degrees. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar, a steady to light to moderate rain. notice 5:00 a.m. this is pushing off to the east. by 6:00 a.m. airs inside the beltway should be mainly dry. 8:00 a.m. still cloudy but dry. noon we start to break out into sunshine, melissa. with that temperatures soar to near 80. our severe weather threat for the afternoon and evening hours. i'll have the timing come up in ten minutes. how are the roads right now? >> another downed tree. this is northbound gum spring road at braddock. we have lanes blocked in chantilly because of this downed tree. this rain is not making things easy this morning. kind of nasty right now. remember a typiest bit of water can cause a major issue. 95 at maryland 198 it is moving but again it is very welt. 95 northbound there, we have the right lane blocked because of a crash. and then 50 westbound here, right at collington road, we have the roadblocked. back in a few minutes. >> molette green at the live desk. a terror probe leads to six arrests. five men picked up in st. paul, minnesota, one in san diego. we have learned they were tracked either traveling or trying to track travel to syria to join isis and other groups. now, minnesota's u.s. attorney stress there is no threat to the public here. we expect to gettails later today during a news conference. now, since 2007 more than 22 young somali men travelled from minnesota to join a terrorist group. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> okay. stay low to the floor. tell your little sister to stay low to the floor too. okay. >> stay low to the floor. >> you just heard a 13-year-old boy's call for help when a fire broke out in his prince george's county home. today, investigators are trying to figure out what caused that fire that trapped the boy and his 9-year-old sister. this happened early yesterday morning in the basement of a home on small drive in clinton. three adults two children hurt there. the two kids were trapped on the second floor. in the back of the house. >> i searched the bedrooms, found the one victim. got him over to the ladder. as they were breaking the window out and we were moving the victim out, the other, the 9-year-old, the 9-year-old grabbed on to my pants leg and started to tug at my pants. >> wow. everybody is expected to be okay here. investigators say there were no working smoke detectors in that home. today, massachusetts celebrates st. patrick's day which means right now tens of thousands of runners are getting ready ahead of the boston marathon. the race begins at 10:00 a.m. wheelchair racers and racers with disabilities start an hour before that. it's been two years since the bombing that killed people at the finish line. we'll find out the ways that police are protecting the 30,000 running today. 4:34 now. rain won't dampen the dedication ceremony at the washington navy yard. the humphries building will be ted kate as the new headquarters for the naval sea system command. we took you there in february when employees moved back in. it was a site of a deadly shooting that left 13 people dead in 2013. it has been totally remodeled. the ceremony will begin at 10:55 this morning. with the warmer weather, police and volunteers are looking for two missing toddlers in montgomery county. jacob and sarah hoggle have been gun for more than six months. take a look here, you can see more than a dozen different police departments and dog search teams went looking for the children this weekend in germantown. officers say they're trying to provide closure at this point. the toddlers' father says now is not the time for that. >> 48 hours in they decided my kids had to be dead due to statistics. that's no evidence really pointing that way that i have seen. >> troy turner says he's planning to go out on another search with volunteers next week. first responders in prince george's county made your commute safer. fire and ems took part in the emergency drill. yesterday, crews practiced evacuating passengers from a disabled train at the greenbelt station. this is the first of several drills designed to improve coordination after the deadly january smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. business leaders will release a study that shows the economic impact of the purple line. leaders are coming together to support the light rail line and studies are expected to show it will create jobs and increasing property values. the 16 mile line would connect the new carrollton and bethesda metro stations and include 21 stops. a major earthquake strikes japan overnight. we are just learning it is deadly. the map accused of landing a gyrocopter on the lawn of the capitol speaks out. why his message was more important than the security threat. and taking another live look outside this morning, as we start the week off with a weather alert day. 60 mild degrees outside but raining. when we can catch a break, at which part of the day, amelia is back with that with your weather and 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(announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. one person is dead after a powerful 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of taiwan in okinawa. the person died in a house fire. a warning for a tsunami, up to three feet high was issued but was cancelled after one hour. officials say there's no threat of a tsunami hitting hawaii. the quake caused buildings in the taiwanese capital of taipei to sway and people rushed into the streets. closer to home investigators say an unattended cooking flame sparked this fire. it's threatening homes in southern california. saturday night, the fire forced hundreds from their homes just outside los angeles. it's now 35% contained. there have been no injuries or reported damages there, but the fire has burned more than 1,000 acres. wow. all right. well we're talking about a lot of rain to start our morning. it was pouring when i came in. >> like a little river running across the parking lot this morning. >> yeah, it was. >> look at the live picture here, showing you the washington monument. lots of clouds and rain coming down. amelia segal here with your traffic and weather on the ones. >> aaron, i know exactly what river you're talking about, i jumped over it this morning. 64 degrees right now. the rain we're dealing with is out of here by 7:00 a.m. and most of our day is actually mainly dry. winds right now a little breezy at 12 miles an hour. i'm starting future weather off at 1:00 a.m. notice we have sunshine across the area. it's little humid and it's warm today with highs around or near 80 degrees. look at what starts to happen at 4:00 a.m. back in the corridor, notice the red that's heavy rain. that could be some strong damaging winds and some hail. mainly moving through washington, 5:00, 6:00 7:00 p.m. this evening. and after that more showers until midnight. but the main threat for severe weather is between 5:00 and 9:00 today. what i'm really focused on are high winds and heavy rain. melissa, today is the warmest day for this workweek. i'll let you know how cool we get starting tomorrow coming up in full weather in ten minutes. how are the roads right now? >> right now, still having nasty, wet roads. 95 northbound here at the beltway, you can see over here, we have the right lane blocked. that's been around for probably 30 minutes at this point. in leesburg 15 at spinks ferry road we have downed wires. they're working to get those out of the way. chantilly, on braddock leap, -- lane, a downed tree. things are happening likely related to the wet westbound at collington a crash happened an hour ago now. then a wide look at things the beltway not looking so bad. it is pretty green. of course could be a nasty morning commute day because of this nasty wet weather. back at 4:51. the desperate search is under way off the coast of italy after a boat carrying migrants capsized. why authorities say they could be looking for hundreds of people. and a scathing story trending on our facebook page this morning about ben affleck. what the actor wanted lef you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. it is 4:44. right now it is a weather alert day. look at your storm team 4 radar. you can see why, look at all that green there. that rain moving across the district. amelia segal will break down the timing of this morning's rain and a chance for storms this afternoon. coming up in your weather and traffic on the ones at 4:51. 20 years after the nation's worst act of domestic terror a somber remembrance was held in oklahoma city. family and friends of the 168 victims gathered at the oklahoma city national memorial and museum. many first responders also attended. former president bill clinton who was president on april 19, 1995, spoke on how the tragic loss of life resonates so deeply all these years later. >> when you strip away all of the little things that divide us us, it's important to remember how tied we are. >> mourners observed one second of silence for each victim. the impacts of the bp oil spill are still being felt five years later especially on gulf wildlife. it happened five years ago today and scientists tracking bottle nose dolphins reportewer births. they have counted more than 1,000 dolphins stranded 95% died. coastal erosion is also an issue. the associated press reports deep sea oil drilling continues to expand into further deaths. the number of deep water drilling rigs is up to 48 from 35 at the time of that oil spill. we all remember when this happened the bombing at the boston marathon caused chaos there. it killed three people and hurt more than 200 others. it's now been two years since that bombing and the race is on again today. nbc's jay gray is live in boston where police say they're working hard to keep everyone safe. jay, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, aaron. when you talk to those officers you talk to the security detail out here what they say they don't hope it stays safe, they know it will be safe. they're confident about the race this year and about the safety of more than 100,000 expected to pour in here to celebrate the 119th running of the boston marathon. of course this race run every day on patriots day. that's a red sox game here. it's really at the core of what makes boston boston for many people. and in this community, determined to make sure it stays that way. again, as i talked about earlier more than 100,000 expected to be here to take part in this celebration. 18 people that won't be though the judges asked the 12 jurors and six alternates that will be a part of the sentencing phase in the dzhokhar tsarnaev bombing trial to stay away from this race. of course they began that penalty phase tomorrow here boston. a court proceeding expected to last 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. they're now determining after the guilt or innocence phase, determining whether he'll face life in prison or the death penalty. again, that's something that starts tomorrow. today it's alebout celebrating this race. >> thank you, jay gray. the man who landed his gyrocopter on the front lawn of the capitol is not going anywhere this morning. doug hughes is back home in florida and he's under house arrest. >> do you consider yourself a patriot? >> no, i'm a mailman. >> hughes drove back to florida over the weekend. he says as the security fallout after his flight into washington last week was not the point he was trying to make. >> we need to be worried not about whether or not somebody can fly into d.c. we need to be ready about the piles of money going into congress. >> hughes has to come back to d.c. in may for his next court hearing. it is now 4:48. right now in europe rescuers are looking for hundreds of people missing from a capsized ship. you can see the search efforts in the mediterranean off the coast of italy here. rescuers say there are potentially hundreds of people locked in the cargo hold of the ship trying to escape violence in africa. and several similar incidents more than 1,500 people have gone missing at sea in that area this year. today, hillary clinton is heading to new hampshire to try to recapture the magic of her come from behind victory there in 2008. she arrives in that state facing little opposition this time around. but advisers say she is determined to show she's not taking anything for granted. new hampshire is also the state where in 1992 bill clinton earned the nickname the comeback kid after his second place primary finish there. the state was packed with republican contenders over the weekend, however. they made criticizing clinton a big part of their speeches. well, now to a story that's generating a lot of buzz on our nbc washington facebook page. ben after flekt discovered his ancestors owned slaves and he asked them not to include that in his story. the host of the series "finding your roots" e-mailed back and forth debating whether to put that information in the story. the show left out that ancestral information. pbs released a statement saying it did not know the exchanges between the filmmaker, sony, and aflekt were happening. all right, caps fans we know you'll be glued to your tv tomorrow night. the caps play their next game against the new york islanders in the stanley cup playoffs. a 2-1 loss yesterday put the team down 2-1 in the series which means tomorrow is pretty much a must win for the team. >> tough one right now. but this is all going to be a short memory and we'll make sure we're better. >> braden holtby had 40 saves in yesterday's game after missing the first two games because he was sick. all eyes will be on ovechkin too. he only took three shots on goal. what a game. i'm really nervous about this. i'm rocking my red, but i'm really nervous. we have to win. >> don't be nervous. >> have faith right? >> exactly. we'll make it happen. 4:51 our time right now. amelia segal is in for tom this morning. we are watching a lot of rain coming down. maybe not so much, but a lot on the ground too. >> this is one of those days where there's going to be a little bit of everything. a lot of rain on the ground right now. dry most of the day, in fact it's humid and hot almost for this time of the year. a high around 80. then as we get around in the afternoon and evening hours as early as 4:00 or 5:00 storms are moving through. some of the storms could be on the strong to severe side. one of the reasons being the heat and humidity that we'll be experiencing today. that's why today is a weather alert day. you can see we're red and we're bringing you updates throughout the day. facebook, twitter, on tv. doug will be updating the forecast. we're dry tomorrow. some showers later in the day on wednesday, more importantly, turning cooler this week. low 60s by the end of the week. road impacts this morning, heavy rain exits by 7:00 a.m. but still wet for most of us for that morning commute. around the midday hours you'll need to break out the sunglasses. then for the evening a few storms are in the forecast and that could slow the evening commute. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. notice this line of heavy rain splitting frederick county and continuing down into parts of prince william county moving to the stafford area. again, this steady rain is out of here by about 7:00 a.m. and then our focus shifts to this afternoon when between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. we could have some high winds that create some isolated damaging wind. can't rule out some hail, heavy rain potentially in any storms. that's not zero percent chance of a tornado, but the fact that we would get a tornado this afternoon is very low. temperatures right now are in the 50s and 60s. a at the bus stop tomorrow, it's looking good on through dismissal. but it will be cooler. the high temperature today is going to be 80 degrees. tomorrow a high temperature of 69. so about ten degrees cooler. a nice day tomorrow. upper 60s on wednesday. thursday mid 60s. friday on through next weekend, high temperatures will be in the low 60s. that's about ten degrees below normal for this time of the year. melissa, it's been raining, i no know you're keeping an eye on the wet roads. >> we have one of our photographers out and about, this is outbound willow road. she called me irene, she said we have high standing water. if you go through something like this it at can cause an accident. be careful especially with some of the potholes and the lower lying areas gather some water. 50 westbound at collington, a crash caused by high standing water. tony our audio engineer went through there and said it was nasty out there. 15 closed at spinks ferry road. more downed wires. northbound gum spring at braddock we have lanes blocked there. talk about a fashion frenzy. the new collection unveiling being blamed for downing target's website. 12 feet and hours later a puppy is waking up safe and sound this morning. how firefighters made sure he stayed safe even you're watching "news4 today." >> this morning, a puppy is safe and sound after he fell into a pipe and was stuck for seven hours in montgomery county. take a look at the pictures. the firefighters pulled the 19-week old pomeranian named blue from the pipe. he fell near blair high school. the crews fed him. they gave him oxygen while he was stuck. glad he made it out. thank you to the firefighters. well, the frenzy over a new line of items at target became so huge this weekend our own angie goff gave it the nickname pink sunday. online demand for the lilly pulitzer collection for target overwhelmed the website early sunday morning. many fans had stayed to shop on the unlimited edition. and they tweeted their frustration as they quickly sold out. i mean this happened before when they did masoni's. this is what happens when you get clothing for half the price. >> it's crazy. it's pandemonium. i'm going to move on. you can expect a tiny bit of relief this summer. the average round trip domestic ticket is $454. if you fly to europe it will cost you $1,600 to fly across the atlantic. that's $50 less than last time. lowering fuel prices and more seats is bringing down the price. according to "the baltimore sun," the airport is adding two gates to the international e-concourse. there's already another multimillion dollar project in the works to connect the e concourse with the domestic "d" concourse. that's adding two gates that would be able to swing between the domestic and international service. >> all right, thank you. >> you're welcome. news just for you. a new aaa study shows the average driver spends 46 minutes trying to travel 29 miles. the study says drivers ages 29 to 49 drive 13,000 miles a year. college graduates drive twice as much as those without degrees. men are behind the wheel more often and cover more miles. >> yeah. i let robert drive. i'll be the first to admit it. >> if you don't have to drive, you don't. >> if he's feeling really tired i'll take over. but otherwise -- >> very nice of you. good wife. stay with us. "news4 today" at 5:00 a.m. continues. it is 5:00 a.m. we start off with a weather alert day. >> looking live at storm team 4 radar as well as the scene outside right now. there is rain moving through our area. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal here with a look at how long the rain will be around. good morning. >> good morning, aaron. well the rain on storm team 4 radar is actually quickly pushing out of the area towards the east northeast. this activity will be over for the most part by 7:00 a.m. so if you're commuting around 8:00, 9:00, you're dealing with wet roads.