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>> first at noon, we begin with the weather. cool and gloomy with more wet weather heading our way. doug hill is here with how long it will last and when we can expect a big warm up. doug: it looks like the warm-up is going to come next week. we will get a taste of it on sunday, but it will feel like summer next week. let's tell you about what we are
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cloudy skies around the area, 58 in the city, and we are going to stay chilly all week long. very little rain in the metro area. .he rain is south of washington fredericksburg, charlottesville, harrisburg, plenty of rain as the march goes from west to east. as we get into the late-night hours, larger areas of steadier, heavier rain will develop and we think the chance will really increase after 7:30 p.m.-8:00. after midnight, the heaviest rain possibilities are overnight until tomorrow. overnight and in the morning when you wake up, rain, chilly temperatures, and plenty of it. your 10 day outlook coming up >> to a developing story. trump's latest tweets are raising even more questions. -- questions about james comey's
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obstruction of justice. today's poll -- does the president spend too much time tweeting? let us know. meantime, here is lana zak with the latest. alana: the president is taking the comey firing to another level today, appearing to threaten the former fbi director, writing -- saidously, the president comey had told him three times he was not under investigation. said, if it's possible, will you let me know if i am under investigation. he said you are not under investigation. reporter: but today's tweet sounds like a threat to call me not to contradict this account. here is dick durbin. mr. durbin: president trump is dangerous. he may be obstructing justice in the investigation that goes to the heart of our democracy and
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president. reporter: the white house offered conflicting reports for the impetus to fire comey, but insisted it had nothing to do with the investigation into russian interference in the election. then on nbc news, the president said russia was on his mind. mr. trump: i said this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. reporter: but the president also insist see once the investigation to continue. he said he is very active as a president so it is not possible for his staff to answer questions with "perfect accuracy p or co- in a subsequent tweet, he threatened -- "perfect accuracy." in a subsequent tweet, he threatened to cancel all future press conferences. >> joining us is our political correspondent. what are your thoughts? >>
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hitting the panic over this at the moment, necessarily. at the moment, it is being dismissed as tough tweeting from the president. there were a lot of question marks, more than a statement with exclamation points. the white house representatives are not thrilled with this, but i don't think anyone is too concerned. there is a press briefing today with sean spicer at 1:00. needless to say, he will be asked about the future of the press briefings. >> there is a lot going on. should we be looking forward to next week? >> we don't even know what is going to happen this weekend. it is such a breakneck pace right now with news coming out of the white house. we are going to be keeping a close eye on whether we see deputy attorney general rod
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on whether he was pressured by the administration to write the letter that helped form the foundation for director comey's firing. that is one thing we are going to keep a close eye on. also, the russian investigation itself. in the past hour, the white house issued this letter that came from the president's accountant and tax attorneys saying he has received no real payments from the russians over the past year. >> two days before mother's day, -- somes are thought to moms sought to dramatize the importance of freedom to the white house. they gathered outside the trump hotel. through downtown washington is wrapping up behind me at the justice department. the people involved just delivered a box of statues
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from attorney general jeff sessions office. , mothers,e behind me their children, and a mariachi band. they do not agree with the of donald principles trump, and they want their voices hurt. they made their way to the trump international hotel with the tow.chi band inte they planned to deliver these statues this afternoon to the capital. >> we have all in best it in this nation, made it our new invested insted -- this nation, made it our new home, built it into the united states of america that it is. the fact that anyone, particularly in the highest office in the land, insinuates that
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immigrants do not belong in the country is ridiculous. >> sam sweeney, abc news. >> don't forget, you can stay up to speed on every new development at the white house at wjla.com. new at noon, an update on the sexual assault that happened in arlington. police are looking for the suspect who attacked a woman on rosslyn boulevard last sunday. now video shows the man trying to enter another tilting before the attack. he left after he was turned away. he went down the street and went door to door before attacking the victim. in central ohio where an active shooter situation has come to an end. it started early this morning at a nursing home in the town of cooker so. -- cookers w
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ville. police claim the shooter involved is no longer a threat. we are learning to -- we are working to learn more about the situation. , a townhouse in fairfax county went up in flames this morning and authorities confirm that the person who lives there was being evicted tomorrow. john gonzalez has the latest. >> a spokesperson with fairfax county fire tells me this is now deemed a suspicious fire. actively searching all morning for the homeowner who was not inside the house at the time of the fire. sources tell me this afternoon they have made contact with them. us thevestigators tell man was seen leaving the home at around midnight, about an hour and a half before the flames started, leaving with several pieces of luggage. in fact, one neighbor tells us he asked him are you moving? he told him no. take a look. n
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home where the fire started, but to adjacent properties. the family will be back in their home sometime tonight, we are told, but you see the video, flames pouring out of the house. an explosion.h that is how many residents woke up this morning. fire investigators have been walking around the home with arson dogs sniffing accelerants. they are waiting to shore up what is right now and unstable structure. were a lot of loud noises, banging, explosions. i went outside and everything was ablaze. >> neighbors tell us the house was foreclosed on the homeowner was set to be evicted this weekend. we are working to get that story. the cause is yet unknown. now,ght
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alert for a baby from hampton, va. authorities believe eight month old chloe johnson is in extreme danger. police believe she may be in a black 2013 kia optima with virginia plates. vaw-2197. her mother, kira johnson, is also missing. she may have been affected as well. a search is underway in anne arundel county after a news was found outside a middle school. these images of two young suspects outside the school. parents say it is an unusual incident for the community. it was meantow if to be a hate crime or if it was -- >> parents say they are working with police to determine what happened. if you recognize the individuals in
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to call anne arundel county police. coming up, drivers blowing past bus stops and putting students in danger. what is being done about it. mcafeehe creator of antivirus software is a person of interest in a 2012 murder. tonight on 20/20, he is speaking the case for the first time. first, a check on the roads with angela: lindsay, we have accidents on a couple of major thoroughfares. up at eastne is set capitol street. if you had over two hour traffic land cameras, you can see we have major problems on interstate 95 in virginia. blocks aund crash lane. interstate 95 in maryland, a crash on the ramp, southbound 95
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hottest spot for this right now. this is river road in bethesda. 660 five tickets have been cited right here in this area in about a four, and that number is going up. we have the footage to prove it. this was around 8:00 this morning. we watched a dozen vehicles break the law. according to police, drivers don't know the rules of the road or they are distracted when they drive by school buses. either way, they are breaking the law, and the number of drivers doing this is gangrene. these numbers are through march 31. -- the number of drivers doing this is staggering. these numbers are through march 31. at one point, they issued 88 tickets p in one day. you are wondering, is 100 when
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come october, it is dubbed -- $125 right now. come october, that is doubling. lindsay: so surprising. right now, all eyes are on the weather because we are expecting rain, which will make the road even less safe. doug: there is a rain pattern moving in. it will be much later tonight when the study, heavy rain arrives. there is dead news because we will see clearing sunday, and ,hen -- there is good news because we will see clearing sunday. but we are not there yet. we are looking at a cloudy, damp day. generally moving from west to east, that will continue. but there is more developing to the south and w
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tonight, and those are the areas, especially late tonight, we think will give us more rain and more measurable rain. our forecast through the rest of today, lots of clouds. through the evening hours, the chances of rain increased. temperatures hold steady in the 50's all night. rain impacts. an impact to the nationals-phillies game. rain is likely to develop during the game. it will be better tomorrow afternoon. chilly, but the rain will be done. sunday looks great at the ballpark as well. holdr futurecast, we will it in the 50's today and tonight and watch areas of rain move-in. this is 3:00 in the morning in case you are out and running around. as we get into the early morning hours, it starts to pull away. by 10:30 a.m.-11:00, most of the rain is out of the metro area.
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tomorrow afternoon when the rain and scott a many areas will pick up another inch. -- when the rain ends, many areas will pick up another inch or two. we have a long stretch of days in the seven 80's. best i can do for you. happening tonight, and antivirus tighten turned international fugitive. john mcafee was named a person of interest by authorities in the 2012 murder of his neighbor. tonight on "20/20," he is speaking out about the murder and whether he was involved. he has let a colorful life, to say the least, including trying to run for president in the last election. how has he been able to be so public and yet remain a fugitive? >> he
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bailey's, so he is not technically a fugitive there. elize, so he is not technically a fugitive there. he escapes through. fled, melting away to the jungle, spent three weeks in the jungle before escaping to gotemala, and then he imported back to the u.s. he has never been charged. thishing we look at in hour is not only what happened ze, the murder itself, but about mcafee 2.0. he has reinvented himself to be a cyber security guru and gets paid $25,000 a pop to speak at all of these cyber security conferences. an astonishing story, the rise and fall of mcafee, and what seems to be the rise
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surprising thing for viewers tonight? right's i think the way he engages me and the viewers. one thing you don't see is that he will be talking to the correspondent and then turned to the camera and address the public directly. that's something very jarring. he wants to get his message out. we press him and press him again and there is a surprise in the interview. i won't reveal what it is, but he was not happy with me. lindsay: we look forward to seeing that tonight on "20/20." still ahead, we are going to show you the close
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>> we are paddle boarding next to approximately 15 great quite -- white sharks. lindsay: wow. one of several shark sightings in the area. the ocean has stayed so warm, the sharks of state put instead of migrating to mexico. beaches remain open, but are on high alert until saturday. alifornia doctors -- california doctors long experience delivering babies came in handy this week when she found herself stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital to deliver her own child. name on up at my own the birth certificate of delivering physician, which was pretty cool. lindsay: that is
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15 minutes into the ride, the baby entered the world, and despite the commotion, dad kept his cool and his hands on the wheel. he did slow down a little bit but kept driving. mom and baby are happy and healthy. as we head to break, live look outside. wet weather moving our way. doug has a final check on our
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rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare.
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cliques he genuinely just try to make people happy. from england is running across the united states for the third time. all was inspired by the classic film forrest gump. he started in alabama, went to california, turned around, went to maine, and is now making his way back to the west coast. he has already tracked more than 6500 miles. i sure he came across some rain in that time, like what we are about to experience. doug: a real-life forest come. very good. rain this evening. nothing yet in the metro area. expect rain tonight and tomorrow morning. sunshine for mom on sunday. yet a. -- good. lindsay: wonderful. thank you.
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