manassas. you've already seen one to two inches of rain.an see an additional one to two inches just in the next hour alone. so that's very quick flooding. now, this is the area that i was just talking about in the dark red that's under that flash flood warning right now. this brighter greeng extendin from culpepper through fauquier, prince william and into fairfax just now probably going to be to pushing in the district is the flood warning in effect through morning.morrow what we're expecting with this is one to four inches of rain, locally higher amounts like in manassas. and this is going to be the flash flood watch, is until noon tomorrow. that tells you how long the potential for heavy rain is e going to b in the area. as you can see, at 3:30 p.m. we start to get a little bit of a lull, some of the heavier showers we're seeing now kind of transitions into frederick county, it's got this northeast pull. as we move through 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 we're starting to see it just north of the beltway. you might get these lulls but notice how that r

manassas, industrial road at hawkins drive, tractor-trailer fire. that road is shut down. in issues. >>> heir jobs d a allegedlayers la year. >>he adults who were supposed to be supervisi the student athletes were nowhere to be found. news 4's justin finch joinsus live with more on this report. justin, good morning.

thunder shower friday andan weeknd >> i love thu.rki pretty manassas, csures there. s far as virginia here, 66 i bound, 95 northbound, no complaints. 270 looks good southbound. 63 miles per hour. o topthe belt way as the chopper was showing you, you're going at 43 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. aaron? >>> 5:54. if you don't have plans, we have a cool event to tell you about. the world premiere of a new movie called "the fallen." it's happening at the uptown theater in d.c. >> this is an action film and it was directed anded produc by a 10-year-old. mason gronner put tother the story while he was battling cancer in the hospital. make a wish mid-atlantic helped make mason's movie experience possible. mason is pretty much a creative genius that he came up with this whole idea of the super villain cast. he was a part of every decision and just a super great kid. >> can't wait to see it. >> he's cancer free. that's the best news oof all gre theirnho received th high onors. with the rlof that and6:00 ature tdiscourage driver have an co

manassas, eastbound 66 had two right lanes gettingk by the wor zone. it's not really impacting 66 at all into town an out of town. 270 southbound from frederick to the spur gets you there in 27 minutes. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:02 right now. developing thismorning. shock and ragedy incolorado. two high school you students shot and killed a classmate and injured others. corey smith is at the news desk. >> douglas county colorado tells us there are two suspects in case. one of them is under aged and the other is not being named. the other suspect is 18-year-old sson. er there was a large police presence at his family home overnight. it was cordoned off and a car rayed with graffiti was towed away from the home. the victim has been defined as kendrick castilla. students, teachers, parents all embracing each other. this is a school of 1800. take a listen from one mother. >> she was in mrs. harper's room when the shooters came in shooting tnd she saidt two of her classmates took the shooters down and she was able to escape. >> sadlye've become accust

. >> reporter: internal records say the 29 man from manassas escaped the psych ward at the d.c.enter after entering the shower late sunday night. by removing the ceiling tiles and crawling to a neighboring office outside t locked space. here's what happened next, according to a relative. >> he went through the emergencd room a asked someone in the emergency room, the staff at the hospital to call a taxi. >> and they called him a cab. >> he wasis wearing h hospital clothes? >> his scrub bottoms and i think top. >> the man i yaaccused of takin that cab ride to a home in manassas where he held a womann agai her will and assaulted her. before getting in the cab, the patient called home to alert family he was out. the relative then called the va hospital twice to warn them the man escaped but sai they couldn't even confirm that he was aie p. you tried to warn them that he' escaped. >> i did. >> reporter: and they didn't go look? >> no. they didn't even bother walking to check his room. >> reporter: this is the latest in a series of black eyes at the va medical center. >> now, the va

the 29-year-old manassas man crawled to ai neighboring off outside the locked space. the man's relative who did not want to be identified told us he was able t catch a cab back to virginia. >> he went through the emergency room, and he asked someone in the emergency room, the staff at the hospital, to call a axicab. they called him a cab.or >> repter: he was wearing his help clothes. >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a tank top. >> the man took that cab to manassas wher police say he held a woman he knew against her will and assaulted her. prince william police arrested him. the man is being held at a hospital now and fac several charges, as we said. the v.a. hospital tells us it is reviewing itsic pols and porte procedures. > new developments in the chelsea manning situation. she is no longer in federal custody, but it may be short-lived. manning was in the alexandria detention center for refugue to testify before a virginia federal grand jury about the release of wikileaks documents. her freedom may not last long because prosecutors askedn ng to appear before

thunderstorms possible into parts of fauquier county and manassas area thre.hen right during the 3:00 to 5:00 or 5:30 time frame, that line of storms likely to come right through the i-95 corridor. that could snarl the getaway eather. and that progresses eastward to the eastern shore. forecast.e ten-day once we get past today, it's smooth sailing for your friday and most of your holiday weekend. it's going to feel like summer, though, near 90 on sunday. the rain chances are f delightully low for the long holiday weekend. >> i do like that. thank you. >>> outer loop here at river again, on the shoulder. you don't have to worry too much. it is not slowing things through that section of the beltway. inner t of the beltway, loop, outer loop, looking good. that's a very good thing given that this afternoon, this evening, not going to be so pr ty. manassas southbound dumfries road after prince william parkway, left lane getting bycr that sh. looks like that's going to clear out of the way very soon. centreville, braddock at pickwick, a downed pole and rare. 66, 95,

an you ccheck out these guys at the manassas air show this weend.e got a sneak peek of the aerial acrobatics today.cr teams from aoss the country are here coming toi perform h ngying stunts. there will be wi walkers and parachute teams too. you'll be ablege to up close to vintage mlitary aircraft. fun.s always the air show is at manassas regional airport. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. best of sall, as we like , it's all free. >> it's free. we had something else for you. yes, it is the national cathedral's annual flower mart. you never want to miss this. people have been enjoying this festival for 80 years. f thewer mart opens from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. ou want some of that.bc open our n washington app for a list of al the local events happening. search for your weekend. >>> it's more than they have the best funnel cakes. they're hard to find. >> i didn't want to say that's the only reason i would go. >>> coming up, they call it the most exciting two minutes in sports. tomorrow mrks the start of the triple crown. >>

to be starting to work at a medical center in manassas.atching, you should know we're rooting for you. news 4 at 5:00 starts now. >>> and we start the hour with the latest on the breaking news situation in southeast d.c. >> five people shot including at least one child. this just a day after a shooting that took the life of another teen. it's the latest example of the ontinues to that cause havoc and heartbreak in parts of our city. >> this case unfolded on sumner road really close t to barry form rec center. derrick ward is on the scene there. derwhat are you learning so far? >> well, again, the update that there were is that these five people shot, not six. five people. four adults, one juvenile. they told us they werell conscious and breathing when taken away. i want to give you a look at the scene here.ll this aappened here in the 1200 block of sumner. it's right in front of the barry farms pool and recreation center. when they had the shell casings down that they took up, we count at least 22. it could be even more. that speaks to per

aner right over manassas. see how these develop the rest of the night and i'll the rest of the night and i'll let you knowha it m we switch to fios to get incredible entertainment delivered to your home on a 100fiber-optic network. you'll get the fastest internet available and fios tv one with 4k capability and an advanced voice remote. and now is a great time to get fios, because if you switch before may 8th, you'll get a netflix premium plan - on us for a full year. so you can stream your favorite netflix shows and movies on in 4 devices at once. but hurry, this is your last chance. already have netflix? we'll cover thcost for one year. just switch to fios gigabit connection2-ith tv and phone and a ar price guarantee for just 79.99 a month with a two-year agreement. you'll get fios tv one with 4k capability, plus netflix built into the fios channel guide, plus an advanced voice remote, and you'll get a netflix premium pl - on us for a year. but act fast, this offer ends mnetwork. only on the 100% fibc go to

high in the atmosphere is an indica headed into manassas with one or two strikes of lightning.expecting things to dry now pushing ahead in time by region at thi thinking that dry, could see some of these the greater chance is going to and then shift further east the impact for sunday with any we will be dry. a lot of us will see storms while risks are low, hea thunde temper a warm night out there. headed to the low 60s overnight. by 8:00 a.m., it will be a hot day. 4:00 p.m. lookin at the futurecast, 90 it's not only going to be hot, well. feelin a lot like summer.'s here look at your sunday planne temper upper 60s mild and we start to feethe aftern brunch and lunch, low 80s. you shoulde dry for that. after lunchtime is when the temper in the upper 80s humid and warm.da mon we could see isolated mid-we is nice. temperatures in th at thi towards next right? >> we are already there? >> i think so. tomorr if it wasn't for the storms hop in the pool already. >> wrere are all ady for that. >> and the whitepants. you have been waiting. we will update y on preakness ♪ there are roadsi

area-wide, 86, 89 in manassas, 93 and huntington, 93. take a look at tomorrow.e will take you hour-by-hour. knock at 8:00 a.m., waking up, stepping out the front door, kids at the bus stop, okay. nd tart to see showers clouds developing. 2:00 or 3:00, a little line here and later in t day. and 6:00 in the d.c. metro area and through the region behind it nicer weather the next couple of days. let's share what we're expecting, 90 tomorro 84 on friday. 86 on saturday, 83 sunday. best charchs of stomps tomorrow afternoon and sunday afternoon. much more on that 10-day forecast heading to june. best characterizations of storms tomorrow. best chances. >>> helping you save on college tuition next. >> dna revealing new clues about our >>> today is may 29th, also known as 5/29 day.n susa hogan is here with what you need to know about saving for college. >> we're talkingbo aut 529 plans. i set them up for my kids as well. the average college graduate has $37,000 of debt. that number could be lowered if more families took advante of 529 programs. they're government sponsore

es78 degre in manassas. 70 in frederick, and 66 in leesburg. what i'm showing you now are the dew point temperatures. this is how we track the humidity. when the dew point 60 or higher it is humid. so it is muggy out there for this time of the year. we're at 63 dewmoint terature in washington. so noticing that humidity especially over to manassas where theer dew point th is 67. so not only are we hot on your thursday afternoon, but humid well with the high temperature of 87. now the record high today, 89 degrees. we'llome close but i don't think we'll break it. this is the only day in the month of may where the record high temperature is in the 80s. every other record to break is in the 90s. so kind of an attainable record but with the heat and humidity, ladies, we'll see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. i'm going to have more on the comingwhen they are moving up with future weather at 11:2. >> thank you, ma'am. >>> in about an hour or so, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is set to unveil new marijuana legislation to allow for the sale of recr

already made it up to ghty at arlington national airport and arlington county. 80 in manassas. 79 ineesburg. 1:00 baseball game, plan on temperaturese hovering in th mid 80s most of the afternoon. a stray shower or thunderstorm. not a lot toorry about. increasing rain chances and increasing heat and humidity. that's coming up inhe five-day. >> chuck, thank you. >>> all right. we've been laser focussed on that image right there. andou know what? maybe people are putting off their travel back home because of the nice weather. >> yeah.we actually, we looking at a shot from bethany beach. t's packed. things looking go the bridge. it's expected to get more crowded this afternoon. >> justin finch is keeping an eye on the roads. he's along i-95 in virginia. hey, justin, what's going on out there? >> hey there molette and adam. if i were off, i'd extend it by a day or two or three. you know that at some point today the rush is going to come on. looking right now at 95 northbound by the it, so far so good. traffic building up for sure, but still moving at aty pret good clip. no matter at what

you walked outside around 2:00, 85 and 88 manassas, 19 in leesburg. that was the all you needed was the storms to come through and they fired up. >> and now the threat for severe thundstorms is out of the area, but we could still see a few isolated showers out there g overnight to. most of us likely stay dry. >> and take a look at the radar rkt this is the last four hours. it took four hours tom go winchester all the way down toward ocean city.this is the l. it took four hours tcgo from winster all the way down toward ocean city. normally about three, four hours from d.c. on a night like tonight. that rain moving south and east. so no severe weather in our area. however new one back to the west in garrett county, that is what we use see later tonight, but we're not expecting more severe weather. these are all the severe thunderstorm reports. these are trees dow high wind reports. trees down area wide. td this is somethinghat i want you to think aut here especially up toward howard county but really anywhere. storms are over, but lots of trees down. pl

as i mentioned, we're in the 40s to around 50 now. 49 in manassas. 53 in quantico. 51 in leonardwnto maryland, 50 in arlington. the school bus forecast on a monday, yes, no squlooutdoor re or playing outside afterschool. 48 at the bus stop on your way out. orely 58 on your way home. you can always u to stay ahead of the weather. there's the promise of sunshine later in the week. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> thank you. a reminder, northbound gw parkway shut down between and the beltway. that work zone because of the sinkhole that opened up over the weekend. traffic being pushed off at 123. justin lynch is live at the diesel. we'll hear from -- live at the scene. we'll hear from him in a minuteh re's no major impact here right now. that will be different as the commute kicks into gear. silver spring, outer loop before colesville, red here on your screen. rare for 5:00 in the morning. the right side is blocked by a crash. you are getting by tere just on the left. as we look here at 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 58 miles per hour. going to get you there in about ten

the manassas regional airport fro10:00 until 4:00this afternoon and it's free. something else to consider out there today. the national cathedral hosting its annu flowermart. folks enjoying this festival of flowers for years now. the flower mart is open from 10:00 until 6:00 this afternoon. we've got a list of all local events going on in our area. search for your weekend in the nbc washington app. >>> it's m called theost exciting two minutes ofports for a reason. talking abou the 145th running of the kentuckyrb dey at churchill downs. this year, no clear favorite to win it the horse omaha beach, which had tten top bets withdrew for health reasons. three remaining contenderstr ned by bob baffert, trained last year'sn triple crow victor justify. moreha t 150,000 people expected to attend today. stay with us for all the derby action coverage kicks off at 2:30 this afternoon right here on nbc >>> a live look outsidey a fogg start to your saturday. coming after a rainy friday, too.e we may have s clearing today, clay anderson also tcking some severe weather ahead.

manassas at 71 and things to know this weekend, art dry gets warmer as the weekend goes on. today plenty of sunshine to go around. tomorrow we'll talk about hot nd humid conditions, and for memorial day, the threat of showers and thunderstorms loom throughout the afternoon and evening. meagan all the details and extended recast as well maybe looking at one of our first heat waves. in k about that and more ar a bit. >> clay, thank you very much. >>> developing this morning, a sigh relief. remember the story out the woman with ties to maryland who t missing after hiking in hawaii? she has been found alive. this picture just coming in to s our newom of amanda eller right after being spotted by a helicopter pilot. she was then airlifted out ofth forest. we want to show you the area where her family says she was found. in a deep ravine between two waterfalls. the mechaatcsville ne got lost after going on a hike in maui, a natural reserve near her home. more than two weeks ace. last seen may 9th, the day before she went hiking. friends and family say eller was slightly injured and

and manassas, reminder here, southbound dumfries an prince william parkway, w -- dumfries and into the prince william parkway, we tonight have any problems there. >>> hitting the highway for the memorial day weekend, you don't want to let thunexpected traffic slow you down. aaa says the absolute worst time to hit the road is between 4:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. >> if you're traveling over the chesapeake bay bridge, leave after 10:00 p.m. tonight.ff tra will be 54% worse on i-270 northbound today. around 6:00 p.m., before hitting the road, aaa advises that you have your car's battery tested. look for coolantckleaks, che the condition of your tires. justin nch will have a live ro report f the bay bridge coming up at 6:45. >>> also developing in the district, a disturbing developing story unfolding inside an office where hundreds of federal employees will return to work today. two hidden cameras led to an arrest at the office of vete ns affairs chinatown this week. now one man is facing charges while investigators work on finding out more. >> news4's mental health joins us now live from outsid

half mile or less from manassas own to warrenton. half mile visibility inno hern frederick county maryland, as fll. the commute, fogirst thing this morning. more tn enough sunshine again. we'll have highs inmdhe lie 80s. we are keeping that 40% chance for thunderstorms later into th afternoon and eveng. we'll time it out later in the weekend. for now, more to melissa. >>> looking at a problem that is out of the way. that's good. here's soutound 295 before east capcapitol, we had the rig lane getting by. that's gon don'tworry. had the earlier issue. inner loop, out ar loop, slowdown outer loop approaching the wilson bridge. don't have a report of a problem, might be late of roadwork we haven't seen on the radar yet. 66 in and out of town looking goud. 95 northbnd through woodbridge, tiniest slowdown, very normal especially at 5:30 in the morning. nothing to worry about. and frederick to the spur, a couple of slow spots through g mantown. you open up all the way down into bezos. aaron? >> thank you. 5:32. breaking news in prince george

. >> it man took the cab to manassas where he held a woman he knewagainst her will and assaulted her. he's being held at a hospital and fes several charges. the v.a. hospital told us it is reviewing its policies and procedures. >>> new developments in the situation.anning she is no longer in federal custody. that may be short-lived. manning was in the atexandria dention for refusing to te jury about the release wikileaks documents. she may be asked to appear before another grand jury for the same questions next week. manning's lawyers say she will refuse again to provide any answers and fear it could land her back in jail.n mang served seven years in a primarily prison for leaking documents we look. her 35-year sentence was commuted by then-president barack obama. >>> it's 6:07. president trump is rushing to h son's deficit after donald trump jr. was supposed wanted to answer more questions related to russia. the republican-led senate sbeps committee wants to know whether donald tmp jr. was forthcoming in the meeting and the trump tower moscow project. trump jr. said he was only vague

gng to go just to the north of manassas.t will rain on parts of interstate 66 and route 50 coming inbound from loudoun county this morning. right over reston, dulles airport, erling, chantilly. then eventually over southernmost montgomery county. poolesville, great falls, bethesda, and then into the washington area. and then rolling into prince george's couy somewhere between 7 tloi:30 and 8:30 this morning. rain already in montgomery count this ise gusty winds and rain periods of heavy right there getting ready to move just to the north of dulles airport. so we'll be tracking this over the next little while.e- your fivy forecast, hot and humid. in the 90s for the next few days before we turn cooler for the bend. chopper 4 more, a big problem on i-95. >> reporter: that's right. good rning. chopper 4 first over this breaking news on 95 at the icc. a tractor-trailer crossed over from the northbound lanes. you see the street, throw the trees and into the southbound i'd. m hearing that there was minor injuries bay the truck driv

loo 1:00 p.m., most of us will be in the low 70s, about 73 in washington and 70 in frederick and manassas. highs today of about 75, 76 in the district. 72 in gaithersburg for a high. 71 in winchester. so another comfortable, refreshing day out there. tonight we'restill completely dry across the area. really comfortable for the eveningho s. with temperatures in the low 70s. here is the latest look of the satellite imagery. we started off with plenty of sunshine out there enjoying my run and noticing the cloud cover area.ng acrs the and you could see -- see plenty of clouds through the region. through the day some peeks of sunshine so overall partly cloudy skies and rain and warmes temperatur in the forecast tomorrow that i'm going to have more on that and the latest on the return of humid conditions. g thank you. >>> some rouging for commuters in capital height this is morning. chopper4 was over the scene of a tractor-trailer crashten the loop at the beltway at arena drive. the crash happened at central but crews had to pull the truck up to arena drive to get it out of the way. and making

visibility under a mile for manassas and warrenton toward the culpeper area.d there are thick foggy spots in northern freak county and upe by the chesaake bay. there will be fog to contend with, but it won't last long. temperatures mild, low to mid 60s for most, even a few upper 50s in the shenandoah valleyur yo planner then for today, a quick warmup. the sunshine will eat that fog away much faster today than yesterday. everyone once again m h like yesterday will be in the0s mid 8 to. there will be a likelihood o storms again this afternoon. as the whole area pushes our way in a general direction. there are light showers frederick county, west of dullet airpo very low impact. a quick sprinkle or two this morning. last too going t much longer. we'll be detroit pretty -- dry pretty much into the afternoon when our next chance for some thunderstorms starts to form once again. 2:00 to 3:00. i don't thinkhere will be as much coverage. i think the storms today will not be as strong as yesterday. nonetheless, when you hear thunder roar, that's your sign to go indoors

to manassas. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room, the staff of the help to call him a b. >> he was wearing his hospital clothes? >> he was wearing his scrub ttoms and a tank top. pa >> that ent made his way to house in manassas where he used of holding a woman he knew against her will and assaulting her. congressman connolly saw the story and responde saying, quote, incidents like this are unconscionable. my committee will insist on ty and will proceed with the planned oversight hearing on the d.c. v.a. medical center next month. in a statement the medical center told the i-team they quickly identified the patient's location and quickly contacted virginia pice. the medical center center is currently reviewing the policy and its procedures. in the newsroom, i'm scott an macfarl back to you. >>> from sneakers and smartphones to fruit and frozen sh. just about anything imported from china is about to cost you more. president trump just slapped a 25% tariff on a massive array of chinese products even as trade talks were under way. the talks ended

these are current temperatures, 89 in gaithersbur 91 in manassas, 92 culpeper, 90 degrees over towards huntington. very hot and humid today for sure. ryhe heat is the big sto today. i think tomorrow is going to be the heat and the storms. les take a look and show you. nothing around our area. all you have to do is go to the north. the yellow is the tornado look at the amount of storminess happening in through central pennsylvania right now. moving towards eastern pennsylvania. you ade a couple of to warnings here. one just south of williams port. this one making its way towards the redding areain through southeastern, pennsylvania. all the s stormsuld stay to our north tonight.ic you n the ones in our southern zones are dying off. so watch out if you are in frankn and fulton. watch out washington and frederick county, carroll county, but i do think most of us should remain dry tonight. s differentry tomorrow. take a look at the whole picture here. look at the nation. see how this tornado watch all the way in yellow here, severe thunderstorm watch across the country until you get to the

right now 76 degrees towards manassas. alexandria coming in at 76.peaking of alexandria, let me get out of the way. i want to say hi to the kids, the second fourth graders at morey elementary school. this was an outside classroom, talking to the kids about t weather. there's the other side of the kids. i went to this school last year as well. it was great to see them again. everybody iswondering about mother's day and the rain. they all got excited about snowfall. . we're not going to see any anytime soon. you mention snow and kids just go wild. what do we have now? we had shower activity. that's it. it's all gone,. thou look at the showers develop and then quickly just dissipate with this boundary that's moving through. that same boundary was the marker between all sunshine area and areas to the north with cloud cover. to the west we're looking at more clouds and more showers. we've got a lot of them back here. a lot of thunderstorms too. nothing strong in this area. the severe weather is all inhe southeast. i am expecting to see some storms. 80 deg

over manassas now. moving in to fairfax county.his is going to come right over burke if it stays together. again, just some shower activity. the heaviest rain has been to the south, but it's all moving out. the frontal boundary itself also making its way through the area. look behind us. there's no rain at all. not only no rain, not much in cloud acover. we in for a great couple of days. tomorrow i know i'm out in my garden. i'm mowing the lawn again.li it's never ending. >> we've had so much rain, doug. we were looking at the numbers today. for the month of may, we're already about 2 inches over here we would be for the ere and torrow, even wednesday is going to be perfect days to get out in your lawn and garden. we start off around 60degrees. still really comfortable at lunchtime with a temperature of about 68. 75 for a high tomorrow. the experts at the garden center tell us to include fennel, dill and parsley in your garden. as we take l ak at the weekday trends because tomorrow is going to be great, wednesday is looking awesome

the air showis at the manassas regnal airport.s it starts at 10:0tomorrow morning, runs until 4:00 and it is free. >> still to come, only on news 4, a local county takin a new approach to get people with mental illnesses out of jail anc into serv that will keep them from coming back. >>> it definitely works and we're givingople back their >>> and we're not done with the stormy weatheret. doug and amelia are back with the forecast for the rest of tonight and how to plar ahead fohe weeke n♪ 1,2,3,4 this spring, it's out with theitld and in wh the awesome. as in, in with the fastest, most reliable internet from xfinity xfi. so you can be in with brilliantly connected devices in every room. and in with finding all your favorites on live tvd anstreaming apps with just your voice. this spring it's out with the old, and in with simple, easy, awesome. don't miss the xfinity spring sale. get started with this limited time offer and get your choice of dvr or speed upgrade free for a 1 year. click, call, or visit a store today. z388pz z16fz

bikers and joouers, get 66 in manassas. 69 in clinton, maryland. 63 in columbia. 65 in arlington. anothe weather alert today. today a severe weather storm we are under an enhanced risk. severe weather towards freder an enhanced chance from the pennsy very quiet weather for the way beginn we'll be here to keep you posted on that. commut forecast -- woops, it will be dry for the ride in chance >> oh, just as long as weot it out of the morning rush hour out of the way, yesterday, be real bound. there was a deer h270 80 in urbana. eastbo i-70. hagers towards frederick. better news, 66 eastbound inside the beltway before 29 washington boulev sounds a crash on the west side. i beli authorities are hopefu they can get it out of news 4's meghan mcgrath is live meghan good morning.ll >> rep we good morning. the prince george's county ter learning the sad news that a young officer was killed in a that on the beltway officedavon mckenzie was office mckenzie was just 24 he was a signed back in mah of 17. now a statement put out by the respec the dr of a nissan ulti the car vered out of contro

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

enough but, man, this is chilly for mid may. 41 degrees in winchester and warring ton now. 42 in manassas, prince george's county. upper 40s already. down to 42 in gaithersburg. the wind being up has keptd there from being anything in the way of a frost warning.th noneess, it's chilly. bundle up early today. the good news is sun's up before 6:00 a.m. his kids were at the school bus stops this morning. it will be in the mid 40s. outdoor recess today, afternoon play time for sure. overnight you can see the skies have been mainly clear. a few lingering showers over the eastern shore. they're moving away from us. our next little chance of rain will be late tonight. sunshine start to fini for the morning hours today. i do think there will be fair weather clouds bubbling up later ftin the noon. rain chances in the 10% range down to the south. it will be a little cloudy ov night and maybe a sprinkle tomorrow before we go back into sunshine. then the warming trend begins. near 70 today. mid 70s tomorrow. 82 on friday. maybe an isolated shower or thunder shower friday afternoon. not a high impact

manassas, lorton, warrenton, upper 40s. we vaes 60s. loudoun county, leesburg coming iat 61. depending where you are, depending how mild it is. talking about weather day, yes, the whole team will be down there. we're giving a presentation to some very lucky elementary school students. then we're hanging around for the game against the mets. but we're going to have plenty of sunshine down there. definitely pack the sun block. low to mid 70s through the later inning of the game. possibly a stray shower. but not li aly. were seeing a few showers out there now as i said. a little disturbance passing through. it's going to continue to move through the north and east of baltimore. owers.l of us will see if you're in maryland, you may see sprinkles. 78 for the daytime high today. sunny and warm. there goes the showers. we clear out as weh headugh the day today. tomorrow, we could have a few showers possibly in the morningn ossibly a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. again, just about a 30% chance. tomorrow going to be hot a humid, mid 80s. yeah, you asked for it. we're getting it.

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

ethe human society flew them to manassas last friday. to virginia and maryland shelters to help prepare for more displaced animals in oklahoma. dmany were move from tulsa. they will now have a chance to be adopted. >>> today in prince george's county, round two of the scripps national spelling bee preliminaries at national harbor. 565 spellers ranging from 15 to 17 will compete for the grand prize of $50,000. the finals are scheduled to begin thursday. always an intense competition. >>> still ahead on "news4 today," how an army tweet doesing about value of military service generated more than 10,000 responses. sodiers shared how the army has affected them and taken a toll on their families. >>> plus, working 4 your health, ow one local woman is making a difference to stop medical misinformation on line. >>> we're tracking a line of rain and tnderstorms here in the mountains of west virginia. it will be impacting the area during the morning commute, arriving here in the washington area abouthree hours or less from now. be ready for that.

holiday weekend, here's the weather models. 4:00 timestamp, storms near ltimore, leesburg, frederick, manassas, and between 4:00 and 5:00 the likelihood of the storms to come through the metro area. between 5:00 and 6:00, moving into southern maryland. the righ b over the baydge could be impacted by bad weather just when most of the people are trying to get on it and get over to the eastern shore. here's the five-day forecast. keep a weather eye to the sky. have your nbc washington app ready to go this afternoon. doug will be he t help track all or any severe weather threat. great weather returns for tomorrow and saturday. a little hint of summer heat and humidity for your sunday. melis melissa, happy thursdasd >> happy thy. >>> the right side is blocked by a crash. don't have slowdowns on the map yet. we'll have more i couple of minutes. silver spring, inner loop near university boulevard, two left lanes getting by the work zone. the rest of the beltway, no big slowdowns.as far as northbound 270 before man trees, a work zone -- montrose, a work zone. this is a millingroject before they get in

current temperatures out there right now, mil temperatures in the 40s in manassas and lorton. that's about it in terms of cool spots. 0severybody else in the and 60s. we have a few showers to the north. mainly through maryland. you'll see a few shores and a ds few clos a frontal system moves through that area and out. we'll become sunny and breezy as we head into the middle part of the day. a few more clouds later this afternoon. could have a stray i would say it's going to be less than about a 20% chance of the stray show popping up. there's the rain around i-70 now. that's going to continue to fleet around baltimore and then off to the eastern shore. there it goes by 8:00 or 9:00, it's done. we are becoming sunny, as i said, through the middle of the day. later tonight, again, a stray shower possible. another chance of a shower ssible tomorrow. better chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow, hot and humid, mid 80s tomorrow. and again, with afternoon storms popping up, just about a 30% chance of seeing some of the storms. 30% chance on s

now it's 58 in hagerstown, maryland, 57 in fredericksburg, 55 in manassas, 56 now in bra y brandywi brandywinecool, cloudy, damp outside ethly s morning. with the return of sunshine, temperatures today should easily climb back into the mid 70s. 14 hours of daylight today. sun's up at 6:05 and down at 8:. that's t wrong number for today. 77 is today.82 s the forecast for tomorrow. another great day coming up for tomorrow. the nice weather's going to last most of the week. but as we get toward wednesday and thursday and friday, rain chances start to gp a bit. all that moisture well to the west of us. for today, skies clearing out, sunshine returning. nothing going on storm team 4 radar. future weather carries the clouds in and out, probablymost gone no later than 2:00, 3:00, there's the tiniest chance for a showof to the western shore the chesapeake bay. i don't think we need to worry too much. for tomorrow, again, a little bit nicer weather. finally backs up into the 80s. wednesday, a little back-door cold front will slide through on wednesday. that means a return of an est o northeasterly bree

today 49 in gaithersburg, 51 in manassas, 45 in worthington.i'll have the forecast and show you when the real warm air t st move our way. see you back here in about 10. >>> he was a comedian genius who could make you crack up without saying a word. the tributes are pouring in for legendary comedian tim conway. conway died today. he had been fighting dementia. he's been known for his time on "the carol burnett owsh he not only made fans laugh, even his co-stars couldn't keep a straight face.ur carol bett releasing a statementoday saying in part, she's heartbroken. tim conway was 85 years old. stomp ne storm next at 11:00 tonight. banning "big brother." >> facial recognition technology going too far? >>> if you're like me and you of smoothies at home, we're going to tell you about a concern surrounding those frozen rries you may have in your freezer right now. >>> we'll show you a confrontation about a woman and a man >>> a porch pirate caught in th. ac a florida woman who was sick of people taking packages from her house and her neighbors' house

manassas. 53 gaithersbur wake up to upper 40s, low 50s for the most part tomorrow morning.a cool start. but not as chilly as it's been. on the radar, no rain to talk about. ane're not going see much. however, look what's happening here. just to the north. watching this boundary right here. that's going to try to bring down a couple of showers in overnight towards the early morning hours. so that's something i'm tracking for you. but other than, that that's the only real chance during the day tomorrow. most of us dry. look at the high temperatures. high of 76 in d.c. around or a little above average. but the real warm air has been west.to the that's the warm air that's going to start to move across the country. we've been on the cool side. the great lakes, the northeast ry cool. snow the last couple of days. and then for us, just on the cool side for sure. the warmth back to the west, ano it's going all move our way. and this pattern is going to stick around for the better part of a week to two weeks. and we'realking some real big-time heat here as we make our way towards th

washingto a little cooler away from the city, though. 61 now in leesburg and manassas. 66n quantico, virginia. 68 dgrees in anne arundel county. and your forecastfor today -- just like yesterday. warm and humid.e thre will be another round of to thunderss later today. i think they'll be more scattered in nature. your rain chances are lower today than they were yesterday. and the severe weather threat isn't reallyll that high, but any time you have this much warmth and humidity around, certainly could have some rm stronger stos. we'll keep you posted on that just like we did yesterday. most of the rain for now is far out across parts of western maryland and the mountains of west virginia. that is moving northbound. that's not coming toward the city ju yet. most of us will be dry here around town for much of the day. at least past noontime. once we get past 12:00 or 1:00 in the afternoon,ikely to see showers and thunderstorms bubbling up here in the shenandoah valley. and then a little higher rain chance today on the northern side of the metro than the southern. but everyone technicall

it's 55 in lorton and manassas, 54 ileesburg, 57 in ellicott city. the forecast for today -- i , promise you'll see more sunshine, and it will be warmer day. yesterday, thought we were going to be close to 80. we barely made it to 70 yesterday in washington. meanwhile, just down the road, richmond yesterday was 88 degrees. that weather is coming back with a atorm chance,s well. i'll time out the rain cting up laer on. for now, back to th. >> thank you. >>> 4:02. a local african-american scholar and prossor is demanding change at a lo school. he said his asgrandson w called the "n" word and threatened with violence. >> this happened at horace mann elementary school. michael eric dyson said 6-year-old max was going to lunch with friends when another person called him the "n" word and threatened to shoot him. a letter went home to parents. dyson says this isn't the first time something like this has happened at the school. >> what do you do systematically, what are the mechanisms that can be put in place to, a, be able to address this situation and, b,

temperatures as i mentioned, in mostly the 50s. 55 manassas and lorton. 54 esburg, 56 degrees in germantown this morning. rain chances are coming back later on in the day. those raindrops near pittsburgh now, that's part ofha a front t will be sliding our direction later in the day. a dry start this morning. with daytime heting, and it will be much warmer, likely to have showers and thunderstorms bowing up b 3ween0 and 7:00. today's high, though, a very wa 87 degrees. closer look at the next ten days coming up in a few. back to the news. >> thank you. >>> 4:32. we're learning new details about a gun scare at a local high school. prince william police say the 16-year-old who brought a gun to hilton higschool may be onnected to the shooting of a 17-year-old in dale city last rtek. >> no one was when the gun went off in a classroom tuesday afternoon. paren say it took hours for school officials to realize a gun had gone off. >> two hours if they were -- sings it hareened, they we literally walking around the school as if nothing it happened. how do we prevent this? do the kids need to be, you

and in virginia, manassas eastund 66 after suddenly, right lane getsth by ere. eun? >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news right now. a second local person has died as a result of the sri lankan attacks on easter sunday. >> cory smithas the latest. >> reporter: good morning. that second victim has been confirmed as chelsea decamenato. she worked for the department of commerce. the secretary of commerce released a statement, this is rt of it,aying that chelsea passed, a way on may 4th, saturday. she was an internationaprogram specialist in sri lanka on assignment. the secretary says, quote, my prayers here with ea's family during this difficult time. the easter bombings killed 258, wounded hundreds more at three churches and three hotels. so far police have detained 73 suspects for investigations since the t bombingsok place. and as we learn more about the passing of chelsea, our community is morning the loss of a fifth grade student at sidwell friends school who was killed while in sri lanka on leave. back to you. >> all right.nk thaou. >>> also breaking this mornin

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

he took a taxi to a home in manassas, where he held the woman there against her will. a relative who asked we not show her face describes how it all happened. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room, the staff at the hospital to ll a taxi cab. >> and they called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >> he was wearing his hospital clothes? >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a pink top. >> reporter: a new internal memo deviewed by the i-team says the hospital has ad tamper resistant tiles and will inslocks for coverings too. tonight they have retrained staff and completed an inspection of the psych ward. st for thatma he has been released from cudy. he was at a hospital briefly in virginia after his arrest. scott mcfarland, news4 i-team. >>> nux next, if youade the trip up to baltime, you have o doubt visited the inner harbor. >> tonight a terrifying scene at that familiar toist spot. >> when we come back, the chaos boils over and the aclu calls out police. stone. shomari >> and i'm sasha.to >ght i'm going to talk >>> we've got s

that was hail in manassas. it was mixed with heavy rain and intense wind, too. download our free nbc washington app. you can stay up to speed with the weather and news any time, anywhere. >>> to a tragic murder mystery in spotsylvania county. we expect to learn more about how two adults and a 14-year-old died. the family of three was found murdered inside a spotsylvania home. they were identified as 39-year-old michael coleman, his girlfriend, 34-year-old rachel osuna, and her 14-year-old son, cairus osuna. friends of the 14-year-old victim have been sharing memories onocial media. he just graduated from eighth grade at thornburgh middle school. >> i wasn't that close to him, but -- he didn't deserve that. it's just -- >> a toddler and infant were also found inside the home unharmed. there's non word o a responsible suspect. >>> the time is 4:33.e' her a lock at the other top stories -- a look at the other top stories. president trump says new tariffs on all mexican goods will kick in next month. lt nightnnounced the 5% tax in an effort to pressure mexico to do

he was also known for the defeat by lee after at second manassas. now, they knew him as a hardliner, someone who had used the army as a wartime bludgeon against civilians and the dakota sioux in minnesota, in response to regular violence. offered his former comrades a new bull, a stronger meat, as he called it, pardon the pun, please. they had won the war by their hard style fighting, and approach eventually adopted in all theaters that brought the confederacy to its knees. naturally, their officers, then, assumed the leadership in the wake of union victory. as pope reminded them tonight, and this is his quote -- "when the war was over, we found that the president of the united states was a western man. the vice president a western man. the speaker of the house a western man. secretary of the treasury or western man. secretary of war western men. secretary of the interior of western man. the attorney general a western man. the general of the army a western man. lieutenant general i western man. the admiral of the navy a western man" and you are gett

blocked by a spate of killings the bodies of more than 50 inmates have been found in prisons in manassas in the remote amazonas state authorities are attributing the deaths to drug related gang violence present giant balls and are a hot valve to regain control of brazil's prisons the spokesman said the violence is unlikely to spread of those on social. hold come from above but inside these walls brutality reigns some 55 inmates have been massacred inside brazil's prisons strangled to death and stabbed with shop and toothbrushes. families gathered at a morgue demanding to see the bodies of their loved one's father is a still waiting to hear if their husbands are alive it's because one of them anguished desperate him outside the prison we don't know what to do because we aren't allowed to get close to the gate the police won't allow us and don't inform us about anything. less it's not easy because they are treated like animals inside if they are humans not dogs they should be given jobs and put some work but it doesn't happen. the killings began on sunday and spread across 4 prisons in the