the enfield bullet is really significant is there were enfieldw if any muskets being used. this was an important weapon being used by both sides during war. but we don't know of any regiments from the southern side who were using these at the first battle. we are not even sure that there were any union regiments, so this would have been not the type of ordinance even t

bull run, manassas, coming upon not l after the top of the hour. if it hangs around long enough, by sterling before 5:30 in the morning. we're under the risk for severe weather. a marginal chance for severe weather from the blue ridge to the bushenandoah. on and east of the i-95 corridor, a slightly higher chance for stronger storms. here's future weather to help you lan out yourday. there goes that first chance for rumbles here between now and 7:00 in the rning. there should be a break in the action late morning to around noontime. a peek or two of sun possible. that actually is not working in our favor. sunshine will destabilize the atmosphere. here comes the highest chance r we're weatherill be this line here between about noon and that's probably going to be our primary chance for severe weather. could get it later than 5:00 acrossouthern maryland. have your storm team 4 and nbc 4 app we'll send push alerts for severe weather warningings to your phone. and there's your weekend foreca s. after army day today, breezy, chilly sunshine tomorrow. mi

manassas museum. light display, music, family fve for eone at the manassas museum. >> one love is celebration of life with the arts. it's a muimedia event. >> in georgetown we say -- the georgetown french market happens this week and bonus the first 250 people to show up tomorrow and sunday get a free beret. awesome con happens at the convention center in downtown d.c. with thousands of people celebrating all things comic, fantasy, and fun. so downtown will be a l more lively than usual this weekend. speaking of superheroes, "avenge "avengers dgame is in theaters and according to reviews online fans are pretty pleased with the whole situation so far. no spoilers here, though. i'm tommy mcfly and that's what we've got on tap for your weekend here on nbc 4. >> do you know what you're wearing for awesome con. >> sn. >> still working on it. have two or three outfits. >>> news 4 is working on this for you. we're committed to sharing stories on our changing climate. still ahead, we are highlighting a local

manassas, sudley manor drive at the parkway had a crash reported.oo 66 lng dry overall. it was a little wet a short time ago. northbound on 95, gets a little slow toward woodbridge. but very expected here at 5:30 in the morning. aaron? >> all right. thank you. >>> it is 5:32. back to our breaking news in northeast d.c. >> police are on thef scene yet another attempted tafm robbery at a 7-eleven -- atm robbery at a 7-eleven. megan mcgrath with more. good morning.te >> repor well, good morning. yeah, we have seen a lot of this lately. a truck used to smash through the front, the glass front of a convenience store, in the attempt of taking an atm machine. this is the latest incident that syou can behind me here. you can see that the truck here still inside or at least partially inside that -- the 7-eleven. it appears to be stuck. in this instance, the robbers did not gethe away with machine. they actually fled the scene and left the truck right there where you see it here. in fact, the tow truck driver has been spinning wheels trying to get it out. it seems to be wedged on

a second day of o love manassas is about to begin.u are onlyng waiti for the this to arrive ♪ >> reporter: one love manassas features filming, photography rad music. many events intective. >> encompassing 9:00 to two on saturday a great free event free books, public readings for the children. >> the center of the arts hosting the virginia museum of fine arts mobile in the back of the parking lot the entire weekend. >> i want to tell you about a dance event that we're hosting at the center for the arts on teturday from 7:00 to 10:30 p.m. it's appropr entitled "love to swing" featuring live music by the silver tone swing band. >> on saturday night, there's an event called "turn on your light, " which is an opportunity for everyone to gather togethere at tavilion and they're going to be given globes, which will light up, and that is a representative of your n dividual light, that whe come together as a community, that we all share our lights together. >> reporter: and artsy. >> during one love i'm putting on a demonstration a11:30 on sat

right now, 56t international airport. 49 at dulles airport. 4 nbc 7 manassas now -- 47 in manassas. 49 near germantown, maryland. a comfortably cool start. e little chance for showers, this is the storm in the great lakesme lakesment -- great lakes. the cool front is moving through central ohio now. that ripple of moisture chances is going to be coming our way. it will dry before it gets east of the blue ridge. that will be a little opportunity for a showr two later into the probably sundown or later. let me walk you through fature wer. a dry start. most of us can leave the umbrellas at home. here's 6:00 in the evening. ry between been 100% now and 6:00 tonight. between 6:00 evening and 's midnight, thehat tiny little chance for a fewhowers ere west of the blue ridge. that will dry up overnight. the front will go through. il will be a little cooler tomorrow, itbe breezy tomorrow with winds back from the northwest.lo 80s expected for today. the planner shows a comfy startn p at 6:21 this morning. 82 for the high today. tomorrow, breezy but highs only in theido upper 70s. a better chance

searchne love manassas. >> 6:14 is the time. a live look oside on this saturday.y start but a storm team 4 weather alert day. lauryn ricketts tracking what could be stron o gusts wind coming through our area. eck in with her right after this. >>> now to our changing climate series. e all know human activity is a major cause but we can be part of the solution. this horning news leon harris speaks with local inspiring others to make a difference. >> reporter: it's one of the biggest i festivals d.c. throwing tens of thousands of people and some of the biggest names in music. take a closer look. this party is really a call to action. >> how are you making it cool and active to be engaved about environmental issues? p have tol together or we're going to pull apart. >> reporter: together the man behind the festival, working to redefine cool. >> especially yetting youth active, their hands dirty, its make you care more about the environment. >> reporter: the fruits of their labor sprouting up in urban community gardens across bustling parts of our city. >> you're not ta

the manassas museum. we're talking a chasing light display -- ♪ >> music and family fun for everyone at the manassas museum. >> one i love a celebration of life with the arts. media event so there is a representative of all different kinds of art. t in georgia, we say wee w the taste of france andus bon, the first 250 people to show up tomorrow and sunday get a free beret. awesome con at the convention center in downtown d.c. with thousands of people, most of which in costumes celebratinghi all ts comics, fantasy and fun so downtownor will be me lively than usual. and speaking of superheroes, avengers: end game is in theaters. is is the massive conclusion to the epic marvel journey and according to reviews online, fans are pretty pleased withhe whole situation so far. no spoilers here, though. i'm tommy mcfly and that is what we have on tap forour weekend here on nbc4. >> thank you, >>tommy. so we turn things over to amelia because we're in weather-alert mode. gray out there w now. son do things startin p

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ntana at virginia, no problems there. 66 in bound slow into manassas. woodbridge, just a little slowdown. live look at 270 and your travel times coming up. >>>ha melissa, you. coming up on 6:02. ecently president trump m his 2020 budget plan public. not everyone is happy with what he proposing. >> one area that may face cuts, the chesapeake bay. this morning seral governors and others are hoping to save it. drew wilder h the details. good morning. >> reporter: eun and aaron, good morning. the president wants to cut funding that directly benefits ou drinkin water and this morning mayor muriel bowser is joining the governors of virginia and maryland telling congress they shouldn't cut spending but actually increase it. in president trump's 2020 budget proposal he again wan to cut funding to the environmental protection agency. under that umbrella a 90% cut in funding for the ongoing eanup in the chesapeake bay. this is working to improve our drinking water and build up resilience to rising watle ls due to climate change. right now the program is $73 milli

prince william police say mohammed taha threw a brick into heman's home in manassas and later ran over with his car.ov he then to the islamic center mosque in gaithersburg th and hit a man is car there, too. >> i was walking back to my car. then i saw someone in the ditch, and he was -- had a big injury on his face, on one of his e ws, and his ha also hurt with one finger broken. >> now, the victim is expected to survive here. ta facing several charges including vehicular murder. >>> names of the people killed yesterday morning a driver was going the wrong way in the howard nd lanes near road. look at this incredible video. a car smashed into two other vehicles. during all of ththis, anoer car swerved to avoid the wrecks and actually slammed into aet ce barrier. police say lance way of silver spring and audrey wimbish of south d.c. bot died. we don't know which was driving in the wrong direction at this time. >>> and the fire marshal's office thinks smoking materials left outside caused flames to spark. a woman and her granddaughter killed in chesapeake beach on thursday. strong wind g

we're in the upper 60s and low temperatures. 68 in washington. 67 in gaithersburg. 69 in manassas. clear skies out there. few clouds are going to move in overnight tonight. we'll have partly to mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow seasonal allergies. still feeling them the mold spores have come down from high to low. grass is also running low, but trees continue to run high out there. here's a look at your planner for tomorrow. we wake up comfortably cool at 53 degrees. long sleeve light jacket kind of weather at 7:00 a.m. maybe an isolated shor out there, especially north of washington. for most of us, wednesday is going to be dry. around lunchtime we're in the mid 60 a high tomorrow of 69 degrees. but plenty of clouds around, sespecially during theond half of the day. 7:00 tomorrow on your wednesday, it's dry, but it's cloudy and we'll have temperatures atin th in the mid 60s. we then look to thursday. thursday is a day to plan something outdoors, whether irs during y lunch hour or after work. take the kids to the park. we'll have increasing sunshine. it's warm with a high temperature o

manass manassas, an accident there as well. suitland, in bound before branch avenue, disabled vehicle. n? >> melissa, thank you. time is 6:32. tracking two breaking news stories right now. we start with this deadly fire at a i home old town alexandria. take a look. video from the scene on south pitt street next to duke street. fire officials say anlderly woman was killed. her husband and two petsere rescued. news 4's justin finch will have the veryomatestg up in 15 minutes. >>> our other breaking news story is out o prince gorges county. another atm has been stolen after a smash and grab at a 7-eleven. >> we have some images from the scene. the store is on watkins park drive in upper marlboro. police think someone crashed a car into the store around 3:00 in the morning. as far as we know, no one was hurt. this is video from a seven eleven. police weren't investigating whether similar guys were involved in thefts in d.c. and baltimore. >>> deadly shooting in prince gorges county. police have identified the victim as merlin ramir

this is outside of manassas beyond the rest area. we had one broken down but vdot move quickly to the left shoulder. route 1 betweenarragut and 43rd, water repairs ongoing. the right lane tied up. chopper 4 on sncerville road. we'll head up to old columbia pike. word of a crash here -- you see the activity that's off mostly to the 7-elen p lking last. tht side getting by. on metro, we had earlier issues. expect residual delays on the blue and yellow lane from an earlier track problem at international airport. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> we are following breaking news this morning out of southeast washingt. >> a man has died following an altercation at a metro station. news4's justin finch joins us live now from the potomac avenue metro station with more on this. justin? >> reporter: d.c. police tell us this happened just before midnight. some kind ofen altercation betwe this man and other people that led to a stabbing. we're told this happened just above the escalators here at the potomac avenu metro station here. i can

look at the 84 leesburg. 84 manassas. it's just gorgeous. tomorrow temperatures will drop by about 5 to 10 degrees. we've got a cold fro making its way down. you don't see it here, but just to the north, this is where the front is. you can see storm located. the trailing cold front giving up thunderstorm 50 in towards pennsylvania. if you live near fullton, you're seeing the showers. they may make it as far south as hagerstown, winchester. that front will cool things during the day tomorrow a little bit and more so ase head into the day on thursday. this is future weather overnight tonight. tracking that area to the north. watchow these showers move on through. around 10:00, 11 :00, in toward our region, before dying as they move on in to the area. tomorrow it gives us a few clouds early and then we reall start break out again. sunshine in the afternoon. then another round, another frt moves through. we've got rain coming in tomorrow night into thursday. thursday has the rain on the book in. >> tomorrow is going to be another nice day overal

brandon bies, superintendent of manassas national battlefield park.e has a masters degree in applied anthropology, and as mentioned, a long career in the national park service. he was legislative coordinator for the national capital region of the national park service, project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington house, robert e lee's historical home worked on the george , washington memorial parkway, great falls park, and he will be, as you just heard, the topic of his talk today is the unprecedented discovery of field

manassas over towards the centerville area, coming in right around 70.ce afternoon for no rain now. we did see showers trying to form. again, the atmosphere is very dry. we're not going to see rain today. we are however going to seeto rn rrow and a lot of it unfortunately. we've got thema storm system ng its way our way. we're going to see the wind shift out of the east and that will give us cooler temperatures. highs in the 50s. with the rain, kind of a nasty day. the shower activity and rain to the south of washington, by noon it is area wide. once again tomorrow morning periods of rain and then it comes in for just about everybody during the noon hour. look at that. just i time for the evening rush on your friday. we're just talking nasty conditions. the kids get home fro school and guess what? they've got to stay in the house. baseball ot his first game tomorrow. don't worry about it, buddy, you're fine. game will be canceled. that is not a good thingre when yo starting off your season. ill seeing some shower activity. starting to see it exit the reg

threat manassas. a cold start to theay for sure. out there right now we're still quite cool for this time of year. 61 degrees wre the avera high is 71. we're well below that. temperatures will drop. could see shower activity as a cold front -- frontal boundary makes its wayhr tgh. 58 right now reston. petch down towards camp springs. some real cool numbers. no raincurrently. what i'm watching is this system up here. you have a little bit of a storm system. you've got cold fronthere, warm front draped across the area. we're going to see a chance of showers tonight. maybe a chance of a thunderstor tomorrow. look at the numbers. 61 here. 53 in ocean city. really cool air coming in off the ocean. backo theest much warmer in the 70s to 80 degrees. that's exactly where we will be tomorrow. we do get in the w mer air tomorrow. looking pretty good all in all. high temperature tomorrow into the 80 degree range. sun rise at 6:12. a nice start. temperatures will be about where they are now, but that's expected. that's actually a little above a

windchill now21 in manassas. 18 until winchester. 20 in haown. even 23 for our friends and neighbors down in southern maryland this morning. your commute, the good news -- dry roads in, dry roads home. ay.rain t it will be a rather blustery and windy day. temperatures will struggle to get to barely above 50 degrees. forecasting 52 for the high toanay. that iseven ten degrees colder than average. there are milder days befo we get to the weekend. more about that coming up in a few. good morning, melissa. >>> good morning, chuck bell. taking a look at the roads here is morning. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, don't have any issues. we have the situatio though, in fort washington. this is going to get harder asr the g progresses. a couple of minutes ago, this was a yellow color. now we've gone red, meaning much slower than it was. fort washington northbound indian head highway, 210 betweer fort washingtd and old fort road. left lane getting by the repairs. that will be in place for the morning. very slow. that's what we're expecting. 95 in mar

there are areas below freezing. 26 in manassas. 28 in lacolumbia, ma. sunshine early, clouds coming about noontime. there's a risk for raindrs after 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. not expecting a big impact on traffic, thgh. more on the extended forecast on into the weekend coming up in a few. >> aou right. see then. thank you. >>> 6:03. we're following a developing story out of maryland. for the second time in about a week, a perso been hit and killed by an amtrak train. >> just like last week's incident, this one also took placege in princge's county. this happened just before 11:00 on the tracks just north of landover near the new carrollton station. the train was heading from d.c. ad phphia. we're told no one on the train was hurt, but the accident caused delays for those traveler police say t person was trespassing on the tracks. officers have not released their name. you may remember jus last monday a different amtrak train hit two people in bowie. one of those people died. investigators say those people were also trespassing on the tracks. >>> want

i 65 manassas. we'll warm today to a high of 74. so a mild day out there. but again cloudy with some light rain showers. i'll behr walking tough future weather tomorrow houroy hour t show you potential for heavy rain and a fewbl rumes of thunder around 11:20. >> we'll see you then. >>> this morning a heartbroken father of a 21-year-old man killed in a bethesda fire is thankful to have justice foris son. former stockbroker daniel beck has been convicted of the murder in 2017, he hired him to dig tunnels beneath his home for a e broke bunker and a f out and he couldn't get out of the labyrinth of tunnels he died under the house. his ther spoke after cord -- after court saying this proved his son's life matters. >> i'm very happy wh the verdict. it has streed my strength of faith in the justice system. >> i saw a situation where a person had absolutely no care whatsoever for the welfare of this young man. >> reporter: beck wit faces 30 years in prison when he isen sentd in june. >>> this afternoon a judge will decide whether a u.s. coast guard lieutenant accus

this one is going to continue to move towards manassas and over towards the i-95 cordor. th wider view showing this all moving through. all moving from west to et across our region. take the umbrella with if you'll be out tonight you probably will need it from time to time. the wer view showing the strong storms. all these yellow areas, these are sever thunderstorm warnings. pink is the severe storm watch. we haven't see those since last severe weather season. first severe thunderstorm watch in our area well to our south. that's where we think most of these strong severe storms will go. we've got a lot of rain to get through over the couple of hours. it will move by 8:00, 9:00, should begin to wine down. how about this,83 though? winds out of the west at 16 miles per hour. the warmest day we have seen a fa year. a very warm day out there after what was a fantastic weekend. look at the numbers. 71 in hagerstown. 81 in frederick. 83 culpeper. 85 in huntington. 85 degrees today and a little on the humid side. here's the storm that's moving thuaugh. it's ay connected to a big

manassas, eabound 66 after prince william parkway, lanes blocked by a crash there.rfax, eastbound 50 at nutley, an accident, as well. 95 looking okay. you can see here on 66 and on 95 no major delays. looking pretty normal. being 40 miles per hour in bound, on both roads of course. 270 southbound from germantown to the spur, picks up the pace a little t. then you're going 37 miles per hour, not crawling like you are at 109. -ter loop, up top, 95 to 295, 30 to 270, 30 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. wn you hop in the car. >>> this morning you may notice a smoother commute on the shington. road crews shut down sections so potholes coulbe patched up. workers focused on the pap between d197 -- the part between 197 and 198.th late month there will be a long-term repaving project. people have been worried about that roadway for a long time. >>> if you are following molette green on her journey to get fit for spring, you should be a little over halfway there by now. >> maybe you're getting bored with your routine. mo fet hasur exercises you can as at thint. >> re

in manassas, virginia, prince william county police arrested him aa 7-elevenater on. police say they used surveillance video to link him to the hit and run cases. they have not told us a motive might have, another personrays for justice. .> reporter: he is being held without bo he is facing several charges chug second-degree murdit, felony and run and attempted murder. in gaitrsburg, shomari stone, news4. >>> tonight the cdc is warning about a multistate e. coli outbreak that includes virginia. so far 72 people across five states have reported being i have other cases reported in kentucky, ohio, tennessee and gegia. eigh people have been hospitalized. no deaths have been reported. officials have not been able to find i specificm as the source. symptoms include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea a vomiting. >>> a warning for parents or guardians of infants. fisher price and safety officials say babies should not be put into the rock andlay sleeper. once the child is able to roe over, usually about three months over, fisher-price reports ten infa is have diedthe device in

generally in the 30s in the suburbs. 43 in washinon, 44 in winchester. 44 in manassas. 9:00 a.m., temperatures will move from the 30s to the 40s. ill want to step into a jacket before going out the door tomorrow morning. by noon we'll be at about 50 and we continue to warm at a high of 53. we do continue tomorrow with some sunshine. c we'll havar skies in the midday hours and some cloudy skies in the a evening hours. a bit of a breeze throughout the day tomorrow. not as bad as today but you'll notice those winds if you're out and about. here's where storm chances come from on storm team radar. those storms closer to the carolinas. here it is at 5:00 a.m. notice howst it f brings clouds to the area and midday through the hours. we do stay dry until lunchtime. some showers starting to develop south of washington for that evening commute. notice the chance r ofn just about everywhere, including around i-91 and maybe around the i-91 corridor. i think even further back in low lowry in maryland. mainly along eastern 95. as we move toward 10:00, 11:00 p.m., it's breezey and it could have an effect on

city and the bay, it's a lot colhir t morning. 39 in thurmont, maryland. 37 in mortinsburg, 39 in manassas. that's a seat hear kind of morning for the second to the last day of april. here's your planner. more than enough sunshine to overcome this early start to the day with a chillyweather. highs today will be in the mid 60s. that about five degrees cooler than average. a rare treat here in our second rmest april in 150 years. here's what's going to go, though, the nt couple of days -- warm and very humid air. down to the south, it's going to ride in tonight. this area of storminess bringing nderstorms from st. louis to chicago. couldave someir travel delays. most of that is going to miss us, just to the north. it will get close enough to bring clouds in and put a little, tiny chance for a shower late tonight, into the early, morning.ts of tomorrow before we go back to partly cloudy skies, way warmer tomorrow. mid 60s today. areas in the low to mid 80s tomorrow. so about a 15 to 20-degree jump from thi afternoon into tomorrow afternoon. and a real feel of early summer around here. wednesd

a big range out t6re from in manassas to 49 in washington.li anna 48. 41 down at the patuxent river. we'll have partly toou mostly skies throughout the day today. the sun coming up right around 6:50 out there. a little bit cool to start the day. 45 in washinon. around 40 in the bosnian serbs. recess, though, for the kids, definitely .outdoo pretty nice for early april. 62 degrees out at recess. picking the kids up from schoole we'll havey of clouds out there. it is completely dry and 67. about five degrees cooler than yesterday. 72. high yesterday was we had nice, gusty winds out of the west that helped pump the temperatures intohe low 70s for highs. for future weatoer for rrow, your friday, 6:00 a.m., dry, spotty, light showers acrs the area. otherwise, cloudy skies. as we move toward the mid morning, rain impacts part of nohern virginia into far western maryland. moving toward the late morning raining y hours, it is just about everywhere. and then a soggy friday afternoon and evening. friday night, 6:00 p.m., could be a slow go getting home from work. i like to say it's perfect gri

currently temperatures right now coming in in the 30s and 40s om 36 in manassas to 49 in the district. and 40 in college park we're at 45 in gaitheburg. you'll want a light jacket this morning. here's the planner today. 7:00 a.m., 45. lunchtime, 62. t as windy. peaks of sunshine out there. clouds continue to build toward the late afternoon and evening hours as the storm syste proaches the area. that's what brings us the rain ultimately tomorrow. i'm goi d to keep it through the evening hours as we move toward midnight. especially after midnight, i can't rule out a few light showers moving in. that said, though, kids getting out o school reallyice, 4:00 p. 67 at 7:00. taking the dog out, going for a walk, 63 at that point. for tomorrow, notice temperatures in the 50s. 55degrees. so a good ten degrees cooler than today. in addition, we'll have rain at times. here's the ten-day forecast. look at the weekend. ot70 degrees saturday and sunday. maybe a few scattered, light showers out there saturday nipecially during the m hours. peeks of sunshine. mostly cloudy, and we'll keep it dry on su

have identified him as a foer physician who was convicted in 2015 of sexually assaultingies at a manassas medical practice. fairfax police not yet filed charges. >>> we're working foritou wh the weekend traffic warning. >> yeah,p big heads tonight, folks. part of route 50 in virginia will be closed, so crews can perform emergency construction. all lanes of eastbound route 50 near the fair oaks mall close at 7:00 tonight and they're going to remain shut down until late sunday. drivers should follow detour signs and expect delays throughout the area. now, traic on route 50 westbound will not be impacted. >>> this is a live lookver reagan national airport where a large emergency drill will be held tomorrow. the government requires dris take plavery three years so that agencies are prepared for a real disaster should one happen. tomorrow's drill will invol a simulated plane crash on a runway. don't be alarmed y if see smoke and fire. lots of police cars and fire trucks and people with realistic looking injuries. it is only a drill. >>> this is our favorite story. next at 11:00 tonight, it's w

manassas 36 right now. howow is it going to go?ght temperatures in the low 30s inside the ltway. if you live outside of the beltway you'll be a little bit cooler and on the gusty side as well. so it's going to feel colder. by tomorrow morning it's still going to be cold. temperatures around 37 degrees. you still want to layer them up. we're talking wind gusts tomorrow around that time. especially if they catch he earlier buses up to 35 miles per hour. let's factor in thehi winds shall we? 7:00 a.m. this is what will feel like stepping outside into the 20s. 22n gaithersberg. it's going to be a brisk and chilly start tomorrow morning. doesn't seem like much improvement but as the winds do calm through the afternoon we are expecting it to feel a lot more like the actuaur temper speaking of which, let's plan your monday, shall we? so we're dry. we do start o with a ton of sunshine. a few clouds floating in in the afternoon. temperatures in the 30s and we'll work our way to the uer 40s, near 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon. for now let's

and western suburbs, shenandoah valley. 37 in germantown. 36 in charlestown, west virginia, 40 in manassas48 in washington. next to the bay, aittle bit milder. 52 in annapolis. planner for oday --sun's up in just a little over an. hour the nice, long days of lengthening springtime temperatures in the 30s to around 40. sun's down just before 8:00. the 8:00 sunsets arre just two days from now. >> reporter: i'll have been a sleep probably by an hour or two by the time the sun sets. crashes in prince george's county. ccidents cleared to the shoulder. first hash had been before branch. the other at pennsylvania avenue,a think although the far right side of the roadway. also in la plata, turkey hill road, west of 301. it's closed near skylark. unfortunately, we have a crash. and the reminders, if you're driving across 50 at the bay bridge or 301 at the middletown effect wind warnings in for both bridges. no vehicle restrictions for either. just be aware. a little bit of wind to deal with early this morning. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> we are f lowing some breaking news this morning

. >>> new this morning, virginia state police arrested a manassas man and charged him with child pornography possession and solicitation. 33-year-old schuyler stuart karato is being held on several charges. investigators received a cyber tip in virginia and launched an investigation. they found several hundred screen shots of child hrnography. investigators say goes by the name of tony karakarato on soci media and uses several sites to get nude pictures of boys and gis. they are asking anyone who may have had contact with him to come forward. they areeahing for more victims. > this morning, aocal music teacher is facing abuse charges involving his young students. fairfax county police say two victims have come forward accusing jeffrey cummins having inappropriate contact with them for years. cummins is a private teacher, and the founder of virginia music adventures which was located until recently in this annandale home. ne also owns two huntington learning centers i tyson's and springfield. police want to hear from parents concerned their children may have hadpr inapopriate contact with cum

the results of this deprivation firsthand at a church in manassas brazil we spoke to families who had fled. the deprivation in venezuela. and i'll never forget when a father looked at me with his two young boys standing at his side and said how hard it was as a father to come home at the end of the day and say. we're not eating today. and as he said it is two little boys looked up and nodded. recalling those days. and then there was the day in cartagena colombia. at another mission where venezuelan people had fled the deprivation in their country and a grandmother told me how it had gotten so bad in their small rural town. her grandchildren it had to rise at four in the morning to get a single ticket to purchase a piece of bread at four in the afternoon. the children were starving. and she gathered up her grandchildren. and fled the country. those are the stories the world deserves to hear of deprivation the truth is those who stay behind are subject. to crime violence and lawlessness. thieves in venezuela don't rob banks they rob restaurants for food. vicious gangs and so-called coll

manassas 62. culpepper, 64 degrees. temperatures warmer than they were here and on our nation's capital. you know th is coming in from the west and the cherry blossoms, everyone, regardless of wre you are today, the tidal basin, just at home, temperatures go from nice, cloudy, clouut conditions, temperatures from the 50s to the 60s to the 70s we go.i very weekend is on tap. here is the storm system, which is going to change our weather over the next 24 to 48 hours. moving in now to the ohio valley, bringing a lot of midlevel moisture along with it. thunderstorms occurren in areas of the tennessee valley and arkansas yesterday and some thunderstorms are going to be moving our way as a high pressure system moves to the east off the eastern seaboard. at, as a reswe will pick up more cloudiness and threat of showers and thunrms. so with that, here is the forecast for tomorrow, everyone. this is aatorrect tempre for tomorrow. 80, we close in on 80 for high temperature. chance for an afternoon thunderstorm, going to feel almo

it's cold this morning. 30 at dulles airport. 25 manassas. 27 in warrington. 38 in clinto29 n gaithersburgnot much of a wind just yet. any hint of a breeze has wind chills down primarily in the 20s. cold start to the day. kids, you'll need to have the shedable layers. temperatures in the low 60s. the daily grade, a plus other than the breeze. >> i will take that a plus, believe me. >>> taking a look here at the rails, let's start wish delays just reported, silver, oran, blue line. we have a switch problem at stadium armory causing se of e problems. inner loop, outer lo, clear. 270 looks good, 95 in maryland looks good to prince gorges county. 66 in bound, 95 northbound no issues. tiny slowown at woodbridge. eun? >> thank you, melissa. 5:31. a fairfax pet store is under investigation for animal abuse. >> the humane society of the united states went undercover and found alarming conditions. news 4's justin finch is live outside the pet land store with the hidn camera video this morning. justin? good orter: aaron, eun, morning. we're talking about the pet land stor off of main street. all aft

negligence and argued he went to great lengths to nceal his home, putting black-out goggles dving from manassas to his home. but the attorneys argue his secrecy did not result in a lack of -- the 21-year-old went into the tunnel to dig for several days at a time. they said photos like this were evidence he was proud of the ng.k he was d to them, his death was an unintentional unexpected accident. it will be up to the 14 member jury to decide. >> reporter: this could turn on the testimony of another maneckwitt paid to go and dig these tunnels beckwitt's attorneys argue the tunnels are not as dire as the prosecution is trying to paint them. when that witness takes the stand unknown, there is a very lengthy witness list and good chance that trial lasts for several weeks. >> thank you. >>> after growing protests got thf ear a major company's ceo, go-go music is back on a popular d.c. street corner. music outside the shaw metro pcs was briefly silenced after a noise complaint from a neighbor. a look at how t lack of music started a movement. derrick. >> reporter: indeed it d, jim. the consumer of af

perfect, as far as the day is concerned. 70, leesburg. , manassas, 73 towards huntinon. the oneexception, we would call it almost a perfect 10 but w have 20-30 miles an hour wind, leesburg to hagerstown and annapolis. no problems. nothing on the radar until we get to friday. we're tracking a storm system way back to the west here. nothing tomorrow but friday is the day to watch because we will needing those umbrellas across the area. we're talking a goo amoun of rain. not a huge system but will use the umbrellas most of the day. >> absolutely. we could see a half-inch of rainfall onriday. tomorrow, no worries. friday, a cloudy chilly day, high temperature, 57 degrees. some breaks in the rain and really rain is possible at anyi otherwise an overcast finish to ute work week. here ise weather. rain is possible at any point. this is the future model but it features rain durin the second half of the day versus the morning hours. notice the clouds already in place as we move towards the lunchtime hours moving to future weather, 2 p.m., notice thesh ers out there and commute li

manassas and right there around that 60 degree mark. cool day for sure. no rain now in our ea, but you don't have to go too far north to find it. we have shower activity coming through parts of pennsylv tia. this is cold front that's going to move on through. as it does so, it's going to bring in some very mild air tomorrow. the storm actually goes this way. it first comes up with a warm front. then the coldront comes through tomorrow night. we've gotten a little bit of a roller coaster here. 61 here. 81 in charleston. first we get this wave of 80, then weav get the w coming back down. that's why we're going to be seeing those temperatures kind of fluctuate over the next couple of days. it's a rather unsettled week all week long. you probably need thea umbrell just about every single day at times. 59 degrees at the bus stop tomorrow morning. 75 by recess.ni rather . i really do think tomorrow around recess is going to be pretty nice. then we'll watch a wave moveal g. account produce some thunderstorm activity. storm chances there around the time we're u p

temper 6ures in low and low 70s. 70 degrees in washington and manassas. 65 in gaiersburg and high of6 and partly cloudy skies. pleasant and a bit chilly, though, especially in suburbsin ki off your thursday. keep that in mind stepping out the door. friday at lunchtime notice we're still dry out there. high of 72. in the afternoon and evening hours, areas of rain moves in. notice rain in northern virginia, western maryland,mo ng into the district between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., maybe even a rumble of thunder friday night. pocketsf heavier rain moving through the area and rumbling showers possible saturday morning with saturday afternoon looking mainly d. we look to sunday, the best chance for i rain late afternoon and evening hours and sunday morning looking mainly dry. your weekend forecast. 76 on saturday and 75 on sunday. e best chance for showers are during the early morning hours. some pks of sunshine sunday afternoon -- saturday afternoon and satury night wean maybe see a shower or storms across the area. on sunday, most of the rain is later in the day. if you'relaing something outd

saturday's not a bad day at all. 58 in manassas with moderate rain. town and out the west. a snapshot of the time frame for saturday and sunday. showers this morning. still 63 degrees. in the afternoon, by the noon hour, great, everyone. temperature, 76 degrees. sunday, not bad. warm humid,cloudy, but rain showers late. in other words, rain showers will be late,after the evening hours into monday. we'll give you more with then- y forecast in a moment. against, for the weekend, not looking too shabby at all. get outside and enjoy it. we'll give you more details and that ten-day forecast in >>> >>> video of a south carolina fourth grader is going viral this morning after her mom posted it showing her dancing and turning flips with a prosthetic leg. >> i'm excited to see this. take a look. born with a contion that left her with one leg that's shorter than the other. so since the age of 5, she has worn a prosthetic leg. after watching her sister dance with the team the 10-year-old said she wanted to try out as well and says s's very thankful to her mother

temperatures across your neighborhood now including virginia, manassas at 45 degrs. 51 in town. and hunting ton in marylandt 43 degrees. no rain showers to speak of. if you go down to theherry blossom this is what it is all about. own to the tidal basin, temperatures risroughout the day. we have that cloud at the end at 3:00 this afternoon. clouds increasing. temperatur increasing as well from the 60s to the 70s. hehere it is about storm system, why our weather is changing and will change over the next 72 hours. a storm system now coming out of the great plains, moving across areas ofhe t owe owe valley. tennesseee valley to ohio valley. thunderstorms in little rock, moved across areas of kentucky. for us, high pressure still the dominant factor. tibut as we ce throughout the day, into the evening hours, that's going to change.er future wea shows that and tells a story as clouds and rain showers will race across tonight into tomorrow. bu won't be a washout for your monday. we'll keep an eye on those showers and storms as they move across the area. recast, t, for your for tomorro

after the manassas rest area, left shoulder is blocked by an accident. zoom out, wobridge, mini veil at dale about boulevard, a crash there. hyattstown, 270 the ramp to 109 blocked by an accident. still seeing a delay southbound in the main lanes. travel times here fromrm getown to the spur, 37 miles per hour. tapping the -- topping the beltway, 95, 270, 27 miles per hour. inbound 66, 38 miles per hour. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, 52 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car today. guys? >> thank you. >>> 6:55. here are four things to know -- sri lanka's state minister says the easter sunday bombings were retaliation for the new zealand mosque attacks last month. they did not provide any pevidence. 40eople have been arrested. the death toll is now at 321. >>> at least four americans are among the dead including a fifth grader from siddsll frien school in northwest d.c. kieren was living and s studyin in lanka. today between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., you can stop by the embassy to sig a condolence book. much mor

wind 41 in winchester and manassas. 43 montgomery village. 48 on the eastern shore. look at this great forecast planner for today. plenty of sunshine. temperatures right about seasonal averages for middle parts of april. mid to upper 60s. tomorrow there will be a gradual increase in clouds especially thursday afternoon and stching around. the wind direction will bring moisture. 67 today, 68 tomorrow. this area of stormins will stay away from us. if you're traveling the next couple of days, changing planes in, minneapol denver, a big blizzard -- he said blizzard i theonth of april but i -- i did just say -- how about this one. bombogenesis. this one just like one a couple of weeks ago. this will go crazy in generating enormous amounts of snow for the dakotas, minnesota, front range bang to denver area. with all of that action to our west, we'll be nice and quiet. the front to that storm as that goes way up into northn ontar ontario. it will send the cold front here. morning while you're waiting to get the tickets for the white house garden tour, opportunity for couple

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

about 38 in frederick. 39 in manassas. 45 in washington.ake sure the kids have the jacket at the bus stop tomorrow morning. it's definitely going to be chilly out there. but plenty of sunshine. sunrise time now at about 6:30. recess outdoors, take your lunch outdoors tomorrow. the wins aren't going to be an issue. the temperature around 60 degrees. as we look at pickup tomorrow, it's pleasant. 70 degrees for a high. overall tomorrow is looking really nice. wednesday it's okay. there' the chance for a shower or two, especially north of washington. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies andof a high consecuti67 which is seasonable. friday again i'm watching for the potential of strong to severe thunderstorms. saturday, though, maybe just a shower or two possible out there. then easter sunday it's looking dry right now with temperatures in the 60s. i'll have more on the holiday weekend. for now here is your storm team 4 4-day forecast. aturday -- temperatures in the upper 60s near 80 on thursday. then a secretary% chance for severe thundersto

this happened in january and it's just now coming to li julie carey is at the courthouse in manassas with the documents that layout this case. julie, tell us about it. >> reporter: leon, these are the charging documents against that school bus attendant. they tell of some frightening rides home for this 12-year-old boy, a special needs student. they tell of an assault that left that boy screaming in pain even as the bus driver just kept going. kelly ruer, a bus attendant hired to watch over special needs children as they ride the bus to school. many of them aboard, autistic. he's now facing three felony child abuse charges for what happens on a bus in late january inspect courtay documents s bus security camera video caught rucker grabbing a 12-year-old boy in an aggressive manner to try to restrain himrom disruption. rucker was deliberately close-hand punched the victim in the back of the head. the vtim reportedlysked for help in front of the other children and screamed in pain throughout the duration of the encounter. >>nfortunately we had an adult on the bus, the bus driver in par

everybody made it to the 80s for the most part. 84 right now rockville. 83 manassas. 8240 belvoir.coming in at 79. all in all looking great. no rain in the immediate area, but all you have to do is go a little farther north. rain around hagerstown.om these were se thunderstorms coming through, but they're starting to weaken and they're going to weaken as they move through. i really expect these to come through. areas like hagerstown, maybe northern portions of frederick county. maybe around emmetsburg. hes up for those in that region. they really start to die out as they move south. this is part of a cold front. thunderstorms earlier now starting to weaken. this cold front moves through and we do get a little bit cooler tomorrow, but not by a lot. still a great day. 60 degrees at the bus stop. that's nice. 73 at recess. 77 by the time you're picking up the kids tomorrow afternoon. temperatures 5 to 10 below today but still above average. wednesday another nice day. chance of showers early in the day. then after the evening rush. so most of your day thursday will be dry. we've got y

1:30. 2:30, approaching the western suburbs, leesburg to dulles airport to fairfax, down to the manassas area. by 3:30, pushing through the heart of e city here. that is the beginning of your friday afternoon commute. i-95, the capital beltway, 270, likely to be hard hit by heavy rain at the least and potentially some severe storms between 2:00 and 5:00. ilst 4:30 or 5:00, the severe weather threat w move to the east. there could be straggling raindrops here as late as about 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. then back to dry weather in time for the weekend. here's the five-day forecast. 74 and stormy today. doug andil amelia wbe here through the course of the afternoon. and you can use your nbc wash app to track the weather with our interactive radar feature. dry but breezy most days. >>> especially compared to today and the commute. inner noloop, outer loop, issues. 270 northbound here, the ramp to old georgetown e road, wve a broken down bus blocking the right side. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. southbound also look could just fine here on 270. into town, out of town, branch v u