Weather alert. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us. Right now we are tracking the showers moving our way. Howard, will this be over before mothers day . Yes, this will be over before mothers day and thats the good news. In fact tomorrow lit afternoon looks a lot better than tomorrow morning but there could be some issues. Lots of light rain from down across southern central virginia. It is getting into some of our southern counties toward fredericksburg. And while this is moving east it is starting to move northeast but headed south picks expect it to be wet at least for the next few hours. Im starting to watch these and see how they are moving northeast. This stuff is going to head toward us i think as we get into the latter part of the afternoon. Futurecast a little under plan in the southwest but by 7 30 we have a few showers here, maybe a little more than that with temps holding the 50s, maybe near 60 this afternoon. Rain tonight will be heavy at times, one or two inches of rain in spots and here we are at 7 30 in the morning, a good soaking rain and as we head into midmorning this is where look, we are much better by 10 30 especially once you get west of fairfax. And fox dear county, still dealing with wet weather. That will dry out some of the afternoon. Not a lot, still sunny and beautiful but a better afternoon with just a slight chance of a shower and look how cool. Directors tomorrow will likely hold in the 50s with temps considerably better on mothers day, back in the 70s and then some heat is headed our way. More on that coming up in a few minutes and just a reminder if you cant join us here you can always get our forecast anytime when you need it on the wusa 9 weather app the firing of ex fbi director james comey gets more peculiar by the day. President trump talked about the firing of director comey during a Network Interview thursday and the story hes telling is very different from what director comey told himself himself told associates and that seth lemmon reports the account also differs from what the president s own staff told the public. Reporter President Trump talked about a dinner he had with fbi director james comey january. The dinner was arranged i think he asked for the dinner and he wanted to stay on as the fbi had, and i said head, and i said we will consider, we will see what happens. Reporter but he says its the white house that asked him to dinner where President Trump asked comey to pledge his loyalty to him who in who declined telling instead that he would also always be honest. He pressed him again for loyalty, the third time asking for honest loyalty and comey relented saying yes, you will have that. The details being leaked appears to have upset the president and comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. White house officials saying the account is not accurate sing the president would never expect personal loyalty, only loyalty to the country. But the president and his staff have been on the same page this week. I was going to fire regardless mr. Trump statement directly contradicted his own trumps statement directly contradicted his own staff who claimed he was following the recommendation of general robert rubenstein. Hes making fools of his own staff. The white house appears to be in chaos. Reporter he tweeted in response to contradictory reports seeing perfect accuracy is not possible and maybe he should just cancel all press briefings and issue written responses instead for the sake of accuracy. Seth lemmon for cbs news, the white house. The white house did issue a written statement following director comeys firing and said the president wa source of the headlight. It turns out the headlights come from a study by wakefield research, a Market Research firm that surveyed 1000 people, and found that 11 , just over one in 10 people broke up over politics. But it turns out many of those surveyed werent necessarily married. Lets take a look at the question. It says, have you ever even once broken up with a significant other over political differences. Theres no mention of divorce and no mention of numbers remind you the latest data comes from before President Trump was elected. First off is this graphic from the cdc showing divorce rates have actually been going down across the country over the last decade. According to the National Center for family and marriage research, the current divorce rate is set at 1. 7 , well below 10 . But some may be divorcing more, people 50 and older. Divorce rates have more than doubled since the 1990s among this group but that jump between 1990 and 2015 was before President Trump was even in office, so what can we verify . As to the claim that the divorce rate has jumped 10 since the election of donald trump, this is misleading because that survey was talking about relationships in general. As for whether the divorce rate has increased, we will wait for the numbers. If you have something you want us to verify send us an email at verify wusa9. Com they need your help to catch a second sexual predator. Take a good look at this video of the suspect trying to get into an Apartment Building in the 1900 block on key boulevard on may 7. In this instance he was turned away by the concierge. Investigators suspect this is the same guy who attacked a woman just a few blocks away hours later. He went door to door in an Apartment Building claiming to be a Maintenance Worker until someone let him in. He then attacked his victim and ran off. He killed five people in a crash, including two sisters and today he will learn how much time he will spend in prison. Its been 2 1 2 years since Kenneth Kelly slammed into another car in oxon hill. Prosecutors say he was going at least 70 miles an hour when he had a car stopped at a light. He killed two children and three adults, including sisters Tiffany Wilkerson and leah curtis who had 10 children between them. Some residents of a Fairfax County neighborhood might not be able to spend tonight at their own homes as an Early Morning fire destroyed a townhouse at the 8500 block of kohler court. County investigators tell us the home was vacant but People Living next door had to flee the spreading flames and smoke. Nobody was hurt and firefighters have yet to determine a cause for the fire. The search continues for a virginia mother and her baby daughter. An amber alert was issued last night for the two out of hampton virginia. They havent been seen since april 30. Now Police Believe they may have been kidnapped. No details were given on a possible abductor, but what we do know is what kind of car they could be in. They were last seen in a black kia sedan with virginia plates. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to Call Hampton Police at the number there at the bottom of your screen. Howard university is still dealing with the fallout after a federal lawsuit was filed against the school. The university didnt properly handle rape cases over the last three years, meaning taking too long to reply to victims calls or emails, and not offering adequate access to Counseling Services according to the lawsuit. Five unnamed women are named as plaintiffs in the suit. The school has only responded with a statement so far saying they take the allegations very seriously. Its terrifying to think about but its real Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against young girls and women. Thats why an Organization Called the i am project will hold a womens awareness project next week in upper marlboro. We spoke with the founder of the nonprofit that serves as a voice for the voiceless and the survivor who found her own. Reporter retired marine glen arbor is very open about her past and a common misconception about her marine glen arbor. Fi i was making over six on the outside you look like you had it all but inside you were struggling. Totally. The pain nobody ever really knew about was fought for years, and it started in her childhood. I was gang raped at 12. I never told anyone, lived with that for 28 years before he even remembered it. With that memory came memories of being assaulted multiple times on active duty as a marine. [ music ] i committed suicide on october 3 of 2013, flatlined. During that time, i was descending in hell. I swallowed a bottle of xanax and washed it down with two bottles of wine. Emotionally i felt worthless. R strength, and eventually her voice and vowed she would never do Something Like that again. She promises to share her story to triumph at the womens awareness conference now less than two weeks away. She was an organizer sheila smith is an organizer and founder of the conference. Our mission at this project is to advocate for women and girls who have been victimized through Human Trafficking or any type of Sexual Violence. We basically want women to know that you have a voice because you matter, and that you cannot allow your pain to paralyze you from your purpose. Other organizations will be on hand as well, providing resources to the community. We may never forget those who cause they may never forget those who caused their brokenness but its also very likely that they will always remember those who helped them put up the pick up the pieces. You will want to save this date, the womens awareness conference is next saturday, may 20 at the showplace arena from 11 00 11 am to 4 pm. Registration is required and everybody will receive one of these i am bracelets. Speakers will include survivors and officials with the fbi, the counter county Trafficking Task force and other Community Leaders and organizations. For more information go to ourwebsite. Wusa. Com website. We are talking about ways to help narrator the time is always right to do what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. There are so many things we can do with a smart phone these days and if you look just a little further, there are apps that can help you take care of this really helps our family because at some point in time different family members were bringing, you know groceries to her house and then she was in bethesda and most of us live in gaithersburg. Reporter deborah devol says her nana was determined even though she was in her 80s, not to go into a retirement home. So when she got to the point where she couldnt drive anymore, she turned to this for just about everything. She would load her Shopping List into an app like insta cart so then it was no car, no problem. It connects you with personal shoppers that go and pick the order for you and delivered right to your door. She realized she could use insta cart not only to go to whole foods but also to costco as well. Reporter there are so Many Digital Solutions for Senior Citizens now. Conference is bringing in investors, developers and Senior Citizens to rate the apps while they are being made. People over 50 spend over 5 trillion a year because in consumer spending. She has a couple regulars. She would make friends with them. [ laughter ] the drivers knew her the uber drivers knew her. They would wait there to bring her home right afterward. It seems like by using instacart and uber it really gave her a sense of freedom and independence in a time where some people are losing those things. Reporter now you can even search for a Home Health Care aide on some of these add on some of these apps. On this when you get reports all day long. You can rate the caregiver and even hook it up to videocameras in the home to watch your mom or grandma to see how shes doing. Any smart phone apps for Senior Citizens can help you breathe a thme a sigh of relief and independence back too. She was in adamant that she would be in her home until her last day and thats what shes been able to do. Great tool and dont forget mothers day is this sunday. That was my mother and daughter. We are sharing pictures of our daughters on the wusa 9 Facebook Page and we ask you to share yours too. We will show them throughout our newscast today and all weekend long and happy mothers day to all of you moms out there. If you are sending flowers to mom, make sure to watch out for fraudulent florists. Heres what you should do if you are ordering flowers for mothers day online to make sure you are not falling victim to a scam. Google the stores address and confirm there is actually a store in that location, then go online and check to see if the store has any reviews, and make sure it is Shopper Approved and if you still arent sure call the stores number and ask them their address to confirm thats not right. Thats something you just shouldnt do. Call up a florist you trust and get them to do it for you. Yellow weather alert, Catholic University and howard university, commencing with the outdoor activities. It looks like we will have to have some wet weather in the morning but the heavy rain will start to wind down especially around 80 9 00 8 00 or 9 00. We may not be done with the heavy stuff until 10 00ish. And then it will be soggy and the seats will be wet, so im thinking maybe stay inside. It looks so much better on sunday and then tomorrow with a lot of rain coming tonight. Cloudy right now and looks like showers will be moving in later this afternoon as we head into the evening hours. These showers will become steady rainfall across the evening. Tonight temps in the evening in the 50s and on the heavy side. As far as the weekend the heavy rain will be tonight into saturday morning so yellow weather alert. Spotty afternoon showers near 60. Breezy and warmer on sunday with a stray shower on sunday. Much better for mom with highs in the low to mid 70s. Check this out, anywhere from one to maybe two inches of rain tonight. Probably 1 to 1 1 2. Heavy urine amounts in Southern Maryland and the northeastern shore. Were tracking showers for the south with lots of clouds and this moisture will be moving in late this afternoon. With the clouds in and winds out of the east temps are now basically in the east. When you get into the high country it looks like a nasty day and then once again we are looking once again at 57 with the humidity, winds out of the east at eight. So tonight and tomorrow mornings rainfall see this guy spinning here, Severe Weather toward new orleans, andres hometown. This stays self but that will push the rain our way and on futurecast we are okay throughout much of the afternoon, fredericksburg south and the Northern Neck but watch what happens as we head north for dinnertime. By 7 00 maybe late dinner for you got rain developing. This could be a problem getting the rain in spreading over the region, upper 40s. Heavy rain at times overnight tonight and notice the heavier stuff south and east of us, easton and cambridge watch out there and tomorrow morning by 10 am, moderate rain and basically in the east later rain is back toward Prince William and fairfax and outward fredericksburg but then buy lunch for this lunchtime we are doing a lot better with lingering showers toward baltimore, mostly cloudy with a stray shower in the afternoon, breezy and temperatures tomorrow stay in the 50s and like i said we get a whole lot brighter better mothers day. Then rain and showers return late on mothers day, even could be toward the latter part of the rush hour. Upper 40s, low 50s tonight. Heavy rain early and then on nice shower tomorrow, 59. A nice shower tomorrow, 59. Its hot and humid wednesday and thursday with upper 80s and take a look at this. 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Showers moving in over the late afternoon, and tomorrow the heavy stuff will be mothers day and then it will turn like summer here toward the middle and latter part of next week. Thats it for wusa 9 news. Back at 5 00. Have a great afternoon and a happy stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Phyllis there we go. There we go. All righty. What do we got . Weve got the crab enchiladas. Check. We got the fresh c