fitness forecast today. if you are exercising outside by 7:00 a.m., spotty showers, near 60 degrees. by noon scattered showers and i think the rain chance by noon will be very likely for widespread rain some of which could be moderate. by 6:00 p.m. though the chance for those scattered thunderstorms, notice the temperature, 74 degrees. so just keep that umbrella handy like we've been saying. coming up in a minute chuck and i are back to look at the weekend. a couple of things have cleared, sheena. rock creek parkway had the left lane getting by each way. that has cleared out of the way. so has this problem, northbound third street tunnel there at massachusetts avenue. all of that green rain of some sort falling across the area. taking a look, bottom of the beltway in town and out of town are fine. same thing here when you look at 270. 70 to the spur will take you 27 minutes. 66 miles per hour. same situation if you're headed tb no major problems there. everything looking pretty good. big look at the beltway inner loop and outer loop. earlier accidents have both cleared. melissa, thank you. 5:02. following breaking news this morning. a call to police ends in gunfire. montgomery county police officers shot and killed a suspect last night montgomery village. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the scene with more on the evidence that police are looking at this morning. justin, what have you found out so far? >> reporter: angie, good morning. at this hour detectives are still scrambling to collect more evidence at the center port condo complex. we do know that they did find a gun last night but they have not said if that gun was fired. let's take you to some video that we have gathered here for you. about 11:00 last night an officer was called to a scene reporting to a theft. at some point he and a man squared off. the officer we are told struck the man in the upper hospital. once his family is notified police are telling us they will release his name to the public. later today that officer's name is also set to be revealed, too. we do know that he is now on administrative paid leave per department policy. we also know last september as well montgomery county police did roll out a full body cam rollout for officers here so perhaps video will factor in this case. we'll bring much more this morning. back to you. >> justin, thank you. 5:03. major development this morning off the coast of south korea. >> molette green has the news about a ferry that sank. she's at the live desk. what have you got? >> reporter: this is a grim discovery in south korea. salvage crews found possible human remains from a ferry disaster. we told you about this ferry sinking back in 2014 and killed more than 300 people. most of them high school students. crews found the remains in the water where they actually raised the wreckage last week. now other missing victims could still be once it actually arrives at port investigators will then search for those remaining missing victims along with an exact cause. they have blamed that disaster on overloaded cargo and negligence. back to you, angie. >> thank you, molette for the update. talking politics. president trump getting ready to take a major swipe at former president obama's legacy on climate change. he is expected to sign an executive order that rolls back mr. obama's initiatives on reducing carbon emissions and lifting the moratorium on coal. his goal is to have energy independence and job growth. the white house issuing a new threat to sanctuary cities. >> yesterday attorney general jeff sessions was asked about the rape investigation at rockville high school. one of the suspects there is an undocumented immigrant sparking a debate about cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities. >> i would plead with the people makes the state of maryland more at risk for violence and crime, that it's not good policy. >> despite what sessions said, hyattsville will vote on whether or not to become a sanctuary city. they said 53% are opposed to the sanctuary ordinance, 44% support it. meanwhile, we're learning that the father of henry sanchez millian, one of the suspects in the rockville case, is in jail. they tell us that he is in the u.s. unlawfully. he's originally from guatemala. his son was charged with first degree rape and two counts of first degree sexual offense. a girl with an infectious laugh who loved to be on the playground. this morning teachers at imagination early learning center are choosing to remember how 4-year-old leila they held a vigil for leila last night with balloons and candles. some of her friends were there. she and her sister were killed by their father in what they're calling a murder/suicide. the grandfather said all he can do is hold onto the memories. >> the joy she had when i took her to the playground and pushed her in the swings. when she crossed the grass and looked back at me with the little face, papa. >> the school will continue to remember laila displaying her little diploma. the girl's mother was also shot and is still in the hospital. new details in the brutal murder of a d.c. artist may lead to her killer. this morning d.c. police forensic teams are prosecuting her car for evidence. the 2004 toyota prius were found on friday. they're not saying where. stabbed to death in a basement apartment. they still want to speak to this man about her death. they're calling him a person of interest. acting police chief said there was no sign of forced entry at the apartment and investigators don't think this was a random crime. staying in the district right now where leaders are now looking for new officers to hepa troll the streets. today mayor muriel bowser will announce a plan to expand the police cadet program. d.c.'s police department could face a staffing crisis in the coming years if senior officers who are eligible for retirement are not replaced. seven minutes after the hour and the nationals season home opener is six days away. today baseball fans fand out what's new at nats park. they're showing off new food options, several redesigned areas for the fans. last year they revamped the diamond club behind home plate. they debuted handmade and gyros. we'll take you behind the scenes earlier. >> i'm stuck on my twitter feed. new food. tom sherwood is going to the events, right? you're going to be wanting to follow him. we'll have more on that. >> on twitter. >> yeah. take two minutes right now and put your umbrella in the bag because you may need it today. >> yeah, you will definitely need it today. 80% chance of rain across the area for today. already raining up across parts of carol county. showers also in charles county, maryland. what to wear? yes, indeed, umbrella and raincoat. don't need the insulated raincoat. it's already mild. in the 50s already. we'll be up into the 70s. we're also getting new information right now. this just into the live desk about last week's terror attack in london. what the attacker's wife is now taking over the country, but now there's a warning for anybody whose kids want to make slime. yeah, i just saved a whole lot of money by swhuh.ing to geico. we should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico insures way more than cars. boats, motorcycles... even rvs! geico insures rvs? what's an rv? uh, the thing we've been stuck on for five years! wait, i'm not a real moose?? we've been over this, jeff... we're stickers! i'm not a real moose? give him some space. deep breaths, jeff. what's a sticker?!? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. 3w50 beating the hell out of the roof. >> now take a look at what's left behind from the hail yesterday. cars with departmented roofs, windshields gone. this is video from mississippi and tennessee. oklahoma and texas had problems like that. you know what, they were talking, you know, some of the storms passing through, correct me if i'm wrong, sheena, but not only could some parts see gusty winds but even hail. >> there is a chance that with some of the thunderstorms later on today, too. there is a chance that there could be a little bit of hail now. we have thunderstorms in the forecast. they're moving pretty quickly. a lot of the showers we've been showing you over the past hour are kind of winding down. as far as the district is concerned right around the beltway we're seeing lighter rain. not a lot of that breaking apart but moving up towards westminster and the pennsylvania border, that is where we do have one heavier shower. showers likely by the middle of the day. temperatures in the 70s. closer look at that coming up. let's check the roads on the tuesday morning. good morning, melissa. >> as sheena and chuck have been telling us, you can see. the green across the roads there. may have to work the windshield wipers depending where you are. 270 south at falls road through rockville. northbound and southbound clear here. you can see a little bit of a sheen that could cause some issues. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues. still have the work zone 295 near benny road. angie? >> thank you, melissa. new this morning we are hearing from the wife of the suspect in the london attack. molette green is live at the desk. >> khalid masood's wife just condemned the attack and said she's saddened and shocked. she also expressed her condolences to the families of the victims who died and a speedy injured. she asked for privacy. police believe the 52-year-old man acted alone in the knife and car attack that killed four outside of brittain's parliam t parliament. it's 5:14 right now. terrorism and hate crimes. those are the new charges for maryland white supremacists accused of traveling to new york city to kill a black man. james jackson is an army veteran from baltimore. police say he stabbed timothy kauffman last week in the back with a sword killing him. he was intent on stirring racial fears and killing more people. he told "the "new york daily news"" in a jail house interview that he's sorry and he would have rather killed a, quote, younger thug or a more successful black victim. this is a warning for parents to talk with your kids about the dangers of social media. two men are accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in the district. court documents revealed that she met one of the suspects on social media and agreed him last tuesday. she snuck out of the house and took an uber to a home on 25th street southeast where she was led to a basement. she was able to escape hours later. the two suspects are being held without bond. this is a story that will probably have a lot of people talking today. a single mom trying to be both parents may have crossed the line for a georgia elementary school. this is amy peterson, her daughter. she was determined to keep her 6-year-old from missing her school's daddy daughter dance. she says her daughter was bullied about not having a father and that is why she did this. she used mascara to make the beard, put on cologne. she was ready to go but the principal found out before the dance and told her that she would be turned away. >> i was trying to comply with, you know, the rules, you know, being a father daughter dance. i knew if i showed up as her mother they probably wouldn't let me in there. >> school officials apologized and they gave her back her money for the can come in lieu of a dad. the mom said she will home school her daughter next year. in news for your health now, doctors are now using a club drug that led to overdoses as a treatment for depression. ketamine is an animal tranquilizer that's highly addictive. liz lehman said she was contemplating suicide after fighting postpartum depression for years when her doctor prescribed ketamine, she felt better immediately. >> i am happy, joyous. >> stress over time may cause damage to important connections in the brain that may lead to depression. ketamine has the potential to heal or repair those connections. >> doctors say since the drug is so addictive there needs to be more studies -- there need to be more studies on how to it safely. the next time you have a glass of wine, take a look at your self in the mirror. a new study in japan says people who turn red when they drink are more likely to have bone issues later in life, specifically the study says they are more likely to develop osteoporosis and are more likely to break their legs. the study says when you turn red it's because you cannot break down a by-product in the alcohol. that's all me. >> she turned red. >> we call it the asian flush. >> wow. >> no -- >> i'm not touching that. i'm going to walk away from it. okay. >> we do. all over the body. all right. bones are just fine though. >> good. i'm glad to hear that. the oakland raiders will soon become the lass veg gas raiders. >> yesterday the nfl owners approved the move for the team starting in raiders fans in las vegas celebrated the news. the city attracted the team with $750 million in public money for a stadium. $650 million loan and support from nevada's governor. meanwhile, oakland's mayor insisted her city made a competitive offer to keep the team. you're shaking your head every time you look at your bracket. a lot of people are. espn reports only 657 out of more than 18 million brackets picked all four of the teams that are headed to the final four in phoenix. gonzaga was a popular choice with 35% of the brackets having the team go to the final four. 11% chose oregon. if you weren't in that little group there, sorry. >> yeah. it's great though. this is what march madness is all about. drives everybody mad. >> crazy. >> by the end of it. let's talk about the weather because we have another warm day. >> yes. >> it's not going to be i'm really hoping that we don't have any real heavy rain this afternoon down at the tidal basin. this is the peak of the blooming season. we need to avoid too many petals being lost so that tomorrow and thursday will be great days to go down and look at them. by the weekend i'm worried there's another chance of quite a bit of rain coming on friday mp by the time we get to saturday and sunday. sunday is the cherry blossom ten miler i'll be running in. sunday looks like the better day of the weekend but it looks like any rain chances friday and friday night should be ending very early in the day on saturday. i like your chances of getting things done outside this weekend, particularly on sunday. for today though it is umbrella ready today. a big swirl of low pressure deep into cincinnati is scooping up a lot of moisture. the moisture, warm air, instability is leading to some thunder showers morning. this one here northern carol county is ready to move into pennsylvania. this has thunder and lightning and now it's pockets of rain. headed up towards columbia and savidge. more rain chances along the northern neck will be coming into charles county over the next little bit. have your umbrellas ready to go before you head out the door today. future weather carries the first little batch of rain out. no real worries. thunder showers down in parts of southern virginia look to be arriving as we get towards 9:00, 10:00. plan on one batch of moderate to heavy rain mid to late morning today. a little bit of a drying trend right around lunchtime. another chance for showers and thunderstorms coming in after 3:00 or 4:00. all of that in mind, here's your 5 day forecast. an 80% chance you'll get rained on once, maybe two or three times today. wednesday, thursday looks great. friday, too. we've already talked about your weekend. melissa mollet, good tuesday to you. >> 295 near benning road a work zone we still have going on. beltway looking good. all of the green here. again, radar showing where we have rain falling across the roadways. really important to keep an eye on as you're headed out this morning. 66 fairfax county parkway to the beltway, on time. going to take you nine minutes. no big deal there. same thing if you're headed outbound. we're going to look at 270 coming up. ♪ ♪ . little john legend. malik davage wowed judges to win last night's battle round on "the voice." we were there with malik and his family as they watched from home. it was a celebration night, of course. malik tells us he was thrilled with that win. he grew up in washi teachers to pursue a singing career. he's doing pretty well right now. the final battle round is tonight at 8:00 here on nbc 4. we'll see how it turns out. >> so exciting. then we go to the lives. always great when somebody around here gets so far. it is the hottest ticket in town, but good luck getting your hands on one of them. just how fast the passes for the infinity mirrors event went and when you can get one. >> it is all the rain but is it safe? what you need to know before you let your kids make that popular slime recipe going around. >> join us for "ellen." she'll welcome welcome back. 5:25. a warning this morning about the latest craze among kids. homemade slime. >> yeah, we recently told you about the craft being a shortage of glue. this week susan hogan has a warning for parents and students. >> reporter: well, this slime is so popular right now that just a few weeks ago we told you how it actually is causing a shortage of glue, but "consumer reports" is warning about another ingredient in the slime, borax. they say the household cleaner could actually be dangerous for your children. >> borax is meant to be a household cleaner or additive for your laundry. just because you have it around, just because it seems to be perfectly safe for those types of applications doesn't mean it should be used in anything else, particularly household slime. >> reporter: tonight on news 4 at 4:00 we'll tell you about another concern "consumer reports" have on this homemade slime and on how you can protect your family. beware for dogs. a deadly disease impacting texas onhe what you need before their morning walk. if you are taking them for a morning walk, we have showers around. still the thunderstorms likely this afternoon. have the umbrella with you. coming up chuck and i are back and a closer look at your forecast and what you can expect. uber is not just for going out anymore. how the ride sharing service is getting into the commuti game ng >> 4 today." a deadly shooting involving police. new details about why an officer fired his weapon. plus, a story behind this target thief. everyone's going to probably be talking about it online. the creative way this crook got away with 40 grand worth of iphones. "news 4 today" starts now. 5:30 right now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. it is going to be another warm spring day. you're going to need the umbrella. >> let's check in with storm team 4 chuck bell and sheena parveen. good morning. >> a preview of april showers at the tail end of march. >> pretty much. i think a lot of the spring blooms will like the rain, but we have some thunderstorms out there, too. >> certainly do. fortunately not a huge threat for severe weather. >> keep in mind we will be seeing lightning. we've already seen it this morning. currently the radar not showing mu we have some rain right around the district. as far as the lightning is concerned, we're not seeing much. some of the more moderate rain shown by the yellow. heading towards columbia. north bethesda seeing some of the heavier rain shown by the reds and oranges. the green shows us the lighter rain. a lot of this is moving through pretty quickly. then we're going to have a break until this area gets here. until this area in virginia. that's what we're going to be seeing move up as we go through the middle of the day today. as you make your way out, have the umbrella by noon. thunderstorms possible, too, but temperatures in the 70s. let's look at the roads with melissa mollet. >> good morning. 66, 95, everything looking quite good. we do have radar showing rain across the area here in various spots for this morning's commute. 270 northbound/southbound at father hurley boulevard. headlights heading southbound you can see a sheen on the roadway there. may have to work the windshield belt way had an earlier crash and earlier work zone. all of that is out of the way so you don't have any big worries continuing here. we're going to have travel times for you coming up in a couple of minutes. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. let's get to the breaking news we just mentioned. a deadly shooting this involving the cops. molette green at the live desk with new information. molette, it's still a very active scene, right? >> reporter: absolutely, angie. let's show you the live pictures right now so you can see what's going on there. this is along steadwick road montgomery village where police shot and killed someone. we have our justin finch covering the story from the ground. he has another live report coming up in just a short bit. there's a lot going on early on in this investigation and we'll bring you the latest. aaron? >> molette, thank you. in our other top stories at 5:32, a young woman's alleged plans for a mass shooting are foiled. the coming up, what we know about the woman accused of that plot. a 15-year-old d.c. girl is missing. her family needs your help finding her. take a look at your screen if you can. no one has seen heaven shanty since saturday. if you take a look at her picture here, this is what we know. they described heaven as 150 pounds. she has brown eyes, black hair. was last seen on 30th street just off naylor road. if you see her, please call police. president trump expected to sign an executive order today. news 4's tracie potts will have more on what this means in a few minutes. a controversial way of drilling for oil or gas will soon be illegal in maryland. you've probably heard of fracking. it's not being done in maryland now. last night state senators voted to keep it that way. the bill heads to governor larry hogan. he supports the ban. a was set to end in october. the woman arrested near the white house three times in one week will stay in jail until april 3rd. a judge says there is no reason to believe that marcy walls will abide by the stay away order. according to court documents she wanted a meeting with president trump and said she was motivated by other recent successful fence jumpers. wall pleated not guilty to a contempt of court charge yesterday and we know that she is expected to appear in federal court today to face unlawful entry charges. take a look at this photo. you will probably see it all over facebook and twitter today. many of you have shared it from the nbc washington page already. police hope someone will recognize this woman. she's accused of stealing more than $40,000 worth of new iphones from a target in mount vernon. police say she posed as an employee, walked into the stockroom and walked out with a new phone. the popular ride share service uber has uber is testing a new feature called uber commute. the idea is to essentially create slug lines. drivers will be connected with nearby users who need to catch a ride. two minutes, that is how long it took for 6,000 tickets to the infinity mirrors xfinity at the museum to be snatched up. >> the latest batch of free passes were available at noon. they were gone by 12:02. as many as 70,000 people logged on to try to get them. the next opportunity to ask tickets is next monday at noon. this exhibit runs through may 14th. your online searches may not be private for long. coming up, why your search history could soon be sold to the highest bidder. >> plus, a warning we hope will protect your pets. the deadly kill your dog on the rise. what to know before you let them outside. and a million dollar mission to empower young women. details on the program that could soon be available at your daughter's school. the time right now is 5:36. you're watching "news 4 today." 5:38 right now. secretary of education betsy devos and ivanka trump are headed to th they're expect the ed to highli the importance of girls getting into s.t.e.m. education. d.c. students are -- d.c. schools are dedicating millions of dollars to a new program to empower female students. >> this is a great initiative. it's called rain and it includes everything from after school activities to chances to travel internationally. mayor muriel bowser says the program will be spread around middle and high schools across the district. >> rain will support young women to grow into leadership roles because we know that women can be leaders but they have to be told that and learn that every step of the way. >> last year the district created an all male college prep school. this girl's program will begin with a city wide young girls. a school attack plot foiled. a teenager charged for plans to kill her classmates. just ahead, the family member who turned her in. and good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. there's quite a line of thunder showers lifting northbound. could be reaching our area between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. it is an umbrella kind of day. sheena will give you your ten day forecast coming up. i'm melissa mollet with your first 4 traffic problem. outer loop in georgia avenue with a crack blocking two left lanes. time to reset your fitness tracker. 10,000 steps you aim for aren't enough. how many more youl need to see 'l true radiance comes from within. new radiant toothpaste by colgate optic white. whitens teeth both inside and out. for a radiant, whiter smile. be radiant by colgate optic white. right now at bomb-making materials. a young woman's plan to attack her school foiled by her father. new details as her classmates head back to class. plus, another hit for your online privacy. why your internet searches could soon be sold. and protecting your pets. a deadly disease on the rise that could be dangerous for your dogs. you're watching "news 4 today." back to our top story this morning. that alleged school shotting plot that was foiled in frederick county. >> investigators found an 18-year-old girl with a stockpile of bomb-making materials and a gun. this was discovered after the girl's father called police. news 4's molette green is live with a lack at what the school is doing. >> reporter: counselors will be on hand at cato yesterday the frederick county sheriff's office released disturbing details about the alleged plan to shoot classmates and set off bombs. investigators say the father of 18-year-old nicole savario discovered the plan in her diary. this is the stockpile of bomb-making materials and the shotgun found inside of her home. investigators say all of this was bought legally. the sheriff says the father made a difficult but correct choice by calling police. >> when you're an 18-year-old daughter knowing what the ramifications were to go out and tell authorities that your child is planning on carrying out something like this, you have to really weigh into the conscience on that. >> reporter: officials say she acted alone. never took a weapon or explosive device to school. she is undergoing a mental health evaluation and once released she will face several charges. darcy spencer m from arriving at the school. we'll have a live report shortly. back to you, aaron. >> molette, thank you. a virginia man who lost his teenage daughter in a terrifying stabbing attack is sharing new details in her death. 19-year-old leah adams was murdered in her front royal apartment in warren county. her 17-year-old boyfriend attacked her. adams father tells julie terry he believes drugs were charged. the teen is charged as a juvenile, the boyfriend is. he's charged with second degree murder. his preliminary hearing set for early next month. the time is 5:46. the disappearance and death of 13-year-old nicole lavelle received national attention. police used improper interrogation techniques to get a confession. part of natalie keifer's confession cannot be used. they should have read her her keifers told police she played a role in the 13-year-old's murder and hiding the body. david is also charged in lavelle's murder. they were engineering students when they were arrested. we're learning that the father of henry sanchez millien, one of the suspects in the rockville rape case is in jail. immigration and customs tells us that sanchez reyes was in the u.s. unlawfully. he was originally from guatemala. his son is charged first degree rape and two counts of sexual offense in the alleged rape of a ninth grader at rockville high school. speaking about this case, it's sparking some new debate when it comes to sanctuary cities. >> yesterday the white house issued a new threat to cities that refused to cooperate with immigration officials. here's what issue specifically talking about maryland. >> i would plead with the people of maryland to understand that this makes the state of maryland more at risk for violence and crime, that it's not good policy. >> now despite what sessions said, hyattsville will vote on whether to become a sanctuary city. an online poll says 53% are opposed to the sanctuary ordinance, 44% support it. sanctuary shelters support people living in the country illegally by refusing to help the federal government enforce immigration laws. we like to think we have online privacy. today lawmakers could decide to repeal rules to protect your online data and allow your internet service provider to sell your browsing history consumer reporter tells you what this means. >> reporter: if you've enjoyed having control over what your internet service provide soon have no choice but to give up that control. what we know now is that the house of representatives is expected to vote tuesday to reverse the fcc rules. right now any of your sensitive data, such as information on your health, children, financial, even your location cannot be used or shared without your permission. all of that would be fair game and will not need your consent if this bill is passed. the trade group that represents the internet and television industry says it supports reversing the fcc's rules calling them a misguided approach and looks forward to restoring a consistent approach to online privacy protection that consumers want and deserve. they condemn the resolution saying it's sacrificing the privacy rights of americans and the interest of protecting profits. if the house does repeal these rules, the next step is a signature from president trump. n, nbc 4 is a division of nbc universal we want to mention which is owned by comcast, the nation's largest cable and internet provider. there is new fallout this morning in the house intelligence committee's investigation into russia's interference in the election. >> they now want the chairman to recuse himself from the investigation. news 4's tracie potts joining us live now from capitol hill. tracie, what led to this latest development? >> reporter: sure, angie. well, the democrats, at least two top democrats, want chair devin nunez to step down after it became known that he was at the white house the day before he briefed president trump about classified information. apparently he went there to meet with his source and see that information. n nunez says there's no secret about this trip, that he had to go there and look at the information. he did not share that with his committee. that's why tre the secrecy and vagueness around what the key information is and what it means even to his colleagues on the intelligence committee is what's causing some of them to ask him to recuse himself from the russia investigation. >> tracie, the president is expected to sign an executive order rolling back some of former president obama's initiatives on climate change. what does it do? >> reporter: it would get rid of the moratorium on coal and provide the coal jobs he promised during the campaign. and it would take another look, a review they're calling it, at president obama's initiative to look at carbon plants t. got hung up at the united states. that's what it will produce today. >> tracie potts on capitol hill breaking it all down, thanks so much. almost 100,000 people have signed a petition to pay for the first lady's security. the million a year to protect melania trump and her son. that's taxpayer money. she should move to the white house or pay for it privately. they're trying to get 150,000 signatures onto the petition. it has about 93,000 right now. we want to get back to molette green at the live desk. new video of a cyclone. >> reporter: yes, cyclone debby slamming australia's northeast coast. this is a popular tourist spot. fierce winds damaging roofs, knocking trees down or at least making it look like they're going to go snap in any second. it's a category 4 storm. that means it has up to 160 miles per hour wind. quite a punch. this is slow moving, the storm. it could hover over that area for hours before finally weakening. 5:52. expecting the possibility of rough >> a couple of rumbles. that's pretty intense. >> that's very intense. on the radar we've already had some lightning strikes. we've already seen spotty thunderstorms and around lunchtime today i think we're going to see an even broader area of rain and thunderstorms move in and even through the afternoon, keep the umbrella handy. your morning commute. tuesday outlook, a moderate impact with some wet roads out there. a lot of that rain starting to move out. lunch recess, do it inside. it's going to be raining around this time. if you're exercising, wear a raincoat. see another round of wet roadways. most of the area is dry except if you're north. as pep hill towards baltimore, that area starting to see heavier rain. that's continue to move up to the north and east. we are watching that. further south and wes thunderstorms. the timing will be putting it around lunchtime or shortly before. future weather the next few hours we start to see the cluster get closer. 10:00, 11:00 moving in through the afternoon. more scattered thunderstorms. it will be a warm day. in the 70s. currently in the 60s in some spots. 61 in the district, 65 in clinton. 53 in dulles. you need the jacket, a raincoat. keep in mind, we have thunderstorms in the forecast. i don't know if you want to be exercising outside. 74 for a high temperature. heavy rain friday clearing for the weekend. let's check the roads on your tuesday morning. good morning, melissa. >> hi, sheena. outer loop at georgia avenue has a crash blocking the left lane. we were blocking two lanes. now it's down to one. still seeing some delays. 95 southbound at powder mill, have a brand new report of an accident. not seeing too much of a slowdown. it could start causing a problem. 210 indian head highway at wilson bridge drive. both directions. traffic lanes we understand are functioning. same situation at reservoir. as far as travel times, 270 looks good. top of the beltway is slow. we showed you why. going to take you 27 minutes from 95 to 270. in bound 95 north no big issues there. remember to listen to wtop 105 fm when you hop in your car today. guys? >> thank you, melissa. five minutes away from the 6:00 hour. you could get 300 bucks from target this week but there's a pretty big cash. you have to get a new iphone. if you do it at target the store will give you a $300 gift card through this saturday. the promotion is only good for at&t, sprint and verizon customers. warning for pet owner veterinarians are warning beam a rat born disease killing dogs in new jersey. it's the same disease that killed a man in the broncos. the bacterial disease comes from squirrels and rats and it's passed through urine. pets might lick that up when drinking from puddles. if dogs get sick they can be treated. watch for early warning signs. if you try to get 10,000 steps of exercise a day, that goal isn't enough. >> new study shows you should add another 5,000 steps every day. this report in the internal -- "international journal of obesity." it compared mail carriers and office workers. mail carriers who walked 15,000 steps a day showed no increased risk of heart disease. 15,000 steps about 7 miles. >> that meanski the escalator. >> stairs. >> change my whole life. we are just getting started here, but we do have a lot that we're working on for the 6:00 hour. good news when it comes to parking tickets. why the fines you face could be soon dropping. montgomery county police continue to gather evidence after a police-involved shooting "news 4 today" starts now. it is just about 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday morning. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we are getting you ready to get out the door on this tuesday. depending where you live the roads could already be wet. melissa mollet has a check on the commute. >> the forecast with chuck bell and sheena >> it feels really nice. it is officially that time of the year. the cherry blossoms for whatever is going to constitute peak blooming period, it is happening now. it started on saturday and we r keeping them -- i took these pictures yesterday by the tidal basin. what looks really nice from afar, that same tree when i took a closeup picture, these are not in shadow. these are the frozen cherry blossom petals. you can see the weeping cherry tree under the 14th street bridge. look at that. 20 or 25% of the blossoms able to hold on after all of those freezes. between the rain drops today and wednesday, thursday will be your last best chance to see what we have. there's another chance of rain on friday. today though we're tracking chances for rain. thunder showers down across central virginia are likely to move in here for the second part of the morning commute. for more on that and a talk on temperatures, let's go over to