. >> tom kierein is here in the storm team 4 weather center. what are we seeing, tom? > the average high is 71. we are already there. 71 in washington now with a little bit of thunder that came through overnight. this is all gone. and looking off to the west, the storm team 4 radar is showing a line of thunder that comes into western maryland. that does get closer to the shenandoah valley. that begins to dissipate, but over the next hour, shh the shenandoah valley, you may have a passing thundershower. temperatures in the upper 60s. upper 60s near the lower 70s. hour-by-hour temperatures by 9:00, mid-70s. near 80 by 10:00 a.m. the mid-80s by noontime. and yes, soaring to the upper 80s to near 90 degrees getting into the afternoon over the next ten days is coming up in a few minutes. >>> we'll check in with you then. about 60,000 children are taken to the emergency room each year because they got into medication left within their reach. today as part of national drug take back today, you can help by getting rid of some of the unused medications. here's consumer reporter

and the beer is stronger that they sell up in canada too. >> and it doesn't take much . >>> to storm team 4 and an up and down start to the week. many of you head back to work tomorrow. we check in with tom kierein in the storm center. >> good evening. we have a beautiful afternoon after the morning rain showers came through. washed some pollen out of the air. if you suffer from allergies, you probably are feeling a little better here as we approach sunset on this monday evening. sunset is at 7:47. there's the capital wheel, the national harbor camera george's county, overlooking the calm waters of the potomac river. beautiful evening under way here. don't have any more rain. just a few lingering sprinkles south of salisbury. overnight tonight, into the evening hours, we'll drop back down into the 60s. 9:00 p.m., low 60s. and after midnight, back down to the mid 50s and be holding steady there. our rain chances for the next ten did ays in just a few minut. >>> millions of people in five states on alert because of a facebook post. the new details about the man behind a shocking crime and a

see the green all over the storm team four radar. i'm kristen right in tonight with storm team for meteorologist. thanks so much for joining usz. what should we expect tonight and what about the rest of the weekend. >> some good news. weekend forecast overall going to track showers around for the next few hours. then we're going to dry o the forecast for tomorrow, it is looking mainly dry. still not picture perfect. plenty of clouds on the radar. scattered showers still in the d.c. metro area. these move out by about 9:00 p.m. see the drying back here on the radar. show you the trend with future weather starting off at 8:00 p.m. notice rain out of washington. still around baltimore and parts of southern maryland. ov overnight tonight. stopping future weather at noon. mainly dry tomorrow night. do have rain moving back into the area and more rain on monday and tuesday. how to impact temperatures coming up in my full forecast. >> see you then. >>> before our next rainstorm heads download the app. open the app now and search storm damage

the bay, low 70s. reagan national at 72 degrees. we're all dry on storm team 4 radar no showers or storms around now, but we might by later this afternoon. as we get in the early afternoon hours, up around 80 degrees. stay in the 70s throughout the morning. and look at chances for storms later today and over the next ten days in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> now to the developing story out of texas where this morning it's just dealing with major storm clean-up. hit hardest near east texas. that's near dallas. see the damage in this video here, wow. house just ripped apart here. authorities say at least five people have died, dozens of others injured. nbc's scott gordon spoke with a few people who lost their homes and farm just a matter of minutes. >> firefighters raced from house to house in the pouring rain to check on victims. >> where's your house? >> half mile down this road. >> reporter: desiree wfs her family when it hit. >> we were all okay. >> you walked away. >> yeah, every last one walked away, but we had have nothing left down ther

. >> i think we might have the answer in the storm team 4 weather center with tom kierein. >>> patience is a virtue, molette. hang in there. we'll get sunshine hanging on into the afternoon. right now, cloudy and cool in the 50s just about everywhere. way off in the horizon, a live view from the reston camera, you can see the sunshine way off in the shenandoah valley with temperatures in the mid-50s. under the cloud cover, we're in the 50s. reagan national at 57 degrees. hour by hour with the sunshine breaking out by noontime, we aught to stay in the near 50s and will rise to the lower 70s. we'll see a chance for a shower mainly south of the metro area, and a small chance at that. then mild andry by mid-evening with clouds coming and going. summer-like weather is on the way. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> tom, thank you so much. now to a developing story out of virginia, portsmouth police say two little boys at the center of an amber alert have been found safe and unharmed after their own mother abducted them. portsmouth police say the mother, asia jarvis, threatened to shoot he

you want to wear that red show some team spirit if you're picking out your outfit this morning. from the sounds of the stormcast, you may want to wear short sleeves. >> we'll start with melissa mollet following a big problem on i-295. >> big problem. breaking news on the roadways. a 4 1/2 mile backup here on 295 southbound. this is the problem after the 11th street bridge. all lanes are shut down because of a crash. two people seriously injured here. traffic right now being pushed off onto the 11th street bridge. so it is moving but it is so slowly moving that you're going to want to take a different way into work today. in bound 66 at washington boulevard, still have one left lane there getting by here this morning. southbound gw parkway after the overlook, that crash hanging around with that left lane getting by as well. you can see the delays there on 66 in bound. that's about a three-mile backup. northbound fairfax county parkway after the toll road, heavy vehicle fir

there is the live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking washington. r showing some showers. they had been producing a little bit of lightning in the shenandoah valley, but they are pretty much beginning to break up crossing the blue ridge. this area in the light green has a few sprinkles of light rain pulling out of the mountains and into loudoun county, pulling out of eastern washington county coming into frederick county, maryland. all this tracking off to the east. i've got the new hour-by-hour

the live view from the storm team 4. ince george's county camera and you can see the sunshine pouring down there and the turquoise waters of the potomac river. and right now, 77 already in leavesburg. reagan national, 71. cooler near the potomac. just in the low 70s now just about everywhere, mid-70s, most of maryland, virginia, and out in the mountains, great day for baseball. nationals first pitch, 1:35 as they take on the phillies. and it's going to be in the low 80s then and a warm and breezy afternoon. hovering in the mid-80s throughout the game, but not too humid. it's after that that we may get some thundershowers coming on through. all dry on storm team 4 radar. timing on showers and mountains. this is as of 3:00 p.m. there's the time stamp that's going to be in the panhandle of west virginia. then in the shenandoah valley 4:00 to 5:00, it's after that they move further to the east and come across northern virginia. and into the metro area between around 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and quickly dissipate, but probably not se

. >>> we've been keeping a close eye on the showers and storms moving through our area, the hail. storm team 4 tracking your friday night and why the weather will be impacting your plans for the weekend. >>> a judge denied bond to a former prince george's county substitute teacher and basketball c w child pornogray. ph >>> boy, that warm sunshine this afternoon gave way to some pretty wild storms in our area this evening. >> is it settling down at all? there's still scattered thunderstorms on storm team 4 radar, south and east of washington now. continuing to push out of the area. take a look at this vantage point from our tower cam. absolutely gorgeous. a picture of the storm impacting upper marlboro. it's difficult to see, but there's also a rainbow there. i just posted this on my facebook and twitter pages. really beautiful storm. here you can see it on storm team 4 radar in prince george's county. we're seeing storms moving onto the eastern shore and starting to make their way into fredericksburg. for the rest of the evening hours, we're looking mainly dry and i can't rule out a shower o

when you're away from the tv, check the latest storm team 4 forecast and radar. there is resten town center and the dallas sunday morning and there is certainly a feeling of summer in the air already. as temperatures are really rapidly warming. look at leesburg already 79 degrees. indianapolis up to 78. and still climbing, only just getting under way. great afternoon for baseball at nats park. take on the phillies, first pitch 1:35. breeze coming in out of southwest gusting 20 miles an hour and all around the region. hovering in the mid-80s throughout the rest of the afternoon. right now, all clear and dry on storm team 4 radar, however, later today, coming out of the mountains, maybe thundershowers this area in color and that's the panhandle by about 3:00. shenandoah valley 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. they may be rolling on through. they will likely not be severe storms. just some passing downpours with thunder and lightning. then they track east. generally weaken as they get closer to washington between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. coming on through. breaking up and after that, few

melissa has details on the wet roads but let's start with the storm team 4 forecast. have been refining this for us. >> tweaking it. trying to figure out is it going to rain all day or just most of the day. >> yes. >> more of a most than all. >> it looks like most of the day, especially around lunchtime. have the umbrella if you're heading out to lunch. it looks good right now. things are pretty quiet. we have the wet roads from the rain yesterday and clouds are around. a few areas of sprinkles. big area of low pressure. a lot of area of heavy rain in north carolina and this will be moving up to the north as we go through the morning. we will see an increase of pretty steady widespread rain right after sunshine. here's future weather. closer to 8:30 in the morning. there you see more rain moving into the south. yellows and oranges by lunchtime showing us heavier rain moving in. then we go into the afternoon hours and we're looking at temperatures at 60 with spotty showers. closer look at the forecast and warmup. let's check the wet roads. >> had an earlier problem, ou

show some team spirit if you're picking out your outfit this morning. from the sounds of the storm team 4 forecast, you may want to wear short sleeves. >> we'll start with melissa mollet following a big problem on i-295. >> big problem. breaking news on the roadways. a 4 1/2 mile backup here on 295 southbound. this is the problem after the 11th street bridge. all lanes are shut down because of a crash. two people seriously injured here. traffic right now being pushed off onto the 11th street bridge. so it is moving but it is so slowly moving that you're going to want to take a different way into work today. in bound 66 at washington boulevard, still have one left lane there getting by here this morning. southbound gw parkway after the overlook, that crash hanging around with that left lane getting by as well. you can see the delays there on 66 in bound. that's about a three-mile backup. northbound fairfax county parkway after the toll road, heavy vehicle fir morning. live look 270 at falls road, no issues northbound or southbound. brand new crash in my ear 270 southbound we'll talk

the midwest. and we'll be getting to that in just a moment. we have action here. we'll begin with storms that moved through our area. good evening, everyone. >> storm team four has been 5:00 sift in our region and she tells us that while some will see storms tonight, tomorrow will be a severe weather he lert day because of the threat toerve. >> yeah, exactly. tomorrow a storm team 4 weather alert day. that line of thunderstorms that is bringing severe weather to parts of the midwest moving through our area during the evening and overnight hours. a cold front. so take a look at the impact. the biggest concern by far is going to be strong gusty damaging winds. the time line, mainly between 6:00, 7:00 p.m. and midnight. we could see some very heavy rainfall. but fairly quick moving. not huge concerns for floogd. also can't rule out some hail and the risk of an isolated weak tornado. i'm going to be breaking down the severe weather threat at 6:18. how that theft a tornado could be increased tomorrow. that is coming up at 6:18. i want to show you a quick check of storm team 4 now. most of us are completely dry today. however, those of you back around the i-8

unfortunately, the rain is here to stay throughout our saturday. we want to check in with storm teamren ricketts. hey, lauren. >>> hey, unfortunately, we havehe rain as you said, angie, most of the day and pretty much through the day tomorrow. some areas will be dry tomorrow but not all. we'll show you what is happening out there right now. we have a few showers out there. and this is going to continue to pull through the area as we go through your saturday morning. unfortunately, we are getting dry spots, but that won't last for long. another batch of rain will continue to move through the area. look at that fog. it is going to be a little on the foggy side as you head out the door. temperatures right now are 61 degrees. we're going to continue to drop. we'll spend most of the day in the 50s. now, we are also going to spend most of the day on the wet side. we'll time out the rain for you and let you know when to see the rain spots coming up in a bit. >>> thank you. 6:31 this saturday. a fallen officer brings people together. the jacai colson remembrance >> it's overwhelming. >> no s

we have the storm team 4 forecast. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. >>> good morning, everybodyron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. the forecast is just what will we need for the week. we've had so much rain here. chuck and sheena are here with good news and melissa mollet has a look at your commute. good morning. oo nicer. >> we're starting, we can almost feel the turn the corner. >> a little bit. a little bit, kind of misty outside in some areas, a few sprinkles around, you may need a couple swipes of windshield wipers. 58 degrees in the district. 57, manassas. 57 degrees in leesburg. here's the radar. we still do have a few sprinkles across the area, right around the district and parts of prince george's's county. as we even head south towards clinton we're seeing light sprinkles. a big area that brought us rain yesterday, it's right off our coastline. that's going to keep moving towards new england. and as it does so, it's going to pull the cloud cover away with it so that means we're going to see improvements this afternoon. the four things you need to know before you walk o

storm and the north bay. so those are the areas we're gonna be most focused on. we're gonna make sure we have crews on hand" safety is the number one priority in this storm. vegetation teams were out trimming branches and clearing power lines earlier in the day. "even though we're in april this is going to be a very powerful storm"with the wet roadways, drivers are advised to slow down and drive defensively."you have to drive carefully because there are always people who don't"when at home, be ready for an emergency."we always recommend they have flashlights with fresh batteries, we don't recommend they use candles"" there was a tree down the street from us that fell into a house so it definitely puts us on the alert for that" standupthe high wind advisory will be in effect until 5am tomorrow.now keep in mind, if you see any downed power lines always assume they are live. stay away and call 9-11. (pam) happening now... out of oakland...at least five homes have been evacuated because of a landslide. the earth started moving around 8:00- tonight on banning drive in the oakland hills. authorities tell us, residents have been evacuated due to the unstable hillside. at this po

we're keeping our eye on that here in the storm team 4 weather center.or now, back to you guys. >>> an odd recall to tell you about. what was found in frozen hash browns. >> and a bit of a better food story. we're talking about great meal s eafor mother's day. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec®. muddle no more®. try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. e. >>> those reservations fill up fast. they are offering special dishes to celebrate moms. joining us now is the chef and owner thp thank you if for joining us. >> so mother's day is busy at restaurants. what's the best way to have a great dining experience when you know it's so busy and there's so many people. >> just don't get into the whole hype it's the busiest day and everything is hectic. the one thing is mother's want a relaxing day to be totally disarmed from everything they do on a normal day. that

the clouds. all dry on storm team 4 radar. look at our temperatures, highs this afternoon, low 80s in washington, but just in the 70s to our north. to our south, near 90 degrees to mid-80s and north central virginia by midafternoon. a look at chances for showers and storms for the week ahead. that's coming up this half hour. >> tom, thank you so much. >>> well right now, if you need to drive along 95 south this weekend, you're going to want to avoid the vdot is reducing that route from three lanes to two over the creek to make bridge repairs. ramps leading in the area will also be closed except to emergency vehicles. we should expect long back-ups and plenty of delays there. >>> well president trump marked his first 100 days by holding a rally in pennsylvania last night. it was a speech while also going after the national news media. chris palone has the details. >> reporter: at a rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania, donald trump gets a hit. >> i love this state. >> reporter: repeating the themes and promises from last year's cam

the dry side. just west, though, and it's moving east. let's show you, storm team 4 radar, right now a line has formed from hagerstown right throh fauquier county, down towards culpeper county and look at this storm toward the south. d.c. all dry right now, we'll stay that way for the next hour or so. this is a strong thunderstorm, no severe thunderstorm warning with this, but look at all the lightning with this. around culpeper, very happy rain associated with this, along route 15, this is all moving towards the east and will be near fredericksburg in the next 45 minutes to an hour. to the north, over towards fauquier county, heads up around marshall and warrenton. and farther north, through loudoun county. around lovitzville and hagerstown, washington county and all of this moving east at about 15 to 25 miles per hour. it will try to move into the d.c. metro area. but again, they are expected to fall apart just a bit before moving across i-95. we could still see heavy rain thisve this front. ahead of this we've been warm, but tomorrow it will pass through and it

the votes. more good news from our storm team 4 about today's warm weather. ck bell, sheena parveen here before melissa mollet checks the morning commute. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> don't be like sheena today. she was convinced it was friday. >> it was a nightmare. i woke up and realized, it's not a dream, it's a nightmare. >> it is friday eve. we are almost there. still a fantastic day. before you leave iu

. ♪ >>> now at 11:00, we're getting you ready for the start of your workweek. storm team is tracking it. >> plus the clock is ticking, the stakes are high this week with a potential government shut >>> breaking up the maple leafs. the capitals move on and we're looking on to the next faceoff bitter rivalry. >>> first at 11:00, what you see there on the ground is in evidence a bizarre new string of crimes. police have a person behind bars. he robbed a victim and then crashed his car. this all started near a gash state in northwest dc. news 4's darcy spencer is there now. >> reporter: it happened here at this exxon station where many people stop for gas in this area. we know tonight that a man from pennsylvania is under arrest and the clerk of the store is telling me how it all started. >> cash you see on the ground being guarded b evidence. evidence from a bizarre crime scene that still has been trying to figure out what happened. >> i noticed the tape around the car and then i noticed how badly it was damaged. >> there was an accident at the exxon gas station. the man cam

congress may opt to pass a short-term extension while the negotiating continues. >>> let's go to storm team 4 now, doug kammerer is in the storm system. what's coming our way, doug? >> we're looking at that shower out there right now. we may have a severe thunderstorm warning here. this could be, yep, brand-new severe thunderstorm warning, montgomery county, loudoun let's get to it and show you what i'm talking about it on storm team 4 radar. i've been watching this storm, it's moving quickly. the biggest threat is going to be winds. let's zoom into this area, around leesburg, moving to the east and it's moving fairly quickly, probably at least 30 miles per hour. but right now, around leesburg. this is only going to be for wind. but we saw strong winds last night that took down some trees. this is until 4:45. i'll zoom in a little bit more, so you can see the towns. if you're in poolsville or darnstown, heads up in those regions. notice the lightning associated with this. if you're in this area, this is river road right around this area. there's more lightning there. heads up gaithersburg,

the storms coming over the mountains? >> you do have a good point. we are tracking some storms on storm team 4 radar. ving difficulty making their way into the metro area. look at what wendy is talking about. down around luray county, some very heavy rainfall. not a ton of lightning in this thunderstorm, but we are seeing, again, very slow-moving storms eventually making their way into parts of fauquier county, stafford county as well. i want to zoom in on this thunderstorm here. you can see, around culpeper, around the luray area, making its way towards 15. if we see any rain in the metro area, best timing, between 7 and 9:00 p.m. 81 degrees right now. scattered showers and rumbles of thunder around, until about midnight. but we're still mild. 8:00, only around 76. 10:00 p.m., in the low 70s. future weather, starting tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., mainly dry, mix of clouds and sun through the morning hours. maybe an isolated shower around tomorrow morning. for the afternoon, some scattered showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. take a look at 3:00 p.m. not a lot, but what future weather isn't showing co

>>> now at 11:00, the rain is clearing out on storm team 4 radar, but will it be back tomorrow? our meteorologist is timing out our next chance for wet weather. >>> a sobbing mother and thousands of angry posts on social media. we have the new video that's putting american airlines on defense this time. >>> plus, the new fight on capitol hill that throws the future of federal workers into question. >>> we start tonight, though, with your forecast for good reason. we've been tracking rain all day, but meteorologist amelia draper says thing, looking up. amelia, tomorrow isn't going to absolutely. new information coming in, tomorrow looking mainly dry. plenty of clouds around, though. storm team 4 radar, here in the metro area, dry a few hours. lingering showers finally pulling out. can't rule out a shower south of washington overnight. for most of us, it's dry. plenty of clouds. definitely chilly out there. i've already turned the a.c. off at my home. probably turning the heat on overnight. the system is lingering tonight and into tomorrow. virginia, bringing rain to those areas bu

he'll have all the details. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. be here for the first half of the day. i'll show you future weather and we'll talk about >>> right now on "news 4 today", police barricade. fear that children are inside with an armed man. breaking news overnight puts the northern virginia community on edge. >>> murder manhunt. an execution streamed live on facebook. where he may be headed next. >>> metro station shut down. the game plan to get you to work on time. >>> "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >>> we are following breaking news out of fairfax county right now at 6:30. that is where police are working to get a man to come out of the home on stockton parkway. they say they've been on the scene since 8:00 last night. it's reported there are two children inside. police believe he needs help with a mental health situation. news 4's justin finch is live on the scene. we'll have what neighbors say coming up in 15 minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilcrist this morning. >> firs

. >>> oh yeah, it is warming up out there and you're going to feel the athlete week. storm team tracking when thunderstorms might get in the way of your plans. >> does anybody remember who our opponent was? huh? >> day 101 and not far from the campaign trail, the familiar messages as president trump looks ahead to the next challenges. >>> back ahead and jake ahead, and he has scored. >> that's not over, but it is certainly not looking good for the cats either. big obstacle they're going to have to overcome to