roanoke, 73. 79 already in charlotte. farther south and west they'll enjoy mayweather. here we're locked into mid march pattern with cool temperatures, gusty breezes, and rain later this evening. patches of rain. the heaviest rain will be somewhere else. overnight not much measurable rain according to modeling, chilly, damp, a little drizzy, a little fog at times. that will be the story for a good chunk of tomorrow. look what happens late tomorrow afternoon and evening. the next heavy rain will approach the area, overnight into saturday monching. according to most models, looks like most of the steady rain should get out of here noontime or so on saturday. remain cloudy and breezy, that opens the door to high pressure and sunshine for mother's day. rainfall b out of here, probably a good two to three inches across the entire area. then on to the good news. if you like warm weather and sunshine, you'll love the 10 day. there you go with the cool temperatures and the rain possibilities here through saturday. saturday night d.c. united taking on philadelphia at r.f.k. watc

. >>> a roanoke virginia county couple got quite a scare. inside their house, all the sudden their horns started honking, went out to check, take a look what they found. yep, that right there, if you can see closely, a bear. sitting in the front seat. police think that bear may have been -- >> i've had where the people call on bears, or see them roaming around. but that's been in neighborhoods, trees, the city had last week, but nothing where it has been trapped in a vehicle. and talking with the game warden, the first time he has heard every somebody, a bear, locking themselves in a vehicle as well. >> again, police think that bear may have been looking for smacks inside the car, not the first time we've heard something like that, but what i'm more impressed by the bear knew how to get in the car. >> yes. >> maybe he was looking for the keys to go to mcdonald's? >> these animals are learning, getting smarter and smarter. >> yes, they are. another airline. another controversy. what happened this time that blue flight. >> and i bet you've nev

the roanoke county virginia police department got a call from a homeowner after a 200-pound bear cub climbed inside the car. the bear proceeded then to lock himself in and then, of course, like anybody else, he started honking the horn. >> he wanted attention, so the officer came to the rescue. he unlocked the door and then allowed the little guy to let himself out and scamper back into the woods, as you can see there. >> i love the image of him honking the horn, hey, guys, let me out. anyone. >> well, now to some sports and that means we're talking about the playoffs. >> let's get some highlights on basketball and hockey from espn. >> good morning, america. i'm max bretos. game seven in boston between the wizards and celtics to see who will face the cavaliers in the eastern conference final. isaiah thomas dressed in black. what could it all mean? then he went on fire in the business end of this game. it was really close. at the end of the third and fourth quarter a healthy dose of thomas hitting from three. big game from thomas, as you would expect, but you would not expect kelly ol

. >>> people who live in bedford county, virginia near roanoke are spending the weekend cleaning up after a small tornado touched down. the national weather service says the tornado was about 100 yards wide and less than a quarter mile long when it touched down friday morning at smith mountain lake. the storm caused minor damage to homes but fortunately no one was hurt. >>> in the small town of edenton, workers at a produce stand say they were just about to open for the day when all of the sudden a tornado came through, ripping the roof off the business. the national weather service says the tornado traveled 6 miles with 70 to 80-mile-per-hour winds. the force of the storm also damaged several storms in the area. a wildfire spewing thick smoke from southeast georgia to jacksonville, florida has forced many people from their homes tonight. that fire caused authorities in carlton county, georgia to issue a mandatory evacuation order. that fire started in the okie fanoki national refuge and pushed its way south. it pushed the smoke all the way toward jacksonville. >>> out west, dramatic vide

. >>> police in roanoke park say a man died after being hit by an officer's taser gun. it happened at the budget inn on redwood drive. two officers confronted an incoherent man with an outstanding warrant. a police spokesman said when the man resisted arrest an officer fired a stun gun and both officers struggled to take the man down. on the ground he became unresponsive and was later pronounced dead. police have skld the sheriff's dep -- have asked the sheriff's department to review the case. >>> security officials in britain applauding a young researcher today. britain's national cyber security center said that by registering a domain name that unexpectedly stopped the spread of the malware, the malware tech provented further infections. the attack was a perfect storm. it combined known and highly dangerous holes in microsoft that let it spread quickly inside networks. as brian reports, the software that caused it was once used by the nsa. >> hackers using a microsoft windows flaw to launch what appears to be the largest cyber attack of its kind on friday. the leaked

drying out towards roanoke. this will end towards 9:00 or 10:00.f sunshine also possible before the afternoon thunderstorm chance is up. here's future weather carrying the pockets of rain out of here by 8:30 or 9:00. cloudy and then peaks of sunshine. after we got into the evening. hers here's a look at the five day forecast, 75 today, 77 tomorrow, most are dry tomorrow. look for pace and then for sast and sunday, though not a closer. >>> take a look at what's happening around town. inner loop at little river, crash on the shoulder. rest of the beltway is here. outer loop the ramp to northbound 395, disabled vehicle there in the middle of the ramp. eastbound braddock, flooding there. 120 ciaa, slow down in travel time. top of the beltway, no major problems. 66 and 95, a we have all of this rain that we're dealing with. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop into your car. >>> today hundreds of people have a chance for a fresh start and clean criminal record. people with non-violent convictions can work with lawyers. it's from noon until

across the eastern half of the nation. 59 in roanoke, much cooler across that huge troth of low pressure that will sit and spin the next couple days. tomorrow though, mostly cloudy, 73 degrees. could be a shower early in the day, but most of the wednesday looks dry. but rain into the day on thursday. 73 on wednesday. 74, thursday. good chance of rain that day. 77 on friday. not bad at all. and then saturday, 82. if you're thinking about grilling out, do it early. because i think we see shower activity around 6, 7, 8:00. memorial day looking pretty nice. there will be cloud cover on sunday. if you are heading to the beaches, not a bad weekend, but on the cool side times. water temperature, only 62. 72 on monday. i would definitely take the sweat shirts if you go down there. maybe light jacket. it's sweat weather on the boardwalk. you know what i'm talking about, too, right? >> oh, yeah. thanks. [ laughter [ laughter ] >>> all that rain creates a lot of places for bugs to breed. first at 4:00, getting you ready for summer and putting bug repellent to the tests, from clip-ones to >>> target

but you drive a couple of hours to roanoke and it is 75. 81 in charlotte. rally at 84. a boundary in the atmosphere. locked cool every side with plenty of rain to come. tomorrow afternoon and evening, the storm system will move eastward so we have a possibility of steady rain and moving through friday and saturday. possibility of the stormy weather. maybe heavy storms especially saturday as we get into north carolina. we will be in the rain and the rain only. the good news according to the models is the steadiest rain should move out of the area midday early afternoon on saturday. clearing skies moving in late at night for mother's day. and warmer weather as well. here is the forecast going forward for rainfall close to two inches on many spots. places like annapolis might get a touch more according to the modeling. the weekend outlook, soggy start tomorrow with the mist and drizzle. more rain tomorrow night. 59 for a high on saturday. just nasty. rain in the morning, an. may see an end and some areas far west of washington beyond the shenandoah valley could get a peek

it's in roanoke and south- central virginia moving to the north. everybody makes it home tonight dry. heaviest rain 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. friday. bus stop temps, 55 to 68. it is going to be what. i suggest put the kids in the car and load up the van. yellow weather alert friday for morning rain and afternoon thunderstorms, although not much will happen in the afternoon tomorrow. plan on a slow morning commute. much better going home. so heavy rain is high risk, hill low risk, strong storms moderate, and damaging brains low. flooding looks relatively high. the good news, the activity in the evening and your ride home a low impact because we have a lot of clouds. just a few spotty showers and the heavy rain will be gone. here is why. 10:00 tonight, heavy rain setting up between culpepper and ray. that's one reason we have a flood watch in effect. now, we put this in motion. by 6:00, the rain an showers enveloped the entire metro area. no one will escape this. if you are not the west, you should have less rain or south and east, a wet commute tomorr

this is the activity we are concentrating on from charlottesville back to the south and into roanoke.ooking at a severe thunderstorm warning in the charlottesville area. we have a warning a bit longer for allegheny and mineral county until 6:15 and bedford and blair county till 6:45. they have weakened considerably in the last half-hour. wind gusts in oakland of 50 miles per hour with those storms. these are the ones further south. there is your warning in charlottesville. let's just say, we will track these and they are moving 55 miles per hour. they could be in the immediate metro area closer to 7:00. probably about 7:15 to 7:30 inside the beltway. these are the storms we are watching and they may become more intense as they begin to move up. in the meantime, they have some heavy rain, moderate rain, but even these have weakened. down to the south, these have weakened a lot. moderate rain just to the west. these are going to stay away from 95 as we come down 95. you'll have a dry commute the next several hours. to the north we go. myers will, moderate rain, frederick, a little bit o

warmest we've been in a while and the warmest will be for a while. 75 in d.c., 69 hagerstown and 75 in roanoke. as we look towards our north and west, we're looking at cloud cover moving down from the north. this is that boundary we've been talking about for days and we're watching this next system that will bring us rain and it'll be raining by this time tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning's rush could be a problem. we'll talk much more about that and wait to see how cool the temperatures are for the next three days. back in ten minutes. >> thank you, doug. >> right now some new details are coming in about a sports caster sudden loss. his wife killed in a crash. what went wrong on a quiet country road? >> plus this is sure to get you talking. new questions now for the airline industry after a mother said she had to use the bathroom on board and what the flight crew narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal

we will watch the storms south of roanoke. they are staying south of richmond. more storms at 8:00 or 9:00. more with the cold front to the north. active afternoon. by morning the winds turn north/northeast and it will be cool upper 60's. and a cloudy and a cool weekend. look at the change. shower in the morning. otherwise cloudy. continuing cloudy near 70 for the day on sunday. steve rudin will be here to update you on the storms and the next ten days as well. jonathan: thanks. two firefighters hurt fighting a house fire in university park. michelle: students from the university of maryland were forced to run from the flames. nancy: ryan hughes has the video and what it sounded like when the firefighters issued mayday call. ryan: the firefighters and the students are lucky to be alive. the home is condemned and left gutted after the morning's fire. take a look at the damage. the windows are blown out and part of the roof is gone. we are told three university of maryland students were inside at the time and managed to escape. we are told there was a party here t

roanoke, right underneath the clouds and rain, 56 degrees. and then on the other side, 84 in nashville. 82, lexington. 56 in columbus, ohio. that's not a big difference and it's all because of that boundary. i showed you this map last week. this front right on top of us, where the jet stream is too, it allows all the cool air to reside across the northeast. that means the cooler pattern locked in place. more rain late week, that's what we'll be dealing with. now tomorrow, actually a pretty sun and cloud. i think we'll see more clouds than sun at times. but still 72 not bad. 65 on thursday, and look at your friday, saturday, sunday. shower activity, not good at all. high temperature of only 59 on saturday. mother's day looking better, windy, but for the most part dry. next week looking okay too. i'll take you more in depth on saturday and sunday. see you at 6:45, with more on what to expect for the weekend forecast. >> thank you, doug. >>> we're staying on top of the breaking news. new reaction right after the break as fbi director james comey

that is roanoke park. robot. calistoga is in there and grain is in there. 40s for many. map is at 43. tiburon is at 49. bodega bay is a cool 46. remember this week we started off with sunshine and warm temps. yes we did. on tuesday we picked out and then boy we came way down on wednesday. i think today we get a little dip down and then we will bump it up a few degrees on saturday. we are staying on the cool side for a while. this cool pattern will take us into tuesday or wednesday of next week. then maybe some moderation on the temps. more sun then clouds today but breezy and blustery. lake tahoe some of the snow is incredible. one of the greatest ever. on april 14 at echo park you're looking at and 7800 feet and they had 155 inches. as of today, 105. the good news is that with all these cool temperatures, and even possibility of some snow, next tuesday night into wednesday, that snowmelt will slow down. maybe we can have a little bit more over the next couple of days. the low clouds are getting wiped out because of the cool air coming in. some of the cool air aloft is s

quiet here now, but it's these cells of strong storms from charlottesville down to near lynchburg and roanoke the ones getting closer to fredericksburg in about another half hour or so. they're moving quickly. 40 to 50 miles an hour. and this one cell developing near charlottesville, getting to fauquier county in about half an hour. into metro around 7:00 p.m. that looks like that's the hour by hour timing going forward, into the evening hours. all the area in colors are the scattered storms on the panhandle of virginia, into maryland and the district. this is as of 8:00 p.m., when we'll likely see some showers and storms coming through. some of them could be severe with some damaging winds and hail. at 9:00, still some showers and storms right in the and south from fredericksburg down 95 to richmond. advancing into southern maryland, anne arundel, some storms moving through there between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. these storms likely not going to be producing tornadoes, but there's a pretty good chance of some strong gusts of wind that may cause brief damage and tree limbs coming down and a sm

. >> a scare for a couple in roanoke county virginia it's a bear inside of their car. >> how did theside their car. >> no, no, no let me go ahead and ryan and mary beth mcclanahan say they heard the car horn honking and when they went out to investigate the bear was in the front seat. police got there opened the back door the bear crawled out. >> why take a selfie inside the car with the bear. >> yeah. more questions than answers. >> okay. >> kellogs is out with new sweet and sour pop tart flavors. that we can understand. we'll take a look. >> okay. plus a family of four said they were kicked off a jetblue flight because of a birthday cake. yup. we're going head to fox business network in new york for the details next. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ whoa. are you actually about to scratch it rich at mgm national harbor? of course you are. because everyone who plays is an instant winner. so before you win your share of 1.5 million dollars in prizes and free slot play. take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. because in an instant, that all could change. joi

that's where i come from in roanoke virginia mr. secretary. she is going to be sitting tomorrow. the secretary is going to be sitting tomorrow where you are. just lift yourselves out of your chairs and put yourself up here with us and that's tomorrow. you're here to give her advice on how to fund transportation projects. she thinks public private partnerships make a lot of sense. i explained to her for a number of years if you add them all up maybe 40 or 50 there are just not that many of them. what advice would you give her and we begin with her friend from oklahoma tim gatz. what advice would you give her for funding? >> i think the most important thing is to understand there is going to have to be a lot of tools in our infrastructure toolbox. it's going to take a healthy combination of revenue and financing mechanisms. i think with public private partnerships we have got to explore innovation that will begin to allow some of the smaller projects and not the billion dollar projects to potentially take advantage of those opportunities so i think again as has been stated many tim

that's where i come from in danville and roanoke, virginia, mr. secretary. but anyway, she's going to be sitting tomorrow,ing the secretary's going to be sitting tomorrow where you are. and just kind of like lift yourself up out of the chairs and bring yourself here with us tomorrow. you're here to give her advice on how to fund transportation projects. again, she seemed to think public-private partnerships made a lot of sense. i complained n explained to her that i think i don't know how many years, there's more than 40 or 50, some of the biggest ones. but tlsh just not that many. with what advice would you give her for funding? >> i think that most important thing is to understand that there's going to have to be a lot of tools in our infrastructure toolbox. it's going to take a healthy combination of revenue and financing mechanisms. i think with public private partnerships we've got to explore innovation that will allow some of the smaller projects to potentially take advantage of those opportunities, so i think again, as has been stated many times here

mendocino county reports of light rain and drizzle from roanoke park, santa rosa mendocino county. 60s got two days ago 90s, mid-90s and the interior but not now, rebound our temperatures and more tries on sunday into monday. >> feels like a full day. heart attack on the bay area tennis court. how friends and a stranger saved a man's life a special reunion two months later. handballer 1: you know what i could go for? some scrambled eggs and pancakes. lilly: we got a craving! go, go, go!! crashing cravings in the crave van! jack's gonna crash your crave! jack: hey, guys. try my jumbo breakfast platter with sausage or bacon, plus 8 mini pancakes, eggs and a hash brown for just $2.99. handballer 2: $2.99? how 'bout we play you for it. handballers: oooooooh. jack vo: you crave it, we serve it. try my $2.99 jumbo breakfast platter. crave van! welcome back over time is 754 am. two months after he almost died from a heart attack while exercising, andrew keary think the people who saved his life. the 48-year-old man was playing tennis last march at the country club in alamo and had a heart att

new york right through central pennsylvania, pittsburgh, you're in the enhanced risk down through roanoke> check out all this sunshine. good morning, i'm abc 7 news mol gigs mike nicco. already by noon we're warmer than average and we'll keep warming throug 4:00. pretty comfortable evening, 60s >>> all that weather brought to you by kay jewelers. let's head upstair, guys. >> thank you, ginger. >>> and we are here now with another very special guest, you know him from his motorcycle days on "sons of anarchy" now riding into theaters arthur. give it up for charlie hunnam. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> this movie, this movie goes way back for you. king arthur was one of your favorites. >> it was. it was. it was a film as kids do, you know, you latch on to flips you like and watch them over and over and over again and when i was about 6 or 7, john's "excaliber" was one of my favorites and a time when i already identified that i loved film but i started to dream as kids do that maybe that would be what i could do as a career and asked my mum, lik

new york right through central pennsylvania, pittsburgh, you're in the enhanced risk down through roanokeou guys are going home and will winds out of the southwest. a cold front approaching from the west will trigger thunderstorms this evening. some of the storms could be strong to severe, per the storm prediction center, so it's a stormwatch7 weather alert day. the entire area is under the 'enhanced category', which means numerous severe thunderstorms are possible. stay weather alert, especially between 6-10pm. storms could contain damaging winds (60+ mph), hail, and even an isolated tornado. thunderstorm >>> all that weather brought to you by kay jewelers. let's head upstair, guys. >> thank you, ginger. >>> and we are here now with another very special guest, you know him from his motorcycle days on "sons of anarchy" now riding into theaters as king arthur. give it up for charlie hunnam. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> this movie, this movie goes way back for you. king arthur was one of your favorites. >> it was. it was. it was a film as kid

a scare for couple in roanoke county, virginia. that's bear inside their car riding shotgun. car horn honking when they went outside to investigate bear was in the front seat like what's up? police arrived and opened the back door and the bear crawled out and took off. >> i thought it look like somebody was taking a selfie inside the car. that's the reflect in the window of them taking a picture of the bear because the bear not only got in the car but locked himself in that car somehow. >> the picture itself is confuse it looks like there's a man like -- has t-shirt on. >> very tiny man. >> yes. >> any way -- >> sitting in the car. that's not -- it's not very tiny man in the car. >> basically the bear jumps in the car he locks the door by accident. then he's blowing the horn. >> literally tour up the interior of the car. that's the bad news before they set him free. >> all right. it's time to learn educate the masses on as much as possible. >> try to. >> it's an all new wizards edition of weather school. remember that year you took that class and you had a good time in class

we're talking about anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rain stretching from colorado all the way into roanoke, virginia. that's what's going on. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> a chilly start to the day. you'll want a jacket this morning. 48 degrees in the district. plenty of sunshine through the afternoon staying nice and dry. manassas at 36. frederick 36. to the west we have freeze warnings until 9:00 a.m. frost advisories north and west of the district. many areas in the mid to upper 30s, low 40s. today 68 for a high. tomorrow around 70. run returns by the end of the week. >>> that's your latest weather. >> coming up, more members of the penn state fraternity set to face a judge today on charges tied to the hazing deat the first time. >>> and then the ten-year-old girl who saved herself from an alligator attack reveals her story and tells the story she learned at a theme park that helped save her life. first, this is "today" on nbc. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an

. >>> an investigation is under way in roanoke park after a man died after being tazed by police at a happened after 3:15 yesterday afternoon at the budget inn on redwood drive. police were called to the hotel after getting a report of a man acting strangely. when they arrived, police say the man was incoherent and appeared to be in an alderred state. they realized the man had an outstanding warrant. they did try to arrest him. but they say he resisted. >>> is sonoma county sheriff's office and the sonoma county district attorney's office are both investigating. >>> law enforcement officers are mourning the death of a deputy killed in a crash. the deputy was driving home from afternoon over night shift at the santa rita jail when a charter bus slammed into his car from behind after it stalled on the freeway. he was headed east on 580 near grant line road in the altamont pass. the bus was carrying tesla employees from fremont to stockton. it's not key what caused the crash. but the chp says it's possible the driver may have been blinded by the sun. the sheriff's department says the dep

roanoke, northern north carolina into new england.rom cape cod to eastern maine. it will be a real mess. rest of the country today we've got beautiful sunshine from texas all the way up to the plains. flood watches for parts of the pacific northwest. things heat up in the southwest and a nice dry day today for southern california but that will change over the weekend. that's what's going on around the country. >> i'm meteorologist kari hall taking a live look at san francisco the low clouds rolling across the buildings and misting and drizzling as temperatures start at 55 degrees, 55 in palo alto and 57 in san jose. expect a high temperature to be much cooler than yesterday into the low 70s for the inland valleys, 76 for concord and 69 in oakland and 64 today in san francisco. but the winds will be kicking up, gusts to 30 miles an hour. >>> and that is your latest weather. >> al, thank you so much. matt is just back from los angeles and you sat down with ellen. >> that's right. she welcomed me to her show on thursday right after that