one recipient john burke is originally from d.c.. he was an army ranger who says he thanks god for a wonderful family and good life. just the bravery, the courage, sacrifice. i can't engine to think about what it was like that day. >> we just have to show our appreciation. >>> well, stay with us "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. >> welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday. it is april 9, 2015. and we're starting off with another cloudy day. sgr another cloudy day. let's get right to tom kierein for a look at your forecast. >> not going to be real sunny today. we have clouds pushing in a little bit of light rain around the metro area. a band that stretches from near hagerstown through frederick and right just north of winchester martinsburg over to leesburg getting a few sprinkles as is montgomery and howard the district and prince george's county. and that's moving right now across anne arundel, calvert, charles, st. mary's and tracking east will be crossing the bay over

one recipient, 92-year-old john burke is originally from washington. he's the man there standing next to governor terry mcauliffe. he was an army ranger who says he thanks god for a wonderful family and good life. a major congratulations and huge honor for well deserving veterans. >>> 5:51 is your time and tom is back with us. we can appreciate the warmer weather that we're dealing with now, but the rain and clouds keeps you in a mood. >> yeah, if does. it's not going to be much in the way of any mood enhancement today, i'm sorry. as we'll have a lot of clouds around but wam are weather is coming in tomorrow. you can think about that. to be followed by strong storms. >> i know you were trying to get that in. >> it's spring and we have a little bit of light rain falling. in the metro area that is the area you see in the light green. there have been heavier downpours with thunder and lightning. that's south of us. a little bit of light rain in prince george's county calvert, arundel crossing the bay. farther north and west to just a few sprinkles now her

john burke is originally from d.c.. he's standing next to governor mcauliffe. he says he thanks god for a wonderful family and a good life. >>> if you feel like apartment rent is worse than a mortgage payment, you could be right. realty trac took a look at housing payments and they found mocht monthly mortgages on average are more affordable than apartment rents in most of the country. in our area the study found that it's better buying in prince george's county. for a look at other areas, just head to nbc washington app. the rental market in our area is so crazy. it's a one bedroom with no parking and still paying over $2,000. >> but i've had people tell me i should buy something. i prefer renting. i like the perks, i don't have to call a plumber when something breaks. i just put in a request and they come fix it. >> but you don't get a tax write-off. >> but i don't get wet either when it's raining. so i'm happy. speaking of rain, a live look outside. cloudy for certain. >> those low clouds hanging right over the washington monument a live view from our city c