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. >> he has won the preakness stakes. >> a busy and tragic date at the preakness. exaggerator pulled off an upset. before that, two horses died at pimlico. more on that story. for a photo gallery of the race, open the app and search preakness. >>> senator bernie sanders mexico today. he criticized clinton for support i supporting -- clinton was in south florida speaking to the trayvon martin foundation. he was killed in 2012. his shooting death sparked debate and protest around the country. clinton will meet with chuck todd tomorrow morning. clinton and trump have speeches for the christian leadership conference. trump promised hispanic voters he was on their side and said he would cut middle class taxes. >>> we told you about high profile incidents involving teens and trains. find out what the transit authority is doing to reach a better understanding of young riders. >>> a hole in the ground and a lot of we are going to update you on the status of the repairs in this situation. >>> unfortunately, more showers in the forecast tomorrow. i'll show you the latest >>>

barbaro shattered bones in his hind leg after the preakness. he was euthanized months later. >>> new at 11:00, a bethlehem postal carrier is arrested for groping three women as he delivered their mail. he is charged with indecent assault. it happened at two state police facilities. the victim say he touched their breasts as he was giving them mail. >>> a show of support for falling police officers and their families. nbc 10 at the philadelphia police survivor's benefit in northeast philadelphia. it's a fundraiser that benefits the families of police officers killed or injured in the line of duty. >>> two firefighters are in the hospital tonight after one of them fell through the roof of a burning bucks county home. crews were called to tennis avenue in bensalem this morning. one of the firefighters fell from a third story roof and the other had tightness in his chest. both are in stable condition. >>> a grand reopening at an iconic south jersey landmark nearly destroyed by fire. the columbus farmer's market is fully rebuilt and today held a spe

>> that i request iexaggerator e preakness stakes. >> there you go.re will the the no be a triple crown winner this year. nyquist losses fort first time in its career. fifth time is a charge for exaggerator who lost four straight races to nyquist finished that first place. >>> sixers will be doing their homework on whether to draft simmons or ingram. since they'll have five big men on their roster the big of the rumor so far is a frayed that would send okay for to the celtics for a third overall pick and a player. stay tuned. >>> sixers also have the 24th and 26th selection in the first round. they have seen at least 12 players this week and brett brown was asked what he's staying to these nba hopefuls. >> all they need is to make one team love them. at this to the nba aren't always direct. you may end up in istanbul and then real madrid and can come back to it. in my old life we cut dan degree knee he green twice and now he's fine. >> ron jaworski and his soul team hosting the orlando predator. third quarter, he the score. the soul handed orlando the

the only good news for the preakness. 141st running of the preakness.ain is going to light know up by evening. but look at these temperatures. you're trying to get to the infield at noon. 55. 2:00, 56. 4:00, 56. 6:00, only 57. and rain across the board. look at the winds. north/northeast at 10. north/northeast at 11. it's really a miserable day for may. 10:00 tonight, we're clear, upper 50s, low 60s. by morning, we're clear. sup glasses. upper -- sunglasses. upper 40s, low 50s. 62 in silver spring and bowie. and 61 in fairfax. by lunchtime, we're around 70. that's a good thing. clouds will move in tomorrow evening. but we're going to stay dry through tomorrow night. don't worry, you can cook out tomorrow night. and look at this. taking future cast to 7:30 in the morning on saturday. are you kidding me? look at all of the rain heading our way with temperatures in 50s to start. and then 57 by 11:00. and 72 by 1:00 p.m. cold rain on saturday. 68. yellow weather alert. and leftover showers and storms. 70 on sunday. next seven days. warmer next week. we're i

leading up to the preakness, two horses running in earlier undercard races died. a 9-year-old colt collapsed shortly after winning a race and a 4-year-old philly named pramedya was euthanized after breaking a bone in her leg. the horse was joined by roy and gretchen from chester county. their other horse barbaro shattered bones in his right hind leg after the start of the preakness in 2006. he survived surgery but was euthanized months later an developing a painful hoof disease. at the time his plight gained worldwide attention. immediately after this week's preakness, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals, demanded answers. on twitter the group wrote calling on owners to release veterinary records and complete list of medications that horses were administered before preakness races. studies and our investigation show most breakdowns and deaths occur because horses have pre-existing injuries masked by excessive use of medications. again, that's from peta. in a news release, the humane society's president has said, quote, deaths of horses at the track h

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two horses lose their lives at the preakness stakes, reigniting concerns about the sport. te captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. this is the western edition of the broadcast. five years after the raid that killed osama bin laden, the u.s. military has again reached into pakistan to take out a notorious terror leader. the afghan government confirms the leader of the taliban mullah akhtar mansour was killed this weekend in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan, mansour had been blamed for the deaths of many u.s. troops across the boarder in afghanistan. u.s. officials say president obama personally authorized the strike. here is elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: this according to the afp news agency is the ttermath of the drone strike. the burned out car mullah akhtar mansour had been riding in, and at least two charred bodies. there is only one known photograph of mansour, an afghanistan's intelligence agency said he had been under close surveillance for awhile. secretary of state john kerry on a visit to myanmar

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he has won the preakness stakes. >> exaggerator trained by his brother keith. cherry wine was second and nyquist was third. >> now that you won the preakness with your brother, what does it mean to you? >> i haven't thought about my brother one time. i thought about exaggerator and his second grade one win. i will think about a beer in a little while. then i might get the him later. >> thank the good lord bob for raining on us today. raining some hundred dollar bills. >> yeah. indeed. baseball giants and cubs working at third and king. right now, the giants on top of the cubs 2-1 in the third. >>> at the coliseum, give this fan a contract. as fan took it away from a yankees fan today. and then the yanks ... took over the game. shawn manea started great. retired the first nine batters. then trouble. carlos betran with a single to left. the damage continued. rob called up earlier this week. boy, have yourself a day. dropped in for a two-run double. new york won the game 5-1. they will go for a four-game sweep tomorrow. >>> nba playoffs, the warriors have landed i

around the preakness steaks.tween 1,502,000 people come out and celebrate. and so we have raised about $350,000 to this point and are going for another 200,000 this year. >> last year, it poured it rained so i can a test to the great time rain or shine. how can people find more out about this event. >> go to preakness at the piazza. com. buy tickets there the event may 21, four and a half hours from five p.m. to 9:30 p.m. >> it will be great time. >> it will be terrific. >> bo ties, beautiful hats jim, brooke, you guys better be there. katy? >> after that video who is crazy not to? >> after decades of marriage, hollywood couple calling it quits. >> ozzie and sharon osborne are splitting up after 33 years of marriage. sources say the rock len end has been living at beverly hotel hills for weeks. we'll see if the co-host confirms anything today. you better tune in, the talk hairs at 2:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. >> well, michael phelps is a dad. olympic swimmer and his fiancee welcomed boomer robert phelps thursda

it was the preakness.hed track dash the the hopes and even a few careers at preakness. that story ahead. janice dean is tracking storm clouds. is there an end to any of this rain, please? we're almost out of time for may flowers. >> so, yes, i have good news on the horizon. stay tuned, leland. we'll talk about it after the break. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop t

for some, a difficult day at the preakness. two horses are dead after their races. >>> good sunday morning, i'm karen thomas looking at your neighborhood forecast. numbers are bumping up slowly but our croloudy skies will continue. in the city you may need the umbrella and the raincoat. at the ball park later, same scenario. it is fairly dry in new jersey. 56 degrees, feeling cool with clouds in delaware. warming up but not really warm. we bumped to 6. if we get some peeks of sunshine, that is the plan, but the clouds are pretty stun born and the isolated showers will continue. you see what i mean by isolated, sort of broken up precipitation. there is plenty of it to come. this trend will continue. it is raining in philadelphia. moving through here in southern chester county and delaware is getting spotty showers moving into the area as well and that will be fairly persistent as we get into the evening hours. you will need those umbrellas. >> absolutely. >> a decade after kentucky derby winner barbaro broke his leg at the start

nyquist was looking to capture the second leg at the preakness stakes. it was a wet baltimore evening. as the track was certainly affected by the weather conditions. >> and he takes the lead. as they come to pole. and exaggerator? >> no, nyquist switches to the outside. exaggerator, coming up, and nyquist coming up to the second. and then cherry wine. but exaggerator has turned the table. he has won the preakness stakes. >> exaggerator splashes to the victory, spoiling nyquist's bid. nyquist finishes third. exaggerator wins the preakness. >> i think it is congratulations go to mother nature. he obviously moved up in the offtrack. i played it down all week, because i thought the area was more of a meltdown case. but he was just unbelievable today. >> to baseball. nationals going for four straight wins. including two over the marlins. down in miami tonight. there was an unfortunate ending in this one. >> it was super hero night in they had the bases loaded. nobody out. down one. and jason werth with the rally killing the double play. and just like that, na

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exaggerator has won the preakness. >> there will not be back to back triple crown winners this year. nyquist was third behind cherry wine. >> a tough day in maryland. in the first race of the day, 9-year-old winner won but had a cardiac arrest. >>> and the family that owned barbaro who had a leg injury and death also had a horse die on the track. >>> and the brink of elimination at the eastern conference finals. raptors lead by as many as 18. lebron james is hit in the face and goes down, but you look again, lebron is hit by his own teammate, the reves made the appropriate adjustments, but kyle lowery with a short jumper, the raptors won 99-84. >>> nhl play yaufs, the sharks go up three games to one on the blues. the blues shorthanded, a two-on-one. the first of two in the game for him. the blues with the man advantage, troy broward deflects the point shot. he had a pair as well. they even the series. that is your look at sports, i'm danny pommells. >>> 6:56 right now on our sunday. here is a live look at the center city skyline. still overcast, but we have heavy rain last night. kar

by 5:00, left over showers, some good niece for the preakness. instead of a heavy down pour by post time it will be showers and/or light rain. download our app. you can track this along with us. go to the app store and search wusa9. regularly scheduled newscasts are available on the app on with the white house, shooting at the white house, that would have been available on your phone as well. >>> warning systems went off moments before egypt air flight 804 disappeared. warnings indicated heavy smoke in or near the cockpit and problems with the flight control system. meanwhile, patrol boats are using sonar equipment to search for the plane's data recorders. egyptian military has found human remains, luggage, airplane seats 200 miles north of alexandria. the plane was carrying 66 people on a flight from paris to cairo when it disappeared. >>> a man suspected of murder is off the streets of northern virginia. police arrested bowler for the homicide of leon williams. williams died last october from a gun shot wound in old town. at the time police sai

the preakness as we all know, the middle jewel of the racing's triple crown. all eyes going to be on nyquist seeing if he can win this win after the kentucky derby win. the biggest obstacle may not be what he's running against but what he's running in. the rain. >> nyquist has never run on a sloppy racetrack before. he's run on a good one with moisture, no handle it, but never faced with it before. sometimes horses handle it well and sometimes they don't. >> so our coverage of the 141st preakness stakes begins at 5:00 right here on nbc 4. >>> well, your weekend plans might get washed out. we've been talking about it all morning. tom is tracking showers, and when we can expect this soggy stretch to end. nice shot there of the national harbor. >>> and from now i will be fine, this will be a blip in my life, but for him it is aefeverythingd i could not live with myself if i walked away. >> a common connection that turned into sorry much more. how a mother's decision is changing the life of a man she snee . >> announcer: and now your storm team 4 forecast. >>> goo

preakness, by 11:00, light rain. tapering to sprinkles. late afternoon, post time, mid to upper 50s, and they're off. temperatures tomorrow, low 60s. off and on sprinkle likely during the day sunday. smaller chance monday. 70s tuesday. here comes 80s, wednesday, thursday, friday. remember the '80s? cyndi lauper, dur >> and welcome them back, open arms. thank you, tom. >>> all right. 9:53 your time on this saturday. we want to tell you we're following breaking news of the egyptair crash investigation. what investigators are learning from new photos of debris and what happened moments before that crash. >>> a special night for some teachers. teaching english at a public charter school and also the milken educator award. congratulations to them. >>> 9:56 on this saturday. four things to know before you head out -- start with a man in critical condition after witnesses say he brandished a gun at a white house security checkpoint. a secret service agent shot the suspect after the agency says the man ignored several commands to drop his weapon.

perfect through the preakness. falling short of matching the historic triple crown win of american pharoah last year. >> he's still an amazing horse. we're so proud of him. so blessed to be a part of him. and we're going to live to fight another day. >> reporter: horse racing a sport with harsh realities. and one that teaches a lesson to us once again. what american pharoah accomplished last year was special. it's a hard thing to do. >> you promised this came in bunches. we were going to hold you to that. >> i said it has come in clusters in the past. but what we saw yesterday, exaggerator, a horse familiar with running in the slop. his mudder was a mudder. not sure if you knew that, dan. >> tough for the jockeys, too. >> they wear about nine or ten goggles. they pull them back over their head every ten seconds on the track because that's how muddy it is. >> news you can use. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you, tony. >>> let's check the other morning headlines and get it over to our good friend, ro

headed up to the preakness tomorrow, there is your preakness forecast, in the 50s with the raindrops. sunday also not a very pretty day. we start to turn the corner on monday and by the middle parts of next week, ta-da, back in will to the 80s. >>> right now still have the problem in georgetown. inbound canal road at whitehurst freeway, right in front of the gas station. we do have those inbound lanes just the right lane getting by outbound left lane blocked because of ao scenic overlook area, have a crash in the left lane slowing things just a bit. westbound 50 at kenilworth, crash on the right side of the roadway there. 66 and 95 looking pretty good. not too bad right now. and green and yellow line delays right now, this is between l'enfant plaza and mount vernon square. we were single tracking, now just delays. tonight on news 4 at 6:00, i'll tip my wor ten my wor continue my worth the trip series. this time through the district. what about the less traveled locations? we'll start in anacostia, and then in a space so calm it almost feels like you're in the country. we'll show you w

. >>> the precursor to the preakness. this afternoon featured the 92nd running of the black eyed susan at pimlico in baltimore. the fillies on the track today. land over sea the favorite but out of the gate is go maggie go the two fillies continue to trade places as they go down the track. go maggie go earning the $5,000 purse. >> trainer dale romans gets the two top places with ma can do it finishing second. >>> of course the big event in baltimore tomorrow. you can watch the preakness stakes here on nbc4. coverage starts at 5:00. post time 6:45. favorite, undefeated in his career. >>> mystics looking for their first win of the season, hosting the sparks at verizon center. emma has range. team high 13 points. second half, it is a former terp alert. christy fires home three of her game-high 19 points. mystics looking for their first win. falling 97-67 tonight. >>> we have some new celebrities blossoming in the district. their commercial today with newest redskin josh norman. keep your eyes open for the spot. always a clas

. >>> he has won the preakness stakes! >> well, it was a messy race and no triple crown winner this year. the upset and the vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> he has won the preakness stakes! >> don't expect a triple crown winner this horse racing season. exaggerator pulled off the upset at the preakness yesterday. that win was the first loss for nyquist who was favored in the race. but the win was overshadowed by a somber start when two horses died and a jockey was injured earlier in the undercard. one horse died of an apparent heart attack and the other broke its leg. developing in china this morning, take a look at what more than 18 inches in just 10 hours did to a city in the south part of that country. eight people died, four others are missing from the floodin

>>> upset at the preakness. the horse who became a runaway winner, despite the mud. dashing nyquist's bid for a triple crown. >> exaggerator has turned the tables, he has won the preakness stakes! >> why did two racehorses die at pimlico the very same day? >>> and bear attack. the camping trip nightmare. the bear that came out of nowhere, grabbing this man's head in its powerful jaws. >> i remember feeling like the bear was swallowing me. >> how he got away. telling his harrowing story right here this morning. >>> hey, good morning. let's get straight to the brand-new numbers showing a dramatically tightened race for the white house. >> according to an abc news/"washington post" poll released overnight, donald trump holds a two-point lead. 46 to 44 over hillary clinton. now, this is quite a flip, because as recently as march, clinton was leading trump by nine points. >> both of these candidates have real challenges going forward. 60% of americans view trump unfavorably. for clinton that number is 53%. that makes this a race between two of the most unpopular likely pr

for the preakness, 1041st running of the -- 141st running of the preakness.the heavier rain tapers off the light rain or showers armed post time. around 6:00 60 degrees but still showering and winds out of the north-northeast at 11:00. 10:00 tonight clouds in place but we are dry. 65 downtown and 64 in bowie and then by 6:00, 7:00th heaviest rain still culpeper south and east. this model seems to be a little biased. i think some of this heavier rain will make it as far north now as gaithersburg. by 10:00, again, heavier rain into southern maryland but still moderate rain into gaithersburg, rockville, clarksburg, across the river, mid-60s, that's about it. we are still left with showers back to the west so even when your rain shuts off tomorrow, don't think, ooh, we can break out the picnics. you can't. shower going to roll through late in the afternoon and evening, by 6:00, a lot of showers, temperatures upper 50s to around 60 and even by sunday morning we have more showers with temperatures generally in the 50s to around 60, pretty much across the board. we

thank you. >>> two horses died saturday at the preakness stakes in baltimore. the tragedies are reigniting concerns about the sport. >> reporter: there were celebrations at the winner's circle for preakness winner exaggerator. but his moment of triumph overshadowed by the loss of two horses. 9-year-old homeboy chris won the first preakness contest in maryland, then collapsed and died moments after having his photo in the winner's circle. chris campitelli tweeted devastating loss. homeboykris died from apparent heart attack on walk back to arm after preakness day win. later, the 4-year-old horse had to be euthanized breaking her left leg coming out of the final turn. the on call veterinarian. >> an open wound. and -- that, that just does not have the possibility of surgical fixation. >> they grew up. >> veterinarian, dr. gregory barbosa says the horses are specifically bred to race. >> when you have a good racehorse, you know you do, they want to run. bred to do and feel good when they do it. >> reporter: the jockey club released sta tikss showing 14% decrease i

he has an impressive 6-1 record4 a no-c day was the draw for the preakness.erby winner nyquist was the favorite. he has won all eight of his races so far in a workout this morning. 11 horses in the field for the preakness. eight of them did not run in the kentucky derby. trainer doug o'neal says nyquist needs to keep up the good work. >> we're just looking for him to continue what he's been doing here since he's been in baltimore. keep his appetite up and stay injury free and stay loose. when he saw some people along the rail, he wanted to gallop and show off a little bit. he went around a full two times. he's fit and happy and ready. >> looking forward to the preakness this weekend. >>> the sherwood softball program, they're going for 100 consecutive wins today. right now, they lead that game 6-0. >> looking good i'd say. >> i don't want to jinx it though. t> saturday, ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay a

. >>> a tragic start to a day of racing, two horses died in races leading up to the 141 preakness steaks in baltimore. one of those horses has tied to the region. home boy chris number three collapsed and died of a heart attack after winning the first race at pim lick owe. three races later more heart break for owners of legendary local horse barbaro, their horse, premedia was euthanized on the track due to a catastrophic leg injury. what hes led at the farms in chester county. autopsy will be done the at new bolton center in kenneth the square. you you may remember, kentucky derby winner barbaro broke his leg at the start of the preakness ten years ago. barbaro had to be euthanized a few months later. >>> comedian jon stewart is adopting a lancaster county horse whose story of abuse made national headlines. lily was shot with dozens of paint balls and abandoned at a stable in march. she was later treated at new bolton center in kenneth square. stewart and his wife will bring lily and another neglect mare to their farm sang way for abused animals in monmouth county, new jersey. >>> crews

and, for katie, katie, will we need the umbrella for preakness this weekend. >> if you have a giant hat, built in umbrella but saturday is day that last like it will get wet this really cast a shadow. look at this. lets get take this off so you can see everything, folks. lets take a look a at is what going on outside on storm scan three. we have wet weather, currently, retreating thankfully but spotty of spotty showers have been out there across southern new jersey, portions of delaware, you can see at least retreat of the the cloud, back across central and northeastern pa. but we will brighten up with time here. i do start off with good news, and waits in the wings is a down tail nose dive with our weather pattern. you can see rain breaking out across oak, texas, that is storm that will head our way, for saturday. here's the bullet points you need to know, if you have outdoor plans, you might want to think about a backup because we have period of rain in the forecast. early morning likely does stay dry, the way the timing pans out the right now but late morning looks like first rain dr

it makes the preakness unique and it's so much fun.t started in just a couple hours. >> just a little bit different than the kentucky derby. carolyn manno, thank you so much. good luck down there, have fun. and you can watch the 141st preakness stakes at 5:00 here on nbc. >>> still to come, what could be categorized as the worst thank you ever. how two newlyweds responded when they didn't get the gifts that -- they didn't like the gifts that their guests gave them. >> let's just say they weren't exactly grateful. >>> plus, buehler, buehler? we're man, my feet are killin' me. same time tomorrow, fellas!? new dr. scholl's stimulating step insoles. they massage key pressure points with each step, for all day comfort that keeps you feeling more energized. dude's got skills. new dr. scholl's stimulating step insoles. which urgent care do you want to try this time? this one's only a mile away. oooo, and it's in-network. this is our best idea yet. steve! steve! steve! so close. it's not always easy to control your enthusiasm. but with unitedh

exaggerator won the 141 preakness stakes. exaggerator rallied on the sloppy track in baltimore. >>> super heros are taking over the please touch museum. the second annual super hero weekend. it's the superpower of imagination for children of all ages. kids got a chance to make their own costumes. it continues today it begins at 11:00 a.m. >>> we've got much more "action news" straight ahead. we'll be right back. >>> new the investigation into a crash that killed a pedestrian and shout down a south jersey highway. >>> a someone is flashing runners along the schuylkill trail. police may have it solved. >>> sunday showers, accuweather says we are moving from a wet weekend to a wet workweek. meteorologist chris sowers is outside with the accuweather forecast. bring us good news, chris. >> reporter: the good news it's only for a couple of more days, we'll get into a sunny pattern day in and day out it will feel better and look better. these the rainfall totals for the months for philadelphia, 4.93. now, by the 22nd we should have

preakness.reakness. could be a really muddy track.yt we'll get a preview coming up after the break. >> in the race for the whitera house hillary clinton and donald trump are accusing each other of not being qualifiedllng to be president.resident trump is also slamming clinton i for not using the term radical islam particular terrorismla when referring to the egyptair t plane crash. cra >> she refuses to use thatefes t term and i'm saying to myself, l and it's a terrible thing and he essentially shouldn't beul be running for office, he doesn't d have the right to run for r f officers and i'm saying to myself what just happenedapped about 12 hours ago? a plane pla got blown out of the sky.n ouoft and if anything -- if anybodyny thinks it wasn't blown out ofas the sky, you're 100 percent wrong folks, okay. o >> both will be taking on the bt hot button issue of guns this weekend. trump has plans to speak atantos today's nra convention inn louisville and clinton will wil appear in florida tomorrow wi

he has won the preakness stakes. >> exaggerator takes the preakness stakes to there will not be a triple crown win ther year. >>> a tough day in maryland. in the first race, home boy chris won, and then had a cardiac arrest. >>> and then roy and gretchen jackson, the family that owned barbaro had another horse pass away. >>> the raptors are pushed to the drink of elimination in the earn conference finals. we go north of the border. first half, raptors lead by 18. lebron james gets hit in the face and the ref tees up just about everyone in white. and lebron was actually hit by his own teammate, in the fourth quarter, kyle lower ri with a short jumper. the raptors won 99-84. >>> the nhl play offs, sharks go up 2-1. third period, the blues with a man advantage. that is your look at sports, i'm danny pommells. >>> from our delaware bureau, tomorrow is zika awareness day in the state. they will be handing out zika protection kits. it is all part of the state's approach to prevent transmission of the disease. the number of women affected in the u.s. continues to grow and now reaches into the h

saturday, they will be running the preakness up this baltimore, so the preakness forecast then will be a wet one. bet on the mudders on saturday. they run the race at 6:18. heaviest of the rain will be in the front part of the day on saturday, but there is still a chance for some rain there saturday afternoon and into early sunday. but look at that shine back early next week and 84 coming your way next wednesday. sounds awfully good to me. a tough morning commute on 270. >>> breaking news 270 northbound, we're still shut down at 121. so right now we are jammed as slow to get to 121 and get off to do that alternate. also slow southbound lanes. a six mile backup here this morning. allow extra time for sure. 355 not looking so hot either right now. but better than total closure of course. 270 south at old hundred, delays headed southbound. and as folks are getting off on to 121, that's what it looks like at clarksburg road. 5 at suitland parkway, have a new crash there taking a look at prince george's county over all no major issues there. beach drive shut down between wise and cheryl dri

. >>> and in maryland tonight an upset at the preakness.xaggerator finishing first, ending nyquist's bid for the triple crown. but the day began on a somber note with the death of two horses. as abc's ron claiborne reports, it has happened at this track before. >> reporter: it was the first race at pimlico on preakness day. >> homeboykris gets home to win it by a head in the opener. >> reporter: the winner, a 9-to-1 longshot named homebykris. the 9-year-old showing no signs of trouble as his jockey walked him around the track afterward, but minutes later, on his way back to his barn, homeboykris collapsed and died. three races later, misfortune struck again. this time a 4-year-old filly named pramedya went down mid-race with a fractured front leg. she was euthanized right on the track. her jockey suffering a broken collar. >> it's just so untimely and so unfortunate to have two horses lose their lives when the world really is watching on maryland's biggest day of racing. >> reporter: in a tragic irony pramedya's owners also owned barbaro, t

what conditions for the preakness. we have an inch to an inch and a half of rain possible. aroundcattered showers the region. highs around 59 degrees. much better getting with temperatures in the lower 60's. we'll have scattered showers in the forecast by the middle of next week we approach 80 degrees. >> one of these days, i hope i show the desk during songs. everyone dancing up here. it looks good. look at you. >> i don't think they can actually hear that at home, though. they don't get to hear what we hear. >> if they can see you, it would be good. >> i don't think it will would be goo >>> you are paying attention to the nba playoffs. we have a lopsided series going on. after the cleveland cavaliers trounced them in cleveland. a writer for "the new york times" wrote, toronto's best chance might be having customs stop him at the border, talking about lebron james. and you'll never believe what happened. the cleveland cavaliers were stopped on their way to customs in canada. we got the scoop, hot off snapchat from reserve, richard jefferson. >> apparently, we are being hel

for the preakness, the heavy rain will taper off to light rain or showers.y 6:00 we are 60 degrees but it's going to be some kind of chilly up there. but ironically, it might not be as wet or sloppy of a traffic as -- track as it was last year after that big storm. 9:30, 10:00 tonight we have clouds and dry downtown. 67 downtown, pretty good. 65 in fairfax. by morning, this is 7:00, culpeper and manassas and i mentioned this earlier that futurecast has taken the heaviest rain and actually shunting it south of d.c. into southern maryland. a couple of other models are not doing that. i think over an inch of rain will go as far north as rockville, maybe as farther north -- far north as gaithersburg. by 10:00 rain everywhere. now 58 in la plata and 57 in bowie and then by 12:30, 1:00, little break of a -- little bit of a break but heavy rain into some sections of the delmarva. once the bulb of the steady rain passes we are not done with the system yet. we will have showers all night saturday and into sunday, only 60 at 6:00 on saturday. 57 in gaithersburg, 56 --

if you're going to preakness, just know it's going to be a muddy one, maybe betting on preakness you catch it here on nbc. we also have some rain early on sunday morning. guys. >> thanks, lauryn. >> and thank you, that's news 4 midday. thanks for being with us this morning. we're back this afternoon. >> at 4:00 pat will be here. and we hope you'll join us tomorrow. and don't forget you can get all of your weather and news updates on t hope the sun stays ♪ ♪ >> today on the meredith vieira show, we are talking about what's hot now and why people say zach ephron has taken his six pack too far. and the one question they want to ask drump. can they spot the newsmakers that went viral? find out when they play nailed it or failed it. and rachel platen is here. it all starts now on meredith. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

for preakness. and near 70 sunday. low 70s monday and tuesday. but showers, still lingering, sunday, monday and tuesday. >> nats gotta go through the mets, right? >> yes. number 1, versus number 2. they open up their big series in new york. washington and the mets. but it could be an emotional night for na >>> tonight begins the first n.l. east showdown of the season between washington and the reigning national league champions. it's a homecoming for one of the hottest hitters in baseball. nationals second baseman daniel murphy will play in city field for the first time as a visitor. murphy was drafted by the mets. played there the last seven years. it was their post season hero. right now, though, he's batting 400, the best in the ma. murphy addressed the media today and talked about the legacy hoe hopes he left behind in the big apple. >> i never expected anyone to say, i played well on the way out of the place. but hopefully they can catch it. and always play well. but hopefully you can look at that guy and like, he plays hard. and may be goof

un nice day for the preakness pakne stakes.es. our view a little at bit this is part of a low a pressure system that will gain some more energy as it movesergm off the coast and sit and spin s around our area for the next couple of days. this is probably the heaviest of the rain that we'll see butut we'll see pretty occasional showers through the afternoonno and into tomorrow as wie hadie well so back into the wetto t wt pattern for sure.n for s in the cool pattern, too,, temperatures have beenmpatures steadily below normal allow na month thanks to all this wetall weather and today we'llll probably struggle to get outet of the 50.0. 58 baltimore, 55 in manassas mas not moving mulch from there. fox futurecast shows thecast shs heaviest of the rain is out byy noon but those showers arehors e very persistent so expect at least light rain clouds drizzle and chilly weather alldh day long. by this time tomorrow morning, m still some leftover showers.rs. waves of showers expectedrs through the day on sunday. sun so even though we'll prob

preakness, rain till 2:00 p.m. and showers at 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. it will be lighter activity. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning rain and showers. heavy rain towards leesburg and west and i-81. 10:00 55 in gaithersburg. temperatures don't move much. 6:00 showers and temperatures 57 now in 58ers burg and silver spring. on the day planner rain through 11:00 and showers by 1:00 p.m. 58 at 1:00. next 7 days. lower temperatures on sunday, low 60s. monday milder with more showers. nice tuesday and wednesday. 85 on wednesday and perhaps near 90 on friday. >> hey now. [ talking at the same time ] >>> the nats off to a good start, winning 2 of the last 3. gone from the big apple to in a group of gladiatorseum prepare for battle. carrying on their shoulders the legacy of a nation, and... enormous heads. go! [whistle] ♪ ♪ winning a presidential race is hard, but saving money with geico is easy. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>>

for preakness, wow, you want to go to the 141st run. because we are looking at rain, 10:00 a.m.d temperatures in the 50s and winds out of the northeast at ten. by 6:00 temperatures in the upper 60s. the only good news the rain will taper off by post time. some good news there. and the track ironically, even though it will rain, not as wet as it was last year. by 10:00. clear to partly cloudy. 60s and by the morning low 50s. and by 9:00, 62 in fairfax and clear and by lunchtime or 70s, pretty nice. don't worry if you have something planned you are okay. the district and into fredericksburg and maryland. low 60s by 9:00 and 72 by 1:00. we are going to call it cold for may and afternoon storms possible around 70. next seven days, nats back in town monday through thursday and next weekend. showers and storms possible and we are going to have ♪ stand by me vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping nei

the quest for the triple crown, nyquist preparing for the preakness.his is video on the track at pimlico. hoping to become the second straight horse to win the triple crown. last year was american pharaoh. he is a 3-5 favorite. the group dude perfect is at it again with the crazy shots. this time it's tyler tony from 533 feet up. leon: no way. robert: yes way. of course he hits it. that is crazy. according to the guinnessworldrecord.com the highest is 117 feet. i hate the trick shot stories because it gives maureen material. i hate it. i hate it. got to get them out of here. final note, mystics still looking for the first win of the season. they host l.a. sparks at verizon. tip-off in a half hour. leon: tell steph curry to top robert: will do. eiffel call him. maureen: we are still waiting for you to shoot more than two feet. robert: i knew it was coming. doug: wonderful evening tonight outside. mild with the clouds moving in. tomorrow is a rainy day. start morning heavy south and east of the city in the morning. could taper off in the spots in the aft

. >>> before the running of today's preakness the event was marred by tragedy. the first winner of the day suffered a heart attack while walking back to the barn and died. then during the fourth race, a horse broke her left front lag and had to be euthanizees. as for the main event, nyquist was going for a jewel in the triple crown. nyquist led for much of the race but exaggerator took the lead down the stretch and would not give it up. nyquist can't keep up and drops back to third place, plus cherry wine comes in second. exaggerator wins the 141st 141st preakness stakes so unlike last year, when american pharoah captured the triple crown there will be no such winner this year. >>> this abc7 sports report has been brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> thank you. next on abc7 news at 6:00, at-risk kids learning from a hall of famer making fi >>> join us tonight on kofy tv 20. dough trail's on the special delivery traveling 16 miles but taking 18 hours. then at 11:00 here on channel 7, we're tracking new developments in the early morning raid at a peninsul