2 win throughout the morning. i'm excited. >> it was a big deal, too. i didn't watch much of the game. but i saw some of it. and a lot of -- just that tension that builds when you've got a score, tied up, and it gets -- >> and winning an away game. bringing it home. >> huge. tom kierein's here, and the weather is a big deal. thunder maybe waking you up. but mostly just some rain moving in. you can see that long line of rain that stretches from new england all the way down to the carolinas this morning. and it is now approaching our region. all that area in green is light rain, just coming in to washington, montgomery, fairfax, prince william, just now crossing the bay, moving into charles county, crossing the tidal potomac, heading toward the bay. also getting light rain in howard county. the more moderate showers in yellow in loudoun, frederick counties in maryland, and lighter rain, this area in green. shenandoah valley, down to fauquier county, rappahannock and culpeper. farther south, they'll have thunder and lightning around charlottesville. near 60. near 60 in washington. mid 60s to the south. west and north, in the 50s. here's your day planner. by 9:00, just a few clouds around, maybe a little sun breaking out, near 70 degrees. by noontime for your lunch hour, partly sunny, and temperatures into the mid 70s. and then by late afternoon, might get a passing shower or a thundershower, only a small chance. around 80 degrees. i'll be back it ten minutes with another -- back in ten minutes with another update. danella? traveling on 395, earlier had roadwork on king street. it's out of the roadway. you're facing a disabled vehicle, but it's only in the shoulder lane as you make your way past glebe. no issues. travel lanes are open from edsall to the 14th street bridge. traveling at about 63 miles per hour. 12-minute drive now. if you're on route 50, nice and clear making your way westbound as well as eastbound. westbound travel speed to the beltway, traveling at 65 miles per hour. and the rails are open, not seeing any reported delays right now. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. breaking news now. police investigating two separate deadly stabbings in the district this morning. police are still on the scene of one of those stabbings near 5th and florida avenues in northwest. so is news4's tracee wilkins with the latest. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: as you said, this is a fatal accident or a fatal stabbing. and it's what police are -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: of course this weather is not going to help. rain never helps with this kind of investigation. police are still here on the scene. that's the car that crashed into the tavern here at the 500 block of florida avenue. there was a man found inside of that car who had been stabbed. he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced. police are still looking for a suspect. they say this happened around 2:15 this morning. there are reports this man may have been leave something kind of nearby tavern. not this particular tavern, but another one where there may have been a fight that led to what ended here in a fatal stabbing. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> thank you. also new this morning, police are looking into another deadly stabbing in the district. this one happened around 1:30 in the 4500 block of quarrel street northeast. police found a man stabbed in the stomach, not conscious, and not breathing. he later died at the hospital. our news4 crew was whether their when police took someone into -- was there when police took someone into custody. jury selection begins for a man on trial, accused of stabbing maynor dozen men in virginia and five other states. five men died in michigan. the man will stand trial for the murder of 49-year-old arnold minor in michigan. officers discovered minor's dna in dried blood in the man's suv and inside luggage as he trieding to to see his native israel in august of 2010. he is also charged with attempted murder in toledo, ohio. the man is accused of stabbing several men in the leesburg area, as well. leesburg police also suspect him in an unsolved murder in 2009. one year after the death of osama bin laden, we're hearing more about the night president obama gave the green light for the raid. navy s.e.a.l. team six stormed bin laden's compound in pakistan and killed the man who carried out the september 11 attacks. top government and military leaders gather in the white house situation room and waited for the outcome of the raid. the president has said it was the longest 40 minutes of his life. secretary of state hillary clinton also described the tension in that room last may. >> wasn't so much a high five moment as a looking around and just feeling together as almost one body that, okay, it's over. >> you can hear more from the people inside the situation room on the night of the raid tomorrow on "rock center" with brian williams. it was the first time the white house allowed access in the room. mitt romney is beating the president to the punch in virginia. president obama is scheduled to hold a campaign kickoff rally in richmond saturday. romney announced he will visit the state first. he'll number chantilly tomorrow for an economy-focused event. governor mcdonald will also attend. he's believed to be on the short list for vice presidential candidates for mitt romney. six minutes after the hour. today the d.c. council will voted on a plan to repay workers for furloughed days. more than 20,000 employees did not get holiday pay four times last year. the council imposed the furlough days to make up for a budget shortfall. after all the spending cuts, the district ended up with a surplus. there is some debate that the $22 million set to repay the city employees should instead offset a proposed tax increase and cuts to social services programs. the caps are coming home tied in their series with the new york rangers. >> ovechkin scores! >> alex ovechkin came through in the clutch scoring the game winner. only his third goal this post season. the caps led for most of the game, though, thanks to two first-period goals. they'll look to take the lead tomorrow night at the verizon center. exciting. >> sure -- it really is. clearly you're excited. stand up real quick. >> no, i'm -- no, no. i was standing up -- >> people saw the red pants. eun rocks the red. >> i'm running out of red clothing. two more games -- win the next two, and i'll be done. then there's going to be another series after that. >> recycling. >> i know. time is 5:07. preparing for chaos. potential problems facing cities around the country as the occupy movement tries to re-energize. firefighters in virginia finally catching a break. the damage of spring wildfires in the region. and the rain is really coming down. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. a busy wildfire season in virginia is now over. more than 43,000 acres pursuanted over four months this spring, including this fire last month in rich hole forest in allegheny county. seven large wildfires that began on easter account for much of the burned land. arson is suspected in several of the fires. virginia's department of forestry is offering up to $2,000 for information that leads to a conviction in those arson fires. dry in the region lately, we are getting that much-needed rain, especially this morning. tom kierein in the storm center. >> coming down hard, tom. >> yeah. we have areas coming down harder. you'll need the umbrella if you're about to head out the door. right now where you see the color on the radar, that is rain, the areas in green are light to moderate rain. the areas in yellow, coming down harder in northeast washington. from ladroit park to largo, herndon, huntington, as well as adelphi, laytonsville, the streets are wet. the traffic is going to be congested with slower travel. and maybe even fender-bender. day planner, sun back by late morning and during the afternoon. highs reaching near 80. could get a late afternoon thunderstorm. and into this evening, clearing out. your seven-day outlook, that's coming up in ten minutes at 5:21. danella has traffic. good morning. good morning, i'll show you a camera of the rain that tom's talking about. first let's look at i-95. southbound and northbound, as well at 198, in the clear. no major delays, no accidents to report. travel speeds 65 miles per hour as you make your way southbound to the beltway. now over to the beltway, definitely seeing wet pavement. as you look at the beltway at connecticut avenue, outer loop getting volume. but a lot of the rain now. slow down. back to you both. >> good advice. thank you. 5:12. ahead on "news4 today," trying to prevent future problems. a look at the training in store secret service agents -- in store for secret service agents in the wake of a prostitution scandal. plus, they 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elsewhere. in new york, occupiers will march from union square to wall street. there are reports protesters could block several major bridge and tunnels in manhattan. wells fargo shut down five branches after receiving envelopes containing a suspicious white powder. two other envelopes were sent to jpmorgan chase headquarters and mayor bloomberg's office. they were harmless. one of the letters had the message "welcome to may 1." occupiers hope today's nationwide protests will re-energize the movement that started last september. for the first time, the obama administration is publicly acknowledging counter drone strikes. the president wants to be more open with the american public. brennan said targets are chosen by weighing if there's a way to capture the person, and the threat level to americans. brennan also said in most cases, drone strikes are carried out with the cooperation of a host government. at the same time this morning, a new report says the u.s. military is not telling us 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"the baltimore sun" reports professors at the johns hopkins university will oversee the classes in laurel. the agency had planned for 20 agents to undergo training but more agents have been added to the program. it is not clear whether any of the 12 agents involved in the colombian scandal had training before the president t's trip t the summit of the americas. three agencies have been cleared of serious misconduct. today the wife of a former aide to john edwards is expected to retake the stand. sherri young broke down as she testified yesterday during edwards' corruption trial. she cried while describing when edwards asked her husband, andrew young, to claim responsible for fathering his mistress' baby. she said she was scared when she deposited money from a donor into her bank account. she said the money was used to care for edwards' pregnant mistress and hide the affair. prosecutors are trying to prove that edwards illegally used campaign money to hide the affair as he campaigned for the white house in 2008. edwards denies those charges. a uls today we expect to -- also today we expect to learn if a hotel maid's lawsuit against the head of the international monetary fund will go forward. the housekeeper claimed dominique strauss-kahn tried to rape her in his hotel suite last may. strauss-kahn denies doing anything violent in the encounter. prosecutors dropped related criminal charges last summer. the court is expected to post the decision on line. more than 100 people are dead and 100 still missing in india after a ferry boat capsized. army divers have pulled 103 bodies from the water as the search continues. the boat carrying about 350 passengers cap sized in heavy winds and rain. the same weather conditions are making the rescue effort tough. around 150 passengers were able to swim to safety or were rescued by villagers living nearby. police in the bronx say the driver of the sthauf plunged off the highway killing seven people was going at least 18 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. investigators believe the woman bumped a concrete barrier that damaged a tire of the vehicle. the pilot skidded across three lanes of traffic, hits a curb, and went airborne. the suv fell into a ravine on the grounds of the bronx zoo. new york city's aaa affiliate says there are serious safety concerns on the bronx river parkway where the accident happened. the organization says it lacks modern transportation engineering features. george zimmerman's defense lawyer launched a social media campaign for his client. attorney mark o'mara started a facebook page and twitter account. he wants to dispute misinformation. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he maintains he shot martin in self-defense. the shooting ignited protests around the world from people who believe it was racially motivated. the web site, gzlegalcase.com, allows the public to ask questions. it the soon accept donations for zimmerman's defense. he is currently out of jail on bail. it is 5:21. tom kierein with a look at the soggy forecast so far. >> you will need the umbrella before you leave home this morning. right now, getting rain moving across northern virginia, into maryland. moving from west to east and it's going to be with us here for another couple of hours. right now getting some moderate showers around college park to laurel, northern prince george's county. that's moving off east. and in western howard county, getting moderate downpours. the areas in yellow where it's coming down harder, coming down harder now near mclean to burke, virginia, in fairfax county. farther south of there, through prince william, into warrenton and fauquier county, near culpeper. getting heavy downpours around culpeper, thunder and lightning. and we're in the 50s most of the area west and north of i-95. closer to washington, near 60. south and east, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, in the low to mid 60s. shenandoah valley, into the mountains, many of those locations are in the 50s to low 60s. and here's your day planner -- the rain should be ending. the morning rain, by 9:00. then sun breaking out after that. highs near 80 during the afternoon. small chance of an isolated thunderstorm late this afternoon. and then tomorrow, partly sunny, into the mid 80s. and there's about a 40% chance of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm on wednesday. and still feeling summer-like on thursday and friday. a mostly cloudy to partly sunny day at times, both days only a slight chance of maybe an isolated thunderstorm during the afternoons. highs low to mid 80s thursday and friday. here's a look at the weekend. saturday and sunday, saturday looks like a chance for storms late in the day. maybe into saturday evening. highs in the mid 80s. cooler, drier weather moves in for sunday and monday. danella, how's traffic? good morning, checking things across the american legion bridge, if you're crossing the bridge, volume's light. travel lanes are open. but you are going to hit slick roadways. so please give yourself extra time this morning as you make your commute. now, crossing over the american legion bridge, heading into virginia, here's a live look at robinson terminal, inner loop and outer loop. accident free at this time. travel speeds from the dulles toll road to the interchange. you're at 62 miles per hour. a 13-minute drive now. and as you cross over the wilson bridge from van dorn street, not bad at all. you're driving at 61 miles per hour, about a seven-minute drive. again, allow extra time this morning. going to be a tough commute. back to you both. >> thank you, danella. a new app will let you -- will allow you to immediately file a complaint if you feel airport security screeners are treating you unfairly. a coalition of civil rights groups unveiled the app for iphone and android users. complaints go directly to the transportation security administration. the group wants to give you an earlier way to report issues. if you want to file a complaint through the tsa, you have to download a pdf form on the web site. in "news 4 your health," sleeping too much does not make you fat. researchers say sleeping more than nine hours a night can block genetic factors linked to weight gain. in the study of over 1,000 parents of twins, they found those who slept fewer than seven hours a night had a higher body mass index average than those who slept over nine hours. obesity-related gene were less of a factor in those who got more sleep. the -- i feel like i'm having a ron burgundy moment. thinking about the scene from -- from the "anchorman" movie. the national zoo is on panda watch. you see the movie, there was a big panda watch. the lead story for weeks. the zoo -- >> a big deal, aaron. >> i get. it i understand that. the zoo artificially inseminated mei xiang for a second time. natural meating with tian tian has not worked. zoo staef plan to monitor mei xiang's hormone levels and do ultrasounds to see if she's pregnant. the couple produced a cub in 2005. he lives in china. how hopeful are you that the panda will get pregnant this time around? let us know. go to the "news4 today" facebook page and post comments. and i say don't give up on tian tian. yo