meteorologist doug hill here to explain that. is this a case of too much of a good thing? doug: yeah. too much dry weather. a big fire out west. the rocky mountain fire. 5,000 acres. still fighting it. the fire brush fires start instantaneously. look at the winds. northeast at 16 miles per hour. 80's in the south of washington. the front is bringing us cooler air. it is making things difficult as far as the fire conditions here with the dry winds blowing in from the north and the west. it's cooler by morning and we look ahead to the next chance of rain in the forecast in a little bit. >> okay, doug. thank you. alison: a school policy banning a transgender student using the bathroom of his current step ruled as discrim that story. the three judge panel agreed with the ruling to overturn the glouser county school -- glouceter county school policy. it includes virginia, west virginia, south and north carolina. later this hour we have a look at the financial impact of a similar bill in north in four hours the polls will close in a critical primary in new york. the focus may be shifting to the next

was enough to convict lewandowski. alison: doug hill has a check on a frost advisory. on a frost advisory. doug: at night it gets cold quickly. once again another frost advisory. the water is calm. 63 at the reagan national airport. full sunshine across the region. other temperatures at 5:00. 63 in fredericksburg. 36 in fredericksburg. 61 in baltimore. the frost advisory in effect 2:00 to 79:00 a.m. west of i-95. there was frost this morning. mostly through the 30's but the low lying areas before sunrise could drop close to freezing. tomorrow another day like this. sunny and seasonal in the low to the mid-60's. the seven-day forecast in a few minute. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- surveying the damage. where a strong earthquake knocked down houses and buckled roads. leon: a look at what to expect from the tropics. we take you to the tropical weather conference. alison: we hope you will join us saturday for the national cherry blossom festival parade. it starts at 10:00 a.m kids: he came here from rocky married 27 years. raised 6 kids. including 5 boys. he had grandpa move in with u

almost as doug hill. doug: worry about playing against watson. i'm playing against a groundhog in pennsylvania. he promised it would look like this. i'd take today's weather in a heartbeat over what is coming this way tomorrow. enjoy this, folks. it will change. 53 at the reagan national airport. temperatures below average. the average high is 64 degrees. if you see the numbers in the 40's. low 50's. well below average. that's the beginning of the story because of a cold front headed this way. the first effect felt overnight west and north. actually southwest of metro washington where a freeze warning is in effect from midnight tonight. until 9:00 tomorrow morning. the forecast is pretty straightforward. it will be cold with the increasing cloudiness before sunrise. freeze warning west. 32 to 38 degrees by morning. early in the morning 4:00, 5:00, 5:30. part of the area may see a rain shower or a snowshower. go to the source of the cloudiness. in chicago land. upper level storm system pulling in cold air. i check the chicago airports. all of them are reporting rain now. 42 degrees

outside. chief meteorologist doug hill joining us. do w the weekend is over? doug: not going to happen. you could get a brief glimpse of the sun but rain is the lead weather story in the weekend. for the moment it's cloudy. 55 in reagan national. per analysis tent clouds keep it cool and damp. current conditions include temperatures in the 60's. if you go far enough west, luray and 63. petersburg, 65. metro under the influence of winds off the atlantic ocean to keep us pinned in the lower 50's. mid-50's at best. we have seen clearing skies at times. west of interstate 81. but the persistent flow of winds keep us locked in low clouds. so tonight is drizzle and fog. a few showers later tonight. tomorrow we may get through the day without rain until late in the day. for this evening, drizzle and fog. late night showers. wake up to cloudy skies and do better temperature wise on sunday. even then showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. more about the timing of those showers for the weekend in a few minutes. back to you. alison: okay, doug. thank you very much. fairfax county public schoo

the west get ready for a frost if you can believe it. chief meteorologist doug hill is here to explain who should be ready for the frost tonight. doug: we have had our share of frost advisories for the late winter season in early april. we have another one tonight. this may be the last one for some time to come. in effect from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 foreign minister for those areas in blue. upper montgomery, frederick, washington, loudoun, northern fauquier across the blue ridge i-81 to the valley. the local area, local metro area will be fine. in the 60's now. we will probably drop to 40's by morning. 63 in reagan national and baltimore. 64 in fredericksburg. 59 in winchester and martinsburg as we speak. winds are consistent out of the northwest. not particularly windy but a breeze out there. 10 to 12 to 15 miles per hour folks headed down the street to south capitol street for the first pitch at 7:05. sunshine and temperatures at 58 or 60 degrees. slow drop off after that. overnight forecast clear and cold. the range, 31 to 42 degrees. for tomorrow, the wednesday weather sunshine.

. especially in a primary. our chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking tomorrow's conditions around here. could we see storms, doug? doug: we could in the mid-to-the late afternoon. especially in the early everything hours. if that is a concern, find a time early, midday, early afternoon, lunch break before you go to work to head to the local polling location. as far as the numbers go, we are in good shape. 76 degrees. high clouds around. comfortable afternoon with a southerly wind. temperatures a big range. 66 in lexington park in st. mary's county. if you travel west to charlottesville, 86 degrees. otherwise in between we are in the low 80's to the mid-to-upper 70's. delightful evening. no rain chances this evening. 64 in brentwood. 60 in ashburn in georgetown. 63 in dale city. off the coast pumps up the warm and humid air. a couple of frontal system approaches the area and that is likely to kick off thunderstorms especially through the afternoon hours. a couple of showers early in the morning wash-out. then we get to this time tomorrow and there will be scattered showers or storms. on

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see an end to the roller coaster weather we're having. doug: not in the foreseeable future. two or three weeks when we have the frequent passages of cold front. we hope none will be strong as saturday night. each may bring slightly less than cold air. that is how we will hopscotch to real springtime weather here. wait until you see the numbers. whiplash! give you a time lapse. we can't show you the nats and braves came. but we have a weather bug camera. give you a time lapse. the day got going and the early arrivers at the ballpark. nice weather there. they had delays at camden yard. for the capital, the rain drops on the lens of the camera now. we continue to see the cloudy sky and the area of the light rain. that will continue. the front is moving through at a good clip. temperatures have been falling. close to 70 at 42:00. 6 o at reagan national. 57 in hagerstown. milder air will continue south. that make sense. cold front hasn't arrived yet. 75 in lexington park. later tonight the skies clear. gusty winds from the north/northwest to bring us colder, drier air. with that we expe

of minutes. leon: all right. you got it, doug. enough that is as law enforcement officers are trying to crack down on the a.t.v.'s that are terrorizing the drivers and the police in area. this is days after they cornered an ambulance with an injured child inside. sam sweeney has the new unified effort to fight back. sam? sam: well, good evening. police say that the crackdown has already begun. the goal is to identify the riders, seize their bikes and destroy them. now they are asking for the public's help and they are willing to pay you. surrounded by law enforcement from around the area, cathy lanier says the dirt bike game will end. >> we have had enough. the community has had enough. the riders that we can identify, we are going to aggressively prosecute. the bikes we have seized will be destroyed. sam: the past weekend, m.p.d. police officer was surrounded and dragged by a gang of riders. back in march, on carrying a sick child was stopped, surrounded and then had its driver side door opened by an a.t.v. driver. police had to come free the ambulance before it could continue to th

week. you may see it again. chief meteorologist doug hill with more on that. doug: part of the area had a mini blizzard on saturday morning. then we had strong winds. yesterday, chilly winds. today we have sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. this is crazy. 72 now. looking life at the image from the fairfax, virginia, from st. leo the great. it's pleasant. if you have any outdoor activities including going to see the nats it is delightful. the temperatures at 70 or so at the first pitch. holding in 60's. 73 in washington, manassas. 74 in fredericksburg. we can thank the gusty winds out of the south that are transported up the milder air from the carolinas. we'll and georgia. it will not last. we will see the winds veering to the west as the cold front approaches. the forecast, cloudiness. showers developing overnight. the winds are 10 to 15 miles per hour. through the day tomorrow. we deal with this. the front is moving along at a good clip. southwesterly winds to bring showers through 4:00 or5:00, for most of the rush hour. then it should be over and we will see the clearing skies an

freezes is over, though. chief meteorologist doug hill has a look of what to expect in the coming hours. >> nice right now. gorgeous right now with the temperatures in the upper 50's. tonight clear skies, everything will drop. chance of frost north and west in the city. first things first look live at the campus of the st. mary's elementary school in annapolis. crystal clear skies. light winds. 54 degrees. same time, 57 at reagan national. warmer in western maryland. 61 now in cumberland. 60 in fredericksburg. 54 in advisory tonight. it's the area shaded in blue. upper montgomery county, frederick, maryland. each panhandle and across the 81 corridor. the temperatures overnight out west are the coldest in the low er30's. metro area will stay safely above freezing. upper 30's to lower 40's. southern zones zones will do ber near the 40 degree mark. expect a chilly clear night. another nice day tomorrow. in a few minutes we check out the weekend and the next seven days as part of the extended forecast. alison: one more note. remember the blizzard? we are trying to forget. local fall-out con

around, though. chief meteorologist doug hill with a look at the forecast for the evening. doug: still more showers popping up around the region now. take a look at the live doppler radar. south and west of wash farther west, heavier isolated thunderstorms popping up. let's zoom in as a severe thunderstorm warning. i don't think it will survive the trip eastward to the metro area. closeup of the showers right now. again, i put them in motion so you can see if you are living over the metro area or to the east. you will see the next batch of showers headed in the direction. the planner tonight calls for showers, cool temperatures. 50 degrees by 11:00 thunderstorm night. tomorrow we hold with the clouds. we have period of rain. temperatures again in the 50's. detail look at the weekend coming up in a couple of minutes. alison: okay. thank you. meanwhile we have new information about the deadly stabbing at a takoma park apartment complex. today the man police thought was a second victim was actually charged with murder. maryland bureau chief brad bell was live on scene when the stor

hill is what to expect tonight. doug: warmer tomorrow and drop at the beginning of the weekend. 57 in leesburg. 52 at baltimore. 56 in the nation's capital. we will see increasing cloudiness tonight. notice the temperatures do not drop off much in the metro washington area. by sunrise, good chance of dealing with rain. it will look like this, with rain showers beginning early in the morning. an area of steady rain around 10:00 in the morning, then moving out of the area. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, more possibilities of scattered showers. so rain could be an issue. take slickers. it will be mild. alison: sunset news to share with you. country legend haggard died today after fighting pneumonia from the last few months. prison from poverty and to international fame with songs like "sing me back home." >> people all across the country, even casual fans, can appreciate. ♪ says hepresident obama is sending prayers to haggard's family. longtime friend willie nelson says he will miss his friend. today was his 79th birthday. leon: his life was a country music song. alison: definitely. , 15

is rain on the horizon, though. chief meteorologist doug hill can tell us what to expect. doug: we have a chance of rain across the area on friday. maybe a quarter to a half inch in a few spots. it's not going to make up the three, three and a half inch deficit but it is a start and will knock pollen out of the air. looking live on the weather bug camera at the campus of riverdale baptist school. beautiful afternoon. great day to be outside. low 70's across the area. comfortable reading. 70 in winchester. 69 in culpeper. 72 in luray. east side of town. 6 in annapolis. 69 in reagan national airport. by early tomorrow morning, the western zone in the suburbs are mid-40's to upper 40's in downtown washington. plean the coast tomorrow to open the door for a warm front to form through kentucky and indiana and move north. we will be warmer and humid air to bring us showers and the afternoon thunderstorms for the day on friday. so the forecast for tomorrow looks nice. partly to mostly sunny. late in day. well west of the blue ridge. late day shower. we will check out the weekend in detail

is east meaning us? doug: no. none of that is moving here. the severe weather system in the outbreak there, the upper level winds travel east to give us period of light rain. nothing dramatic. no scores on thursday. complicated system. a lot of things you see the big thing, the map. weather moves west to east so you think it's no, it's not. alison: what about tonight? doug: not much happening at all. we are in the d.c. split where the weather action stays north and south. we talk about it on the noon news. that is holding true. there is a chance of isolated storm in net met area. better chance is well north and south and west. we'll show it to you on doppler radar. let's start. if i could read it would be better. from winston churchill high school in potomac. next to it you can see the banner and then the moon disappears. clouds and haze move in briefly. through the day it was cloudy. in the afternoon in the heat of the day, the air overhead is dry and stable. that is why we are getting the fair weather clouds, the cumulus clouds. they are more flat than vertical. when you s

bundle up pulling the winter coats out of the cloet the horizon? doug: comparative it's warmer but not that much. back to average monday and tuesday of next week in the mid-60's. bright sunshine out there. the wind will diminish tonight. but with that, a very noticeable drop in temperatures. live temperature data in. 45 at reagan national. andrew at 43. 43 in annapolis. then late tonight with the winds camming down and the clear skies the temperatures will drop like a walk. freeze warning in effect for the viewing area. early tomorrow morning the temperatures will range between 27 to 34 degrees. tomorrow to the 50's. there are warmer days. the weather for the home opener i have it for you, you can stay ahead of the changes in the weather. sign up for the severe weather text alert sent to your phone. do it right now on wjla.com. alison: a shock story from purcellville tonight. a church 'or injured in a stabbing. the suspect in custody is the pastor's own son. diane cho joins us from the loudoun county jail. how is the pastor doing tonight? diane: we are told that the pastor is in st

rain. chief meteorologist doug hill is here now with word with some on the way. doug: in morning showers but during the day increasing chance of showers and heavier thunderstorms in the afternoon and the evening. nothing else locally to get rid of the pollen in the air. get you started. live look outside at the bell haven country club. south/southwesterly winds. slowly tonight and tomorrow. humidity levels arise. showers m 81. mostly head to pennsylvania. tomorrow morning by sunrise, scattered showers lu the day as a cold front approaches. better chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. through thursday evening we will see increasingly cloudiness. temperatures are mild in the 60's through tomorrow morng. that is the latest. leon: the man who landed the gyrocopter on the capitol grounds landed in jail. federal judge today sentenced doug hughes to 120 days behind bars plus a year of probation. he barred from entering the capitol or white house without permission. hughes pleaded guilty in november. he could have faced maximum of nine years in prison. still ahead here, fighting

rain in sight. but we will feel some changes overnight. our chief meteorologist doug hill has a first look. this is gorgeous. doug: it is. i will take the late spring and up you one to mid-summer in a couple of spots. mid-80ed today. take a look at the numbers and the weather condition. gorgeous as we look live on the campus of the high school in laurel. 82 there now. crystal clear skies. yet again this is day eight of the sunny afternoons. 86 in luray. 88 in charlottesville. that is hot. 84 in manassas and leesburg. 85 in fredericksburg. closer to the bay cooler with a little air flowing over the bay. cooling down the numbers to 75 in annapolis. tonight we will a while. maybe a few shreds of high clouds. clear. 45 to 55 in suburban areas but it wouldn't surprised me if downtown washington stayed closer to 60 by early tomorrow morning because the high pressure. very friendly weather system with a big blue h denoting the center of it. as that moves off we see some changes. a cold front will slip through. no clouds, a bit of a braise. but still near 80 tomorrow. beautiful weather. avera

but it gave way to a cool and a dreary wednesday. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a check on the forecast today. doug: a huge difference in the weather pattern yesterday at this time versus this moment. the temperatures in the mid-50's. metro, cloudy skies. to rain showing up locally. most of the rain to the south. the big weather story for us temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees colder right now than the same time yesterday. we could see spotty showers this evening and good shape for the nationals with the first pitch at 7:05. doppler radar shows the rain in the southern fringes the southern zones but late tonight and overnight another batch might get closer to metro washington. we look ahead to rush hour and the weekend coming up. back to you. leon: you got it. coming up at 5:00 -- fire trucks pull in and passengers pour from a metro station. why riders were seeing red this time around. alison: later putting a plan in place. meeting just wrapped up in the last ten minutes about the future of arlington national cemetery expansion. find out what the plan will mean for roads n

. leon: yes. alison: it sounds like tomorrow will be one of the best yet. doug: if you arrive early it could be 234 the 40's. but we will get 234 the 50's when the sun comes out. the air is cool but the sun is intense and very strong. temperatures range from the upper 50's to the lower 60's. 63 in reagan national. 64 in reagan national. charts vil in 66. for the evening hours we will stay clear overnight we drop to the chilly numbers. 38 high pressure over canada continues to influence the weather. we will see a warmup with the plenty of sunshine. low to mid-50's to 60 by 11:00. perfect weather. alison: we will see you shortly. now we turn to the race for the white house. it took a detour through vatican city of all place. talking about the social economic and the environmental issues and it included a 15-minute address to the pontiffical academy of social sciences but not an audience with pope francis. the pontiff sent apologies. sanders' trip comes hours after one of the most raucous debates so far between him and hillary the bigger fight may come from both sides. scott thuman has th

, doug. breaking news in the district right now. the irs building evacuated for a fire in the basement. >> let's get the latest now. shomari stone just got to the scene. >> reporter: good evening. right now i'm here at 10th street northwest and constitution avenue. you look here, these police officers are directing traffic blocking off the area to make sure no one drives down constitution avenue en route to the washington monument. come with me over here before i show you some video. you can see this fire truck here. the area right down there, which is 13th, that is blocked off. so a lot of folks are packing their patience trying to avoid the irs building. let's roll some video right now. here is what happened. a transformer fire sparked in the basement. now, a d.c. fire and em s representative told us that he doesn't know if anyone was injured. well, i have an update right now from the irs spokesperson, and he tolells me no one was injure. this is the internal revenue service headquarters building here and all of the employees inside were evacuated. many of them decided to go

. >>> three straight days of rain. it's not letting up anytime soon. doug, i guess we need the rain, but this is yucky, man. >> it's yucky, vance, but exactly right. we need the rain. we need the rain, a, to wash away the pollen. we need the rain, b, to grow all the beautiful flowers. april showers bring may flowers. we've seen a lot over the past couple of days. storm team 4 radar dry. i am tracking a system just back towards pittsburgh. we are 56 in fredericksburg. back to the west we're in the 60s. east of the blue ridge we've been socked with those clouds all day long. tomorrow's headlines same as today. weekend rain, it's there too. we're talking potential for a lot of rain. i'll show you when the most rain moves in coming up in just a few minutes. vance? >> thanks, doug. we invite you to consult the nbc washington app. there's an interactive radar on there that tracks all kinds of weather stuff as it rolls through your neighborhood. you can search the nbc washington app in the app store or on google play. >>> a local youth soccer organization is ordering changes to its background c

the car wash yet. i'm waiting for this rain, doug, to wash all the nasty pollen off my car. >> i know. we talked about this yesterday. it may not be enough to do that. i think we're all hoping to wash our car. mother nature might help to wash our cars and wash the pollen off. first off, rocking the red tonight. rocking the beard here too trying to raise money to help the capitals and wounded veterans. go to my facebook page for the rock the beard beardathon. it is called the capitals it's cloudy. here's reston town center. i love that shot. just for the fact that it can show sugar loaf mountain. not a lot of rain currently. 73 degrees. winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. the nationals game starting just after 7:00. they'll get that game in no problem. could there be a shower? yeah, but it's going to be a nice night. we need the rain. we've talked about this. close to an inch below average just for this month alone. over 3 inches since last month, so we really do need to see some rain. right now we're not seeing a lot. we have seen 0.75 of an inch. a few showers back to the we

. >>> doug, nice to see you again, by the way.ho hope you had a nice weekend. delightful weather, don't you think? >> i do, vance. temperatures today in the 70s. we have not seen the 70s since, we have not seen the 70s since last monday. so it's been a week since we've been in the 70s, and everybody out there that i'm seeing out there on the street or yesterday at the wizards game talking about where is spring? well, the good news is spring came back for today but again it's kind of going away again the next couple days only to return in a big way. let's show you what's happening. we saw sunshine earlier now dealing with cloud cover. those clouds coming ahead of the next storm system which is another cold front that will drop temperatures. here is our rockville camera. you can see the flag here. winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour today. right now down at the airport some mixed sun and clouds. 73 degrees. look at the this is the reason why we have such warm numbers. those winds coming right out of the south. we need that southerly component to the wind. 70 in gaithersburg. 73 i

wet start to the day for the nats home opener. >> doug is tracking the rain headed our way. >> it's looking very wet early in the day. i think we're going to see the potential for half an inch to an inch of rain early. right now i think the nats game looking okay. let's show you temperatures. they're well above where they were yesterday but still on the cool side. 56 right now in d.c. 64 in hagerstown, but notice charleston, west virginia, close to 70. that's some of the warmer air that will make its way our way overnight. much warmer across the region. we set record lows across the region. as far as the radar is concerned, you can see the rain with a couple storms moving our way. that is all going tosh in here during the day tomorrow, so your headlines tonight, watching the rain. i will show you when that comes game? we'll take you hour by hour. and then it gets cold again. we saw some records this morning. i think we could set a few more this weekend. we'll talk about it in just a few minutes. >> all right. we're counting down, doug. thank you. >>> growing complaints about secrecy

about this woman who is accused of stabbing her 3-month-old baby. >>> doug tells us it's going to get warmer around these parts. but not right away. stay tuned for t >>> well are you ready for spring? because now it feels like it's coming. >> finally, right? >> finally. >> we've had a little taste here and there, you know yesterday was 70 in the low 70s for the most part and everybody is like yeah we got it. and now we have a frost advisory in effect. cold air will move in overnight. it will be a chilly start to our wednesday. we've seen colder air this past weekend. temperatures in the 20s. and tonight lower 30s. not as quite as cold as the past weekend, but with more moisture in the air, we'll get some frost in some suburbs. heads up for that, you might need to scrape off the khartoom morning inome areas in the suburbs. 61 degrees now, winds out of the northwest at 21 again. we've seen a lot of wind over the last few days. 61, well below average, we did hit 63 earlier. but temperatures are starting to fall. 57 in gaithersburg, 57 around frederick. urbana and clarksburg and towards d

the morning rush. doug is in storm center 4 to tell us all about it. >> we've seen the shower activity on and off all day. some heavy rain this morning. some lighter rain this afternoon. you'll need the umbrellas and the jackets for the next few days. very light for the most part, but a lot of drizzle out there, light rain, and also that fog. more rain down to the south of fredericksburg. storms just back to the west, but the storms cannot get here because it is too cool and too stable. 51 at the airport. 46 in gaithersburg. more showers likely. then we're talking just weekend rain. one of the days of the weekend looks to be a washout. >>> we're learning so some devastating news about the woman who was stabbed to death in takoma park. she was pregnant and the unborn child did not survive. she was a bus driver in montgomery county. a man attacked her in the apartment yesterday. he is accused of her murder. >>> a murder mystery in d.c. a man found dead apartment on nicholson in northwest. it happened in january, but it took three months for investigators to call it a homicide. >

doug. >>> temperatures today reached the mid-80s once again and 86 in fredericksburg, but say good-bye to the 80s. i'll show you what's moving in >> tonight, new developments in the deadly earthquake in ecuador. right now rescuers are battling to find and save any survivors. the 7.8 magnitude quake hit on saturday. anyone trapped in the rubble is growing weaker by the hour, but take a look at this rescue today. a hotel manager was buried when the five-story building collapsed on top of him. he managed to call his wife yesterday from beneath the debris. he was smiling as emergency workers freed him. his wife calls it a miracle saying the family had already ordered a getting ready to plan his funeral just before he was discovered. >> the rescue brought a badly needed emotional lift to the first responders who have been working nearly nonstop since saturday. the quake has killed at least 480 people. >> back here in the states at least six deaths are now blamed on all of that flooding in and around houston, texas. floodwaters have ravaged the area since sunday night and hundreds of thousan

drearies out there, doug kammerer. are we going to get better or worse before it gets better? >> because this really stinks. >> this is exactly what we could have going on through friday into the weekend. we have some rain out there right now. storm team 4 rda rain. about to move back into the district here. the nationals playing right now. right down here, you notice the shower activity. these are the showers that would come through the d.c. metro area within the next half hour to next 45 minutes. down towards manassas around woodbridge. all this moving off to the east. heavier rain down towards fredericksburg. we're tracking that as well. more rain in the forecast. look at the numbers. only in the 40s to the north. low 50s to the south. we're supposed to be at 71 degrees. that's the average high today. we're not going to be near that anytime soon. more showers likely. then weekend rain. one of those weekend days may just be a washout. >>> a maryland sheriff charged in a domestic dispute with his wife. apparently asked for his confiscated guns to be returned just days after

weather. >> thank you, doug. >>> to presidential politics now. democratic candidates appear to be making contested battle for new york. meanwhile, ted cruz is on the hunt for convention delegates in colorado. brian mooar is on capitol hill with details on rare strategy. >> reporter: rare, perhaps unprecedented. ted cruz actually going to colorado to twist the arms of some of these delegates to get them in his camp. now, normally these delegates are unknown and unsung, but in this election cycle, they're in the spotlight. unless you're a hard-core republican insider, you probably never heard of the people on this colorado stage. >> i want to represent you as undecided or undeclared, but i do stand with ted cruz. >> reporter: but the ted cruz campaign knows these would-be delegates could be the key to stopping donald trump. and had trumping the front-runner in the race to scoop up unpledged delegates who can side with any candidate at the convention in july. winning and winning o hope. >> that's what we're going to do and go into the convention aggressively with as many delegates as

what's coming our way. >> doug is tracking the cold air that will have us feeling more like winter than springtime around here. doug, what's going on? >> absolutely amazing, guys. to go from 74 degrees is where we were earlier today to a windchill tomorrow morning potentially in the teens. that's the kind of change that we've got coming in just the next 12 hours. this is why. we've got a cold front moving through right now. you can see some very heavy rain right now right along i-95 coming on through the d.c. metro area right along 95, up 29 as well. and down to the south around fredericksburg. we're dry to the north and west. i want to zoom in on this area and see where this heavy rain is. coming through bethesda, through the aspen hill area. i'll zoom in a little bit more right where that heavy rain is coming across i-95. here is 29 around the salemville, old salem village. region. very heavy rain there. this is all part of a front that's swinging on through the region. take a look at the temperatures. ahead of the front we're still in the 70s down around the norfolk area, 79 degrees.

? i'm pretty happy now. it's nice outside. >> anything is better, doug. >> you just want it to stay like this though, guys. >> yes, indeedy. >> but it's not going to. temperatures today made it into the 70s all across the area, but once again you just have to look at the temperatures around the mid-atlantic to see what's moving our way. it's 73 here. 74 down towards richmond but only 57 in pittsburgh with some rain falling. that rain and weather is moving our way again. today will be a lot cooler than it was today but not cold. no more cold weather we can see in the forecast right now. here is the rain coming through cincinnati over towards pittsburgh. you can see that rain sliding down. for us this will just be a rain event. here is your headlines tonight. rain overnight. the next few days will be cool but then now we're talking. now we're talking. the 70s coming back and it looks like they want to stick around for a while. we'll talk about the nice weather in a few minutes. >> can't wait. thank you, doug. >>> some other person comes -- >> they say they were trapped on a train. met

beard of the day. that's doug kammerer there. the caps say they have already raised about $20,000 for the usa warriors hockey program. we can take a closer look at his beard and the weather. i think your beard is collecting pollen right now. >> it collects a lot of stuff you don't want it to collect. >> we probably don't want to know too much about that. >> it's a great day. adam tuss is also doing it help us raise money. vance, you should have done it too. >> i'm working with you. >> looking good. as long as the caps are winning, we want that great beard. a beautiful afternoon. reston live camera looking really good. i was out there towards reston town center this weekend. had a good time out there. nice day to get some lunch. last couple of days have been great. we've been on the great side of things, but things are going to start going downhill. winds out of the south at about 6 miles per hour, 76. temperatures right now 77. frederick around gaithersburg, 81. everyone is on the warm side. no rain to talk about today. tomorrow night we could start to see some showers, maybe even som

state across the countr country. >> ta stormy night ahead of us, huh, doug? >> what is the word? s for storms or c for cold? >> we will get the storms and the cold. the rest of the evening looks fine. traffic, i was looking at the traffic. it's a mess out there. especially along the inner loop of the beltway, crossing over the american legion bridge and all the way around. traffic is a mess. not weather related. no storms out there at all. the only exception is fredericksburg a little shower there. we'll be split. here's this area of moisture. this is moving south. we're waiting on this to fire up. question have not seen a single real strong storm with this frontal boundary yet. that's why we have that severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 9:00 tonight. it's until 9:00, most of us won't see anything until that time. includes areas in the pennsylvania border. forecast. again, get out the jackets. >>> she's our dancing centenarian. and she stole our hearts during a memorable trip to the white house. now she's getting a if you surprise from d.c.'s mayor. >>> and the food and drug

, we are wrapping up a beautiful week and heading into a delicious weekend, aren't we, doug? >> probably the best weekend we've seen in quite some time. it will be the best weekend of the year easily as temperatures get into the upper 60s, maybe even near 70. this morning though we woke up on a very cool note. 42 in the city, but only 30 degrees towards manassas. 32 in frederick. 36 in gaithersburg. that's why we had that frost advisory. tonight will be another cool night tonight. not quite as cool but ta a 63 d.c. 65 in philly. 70s just back to the west and some of these warmer temperatures are going to try to eke their way our way as we move on through the next 24 hours or so. if you're heading out this evening, it's going to be a beautiful night. i told you fantastic friday. 61 degrees at 7:00. 55 degrees by 11:00. if you're getting dinner, maybe even dinner outdoors. a lot of patios starting to open up. i have the rest of the weekend forecast. i'll see new a minute. >>> this is chris gordon in potomac. how students here are reacting to racial comments made by a fellow st

wait then. >> thank you, doug. >>> the science synthetic drugs, what the d.c. government is doing to stay a step ahead of offenders. >>> prince george's county is going after strip clubs, demanding that 12 of them be closed by this friday. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on a local pastor stabbed, who was seen running from the home after the attack. >>> the new action just take ton keep synthetic drugs off the streets. >>> a final good-bye to a state trooper killed in the line of duty. >>> and a local organization offering a safe place for victims of domestic violence. >> you have a safe place to lay your head down, that's half the battle. >>> a restaurant and club in maryland has been closed because of public safety concerns. three men were stabbed at place called martini's, in fort wahi yesterday morning. prince george's county police say a man named phillip harrington stabbed two men during a fight. a security guard also was stabbed while trying to break up the fight. all three victims are expected to be okay. harrington is facing charges of assault. >>> new at 6:00, a dozen strip c

to sunshine. low to mid 70s. doug had more on the big warmup next week. 85 we're forecasting for next monday. >>> it's a new mission for local veterans. >> and it means back to basic training for those willing to serve in a different way in northern virginia. >>> relief from chronic headaches. many have suffered for years. tonight, a new treatment is giving patients and professio at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant. >>> we don't have to destroy our city to get a message across. we can do it through this political system that's peaceful and nonviolent. >> a baltimore pastor took his campaign to register people to vote to new heights today and his effort was a big success. elder harris wasn't happy when only 257 people from his voting district cast a vote during the 2014 mar

hallelujahpalooza. >> and now your storm team4 forecast. >> right, doug? >> say that i'm not sure we heard you. >> hallelujahpalooza. >> there you go. we're talking about -- >> i'm exhausted from saying that. >> just because of the beautiful weather. we've got sunshine across the area. plenty of blue skies. high pressure dominating the region now and that's going to be the case right through the next couple days. there is our look downtown. a really nice shot but we're still really cool and the reason, that area of high pressure way to the north. only 57 right now with that sunshine. the winds though are calm so we don't have much of a wind. it's been a little cool today. we won't call it chilly but cool but a very nice afternoon. without the wind, 50s and sun. that's not bad at all. 60 degrees down toward warrenton, 58 in quantico, 55 in maryland. cambridge one of the cool spots. only 52. tonight will be another cold night. frost advisory in effect. not for the metro area but for the same areas as last night. winchester, leesburg, over towards frederick. hagerstown you may see areas of frost,

, doug. >>> well, we are less than an hour away from game three. the caps hoping to stay perfect so far this postseason. >> carol maloney joins us live from philadelphia. the niflyer haves a little extr motivation for this game, carol? >> reporter: oh, yeah, they do. they're down two games. tonight will be the first home game since the owner ed snyder passed away. he was born in washington, d.c. he went to the university of maryland, but here in philly he's credited for bringing professional hockey to the area. they love him. you know how much they love the flyers. these are the t-shirts they're handing out. it will be a sea of orange. you see his image in the flyers logo there. every single seat has these notes. everyone is going to be wearing these bracelets. coreographed light show. >> we have to try to match that energy and stay patient, play smart, play within ourselves. not get too emotional and just play our game. >> just be ready for how amped it is. just stay in the moment and bring our game. don't sit back. let's bring our game into this building and establish it. we're here f

, we've got a lot of clouds out there and some rain, just as doug said. we weren't going to see a downpour today. >> not enough to help with the allergies, right, doug? >> exactly. you needed the umbrella at times today. the only place that's seen it is down so southern maryland. we've seen a lot of rain in fredericksburg. back to the west, seeing some thunderstorm activity through shenandoah county makingiti itsy up towards winchester and martinsburg. all of this is still making its way through. here's wave number one. here's wave number two. if you are heading out, keep the umbrella handy. temperatures tonight will fall into the upper 60s, but expect at least some showers could even impact the nationals game, although we'll get that game in. much more on the forecast, including some 80s that return. i'll see you in a minute. >>> residents at a northwest d.c. complex say they are freaked out tonight after a deadly stabbing early this morning. it happened at the tunlaw condominiums. residents had to be evacuated. >> ree suspect, 59-year-old charles sykes, lived on the fifth floor

, everyone? >> no thanks. we'll see you in a few minutes, doug. >>> tonight parents are being asked for their input on how to protect students in prince george's county. it comes after a school volunteer was charged with molesting students and making child pornography but some are saying the process isn't transparent enough. prince george's county bureau shuf tracee wilkins is in upper marlboro with the details. >> reporter: deonte carraway is charged with molesting and videotaping children in private. some are feeling like the work to find out how this was able to happen should be transparent. how did school volunteer and teacher's aide deonte carraway ve allegedly molest dozens of elementary students on video on school grounds? prince george's county school ceo kevin maxwell has created a task force to find out, but its meetings are not open to the public. >> so i think transparency is important. it allows people to be held accountable. >> reporter: university of maryland student and prince george's county native colin byrd sent this letter to the maryland attorney general's offic

little as we head into the >>> thank you, doug. while we're enjoying the weather today, there is dramatic flooding to our south. we'll show you the rising waters and rescues. that's texas. >>> the suspicious death at the red roof inn, well, now it's a case of murder. news 4. ♪ >>> and some local students get a performance from a grammy at giant, shoppers are discovering plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant. >>> first at 5:30, a developing story in montgomery county where a death investigation has now become a murder investigation. a transgender woman found dead inside a rockville hotel. >> this evening we're learning more about the victim and what may have led to her death. officers found her body over the weekend at that red roof inn along shady grove road. pat collins is live now at police headquarters with new detai

too. >> a nasty one out there, doug, thank you. >>> prosecutors are dropping the charges against six teenagers accused of beating on a metro platform earlier this year. mark segraves broke this on twitter. this attack happened here at gallery place. it was caught on under surveillance video there. police tell us one of the teens sucker punched a rider. when the rider fought back the others lunged at the man t. five boys and one girl all when to the wilson high school. they have been charged with aggravated assault. d.c.'s attorney general would not xhint on the case specifically and metro has also declined to comment. >>> two fairfax county students, a chaperone and a ploefs all had to go to school bus and a police cruiseer crashed today in spring feel. the students were from mark twain middle school in alexandria. they were headed back from a field trip. we are told the bus pulled into an intersection on blacklick road. that's when the cruiser slammed into it. we will have a live report, including neighborhood concerns about that corner. that's coming up in our next half hour. >>> n

and we'll get some nasty rain this week. doug's keeping an eye on all the changes for you. >> my son was very upset at me this morning when i told him he had to wear pants to school. he just wants to put on the shorts. not today, and not tomorrow. temperatures today much colder than average. the average highs this time of year around 63. today's highs, take a look at the current numbers, these are where the numbers should in early february. right now 45 d.c., 45 hagerstown, 46 towards richmond. and 39 in ee 37 in baltimore. so we are dealing with wind chills, good news is the winds starting to die down now. so that's good news. but it will allow for temperatures to fall quickly after sunset. another cold night, freeze warning in effect for the entire area. and we're not done with the cold yet. another cold day tomorrow. at least a cool day tomorrow. then we're talking about the nationals' forecast. there's rain on thursday, we'll talk about when it comes in and another cold weekend. cold air again, as cold as today? maybe. i've got the forecast. >>> thanks, doug. >>> it was a rocky s

weather. we need some rain to wash away some of this pollen, doug kammerer. >> going to get any? >> not any time soon, but we'll get some. the best chance of rain coming during the day on friday and we do have three days of dry conditions and that's prompted us to not only see the pollen get high and also have enhanced fire danger. that's something else that we'll be watching. one thing you notice out toward the restin camera, some sun and cloud cover. we do have some clouds moving on mostly cloudy skies right now. 81 in frederick and 81 d.c. and now down to 71 in frederick. that's the cool air that's starting to wake its way in and look at cooler air to the north and 62 in wilkesbury and 71 in philly. that cooler air making its way across our region and not as warm tomorrow and rain definitely on the way and we'll talk about when that rain moves in and we're tracking that weekend and will the rain stick around? i've got your forecast in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. >>> when we come back at 5:00, new developments in ecuador and the new video into our newsroom right now which shows

going to hit 80. i'll show you when in the seven-day forecast. >> thanks, doug. >>> well, this is the last weekend you'll be able to ride metro without worrying about track work causing delays. the transit agency suspended its rebuilding projects for five weekends but the work will resume next weekend. ridership can nearly double during cherry blossom season and the parade is this weekend. >>> the word from the u.s. park police, they're cracking down on speeding on the mt. vernon parkway. we'll have details coming up on news4. >>> if you are a procrastinator, you're in luck this year. you have an extra weekend to buckle down and file those tax returns. >> our news4 consumer team has some i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. narrator: an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. so untrue. so outrageous down." the obama white house called the ad on chris van hollen and the nra "misleading." the sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. the post praised van hollen as a "leading champion on gun safety," and condemned the edw

. >>> what a beautiful day, and doug, is it going to get better? i'm rocking the red, guys. i will send jason my tie. yes, it's going to get better. temperatures soaring over the weekend. we'll talk about it in a minute. [ inaudible ]. >> i'm growing a beard for the capitals as you can see. plus, also coming up on news4 at 5:00 tonight, how the sheriff deputies in loudoun county were able to track down a woman on the run after she shot her boyfriend early this morning. >>> and more breaking news gray's alleged shadow campaign. for the first time we're learning why the main witness has some major credibility problems. >>> and, of course, we're continuing to watch that accident involving a trooper in lanham, maryland, at 450 and the beltway. more on this breaking news throughout the hour. stay with us. i want each of you to grab a 2x8 and cut it. you'll have 2 saws to choose from. ♪ you all chose the best tool for the job. wouldn't it make sense to make the same choice, when it comes to your truck? (all) absolutely. this is the 2016 chevy silverado. nice. a good-looking pick-up. in

, doug, to make these sinus headaches go away? >> i certainly hope so, erika, because there are so many people suffering with these allergies right now. we already have rain in parts of the region. we saw a few sprinkles around the d.c. metro area, but now we're looking at some heavier rain and some portions well back towards the west. back towards winchester and harding and hampshire counties. coming close to the i-81 corridor. heads up in that location. we will see that rain move through half hour to an hour. it's not a lot, but it is coming our way. yes, we will get in on some of this rain. rain on the way. tracking the weekend. we're talking about that weekend forecast and then hello to the 80s. i have a couple of days at 80 degrees or higher. i'll show you that in just a minute. >>> a roadside emergency in prince george's county. flames spreading. the driver trapped inside. who was in the right place at the right time. >>> justice delayed. why a man who admitted to killing his ex in a target parking lot is now asking the judge to withdraw his guilty plea. >>> she ignored the w

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