and it's easy to see it and smell it but with drugs it's not that easy. stephen: the symptoms are similar. people are surprised by the finding but not the police officers who patrol the route who decriminalized marijuana. study found for the first time more drivers killed in the crashes have drugs in their system than alcohol. is it as dangerous as alcohol? >> no. >> personal experience? >> no. >> they are pulling over the impaired drivers to determine blood tests to be on drugs. not drunk.

this found 43% of the drivers had the illegal or the illegal drugs in their system. 37% above the legal limit of alcohol. >> regardless if you are smoking pot or if it's legal think of the action you take before getting behind a wheel. stephen: some marijuana users want more research before it's determined it impairs driving. >> until there is a study on this, we don't know. stephen: the governor highway safety administration is agnostic on the issue of marijuana. but they say it does appear to be a possible correlation between legalizing marijuana and the increase in drunk driving. jonathan: thank you. we are getting a fresh look now at the deadly crashes in maryland. last year the state says 523 people killed on the maryland roads. that is on bar with numbers from

this is despite 6% increase of the wrecks nationwide. michelle: metro is moving forward with the planning to operate as normal on friday despite the 500 absence requests. >> we agree we are tired of being disrespected by wmata and the members being disrespected. michelle: the so-called sick-out stems from a policy that calls on workers to call out sick 72 hours in advance. jonathan: a streak of fire in night sky. the missile capable of a nuclear weapon splashed down in the pacific. the test comes amid the simmering tensions between the u.s. and north korea.

trump only spent five minutes on the senate. >> a sobering briefing. important to hear the emerging fans to confront a threat for security. >> the secretary of defense state the director of thenable intelligence and the chairman answered the questions about north korea's nuclear weapons program. on june 30, reagan national airport is closing a v.i.p. parking lot that serves member of congress and supreme court justices. jonathan: this is billed as the biggest tax reform in american history and now we know what is in the proposal. the president would double the

child care credit and eliminate deduction for charitable giving. you still write it off. similar plimfies from seven brackets to three. some add it could add $6 trillion to the deficit in six years. >> the giveaway to wealthy to explode the deficit. jonathan: the economists say it would pay for itself by creating a booming economy. this hinges on congress. you can delve deeper to look at the particulars by putting it on the website. michelle: another campaign promise and we will explain what it means for the sanctuary cities here. >> as

trump's executive order stripping funding from the sanctuary cities isn't fair. put a stop to it for now. >> i am never surprised by ninth circuit. q: the white house called it an overreach by a judge that unilaterally rewrote policy. others have a different take. >> we are proud to be proud of the sanctuary cities. >> being a sanctuary city, takoma park could lose $2 million in the federal funding if the trump administration had its way. the judge mentioned this in the ruling. >> that would be a weapon. >> calling the executive order a weapon on the tv was a stark difference to the nonaggressive presentation it received in court to send up a red flag to th

>> they would be telling the city what to do on a local level. jonathan: q mccray reporting. today, if you saw folks out there in the law enforcement, this is what is going on. a full scale terror attack drill is underway. they are training in the six different locations to prepare for any kind of possible terror threat. two include nats park and george mason university. michelle: caught on video, danger in the sky. the daring rescue to save a woman trapped on a crane. how did she get there? jonathan: risking a life to save another. this was only getting started when somebody else was pulled to safety. doug: after a few days of weather that felt like what you'd find in ireland now we are going to feel like it's

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jonathan: the big e response to a fire and it goes on another day. the firefighters are still putting out hot spots from monday's fire that gutted the huge apartment building built from

the work will continue. nobody was hurt. but the building is total loss to the tune of $40 million. michelle: take a look at this. a house explosion in st. louis so violent the proof of the home landed -- roof of the home landed on a neighbor's house two doors down. they expect a gas problem there. >> the officer on the car. someone is working to pry the door open and drag out the driver. the officer on the passenger side. he is swinging the pa on the. they pry open the door and drag out the passenger. they survive. matter of time. michelle: shocking video of toronto of a woman on a precarious

they foined her with no -- they found her with no harness on the crane. they began to climb the two and a half hour ordeal and the climber and the woman were lowered to safety. the rescue climber said the conditions were tough. it was cold and the work was exhausting. jonathan: surely if she got up there, i could get up there. michelle: she is just in jeans. no gear. jonathan: today, gold medal of valor went to three fallen heroes. detective jacai colson and firefighters john ulmschneider and chris hill. colson was killed by friendly fire in a shooting of march over 2016. ulmschneider shot responding to a call in april. hill died of brain

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jonathan: look at the kid's haircut. look at the part. parents say they had to turn to a sharpie to keep the son in school because it started when the sixth grader was sent home because the hair has two lines cut into it. the texas school says it violates the dress code so they used a marker to color in the second line. >> to get an education we have to treat the hair like a coloring book. the sun has had the hair style for months. school system isn't contacting. michelle: a bad de

this is video in court. that isco tain falling from the hat --co tain falling from the hat -- cocaine falling from the hat. jonathan: you can see that they are bailing out here and carrying a.k.-47's. you can see that they are jumping out. the a.k., running toward the truck. the problem is they need to find out who they are. the thief got a bag from the guard. no money in it. if you recognize the men or the car they were using a black avenger they want to hear from you. there is a reward. michelle: president trump denounced what he call asthmasive federal -- call asthmasive federal land grab. it's only for newer monuments. president trump: it is time to end the abusive

hem to name monuments but the president shows abuse of the power. in late december he infuriated republicans when he protected the land. some asked him to reverse it but the president doesn't have the explicit power and nor has it been done before. this does not remove monuments or weaken environmental protection on any public land. >> environmentalists and the conservation groups are critical to call into question whether the national heritage is worth protecting will have lasting repercussions of t

public land for generations to come. to be clear, no capital region monuments are part of the review. the national park service touting increase of 5 million visitors in 2016 to the local monument, memorial and site. >> we expect it to continue. >> they contributed $1.5 billion to the regional economy. noting that the park tourism results in $10 for every one dollar invested. the white house proposed 12% cut to interior department next year. in the newsroom, mike carter-conneen. jonathan: a marine who gave clear images from the front lines of world war ii died in alexandria. he was a military sin metographer whose video was -- kren metographer who video was turned into

the major shot much of the video for the fight from iowa jima. he was 96. doug: so far we are waiting for the sunshine and it has arrived for some of us. and soon it will arrive for everyone. the clouds clearing out and now there is plenty of sunshine. 78 in stanton, luray and warrenton at 77. and 80 in charlottesville. it's 72 at reagan national and quantico. notice baltimore and annapolis and easton and we are still in 60's. the clouds are slow. it will clear. for most of the region and all of the region the skies will turn partly cloudy. overnight temperatures are 55 to 62 deg

with the atmospheric set-up. the patchy fog is a good bet. not for everyone. but keep in mind late tonight and tomorrow morning don't be surprised if you see enough fog to slow you down. strong april sun will burn it off. the next event is a cold front. a lot of times are in the late afternoon touchdown evening, but not this one. this cold front won't arrive until 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 tomorrow. the temperatures will climb 60's and 70's and the 80's. that sounds like a radio format. that is where we stop, mid-80's. over the weekend the hot day is saturday. sizzle. 88 degrees. mo

sunday a few passing showers. the easterly wind coolest for 70's. warmup with the showers and the storms are likely monday. when we look at the other side. then pleasant weather for tuesday and wednesday. then a cold front will come through and it could be cloudy next week. going to the other way and wind up in the 60's. that is latest. back to you. michelle: that is the reaction for doug. jonathan: hoping for it out of the cap and the wizards. they are getting ready. jonathan: so far the home team won every game and the wizards hope that trend will continue tonight. plus the caps never beat penguins in a playoff series and what they plan to do differently this time around. sports is next.

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erin: after the wizards squandered a 2-0 lead over the hawks both teams are back in d.c. with the series tied up. with an unusual 6:00 p.m. tim off at verizon, the game is underway so right now the wizards lead 15-13 in the first. we will have the highlights, post-game reaction at 11:00. the cp

for second round match-up with the penguins. game one is tomorrow. busy time at the phone booth. washington lost to pittsburgh in six games last year as the penguins eventually went on to win the stanley cup. robert burton in the locker room earlier today and he asked andre what the caps need to do to get over the hump. >> that is something we are talking about to do against pittsburgh. we didn't do last year. last year, one reason we didn't have as much success against pitt we gave them too much room. to skate on. create the chances on. there was a game or two we didn't come out the best. that is something we have to change. we have to be 110% ready and rock solid. erin: looking forward to it tomorrow night. programming alert. big night on newschannel8. the new redskins receiver

his first local tv interview since joining the skins. join us tonight at 9:00. finally the raiders have officially acquired marshall lynch in a trade with the seahawks. september 24 when the raiders will be at fedex field. jonathan: they will know how to use him properly. erin: unlike the seahawks. jonathan: if on the one yard line and the super bowl is on the line -- jonathan: running piano. michelle: nice warmup? doug: fog tonight and tomorrow morning. turning sunny tomorrow. 85. thunderstorms tomorrow night late. friday turning out to be nice. warm in mid-80's. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. see you at 11:00. have a good night.

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tonight -- several developing stories as we come on the air. the white house now claiming it will be the biggest tax cut ever. tonight, we'll show you the one-page proposal. corporate taxes cut by more than a half. who will pay for it? and our jon karl asks, will the president release his taxes? also tonight, the showdown with north korea, new tensions. now all 100 senators invited to the white house late today. new word from inside that rare briefing. severe weather threat as we come on the air. tornado warnings and now major storms. fox news under fire again. just days after pushing out bill o'reilly, what another fox host said about ivanka trump in this moment. accident we do have breaking news. the state trooper shot while on