A top story, a 2yearold boy dragged into a lagoon by an alligator that the family was on vacation at disney world. The toddlers father said he tried to grab his son but could not get there in time. Sara rosario is there with the latest. Reporter officials have been searching for that 2yearold now for 14 hours. Just after midnight the father calling 911 saying his 2yearold playing in Shallow Water in the pond was taken away by an alligator. He said he tried to get his son out of the alligators mouth. He received some minor injuries but the ail gator swam into the darkness. Officials started searching frantically by ground and in the air using boats in the water to find that boy and using sonar that alligator. What were told theyre doing is they found four alligators so far. They had to kill the alligators and look inside to see if any of them swallowed the boy. So far no evidence that any of them did. Its been a grueling search as the night has gone on. Again, 14 hours is very tough to do in the dark, but now that its daylight officials are hoping theyll get success today. They have since switched their search efforts to search and rescue to search and recovery but theyre telling us theyre not giving up. Sadly for that family at the happiest place on earth turns into tragedy three days into their vacation. Thank you so much, barbara. Well be sure to keep yu updated. Thank you, sarah. What a sad story. Lauryn, is the rain moving out of here . Well start to see a little chanin some brightening of the skies, but you can see some of the rain moving through. This was earlier. It was hanging out thwart baltimore. Well start to see a little bit of activity, the light stuff. You can see stuff in West Virginia and light showers moving through the region and, again, some brightening of the sky. Theres an area of low pressure sitting up by the great lakes. Its going to move down into our region. Thats when were going to see the heaviest rain. Weve got several days of rain but its much needed rain in our area. Were going to time everything out in a few minutes. Thank you. Right now police in d. C. Are investigating several different robberies. Please responded to an Armed Robbery in the 1700 block of columbia road in the northeast, only one suspect was reported in this case, but several of the other cases, witnesses reported seeing two masked men. Now we turn to the Ongoing Investigation of mateen. She drove him past the pulse nightclub to scope it out before the shooting. Federal agents say she tried to prevent him from carrying out the shooting but never alerted authorities. 49 people died and 53 people were hurt in sundays shooting. In about an hour there will be a vigil at the white house to support the city of orlando. At 6 00 p. M. There will be a prayer service. In alexandria the community of lgbt will speak and well have much more on the nbc washington app. Manassas city police are searching for a man who tried to abduct a woman. They say a woman was walking with her son in Stonewall Park on monday when the man she screamed and fled into the wooded area. If you notice anything suspicious, please contact police. A 22yearold Howard County woman is dead after she was hit by two cars on eastbound i70. Around 10 p. M. Last night on ebony shore she was hit just east of route 29. Maryland police say short was driving in her car when she and her boyfriend started to argue. Please say she stopped car and started walking in the road. Police say she was hit by two cars. A driver stayed on the scene and police do not plan to file any charges. Several people remain in the hospital this morning one day after a serious bus crash in Northern Virginia that also killed one person. It happened on the georgia washington parkway near stratford lane. Thats where Kristin Wright is. Kristin . Reporter we found out in the last few minutes of the 15 people taken to the two are in critical condition. Of the two Good Samaritans who jumped on the parkway to help, police are following several leads in finding out who they are. U. S. Park police are looking for witnesses who can help them find out why a shuttle bus and a car collided head on on the g. W. Parkway in mt. Vernon killing a person on the bus. The bus overturned and paeshlgs visiting from china became trapped. Medics rushed 15 people to three hospitals including driver of the car and somebody in it. Those with the worst injuries were brought to inova fairfax, a level one trauma center. Three people were critical. It could have been worse were it not for the Good Samaritans who jumped in, lifted the bus and rendered emergency aid until police arrived. We do know that the bus driver was not hurt and did talk with police. Kristin wright, back to you. Im Erika Gonzalez at the live desk. We understand that all lanes, all lanes of richmond highway have been shut down to telegraph road. As we understand it, theres a gas line that has been hit in that area. Again, all lanes of richmond highway shut down because of a gas line being struck. Were going to get more information to you from the live desk. Barbara, back over to you. Thank you, erika. Turning now to the developing story out of california. The judge who has faced heavy criticism for giving a sex offender a light sentence has been removed from a different Sexual Assault case. He was removed from another case because he didnt think persky would be be able to fairly participate in an upcoming months in jail after a jury convicted him of three felony Sexual Assault charges. July 6th is when Oscar Pistorius will learn his fate. Take a look. This is the moment when he removed his prosthetic legs. It caused some people to gasp. He could face as many as 15 years in prison for the murder. Hes only 7 years old but a second grader could be getting kicked out of school. The toy he brought to class and his mothers message to the school. I was emotional and shocked like is this really happening . Plus, the anger on capitol hill as lawmakers respond to the terror in orlando. Three, two, one, zero. Liftoff. Its always so cool to watch. We have liftoff. Youre watching spacexs 26th launch of a falcon 9 rocket. The view from Cape Canaveral where a rocket and pair of communication satellites were launched this morning. Theyll be broadcasting across parts of africa, asia, and latin america. Another thing of note, theyre going to try to land the rocket in particular spot, a drone ship. If they can do this, this is going to go a long way in flying our own astronauts into space. Barbara, back to you. Terror in orlando. 33 of the victims are still in the hospital this morning. Six of them are in critical condition. Were starting to hear stories of the survivors. Many were trapped in the clubs bathroom with the shooter. Some say he was spraying the bathroom with bullets. Some played dead. Were hearing from the First Responders who rushed to save lives at the pulse club in orlando. They didnt realize what they were hearing at the time, but doctors rushed in to work without any hesitation to treat while those at the scene described a floor covered with bodies. You talk about bodies lying around. When you see that amount of death, thats pretty hor imic. We would proceed with operative intervention, whatever was needed, and would literally walk from that operating room to another operating room and do it again and again. Right now 33 shooting victims are still being treated at two hospitals. Meanwhile the senate will get a closed door believes on the orlando attack. It brings about new questions on gun control and the fight against isis. Nbc 4s tracie potts has the latest. Weve had 49 innocent People Killed and we cant seem to get the president to put down his golf club and come back and are we going to start treating all Muslim Americans differently . He was more angry at me than he was at the shooter. Reporter Hillary Clinton on gun control. People cannot board airplanes with full bottles of sham oppose, but people being watched by the fbi for suspected terrorist lengths can buy a gun with no questions asked. That is absurd. Reporter congress is again discussing law to ban people on the nofly list from purchasing guns. We cant just have moments of silence when we see american lives perish. Reporter after years of gridlock the senates Top Republicans signals compromise. Were open. Nobody wants terrorists to have firearms. Reporter but opponents question whether americans on the nofly list should lose their right to bear arms because the governmentnk prove they have terrorist connections. After trumps proposed ban ominous limbs in this country, it doesnt seem to have a lot of support here even from republicans. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. A federal court will hear a legal challenge to the purple line today. Friends of the capital crescent trail are pushing to save two species of anthro pods that live near the side of the route. The 16mile light rail line is expected to begin construction later this year. Maryland governor larry hogan is set to make an announcement about transportation. It will include a visit to the Mgm National Harbor casino that is set to open at the end of the year. D. C. Police are cracking down on illegal dirt bikes. The Department Said it has arrested 27 people for operating in addition, theyve seized more than 30 of the offroad vehicles. Last friday a teen was hit on her way to a beyonce concert in baltimore. She fractured her skull and the rider didnt stop. Sheel miss her high school graduation. Transportation leaders will get an update on the project. Metro will brief the National RegionTransportation Planning board this afternoon. Theyll be talking about extra bus service and Flexible Work options. There are already some new concerns about the safe track project. Theyre trying to figure out why a piece of equipment derailed. The equipment was then hit by a passing railcar carrying passengers. The second maintenance surge is expected to get under way this weekend. Just to give you an idea of the impact of almost 300,000 passenger trips that will be impacted by reduced service during that next surge. That second surge starts on saturday and will run for 16 days. It will mean a shutout from Eastern Market to minnesota avenue on the blue, orange, and silver lines. And you can keep track of all the work happening by going to the nbc washington app. A second grader may get kicked out of school for bringing toy guns to school. He was suspended from school for bringing a water and never gun to class. Husband mother was told he could still face harsher penalties. Is this really happening . Hes 7 years old. Im saying, okay, hes suspended but now youre throwing he kbould expelled on the table . School expulsion is just one option. Theyre expected to make a final decision tomorrow. And the boy apparently doesnt know what he did wrong and the attorney for the family said he brought them didnt point them at anyone. He had them in gym class. At some point i guess were going to have to stop having people make those toy guns for kids if theyre going to be illegal in school. Kids see them and twhamt to buy them. The parents have to stop, i suppose. Lets check on the live desk. Erika . Barbara, weve got an update for you on the story krit tin wright has been following all morning regarding the group of Chinese Tourists that are here in town that were involved in an accident yesterday on the g. W. Parkway. Were now getting work that all of the individuals that had been transported to innova hospital, alexandria, and mt. Vernon have been discharged is what were room. About a dozen individuals that have been transported to various hospitals have been discharged. Again, were going to continue to work the story and get information on this, of course, on nbcwashington. Com and the nbc washington app. Thanks, erika. D. C. Voters and what theyre saying. The major shakeup in d. C. Politics ahead at 11 30. But first your forecast as we look live at storm team 4 radar. Is it going to be a sticky fathers day . The answer straight ahead. News4 midday continues. Now, with the countdown to the olympics, were getting a first look at the medals. The mining processes were also carefully supervised to make sure the Precious Metals were ethically obtained. Were 51 days away from the summer games. I feel like just yesterday we announce 100 days. The time is flying by. The time is flying by and everybody is getting ready for it. We have news for pet parents now. The first dog park opens today. This is the first park in silver springs. For pets. The dog park is between ellswor ellsworth and springfield road. We have had spectacular weather for being outside for anything. Lauryn ricketts is with us. The last couple of days has been amazing. Youre such a bright spot. Thank you. I was trying to do my walk. Yes. You were trying to do your fitbit . I forgot mooin. We get a little competitive. People are like, are you still alive because you dont move enough for your fitbit. We have a challenge here with our fitbit. Obviously im not taking too seriously because i forgot mine. Rain, we need some rain. Its coming our way. Were in a little bit of a month. We need rain and it looks like were going to get some. We saw a few showers this morning. More showers and rain coming on. Humidity moving in as well. Hate to say that, but it is moving back in. The weekend looking fabulous. Fathers day weekend, just a reminder. Temperatures in the 70s. Well take it around 80 degrees. And if youre headed out, looking good for that as well. That game could have a few showers. I dont think theyll have a delay. You can see a few showers across the storm team 4 radar. Whats going on. Scattered light stuff today and again tonight and heavier stuff. Thats out of the great lakes area. That will come thursday night into friday morning. So the impact for today, going to be on the low to moderate side, especially if we get an isolated storm. So for the rest of the day, weve got light winds, but its going to feel a little humid and were going to be dealing with, tonight into early tomorrow. But the heavier stuff coming thursday night into friday, were going to time that out for you and show you the weekend forecast coming up. Thank you. Not everyone is a master at the grill, but if you want to perfect your cookout skills, all you need is your skill. What apps can improve your chances of a successful barbecue. It adds a bit of science to the barbecue process. You log details like the temperature, wood type, charcoal, gas, weather. There are variables like food type, weight, saws, rub, more. The reason for this is what works and what doesnt. The gorilla app offers great tips. And the grilling mate also does. Categories. Its 99 cents for ios and android. Omaha steaks is limited to, you guessed it, steaks. Every cut has a steak 101 section that allows users to know everything about grilling steak. The steak timer includes multiple steaks on the grill independently so everybody can be hachppy. Its free for ios. If you want more, go to pcmike. Com. Until next time, im pcmike mbley for nweew d. C. , gray is one step closer to a political comeback. Hes now the nominee for his former council seat in ward 7. Gray entered this Campaign Party last crowd of cheers people. He defeated nineyear incumbent with more than 60 of the vote. He lost his seat in the past for an investigation against him. [ inaudible ] reporter heres what we have, a political revival of a well known resident and takedown of two longtime politicians who happen to be bowser allies. D. C. Voters make way for a political comeback in ward 7 for former mayor and Council Member vincent gray. He beat incumbent yvette. They picked a past pivot them into the future. We need to support the system. We need to get back in, find Affordable Housing and make it so the folks in d. C. Dont feel like theyve been pushed out. Yvette alexander to each his own. Reporter not the only one backed by candidate mayor bowser. At large, Council MemberVincent Orange lost his seat to robert white and in ward 8 the seat was lost. I think because hes a graduate and home grown. It could be a difficult road ahead. A lot of that is going to depend on how former mayor now Council Member gray comes in. He brings a wh traditional Council Member. Reporter now, in this heavily democratic city of a primary win pretty much guarantees you a victory in november. Molette green, news4. Thanks, molette. Hillary clinton defeated Bernie Sanders by more than 50 points. Her win comes a week after she won enough delegates to be declared the Presumptive Democratic nominee. The big question now is where does Bernie Sanders go from here now that primary season is over. Sanders met with Hillary Clinton facetoface last night. Aides say they had a positive discussion on how to bring more people into the political process. Sanders is expected to talk more about his future when he addresses supporters in a video message tomorrow night. Right now, new perspective on the terror the father of omar mateen is speaking out. He said he saw his son on the day before he carried out the attack and didnt notice anything wrong. He also says he cant forgive him for what he did. Right now i dont forgive him. This is very i dont know why what he did, why he did, but its unforgiven to hurt their own family. We live in the United States as a family. He refused to answer questions about his sons wife and what she may have known about the attacks. The mental state of the orlando shooter is coming into kwer. Joining us now with a psychiatrists perspective on omar mateen is dr. Joshua weiner. Thanks for joining us as always. So the gunmans exwife is claiming he was mentally unstable, had bipolar disorder and was physically abusive and his former coworkers are saying he was not well. He executed what been a very planned thought out attack. Can someone whos mentally i plan a thought out plan like this one . Absolutely. You can be psychotic, delusional, hearing voices, but that doesnt mean he wasnt capable of doing what he was able to do. You have some who are very ill but able to methodically plan and others that wont be. But you cant say because he was able do this he lacked a severe mental illness. He maintained the same job for several years. What does that say about his mental state . Well, it says it was probably a little more likely that he was better than not. Let me give you an example. I have a patient in my practice whos delusional, schizophrenic. Hes been going to work for 15 who is chronically hearing voices and has delauusion after beliefs. Just because youre functioning doesnt mean youre mentally ill. It would seem anyone who would commit such a horrific act has to be mentally ill. How do you connect those two things . Right. I absolutely think its not a typical person whos going to go do this. So anyone committing a horrific act. There must be something wrong. We might not have a label for it. But clearly there was some major major impairment in his thinking. I think a lot of people would say does it resolve people from responsibility saying im mentally unstable, he was mentally ill. You have to have some responsibility for what you did. Thats why you go to court if the person is alive, not in this case, andan and make a judgment based on each individual case. Certainly obviously there are some cases where you decide the persons mental state really prohibited this from being able to appreciate the behavior of what they were doing. Others would say, thats not an excuse. Theyre guilty. Thats why we have experts like you. His target was a gay nightclub. Now there is evidence that he frequented the club and reached out. What do you make of those revelations . I think it is have interesting. Its possible he was struggling with his own sexual identity, even though he was married. He may have targeted them because he hated what most recommended himself. He may have felt so angry and upset about this that thats why he was targeting this particular group. But who knows . Well need to know more as time goes on. And finally expert advice for the families and the surviving victims who are ordeal. I mean theres nothing you can do for these people. I do have one thing. There is a method. There are specific therapists trained in this. Its remarkable for people with ptsd. The people should get the help immediately rather than waiting. Eve though they may feel like theyre okay, its hard to go through Something Like this and feel like youre okay. Dr. Josh whiner, thanks for your advice always. Very good advice. Ahead, theres a new mamatobe at our national zoo. We hent had oneav going to meet the National Zoos new baby. Batang the orangutan is been monitoring ultrasound for month. The baby will be the first orangutan infant at the zoo in 25 years. Congratulations to the happy couple. Baby orangutans are so adorab adorable. They have an amazing exhibit, it goes over the sidewalk. The next couple of day, maybe not going to the zoo weather. If you are, bring the umbrella. Were going to have scattered showers. The heaviest rain is going to be late on thursday and into friday. We have some showers out there right now. Just a few light showers scooting through the region. Now, temperatures in the 70s. I have it about 80. Weve got plenty of clouds. Maybe a little clearing in some spots. If youre headed outz, first pitct dodge a few showers. We had heavier rain come across this morning. Thats toward baltimore. Heres more light showers. You can see we had breaks in the clouds as we cointo the noon hour. And then were going to have more rain as we get into the afternoon on thursday and early friday. So scattered showers and isolated storms. Were timing it out for you. Here you. 2 30 this afternoon. Most of the heavy stuff staying south of this. Well have a few showers overnight. Tomorrow morning were going to see sunny breaks. Look at that. Could be some heavy rain late tomorrow night and into early friday. Friday mornings commute look as little messy. Looking good. Your weekend forecast, 80s on saturday. Low humidity on sunday with plenty of sunshine. Its going to be a gorgeous fathers day weekend. Thank you. You know that new chip on your credit card . I used it already. Its supposed to make your puras not the best. When you think maryland, you think of crab right now all the beaches at disney world arese attack. The Sheriffs Office is planning another update at noon. The fbi could soon bring charges against omar mateens wife. Agent i say she confessed to being with mateen when he purchased the bullets and holster that he purchased for shooting. She also drove him around the block before the shooting. She never alerted the police to his plans. 30 victims are still in the loplop hospital. Six are in critical condition. A bus crashed head on with a car in the mt. Vernon area yesterday. 15 people total were hurt. One of them died. Now, in the latest in the fight against zika. That will be a community meeting. It begins at 6 30 at the lisin ter on jefferson street. The rio olympics will not they say its barely spreading in rio because of the cooler weather since its winter in brazil. Zika is active in four countries including much of latin america and the caribbeans. Officials say be on the lookout of people trying to alert you of fierce. Make sure your mosquito sprayers are licensed. Do not buy potions, lotions, or any other supplements promising to protect you from zika or cure you of the virus. Boston has its lobster rolls and maryland has its cheesesteaks. But here with the claim to fame, steve pappas. Welcome. Hello. Thank you very much. We know oprah called with one of her 15 favorite things, your crab cakes. What an honor. Youre going to tell us your secret. What do you think . Is it the spice . The way you put them together . I think its a combination of all those things and trial and error over decades to make the combination that we think was the perfect combination and other people are agreeing. What about the crab meat itself . Do you think the maryland area crab meat tastes better up the north coast of the atlantic or south of us . The maryland crab meat is sweeter than any crab meet in the world, i would say, but maryland itself can only produce so much crab meat and a lot of the crabs in maryland get used for steaming. Because in maryland, we like to sit down crack those crabs. Yeah. What is the difference between a he crab and she crab and what do you use for your crab meat . All of our crab meat is from male they say the female is sweeter. I dont know. Okay. Tell us how you do it. Okay. First we use the best crab meat we can find on the market. So nice big chunks of crab meat. We make sure we have that. All right. We have secret ingredients made with eggs, mayonnaise, and a bunch of seasonings. Let me see. So what you have, eggs in here im going to hold it up here. Can you see it, kirk . This is egg and what else is in this batter . A bunch of seasonings, eggs, and mayonnaise. And marinate. Yeah. Thats a secret ingredient. Yeah. And what do you do . We add the bread crumbs. Bread crumbs. So the crab cake holds. Have some filler. Yeah. Thats what they call the filler. It has a purpose. Its not just to fill. Okay. Youve got egg in there, mayonnaise, and what else . Eggs, mayonnaise, a bunch of secret dwrenlts that i just cant tell you. Come on. Oh, no. So then what happens . Okay. You mix that all up. Yep. Lut me put on my gloves rate quick and aisle stark mixing. Okay. I still need to put these on. The crab meat is not in there so you can mix harder. When you put the crab meat in here, you have to stir it gentler. Were running out of time. I know. Were running out of time. You like to do it with your the crab meat goes in on top of that . Correct. Okay. Im going to mix it up. Tell folks what theyre looking at. Youve goccet to do this by your hand. Youring got to do it be i your hand. Thats why you wanted gloves. You have to be gentle not to break up the lumps. Thats what you want with a pappas crab cake. Your hands are a mess now. Yes. All right. This is what they come out looking like. This is the cooked version. Look at that. That is absolutely beautiful. Im going to take a bite of one of them. Eun, ill save one for you. Ive about got extras for you guys. Beautiful. Were just thrilled to be able to show this to the washington, d. C. , area. Yes. Because youre opening a new place. At the Mgm National Harbor. We needed to get that in. All right. And were very proud to be there. All right. T coming. Im a maryland girl. One of my Favorite Foods in the world. Ill definitely be sharing. Thank you, barbara. In news4 your health, how eating can impact your diet. Eating a high plant based diet may reduce your rink for diabetes. They followed the eating habits of people for over 20 years. Those who ate a lot of veggies and whole grains were significantly less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Researchers say laughing with your babies help you learn. I bet you could learn a few things too. In a study, researchers in france found those who laughed while being taught something new mastered it faster than more serious babies. Good news. A 9yearold boy weve done so many stories on kit Car Technology implemented to protect us and reduce the cost of fraud its a good thing, but experts say theres something even better to pay it safe. Inserting your credit card chip when you buy something has become the new norm but experts say theres faster smarter technology you could be using. Safer than chip cards. Alex johnson called mobile payment the next generation. The beauty is they use a secondary authentication. Compared to using a chip card in the u. S. Which requires a signature, certain mobile technology requires a passcode or thumbprint. It makes it difficult for someone to steal both your phone and your thumbprint. But only 28 of users made mobile payments citing security concerns as one of the reasons that people dont use mobile technology. Its very, very safe, almost bulletproof. Theres the convenience. Most have you load major credit card opt your phone so you dont reach for your wallet. You hold your phone, tap, and go. When you hold your phone, some retailers offer a phone app to pay for purchases but few actually made mobile pay an option for consumers even though many have the option available since it came with the new chip card reader. Theres a lot who can. Why not . We asked the National Retail federation. They told us its an added expense to have both up and running and it wants more flexibility in choosing mobile payment alternatives. Cost less and be the best value for its commerce. Meanwhile banks offer rewards for consumers who choose to use it as a default on their phone. I think thats a good way for consumers, when a lot of these consumers are still new to cash in and benefit from the changes that are happening. You can learn more how mobile payments actually work. Get on our nb im susan hogan, news4. Lets check in with lauryn. Whats going to happen this afternoon . Maybe a few showers, definitely on the humid side. Lets talk about the beach, should we . If youre headed to the beach, it looks like were going to have clouds on friday and plenty of clouds on sunday. Were going to have plenty on saturday and sunday as well. Remember, sunday is fathers day. So for the next couple of days not looking that bat against the rain showers for the next few days. Guys . Oh, my gosh, youre so close. A 9yearold broke a record swimming to ail a ka traz. He said he struggled. He jumped in at 7 00 yesterday morning and was back at sfranz proper by 9 00 a. M. Thats a fast swim. Determination. His parents said they were going to get in on the surprise. That does it for news4 find brands you love at prices that work as hard as you do. Stand by, everyone. Were live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 oh, my god were not going to buzz, simon. Simon met his match. Welcome to access hollywood live. The great bryan safi, sapphire i call him, is back with us