. >> in raleigh now where the governor is nowhere close to backing down on this. >>reporter: governor pat mccrorys was upd intention pressure to back away from his state's law, requiring transgender people to use rest rooms according to their biological sex. instead, the north carolina republican escalated the fight. suing the federal government to keep the law in place. >> the state of north carolina and this governor welcome the opportunity to be part of the solution. >>reporter: the law known as house bill 2, took effect in march. but the justice department said last week, it violates the civil rights of transgender people and set a deadline for the governor to agree not to enforce it. hours after the announcement, attorney general loretta lynch says the justice department will >> today, we are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state of north carolina. this action is about a great deal more than bathrooms. this is about the dignity and the respect that we accord our fm fellow citizens. >> by refew fuzing to -- refusing to back down, he risks los

and some small businesses like this raleigh gift shop say it's hurting them, too. >> tourists are not coming into the store, because tourists are not coming to raleigh, because tourists are not coming to north carolina. >> reporter: officials here say they want to see how the university of north carolina itself responds before any decisions about cutting off school funding, and for now the law remains in effect, though the justice department is asking a judge to block it. lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> what appears to be a preview of a big general election fight, donald trump and hillary clinton are trading barbs over who would be better for women. trump invoking bill clinton's past to fend off attacks on his own history of controversial comments. meantime, hillary clinton is trying to court republican women in a crucial swing state. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: tonight the battle for the women's vote, back to the future. donald trump with his most personal attack yet on bill clinton. for the scandals much the '90s. >> hillary clinton's husband abused women m

some small businesses like this raleigh gift shop say it's hurting them too. >> tourists are not coming into the store because tourists are not coiming to raleigh. >> for now, the law remains in effect, although the justice department is asking a judge to block it. >>> let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. >> hi, there, dara. good morning. it will cost a bit more to sail the high seas. carnival hiked the prepaid gratuities for customers. and it works out $13.90 a day for those in suites. >>> also mcdonald's their new garlic fries are a hit. the fast food chain telling cnbc they're a limited time menu item in san francisco area and they have sold out. they began to test them at four locations two weeks ago. they could expand them to about 250 more restaurants in the region. >>> and older americans aren't buying small cars, so chevy plans to appeal to younger consumers with the new online tool, chevy small cars.com to look at the sonic and the spark. those considers account for 7% of the sales this year. >> thanks so much. >>> l.a. to san francisco in just 30 minutes. it ma

as omar villafranca reports from raleigh, the governor is nowhere close to backing down. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general loretta lynch took the podium to say the state of north carolina had violated federal laws. >> they created state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security, a right taken for granted by most of us. >> reporter: governor pat mccrory filed his own lawsuit, accusing the federal government of overreaching its authority. >> we believe a core, rather than a federal agency, should tell our state, our nation, and employers across the country what the law requires. >> reporter: the doj sent a letter to north carolina officials last week and warned them that if the state didn't comply, the government could withhold billions of federal dollars earmarked for the tarheel state. that included $1.4 billion going to the unc school system. hb-2, known as the bathroom bill, said transgender people had to use restrooms based on the gender on their birth certificate. the debat

this includes greensboro and greenville areas and charlotte and raleigh and north of wilmington. a good chunk of north carolina for the most part. 10:00 a.m., the rain from this will exit and a little break and clearing and new s 2:00 to 3:00 and raleigh 4:00 to 5:00 for you and hits the coast by about 10:00 p.m. there is your national weather. here is a closer look at your day ahead. the showers and thunderstorms continue right along the southeast coastline as we go throughout the day today. we have cleared it out finally in arkansas, east texas and louisiana and gloomy forecast from philly up through southern new england early today. for the east coast, this will probably be the worse of it. >> it has to get through today. >> thank you. >>> important details from a new study for anyone having trouble getting enough sleep. >>> plus when legislators disagree, things can turn ugly fast! you're watching "early today." ♪ ♪ it's time to get seriously silly, people. ♪ join red nose day to do some serious good ♪ it's simple: just get your red nose, only at walgreens, and get your silly

for today, a marginally severe storms and possibility isolated severe storms raleigh and washington and norfolk and back to wilmington and myrtle beach included. separate storms, a new one in the middle of the country and a strong cold front. kansas city to joplin. large hail is a threat later today. for today's forecast, clouds and rain for the east coast will be off and off throughout the day and new england this afternoon. the evening storms for kansas city to st. louis the day time hours look fine and phoenix 104. as far as the weekend forecast saturday, we watch the storm in the middle of the country heading for areas of philadelphia and d.cd that is your national weather. here is a closer look at your day ahead. >>> so for today, there is that cold front heading to the southeast coastline. we will be watching charlotte to raleigh to north carolina for the possibility of some showers and storms during the day. late today, the storms from wichita to kansas city that could obtain some large hail. -- could contain large hail. the story over the weekend is the cold air coming down from

it's hurting them too. >> tourists are not coming to the store because tourists are not coming to raleigh because tourists are not coming to north carolina. >>> the justice department is asking a judge to block it. >>> in southeast houston, two police officers and a passer-by saved a apartment building. on the left of the screen the officers make a human chain as they pass two boys, ages 1 and 2, down below. other people had to jump or climb down from the second and third story apartments. fortunately, everyone made it out safely. >>> a florida man is lucky to be alive after he was pulled from a burning car that was crashed that happened in vero beach sunday night. he was air-lifted to a burn center where he is being treated. >>> turning back now to the tornado outbreak in oklahoma. this touched down south of oklahoma city near katie. the report of multiple homes were destroyed. steve, what is up for today? >> we have more severe weather in the risk for today and that is a little bit further to the east where it was yesterday. you can see this violent storms have now pushed off into easte

raleigh durham, the charlotte area, biggest cities involved in this.rid of the rain and then it clears out. storms will form around charlotte around 2:00 for raleigh around 4:00 or 5:00. middle of the country, you are gorgeous today. but the east coast, we're just stuck in this gloomy weather pattern. >> hopefully it will change soon. it will change at some point. >> eventually. >>> if you thought the legal brawl 2000 hulk hogan and gawker was over better think again. he filed another lawsuit against gawker claiming the website leaked sealed court documents to t"the national enquirer" that included remarks of him making racist remarks. the new lawsuit follows his $140 million win against gawker back in march. after the site posted a video of him having sex with his then best friend's wife. gawker denied leaking the transcript and accused him of controlling the court system to improve hiz media image. >>> if you're dealing with insomnia, a new study recommends turning to specialized counseling rather than sleeping pills. therapy eliminates potentially d

they do scientific instruments this company down in raleigh starting next year. >> we just talked abouthow many hr applications they are going to get. because the company only has like 10 or 15 employees right now. >> a new thing that just came about it suggested they might try expand up to 50 or 60 people very quick so this would help. >> also maybe a clever empty promise if you think tesla is not going to be able to deliver. >> so cynical. it will give them time to grow. look, we're going to be talking about what's going on with this airplane in egypt obviously. a lot of people to talk about. a conversation about the security issue. found over roku. and the count of cke. a big show. we'll continue talking about retail. and that's what we have on tap. >> andrew thank you very much. we look forward to "squawk box" in 10 minutes. >> and stocks trying to break out of their mini slump. ♪ ♪ (charge music) you wouldn't hire an organist without hearing them first. charge! so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. >>> welcome back to "worldwide e

it is really coming down over alat raleigh over towards norfolk. tomorrow is going to be one wet day for sure. a little bit of a washout on our friday. more rain some of it heavy overnight into tomorrow. take the big umbrella. we're looking at a much better weekend. we'll have much more on that coming up in a minute. >>> we have some new information on a story we brought you yesterday on news4 at 4:00. police have just identified the man who was run over by an amtrak train in rockville. investigators aren't sure why he was there in the first place or where he was from. >>> there were big delays along route 50 truck turned over and landed on its side. maryland state police say a car traveling in front of the armored truck. the truck driver lost control, crashed into a guardrail, and then flipped over. >>> we're learning a lot more about metro's plan to rehab the system and keep you safe. adam tuss broke this story. he's been tweeting new details about it all day. and tomorrow morning metro will lay out its plan. >> it's expected to cause major delay

the white is blossoming near raleigh and that is steady rain that arrives here late tonight and earlyomorrow morning. there on the radar, the heavy rain from raleigh and southern parts of virginia and western virginia and the winds coming out of the northeasterly direction are wrapping around the low and that rain is pulling in off the atlantic. as we go through the next 12 to 18 hours and because of a new moon combined with that persistent northeastly wind and the low developing to the south, a coastal flood warning in effect until 1:00 a.m. on saturday. these are many cycles of high tide we'll see moderate flooding along the coast and back bays and parts of the delaware river. the next time of concern is from 7:00 until 9:00. the flood prone area, you want to move the car away from them. 49 in reading and allentown and 48 in millville. and the rain arrives at dawn from the south and east and pulls into the ocean from it's i-95 corridor at 7:00 tomorrow morning. a slow rush especially philadelphia from the south and east. by lunch time, heavy rain pulling into the lehigh valley as we

the steve is in raleigh, north carolina.the streets over public accommodation is moving to the courthouse. in lawsuit the country top prosecutor now asking federal court to stop north carolina from enforcingi> the new law charging that it removes protection for gay family and keep transgender resident out of the public rest wooms they need. in her view this is the new jim crow. sex discrimination in violence of federal cil rights law. >> they created state sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals. >>reporter: two hours earlier north carolina governor stood before camera revving to back down. >> i think it's time for the u.s. congress to bring clarity to our national anti-discrimination provisions. >>reporter: in his new lawsuit he argue that is transgender americans are quote not a protected class under current law. meanwhile businesses are leaving the it. protest. ncc threat tone move the games out of state. a activist take the protest to stories. i believe you are violating the law. >>reporter: accommodati

some of the numbers, 30 pennsylvania. 40s in new york and mid-40s as far south as raleigh. >> all right, ready for summer. >>> police in london had to remove an air marshal from a tlans atlantic flight to atlanta. they're not allowed to drink for four hours before a flight. the air marshal was released without charges because he hadn't broken any british laws. >>> now to the prince to worshipers at a jehovah witness's hall he was brother nelson. hundreds attended the invitation-only gathering. including sheila e. prince's family was not there, but his sister said there will be an official >>> the latest birthday barb for queen elizabeth. featuring actress helen mirren. it featured dances and some 900 horse and that's all? 900 horses. the entire royal family was in attendance including prince harry and prince william and duchess kate. >> queen elizabeth herself arrived by horse-drawn carriage. she turned 90 on april 21st. another birthday bash will take place on june 11th. it's good to be queen. >>> commencement ceremony brought some political adversaries to the same side. >> john boehne

. >> tony is in raleigh, north carolina.to a group of men precisely about these attacks that we've heard from donald trump, these attacks on hillary clinton and by extension bill clinton as well. how are folks reacting to that? >> it feels like an episode of the view from the 1990s out here. hillary clinton lost the vote there by double digits to bernie sanders and when you look at the national polling and is clearly trying to expand the lead and a two pronged strategy. some sort of a psychological hop, skip and a jump and not barring away from the claim she's playing the so-called woman's card and that's the reason she's competitive in the campaign. i sat down with five of them at a beautiful restaurant named bella donna. >> if she were a man she would get 5% of the vote. >> donald trump is playing the man card. he is also coming up appealing to white males and he has no principle. that's all he has. he has hate. he has contentiousness. he has nothing to offer other than the fact he was a reality show tv star. >> he's playi

wall street is now in this sort of keep hope alive thing with wildly over-raleigh-durhvalued mike hasaid. >> if they're affecting so many millions of lives so negatively, she deserves to be fired. >> we need to have a serious conversation about it. we can't talk about the fed in a vacuum. we have to look at the regulatory side of things. bills like dodd-frank have made it harder for lending institutions to give out loans to the smaller businesses. that's one reason we're seeing problems here. >> steve? >> small lenders have been hurt. anything small gets hurt. this government likes big government, big regulation. >>> coming up, the stocks that go up >>> the names that head higher when interest race head higher. >> columbia dividend income followed blue chip names in this rocky market. >> it's a very cost efficient way to buy dividends. i love those cash dividends. >> you also like gold. why barrett gold? >> george soros bought it, i'll piggyback on him. >> gold came way back this week. be careful. thanks for watching. keep it right here. the number one business network continues with

moderate to heavy rain in the roan 'nique area, to the west of raleigh. have the umbrella ready for tomorrow. rain by morning, steady and moderate during the day, and then we will see cool, showery conditions through the day on monday. this will be a three-day event. where we are talking about the chance of rain, much cooler temperatures. in the 70s and 80s. it will take some time. i have the latest timing on this in just a minute. >> thank you. >>> the man investigators tell us caused a chaotic scene at and around the white house today is in critical condition at this hour. we just learned from the fbi they don't know yet why jessie alavari wanted to die but they believe he wanted law enforcement to kill him. they shot him in the chest when he refused to drop the gun he security check point. shomari stone is live at he white house has the investigation gets underway. >> 17th street northwest and e street reopened to traffic. police say the suspect walked through this check point. witnesses say that secret service officers told him to drop the weapon. fam

today's raleigh filled with teenagers and millennials. he will be in los angeles on friday. so the candidates crisscrossing the state as we approach our june 7th primary. we'll tell you about our new field poll. it shows californiaens will consider a few key issues when deciding who to vote for on june 7. the biggest issue as we mentioned is jobs. three in four likely voters say the job issue is very important. education is the second-most important issue. 67% of likely voters said it will impact their decision. and health care and presenting the u.s. from terrorism also ranking high in this field poll. >> well, it is the first challenge to president obama's transgender bathroom policy. 11 states now suing the federal government. the order from the white house instructs schools to let transgender students use the bathroom and locker room that match their gender identity. but texas, utah and nine other states with conservative leaders are vowing defiance. they are calling the directive unlawful. >>> california's ban on shark fin sales, the supreme court refuses to hear the ap

wall street is now in this sort of keep hope alive thing with wildly over-raleigh-durhvalued mike hasif they're affecting so many millions of lives so negatively, she deserves to be fired. >> we need to have a serious conversation about it. we can't talk about the fed in a vacuum. we have to look at the regulatory side of things. bills like dodd-frank have made it harder for lending institutions to give out loans to the smaller businesses. that's one reason we're seeing problems here. >> steve? >> small lenders have been hurt. anything small gets hurt. this government likes big government, big regulation. >>> coming up, the stocks that go up before i had the shooting, burning of diabetic nerve pain, these feet learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling,

lullaby beyonce kicking water >>reporter:an undeniably poetic, if not a bit chatoic scene at the raleighp of beyonce's formation tour. >>reporter:just like in "lemonade" beyonce weathered the storm that was trying to take her down. twitter_beyonce concert_raleigh sings_halo in rain_rzt singing halo >>:our sources say lemonade clearly mirrors her life with jay z / 1:02:00 and what our story really details how beyonce saved her marriage >>reporter:entertainment director ian drew explains how two years ago beyonce was laying the groundwork for a divorce in the wake of tmz leaking that now infamous elevator fight >>:the elevator incident sort of made public in a very embarassing way the problems they had. beyonce was all set to give up on her marriage she started a statement for hte ap she started looking at other properties to live in tina more than anyone loves jay and wanted her to give it another chance and work through it >>pam m:now at six. >>pam m:the push to legalize pot in california. the golden state is one step closer to making marijuana legal. and a familiar face is leading the m

in 1776, the warship raleigh was the first to fly the new american flag.pshire is home to many other firsts. the first potato was grown here. america's first astronaut in space, alan shepard, was born here, as was the first free public library. >> new hampshire is known as the granite state, and it's because their number-one natural resource is granite. this is a particularly good stone for building bridges, houses, even statues. and although the colony was first established for fishing, they quickly learned what they really had going on. >> those nine stars around the border signify an additional claim to fame. after the revolutionary war, our new constitution required approval by 9 of the 13 states. new hampshire made it happen by being the ninth state to ratify the famous document. with "flag facts," i'm brandon. [ baseball bat thunks ] [ crowd cheering ] >> despite hitting 755 career home runs, hank aaron hit 3 home runs in a single game only once. the date was june 21, 1959, and his braves were taking on willie mays and the san francisco giants. aaron

that will be one thing we don't want if we want nice in but tomorrow 67 at dc and 85 in raleigh. and as we head towards tuesday, not much difference. there's a good deal of warmth. 80s, 90s in texas. but it's not moving here for the first part of the week. we may get a little warmer by thursday and friday and still 70 as opposed to the 80s and e across the country, still watching that big broad storm spinning over western colorado with some snow and the higher elevations. this set up though in the plains would help severe weather get going. that's why we're looking at the severe thunderstorms in nebraska, kansas, with some tornadoic thunderstorms earlier. the cloudiness that you'll see out to the west will be turned -- a stray shower or two with a lot of showers. so we will be on the cool side here, 60s to maybe, maybe 70 degrees. we will watch the showers tuesday afternoon and tuesday night come across the area. then on wednesday it looks like the bulk of the showers to the west of us as we will need to watch that. wednesday could be a problem and we still have some shower chanc

things with the warmer side now in the 70's nashville and knoxville and charlotte, upper 60's and raleigh. atew showers dot the radar this hour, not amounting to a lot overnight. showers dissipate, just some patchy drizzle with fog developing likely early in the morning. that may call some travel delays, so watch for that. leave a little extra early in the morning, especially in the western suburbs. 53 to light at five. in the morning, a cool start, in the 50's, grab a light jacket and we warm up as we move through the day with the hopes that we will have a little bit of sunshine by midday. should be drive for the rush-hour commute tomorrow morning. through the midday, clouds begin to break apart. outdoor recess for the kids come if you have lunch plans may be take advantage of the sunshine. stickexpect the sun to around. clouds increase, maybe a few showers by dinnertime, especially off to the west. a cold front on the way friday that is likely to bring thunderstorms, then a stronger second cold front for the day saturday will bring a showers and storms late in the day, followed by coole

wall street is now in this sort of keep hope alive thing with wildly over-raleigh-durhvalued mike has said. >> if they're affecting so many millions of lives so negatively, she deserves to be fired. >> we need to have a serious conversation about it. we can't talk about the fed in a vacuum. we have to look at the regulatory side of things. bills like dodd-frank have made it harder for lending institutions to give out loans to the smaller businesses. that's one reason we're seeing problems here. >> steve? >> small lenders have been hurt. anything small gets hurt. this government likes big government, big regulation. >>> coming up, the stocks that go up there's no one road out there. no one surface... no one speed... no one way of driving on each and every road. but there is one car that can conquer them all. the mercedes-benz c-class. five driving modes let you customize the steering, shift points, and suspension to fit the mood you're in... and the road you're on. the 2016 c-class. lease the c300 for $359 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. every year, the amount of data your

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these temperatures for the eastern third of the country, near 90 in atlanta, raleigh, d.c., even new york city and that might take you right through the weekend. instant summer regime. >> our thanks to rob. >>> a new statement overnight, the taliban in afghanistan is now confirming that its former leader was killed if a drone strike last saturday in pakistan. now, this did believed to be the first deadly drone attack on a taliban leader inside that country. but the terror group says it has already appointed a new leader and two top deputies. >>> back here in the u.s. a new york man is facing terrorism charges for allegedly supporting isis. sajmir alimehmeti was stopped twice in britain from traveling to the middle east. he allegedly became so frustrated that he was unable to another man get there. that individual turned out to be an undercover agent for the fbi. >> over in egypt relatives of those on board flight 804 have been called in to aid in the investigation. family members are now giving dna samples to egyptian authorities to help identify remains found in the mediterranean se

the numbers, 30s in vermont and western pennsylvania. 40s in new york and mid-40s as far south as raleigh. >> all right, ready for summer. >>> in a bit of a role reversal, police in london had to remove an air marshal from a transatlantic flight. before taking on l.a. u.s. air marshals are not allowed to drink for four hours before a flight. the united airlines flight was delayed two hours because of the incident. the air marshal was released without charges because he hadn't broken any british laws. >>> to the world he to worshipers at a jehovah witness's hall he was brother nelson. they held a private memorial for the artist. hundreds attended the invitation-only gathering, including sheila e. as well as comedian sinbad. prince's family was not there, but his sister says there will be an official memorial for the artist in august. >>> it's been three weeks since queen elizabeth turned 90 but she's still celebrating. >> yes, so, this latest birthday bash for queen elizabeth was star-studded extravaganza. featured actress helen mirren. it featured dancers and some 900 horses. >> that's al

danish tourist got way more than she bargained for at this outing at aloha have ferrari south of raleigh the giraffes were sticking their neck out for a snack. >> good morning washington. it's thursday may the fifth. happy "cinco de mayo".. and happy friday eve. good morning washington. i'm autria godfrey.. and i'm larry smith.. toss to eileen today: cloudy and cool. spotty showers. highs: 56-60 winds: ne 5 mph tonight: rain likely. patchy fog. lows: 48-52 winds: nnw 5-10 mph friday: overcast with rain. highs: 57-60 winds: nnw 5-10 mph 410 410 overnight. while many people were sleeping.. a section of wisconsin avenue in northwest was shut down after a man climbed to the top of the scaffolding around the national cathedral. police shut down the street for more than three hours as they negotiated with the man. he eventually gave himself up. just a few minutes ago-- that street reopened. this morning.. police are looking for the person responsible for a fatal shooting in prince william county. it happened just before 11-pm wednesday on darbydale avenue in dale city. when police arrived - th

by 4:00, raleigh durham, area, fayetteville and then races to the coast by 10:00 or 11:00 this eveningall the great weather, on the east coast, it's in the middle of the nation. the east coast will be gloomy until the weekend. some of us are enjoying it. >> all right, bill, thanks. >>> kensington palace versus the white house. even justin trudeau is talking about bringing it. high level trash talk over the invictus games, coming up. taking control of your health isn't easy. but cigna is there for you. literally. just download our free coach by cigna app. for personalized programs from a team of health coaches to help you achieve your wellness goals. cigna. together, all the way. hoplenty fast.? it's not how fast you mow, it's how well you mow fast. it's not how fast you mow, it's how well you mow fast. even if it doesn't catch on, doesn't mean it's not true. the john deere ztrak z535m. it's how well you mow fast. >>> this morning it looks like we may be looking at a possible rewrite of american history. the marine corps is investigating this iconic associated press world war ii photogr

cars in raleigh north carolina dodged ice pellets falling a gas station parking lot.amaging winds reached up to 70 miles an hour. >>> flashes of lightning came fast and furious plus that rain in cape may new jersey overnight. that's the view from our sky6 camera this morning. >> let's torn dave murphy. sounds like the rain will be here through the morning. >> things will get a lib better as we go later into the morning and afternoon. storm tracker6 live double scan slows you for now we have the rain coming down and if i give you that bird's eye view you can see there's some heavy stuff shifting to the east of philadelphia and really beginning to pop over parts of south jersey particularly burlington county, camden county and leaving areas of central gloucester county. i'll go ahead and move this for you and it is pretty much going parallel to the 295 and jersey turnpike corridor but shifting a little bit over to the east now. if you're in medford lakes, chatsworth, places like browns mills, even wrightstown, you're still in the soup with the heavier cells coming throu

raleigh about 82 degrees. about 83 in st. louis. very comfortable and very nice. tomorrow we start to heat up. new york city gets up to 88 degrees. the warmest day so far this year. charlotte at 88 and betty as we head into thursday, 89 in philly and right through the weekend. the warmth holds on. it's on. air conditioning weather. >> bring it on, thank you. >>> one of the top stories in "usa today" iraqi forces may face human shields as fallujah offensive begins. while iraqi forces advanced, the situation gets complicated as reports from residents say they're using civilians as human shields. >>> veterans administration secretary bob mcdonald is drawing harsh criticism for comparing wait times to theme parks. >> you go to disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line or the -- you know what's important? what's important is what's your satisfaction with the experience. >> mcdonald said the v.a. is developing a new measure to reflect the veterans' experiences but the backlash was swift. tammy duckworth and iraq veteran called the remarks tone deaf. p

play another card and refuse to give federal dollars to the university of north carolina and state raleigh. >>> a muslim student in california speaking out after being mistakenly identified in the yearbook as isis phillip. >> she said she found it coincidental she was mistaken for a former student whose name is associated with the terror group. she was hurt by it but more after classmates denounced her for blasting it. >> for something like that to happen to me, knowing what it means for muslims, it really hurt. >> the school says zelif had been incorrectly identified as that other student. officials are trying to figure out how thatmistake happened. in the meantime, the distribution of the yearbook has been halted. >>> colleges and universities are being urged to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories early in the admissions process. john king says asking those kind of questions discourages students from finishing king made the announcement at ucla since the california system is considered a model for many. applicants are never asked about their criminal backgrounds there.

the rain is mostly located over the north carolina areas from raleigh to richmond up i-95 and batches of rain off the atlantic and greet you on your morning drive all the way from areas of richmond back up to new york city and on long island. the timing today. steady rain for the morning drive at 8:00 a.m. i-95 is wet periods of moderate and heavy rain and shifts further inland by the time we get to noon. rain in baltimore to d.c. to northern maryland but we start to dry out a little bit in new york city to philadelphia. then during the afternoon, it all continues to go all the way back towards pittsburgh as we dry out along the coast and could have minor coastal flooding with this too. the weekend forecast, starting today, the warmth in the middle of the country, one of the warmespo at 87 degrees. northern plains cool off on saturday. slow improvement mid-atlantic, northeast you have to wait until sunday for your improvement. still showers a little bit early in the day but sunday afternoon, i think mother will be happy to see a little bit of sunshine finally. that is your national we

heavy rain in raleigh, north carolina, swamping cars and causing accidents. and in the west tonight, hail near reno, nevada. hammering the front of the car. an inch of rain an hour flooding parts of fresno, california. rob marciano is live in new york city tonight, where it's been raining all day. a tough weekend ahead. >> reporter: yeah, after a tough week. look at the radar, centered right over baltimore. and the bigger picture, showing two deep troughs and a big ridge in the middle. and as the storm moves into the plains, two to three days of severe weather, through colorado, kansas, and oklahoma. and cincinnati and louisville would see a chance for severe weather as well this weekend for mother's day. >> rob, thanks. >>> we turn next to the race for the white house. donald trump responding to the deep divide within the republican party. now promising to unite the gop now that he's the last man standing. but speaker of the house, paul ryan, saying he's not ready to support trump. and late today, news of a summit of sorts. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter:

also very cool to our north sous you can see where you get intoei sunshine raleigh is at at 72 degrees.egesays looks like this. . 60 degrees tomorrow.w. showers, not a particularlytila rainy day, just a little bit of drizzle and showerwer activity. activi definitely rainy for friday. raf i think the morning commuteom will be a slog with some som moderate downpours coming onomg through.th last stop, let's just look att the futurecast.fucas not a lot of rain around tonight. not a lot of rain around for for thursday morning but you canng b see where our storm is sto is west of virginia. vni so, while we get a few showersho and maybe a little bit of rain n activity it's friday morningridy when you see that system spinning in the heavier rain that gets lighter [inaudible] >> didn't just leave this teenager groggy.te it changed his personal.ersonal. this is video of the teenhe waking up from surgery from f repairing his broken arm.nrm he launched into gangster modege during his delusional state.e. his parents claim -- he says he went to dubai and saw lots of pretty ladies.y you know what, he's pr

we have 64 in philadelphia but look at 80 in raleigh. 85 atlanta and memphis. 87 in dallas. 94 degrees i'm right now in mid land. we'll tap into some of that warmer air tomorrow and temperatures top out tomorrow in the 70s. so temperatures tonight in the 50's. clouds maybe a little bit of patchy fog developing by tomorrow morning. but otherwise, 75 degrees for tomorrow partly sunny skies. friday a cold front will approach in the afternoon and evening. scattered showers and some thunderstorms just keep that in mine. then another front will be moving in for saturday to give us some afternoon and evening thunderstorms then behind that front it's going to turn cooler as we move toward the upcoming weekend. so we'll break down your weekend forecast. 72 on saturday. showers and storms. then look, 10 degrees colder by sunday. it's going to be a little blustery as well. once again for tomorrow, temperatures mild to start in the afternoon we're looking at 70s and it look like dry conditions for most of us tomorrow. but storms are back friday into saturday. and then cooler by the second half of

. >> in nearby raleigh, hail the size of golf balls pelled cars and this video shows the falling ice tearing apart trees. it was a similar scene in virginia with hail covering this patio and in washington, d.c., dangerous lightning in the night sky showed one bolt nearly hitting the capitol building. accuweather's paul williams says it's just the beginning of a wet week for both coasts set up by an omega stream that creates an omega symbol. the low to the west bringing about scattered showers and storms there. the low to the east bringing about scattered showers and storms there. >> and on the radar right now severe weather stwrefs from south carolina to new england. the regions will see rain for most of the week but widespread flooding not expected. >>> two brothers from washington state at the center of an intense manhunt spotted several times in mexico. john and tony reed charged with the murder in connection with the disappearance of a washington couple with whom they had a property dispute. they're hoping data from an iphone by one of the suspects can help track them down. >>> n

that's where our front is. 78 in raleigh a sharp contrast to philadelphia and the delaware valley.are going to watch as the showers stay close to the region with this front. the front gets little bit closer we'll see some showers moving in overnight from the south and into tomorrow morning. so the best chance of seeing some rain for the morning rush will be south jersey and into central and southern delaware. then this pushes down to the south with our front. we'll see some sunshine but once again mostly cloudy day temperature only 61 degrees. some 10 degrees below normal. that ocean water temperature sitting at 55 degrees. we want to get it into the 60s by memorial day. that would be the hope. in the city overnight 51. the suburbs 46. mostly cloudy with some spotty showers especially south and east of the city with that frontal boundary during the day tomorrow 61. some scattered showers in the south. moving northward winds out of the north at about five to 10 miles an hour. as you plan your day tomorrow, dry when you head out the door with the exception of parts of atlantic county

raleigh and richmond could get up to a an inch to 2 inches and everyone else it's staying damp.he middle of the country, betty. that what you need to do. evf you're gloomy and depressed. >> can you book a weekend trip if you can? >> that does wonders. >>> for entertainment news. a houston man is suing justin bieber for 75,000 in damages. the man says he recorded bieber unsuccessfully drinking from a beer bong in april and then says he took the man's phone and smashed it. the man claims photos and important information were lost. bieber's publicist has not responded to request for comment. >>> according to "us weekly" caitlyn jenner will recover on "sports illustrated" naked. she will grace the magazine's cover this summer only wearing an american flag and her 1976 golg gold medal. >>> our sister network sci-fi channel yesterday mid force theme with news of a new shark nato movie. it's coming back! >> how are we getting in thi >> we have to work that. this go round includes stacy dash and married with children david festino and along with robert herja vakr. on tonight show, jimmy

but look at raleigh, 80 degrees right now.t's 83 in memphis and look at the 90s in dallas, 92 degrees we're looking at 94 in mid land so we'll tap no a piece of that warmth as we move toward the latter part of the week. but mostly cloudy a couple of early light showers temperatures upper 40s low 50s. upper 60s for high temperatures tomorrow once again a couple of spotty showers especially the first part of the day. but otherwise, 73 degrees on thursday. that's right around average for this time of year. friday 74. a couple of afternoon and evening thunderstorms popping up then saturday it looks like highs in the low 70s. a couple of scattered showers but don't cancel any weekend plans it doesn't look like a wash out. and then a little cooler mid 60s for highs on sunday upper 60 noose early next week. hey, what about looking ahead. 17 days away the sun will set 8:20 memorial day is just 20 days away. and the first day of summer only 41 days iowa and what about the fourth of july in case you're counting that is 55 days away. so,