tisha thompson, news 4 i team. >>> there was some sad news from the national zoo.t beautiful animal. this is a 13-year-old clouded leopard named thai, and he had to be put down today. while during a routine exam today the veterinarians discovered a lot of tumors in thai's body, specifically in his chest and because of the seriousness of those tumors they opportunitied to humanely euthanize this leopard. clouded leopards are highly threatened species and the zoo still has the female clouded leopard, but she and thai never produced offspring. thai has been at the national zoo since 2006. >>> 70,000 schoolchildren in our area now have library cards. as of today, every d.c. public and charter school students' i.d. card will work at all d.c. libraries. last april, president obama used a library in anacostia to kick off his challenge to provide better access to learning for young people. today mayor muriel bowser said d.c. his met that challenge by giving d.c. one cards more power. >> here in d.c., we have d.c. one cards that serve as a universal ticket to all good thing

tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >> if you need a flu shot, get out your phone and open the uber app.orrow the ride sharing service will deliver flu shots in major cities around the country including here in d.c. and in baltimore. there is a $10 fee. a nurse will come to your home or office and give you that vaccine. passport health is providing the registered nurses. >> they're going to be busy. >> yes, they are. and get ready for some rain heading our way. boy, that map looks interesting. >> yes. well, it is starting to fill in more and more. we've got some pockets of wet weather out there right now. the radar fills in and what that means for you is that we'll see more and more wet roads and let's zoom right on in and you can see on storm team 4 radar, it's making its way from south to the north and it's been mainly out of the south and southeast today. finally woodbridge, right up areas of i-95. you can see we're wet currently at wheaton and soon some of the light rain showers will be around rockville, aspen hill and right through bethesda. meanwhile, we have another area down sout

tisha thompson, news4 i-team. >> turning to our weather now and showers through our area. we could see more of this. watch out for fog during your morning commute. how long does this stuff stick around? >> the next 24 hours, at least off and on. it's not raining everywhere. you dcan see what's happening te last two hours, making its way from the south. quantico and charles county and right up i-95, fairfax, prince william's county and through this district and prince george's's county and follow this line to the south, you can see it's a train of moisture moving in. most activity is on the light side. because of the rain coming in and fog that could form, tomorrow's morning rush could be a little bit of a problem. temperatures around 60 degrees. fog and wet roadways, give yourself extra time. another chance of showers tomorrow and then record temperatures followed by a cold weekend. >> massachusetts avenue is back open tonight after this accident involving a greyhound bus in downtown d.c. the bus was making a turn off mass avenue off mt. vernon square where it hit a man an

tisha thompson and the i 4 news team. >> they found hundreds of complaints about the buss that delivernts to d.c. students. >> we transport the most precious cargo in the united states of america and that's why it's so important to have these vehicles up and running. >> this d.c. school operator asked us that we not identify him, worrying that he might lose his job for coming forward. >> buses are in bad condition. >> reporter: he works for d.c.'s office of the state superintendent education, they're in charge of transporting students to and from d.c. schools. he took these photos of some problems he documented that ranged from cosmetic to mechanical. >> windows held together with rubber bands. those are major problems that they need to fix but they wait till it get os to be a problem before they would even do nepg about it. >> it's not just him. some parents are worried too. >> there's a lot of times things weren't going right with the school bus. i'm quite sure i'm not the only one that feels that way but i'm the only one speaking up about it. >> reporter: she worries about condition

nobody is sure he could have survived but as tisha thompson and the news 4 i-team reveal now, it's how he was treated in the last moments of his life that has his mother calling for change. >> reporter: there were no lights or sirens when elon arrived at the emergency room in october 2014. >> he ran backwards and that he fell and hit his head. >> reporter: and no compassion according to his mother. >> i hope that by talking about this intensely personal moment that we can make a change. >> reporter: emt records obtained by the news 4 i-team says elon was intoxicated. we now know that was not true. >> everybody is complaining about the drunk kid. i tell them time and again, he's not drunk. he puked not because he was drunk but he smacked his head against tpavement. >> reporter: one of elon's best friends rode with him from the beginning and he feels they brushed off his friend as just another drunk person. >> one nurse in particular who was incredibly obnoxious telling him, wow, this kid can't hold his liquor. >> reporter: medical records show two separate blood tests that night proved

. >> tonight, she shares elon's story with tisha thompson and news 4 i-team hoping to keep it from happeninganyone else. >> he was a redhead. like his hair, bright and jolly and social. and just totally lovable. >> reporter: rebecca lights up when she talks about her son, elon. the outgoing, religious college student who she says loved making other people. >> now, i'm all for a good laugh. >> reporter: one year ago, elon was on school break from cornell. visiting childhood friends in college park. when one misstep changed everything. >> we never expected this to happen. we are perfectly ordinary people. living an ordinary life. and we sent our son off to have fun with his friends and when he needed help, the people supposed to help him didn't help him. >> reporter: elon and some of his friends were challenging each other to short foot races on this sidewalk outside a university of maryland residence hall. >> do you remember him hitting the ground? >> yea. >> reporter: his best friend saw it happen. >> don't know if he clipped his heel or tripped on the sidewalk. >> reporter: elon hit the bac

tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >> thank you, tishatisha. this story started with a tip. if you a story you'd like the i-team to look into call our tip line, 202-885-4444 or send an e-mail to tips@news4iteam.com. >>> you asked me and i told you yesterday the weather was yucky. i don't have quite what the term is. i can't make my mouth do the kinds of nasty things that -- >> crummcrummy. >> to describe today. >> let's just sacrummy. >> we have a seven-second delay if you want to say -- no. it is that kind of day. it's nasty, nasty out there. that's the way to describe it because of the drizzle and the very cool temperatures. i mean, highs today only in the low to mid 50s in many areas. temperatures actually came down during the afternoon. the sun, by the way, we didn't see the sun today. if we had seen it, it set at 4:59. the first day that we've seen the sun set before 5:00. we don't like that at all. 56 degrees the current temperature. 55, drizzle. 53 by 9:00. 52 by 11:00. we've seen improving conditions. i want to show you this real fast one more time. we saw fog about