We understand our Northern Virginia bureau chief julie carrie is already on the scene and working to bring us some details and update we should have her in the next few minutes. Standby for that. Thanks, erika. Right now one of freddie grays friends is testifying in the trial of Baltimore Police officer edward nero. He was there when gray was taken into Police Custody and put in transport wagon where he later died. Officer nero a facing Assault Charges in this case. Were live in baltimore with the latest. Chris. Reporter brandon ross says he grew up with freddie gray and was with him that sunday morning april 12th of 2015. He is on the stand in the courthouse behind me right now testifying as a prosecution witness in the trial of officer edward nero. Ross identifies nero as one of the yellowshirted baltimore bike Police Officers who put freddie gray on the ground after they chase running. And they handcuffed him, putting him into a van. He was later taken out of the van. He was put in plastic restraints and leg shackles. And, again, ross identifies officer nero as one of those who threw freddie gray headfirst on to the floor of the van. Ross says he ran to nearby gillmore homes to find a phone to call in and report what he called an assault. Officer nero is charged with assault, Reckless Endangerment as well as misconduct in office. One of the things we are expecting in this case is testimony from a fellow Police Officer who is on the scene, officer garrett miller, who actually caught freddie gray and putting handcuffs on. He is being forced to testify under court order with limited immunity. Were cong thank you, chris. Right now we are waiting to hear from Maryland Governor larry hogan speaking at the state police Fallen Heroes ceremony in pikesville. Many will gather to honor the nations fallen officers at the National Mall. The 28th annual candle light vigil honoring Police Officers killed in the line of duty takes place there tonight at 8 00. News 4s Megan Mcgrath will have more on the ceremony and expected street closures coming up in a few minutes. Heres the latest on storm team 4 radar showers impacting the area. You can see this activity in most of the metro area back into loudon, frederick counties, parts of Prince William. Not expecting any thunderstorms today, but you can see this is a line of rain that will impact us mainly through the mid afternoon hours still tracking rain at noon. 1, 2 00 p. M. Still tracking rain, notice potential for heavier rain down around parts of Southern Maryland and the eastern shore. Not going to be the case though here in the metro area. I think my 2 00, 3 00 o by 5 00 p. M. Were noticing increasing sunshine. Temperatures today will warm into the 70s. Now tomorrow some thunderstorms, potentially some severe storms in the forecast. Ill have more on that coming up at 11 20. Thanks, amelia. Right now Fairfax County police are looking for the driver in a deadly hitandrun. The 33yearold man was hit near cappella road and shiplett boulevard around 7 00 last night near white oak elementary in burke. Fairfax county police are looking for dark colored sedan. They will not release the victims name until his family has been notified. Weve got an update to the story we first brought you last night about a wreck in brandywine. We now know this accident has turned deadly. There are an additional six, seven people that are recovering from injuries from this accident that happened on crane highway southwest and Timothy Branch drive. This happened about 8 00 last night. And, again, the new piece of information we have for you is that one person has died from the injuries sustained in that accident in brandywine. At the live desk, im erika gonzalez. Today, a man charged with a deadly stabbing of a metro rider heads back to court. 19yearold jasper spires will be arraigned in the murder of 24yearold kevin southerland. Investigators say he tried to Rob Southerland was stabbed 30 times. Turning now to the president ial race. Donald trump at the top of the republican ticket seems to be splitting some virginia republicans. Former Virginia Attorney general suggested that unconvinced conservatives might stay home in november. Trump supporters dismiss that talk saying elected Republican Leaders should support the nominee, but some are vowing outright not to support trump. Any elected republican who does not come people the person that the people have chosen for the republican nominee, those people do not belong in our party anymore. With heavy heart i suspended my membership of the Republican Party. And i will not participate in anything republican for as long as donald trump is on the helm. Virginia, like ohio and florida, is considered a battleground state. Donald trump is taking the day off from the campaign trail. Just 24 hours after his meetings with gop leaders on capitol hill, the question now is are republicans any closer to party unity . Edward lawrence has details. Reporter donald trump was all smiles as he tried to mend fences and unify the Republican Party by all accounts the meeting with the House Speaker and the house and senate Republican Leaders went well despite no endorsement from paul ryan. Heres trumps response on today. I think that will come. And if it doesnt come, ill go my separate clinton is a disaster. From here were going to go deeper into the policy areas to see where that Common Ground is and how we can make sure that we are operating off these same core principles. Reporter outside the meeting protests erupted. But it did not stop the momentum of the Presumptive Republican nominee. I got a strong sense that everyone who attended really felt good about the meeting. Reporter Hillary Clinton wouldnt comment on trumps meetings with Republican Leaders. Donald trump is not going to become president of the united states. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders however said the republicans are still very divided. Theyve got a serious problem, an extreme right wing Party Dealing with a guy who changes his views every day. Reporter he made the comments after rallying a large crowd in south dakota. Senator Bernie Sanders surprised many of his colleagues in the senate with his staying power in the president ial race. Hes made it so on the republicans. In washington, edward lawrence, nbc news. And were on our way to breaking news in woodbridge right now. A 17yearold is in custody in the death of another teenage boy just 14 years old. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey will have an upda coming up next. The names that you see on the wall behind me, they are the names of fallen Police Officers. And sadly several more names, people from our area, are being added to the memorial this year. A live report coming up. A woodbridge family mourning the terrible loss of a child today. Now, police say a 14yearold boy who lived in that end unit townhouse there was the victim of a homicide last night. And just a short while ago theyve identified that teenager at coka crespo. Police were called to this neighborhood about 8 45 last night. They found the 14yearold boy dead on the scene from Blunt Force Trauma wounds. A 17yearold is now in custody in connection with that homicide. Now, police tell us that the 14yearold in his family lived in the upper floors of that townhouse. The 17yearold and his family were renting a room out in the basement. But we still dont have any details about what caused this conflict between the two teenagers. And we dont know exactly how that homicide happened, but we do know 14yearold died of Blunt Force Trauma wounds. Expecting to learn more about that 17yearold, his identity and the charges he will face later on today. Back to you now in the studio. Thank you, julie. Well, these are names that we wont forget, but names that we wish we didnt have to add to this d. C. Landmark. Today colleagues, families and friends will gather to honor the 252 Fallen Heroes now commemorated at the National Law Enforcement memorial. Theyll also be a vigil to honor them on the National Mall tonight. News 4s Megan Mcgrath is live at the memorial in Downtown Washington where three of those honored today are from our immediate area. Megan. Reporter well, there are events that are continuing through the weekend for National Police week, the vigil that you mentioned taking place tonight on the mall at 8 00. Thousands are expected to att have been coming here to the Law Enforcement officers memorial. You can see all the names on the wall and the wreaths that have been left behind to honor those killed in the line of duty. Well, hundreds of new names have been added to the wall this year including several from our area. Name after name carved in marble, a sobering reminder of the dangers of police work and the men and women, thousands of them, who have given their lives to protect others. Yes, maam, we were classmates. Reporter officers from around the country have come to washington to honor the fallen this week. Austin bass came all the way from nashville to remember his friend, michael patrina. He went to work one day expecting a normal day and he just didnt come home that night. And seeing the gravity of all the names on the wall and everything that that entails, its a very real reminder of the dangers we face. Reporter 252 names have been added to the National Law Enforcement officers memorial this year. Police officer noah liota, in the middle of a traffic stop on Rockville Pike last december when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver. He was just 24 years old. Also added this year, brennan rabain, the Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer was killed in a car accident while trying to pull over a speeding car. And carolyn cross, a d. C. Corrections official with the department 35 years. She was found murdered in her alexandria home in 2014. And other names add to the wall this year, Craig Chandler of Baltimore City police, nathan miej william smith, Virginia State police, kevin still, bristol, virginia police. Several new names from the area added to this wall. And all of the names, all 252 will be read following that candlelight vigil later tonight. Back to you in the studio. Happening today, the suspects in the chandra levy case. A judge granted a new trial last year after his attorney said a key witness gave false testimony. Levy was killed in 2001. The case got National Attention because levy was a capitol hill intern who was having an affair with congressman gary condit. The former director of the d. C. Republican party will be sentenced today. 45yearold Robert Turner pled guilty in february to a charge of firstdegree fraud in connection to the stealing of more than 7,000 from the organization. As part of his plea agreement turner must pay back that money. More on metros latest troubles. The Transit Agency is making changes to its safe track plan after that scathing letter from the fta. You can read the entire letter and what it says metro is doing wrong on the nbc washington morning. An arcing insulator on the red line resulted in single tracking between the van nesz and Medical Center locations. Single tracking will be done on four lines. Metro is working to fix all the problems, but news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss says the plan could mean major disruptions. Reporter remember how we told you that that whole metro safe track Maintenance Plan was going to be really disruptive . Well, now it is starting to really hit home for a lot of people. Because of this new fta letter sent to metro basically demanding new track repairs and urgent repairs, metro might have to move some things around in that safe track plan. And that means that to start the whole project in just a couple of weeks you might be seeing a 16day total shut down on parts of the blue, orange and silver lines. It would be between Eastern Market and benning road between Eastern Market and minnesota avenue and all of this would be of people. Metro putting the final pieces of the puzzle together and expected to announce its finalized safe track plan next week. But this is expected to lead that safe track plan. Back to you. Thanks so much. Well, in less than a week what is called at the national zoo zoofari is going to happen. Its going to be packed with people and chefs from more than 100 of the top d. C. Restaurants. The event is called, as i said, zoofari and its popular and successful fundraiser. Joining me is the funds executive director and the chef decuisine collin everybody loves. Youre going to show us one of the dishes youre going to be making. Definitely lynn lydefinitely lynn, tell us what is zoofari. Over 100 of the top d. C. Chefs will be coming and preparing their dishes and have their mixologists and wine servings there. And the sa fzoofari can walk ar the zoo, have special Animal Encounters and experiences and of course help save species at the same time. I want to hear more about it, but you are going to be cooking for all those people. I will. Cant wait. Its a beautiful setting, obviously, at the zoo. But not so easy to cook for that many people, right . Not too easy. I would say the benefits are youre with all your other chefs and restaurants and its a really good time. So a lot of work goes into it, but its for a really good cause so we enjoy doing it every single year. Weve done it since they started zoofari, im glad to be a part of it. How many chefs will be there . 150 lerestaurants. So 150 restaurants and souse chefs and everything else. What are you going to make . They did asian street we did a steamed flour scallion bun. And were just going to make a little bit of a sal add garnish to put on it like were going to do actually at the event. So its kind of light. And you can really do anything you want with it. Weve taken an asian theme. We have sour mango, sal ocallio house pickled ginger, some shitake mushrooms, peanuts, little bit of a radish and microsalad. Why dont you start making it. What is this . These are the steamed buns, i already steamed prior to this. Its really easy recipe. Very simple. We just basically make a dough with flour and water, roll it out and we score them. Its almost like making a cinnamon bun. Lynn, explain the v. I. P. Experience thats going to happen at zoofari. Its fantastic. Happening this thursday coming up may 19th from 6 30 to 9 30. We have general admission tickets available, but also special v. I. P. The event early, and then they have special access in places just for them where theyll have individual restaurant chefs working there. Theyll have some animal demonstrations and experiences. And even some of the v. I. P. Packages come with behind the scene tours of some of the fabulous exhibits. Anybody going to get an up close and personal visit with bebe . Yes, there are three packages actually. Are they Still Available . Unfortunately the giant panda package sold out, but there are a wide variety of fabulous behind the scene packages you can still buy today. You can see all of the v. I. P. Packages. So funds. Org is a way to get it. How are you doing over here . Im done. Oh, my gosh, that was quick. Very simple. So just a little salad and steamed bun is a vessel. You can do anything with it. Weve kept this vegetarian, so a lot of seasonal ingredients, seasonal mushroom, seasonal scallions. But you can really do anything you want. Im ready to take a taste. It smells so good. Have more to say. I dont want to be eating while im trying to talk but thanks for coming in. I have some over to pat as well. Thank you both for coming. Thank you. See you for zoofari. Thank you. Wonderful. Talk about a way to celebrate National Bike month. In just a few minutes well talk live with the people behind the fun d. C. Bike ride. And just how well does our anchor team do when it cos tome morning noon or night theres always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment it may not feel like it right now, but in just a few weeks area swimming pools will be open. And to get ready today were with Council Member kicking off her pool readiness tour conducting the tours to make sure pools are ready by the start of pool season. This year outdoor pools will open two hours earlier. Doesnt feel too much like pool weather, does it . Not at all. Another day where were tracking rain, temperatures right now in the 60s across the area. Rain today though heres the thing, storms in the forecast tomorrow maybe even some strong storms. More on that in a moment. But currently were at 65 degrees. Showers moving through the area. Well continue to track show