P. And do you know who can help us with that . Chuck bell. A beautiful way to get your thursday morning started, nice and mild outside this morning. Temperatures 40s and 50s. So just that little hint of a chill, but a mild kday this afternoon. Loads of pollen still in the air. A little chance for rain coming our way tomorrow that could have a rumble or two of thunder with it, but looks like the weekend is sitting pretty. 48 in gaithersburg, 50 in annapolis, 45 in stafford. Next 24 hours, increasing clouds and rain chances, most of the rain though probably doesnt arrive until after lunchtime tomorrow. Today, nothing to worry about, just breezy and mild. High today 75 degrees. It is traffic time and from wtop, here is the man himself, jack taylor. And were off to a pretty quiet start the. Overnight construction going on crain highway before you get to 50. Only left lane getting by. Not sounds like the newest issue is out of hagerstown. Eastbound i70 toward frederick out near route 40, exit 32, accident activity blocks the left lane. May have had damage done to the guardrail. Accident activity blocking the left lane. Eun, back into you. Were following developing story in prince georges county. Officials are trying to figure out just how a warehouse fire happened in laurel this morning. Here is a look at the scene on la fayette avenue. The fire broke out in an industrial section of the street. No injuries were reported. The crews are wrapping up their investigation right now. No traffic is impacted in the area so far. A developing story this morning, the search for a missing Fairfax County firefighter heads in to day six. Search teams will head out to the Shenandoah National park to look for 234i coal door p o lord my god, when i in awesome wonder virginia say the police say they are following up on more than 100 tips and leads. They are still trying to put together a time line of her movements. We now know that she called out sick for her shift last wednesday and that was the last day her family heard from her. You have resources from the Fairfax County fire and rescue department right now in the Shenandoah Valley assisting with the search. Crews will search a 10 mile rocky and heavily wooded area around the White Oak Canyon trail today a. A ranger found nicoles mini cooper in a parking lot there saturday night. And we have links to find Nicole Facebook page in our nbc washington app, use the search term find nicole. In another part of the Shenandoah National park, firefighters are battling a scorched more than 5600 acres. With strong winds and dry weather in the next 24 hours, the fire may actually get worse. National park service believes it was caused by a person because there was no lightning around when the fire began. And investigators are working to figure out what sparked a huge tire this centreville. Chopper 4 was able to capture fire crews working to put out the flames and hot spot last night. It happened along farris calvary road. Fire officials tells two people who were home at the time did escape. Today maryland is front and center in the race for the white house. We are less thachb a week away from the primaries. Nk will host a rally at the wineburg theater in frederick before taking off for indianapolis. Cl Chelsea Clinton will campaign on her mothers behalf. And you have until the end the day to vote early and avoid all the long lines. More than 180,000 people have already cast their ballot and there are more than 3 million registered voters in maryland. The board of elections expects close to a 50 turnout on tuesday. Go to the nbc washington app and search early voting to find out where you can vote early in each county. And maryland as well as five States Holding primaries next week. Pennsylvania offers the largest number of delegates. 210 for democrats and 71 for republicans. It is a winner take all primary for the gop. Donald trump, Governor John Kasich and senator Bernie Sanders will all campaign there today. And along the Eastern Shore last night, trump had a new name for the democratic frontrunner. Crooked Hillary Clinton will not have a chance. Shes not bringing jobs back. She doesnt know about the economy. Clinton will be in deck c connecticut today. And shes hoping sanders will get out of race. Molette green has more on the campaigns visiting maryland and tracie potts will report on what to expect in pennsylvania ahead. You can buy tickets online right now for game five between the caps and flooi yers. They are playing tomorrow. Carol maloney talked to the players in philly. Reporter this series is coming home. On the verge of a sweep, the caps could not eliminate the flyers here in philadelphia. They were done in by a friendly foe, former caps goaltender turned back 31 shots for the flyers. On the other end, phillies scored a pair of goals on holtby. Caps lose 21 dealing like they missed a great opportunity. I thought we dominated the entire third period. We still have a little momentum. First two period, they were working harder than we did. In the third period, we were coming out strong. We were skating and putting pucks in the net and behind the d. And thats the way we have to play. Third period showed more of how we can play. And if you leave it up to one period, sometimes it doesnt work out. Youre not going to win every game. So forget it and youve forward. Reporter the next chance to finish off the flyers comes friday at the verizon center. Carol maloney, news 4 sports. Something tells me it will get a little chippy tomorrow migh night. Im hoping this will finish it off. Mr. Philly. A long way to go. One game at a time. And by growing the beard out for charity, you can donate on my twitter page. Help me beat its connecting actually. You see . [ applause ] i love it. Well, youre getting a lot of positive feedback, right . Yeah, im coming back on the morning show every day now. There you go. Were watching all that Rainy Weather out in houston. Its been a week of flooding. Next at the live desk, what officials are really woe rried about. And its a little cooler, but were in for a nice warmup. Why you may want the heat on in the car this morning and the ac this afternoon. And allergies not just from poll will not. The new scare about ticks in new4 your health. S im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Narrator an attack ad from the campaign for Donna Edwards. So untrue. So outrageous that president obama said, pull it down. The Obama White House called the ad on Chris Van Hollen and the nra misleading. The sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. The post praised van hollen as a leading champion on gun safety, and condemned the edwards ads that mislead voters. Donna edwards. Will she say anything to win an election . I dont believe that big money can buy votes not in our district. And i wont claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. We cant settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. Ill stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. In tv and in business, i built relationships. As a woman in the house, ill do the same to get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews im Kristin Wright at the live desk. Developing right now, flooding in houston. More flood warnings have been issued for that area this morning as concerns are growing right now over two dams. Theyre 20 years past their Life Expectancy and the u. S. Army corps of engineers deems them extremely high risk. Those two dams are at 50 capacity right now again as more rain is expected to fall in the houston area today. Back to you. Breezy out here this morning on the storm team 4 weather deck. Might want to grab the light jacket as you head out this morning. But as the sun comes up, well have plenty of it. Temperatures during the morning commute around 50 degrees and as we headed into the afternoon hours, well have increasing clouds but nice overall today. Temperatures will warm into the mid70s. So warmer than yesterday. And a bit breezy throughout the day. Traveling locally looking for the most part just fine, some i81 coriry door later today. Flying to houston, you could encounter problems with the flooding and more rain in the forecast. Jack, how are the roads looking . We were doing well, but you were fortunately, we have problems in hagerstown eastbound i70 out near route 40, this is at 32. We had an overnight accident, tractor trailer did an enormous amount of damage described by state police and callers. The guard rail heavily damaged. Crews blocking the left lane. And a couple mile delay trying to get out of hagerstown. Once beyond it, you are fine. A live look on 270 southbound near 118, no early issues this morning. Southbound route 3 before route 50, that work zone still there. Right now searchers are slowing down and ecuador is starting to focus on restoring electricity and cleaning up from the damage of that giant earthquake there. The death toll n people. But more than 100 are still missing. Countries from all over the world have sent aid, but its difficult to get food and water to everyone who needs it. Ecuadors president says hes raising sales taxes to help pay for the recovery effort. An annandale man is dead after a confrontation with Fairfax County police. This happened wednesday afternoon. The 45yearold Paul Gianelos walked away from a group home outing at roundtree park. Gianelos is described as having both developmental and physical disabilities. A veteran officer found gianelos and began talking to him. The officer says he became combati combative, so he called for backup. A witness says it took four officers to subdue gianelos who was still moving before head di medics arrived. Once medics arrived on scene, they then observed mr. Gianelos have a medical emergency, what appears to be cardiac arrest and cpr was gianelos died at the hospital. State medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death. Month after a man found dead in his burped out home, Montgomery Police say the death is now a homicide. Body was found in the basement of his town home after a massive fire there about that police say he had multiple injuries to his body. Firefighters initially thought the flames were fueled by gas at the home on wind jammer way. Two other men who lived there escaped the fire. A 10,000 reward being offered for any information in that case. Today we expect volkswagen to officially announce how it will compensate drivers affected by the cheating scandal. Last year the automaker admitted to cheating on the tests for some of its diesel powered cars. In San Francisco today the company is expected to announce it will spend 1 billion to compensate mhundreds of thousans of drivers both with buy back officers and repairs. The man responsible for u. S. Capitol should learn his sentence later today. Prosecutors want Douglas Hughes to spend ten hospitmonths in pr. The former mail carrier from florida says his flight was meant to draw attention to Campaign Finance reform. Congressional lawmakers could make a move on funding the fight against zika today. President obama is asking for nearly 2 billion. A Senate Appropriations panel will meet today and there is word that some top gop lawmakers might propose to partially fund the president s request. The white house wants to use unused ebola money to help fund this request. In news 4 your health oig now, allergy experts fear this this could be the worst allergy season ever. There is a surging number of allergies linked to the outdoors and were not just talking about pollen a tickrelated meat allergy has been quietly spreading across the southern and eastern u. S. Over the past two decades. What does that mean . So when the tick bites a deer, it injects a carbohydrate that is also found in meat and dairy and when transmitted to humans, some people develop an allergic reaction to red meat and dairy. Onset is between three to six hours after being exposed. So basically it can make you sick when you eat red meat. Right now there are more than 3500 cases across the country. Experts say the best prevention is to avoid ticks when out doors. P and i know parents struggle because you want to protect yourself from insects, but some of the bug just another thing for us to worry. Crazy. Time right now is 5 17. Lets get a look at our forecast. Good morning. Fairly nice day dock up. Amelia reported from the weather deck that you may need a little extra long sleeve first thirng this morning because the southerly breeze with just a hint of a chill caused by the breeze. Outside were also dealing with rain coming our way for tomorrow. We actually needed it. Its been quite a dry stretch around here. Even though we had at least some measured rainfall on nine out of the first 12 days this month, were still nearly an inch behind in rainfall. So just a small amount of rain spread over many, many days. And since the first of march, were now more than 3 inches down in rainfall. So raindrops would be appreciated for a lot of things, up to and including getting some of the pollen out of the air. Best chance for rain comes up tomorrow as we get into the weekend, could be some clouds think saturday afternoon, saturday night and sunday look great. Here is the rain chance were tracking out here. Again, not any really solid heavy line of rain showers, but a steady and increasing chance. Have a few sprinkles in far western maryland this morning. These returns that are showing up in the shen dandoah, these a fall returns. Future weather to carry you through the day, well be dry in the metro area. If anyone will get a drop today, it will be out towards hagerstown and martinsburg. And even there, rain chances below 30. Skies go mostly cloudy overnight tonight. Here is tomorrow morning. Maybe a chance for a shower first thing on your friday. But most of our rain chance comes up tomorrow during the afternoon between about 3 00 in the afternoon and 8 00 or 9 00 in the evening. Well start to dry out after that. So today, breezy and mild, temperatures in the 70s. What about your weekend . Saturday clearing skies, high of 73. And sunday looks sunny and fantastic with a high up near 74 well give you the four things you need to know about the next 24 hours coming up. Now traffic time with jack taylor. Good morning. Weed a big delays early out of hagerstown. We have an overnight accident involving a tractor trailer that took out about a half mile worth of faguardrail. Left lane blocked and causing a huge delay. This is an exit back, so already about a three mile delay east on i70. Beyond it into frederick, you are find. Work zone still hanging in, paving southbound route 3 crain highway before route 50. Youll find just the left lane getting by. Not causing a huge delay. Again volume still light, but that is more than a perfopt to. Could it be a make or break day for Johnny Football . What is expected to happen in the case of Johnny Manziel in just hours. And from the justlain field. P 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. New this morning, the world of Pro Wrestling is remembering one of its rec iz nizable name. Chyna, joan any lawyer, the first woman to enter the royal rumble. She was 46 years old and was found dead in a los angeles apartment and police at this point dont suspect foul play. Happening today, more trouble ahead for the man known as Johnny Football. A texas grand jury will hear testimony about former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, hes accused of hitting his ek girlfriend during a night out in january. A decision on whether to indict manziel will likely be announced on monday. Time is 5 24. A nonprofit that provides fresh food for working class families is making a separate effort for Mark Segraves shows how its helping heros where George Washington once lived. Reporter these are veterans working the land that was once worked by the first veteran farmer. George washington. More than 200 years later, veterans are learning how to farm on this very land. But there is a problem. They dont have all the equipment they need to be properly trained. In fact, they dont even have a tractor. And theyre asking for your help. This plot here would be a lot easier do if we had a tractor. And we dont so what we are doing . Manual labor. Reporter you can learn more about arcadia farm and the program they have to rain veterans how to become farmers and the equipment that they desperately need by going to the nbc washington app and searching veteran farmers. And he did a sorry before about bringings the mobile markets to neighborhood so is people can have access to healthy foods. And they are out there with pitch forks. Hard work. Today is the queen of englands 90th birthday. Happy birthday. Is it her Royal Highness or royal majesty . Youre asking the wrong person. Prince of wales has recorded a special radio broadcast for the day and edited pass ans from passages from henry the eighth. Good son. She said shes like any other grandmother and hes been told off by her many times. Gun salutes will take place starting at noon local time. Can you imagine a celebration for the queen of england for her 90th . Pretty amazing. Time right now were working on four stories that you need to know before you leave for work this morning. He said she said. What the wife of an area sheriff said in a 911 call made just before he was arrested for hitting her. And she was doing something a lot of us did it during the