Coming up thin a couple minutes. A live look at Reagan National as folks get ready to head out of town. But the big question on many folks minds are the tsa lines. Derrick ward is live there morning with a look at how things are going so far. Reporter good morning. Early morning here at Reagan National, take a look at the lines. They are a little longer than usual. We dont see the long lines that we maybe see at other airports, but of course lately weve had issues with staffing at tsa. Now, what we are expecting is a higher than normal number of travelers this Holiday Season and this comes at the same time that the tsa is having staffing issues. They have a cap on fulltime employees and theyre losing the folks that are there because of the pay rate and at worse people have been missing their delights. Some airlines have stepped in to gap. That will remain to be seen as we get into this. Expected to be a higher than normal travel season. Coming up, well talk to some folks about the wait and what theyre doing to get around it. Were live at Reagan National. Derrick ward, news 4. Closer gas prices mean more people will be on the roads all weekend long. Aaa estimates nearly 34 million travelers will drive to their destination, thats about 89 of all travelers. Megan mcgrath is tracking the be best and worst times to hit the road and well check in with her about ten minutes. A massive project is new complete. For the last year, the park service has been installing support beams to reinforce the arlington memorial original deck. And despite repair, it still needs 250 million overhaul work in order to keep it from closing. Three injured two seriously in a stabbing at a d. C. Jail. It happened l d. C. Central tee tension facility in southeast. Were working to find out whether the victims are jailed staff or inmates. That jail was put on lockdown during the incident. A man faces a hearing this morning in the stabbing death of a pregnant woman in takoma park. The 36yearold was a Montgomery County school bus driver. And investigators charged the suspect with murder. To say that were disheartened, disappointed is an understatement. One year later, a slain d. C. Reporters family is still looking for answers. Charnice mill tton was killed b stray bullet one year ago today. Her murder remained unsolved. A long Time Community activist wanted to call attention to the more than 100 unsolved murders where he lives. Its basically morgue. And it hits people because they did not realize that there are that many unsolved homicides just east of the river. Police say a group of atv and dirt bike riders was involved in a shootout and milton was used as a human shield. Her family is planning a vigil tonight on the corner where she was shot last year. Thats good hope and naylor roads in southeast. It begins at 7 40 p. M. The people responsible for maintains Arlington National cemetery may go on strike. The groundskeepers say take they have been trying to reach a new contract for nearly eight months. Their union has been working to negotiate with their employer davie Tree Expert Company and green leaf services. The 45 groundskeepers are asking for hire wages and paid sick leave. Today is the last day to register to vote for the democratic president ial primary in d. C. Registration can b d tuesday. If you forget to register, Election Officials say that the d. C. Residents can register at a polling place on election day. You had our president saying he will not be the nominee of his party. Oh, really . There could not be a starker difference than there is between me and now as of today the republican nominee donald trump. That was yesterday after donald trump clinched the gop nomination when he hit that required number of pledged delegates. Now Hillary Clinton and trump are aiming at each other. Tracie potts will have the latest on that coming up at 5 45. Gesellschaesellsch. That is correct. Do you know what that means . Yes. Really . It means people working together for a common goal. Pretty good for a spelling bee that ended in a tie between two friends. One of the boys is the youngest ever champion at only 11 years old and the other is a 13yearold. His older brother won the title two years ago. Congratulations to them. A feat much larger than you or i could ever accomplish. 45,000 for each of them cash and prizes and scholarship and all that jazz. Good for them. How do you spell fun this memorial day weekend . Some might sayfun. I see what you did there. We could see some rain, though. A closer look at that when we check back in with Amelia Draper. And a lot of you are getting ready to hit the road for the weekend, but now may not be the best time to leave. Why you might want to change your travel plans. Imol southeast texas. Take a look at this video just into the live desk. Weve learned two people are missing in the floodwaters near austin. But look at that storm there. A rescue helicopter joining the search for the two missing in an area known as flash flood alley. What were hearing about downed trees and other reports of damage. More rain expected today. Well stay on top of these s velopmentthroughout the coming up on 5 1100 this friday morning. Well into the 70s for some of us already at this early hour. Amelia draper is standing by with your weather and traffic on the 1s. If youre getting out of town and heading to the beaches, water temperature currently at 64 degrees. Tomorrow nearly perfect with plenty of sunshine and highs in the upper 70s. Shower or thundershower possible later in the day on sunday. Otherwise a mix of sun. A high of 74. Memorial day, far from perfect at the beaches. Well have plenty of clouds and some showers looking likely. Temps only around 71 degrees. Now, rainfall intensity on monday, were talking about light rainfall. Ill have more on that coming up in ten minutes. Melissa, quiet on the roads this morning. Very quiet right now. Going to be very different here of course later in the day as folks are hitting the road for this Holiday Weekend. 66 at germantown road, live picture showing eastbound westbound, everything moving just fine here this morning. Prince georges county, still nice and green. Dont have any pig problems. Do have a slowdown, seeing some yellow just inside the beltway southbound 210. Dont have a report of any problems. Could just be a disabled vehicle. Inner loop after connecticut avenue, still have the two left lanes getting by that work zone. And taking a look at 95 from quantico to the beltway, it will take you 18 minutes. So on time there. No big worries along 95. The 1s. Ill see you at 5 21. Reporter im Megan Mcgrath live at the bay bridge where things at this earl hour are looking great. Take a look for yourself. You can see the headlights coming toward us, that is the eastbound traffic headed over the bridge and traffic is running at speed. I crossed over a little while ago, went straight through the toll. Didnt have to wait at all. I was the only car in the line and just cruised on through. Of course we are expecting things to get much, much more hectic here later on this morning. Many people headed to the beaches for this long Holiday Weekend. Now according to a new traffic study, the traffic patterns are shifting a little bit from what we have traditionally seen. Normally friday is the big get out of town day, but this time around, that study saying a lot of people actually left on thursday to try to beat the traffic. Never the less, we are expecting things to be very, very busy here at the bridge especially l big question here, what is the best time to leave, what is the woors time to leave. Take a look. The experts say if youll be heading across the bridge, best time is sometime before 11 00 this morning. The worst time to travel today is between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. Because keep in mind a lot of folks take a half day today, they get this a little bit of work and then they leave a little bit early. And so we start to see that rush hour building in the early afternoon. So factor that this. Now, gas prices are low this year, so a lot of people hitting the roads. Finally weve gotten a break in the weather. It will be a beautiful weekend. So not only will you have the folks headed to the beach who have reservations and the like, well see a lot of day trippers going over for the day because the weather is so nice. That is going to add to the traffic. So just keep the patterns in mind. If you can leave early, thats your best bet. Later on this morning, t w the other bridge span. Right now theyre just in the traditional traffic mode with the two headed east. But no problems yet. Back to you. If you plan to use metro this Holiday Weekend, pack some patience. All of the lines will be affected by repair work and there will be no orange line service. Silver line service will replace those orange trains, also vienna, dunn loring and West Falls Church stations will be closed. But riders can take shuttle buses between those stations. A former Fairfax CountyFire Investigation get a tore is suing firefighters on harassment allegations. This is the latest accusation of a hostile Work Environment for female firefighters. Patricia tom sell lowe worked with the department and says it all started when she became a firefighter in 1996. Sell lowe w with the department and says it all started when she became a firefighter in 1996. And the harass the continued for years even at a conference. Had a couple of firefighters come to my room 2 00, 3 00 in the morning and stabtsz lyconst harassing me about sex. She filed a discrimination lawsuit two years ago, because judge dismissed it. Recently the department is under fire for another firefighter who took her own life and lewd comments were found about her on line. The man who crashed into two emts last year will spend the next year and a half in prison, about six months more than the sentencing guidelines. He was driving drunk when he lost control of her truck on the beltway and ran into the medics seriously injuring them. The guidelines called for probation to one year in prison. The judge also cited his history of two prior alcohol related owed fences. A maryland man will spend the next 350 years in prison prosecutors say he killed the baby to collect a 750,000 Life Insurance policy. A Montgomery County judge sentenced him to life with all but 50 years suspended. Police need your help finding a missing one. Alice elizabeth mo ittt was las seen walking away from her home. She also goes by the name jewels rodriguez. If youve seen her, call police. Happening today, break out your swimsuits. Ha mayor Muriel Bowser will kick off the pool season at the oxen run pool in southeast. All of the districts pools and spray parks officially open tomorrow. Memorial day weekend facilities are run from noon to 6 00 and then during the summer they will open at 11 00 a. M. Which is two hours earlier than they did last year. This weekend kick off the unofficial start to summer meaning most swimming poolsre enjoy all of the fun in the sun, experts watch the you to pay close attention to your little ones. While drownings among kids and teens have slightly declined in the past feud yew years, still 350 drown every year. Toddlers up to 4 years old most at arriving. Risk. Theyre mobile, curious, fast, but they havent properly how to assess risk. Experts also suggest learning cpr. And if you have a backyard pool, install a fence with a lock around it. Such an important skill to be able to learn to start early for kids. And still they say studies show the number one reason people dont learn how to swim is fear. I remember my swimming lessons early at the morning at ymca. Not a fun time. But im glad that i took them. Coming up on 1 after the ho swimming weather at least in the pool. I dont know about the ocean. Yeah, a little chilly at the ocean. Temps in the low to mid60s, water temperatures that is. Currently outside were in the 60s and 70s. 71 in the district. 68 in this annapolis. Mainly clear skies. Here is future weather. 7 00 a. M. , were dry. Hazy sunshine. Hazy, hot and humid today. Noon still dry. Nice travel weather. As we head into the later afternoon and evening hours, thunderstorms are possible. Notice this cell around the baltimore area. More activity back over the mountains around the i81 corridor. 6 00, still tracking some very isolated showers mainly around the Baltimore Metro area. Most of us will be dry today. And then more activity over the mountains. Otherwise a mix of clouds and sun 10 00 tonight. We return to mainly dry conditions for everybody. Your memorial day forecast is going to be impacted by what bonnie. So you can see it right here, saturday evening, it will bring us increasing clouds on sunday. Some showers likely sunday night on into monday and its also going to bring cooler temps at the beaches. Right now it looks like the best timing for showers on monday will be during the first half of the day, but most of the weekend is looking great. 87 tomorrow, mostly sunny. 85 on sunday, partly to mostly cloudy skies. Chance of a late day shower or thunderstorm. I think we will see rain overnight, maybe heavier rain east of 95. Monday, 50 chance that youre dealing with some showers. Maybe a thundershower. 77. Tuesday, wednesday, thursday, keeping it dry, highs in the mid80s melissa, disabled vehicle. This is 95 south near 32, a truck stopped in the middle of the roadway. So right now, we are dealing with that. Does not seem to be slowing things too much. They are trying to get it out of way. Beltway at goodluck road, ry fine. I put this one up so everybody has good luck today as they head out of town. 66 looking quite good into town and out of town. You can see 95 to 5 northbound looking fine. Southbound seeing a bit of a delay through quantico. No report of a problem so well check into this one. Big look at the beltway, beltway looking quite good. Still have the road work reported inner loop after connecticut, that should be getting out of the way here pretty soon. No slow downs top of the beltway. A bombshell rocking the nations largest Baptist College. How Kenneth Starr is involved in a sex assault scandal at baylor university. And a Prince Georges County student struck with cancer heads back to school. Didnt want to be trapped, so went in and got him out. A guide and cave director rescued 19 trapped Clemson University students from a central kentucky cave. Yesterday a sudden torrential downpour caused water to rise inside that cave. There was only one way in and one way out. They were able to lead the students through neck deep water to safety. The countrys biggest Baptist College is facing a massive scandal. Baylor university has demoted its president and removed its football coach. An internal investigation revealed a fundamental failure by the university in how it handled Sexual Assault accusations against football players. As long as you can win and not get caught, this is ook. And cultures and fans support that message. Demoted University PresidentKenneth Starr became name in the 90s a investigating formerrd bill clintons relationship with monica lewinsky. Three, two, one, zero, liftoff. Lets try it again. Youre looking at a spacex rocket launch from earlier this month. Today spacex is trying to launch the another satellite into space. They originally planned that launch for last night, but called it off out of an abundance of caution. The company says it found a tiny glitch in an engine. Also today, theyre attempting to inflate a room on the International Space station. Nasa first tried this yesterday. Didnt work out. The expandible crew activity module is basically a smaller version of the future moon bases and colonies to mars. Nasa says there are just a few kinks to figure out. She has a rare form of brain cancer and another surgery coming up, but Chloe Williams has had a network. Usually at this time of year first graders are just thinking about summer vacation. But right now this group of students is getting ready to honor Chloe Williams. Shes a first grader at a creative and performing arts academy in suitland. And even after multiple brain and speeinal surgery, today shes going back to school. To celebrate the school is holding courageous chloe day with a pep rally, dance tribute and even a imagimarching band. And you can so so we can pray with you. Its a tremendous support system that she has there and the love that the children and the teachers show her. Chloe will arrive on a Prince Georges County fire truck with lights and sirens and Everything Else that goes along with with it and it all starts in a few hours from now and im sure it will be a beautiful and very moving scene to see her come back to school. Already standing outside cheering for her and make her feel welcome. Welcome back, chloe. If you are planning to grill out this memorial day weekend, i am for the first time, lord help us, you may want to keep a hotline for help on speed dial. Just in case. Longhorn steakhouse is bringing back its annual grill us hotline. Certified grill masters will be available by phone sunday 11 00 and to 5 00 p. M. You can also get your questions answered through longhorns facebook and twitter pages. And also now via text now through september 5th. You can find all the information on the nbc washington app. We are off to another warm start this morning. Look at that 70 degrees already when you step out the door this morning. You might notice something humidity. But will it stick around for the Holiday Weekend . Amelia draper has the answer at 5 31. And its something that is going to impact a lot of you. Metros Safetrack Program and the countdown is on. What you need to know b im molette green at t