Toward winchester white coast. Cord cedarville. The potential of hail too until 4 00 p. M. Hail it could be large. We could see gusts of 50 miles per hour. Some heavy rain and lightning. I think well hold on to this possibility until perhaps 6 00 p. M. This evening. Another look at the radar. Well continue to jump in should any new warnings be issued. Thank you. Now to a tragic story weve been following all day. A district firefighter dies after racing to help people in a high rise fire. D. C. Lost a hero today. Lieutenant kevin mcrae a 24year veteran. Lieutenant kevin mcrae was one of the first firefighters to make it up to the ninth floor of the burning building on seventh street downtown. Chris gordon joins us live where he caught up with the people who frantically ran down to get out. Reporter heres the latest from seventh street. You see emergency equipment still blocking the roadway. The building is closed. People are out. D. C. Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of this fatal blaze and they have help. Federal agents from atf. The explosives and fire investigators from atf are here. Now, flames this morning as well as dark smoke billowing out of the penalty in floor of this tenstory building. We had one fatality as you mentioned. A firefighter who collapsed. Another was transported to the hospital in serious condition. Two residents were transported with serious but nonlife threatening injuries. For the people who evacuated and got out, they feel lucky to have gotten out alive. Nobody can use the elevator. I had to rush by the stairways. You just posted some storm warnings. Where will they go . Weve been told they are going across the street to get out of the weather. When will they get back inside . We dont know for sure. Possibly this evening. When we get in it will be restricted to floors 17. 810 they will not let people into those areas where the fire damage is the worst. Coming up on news4 at 5 00 well hear from the woman who lived in the apartment where this fire broke out. And well hear what she has to say about it. Lets to go mark seagraves. Reporter this is the station where lieutenant kevin mcrae had been stationed four years. You can see the black bunting has been put up in honor of their fallen brother. The firefighters have been steaming through the fire house consoling one another since news of the word spread. He is scribbled as a friend. He was described as a friend a mentor. His team was the first inside that fire today and they are credited with putting that fire out. When mcrae made it down to the first floor and outside that building he collapsed. Despite the best efforts of paramedics on the scene, and then doctors at medstar, lieutenant mcrae died. Heres what mayor bows her to say today. How sincerely mournful we are for this firefighter who was an uncommon firefighter. Hes been on the job a long time. He rose through ranks from a cadet and hes mentored a lot of firefighters. Please keep our whole force in your thoughts and prayers. Theyve suffered a great loss. Reporter now what makes this even a more of a tragedy for the mcrae family kevin mcrae is the 100th firefighter to die in the line of duty in the district and it has been eight years since another firefighter has died. That last firefighter to be killed, to die in the line of duty was kevin mcraes cousin james mcrae. He died in 2007 at his firehouse in northwest after battling a fire earlier that day. Back to you. First responders across the area have been taking to social media today sending out their thoughts and their prayers to d. C. Fire and dms. We invite you to do the same. You can leave your condolences on our nbc washington facebook page. Now our first look of a man suspected of attacking a woman in prince georges county. Police released this sketch. The man grabbed a 19yearold last wednesday as she was walking on lake arbor way. He implied he had a gun, forced her to a field and sexually assaulted her there. You can share the picture from our facebook page. Larry hogan today lifted the state of emergency in baltimore and pledged millions of dollars to help rebuild the city. While the total costs of dealing with the baltimore crisis are yet to be fully calculated the state will be withdrawing 20 million from the Rainy Day Fund to cover some of that expense. Governor hogan pointed the Lieutenant Governor to oversee the role in the cleanup efforts. 250 businesses were disturbed or destroyed in the disturbances that followed freddie gray. The mayor of baltimore said things need to change before the city can really heal. Shes calling for a federal investigation into the citys Police Department to look for any longstanding patterns of discrimination or abuse. We have to have a foundation of trust. And that i believe we need the assistance of the department of justice and the civil rights investigation to lay, to shore up that foundation that is weak right now in our city. That request comes one day after attorney general Loretta Lynch visited baltimore for the First Time Since the riots. The Justice Department says lynch has received the mayors request and is considering it. Now that the curfew is lifted in baltimore, prince will be performing there. He is holding a special rally for peace concert at Royal Farms Arena this sunday. Tickets go on sale in just under an hour and some of the proceeds will help in baltimores recovery. Check the nbc washington app for details. It turns out the nfls deflategate investigation may have produced a little more than hot air. The nfl investigator looked into whether they intentionally inflated footballs says probably yes. And that Quarterback Tom Brady was at least generally aware of it. The report fault twos patriots employees, a locker Room Attendant and an equipment assistant. The patriots went on to win the super bowl. Thousands of gallons of raw sewage are still leaking in a local neighborhood right now and it might not stop leaking until friday. An underground sewer line broke along huron drive in oxon hill. Today Sanitary Commission said it takes two or more days to install a temporary pipe to divert the waste water to a nearby manhole. This is happening behind houses and near a play ground at Forest Heights elementary. Disturbing new findings about the deadly Jetliner Crash in the alps. Did the copilot do a practice run . The evidence investigators just found aboard a may not and why it almost went unnoticed. And elton johns fight for global help. The message for lawmakers. And weve got some hefty storms out there right now. Prince william and montgomery a new warning now. New Severe Thunderstorm Warning for montgomery as well as Fairfax County until 4 45. These storms headed to the east toward glen echo South Kensington wheaton and aspen hill could be producing some hail as well as higher winds. Also some lightning and was he rehearsing . Thats one of the questions raised in an interim report on the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525. In the flight to barcelona, immediately before the doomed flight on march 24th copilot Andreas Lubitz waited until the pilot was out of the cockpit and repeatedly programmed the plane into a sharp descent before restoring the proper altitude. Two hours later, on the return to duesseldorf with the same crew on board, lubitz is believed to have deliberately crashed the plane into a mountainside. Tom costello working the story and joins us in our second halfhour. Now to capitol hill in an extremely well attended hearing. Elton john was one of the witnesses today. The british pop star praised congress for its leadership in the global fight against aids. He noted the battle is not over. John says congress has the power to end aids within his lifetime. The panel also heard from pastor rick warren pastor of one of the largest churches in the country. Urged congress to eradicate disease around the world. Its the future of business. The new program just announce that had would put commercial drones in the sky. Well tell you which companies are taking flight. And were tracking a new warning for the washington okay, i need a better pizza. One made with only real cheese. And dough that rises naturally. With no chemical leaveners. A pizza my family will love. announcer freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. No other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta. And try great tasting gluten free freschetta. Ask for it at your local store. The radar is lighting up. Were seeing a number of severe storm warnings issued. Not so much because. High winds but the size of the hail. In Fairfax County now were seeing the hail markers coming up in Prince William county. A new severe warning here. Fauquier county until 4 45. These are making their way toward the south and southeast. So moving right along areas toward lake ridge, toward dale city. 4 37 and then toward the triangle area. This of course during the afternoon and evening rush and a handful of other warnings. We have that warning in Montgomery County as well as Fairfax County and another in Frederick County in virginia. So all of these until 4 45. Theyre mainly southbound. It will hit spots like brook mont. Bethesda by 4 23. 4 26 toward South Kensington. The wheaton area by 4 28. Riding along areas of 495. The beltway, during the evening rush here. That other storm. We continue to track it. Possibly producing some hail. It will be making its way toward winchester and right down 17. Weve got three pretty good clusters out there. What we expect the storm to hang on until 7 00 maybe as late as 8 00 p. M. Heres a look at 7 00 p. M. In the future weather. Another line coming through when we lose the daytime heating. Heres 9 00 this evening down around fredericksburg and maybe to the north around hagerstown. We could see some showers lingering. Our big Storm Chances over by around 8 00. The temperatures at 79 degrees. Well cool very quickly to 70 by 9 00. 66. This weather system that is helping to cause these thunderstorms across the area will start to wash out. Tomorrow with an easterly wind i think well mainly see. Theres that front that will wash out. The storms mostly along and to the north of it. Tomorrow it is mostly going to be some fog in the morning. Clouds across the area during afternoon and maybe a sprinkle or two during afternoon. A look at your four day forecast. The high tomorrow 80 degrees. Were at 83 on friday. We could see an isolated shower. Maybe even a little popup thunderstorm. This weekend is definitely looking cooler. The very latest on storm team 4 radar is these clusters of storms that are firing up and coming up very quickly too, producing not so much the high wind but the hail because of the cooler temperatures aloft. There are the warnings and areas of montgomery fairfax, Fauquier County and the other one in Frederick County virginia. During afternoon rush, there could be a few more warnings coming up over the next couple hours. Well have a lot more coming up should they be issued right here. Thank you. Get ready to rock the red again. The caps and rangers face off in game four of their series. Diana is live at the verizon center. Here we go again. Who do i have to talk to to get you down here already . I was down there two nights ago. You have to text me next time. You were busy working. I know he know. I am busy. This is good work. Yes, im working but this is the best. It is game four between the rangers and caps. If they win the next two, they will get past the second round. The last time they went that far, they were in the stanley cup finals. If you are going to watch the game check to see if the caps score first. They had an 89 chance of winning when they did that. Tonight the puck drops at 7 30. Coming up at 5 00. This is so fitting. Weve got mothers day coming up on sunday. And braden holeby the goalie his mother is notorious for going crazy in the stands and well introduce you to her. Well see you then. Hes in the war zone protecting our country. A virginia soldier still has time for his young son. Boy, did he. First at 4 00, the story time surprise that one little boy will remember forever. And you are drinking a cup of coffee or having an energy drink right now, you probably didnt get enough sleep. Well tell hue is tossing lets say this is your tv. And these are the channels you pay for with cable. Maybe youre getting tons of science and animals, when youre really into movies. 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News4s zachary will have more on what made this surprise so special coming up at 6 00. What a treat. We all need it but most of us dont get anywhere near enough. Were talking about sleep. Today we are learning just how much shuteye people in our eye are getting. If youre hitting that afternoon wall right now, you are not alone. It is probably because youre not getting enough sleep. Sleep number crunched the data. On average americans are missing about an hour of sleep every night. That means most americans are getting a little less than seven hours per night. 41 of people surveyed said they sleep less than four hours a night. It looks at sleep by state. People here are getting the longest. 6. 9 hours a night. In maryland a little more than 6 1 2 hours of sleep. And virginians are getting 6. 8 hours of sleep. The best rated state in the country for sleep, idaho. With just over seven hours of sleep per night. Need to go to idaho, i guess. One of the few things both republicans and democrats have in common. Were talking about stress here. Tonight were meeting the group of congressmen and staffers who are letting go of their politics by getting together to practice mindfulness and meditation. A rare moment of peace in the midst of busy capitol hill. This group of congressional staffers is finding stillness, breathing and meditating. They say it helps them relieve stress find patience and focus so they can perform better at work. I knew the days i did it. I was a little bit better a little bit calmer a little bit nicer, a little more focused. Thats congressman jim ryan a democrat from ohio. He started this movement on the hill. Ill have more from him tonight and hell show us how to meditate. Even in your Office Anywhere really. Thats mindfulness on the hill. Tonight on news4 at 11 00. And everybody is starting to do this. Medicine backs it up. You have nfl players doing it marines doing it too. Lets try it. 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Lets say this is your tv and these are the channels you pay for with cable but these are the types of channels you actually want to watch what if you could pay for what you want, and not for what you dont so you could get kids channels sports. Or entertainment mix and match, or get them all. Now fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv starting at 74. 99 including internet and phone. Cable just gives you channels. Fios gives you choice. Its a busy afternoon. We have a handful of thunderstorms. Weve had torrential downpours and hail as large as a half dollar size and golf ball size in fairfax. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Fauquier CountyPrince William county. Along areas of 66 we can go to the vdot cam. You can see how hard it is raining and the lightning across the area. Look at the road conditions. Theres ponding on area roads. Weve seen more than two inches fall from some of these thunderstorm cells. For sure traffic will be impacted this afternoon as well as this evening. Now in term of what is left i told you the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Prince William county Fauquier County still up. This one making its way right down through remainder of Fauquier CountyPrince William county away from 66. Toward triangle toward quantico. Were seeing another cell here. This one showing signs of dissipating as it heads toward areas like North Bethesda as well as brook mont. That will be its way across areas of 495. And this whole line up to the north may start to come togeth