>> we'll see what chuck bell has to say. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. it's a beautiful start to the day. it's warmer no 30s on the map like yesterday. still, 40s and 50s on your way out the door. nice comfortable bike riding whether a hog or ten-speed. good bike riding for the rest of the day. a look at the tower in northeast washington basilica immaculate conception northeast washington there, beautiful early morning sunrise. temperatures are delightfully cool. we're mostly as i mentioned, in the 40s and 50s right now. 48 in leesburg and college park 52 down towards upper marlboro. beautiful day coming up. temperatures are going to continue to rise. quickly the dry air we've had allows for this cool start but also allows for a very quick warm-up. out for rolling thunder this morning at the staging area between 7:00 and 8:00 clear skies, temperatures around 60. plan on temperatures hovering around 80 degrees between noon and 5:00 this afternoon. we'll talk about your monday memorial day forecast coming up in a few minutes with seven-day. >> speaking of rolling thunder, today hundreds of thousands of bikers will honor the men and women uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. in about an hour bikers will gather at the pentagon for rolling thunder ride for freedom. several roads, including memorial bridge will close to the district. closures begin at 11:00 this morning. everything should be back open by 3:00 this afternoon. you can head over to thunder alley in the district. 22nd street will be closed between c street and constitution avenue starting at 9:00 this morning until 9:00 tonight. >> in about an hour i-95 expressways in virginia will shut down. bikers can use the lanes for the ride for freedom. they have reopen around 11:00. remain open the rest the day. >> a baby expected to survive a 30 foot fall. the one-year-old fell from 4th floor balcony. paramedics rushed that girl to the children hospital. they say bushes may have cushioned her landing. developing this morning in the district new information about the hunt for additional suspects in the murders of a family and their housekeeper. the four people arrested with prime suspect wint are out of jail. none of them have been charged. the new clues investigators are hoping to lead to wint's accomplices. >> evidence work still under way at this multi-million dollar crime scene where there was tragedy. the family and housekeeper held hostage for 19 hours, brutally killed and their home set ablaze. >> we'll continue to investigate this case and bring all charges appropriate in the coming weeks. >> reporter: investigators believe the one man in custody had help. >> we intend to have additional search warrants in coming days. >> reporter: new clues, print on water bottle. prosecutors want court order to conduct new fingerprints test on wint. >> fingerprint on water bottle is an important lead. if it's from a person who is not wint it could identify another killer in the case. >> reporter: another is the ransom money itself. unsealed court papers investigators made a strong claim that an assistant who worked for mr. savopoulos had, quote, lied to them about when and how the $40,000 in ransom was delivered. that assistant is not charged. cash could be another clue. at the scene of the capture wednesday night, u.s. marshall saw a large stack of what and to be $100 bills. others linked to the suspect but not charged admitted to money orders after the murders. >> it's about the money, who spent the money, who hat money, who has got the money orders. >> reporter: d.c.'s police chief said they believe the family was targeted. but why and who else is involved remain a big question. kelly o'donnell nbc news washington. several people arrested in cleveland, ohio, after a judge found the police officer not guilty in the death of an unarmed black couple. protesters marched through the street after the ruling. the march is remaining peaceful. police donned riot gear. the officer shot and killed timothy russell and malissa williams after a high-speed chase. he was one of 13 officers who fired 137 rounds into the couple's car after it back fired. the prosecution said brelo kept firing after the suspects were subdued. ♪ oh say can you see. >> by the dawn's early light ♪ >> today you can head over to capitol hill for the memorial day concert. gloria estefan will perform. we'll have a look at yesterday's dress rehearsal after joe montegna will host. there's the "american idol" winner. >> must not forget for those who serve and their families wars often continue long after the final bullet is fired. >> the concert is free and open to the public. gates open at 5:00 this afternoon at the west lawn of the capital. >> 6:06 on this sunday morning. here is what's going on in the weekend ahead. tomorrow memorial day, there's a parade to honor fallen soldiers in d.c. this is a national memorial day parade tenth year. if you want to see it head to constitution avenue along the national mall tomorrow afternoon. wednesday you'll have another chance to speak up about the long-term project to improve i-66. be that holding the first of four more public hearings on wednesday night, the agency plans to widen the road and add a hot lane outside the beltway. the project would destroy some people's homes. they would have to lose them. thursday two women in the d.c. court for a high-profile murder hearing. d.c. police said she established the lawyer to death in february then charged dominique johnson with conspiracy to commit robbery in that case as well. >> this tour bus, what a sight. what we're learning about the people on board. first rain then flooding. now sfr weather in oklahoma. we will take you to the damage next. welcome back. want to show you incredible video of a tour bus that turned into a fireball in arlington. take a look, fire wiped out the back as it on 395. firefighters didn't say how the fire started. the driver managed to pull over near the pentagon. everyone got out okay. we're told you could see the smoke all the way into northwest d.c. yikes yikes. >> ireland, the first nation to same-sex marriage by popular vote. the reverend up changed the constitution so marriage is between two people regardless of their sex. the president needs to ratify the change before gay and lesbian couples can marry. no word yet on when same-sex couples can obtain their marriage licenses. >> take a look at this. what appears to be a tornado heads straight to an oklahoma community. we'll get that video in a minute. there it is. weather officials haven't confirmed it and wonder if it qualifies as a tornado. one home was destroyed when the tornado touched down in central oklahoma. no one was inside the home at the time there. flash floods are forcing evacuations across the state. one firefighter in oklahoma drowned after being swept away by floodwaters while trying to rescue trapped residents. wild scene there in oklahoma. >> it's been really tough the last couple days fof them. >> so rough. a two othree-week stretch. incredible levels of moisture and rainfall. some places more than 15 impbts of rain just in the month of may so far. so really huge amounts of water to deal w flood warnings up for many many spots from really central and southern kansas all the way down into central texas. so a widespread area of big flooding problems in the middle of the u.s. meanwhile on the other side of the country where we are things couldn't be any prettier. three days off, three days of sunshine for many people. there's the sky outside early this morning. a mostly cloudy sky. temperatures in the 40s and 50s around urban centers, 58 reagan national. here is the big thing that will start changing our weather. the wind north to northwesterly wind winds coming back around south and southwest. that means warmer air and more humid air is just now starting to move back in the area. tomorrow morning will be milder than this. it's 45 in frederick maryland 46 in mart continuesberg and 46 in winchester 45 culpeper. a lot of 40s on the map. 58 reagan national 54 at the naval academy. if you're headed out for your early morning jog, plan on temperatures to jump quickly of the dry air in place cools off and allows these nice starts. dry air warms up quickly. we should be near 80 by noontime. memorial day weekend plenty of sunshine. our warming trend starts today not terribly humid yetd but the humidity will start as well. iowa to houston, look at the heavy rain there. flood warnings aplenty across southern plains states. for us no chance for rain for the rest of our holiday weekend. our next real chance for organized rainfall starts showing up into the tuesday timeframe in the shenandoah and around metro area. for today, plenty of sunshine out there. adam tuss reminds me nationals didn't win yesterday. >> got crushed. >> i don't baseball. >> 8-1. >> an l is an l doesn't matter what the score was. only braggerts care. >> back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning. welcome to reporters notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. we begin this morning with concerns about red at d.c. general. news 4 first reported blood tests on two children staying at the homeless shelter showed high level of led in their systems. one of the cafeterias subsequently tested positive for led forcing closure of the area where families had their meals. city health officials are testing the entire shelter. whether it's not clear whether those two children are exposed here, testing is being offered to all children living at the shelter. residents private rooms are being tested. your reaction to the testing and does it put pressure on the mayor to close. >> that was going through my mind as you went through the litany of problems. it's one more nail in the coffin to close. led poisoning is extremely serious. we have housing rules where you can't rent or have led chips in painting. this is a major, major problem. i think you're right, it's one more nail in the coffin to the facility. >> are you satisfied with the city's response to it? >> i think so. they are saying they don't know if the led in the homeless shelter was the cause. they know there are problems there. i have been in that shelter. it is not in the best condition. d.c. general, this problem has gone on and on. we've talked about mayor bowser said she wants to close this by 2016. to joe's point, i think this is a big problem for her because it's not going to go away. it's not a facility that's in great shape. they know there's probably led in their somewhere. so i think for the mayor, they have to figure out something. i don't know if she's going to be able to make it to 2016 to be quite honest. i think they are going onhave to put this on the fasttrack and figure out what to do with this old d.c. general. >> what do you think, dave? >> two things. how has the oversight been and how long has this led paint situation existed. yeah it is another problem. maybe the death knell for this hospital. what do they do to get a new one. from what i'm picking up in my reporting, there are constant problems with that fall. nobody thinks it's working yet it continues to exist because nobody can or will find a solution. >> if it is a led problem, then here is the other problem, the cost of cleaning it up. there is where it becomes a major expense for the city. >> an old building. >> that's it. it's an old building. it's not a place even you want homeless folks to be in if you've been in that facility. >> power struggles in the district. it appears mayor bowser will get some but not all of what she wants from the city council in the proposed $13 billion spending plan. while there is strong support for investing and spending on social services and education, housing for the homeless the council seems unwilling to expand bowser's powers of office. this includes the effort to consolidate powers now held by d.c.'s attorney general. she hopes it would set the tone? >> without a doubt. i don't think you can blame the mayor to see how much power she gets. she's new, i have a mandate, replaced sitting mayor from within my party. therefore people want me and i believe i should have these powers to transform the city in the way i want. she has two new counsel members coming on board, folks she supported. i think this is a typical sort of power play politically. i think what it will tell us is really who kind of has the power right now. i don't think it's a bad thing this is happening? >> dave should the mayor have the power some should racine be indiana? >> that's the argument. the argument it was a carefully thought out position creation. the fact is he should have certain powers not the mayor. there was a worry when he created it he would partly cloudy overbearing with the mayor, another player in the city's situation. whether there's a concern on her part that that's going to happen you'd have an argument about whether or not there's any evidence of that. the fact remained there was a lot of time money, and expense going into creating this position and why you're going to throw it out because the mayor doesn't think that person. >> he ran on the understanding he would be independent. the other thought that comes to my mind is that we always talk pout the importance of looking like a state, wanting to be a state. if this were a state and we had statehood, the reality is that carl racine would be the attorney general of the state and independent. i think, as you said this is a power play. she'll have to learn to compromise. the reality is karl racine this position should not be a cabinet position. he needs to be independent. that's what he ran on that's what people elected him on that's what it should be. >> redefining police assault in the district. the definition of assault on a d.c. police officer may change. city council could hold hearings on precisely what assault means or should mean. wmau radio pad rick madden reported this that another city minor in fractions, wiggling while handcuffed or yelling can constitute assault. places like maryland have other options for charging you. police union says current law is hard on them. they think it's sort of apartment kuwait antiquated? >> wiggling? walking while black. now you can wiggle while black and get arrested. the reason i bring up a lot of these lawyers go back to the riots of the '60s, the vietnam demonstration. they should be looked at. >> dave how do you think this would impact policing in the city today. >> clearly there's a lot of concerns. it's funny how since we had the incident in ferguson and new york and baltimore and now the story on our colleagues and wamu. what we learned about what the people are like in these situations young black people often white police force. now we learn a law nobody paid much attention, i have did not very little until this particular issue came up. what i'm getting is this is certainly a law that needs to be changed, needs to be modified. it isn't working properly. it allows again, police undue influence over the people they are arresting. >> this is something we know nothing about unless you're arresting for assault by police if you're wiggling because you have handcuffs on. it's a problem in many areas. came out and said she's against it the police union is against the current law and they want to see it changed. i think statistically i think what's interesting, two-thirds of those arrests, folks are not charged and they are not charged with any other crime. so right there it tells you it's taking up a lot of time for police. i think it's problematic in terms of the imaging of police also. when you have a jurisdiction in maryland where you can be arrested for resisting arrest but having the same sort of back and forth with a police officer and you can be charged with assault because your cuffs are too tight. >> got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. right now verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data and reliability. so you never have to settle. now, also get $200 when you join and buy a new smartphone. stop by or visit us online. and save without settling. only on verizon. >> no more parallel parking. they say it's redundancy already includes a maneuver, a reverse two-point turnaround or turn about which involves the same skills as parallel parking. now you don't have to learn to parallel park in maryland d.c. or virginia. joe. >> yes, you do. >> you do have to master that reverse two-point turn about. >> it's just not required to pass your test but you darn well better learn how to parallel park in d.c. >> or anywhere else. >> or anywhere else in america. it's become a nationalesh. i didn't realize how much states have gotten rid of it. what you aren't telling people is there's this highway to failure. maybe it's like when i lived in the midwest, we used to always tell a car, i hate to say this from chicago, because the front bumper was bumped in back bumper bumped in bumped out, that's the way you parallel park. >> this is wrong. >> you mentioned failure rate. apparently it's high the parallel parking portion of the test in maryland has a high failure rate. there are some who say it creates long lines, slows things down. if you don't have parallel parking, get your license faster and the lines will move faster. >> first let me cop to the fact i failed my parallel parking the first time. >> no. >> yes, i did. i did pass. >> you were probably what? >> 16. >> 29. >> no at 16. but to your point, you've gone to mba, lines are long. the argument is it decreases the lines. who is going to argue against that but we all know you still have to parallel park. you have a car, right? >> that's why i would argue against it. >> you have to parallel park. the two-point turn around i would argue is not the same as learning how to parallel park. i don't understand this other than the lines. i don't like it. >> many years ago when i took my test it was imbued in my by my father and traffic folks, learning to parallel park is emblematic of learning how to drive. if that's the skill you don't have you don't know how to drive. you've simply got to do it. it was a tough thing to do. yet we're not doing it because of long lines, people can't pass i like to talk to miami beach about the criteria. >> can i add one thing. we're soon going to have technology in cars you see it on commercials now, the car automatically parallel parks. it parks itself. maybe they are thinking ahead. >> the school board back to the drawing board in montgomery county. the interim superintendent stays a year after the top candidate drops out. dr. andrew hulli han says he backed out for reasons. the current interim will delay his june retirement for a year. what's the back story. >> i think here what's going on bowser is a guy -- >> bowers. >> bowers i'm sorry. going back to the mayor. has been there over three decades, the school board knows him. if we back up a little bit, graduation rates were up when joshua starr was the superintendent. he seemed to get along with community members of he's moved on gotten another job, yet the school board can't find someone to lead the state's largest school district someone with experience. the person they interviewed was from houston, experience with several jobs but not superintendent. i do think the question goes back to the school board. is there a reason you can't find someone to lead this school system the largest in the state, have you to go back to an interim person also hadn't been a superintendent. >> you're right. not only is the interim superintendent been there for three decades but he appears to be very popular. and people seem to have a tremendous amount of respect for him. so maybe a lot of people are saying he should be the superintendent. number two. i don't understand how you offer a job, how your number one candidate is somebody who has never been a superintendent and then you want to put them in a position to be the superintendent of the largest school district in the state and one of the most successful? doesn't make sense to me. >> your thoughts? >> some are saying. some people are wondering maybe it's time to take a closer look at the school board. how do they handle mr. starr's departure and how are they handling this new situation? is there some criteria they are applying something that's going on? i'm not saying any of this is true but it does seem -- there seems to be perhaps from my reporting tells me some troubling aspects of this whole situation. >> final question will you attend preakness if run in laurel as opposed to pimlico. >> answer yes. it's part of the triple. i don't think it makes any difference where it is. it's not churchill downs. pinnacle is older. the community has changed. it's still the preakness. >> i think the diehards will still go. again, the optics of this everything going on baltimore, this would be one more backhand slap at the city that they would actually move one of the triple crown races out of the city and move it into laurel which is really seen as a suburb of washington, d.c. >> the idea dave is to boost attendance and interest. >> horse racing has faced tough times. they need an injection. they are obviously thinking they are can improve the situation by moving. would you move from church hill downs for the kentucky derby, aqueduct or belmont stakes? baltimore -- i don't think baltimore will lay down and let the race get away. >> they are going to fight this one and i would, too, if it were baltimore. >> they can fight for improvements from pimlico, use it as a wedge issue to get something done there. >> thank you, gentlemen. that's reporters notebook. thanks for being with us. "news 4 today" continues. taking a look at your top stories today, montgomery county a baby is recovering from a 40 foot fall. montgomery county ems says the little girl fell off a balcony in silver springs and somehow survived. four people arrested with quadruple murder suspect daron wibt out of jail. investigators hoping to find out who else was involved with the murders of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper. a live look at the skies over washington. a nice day. you can see hubs of thousands expected to gather at the pentagon parking lot in 30 minutes or so. a hot of motorcycles -- motorcyclists or bikers already lined up. roll out, this is the plan around noon the rolling thunder ride for freedom. several roads, including memorial bridge will close. you can visit nbc washington app for a list of all those closures. a very good morning. welcome to "news 4 today" to you. i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. hope you're having a good sunday morning. chuck says sunshine will be out today, good motorcycle weather. >> absolutely right. get your hog out and take a ride. don't forget your helmet and don't forget your sunscreen on the way out the door. plenty of sunshine on tap for the middle of the three days of your holiday weekend. here is the view outside early this morning. temperatures have dropped back down mostly into the 40s and 50s early this morning. again, there's our friendly neighbor here in northeast washington basilica national shrine of the immaculate conception out there. sunshine on top of the dome this morning. temperatures mid to upper 40s in the outer suburbs to mid and upper 50s along the bay and urban centers. temperatures later this afternoon looking for a high of 82 in washington 83 in manassas, leesburg 84 in frederick maryland nice day to be outside. a little cooler along western shore of the bay. bayside in the mid up toer 70s today. today 82. not quite as cool tomorrow morning and a little bit more humid tomorrow afternoon as temperatures will get back up close to 90 degrees. seven-day forecast has several mentions of 90s. i'll show you that in a couple minutes. for now, back over to the news. >> thanks chuck. a family in prince george's county is grieving today. a motorcycle slammed into a group of pedestrians near prince george's plaza killing a child. news 4 darcy spencer tell us what led up to that crash. >> reporter: this car and this motorcycle collided outside the entrance to a shopping mile in hyattsville this holiday weekend. the motorcycle skidded across the intersection into a group of pedestrians claiming the life of a child who is standing on the sidewalk. >> just out enjoying the weather, doing a little shopping. we saw this really tragic scene. >> the violent crash happened 4:00 in the afternoon outside the mall on prince george's east georgia highway. police tell us the driver of this car was techlting to turn left into the mall. the motorcycle was driving straight on east west when they collided in the intersection. >> you were seeing someone put on the stretcher like that? >> i was just praying that everything was going to be all right. >> officials say several people including two children six and nine years old were transported. one of the children died. police tell us the motorcycle driver was hospitalized. the driver of the car was not. police spent hours processing the scene. debris shoes, and clothing strewn in the roadway. the crash investigation team still determining who was at fault and the circumstances surrounding the crash. >> i'm just coming out of the mall. i just went in the mall it must have just happened. i hope they are okay. >> darcy spencer, news 4. >> a uva student asking for his case to be thrown out. our sister's station reports martise johnson filed the petition. they say they didn't have a vite and violated rights while arrested. two officers arrested him outside a bar on st. patrick's day. video of him bleeding while being handcuffed and questioned questioning whether they used excessive force. the arrest sparked an outcry. officers forced to undergo diversity training. opening up about possibility of a new trial in her daughter's murder. convicted of killing her in rock creek park of his lawyers filed paperwork requesting a new trial. they say his old cell mate lied on the witness stand. it was his testimony, not any physical evidence or a murder weapon that led to the conviction. her mother susan, says she just wants justice. >> i don't think i would sit through the entire trial as i did the first time. there's no need to. the outcome, whatever way, i still will never get my daughter back. >> next week federal prosecutors are expecting to tell the judge how long they need to prepare for a new trial. >> amtrak service had to be stopped in anne arundel county when a man tried to jump from a moving train of the man wasn't hurt but was arrested. yesterday the train was stopped 40 minutes between stations. a paramedic accused of having inappropriate contact with a minor. loudoun county sheriff arrested him friday night. he's charged with indecent liberties with underage girl and using a communication device to solicit a child. he's a lieutenant with the hamilton volunteer rescue squad. he's being held at the loudoun county adult detention center with no bond. a very early pecking order coming down in the republican presidential race next year. dr. ben carson came in first in a straw poll at the southern leadership conference. the event ended yesterday. carson delivered keynote address. senator cruz was supposed to speak but canceled to vote on the patriot act. he came in third. wisconsin governor scott walker took second mass. the demilleitarized zone dmz, a group that includes gloria steinem denied walking across the line but they were able to take a bus across. the border one of the most heavily fortified in the world. the group intending to bring peace between the two countries. coming up ahead, volunteers including boy scouts, will place roses at arlington national cemetery. begins at noon. volunteers will bring more than 120,000 roses. tomorrow volunteers will hand out roses to families of fallen soldiers. reality tv show amid allegations among the kids and counting cast. why records trace, the molestation case back to josh duggar. >> a bicycle thief sharing tricks of the trade from jail. when and how bike thieves strike and how you can protect your bike. plus a man is taken to the morgue in a body bag and then he leaves on a hospital stretcher. you w ♪ (music throughout) ♪ sfx: (smash) sfx: (roar) ♪ sfx: (roar) sfx: (engine roars) . right now in texas, hundreds of people escaping dangerous floods. heavy rains causing rivers to rise above their banks. you see cars submerged near the oklahoma bofrder. firemen call it catastrophic. decades old molestation case doesn't exist, destroyed. the "19 kids and counting" reality star when he was a teen. on friday they announced they were pulling reruns from the schedule. duggar apologized for his actions thursday on facebook and resigned from the family research council. tv personality sharon osbourne collapsed at her home in los angeles. the spokesman tells the daily mail the 62-year-old suffered from extreme exhaustion. she'll take a month long break from her talk show "the talk." >> today is a great day for biking. you want to make sure your bike is secure. news 4 i-team took the investigation to the next level, revealed secrets and strategies of a bike thief. >> reporter: bold bike thieves working in tandem. >> three of them. >> reporter: or working on their own. it's a crime of opportunity. >> why were you trying to take that bike? >> i was -- it was just sitting there p. >> reporter: more than 200 bikes swiped each month in our area. we wonder who are these thieves and why are they doing it? news 4 i-team traveled to this prison south of charlottesville, virginia to hear from one man who knows. >> stressed out. >> the first time northern virginia man stole a bike he said he simply need add ride to get to work. >> i was stressed. shouldn't have done that but that's what started it all. >> reporter: then he started taking a and flipping bikes for cash. police eventually caught him, he pleaded guilty and is serving 12 years in prison. he agreed to sit down with news 4 i-team p and share his secrets providing we don't show his work. >> a person goes to work at 8:00 have to be there between 8:00 and 9:00. i do it early. >> for him prime time to strike was after sunrise. >> weekdays only. >> monday through friday. >> targeted condos where bikes placed on racks in parking garage because he found it easy to get inside and blend in. >> you can live in an apartment building for a few years and not know your neighbors. >> he used this to your advantage. >> they don't actually come out and meet you and say what's doing on. >> reporter: once he had a bike didn't hold onto it for long. >> sell it on the street while it's hot. >> reporter: news 4 i-team are on it tracked a bike in maryland. it was swiped and sold in less than two hours. this thief had an eye for high-end new bikes, targeting them instead of older ones. >> name brands fuji specialized, giants. >> reporter: he flipped them for pennies on the dollar. >> say $1200 bike might get, say, 3 to $400. >> not before removing serial registration numbers. >> wash it down grit and grime. >> reporter: he's amazed how some people secured their bikes. if i put one lock on my bike is that enough to stop you? >> no what you put on this is cable locks. they are about as thick as your pinkie. a small set of bolt cutters cut right through it. >> reporter: the biggest deterrent for guys like him, u locks, three of them. >> multiple locks, put them on your bike different places, lock frame and wheel together so can't roll easy have to carry it. that draws attention. >> what is the best way to lock up your bicycle to prevent a thief from taking it. at our nbc washington app right now a demonstration video for you. we'll also show you our previous undercover investigations to show you just how fast your bike will be taken if it's not lock properly. scott mcfarland news 4 i-team. >> lock up that bike. more than 400 people like this next story on our nbc washington facebook page. a man was pronounced dead in his apartment in milwaukee but he was actually alive. paramedics say when they arrived he was cold to the touch and rigor mortis. when he was taken to the morgue he started to move his right arm, leg. police already told his procedure he was dead and taken to the occupies. he was taken to the hospital instead of the morgue. his brother said he's improving every day. >> the movement it and he started to breathe but still could not find a pulse on the guy, really confusing. the fire department not commenting any further because they say it's under investigation. it appears no one tried to resuscitate him. >> he woke up dead and is feeling better. >> i hope he's doing all right. >> you can only go up from there, right? >> and you thought we were having a bad day. >> exactly. >> oh, boy. no bad day with the weather, right? >> no, all green light conditions from the weather today. plenty of sunshine already out there for you first thing this morning." it's going to be another fantastic day to be outside. i took the afternoon off to drive out to leesburg. what a great day it was outside in northern virginia yesterday. maybe today go up into maryland. you never know. outside we go. this is a view from city cameras this morning. sunshine streaming down into down washington right now. 400, 500,000 of your favorite motorcycle riding friends gearing up for rolling thunder, one of my all-time favorite events in washington. it's so washington to have everybody out there, bikes crossing the iconic bridge. get cameras along the national mall. if you see a veteran, give them a handshake and thank you, for her as well. 58 in washington sunshine out there, south winds mean warm up and humidity increase is doing to begin today. it won't be too bad for today and tomorrow. we'll finish out the holiday weekend with near perfect weather conditions. as we head spot rest of the week you'll see the seven-day looking very summery. mid-40s in the shenandoah valley northern maryland. mid and upper 50s in and around town. here is your hour by hour planner. temperatures right around 55 for 7:00 a.m. 79 degrees by 1:00. 82 for our high today. but look at all that sunshine out there, start to finish. sun is not down until 8:21 this evening. so beautiful long day. overall impact on your day today, nice and low. a nice quiet, cool morning and sunny, toasty warm afternoon coming our way. again, look at all the rain out here in the middle of the country. bad weather from st. louis down to oklahoma city and houston by comparison oklahoma city has had 18 imps of rain this month alone. that would be the all-time rainiest month on record here in washington if we had that kind of rain here. the last time we had anywhere near that much rain here in a single month was back in june of 2007. it's been a long time. that month we only had 14 inches of rain. no rain in our forecast for today. future weather, sunshine for today. then tomorrow morning off to a comfortably cool start. it's going to get really warm around here tomorrow. upper 80s to near 90 degrees. staying dry, end of the day tuesday, temperatures 90 rain chances on tuesday i think are confined to blue ridge westbound shenandoah and mountains. here is your seven-day forecast 82 comfy humidity and tons of sunshine today. a little more humid tomorrow back up to 90 tuesday. there are rain chances in and around the metro area starting wednesday and carrying it into next weekend. chuck, thanks. a virginia father makes his daughter feel like a princess. how >> there you go. nearly 1,000 cadets graduated from west point military academy. the cadets will serve in the military as second lieutenant. joint chief of staff martin dempsey delivered the speech. congratulations to them. >> your child's college degree a little more important than last year. there are about 2% recent fewer college grads in jobs that don't require and actual degree. that's according to federal re bank of new york. it also said online posting for degrees increased. underemployed still higher than it was six years ago before the recession. it's not unheard of angie, for a little girl to dream of being a princess. i can tell thank you firsthand. >> both can with four years old. >> one father's quest to make his daughter's dream come true led him thousands of miles around the world. >> love this story. sharing their movie-like experience. >> reporter: emily is like a lot of seven years old. >> i like to play outside. i like to swing. >> she likes math reading, playing with her dog and dreaming of being a princess just over a year ago, she asked her father jeremiah if she could be a real princess. >> as any father would, i told her she could be. i felt bad about making a promise i couldn't keep. >> reporter: he then set out to fulfill a promise. he searched online to find if it was possible to find unclaimed land where he could create his country. >> it had the criteria that would allow me to create my own nation. >> unpopulated patch of desert between egypt and sudan. months later heaton was on his way to egypt. once there on emily's seventh birthday he planted the flag of his kingdom, the kingdom of north sudan. heaton's children came up with the crown and four stars on royal blew. heatin was now king he says emily his princess. it wasn't happily ever after just yet. she recalls a teacher who travels and helps starving children. >> she travels to africa and brings stuff to them to help. >> emily wanted more. >> in her simple child-like terms, she asked if we could grow a garden big enough to feed everyone. >> reporter: not understanding the challenges of doing that in the desert heaton set out to figure out if it was possible. >> if we could figure out a way to grew food using limited water, new technologies that technology could be applied elsewhere in the world where it might not be quite as dry. >> reporter: the husband and father of three is adding another project, developing an agriculture research center, a place where scientists from around the globe can come together in a laboratory to develop new ideas in hopes of solving world hunger. >> right now we have 1100 scientists on the list and the list is growing daily. >> heaton believes egypt would welcome a border to benefit from. >> they are savvy, understand the benefits i bring to the area. they see project as more than just a princess story. they understand i have goals and ambitions. >> sparks from a little girl learning almost anything is possible. >> nbc don jeffries is there. he's really making the rest of us look bad. >> right. >> she dreams it up he makes it happen. i have a pop-up castle. >> exactly. don't tell your daughter that story. it's great. not only is she a princess but a public servant in a sense. much more ahead on "news 4 today." >> an hour by hour look at the >> hundreds of thousands paying respect to service members on rolling thunder ride. you can use the umbrella at home unless you're going to use it as a parasol. don't forget water and sunblock all part of a beautiful and sunny holiday weekend. >> plus two released in connection with the murder of a d.c. family and their housekeeper. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. good morning and hope you're having a great memorial day weekend so far. can't complain about the weather. >> chuck says if you do there's something wrong with you. you said it not me. >> i think i said it yesterday. >> you did thanks for pulling that out. if you're complaining about the weather, maybe the bar needs to be moved up on nice weather to enjoy. this is about as good as we can get it this time of the year. it's comfortable and cool and dry outside early this morning. there's a live picture over reston town center. pay no attention to rockville. rockville 52 that a real number. 60 downtown 54 towards brandywine 61 edgewater this morning. 48 out in bristow and manassas. rolling thunder staging area the next hour or so temperatures 60 degrees, sunshine. harleys out, plan on temperatures around 80 degrees. on the whole a beautiful day to be outside today. of course tomorrow is actually memorial day itself. a little warmer tomorrow. highs in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. there are plenty of chances to be 90 or higher this week. show you the seven-day forecast coming up. >> chuck, thanks. today hundreds of thousands of bikers will other than those in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. bikerser dpath egg for the rolling thunder ride for freedom. several roads including memorial bridge will close from the pentagon to the district. closures will begin at 11:00. everything will be back open we're told by 3:00 this afternoon. can you head to thunder alley in the district. keep in mind 22nd street will be closed between c street and constitution avenue northwest starting at 9:00 this morning until 9:00 tonight. >> right now the i-95 expressway lanes in virginia are shut down. bikers can use the lanes for the ride for freedom. express lanes will reopen around 11:00 this morning. they will remain northbound for the remainder of the day today. >> a baby girl expected to survive a 40-foot fall in silver spring. montgomery county fire and ems said the one-year-old fell from this balcony. paramedics rushed the girl to the hospital. they say bushes may have cushioned her landing. developing this morning in the distribute the four people arrested with quadruple murder expect deron wint are out of jail. none have been charged in connection with the calf oppose lsu murders. kelly o'donnell reports on new clues that could reveal why this family was targeted. >> reporter: evidence work still under way at this multi-million dollar crime scene, the family's life and remnants of tragedy. the savopoulos family and housekeeper held hostage 19 hours, brutally killed and home set ablaze. >> we'll continue to investigate this case and bring charges appropriate in the coming week. >> reporter: investigators believe one man in custody, da ron wint had help. >> reporter: new clues, prints on a water bottle. they want new fingerprint tests on wint. >> the fingerprint on the water bottle is an important lead. if it's from a person who is not wint it could identify another killer in the case. >> reporter: another is the ransom money itself. in unsealed court papers investigators made the strong claim that an assistant who worked for mr. savopoulos had, quote, lied to them about when and how the $40,000 in ransom was delivered. that assistant is not charged. cash could be another clue. at the scene of wint's capture thursday night, u.s. marshals saw a large stack of what and to be $100 bills. others traveling with the suspect but not charged admitted to purchasing money orders after the murders. >> it's about the money, who spent the money, who has the money, who has got the money orders. >> d.c.'s police chief said they believe the family was targeted. but the why and who else is involved remain big questions. kelly o'donnell, nbc news washington. >> at least one person was hurt after protest in ohio. people took to the streets after judge found a city police officer not guilty in the deaths of an unarmed black couple. one woman was hurt when someone threw something into a restaurant window. most of last night's marches remained peaceful. michael brelo shot and killed russell and williams after a high-speed chase. brelo was one of 13 officers who fired 137 rounds into the couple's car after it back fired. the prosecution said brelo kept firing after the suspects were subdued. ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ today you can head over to capitol hill for the memorial day concert. "american idol" winner there singing. also singer gloria estefan will perform. here is a look after gary sinise and joe montegna will co-host for the tenth year. it's open to the public. gates open at the lawn of the west capital. let's look at what you need to know about the week ahead. family activity tomorrow national memorial day parade starts along national mall at 2:00 p.m. it honors u.s. soldiers that died. in northern virginia you can weigh in on major changes coming to i-66. vdot plans to add new lawns and tolls to the highway. some houses could be taken to make that happen. vdot holding public meetings about the project wednesday and thursday night. also thursday two women in a d.c. court for a high-profile murder hearing. d.c. police say she stabbed messerschmitt to death in february. they charged dominique johnson with conspiracy to commit robbery in that case. parallel parking. some are good at it others not so much. but you won't be required to do it to get a license in one state. severe weather takes a destructive turn in oklahoma. we're going to take you to the damage next. queue up the "jaws" music, shark sightings not enough to scare people from beaches on memorial day weekend. despite danger, why spotting sharks is a good thing. ♪ ♪ ♪ one home destroyed when funnel cloud touches down in oklahoma. no one was inside the home at the time. flash flood meanwhile forcing evacuations across the state still. one firefighter in oklahoma drowned after being swept away by floodwaters while trying to rescue trapped residents. >> this is a scary one as you head to the beach. >> yeah. >> think about jumping in the ocean ocean. >> you're a little skittish of the water. >> because of jellyfish. >> people need to watch out for sharks. >> people have been spotting them. joe reports. >> reporter: the sharks might not be big enough to prompt "jaws" music but there have been sightings. you guys hear about the sharks? >> yes. >> what do you think? >> more than a dozen great whites spotted swimming and feeding from shore near huntington beach. >> i think i'm going to stay out of the water prosecutor they are juveniles, 5 to 7 feet long just like jeffrey jacobson. >> i'm 6 feet. >> it's you size jeffrey size but with bigger teeth. so far they are not aggressive and not scaring away brave borders. >> i'm right back out. >> reporter: while shark sightings might keep some beachgoers out of the water, this is good news to researchers, a sign the once struggling great white population is growing. >> shark populations around the world are in trouble. this is a potential drit spot. >> reporter: shark spogts happening in unlikely places. a one ton great white named mary lee a social media sensation, tweeting every time she surfaces loeg 60,000 followers to track her pins and have fun. she's like the great white kardashian of the ocean tweeted a fan. back out west lifeguards want people to be aware and cautious. but this holiday weekend, it's the rip currents that might have the biggest bite. joe friar, nbc news huntington peach,, california. >> all you have to do is tell me you've seen a shark out there, i'm not going in. >> you know what i learned from that package? a shark has more followers on twitter than i do. >> so sad. >> so sad. one virginia woman setting the record straight on deflategate scandal. >> a message to tom brady haters printed in her obituary. forecast chances for rain next week are changing. when we can see sprinkles. look at this amazing roh of a tour bus that burst into flames by i-95 by the pentagon exit there. we're told you could see the smoke all the way in d.c. the fire destroyed the back half of the bus. the driver managed to pull over and everyone got out okay. firefighters didn't say how this started. >> some of your teenagers might be celebrating if you live in maryland. parallel parking is no longer part of the test to get your driver's license there. i hit the road to find out what some of you think about that change. there are a lot of us learning how to parallel park is like a time honored position. >> you have to learn how to parallel park. >> maryland no longer requiring you to pass the parallel parking portion of the parking stes. here is a news flash, not maryland or d.c. either. it's the art of parallel parking lost on our drivers. >> it's really difficult. it took me a while to learn how to do it. >> you're not a good parker? >> no. >> why not in why? >> i don't know the angles. >> word that maryland is now eliminating the parking process of the road test not sitting well with some. >> parallel parking should not be taken out. >> head of i-drive smart driving school. >> just doesn't matter parking, space management control vehicle at low speed. >> check out response on twitter. one, soft maryland. guess there are a ton of 16-year-old kids rejoicing today but is it really that difficult? time to take a test for ourselves. let me just say this i personally consider myself one heck of a parallel parker but i learned there are things i could brush up on. >> leave a little room in front and back. i feel confident about my parallel parking. >> i would tell you to get closer. >> too far away but on the second attempt. >> nice recovery. >> nice recovery? >> nice recovery. >> yes. >> the thing is you forgot your parking brake. >> why should you use the parking brake? the instructor told me lighter material in newer cars makes it easier for them to roll away. i have to say i'm auto good parallel parker. i didn't know which line he was talking about, yellow or white one. that's my story and i stick to it. >> i still think they should have left it part of the exam. it teaches you the driving process and -- >> she gets out of the car, a person in the passenger seat. i'm removing myself from the conversation. >> like the movie "clueless." isn't there a middle lane? >> i'm laughing because it's true. >> younger kids don't care. >> there was an article that a lot of kids aren't going for driver's license, a lot of are using ride sharing services. >> parking sensors and back-up cameras and everything else it's certainly gotten easier. i learned in an '83 suburban with no help. >> you can park that. >> a week after my 16th birthday. my dad took me to downtown boston and said, there you go put it in that spot. anyway i digress. >> all this chitchat means, we don't need a lot of time to give you the forecast because the weather could not be any more cooperative with anything you want to do outside. there's the view over the pentagon parking lot. couple hundred thousand motorcycles getting ready for the ride for freedom. gets going at noon. obviously a couple thousand people out there getting things ready. temperature 80 degrees reagan national sunshine light breeze out of the south. south winds will increase today into tomorrow. the result keep the sunshine. a warming trend is coming our way. not too humid yet but summer levels of humidity will be here in just a couple days from now. we're still in the cooler 40s in some of the northern and western suburbs but 55 in gaithersburg 50 in leesburg and ashburn, 60 degrees now in capital heights and temperatures now are about 5 to 10 degrees on average warmer than we were at this time yesterday. that trend will continue. tomorrow morning warmer than this one. tuesday morning warmer than that one. there's your hourly temperatures. we're going to hop up today out of the 60s quickly into the mid 70s before lunchtime. most everybody's neighborhood in the low- to mid-80s during the course of the afternoon. satellite picture, skies are mostly clear overnight. mid level cloudiness trying to drift in from the west. that's all it's going to do dim out sunshine by 5% later on today. no chance for rain today. if you're traveling towards chicago, st. louis, middle of the country, dallas houston, you could run into substantial flight delays if you're flying or changing plains in the central part of the u.s. today. around here as you stay on the i-95 corridor plenty of sunshine for the day today. a light southerly breeze will get things up into the low 80s. not too humid yet. another good day i think for baseball phillies somehow managed to cheat their way to a win yesterday. today the nationals and phillies will try again 1:35 first pitch, temperature 77 at first pitch. most of the game time temperatures in the low 80s. if you still have a couple more days to get to the beach, if you left now you could spend all day on the sand. 74 today, 77 tomorrow and 80 damages on tuesday. perfect beach weather for the next couple of days. here another check of seven-day forecast back up to near 90 degrees starting on tuesday and that goes through the rest of the week. shower and thunderstorm chances come in as well. >> looks like summer is here for sure. a woman is weighing in on deflategate scandal from beyond the grave. 72-year-old patricia shong died in massachusetts. in her obituary her family wrote, quote, she would like for us to set the record straight for her. brady is innocent. quarterback tom brady was at least generally aware of underinflated footballs during nfc game this year. nfl suspended brady four games. it's serious business. should set the record straight no matter what. >> tom brady page theres a facebook page called free tom brady, holding a peaceful rally for a man half god, half human. >> here is the thing, i don't think any of us should feel bad for tom brady. >> doing okay. got a nice wife. she's okay looking. makes a few bucks. >> won four super bowls, so he's okay. 7:22 this sunday morning. why virginians can get tax breaks for buying batteries and . welcome back. this week's wednesday's child is a 17-year-old who has a plan for his life. he would like that plan to include parents. >> he's a wonderful young man who works to overcome deficits with a family who cares. introducing us to devonte. >> alexandria's new police headquarters several officers were waiting to meet him. his dream, becoming a police officer. >> i'm officer baumer. >> nice to meet you. >> every time i visit, he tells me how much he'd like to be in law enforcement. >> his adoption social worker says becoming a police officer has been his dream as long as she's known him. she calls him g for short. >> g has a very strong sense of justice and wanting to see that justice is done. >> reporter: he also liked the amazing features in the police cruiser officer berman gave him a tour of. >> he's enthusiastic about everything diligent in his schoolwork. >> reporter: they showed off amazing things rocco does to help fight crime. >> is he an officer? >> he's considered to be a regular officer. >> reporter: he likes what adoption would mean for him. >> to find a family who loves and will respect you and stuff like that to go live with someone permanently, become their legal son. >> hi. >> alexandria's police chief earl cook invited us to stop by his office. >> have a seat. so you'll be chief of police one day, perhaps in the city of alexandria. >> he likes the sound of that something to put on his wish list along with having that family to be proud of all his future accomplishments. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for javonte or another child waiting call special adoption hot line 1-888-adopt me or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. starting tomorrow you can stock up for hurricane season in virginia without paying sales tax. the tax-free who had runs through sunday. that means you won't have to pay taxes on batteries, bottled water and other supplies. >> want to remind you we have the rolling thunder ride for freedom going on. a lot of road closures. check out nbcwashington.com when the back drop to the sporting field is the brilliant blue water, you can be sure it's going to be a spectacular day. when it's time to shine, monaco does it with ease. there are hundreds of millions floating in the harbor. the casino crunches numbers that will spin you out. they've been racing around the streets sense 1929 but the event never