news 4 midday begins right now. >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. the funeral for the baltimore man who died after becoming critically hurt in police custody is just beginning. you can see right now lots of folks at the funeral for freddie gray. we're streaming this live on the nbc washington app. thousands of people expected to attend 25-year-old freddie gray's funeral. you can see dozens of them in that shot right there. of course gray died last week after stuffing a spinal injury. baltimore police have not explained how or when that incident happened. the cemetery burial will follow this morning's funeral. we'll have much more on twitter and facebook throughout the morning. >>> tensions remain high following a turning point in the freddie gray demonstrations over the weekend. saturday's protests turned violent as night fell. police cars damaged, businesses vandalized and looted 346789 people were thrown in jail. the baltimore police department launched an internal investigation into freddie gray's death. the six police officers are being question

news 4 midday begins right now. >>> i'm melissa mollet in the newsroom. arlington police investigating something they're calling a suspicious death. this woman was found dead inside a home in the 1,100 block of 18th street early this morning. it was a neighbor who alerted police. right now police are saying her death is suspicious. we expect more information later this morning and we'll have more on this tonight on news 4 at 4:00 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a manhunt is under way in montgomery county for the suspect in a violent gas station robbery. chopper 4 captured the aftermath on tape and news 4's molette green joins us live with the latest from the scene. >> reporter: barbara good morning. yes, crime scene tape all gone now. this gas station is back open for business. no sign as you said of the suspect. now, police were able to watch the surveillance video inside the gas station which captures the robbery go down but the suspect had his face covered. all of this happening during a shift change this morning just after 6:30 here at colesville road and universi

but first, melissa mollet has your traffic. >> good morning. 395 inbound, 14th street bridge. we are jammed because of an earlier crash. if with we can look at the metro situation as well taking a look right here still have this problem lee highway at north fort myer drive. southbound fort myer drive is shut down. orange line and silver line back to normal as is green. guys? >>> fleecy clouds at dawn. it will be chilly between now and 8:00. hovering in the 40s to near 50. sunshine in and out by noontime. by late afternoon, mostly cloudy into the upper 60s back to you. >>> he said he wanted to hand deliver a strong message about campaign finance reform to congress. we're learning more about the man who flew the gyrocopter on to the west lawn of the capitol. this morning we're getting a better look at who hughes is and how long he may have been planning this stunt. nbc's peter alexander is live on capitol hill now with more on doug hughes. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this gives new meaning to the term airmail. that ultr

melissa mollet joins us now. >> good morning, guys. now that we kind of share an office here weather and traffic i'm thinking he might want to also bring me a doughnut. that would be probably in his best interest chuck bell. eastbound 198 at route 1, the lanes are still closed because of the fire that angie has been telling us about this morning. travel times, 270 south to germantown on the beltway no major problems there. the on top of the outer loop you're right on time. quantico to the beltway, about eight minutes behind. no big deal, especially this point of the morning. 66 inbound from fairfax county beltway, that'll take you 11 minutes. on time there. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. >>> ford announces a new recall because of a major safety issue. wait until you hear what one driver had to do with his seat belt when that problem happened to him. >>> and today you might notice something different when you walk through metro today or might not notice it at >>> you're watc

melissa mollet will bring you any new developments. >>> breaking news? n. in belts sbeltsville. a fatal crash at edmonston road. take route 1. marc 874 not running today. 270 south, no major problems. outer loop top of the beltway just a couple of minutes behind. 66 inbound, about right at 17 minutes from fairfax county parkway. 95 north from quantico to the beltway, about 34 minutes. much more coming up on the fatal crash. wtop in your car. >>> no problem weather-wise this morning. we have turquoise and tangerine sky. live view from tower camera. temperatures right now generally in the 40s, a few rural areas in the 30s. we'll stay chilly through 8:00 a.m. and then it will quickly jump into the 60s. hides low 70s by midafternoon. just a few high clouts. a look at our rain chances for the rest of the week coming up at 6:51. >>> a new study finds customer service fees are declining on prepaid debit cards, but atm fees are on the rise. bankrate.com says 81% of the cards charge to check the card's balance at an atm. that's up from 77% last year. the fee is tip i lick between 50 cent

melissa mollet is helping you get around that mess at 6:00. >>> as we look outside right now, beautiful but 46 degrees outside of our studios. what a way to wake up. chuck bell will tell us when things will warm up. >>> "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> a major mess an accident and an ink will make getting to work a challenge for you. look at the scene, a lot of backups there. our traffic camera was stuck in the middle of this gridlock on 95 near dale city where we're seeing four-mile backup so far. melissa mollet is helping you get around the mess in your first 4 traffic. >> but first, a shock to your system. much cooler temperatures right now and the wind isn't helping matters in some places. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the wind gusts we are seeing this morning. chuck? >> that's right. it was a very blustery start early this morning. winds have faded back a bit right now. but they'll be right back on us as soon as the sun comes up this morning. sunrise about 20 minutes after 6:00. right now over downtown all is quiet out there. but temperatures

check on traffic now with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. right now a live picture of 66, inbound just past 50. very light volume as it should be at this point this morning. if you're going west of there. you're fine on 66 remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop into your car for the latest on traffic. 95 northbound at lorton road virginia no issues there. wide look at things overall the beltway looking quite good. 70 east mt. airy we have two right lanes blocked because of the earlier car fire, but not slowing things down at well. did have some road work southbound at montrose. that's cleared out of the way. i'm back in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> testimony continues in the manslaughter trial of three former band members charged in the hazing death of a florida a&m drum major. 26-year-old robert champion died of hemorrhagic shock caused by more than 100 blow he sustained back in 2011. he was kicked and punched with mallets as he tried to make his way past the other band members. the three defendants are being trie

melissa mollet, good morning with traffic. >> good morning.ight now our nastiest spot looks a lot better. really is loosening up quite bit. southbound there as you're headed towards powder mill road. had that earlier crash that was causing some big backups. brunswick east 890, a delay for you of 24 minutes behind. grab that extra cup of coffee this morning. 270 south old hundred road had some backups a few minutes ago. and this changes throughout the morning. right now we've looking pretty good as you can see. 66 headed in to town little bit slow as you're headed through centerville and opens up and then gets slow through oak town. pretty typical this morning. westbound, no problems right now. you see we have a live camera driving for you. no major problems right now as you're headed northbound on 95. typical volume. i'm back in ten minutes. see you at 6:31. >> thank you. >>> 6:24 right now. listen to this and then check your freezer. jenny's splendid ice cream is recalling all of its products after a sample tested positive for listeria. store

now, with more on traffic we'll send it over to melissa mollet. >> good morning. greenbelt station closed. the bulls are running between greenbelt and college park this morning. they're saying to allow an extra 20 minutes because of this. lee highway at north fort myer lee highway is now open but north fort myer is closed because of the bad crash. beltway is looking pretty good. no major problems as you take a big look at the beltway. a couple of cameras for you right now. 270 at old hundred road, looking quite good through hyatts town. and the beltway at indian head highway also moving along quite nicely this morning. the biggest problem -- greenbelt station shut down. those buses though will be running hopefully keeping things moving throughout the morning. i'm back with a live picture of 95 in virginia coming up. >> thanks melissa. >>> from chaos to calm at the u.s. capitol. the craziness on the screen after a man flew a copter on to the lawn. security forces are trying to figure out how all of this happened. here's a look at the scary video as doug hughes flew

. >>> i'm melissa mollet with your traffic. ♪ deidre & the dark - classic girl plays in the background ♪ a great entrance never goes out of style. dresses start at $25. the eva mendes collection. exclusively at new york and company. >>> drama outside of virginia courthouse today. perjury charges against jim morrissey were thrown out because of a plea agreement for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. he's accused of having an inappropriate relationship with that young woman and now the father of the young woman was not happy. >> you know exactly what this is doing. okay? >> this individual continues to extort individuals. >> stop it. >> reporter: pent-up frustration comes pouring out in front of the courthouse. >> you need to understand. okay? why is he running to your rescue. >> stop it. >> reporter: moresent him to jail after contributing to the delinquency of a minor. that's her father who called police when it first happened. >> you're making a fool of yourself right now. >> that's okay. >> you're my daughter. i love

in prince jornls county, melissa mollet, news4. >> i'm jim handly. we are just now pulling down new video of an explosion in fresno, california. we will bring you the details on this breaking story right after the break so stay with us. >>> i'm jim handly at the live desk with some breaking news. we're gathering details about a massive gas explosion in fresno, california california. we want to share pictures and video. this happened near highway 99 which runs right through downtown. part of that road is now close. . our affiliate there says the explosion happened at a gas line, but it's not clear what caused the blast. the fresno bay says a firing range owned by the sheriff's office is right nearby this location and that the fire may be on range property in fact. there are reports of as many as eight injuries but we don't know the extent of those injuries. we're also hearing that trains along the union pacific railroad are also closed on that line. they have stopped that train traffic. we will bring you updates as they come into news4. i'm jim handly

in prince george's county melissa mollet news 4. >> very cool. reet you would like melissa to meet? drop her a line on twitter at first4traffic. >> love that feature. >>> a lesson in love and discipline. how in mittsmates and shelter dogs giving a new lease on life. >> severe weather pounding on people in oklahoma. nbc 4. show starts at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. chanel jones, peter alexander. >> looking very cherry blossom. >> coming up on "today," another day of severe storms hitting tens of millions in the south. this one bringing damaging winds, hail and maybe even tornadoes. dylan tracking all of it. >> ahead live in oklahoma city on somber anniversary. 20 years ago this country was forever change by the bombing at the murrah federal building. we're going to talk to some of the victims who survived that day. >> plus there saturday night for the rock and roll hall of fame induction. live to cleveland with the highlights. >> paul and ringo back together. talk about an adrenaline rush. kerry sanders in the hot seat this morning as -- that's h

news 4 melissa mollet shows us how your frig could be the key to finding love. >> we pack it with milk and eggs fruits an veges, how well does this big cold box know us. there's a refrigerator dating expert yes there's such a thing, that says finding true love is all about what's inside the frig and how you pack it. >> when you look at their frig lifestyle, health what kind of romantic partner they will be. >> are they rent instagram an older model, a saver. meet 26-year-old prison. >> i see someone literally in control of their life everything organized, put up aligned properly. >> a neatly packed frig. >> she has a lot of water, gatorade protein shakes. >> britney is a northern virginia real estate agent with mba who also runs an animal rescue. >> i'm open to kind of finding out if they works or not. i think it's interesting. >> down here. >> look how much hummus she has. >> how did refrigerator expert daniel stone determine refrigerators could be a matchmaker proxy. >> 90% of dating revolves around eating and drinking. >> one look at frig and matched up with scott, owner of this fri

i'm melissa mollet. >>> live from nationals park for opening day. excitement and changes to expect heading down for the big game and look ahead to the upcoming season. >>> good morning. i'm eun yang. >>> a perfect day for the home opener. great baseball weather on the way. hopefully see great baseball. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >>> and begin with a developing story in beltsville pap deadly crash happened shortly before 5:00 this morning along edmonston road near baltimore pike. we have more. >> reporter: where they have once again temporarily closed edmonston road while the fire crews work to wash down the road and take care of all of that blood and debris. that goes to show you just how violent this crash was. let me show what you it looked like earlier today. according to prince george's county police, they say there was a car that was heading northbound here on edmonston road for some reason crossed over the line and hit head-first into a trash truck that was going southbound at the tile. this happened around 4:30 in the morning

melissa mollet and the first 4 traffic center tweeting about the situation as it unfolded. chopper 4 was over the scene as fire trucks responded. the stations were shut down nearly an hour. trains began single tracking between glenmont and wheaton causing major delays on the red line. elsewhere on the red line brake issues halted trains too, and some viewers tweeted these photos while stuck at the cleveland park metro station. the brakes had to be manually released before the trains could move again. >>> look at this video. it's real-life rescue of a man lost at sea. louis jordan's story of survival has gone viral now. late last night he was reunited with his family after being stranded for 66 days. jordan set sail in january from south carolina on a fishing trip. a week later he was reported missing. yesterday a german cargo ship spotted him out there on the seas and was able to rescue him. he was taken to a hospital in norfolk, virginia and even walked off the chopper. >> well i'm just -- i feel blessed and full of love and grateful to be with my family and with people ag

. >>> i'm melissa mollet a suspected bank robber escapes custody at a virginia hospital. now the u.s. marshalls begin an investigation into what went wrong wrong. >>> and i'm meteorology tom kierein. a warming trend. what's gone on over the last few days. >>> and "news4 midday" starts right now. >>> just this morning, a 10-inch noose found hanging from a tree on campus at duke university. we want to you look at this photo of a thin yellow rope posted on social media, and news about it also spread when the story made it into the school's daily newspaper. it was taken down just before 3:00 a.m. one blogger on tumblr wrote, the durham north carolina campus is a hostile environment for any and all people. two weeks ago white male students chanted a lynching song to her. after that incident university leaders sent out an e-mail affirming duke's commitment to racial equality. back to you. >>> this morning the university of virginia has an interim policy on sexual assault spelling out the school's expectations for all employees and students when it comes to reporting sexual assa

the all knowing melissa mollet has look at metro delays. >> i like that. we have metro delays. blue and yellow line delays to largo and mount vernon square. also a switch problem is the reason here. as far as travel times go looking quite good. 270 south from germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, running at 10 minutes. 66 east no rob. 95 north you're about five minutes behind. when you hop will in your car respect listen to 103.5 for all the latest on traffic. >>> the story that could make you crabby this morning. why what you think is maryland blue crab might be something else. >> and don't mess with texas? the rumors flying about >>> the embassy of the vatican and secret service want to create a papal security perimeter for the pope's advice i and that means they want to add a 6-foot fence away embassy row in northwest washington. they say it will be attractive and compatible with the building. pope francis is scheduled to visit philadelphia new york and d.c. during his five day late september visit. >>> as he head to the strict for his first visit, it

. >> i'm melissa mollet with new information on the students seen in this dramatic video. the teenagers falling right through the stage floor during a musical production last night. news 4 midday begins right now. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer live in silver spring with breaking news where a former special education teacher's aide has been charged with having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old student right here at the middle school. now the suspect's name is robert wilson the iii. he's 23 years old, charged with sex abuse of a minor and three counts of third degree sex offense. this contact allegedly happened between him and the student between october of last year and march of this year. he was just arrested last night. now, i justed looked at the corporate documents, they say he confessed to the crimes admitted to having sexual contact in the stairwell of the school out of the sight of security cameras and that there were phone calls and text messages exchanged between the two as well. he worked as a special education aide from august 2013, to march 30 when he wa

melissa mollet is watching this from the traffic center.l help you get around this mess with your weather and traffic on the ones at 6:21. >>> a mexican teen is back home with her parents after she was forcibly sent to the u.s. in a mistaken custody battle. the girl was screaming as she was pulled from her school in mexico last week. after a u.s. citizen claimed to be her mother. dna tests proved the woman is not her mother. >>> congressional parties are costing you money. capitol hill police are warning congressional leadership about these parties inside the capitol during memorial day, the 4th of july. while patrolling last year's concerts, capitol police racked up more than 12,000 hours of overtime. that's costing you more than $700,000. congressional staff are bringing coolers inside the capitol with alcohol. congressional leaders say they'll restrict access to the balconies now. >>> today, prosecutors in the boston marathon bombing trial may rest their case. prosecutors are using the sentencing phase to focus on the victims and dzhokha

pa list melissa mollet will be tweeting about this tlou thehroughout the morning. >>> that's right, glenmontaton shut down so a nasty morning on the red line. a lot of people out of town so that might help a little. >> rain headed toward the metro area sweeping in later this morning. could get some thunderstorms this afternoon. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., some of hosefof those storms have a low risk of wind damage. so grab an umbrella. a wet day is on the way. >>> and that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you getting up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. until then have a great day. >> make it a great friday, everybody. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. . >> good morning. breaking news. severe weather in the south. tornados ripping through oklahoma while massive flooding in kentucky leads to high water rescues and the potent storm is moving east. >>> hard sell, president obama putting it on the

. >>> i'm melissa mollet with more on the miracle rescue in nepal and the local crews at this joyful scene there to help. >>> cloudy skies with showers in the forecast this afternoon. could you stay mainly dry, though? i'll have the latest coming up. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist with new questions about what happened to freddie gray when he was taken into police custody in baltimore. could he have hurt himself? news 4 midday begins right now. >>> breaking news we're learning that a military helicopter has made an emergency landing at an elementary school in alexandria. here's a picture the school district just tweeted out. it shows the helicopter that landed on the field there next to the playing field at william ramsay elementary school. they say no kids were on the field at the time but as you can see in the tweet there, it says the kids are heading out now to take a look at it. alexandria police tweeted it is a u.s. air force helicopter that had mechanical difficulties and that no one was hurt. we have a photojournalist on the way there and we'll have more information as we get it. >>

now on first four traffic melissa mollet has more. >>> that's good to point out. other issues here. in franconia at telegraph road, we have some lanes of telegraph road closed because of an earlier crash. again what molette was talking about, 16th street between d and e, some closures. and 66 westbound before the toll road got off the phone with police they're saying a three-car crash. no injuries. but we are a little bit slow here. 66 westbound as you see there just before the toll road this morning. taking a look at 95 in maryland, no problems, the parkway is slow slowed a as you're headed into town here. overall, prince georges county looking typical. i have travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> it's 6:33. today boston will mark two years since the 2013 marathon bombing. a citywide moment of silence will be held at 2:49 p.m., the time the first bomb exploded. boston's mayor has declared april 15 one boston day. a new tradition to honor the city's resilience. he's also asked bostonians to show an act of kindness to somebody today. three people were killed and more than 26

melissa mollet has some work arounds but first, megan mcgrath is where orange cones are going up thisund the national mall. making its way for some history. megan, good morning. what piece what's going on? >> reporter: well good morning. this is part of the on going construction that you can see behind me at the national museum of african-american history and culture. they have requested some road closures for the next several days in order to do some of that work and move big equipment around. this is going to be a problem for people who travel through this area. it's a very congested area, lots of tourists around this time of year. so we are going to definitely see some traffic tie-ups. now it gets under way today after the evening rush hour. 15th street take a look at the map, 15th street is going to be closed between jefferson drive and constitution avenue. starting today at 7:00 p.m. through tuesday. then when that closure is over with, we are going to see another closure in the area. madison drive. here's the map. madison is going to be closed between 14th and 15th streets. that

melissa mollet how is the friday morning commute?> 95 southbound here at powder mill road the crash has cleared out of the right lane, but we still have about a three mile backup. a warning there. it should be slow but you'll get through there because that crash has cleared out of the way. look at the backups that stretch going ten miles an hour right now. as far as the camden line delay, again, between dorsey and baltimore. 15 to 30 minute delay because of freight line issues there. brandywine road closed at gibbons church for road work. overall, no major problems and you're looking at the beltway inner and outer loop. 66 and 95 no major issues. 95 northbound at dale city our slowest spot and headed inbound on 395 looking pretty good. that's about as good as 395 can ever look when you're headed inbound. i'm back in a couple of minutes. live pictures of 66. >> thank you, melissa. >>> if you believe the calendar summer is right around the corner and a lot of folks are getting ready to crank up the air conditioner and along with that c