following hours. that line came right through washington, right into southern maryland, across the bay. after it crossed the bay, it did break up a lot. now this morning, just a few lingering showers. you see speckles of green, some lingering light showers in northern virginia, much of maryland. but some heavier showers now south and east of richmond. these are the first effects of tropical depression beryl. that's going to be moving off of hatteras later today. but some areas in the lower part of the eastern shore and at the beaches may get some onshore flow with the winds there, as well as some rain from beryl. here off it our west now out in the mountains, the cloud cover beginning to break up. we'll get a gradual clearing as we get into the afternoon. right now, it's mild, near 70 in washington. all these areas in green, in the 60s. that includes much of the region. here's your day planner for this wednesday. and maybe a few lingering showers mid morning and showers south and east noontime. elsewhere, we will have cloudy skies. during the afternoon, sun breaking out, highs reaching near the low 80s by mid-afternoon. and lower humidity moves in. i'm back in ten minutes with a closeup look at radar. danella has traffic now. good morning. good morning. inner loop of the beltway approaching gw parkway, have a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. approach with caution. traveling on gw parkway, though, in both directions, nice and clear. heading over to prince george's county, traveling along 5 and 301, no issues. i'll give you a live look at 301 as it's at 50, nice and clear. and on the rails, no reported delays. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. breaking news now. britain's supreme court has ruled the wikileaks chief, julian assange, can be sent to sweden to face sex crimes allegations. swedish prosecutors want to question assange. two former wikileaks volunteers claim that he raped and sexually assaulted them. assange has fought the extradition since december, 2010, when police arrested him in britain. new this morning, fire forces two families out of their homes. the fires in northwest d.c. and in silver spring both happened around midnight. we were there when firefighters arrived at the first house on n street in northwest just before midnight. the fire damaged a bedroom and the back porch. the row house next door also had smoke damage. no one was hurt. just after midnight, firefighters were called to this house fire along hale place in silver spring. we're told it started in the kitchen. no one was hurt. the cause of both fires are under investigation. a police officer facing charges in the deadly shooting of a culpeper county woman. this morning we are hearing from her husband in a news4 sclie exclusive. a special grand jury delivered a four-count indictment against officer daniel harmon wright. he shot and killed 54-year-old patricia cook during a confrontation in a catholic school parking lot in february. cook was unarmed. virginia state police originally said harmon wright fired his gun when cook rolled up her window on his arm and dragged him through the parking lot. a special prosecutor says that was a mistake. cook's husband tells us he's relieved that harmon wright was indicted. >> on one hand it feels relief, and on the other hand, it's showing me that progress is going on. that the system does work. >> harmon wright's mother was also indicted on three counts of forgery of public document. police say bethany sullivan was the culpeper police chief's administrative assistant when the force hired her son in 2006. harmon wright is being held behind bars. he's due in court on june 8. the transportation safety board of canada is leading the investigation of a midair deadly collision in northern virginia. u.s. investigators revealed the two planes involved are owned by employees of the faa and the ntsb. the crash happened monday in fauquier county, virginia. two people from one of the planes died after it crash-landed in a wooded area and caught fire. the pilot of the other plane survived. he remains in the hospital this morning. his name and his condition have not been released. the army says a local soldier is one two of men killed on memorial day in afghanistan. 51-year-old chief warrant officer john pratt of springfield, virginia, was killed monday when his helicopter crashed near kabul. 26-year-old captain john brainard of maine was also killed in the crash. the defense department is still investigating the cause of the crash. the decision 2012 ballot is officially set. mitt romney has locked up the gop nomination with an easy win in texas. but the milestone is being overshadowed a bit by one of his biggest supporters. angie dpgoff has more on that. >> reporter: good morning. on a day that mitt romney should have been celebrating his ticket to the november ballot, he was instead deflecting new drama over president obama's birth. first, let's start with texas. romney won nearly 7 % of the vote and earned at least 88 delegates. according to msnbc, that gives him 1,174 delegates, 30 more than he needed. the victory party didn't last long. romney's choice to celebrate the win at a fundraiser in vegas with donald trump is draw something major heat this morning. especially after the real estate mogul made these comments on cnbc's "squawk box." a lot of people are questioning his birth certificate. they're questioning the authenticity of his birth certificate. i don't consider myself birther or not birther. but there are some major questions hereby. >> romney responded by saying that he does not agree with everything his supporters say but that he still appreciates their votes in november, unfortunately, the embarrassment didn't end there. what's belong with this picture? romney's new iphone app called withmitt misspelled america -- it says amercia. either way it is wrong. as you see, it's not exactly the perfect start for the nominee. back to you. planned parenthood is shelling out serious cash to go after mitt romney. >> mitt romney says -- >> planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. >> romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. >> it is spending $1.4 million to run this ad in three battleground states including virginia. that's more than three times what the group spent during the 2008 campaign. the group says it plans on spending much more in the future. planned parenthood says it wants to use romney's own words to undermine his support among women. still to come, getting their point across, the alarming statement one person made to show their disgust with the government. also ahead, new hope in the search for survivors following a deadly earthquake in italy. plus -- ♪ >> remembering the life of a man who helped inspire some of the biggest names in music. >> what a difference a day makes. we'll look at how long the rain showers will stick around. ♪ family, friends, and fans are mourning the loss of blue grass and folks music icon doc watson. he died yesterday surrounded by family and friends at a hospital near his long-time home of north carolina. president clinton honored watson with the national medal of arts in 1997. an eye infection left him blind before his 1st birthday. that didn't stop him from learning to play the guitar and gaining fans around the world. watson was 89 years old. now 5:11. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. we've been talking about the overnight torrential rains that came and leaving a cooler morning. >> dig that. let's check in with tom kierein. >> they came and then they left. there's the drying sky over the jefferson memorial. a live view from the h.d. city cam, weather & traffic on the 1s at 5:11. radar showing the last six hours, the rain has really tapered off now just to a few scattered showers around much of the region this morning. you won't need an umbrella through mid morning. here's your day planner for the rest of this wednesday. by noontime, a lot of the rain will be ending. there may be lingering showers south and east, near 80. low 80s mid-afternoon, sun breaking out, lower humidity moving in for the rest of the afternoon. different each day into the weekend. your seven-day outlook coming up in ten minutes. how's traffic now, danella? tom, still seeing the disabled vehicle inner loop of the beltway blocking the right lane at gw parkway. be careful of that. traveling on 395, nice and clear. a live look making your way past duke. no issues northbound or southbound this morning. northbound to the 14th street bridge, nice and clear. in fact, your travel speed, 60 miles per hour now. about 12 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. aaron and eun? >> all right. >> thank you. well, they've been down on their luck. the wizards are hoping to hit the jackpot tonight. also ahead, a proud father's camera's rolling as his daughter takes a frightening fall. it is time to get off the couch and do something. new thoenk, a small earthquake hit off the california coast. a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of malibu in the channel islands region. people throughout the los angeles area felt the quake overnight. sheriffs and fire officials say there are no report of damage or injuries. rescuers pulled a 65-year-old woman out alive from the rubble following a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in northern italy. firefighters say she shouted for help as they searched for survivors. rescuers are using dogs to search for missing people. the quake killed at least 16 people. it is the same area where another quake struck just days ago. 16 after the hour. this morning, police are searching for the person who mailed a severed human foot to the headquarters of canada's conservative party. police in ottawa were called shortly after a receptionist opened a blood-soaked box. another body part was discovered when police intercepted a second suspicious package. police in montreal recently discovered a severed torso in a suitcase. detectives in both cities are trying to figure out if the cases are linked. jurors in the john edwards trial will deliberate for an eighth day in a sign they may not be close to a verdict. they told the judge of their upcoming scheduling conflicts over the next two weeks. the judge warned the jurors not to talk in small groups outside the jury room because it could interfere in their reaching a decision together. john edwards is accused of using nearly $1 million in campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his presidential run in 2008. he denies the charges. in another high-profile trial, four young men are -- who are accusing former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky of child sex abuse are asking a judge to keep their real names from the public. lawyers for three of the victims filed motions to prevent their identities from being released. the fourth victim is asking to use a different name during the upcoming trial. the judge could rule on the request as early as today. sandusky faces 52 criminal counts of child sex abuse of ten boys over a 15-year period. he has repeatedly denied the allegations. jury selection is set to begin next week. the former rutgers university student convicted of bias intimidation is apologizing. 20-year-old dharun ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail for using a web cam to videotape his roomma roommate, tyler clementi, kissing a man and sharing it on the internet. clementi committed suicide days later. on tuesday, raffi's lawyer released a statement saying he was sorry for his thoughtless, stupid, insensitive, childish choices. he will begin serving his sentence tomorrow. a child is recovering after falling nearly 20 feet from a rock climbing wall in florida. emily davis fell saturday during the marylandins/braves game -- marlins/braves game in miami. the harness that was supposed to catch her was broken. her parents saw it happen. >> all i was saying is you see that and think be alive, be alive, be alive. that's all that was in my head, be alive. >> it's heart wrenching to think that she went through that. that impact. 20 dpe 0 feet up in the air, th your worst nightmare. >> emily will make a full recovery. the marlins released a statement wishing emily well. the cause is under investigation. a government warning about a fake version of the adhd drug aderal. the food and drug administration says the counterfeit tablet sold on line is round and white but does not have engravings on it. federal health officials say the fake also has misspelled words on the blister packaging. the real aderal is orange or peach and has letters and numbers on each side of the pill. aderal treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as narcolepsy. the fda says consumers should consider the counterfeit unsafe, ineffective, and potentially harmful. a go social life may be the key to a long life. a long study suggests you may live longer if you are an extravert. researcher at the albert einstein college of medicine say traits like being outgoing, oft myst mystic, and easy going may be a key to a long life. a person's shyness or unwillingness to experience new things may come from a genetic trait. >> i'm shy. >> you're not shy. >> take my word for it. a young boy from massachusetts donates an all-expenses paid trip to disney world to the family of a soldier killed in afghanistan. back in february, brendan haas started his soldier for a soldier campaign. brendan started with a small trade for his toy soldier. from there, the trades got bigger and better. haas eventually met his goal, tickets to disney world, including air fare, a stay at the disney village, and almost $900 in disney gift certificates. on memorial day, brendan pulled a name out of a hat. the winner was liberty hope steele, the 2-year-old daughter of 25-year-old lieutenant timothy steele who was killed in afghanistan in august. >> i love this little boy and the efforts he's making to provide some happiness to these families who sacrificed so much when their loved ones serve and sometimes die overseas. and i think that it's just so uplifting that he is making this effort. he's only 9. >> exactly. he sets a great example for everybody, i think. >> indeed. love it. 5:21. >> let's go to tom kierein and look at the forecast today. what a night we had with those heavy downpours. the thunder and lightning. a lot of that has ended now. a few scattered showers around early on this wednesday morning. and you will need an umbrella. we'll have these perhaps lingering through mid morning. and then by later this afternoon, a little sunshine ought to break out with some lower humidity moving in. but the weather's going to be different each day as we get into the westbound. here is your -- into the weekend. sheer your four-day forecast. morning showers lingering through 9:00, 10:00. might have lingering showers south and east of washington by noontime. then during the afternoon, we might get sun breaking out. lower humidity moving in. overnight, we'll get a clearing sky, turning cooler. by this time tomorrow morning, we may have temperatures down into the upper 50s to just near 60 degrees. so quite a change from yesterday's 91 at reagan national. and afternoon highs on thursday with bright sun should make it up to around 80. a delightful day, low humidity. then as we get into friday, clouds close back in. highs near 80. humidity comes up. chances of rain back up, as well. looks like friday and into saturday might get showers and thunder and lightning. maybe a few lingering showers saturday morning. the trend is a drying trend for saturday afternoon. highs reaching the mid 70s then. you're seven-day outlook, sunny, upper 50s to near 60. sunday afternoon, temperatures climbing to the upper 70s. and partly sunny. and more of the same on monday, partly sunny is the beltway looks now. probably no rain. morning lows in the 50s to near 60. afternoon highs in the upper 70s. then some more rain may be moving in on tuesday. highs reaching the mid 70s. good news, no heat wave in foreseeable future. any good news with our traffic? good morning, danella. still seeing the disabled vehicle, inner loop of the beltway blocking the right lane the good news is, volume's light in the area. just use caution as you're traveling on the inner loop of the beltway. on i-95, looks really nice right now at dumfries. traveling southbound here as well as northbound, making your way toward the beltway, nice and clear. i'll give you another look at i-95 making your way past lorton. you see volume is increasing. moving right along continuing to the beltway. traveling about 62 miles per hour from quantico to the beltway. looking like a 23-minute drive now. over to the rails, real quick we have a 19-minute delay on the brunswick east, train number 870. the delay reportedly is because of an issue with the crew. so please be aware of that if you're planning on taking train number 870. metro and vre aren't reporting delays at this time. aaron? >> all right. thank you. the nearly two-month-long perjury trial for roger clemens will move into its next phase today. the former star pitcher's deaf team will begin making its ways. the government rested its case yesterday. federal prosecutors accuse clemens of lying to congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. that was more than four years ago. this trial was supposed to last four to six weeks. we are now in week seven. the nationals will hope to end a two-game losing streak in miami tonight. the marlins beat the nats 3-1 yesterday. miami has now won the first two games of this three-game series. the nats are now 29-20 on the season and still in first place. the marlins and mets are a game and a half behind them. back here in washington, soccer fans will have a chance to see one of the world's best teams compete tonight. brazil takes on team usa at fedex field. more than 60,000 people are expected to pack the stadium for that game. this will be the 17th meeting between the two teams. the u.s. has won just one of those games. and that came in 1998. wizards fans will have their fingers crossed tonight as they find out if they'll land the first overall pick in the upcoming nba draft. that would give them a chance at this draft's big prize. anthony davis from kentucky. the team has a decent chance of landing that top pick. they finished the season with the second worst record in the league, and that gives them a nearly 20% chance at winning the draft lottery. >> cross our fingers. hope for the best. >> absolutely. >> wizards need some help. may is asian american and pacific slander heritage month. >> we're wrapping it up. nbc 4 is proud to honor the contributions of the community to our region. several community leaders received awards for their achievements at a ceremony in our studios yesterday. one of those people was be bel leong-hong. >> i do mentoring and help them with trying to get their jobs and -- and you know, just generally try to get asian americans in every aspect of life to have a seat at the table. >> nbc 4 joined mcdonald's in presenting a $5,000 donation to asian american lead. it is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young asian americans in our community. they hold after-school programs and summer programs. i spoke at their dinner this year, and i was honored to be there last night along with jackie bradford and all the honorees. >> congratulations to them. absolutely. >> a great night. well, our time is 5:26. coming up this morning, what virginia governor book mcdonnell is -- bob mcdonnell is saying about speculation that he could be mitt romney's running mate. why strong storms angered a number of people who turned out to pay their tributes to chuck brown. another round of rain moving through the area now. 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[ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. looking at stories making headlines at 5:30 -- a culpeper police officer is behind bars facing murder charges for the shooting death of a woman. he's got the delegates he needs, but mitt romney's campaign is being overshadowed by one of his supporters' remark. and why fans of chuck brown missed out on a chance to say good-bye to the godfather of go-if. good morning you to, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back to "news4 today" on this wednesday, may 30. as we look outside, 68 degrees outside our studios. we haven't been in the 60s this time of morning here in a couple of days. >> feels a little bit refreshing. >> i like it. >> it's wet out there. meteorologist tom kierein telling us the rain's moved out now? >> yes. and last night on my roof, it sounded like a chorus of congo drums. the rain was just coming down so hard. >> yeah. >> then the thunder was booming, and the lightning was flashing. all of that thankfully has settled down and ended. many lawns and gardens are studded with flowers. >> very pretty. >> these were sent by one of our viewers, nicole pierce, thank you very much. and post your beautiful flower pics to our facebook page or to nbc4.com. we will share. this has been the last six hours. rain activity has diminished a lot. closer to washington, just a few sprinkles, areas in green in washington, as well as prince george's county, calvert, charles, st. mary's, farther to the west, fairfax county, arlington, into montgomery, loudoun, prince william, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania into culpeper. a couple scattered, light showers there, as well. these will be with us for another couple of hours. you will probably be happy you had the umbrella with you over the next few hours through mid morning. temperatures in the 60s to near 70. hometown forecast for mt. airy in western howard county, maybe a few passing showers through mid morning. by noontime, some sun breaking out into the upper 70s. sun breaking out into the metro area during the afternoon. we'll have highs reaching the low 80s by 4:00. it will be partly sunny throughout much of the area with lower humidity moving in. i'm back with a look at radar in ten minutes. danella's here now with a look at the commute. good morning. good morning, right now, have my eye on an accident, i-270 at i-370. crash there in the southbound lanes blocks your left lane. seeing just a bit of a delay as you approach the accident. use caution. still seeing the disabled vehicle blocking the right lane at gw parkway. this is on the inner loop of the beltway. still no big delays on the inner loop of the beltway in virginia. and heading out, route 50, no issues there. eun? >> all right. thank you very much. 5:32 now. the stage is set for decision 2012. a blowout win in texas gives mitt romney the delegates he needs to secure the republican nomination. instead of focusing on his win, romney is having to deal with some controversial comments by one of his biggest supporters. tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the birther controversy following mitt romney and donald trump as they campaign together. but first, romney is celebrating victory after that long, bitter primary race. he's now got 30 more delegates than he actually needs to win the republican nomination later in the summer. in las vegas, he not only slammed president obama, but he was also talking about donald trump and campaigning with him and fund-raising with him. romney testing his message to undecided voters. >> independent voters aren't making up their minds right now. we've seen in past campaigns they make up their minds very late. >> reporter: he's gotten some criticism for hanging out with donald trump who has been talking yet again about president obama and whether or not he was born in the united states. that birther controversy following romney as well. he's turned over his own michigan birth certificate to reuters to the news agency which requested it after some birthers brought up the fact that they believe he was born in mexico but actually that birth certificate pretty clearly shows that mitt romney was born in detroit. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. and romney's win has pundits thinking about his v.p. choice. that has the spotlight back on virginia governor bob mcdonnell. he got behind romney long before it was clear who would win the nomination. the governor's popularity and virginia's key role as a swing state puts mcdonnell on many vice presidential short lists. for now, the governor is not taking the bait. >> anybody who get a call for the party's nominee and says you can help our country, our party, of course, you'd listen. i've got the best job in america. the job held by thomas jefferson and patrick henry. i'm not looking for anything else. >> he told wto p that he is not being vetted by the romney campaign and is planning to finish his term as governor which ends in 2014. today the newest d.c. council member will officially take his seat. kenyan mcduffie will be sworn in as a ward 5 council member. he bob a special election this month and -- he won a special election this month and will replace harry thomas jr. he will resign after admitting to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds. mcduffie worked on public safety issues for mayor gray before running for office. this morning, a metro worker has life-threatening injuries after being trapped under a train. this happened at the shady grove maintenance yard. the train there somehow hit the worker and pinned him underneath. rescuers used large equipment to lift the train and free him. we're told that man was conscious the entire time. metro is investigating and has notified the national transportation safety board about this incident. things have gone from bad to worse for facebook shareholders. the social network's stock took another tumble yesterday. fell about 9% to hit a new low of $29 a share. that's down about 23% from its ipo less than two weeks ago. facebook's market value has plummeted about $20 billion since that initial public offering. that's according to reuters. one week and counting until a casino dubbed one of the largest in the country opens here in our region. news4 got a sneak peek inside maryland live at arundel mills. listen to the stats here -- it is $500 million, the cost of the complex, the size of three football fields. it includes 3,200 slots, six restaurants, plus it has retail and live entertainment space. the casino will have a late night opening wednesday at 10:00 p.m. maryland live will close regularly at 2:00 a.m. during the week and 4:00 a.m. on the weekends. >> that's when we come to work. who can stay up that late? >> i couldn't do it. >> all right 5:36. 67 degrees. keeping students safe, the steps virginia tech is taking to improve safety. we not the only ones trying to beat the heat. why soaring temperatures was welcome news for schoolkids. grab the brim before y-- th umbrella before you head out the door. when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical decisions and when his campaign can't say whether he'd support equal pay protections. "and we'll get back to you on that." romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women. my feet are too dry and cracked for sandals. try gold bond foot cream. it has moisturizers that penetrate thick skin. thanks. think gold bond. ♪ this stuff works welcome back. students in the philadelphia area are heading back to class this morning after getting a day off because of the heat. temperatures reached the 90s yesterday, and many buildings didn't have air conditioning. administrators were concerned the heat and humidity may make students or staff sick. the camden, new jersey, school system sent students home early. that's how hot it is in places. >> amazingly. it's not even the 1st of june and we've got this extreme heat that some people are dealing with. going to be a long, hot summer. that's my nonscientific expectation. >> we had a mild winter. >> we did. that's true. let's check in with tom kierein, get through today. then we'll worry about the rest of the summer. the recent heat wave is over. a cool front is moving to northeast. right now, a new pink is else. now, northern virginia, the district, maryland. you won't need an umbrella for the next couple of hours. the day planner, ought to get sun breaking out later this afternoon. highs in the low 80s with lower humidity moving in. coming up at 5:51, a photo from my latest school visit that includes someone from our past. danella? a crash southbound at i-370 blocking the left lane. jammed at west diamond avenue. seeing volume toward the accident. to the beltway, inner loop at gw parkway, that disabled is gone. but seeing an accident inner loop at the dulles toll road. but it's in your right shoulder lane. aaron and eun? >> thank you. tgs 5:41 now. why some chuck brown fans missed their chance to pay their respects to the godfather of go-if. the area highway you're going to want to avoid when you're out 15 before the hour now. last night's thunderstorms have left music fans with just one last chance to say good-bye to the go-go creator, chuck brown. police tried to clear the crowd outside the howard theatre when heavy rain and lightning moved into the area. hundreds were waiting in line for brown's public viewing. the 75-year-old died on may 16 after entertaining fan for decades. the viewing was the only chance some people had to pay their respects to the music legend. >> you have people that was waiting out here for a long time. you know, people that went to work, got off work, kids babysited, you know. they're standing out here in the poring rain. >> the crowd got rowdy when police closed the venue. extra officers were called in to defuse tensions. the doors opened later, and the viewing continued. brown's casket will be moved to the washington convention center. a public memorial service will be held there tomorrow. the ceremony begins at noon. the public is urged to use metro because of limited parking in the area. virginia tech is a step closer to adding new surveillance cameras to improve campus security. the university in blacksburg hired a northern virginia company to install a video security network with as many as 2,500 cameras across campus. the contract with x7 systems integration is worth nearly $1 million. university police have talked about a centralized security camera system for years. campus safety once again became a prominent issue in december when a campus police officer was shot and killed. d.c. police how it video helps solve a murder. they say dwayne brisbane was stabbed to death earlier this month along florida avenue in the shaw neighborhood. investigators say brisbane of driving home when he got into an argument with a man in the street. they say he stabbed brisbane who then crashed his car while trying to drive to the hospital. police are offering a cash reward of up to $25,000 in this case. it looks like voter will get to weigh in on maryland's same-sex marriage law. opponents submitted $11 -- 113,000 signatures to that petition -- to petition for that law. that is more than twice the number needed to make the issue a referendum on november's ballot. maryland's law legalizing same-sex marriage does not go into effect until january. an aide to former maryland governor bob ehrlich convicted in a robo call scheme must pay $1 million in damages. prosecutors say julius henson's telephone company made deceptive calls on election day in 2010 to democrats in prince george's county. the messages encouraged mostly black voters to stay home because the election was already decided. henson will be sentenced on june 13. a bicyclist is in critical condition after getting hit by an suv. witnesses say the cyclist fell off his bike at 17th and m streets before a range rover hit him. the driver of that suv stayed on the scene. the area does not have designated bike lanes. police have not said in the driver will face any charges. d.c. investigators are trying to identify a man's body pulled from the potomac river. someone spotted the remains while walking along ohio drive near the 14th street bridge in southwest washington. a medical examiner will now help determine how the man died or how long he'd been in the water. a prince william county high school baseball coach is accused of sending inappropriate messages to an underage student. police say 28-year-old richard teller has been communicating inappropriately with a 17-year-old female student at brentsville high school since february. police were tipped off on friday. they say nothing physical happened between teller and the victim. police arrested and charged him with indecent liberties. breaking news now. britain's supreme court ruled the wikileaks chief, julian assange, can be sent to sweden to face sex crime allegations. he can appeal the decision to the european court of human rights. swedish prosecutors want to question assange. two former wikileaks volunteers claim that he raped and sexually assaulted them. assange has fought the extradition since december, 2010, when police arrested him in britain. security is being stepped up in england ahead of this weekend's diamond jubilee celebrations. marine police units and dogs are stepping up security on the river thames. over the past month, the teams have been conducting biweekly security searches on riverboats. about 100 security and safety vessels are expected to accompany the fleet of 1,000 boats taking part in the celebrations. one million people are expected to line the banks of the thames to celebrate queen elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. hip, hip -- >> hard eye! >> hip, hip -- >> hooray. >> hip, hip -- >> the naval academy continuing a time-honored tradition with the hat toss at graduation. nearly 2,000 men and women tossed their caps into the air celebrating the end of four years of school and the beginning of their military careers. more than 800 graduates were commissioned as ensigns in the navy. nearly 300 others are second lieutenants in the marine corps. other graduated as officers in the air force and coast guard. congratulations to everybody. >> love that shot. doesn't get old. yes. >> absolutely. >> great. just about 5:51. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. tom is here to tell us about the forecast. we had rains and storms. want to know what's going on today. ? yeah. by the way, every morning in the control room after a good show, they take their headsets off and throw them in the air. >> is that what kurt does? okay. i figured as much. >> yeah. we had drumming rain that came down last night. but thankfully, it has tapered off a lot. here's where we were yesterday afternoon around 5:00. all that area in red, those were the heavy downpours that came through along that front and advancing to the east. it unloaded a lot of rain. we had several locations west and north of washington that had nearly two inches of rain. now just a few scattered sprinkles this morning. pavement's wet. allow yourself extra time. have an umbrella. may be with us off and on through mid morning. right now, near 70 in washington near the bay. elsewhere, areas in green, in the 60s throughout most of the region as we start off this wednesday morning. here's your day planner for this wednesday. we already had our sunrise. maybe a light shower through mid morning. and perhaps south and east of the metro area, by noontime. elsewhere, just cloudy midday. but getting some sun breaking out west to east as the afternoon progresses. highs reaching the low 80s. and lower humidity moving in. and then overnight tonight, clearing out and getting cool. in fact, by dawn tomorrow, near 60. afternoon highs near 80. bright and sunny. a delightful day on thursday. friday, clouds close back in. highs reach near 80. could get afternoon and evening showers and thunder that may linger into saturday morning. then the trend is drying out again saturday afternoon. highs in the mid 70s. and partly sunny sunday and monday, highs in the 70s, morning lows in the 50s. might get some more rain on tuesday. now last week i traveled to montgomery county's farquhar middle school in olney for career day. i was joined pie a person from our past. see if you can find him in the crowd in the back, in the middle is joe krebs. >> wow! >> he joined me there for their career day. they have a tv studio. we were this their middle school tv studio o closed circuit. all the classrooms, talked about careers in broadcasting and meteorology and journalism. had a great time at the middle school for career day in olney, montgomery county. danella, good morning. how's traffic? great to see you and joe there. let's head to the roads. a live look from chopper 4. this is the crash that's on i-270 southbound at i-3 0. it's -- i-370. in the left shoulder lane. the car's beat up there. still seeing rubbernecking delays as well as volume, especially around west diamond avenue. you can see as chopper zooms out, the volume is slow as you make your way past the accident. once you pass the accident, lanes open up for you. let's head over to i-95 in virginia. we'll check travel speeds as you take a live look at lorton. travel speed, though, out of quantico, 57 miles per hour. 25 minutes to make that drive. and on the rails, still seeing that long delay due to issues with the crew. this is train number 870, brunswick east. 20 minutes right now. now, aaron and eun? >> thank you. hey, expect some major traffic headaches if you plan on using the wilson bridge from maryland into virginia this weekend. all the threw lanes of the inner loop will be closed for paving work. construction should start tomorrow night. weather permitting. crews will reduce the lanes to just one lane between the wilson bridge and telegraph road. by friday night, though, all the threwlanes will be close -- thrulanes will be closed. everything should be back to normal for monday's commute. if you're one of millions of virginia's commuters to use e-zpass, v-dot wants to know what you would think of using a monthly fee. the agent is considering proposals on implementing a $1 monthly charge. it says it needs the money to keep up with costs of operating the program. it hopes to make a final decision on the proposal next month. you can off your thoughts by going to the web site. so check with vdot. >> okay. i use an e-zpass. you can take it out of money that's already there. metro says it has completed a multimillion dollar safety improvement project. special rail guards have been installed to help trains move between the tracks. that reduces the risk of derailment. the ntsb recommended the improvement after a train jumped the tracks at mt. vernon five years ago. that project cost about $57 million. the district's chief financial official says the city can't afford the proposed changes to d.c. taxi cabs. the "washington examiner" reports natwar gandhi says the mayor's 2013 budget did not include sufficient funds. he says the district would need to spend $670,000 next year to implement the plan. the current proposal calls for hiring new inspectors, requires drivers to install panic buttons, paint their cars the same color, and accept credit cards. the bill would fund the changes using a new 50-cent surcharge. starting next month, those who rely on unemployment benefits will lose them in the district. the employment director says nearly 1,700 people out of work in the city will use up their extended unemployment benefits by june 9. d.c. officials urge everyone on unemployment to look for a job. many are already using tools at the jobs center? northeast washington. -- jobs center in northeast washington. >> i'm one of those people having turbulence as far as financial difficulties as far as unemployment and work. >> i want to work. i can't stay home. i need to work. >> the d.c. department of employment services says they're stepping up effort to find training programs and other assistance. unemployment in the district overall has dropped in recent years from nearly 11% to about 9.5%. maryland is among a growing list of states that will not have to abide by the no child left behind law. education secretary arne duncan granted waivers to maryland and seven other states yesterday. the bush-era law requires that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. exempt states still have to promise to improve how they prepare and, evaluate students for college and careers. 19 states have been granted waivers this year. 18 others and the district have also applied for waivers and could receive approval in the coming weeks. today mark the beginning of a new era for d.c. high school sports. mayor vincent gray will announce that for the first time all d.c. schools will compete for the same championship. the newly created d.c. state athletic association will allow public, charter, and independent schools to play again each other for championship games. that includes one of d.c.'s biggest crowns, the turkey bowl, which takes place every thanksgiving. girls and boys lacrosse, country, and soccer titles will be up for grabs this fall. winter and spring sports are not covered by the new rules. today, 50 of the nation's brightest children will move a step closer to their coveted title. >> that was the best speller in the country. contest acts in the scripps national spelling bee will take the stage for the first time to compete for a spot in tomorrow's finals. they all took computer tests yesterday. the top 50 spellers will move on. there are a lot of local contestants to root for here. one from d.c., nine from maryland, 14 from virginia. among them this young girl, 6-year-old lori anne madison. the youngest ever compete in the bee. and we wish everybody good luck in the competition. >> i think she's taking everything in stride. she says, listen, if i don't get it this year, there's always next year when she'll be 7. >> that's right. maybe let somebody else who's a little older, maybe they're -- they've competed a few times -- >> you know what, if she has qualified and made it to this far, she should do her best. >> all right. they're telling us to move on. ahead, why rg3 is leading the category. and a heart stopping moment for a dad. murder charge. a virginia police officer is looked