a live look outside this morning. we have had some rain around the region this morning. overnight, we had heavy rain in some places sometimes. those heavy rains out of the area? >> yeah, they're gone. they were moving rather quickly, 35, 40 miles per hour. a little bit of thunder and lightning. no damage. no damaging winds with that line that came through 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. it's crossing the chesapeake bay. you can see that area of blue and green on the eastern shore. that line of showers. thunder and lightning pretty much gone. there may be a little thunder south of salisbury. and this is continuing to advance off to the north and east, pulling out of the region. right now temperatures around the area are in the low to mid-60s. and it is humid down to this cloud cover. we've got a steamy situation here all throughout much of the region. all of this due to a persistent southerly flow bringing in the humidity. it will be with us throughout the day today. there's the jefferson memorial. wet pavement in the wake of the storms. sunrise, 5:50. by 9:00, a little sun. partly sunny into the afternoon. low to mid-80s. mid to late afternoon we could get severe storms with damaging winds. a look into tonight, the night planner at 5:11. picking up volume from the north along interstate 270 southbound as you begin the commute into frederick, passing urbana, headed towards germantown and points south. not a lot of overnight road work. travel lanes open to the split. virginia, take a look along i-95 northbound. travel lanes are open. fairfax county, police dealing with an accident picket road, mathy drive. very serious accident occurred at 1:30 this morning. watch for police on the scene there. one more stop. here's canal road. going to watch this very carefully throughout the morning commute. right now moving along pretty well. metro, vre, marc, no delays. eun? >> jerry, thank you. 5:02. we begin with severe and deadly storms to our west. southwest missouri tornado tore through killing 26 people. news 4's kimberly suiters is tracking the damage. good morning. this is just devastating. >> reporter: it is definite stating, eun. the month of may is well-known for powerful storms in tornado alley. this flattened parts of joplin, missouri. population is about 50,000 people. many people still unaccounted for. this twister caused a six-mile path right through town. between half and three-quarters of a mile ride. about 10% of the town took a direct hit, including that local hospital where you can see most of the windows were blown out. people living in the area say it looks lick a war zone. even a seasoned storm chaser from the weather channel was astonished by the extent of the damage. >> i'm not sure i've ever witnessed anything like this before in my life. it just shows you the power of tornadoes. >> reporter: also over the weekend, tornados north in minneapolis, reading, kansas. that tornado measuring ef-3 wh winds up to 165 miles per hour. and coming up around 6:30 this morning, we're going to hear from emergency management officials in joplin. they're going to give their first briefing of the devastation there. eun, back in to you. >> we'll check in with you then. kimberly, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. today the suspect of a murder of a maryland 17-year-old is expected in court over the weekend police arrested 45-year-old rodney mcentire, the father of the murdered teenager. last november the body of ebony franklin was found stuffed in a trash can in columbia heights. mcentire was considered a suspect from the beginning of the case. there's evidence of a possible sexual relationship between the two. sources tell news 4 that when police found franklin's body she had been stabbed 1 times. 17 times. a 15-year-old is expected to court charged with trying to kill a d.c. police officer over the weekend. it happened saturday morning as the taoepblg allegedly ambushed several officers when they showed up at a house on crittenton, northeast washington. the teen hid under a porch and shot one officer three times. the officer is in good condition. authorities have not released any names of those involved. maryland state police say a motorcyclist may have contributed to a trooper's deadly accident. investigators is a trooper first class shaft hunter may have been been pursuing a speeding motorcyclist on i-95, howard county. the 39-year-old hit a tractor trailer pulled over on the side of the road. state police say hunter may not have had a chance to report it to dispatchers. he was the father of six children and lived in baltimore county. he served as a marine before joining maryland state police. metro transit police are investigating allegations that officers used excessive force during the arrest of a man in a wheelchair. the video posted on youtube shows the incident from last thursday. metro transit police say the man in the wheelchair was drinking outside the u street cardosa refused to leave or accept a citation. he stood up and then fell on a metal grate. some say the officers threw the men to the ground. he ended up with a gash over his eye. one woman said it was what happened next that bothered her. >> what i saw, my interpretation was excessive force was being used. and the way he was treated on the ground bleeding led me to believe brutality was going o. the police wouldn't do anything to stop the bleeding. wouldn't let anyone else help. that is what really pushed me over the edge. rescuers took the man to the hospital with minor injuries. police charged him with drink anything public and assault on an officer. this morning police released the name of a los angeles man they have arrested in connection with the march beating of a giants fan. ramirez is behind bars charged with assault with a deadly weapon. he's accused of beating 42-year-old brian stowe at dodgers stadium after the season opener against the giants nearly two months ago. stowe remains in critical condition. they were led by a tip from the police officer. >> for a police department to be relevant in a city it has to be effective. you have to be able to count on your police department to solve crime and put thugs like this individual in jail. and that's what we've done. >> police are still looking for a second man believed to be involved in the attack and a woman who drove the two men away from the scene. so far this year battle of the beltway goes to the baltimore orioles. o's took two of three from the nationals this weekend after beating washington 2-1 yesterday. jordan zimmerman went 6 1/3. striking out five, only walking one. he made one mistake, a hanging breaking ball to vladimir guerrero that was crushed for a two-run home run. that's all they needed as they won 2-1. they travel to milwaukee for a three-game set against the brewers tonight. gas prices are continuing their downward spiral to start the week. nationally prices are down 10 cents from last week at a penny overnight to $3.84. in d.c., regular, though, is still above $4. down two cents to $4.09. maryland, $3.89. virginia, $3.79. west virginia, the average price per gallon of regular is $3.93. our time right now is 5:08. new contact with those american hikers being held in iran. the protest they say they have now organized while still in custody. a key hearing in the case against the suspect in january's deadly shootings in tucson. the ruling that koolau him to avoid a trial. and you may want to pack an umbrella as you head out to work time for weather and traffic on the 1's. good morning. 5:11. our sunrise in about 39 minutes. and we will have a clearing sky by then overnight over the last three hours. we have had showers and a little bit of thunder coming through on the eastern shore and dissipating now. and temperatures in the wake of that are in the mid-60s throughout most of the region. weather watchers report from the blue ridge to the atlantic beaches. 65 in washington. arlington, fairfax, still a little overcast. there's a live picture from our city camera. by 9:00, near 70. a little sun breaking out by then. partly sunny. low to mid-80s. we have a likelihood of storms this afternoon, midafternoon into early evening. each one has a possibility of producing damaging winds. we settle down later this evening, tomorrow morning. looks like a bit of a bumpy week. 5:21. inside the beltway, we are picking up some volume now. capital beltway is right there, heading up to edsell and landmark. a little volume and that's it. very good news to and across the 14th street bridge for those of you getting ready to head out the door. both directions looking good. heading out to catch a train, starting off monday in fine fashion, metro, vre, marc, no delays. joe, eun. >> jerry, thank you. 5:13. a tattoo tiff. how mike tyson's ink may get in the way of the release of "the hangover" sequel. >> could this volcano cause the same global travel a developing story in pakistan as authorities say 10 to 15 taliban militants are still inside a naval aviation base after they ambushed it. at least 12 people have been killed as up to 20 militants stormed the base. pakistani police say the attackers burst into the base with guns and grenades and witnesses reported at least 10 explosions within the compound. the taliban took credit saying this was to avenge the killing of innocent civilians, including this past month's raid on osama bin laden's compound. for the first time since november, two american hikers held in iran were allowed to call home. shane bauer and josh fattal staged a 17-day hunger strike after iranians kept them from receiving letters. their mothers say they were happy to hear their son's voices and they sound okay. iran has detained the two since july 2009. sarah shourd was also taken into custody with them but has been out on bail several months. the hikers pled not guilty to charges of spying. they were supposed to stand trial earlier this month but it was abruptly postponed without reason >> president obama is in ireland this morning to learn more about his family's roots. the president and first lady just arrived at the irish president's residence where they will talk about foreign affairs. they will soon travel to moneygal a small village where his maternal great, great, great grandfather was born. after ireland he is off to britain to attend a formal state dinner with queen elizabeth, and poland. the president spoke at the apac convention. he said the time has come to. >> the president received criticism for saying last week israel should take its borders back to 1967 levels. despite that criticism he stressed that the two countries still have a great relationship. >> in decision 2012 another republican enters the presidential race. former minnesota governor tim polenty will formally announce his candidacy in iowa. last night he released this video on youtube. i'm running for president of the united states. >> and he says he is running because, unlike president obama, he has the courage to face america's challenges. donald trump decided not to throw his hat into the presidential race. he blasted president obama about his birth certificate. trump talked about his decision after last night's celebrity apprentice finale. >> well, i had so many different pressures in terms of this. you have one of the great shows on television and lots of other things. i love doing what i'm doing. but i am very, very unhappy when i look at the world and this country and i see what's going on. it's very sad. and i certainly hope they pick the right person because it's a very important choice. >> trump decided to continue with celebrity apprentice show right here on nbc in case you missed last night's finale. country singer john witch won. this week ahead, the man accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords will have a court hearing. they will decide whether jared loughner is mentally competent to stand trial. pete williams reports just how important that decision will be. >> reporter: it could be the single most important court hearing for jared loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others in a tucson parking lot in january at a meet and greet event hosted by congresswoman gabrielle giffords. his own lawyers described him as gravely mentally ill. now, after five weeks of psychiatric evaluation at a federal prison hospital in missouri, both his lawyers and prosecutors concluded he's mentally unfit to stand trial. if the judge agrees, the court proceedings against him would stop without a trial. >> the defendant can't be railroaded. he has to participate in the proceedings. if as a result of a mental disease or defect he's not able to do that, then the proceedings cannot continue. >> reporter: if he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial he would go to a prison hospital for treatment. if he later improved he could be brought back to court and put on trial. if he didn't get better he would stay in the prison hospital and not be released. >> it's happened before. russell westin is still in the prison hospital today, never put on trial for running into the u.s. capitol building 13 years ago and killing two policemen. his attack prompted congress to build a $600 million visitors center where tourists are screened through metal detectors. a declaration of mentally unfit from trial is different from not guilty by reason of insanity. that's a verdict that follows a trial as in the case of john hinkley jr., who shot president reagan. but a finding that jared loughner is mentally unfit would mean no trial in tucson for now d perhaps forever. pete williams, nbc news, washington. tom? >> a couple hours ago we had a line of showers and thunder come through. but right now that has moved off to the eastern shore and tending to dissipate. weather watchers reporting temperatures in the mid-60s throughout much of the region. and it's a muggy and rather humid start from the shenandoah valley all the way to the atlantic beaches and eastern shore and southern maryland it's in the upper 60s, near 70 there. mid-60s elsewhere. cloudy sky over washington now. sunrise in about a half hour. by 9:00, near 70. a little sun breaking out by then as well as during the early part of the afternoon as highs reach mid-80s. a risk that isolated storms could produce wind damage this afternoon into this evening. we'll settle down after midnight. a smaller chance of an afternoon storm but hot into the upper 80s. increased chance on wednesday, into the upper 80s. a small chance on on thursday, friday, saturday, each afternoon of some passing thunderstorms. going to feel like summertime into the 80s as we get into the memorial day weekend. jerry, how is traffic? >> authorities investigating an overnight accident closing picket road near mathy drive. right now traffic is being detoured. if you normally use picket road, this is a very busy cut through. should not affect traffic on 29 or arlington boulevard itself. picket road is closed off. 66, no concerns. beltway, prince george's county, wet morning over there. no incidents to report. near central avenue, we're moving along pretty well. increasing volume right now. out on the rails, metro, vre, marc, no delays. >> jerry, thank you. 5:23. small children could be danned from the dog parks in arlington county. the county's park department is considering a proposal to ban children under the age of 8 in any of its dog parks. those in favor of the small children ban say it will help protect kids from large dogs. those against it say there have been no reports of any child being hurt in any of the parks. the department does not have a deadline on when it will make this decision. this week metro will begin discussions to change station names or make them more dimple simple. you can suggest names for your favorite station. metro hopes to have names reflect areas where they stop. like tinly town or union station. changing station names would require 2,600 new signs and new maps. no word which stations might get the new names or when. friday, the sequel to the smash hit the movie hang over. a pending lawsuit against the movie's producers. nbc's kerry sanders explains. >> reporter: mike tyson, the one-time heavyweight champ of the world, perhaps is well-known these days as the guy with that tattoo on his face. a tattoo that shows up in the upcoming movie, hang over2. it's not the ink on tyson but rather that guy in this is a real tattoo that's the center of controversy. the artist who said he created the original tattoo is now suing the movie producer for copyright infringement. artist whittmill said his design is one of the most distinctive in the nation. and mr. tyson agreed mr. whittmill would own the artwork and thus the copyright. warner brothers pirated the tattoo and it is not only central to the story line of the movie but a big part of the movie's promotion. the artist said he wants an injunction preventing the release and he's an award of monetary damage sufficient to compensate for the injuries suffered. warner brothers response, in 149-page filing, the movie's lawyers days before the national release on 7,000 screens would be devastating. tyson and his tattoo were in the first movie and warner brothers said the artist never objected over the past two years to the use of his tattoo in the first hangover movie. facial tattoos were first inked on warrior's faces centuries ago. this lawsuit raises a new question. when is artwork on the body copyrighted. >> u.s. copyright law clearly protects works of art, specifically pictorial and graphic works. a tattoo falls into that category. >> the first hangover grossed $277 million. now, a week away from release it appears the hangover 2 could have a serious headache. kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. who would have thunk? >> i know. >> 5:27 is the time. she is a 45-year-old mother of two and just got a college degree. but that's just part of this local woman's amazing story. her very difficult journey when we return. and a long-distance call. the very special guests good morning. i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. welcome to news 4 on this monday, the 23rd of may right now. it looks like a bomb went off. that's how one person describes joplin, missouri after a powerful tornado tore through the town. that is a hospital. windows completely shattered by the storm. right now the death toll from that twister stands at 24 but officials fear that number will almost certainly climb. if you take a look at the destruction there, you can imagine that number will probably double at least as the day progresses. there have been stories of survival but just terrible situation out there. let's take a look at what it looks like right here. 64 degrees. daylight. you can see the miss and the haze. a humid, wet day. >> well, it is certainly humid. you'll notice we have probably the highest humidity in the air we have had for the spring so far. it's going to be feeling like a steamy, summer-like day later. radar picking up a few showers on the eastern shore. a little thunder and lightning. they're heading off to the east. temperatures under the cloud cover in the low to mid-60s around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. montgomery, fairfax, arlington and prince george's counties it's now 66 at reagan national. near the bay, near 70. eastern shore in the 60s. out of the mountains in the 50s. there's capitol hill with still some wet roads, streets and sidewalks. we'll have the overcast with us a couple hours. sunrise is in 20 minutes. by 9:00, a little sun breaking out. low to mid-80s. we have a risk of strong storms here some of which could produce wind damage, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. a look at your night planner at 5:41. an accident on the inner loop at braddock road. earlier road conditions not too favorable. quite slick. the accident involving a truck over to the shoulder. travel lanes are open. but be very cautious heading through the work zones. anyplace where the water hasn't drained just yet. in from the north along i-270, no concerns. we're off to a pretty decent start from frederick all the way down. i-81 southbound outside haegerstown now closed because of an accident. get some more information on that as things develop. western avenue, wisconsin avenue, maryland district line doing all right. out on the rails, no early concerns. metro, vre, marc, no delays. >> jerry, thank you. in just the last few minutes we learned the death tolls from the severe storms is rising. a tornado has left 30 people dead. kimberly has new video of that deadly tornado. kimberly, good morning >> reporter: good morning, eun. people who make a hobby and sometimes a living off chasing tornados. in the video you're about to see, two storm chasers way too close to the twister in joplin, missouri start to panic. they gave you an idea of the size and power of this storm. >> oh, gosh. that is a monster tornado. get back up and go to that road back there. >> i'm off the road. >> this is bad. oh, my gosh. this is awful. >> i don't know what that was. >> look at that. that is destroyed, completely. >> this twister caused a six-mile path right through town between half and three-quarters wide. that's about the width from the washington monument to the link on memorial. a tornado in a wide. 10% of the town took a direct hit, including the local hospital. most of the windows of the hospital were blown out. people living in the area say it looks like a war zone. you should note joplin's population is 50,000 people. 5:34. many people still unaccounted for. again, 30 people killed by this tornado as the sun rises and the rescue and recovery operation continue, that number is expected to tkproefplt eun, back to you in the studio. >> kimberly, thanks so much for that update. >> mighty mississippi river is threatening communities in cajun country has crested. morgan city is still bracing for flooding damage. army corps of engineers opened the morganza spillway to divert water away from baton rouge and new orleans. those cities will be spared. but the floodwaters are taking longer than expected to move through louisiana to the gulf of mexico. this morning a los angeles man is in jail accused of beating a san francisco giants fan nearly two months ago. police arrested 31-year-old giovanni ramirez in east hollywood. he is charged with assault is with a deadly weapon. he's accused of beating 42-year-old brian stowe at dodgers stadium after the season opener against the giants nearly two months ago. stowe remains in critical condition. they were led by a tip from the police officer. >> to be relevant in a city it has to be effective. you have to be able to count on your police department to solve crime and put thugs like this individual in jail. and that's what we've done. >> police are still looking for a second man believed to be involved in the attack and a woman who drove the two men away from the scene. the fitter battle of the beltway series goes to the baltimore orioles. the orioles took two of three from the nationals this weekend. that's pitcher jordan zimmerman was dominant yesterday afternoon. the 25-year-old went 6 1/3, struck out five, walked only one. but he made one big mistake. this hanging, breaking ball to guerrero who crushed it for a two run home run. that's all baltimore needed. they won, 2-1. nats travel to milwaukee for a three-game set against the brewers don't. miami heat are catching fire at the right time and one step closer to the nba finals. miami's big simply campaigned for a win over the chicago balls. chris bosh led the way with 34 points rg including this nice two-handed james. james finished with 22 points, 10 assists. the seventh straight in the playoffs for the heat and keeps them unbeaten at home. the bulls will try to cut into miami's two games to one lead for game 4 in miami. good news to start the week. you should see gasoline prices continue their downward drop. nationally prices are down 10 cents from last week and a penny overnight to $3.84 per gallon. d.c., regular is still above $4 but down two cents overnight to $4.09. in maryland, $3.89 per gallon. virginia, $3.78. west virginia, down two cents to $3.91. 5:37, 64 degrees. the honeymoon may already be over. why the real world is particularly harsh for this year's graduating class. the typo that has one local university apologizing this morning. >> and a wet start to your monday morning. will the sun come out this afternoon? tom will have a look at your forecast for the week ahead when we return. good morning. early on this monday morning, time for weather and traffic. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. right now it is cloudy, mild, humid. radar showing some showers on the eastern shore. they're heading off to the east. those did come through the metro area a couple hours ago. we still have some wet roads, streets and sidewalks in the wake of that. and a cloud cover that still remains. low to mid-60s throughout most of the region. right near the bay near 70. there's the cloud cover over capitol hill now. live picture from our city camera. and we'll have our sunrise here in about 9 minutes. sun breaking out near 70. near 80 by noon time. partly sunny into the afternoon. likelihood of scattered afternoon thunderstorms early this evening. some storms could produce wind damage. any storms should be over by 8:00. then after that cloudy, upper 60s by dawn tomorrow. a stormy week ahead. we'll look at that and the weekend at 5:51. police are dealing with an accident that occurred about an hour ago but did involve several sraoerbgs. arlington and prosperity avenue. police should be out before too long. picket road remains closed near mathy drive. an investigation into an accident that occurred at 1:30 this morning. the drive along 395 pretty much on dry pavement this morning. passing gleeb road into downtown. no worries there. we will head out. top side of the capital beltway. there's theern loopment there's the outer loop. college park to silver spring, two thumbs up. check your trains this morning. everything looking good so far. metro, vre, marc, no delays. 5:42. attention, bargain hunters. you'll soon be able to shop at a world-class outlet mall. new park policies. the group that may that is times like these from the foo fighters waking up astronauts in space. endeavor shuttle crew got an extra hour of sleep on their day off. mark kelly set up a long-distance call from space to arizona. yesterday they talked to elementary students from christina taylor green school. they have their school yearbook with them in space and will have their entire crew autograph it. christina taylor green was killed. >> now to breaking news in fairfax county. that's where emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly automobile crash on route 50 and prosperity drive. megan mcgrath is live at the scene. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning. that accident happened earlier this morning. we're also on the scene here of a very deadly accident just up the road a little ways. take a look at the car behind me, the suv laying on its roof. picket road is closed between colonial avenue and matthew drive in fairfax city because of this deadly accident. it was 1:30 in the morning when folks working in the area heard the sound of a crash. they weren't exactly sure where it happened. they just heard this loud noise and called 911. emergency crews came to the scene. they started to drive around. that's when they discovered this suv on its roof here on the median strip. what we're told is that there were two people inside this vehicle. they are brothers. they were brothers. they believe the driver is the one who died. a 23-year-old man. the 20-year-old passenger, the driver's brother, was transported to the hospital. we're told that he has nonlife threatening injuries. now, it's not exactly clear what happened here. they were traveling southbound on picket road when, for whatever reason, the driver lost control. they clipped two trees in the median, and then rolled the vehicle over several times. the person who was killed was actually ejected from the suv. all still under investigation. they're hoping to reopen picket road within the next hour or so. we're going to have to wait and see in terms of that. of course the investigation continues into why the driver lost control. it's a single vehicle accident, just the one car and the two people involved. joe, back to you. >> megan mcgrath reporting live. megan, thanks very much. in the day ahead, prince george's county will announce a major expansion at the washington harbor. they will add a new outlet center there. tracee wilkins is live with details. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, joe. this is big news for folks who live in prince george's county, used to making day trips either into virginia or arundel county to do their shopping. they will have an estimated 80 outlet stores coming to the national harbor. a spokesperson confirms a deal has been reached to build a 350,000 square foot building off the beltway as part of the national harbor complex. peterson companies which opened washington harbor in 2008, and tanager is expected to fill the space with high-end brand-name outlet stores. it's been in the outlet business for 30 years. it has relationships with stores like saks fifth avenue, brooks brother, neiman marcus. now, the official announcement is supposed to happen in las vegas at the international council of shopping centers. if all goes according to planned, this outlet center could be up and running by 2013. live this morning in prince george's county. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thanks very much. a developing story in pakistan. as authorities say 10 to 15 taliban militants are still inside a naval aviation base after ambushing it. at least 12 people are dead and up to 20 militants stormed the base in the southern city of kurachi. they burst in with guns and grenades and 10 explosions within the compound. the pakistani taliban took credit for the attack saying this was to avenge the killing of innocent civilians, including this month's raid on osama bin laid especially's compound. two american hikers held in iran were allowed to call home for the first time since november. shane bauer and josh fattal staged a 17-day hunger strike after the iranians kept them from receiving letters. their mothers say they were happy to hear from their sons and that they sound okay. iran had detained the two since july 2009. sarah shourd was also taken into custody with them but has been out on bail several months. the hikers pled not guilty to charges of spying. they were supposed to stand trial earlier this month but was abruptly postponed without reason. a volcano eruption is disrupting day-to-day life in iceland. it is iceland's most active volcano. a main airport shut down because of dark skies and fears that ash could damage airplane engines. europe's entire airspace had to close for a week last year, you'll recall, when another volcano in iceland erupted. heavy falling ash is making it difficult to see road markings and farmers are work to go save their livestock. police are urging people to stay inside. that's very dangerous. >> really. we want it could cause serious problems for air travelers. let's hope it goes away soon. what about our weather? >> a little bit of thunder and lightning overnight. a couple hours ago we had heavy downpours come through washington briefly. those exited and now moved off to the eastern shore. radar still showing a few lingering showers. one pretty heavy downpour through ocean city now. and elsewhere we've got a cloudy sky as we start off this monday morning. and we're in the low to mid-60s from the shenandoah valley to chesapeake bay, on the bay waters near 706789 out of the mountains a bit cooler. in the 50s in many locations. showers and a little bit of thunder did come through virginia, maryland, and the district. another line coming from the midwest. this is the line that produced all the tornados in missouri. it's weakened dramaticly but is going to be coming our way later this afternoon. so stay tuned. if you hear thunder, get inside. turn on nbc 4. there's capitol hill under the cloudy sky. a little sun ought to break out mid to late morning. near 70 by then. during the afternoon, climb into the low to mid-80s. there is a chance that an isolated storm could produce wind damage from 3:00 until 8:00 this evening. after that remaining mostly cloudy through the rest of the night. by dawn tomorrow, the upper 60s. during the day on tuesday. we have a smaller chance of an afternoon storm. partly cloud kwrao into the upper 80s. a smaller chance on thursday mainly in the afternoon. friday and saturday as well. a small chance of afternoon storms. highs in the 80s. jerry, how is traffic? >> beltway south of town where it looks like fortunately things are drying out quite nicely from the early morning storms. traveling between the wilson bridge and the i-95 springfield interchange just a little bit of volume. overnight road work has been picked up. lanes are open both ways. trip into town, new york avenue, incident free down towards bladensburg road. slow through the work zone. florida avenue. that's typical this time of the morning. woodrow wilson bridge looking good both ways. out on the rails, no delays metro, vre or marc. good news there. joe, eun. thank you, jerry. 5:53. small skheurpb could be banned from the dog parks in the county. the county parks department is considering a proposal to ban children under the age of 8 in any of its eight dog parks. fairfax county has a similar ban. those in favor of the ban say it will help protect kids from large dogs. those against it say there have been no reports of any children being hurt. the department does not have a deadline on when it will make its decision. according to the washington examiner, the transit agency will review its naming policy this week. it's also taking suggestions to rename some stations. right now station names should have no more than 19 characters apparently or 13 characters for transfer stations. stops like woodly park zoo adams morgan violate that rule many they can also be a bit of a mouthful for metro operators and news anchors to announce. no word yet which might get the new names or when that would happen. thousands of students are achieving a major milestone this spring. graduation from college. but for sioux meck, getting handed a diploma signifies odds. but for sue meck two decades ago she suffered an injury that wiped out all her memory. she's sharing her story in hopes of helping others. darcy spencer has more on her remarkable story. ♪ >> reporter: sue meck plays the drums inside her gaithersburg home. she received her associates degree in music at montgomery college. >> great day. it's a great feeling. >> reporter: you have to go back two decades when a ceiling fan fell on her head. >> when i woke up a week later i didn't have any memories of my life prior to that time. >> reporter: she was 22 years old with a husband and two boys. because of her amnesia they were suddenly strangers. everything was new. >> i didn't know how to count. i didn't know how to read. i didn't know how to dress. i didn't know how to eat. i didn't know how to do anything. >> reporter: after years of getting reacquainted with her family and recreating a new life with them she went back to college. >> susan meck, with honors. >> reporter: she walked across the stage on friday after four years of study. >> i feel, you know, kind of proud of myself. again, i've had so much encouragement from so many people. >> reporter: receiving this degree has helped her regain confidence. >> i did it. i went to college. that's huge to me. >> reporter: meck says she doesn't look too far in the future. she lives more in the moment. but she does know her college days are not over. >> i'm going to be starting at smith college in the fall and we'll see what happens from there. >> reporter: darcy sppbser spencer, news 4 today. >> meck says her brain injury is very similar to what some of your troops are suffered while serving in iraq and afghanistan. she says she hopes she can help them understand and deal with those life-changing injuries. recent college graduates get used to living on the cheap. a report from rutgers reports the median salary for '09 and 2010 graduates was around $20,000 a year. compare that with earnings of those who graduated before the recession, which was $30,000 per year. and researchers say it doesn't look like it's going to improve soon. the report says this trend of lower pay and past graduates might continue throughout their careers. >> i made a whole lot less than that when i graduated from college too. >> yeah. >> this morning reminder to check your spelling before you print. >> georgetown university is apologizing for a faux pas on its graduation program. take a look at this booklet handed out to families at graduation. the word "university" is spelled incorrectly. the "s" is left out. the register already issued an apology. anyone who wants a corrected copy of the 2011 commencement book can e-mail the school. and comin