through the afternoon hours. now, tomorrow, at least the sun returns, but how about the temperatures? do they recover? i'll have more on your workweek forecast coming up in just over ten minutes, richard. all right, amelia, thank you. right now new information on that deadly mud slide in washington state. a hospital near the mud slide has confirmed six patients, including a 6-month-old child, all of them are in critical or serious condition. earlier this morning, washington state police confirmed that three people were kil officials expect that number will rise. yesterday the ground gave way just northeast of seattle as a patch of land rushed down the side of a hill, destroying homes and taking people down with it. in a statement by washington's governor, he warned people living in the area of the mud slide to leave the area. many residents agree with that advice. >> it's dammed up so bad, there is no water coming down the river in front of our house. >> i just saw the darkness, like somebody wants to grab you from the back. and everything was gone. >> now, rescuers reported

hearing someone call for help overnight underneath all that debris, but so far, no other survivors have been found in the mud slide. we have developments in the story we've been following all morning long. one person is dead after a bus crashed along i-95 in lorton. that is where we find news4's derrick ward. derrick, i know moments ago you showed us that crews are out there repairing that guardrail, but it looks like police are now asking the public for help in this investigation. >> reporter: well, indeed, they are. take a look behind me here. you can see there are crews from the maryland state police. what they're doing is accident reconstruction, very important, of course, in an accident where there is a fatality, as we have learned that there is in this case. as you said, one person has died. one of two people medevaced from the scene. take a look at that scene earlier this morning. now, this is southbound i-95 just south of lorton road east somewhere between lorton road and the creek. now, we are told that this bus was southbound on 95 when a

white sedan -- this according to witnesses -- a white sedan may have either hit or cut this bus off, causing it to crash into that guardrail. it rode along the guardrail for some yards and then went over the guardrail, ended up in a ravine. we're told that that bus rolled over with as many as 19 people on board. just about everybody was taken to the hospital. we don't know the extent of the injuries except there was one fatality out of two medevaced from the scene. this appears to have been what is called a limo bus, so not traditional front-facing seating, but couch seating on either side of the bus. don't know that there were seatbelts on that bus. now, the folks that are on the the hospital, we are told -- and actually, we think someone who may have been a representative of the limo company was here briefly, then looks like they went along to the hospital. virginia state police are definitely asking for the public's help. any witnesses who may have been along i-95 in this stretch, this southern stretch of i-95 this morning around the time of this

accident around 3:00 this morning and saw what happened, they want them to get in touch with them, because they really want to know the circumstances that led to this now fatal accident. all lanes of traffic are open now. they've moved this bus out of here at about dawn, about first light it was towed away. we don't know where that was taken. but as we can see from the bus on the flat bed, or behind the tow truck it was in pretty bad condition. again, we don't know any of the conditions of the people involved. this was america tours incorporated, america tours the company that operates this bus out of mclean, virginia. they advertise doing things like wine tours, private tours, things like that. they have limousines, vans, rvs, traditional buses, and then limo buses like the one that was involved in this accident. no names of any of the injured or the fatality in this. we hope to have that for you later on today. we are live in lorton, virginia, derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> all right, derrick. thanks so much for bringing us

up to speed on that. and police want you to keep an eye out for this man, kahlil tatum. he is considered dangerous. police say tatum murdered his wife and took off with 8-year-old relisha rudd. police found the wife's body inside a room at the red roof inn in oxon hill. tatum works at the d.c. shelter for families where relisha and her mother were living. relisha was last seen at that shelter with him. this morning family, friends and even strangers are praying for the girl's safe return. a group from the homeless shelter where relisha lived held a prayer vigil for her last night. they can't believe the man they all knew so well could be behind all othis. news4's darcy spencer has the story. >> bring her back. just bring her back! just bring her back, safe. >> reporter: a community gathered to pray for the safe return of relisha rudd, the missing 8-year-old girl who police fear is in danger. >> i think that we just all need to think about relisha as if she were our baby and bring her home. >> reporter: the vigil was organized by the homeless

children's playtime project that relisha had been a part of when she was living at the homeless shelter for families at d.c. general. >> every time i woke up in the morning and i saw relisha and i was angry, i woke up and i saw relisha, and she made me happy. >> reporter: relisha's stepfather among those speaking through tears. >> i just want my baby back. >> reporter: relisha is believed to have been taken by this man, kahlil tatum, a janitor at the shelter. earlier this week, tatum was charged with killing his wife after she was found shot to death at a motel in oxon hill. >> everybody knows him! you know, he bought my daughter a fish tank, but i stopped it there. mm-mmm, no more gifts. >> d.c. general needs to be, i don't know, they need to really do a really thorough background check with these workers. >> reporter: sources tell news4 relisha's mom had allowed tatum to take relisha weeks ago, not suspecting he would hurt her. police throughout the region and as far as richmond are looking for this little girl. >> we just really, please,

please, we just want to bring relisha home. and relisha, if you are watching this, we miss you and we love you. >> and that was darcy spencer reporting. now, we spoke with d.c. mayor vincent gray for an update on the case. he says finding the little girl is a top priority. >> you know, we have some concerns about the inconsistencies in some of the information that we've gotten, but we will be continuing to try to find her. that's first and foremost, the most important thing. and needless to say, we hope we find her safe. >> now, relisha was last seen at the d.c. shelter for families back on february 26th, but she wasn't reported missing until just this week. police say relisha's mother let her go with kahlil tatum. right now an amber alert is in effect for relisha. the search spans from d.c. to virginia. we're going to stay on top of this story, following every development around the clock, on air and online. head to nbcwashington.com for the latest any time. a major legal battle is brewing. coming up, why the celebration

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virginia lawmakers will begin a special session tomorrow. legislators are locked in a budget battle over expanding medicaid. house republicans are against a senate plan that would extend coverage to 250,000 uninsured virginians. republicans say they want to deal with the budget and medicaid separately. the senate is looking to expand coverage by using expansion funds available under the affordable care act. today marks four years since presidoba gned the affordable care act into law. in a statement, the president

said the share of americans with insurance is up and the growth of health care costs is down. and now the deadline to sign up is just more than a week away. most americans have to get insured by monday, march 31st, or they pay a fee. so far, more than 5 million people have signed up, despite the many glitches we've reported on when healthcare.gov launched last fall. the law faces some challenges this weekend. the supreme court, however. two private companies say the law violates their religious beliefs because it forces them to cover birth control. the president is also marking the anniversary with a trip to europe. tonight, president obama will leave for the netherlands to hold a bilateral meeting with the prime minister from the netherlands and the chinese president. afterwards, he'll attend a nuclear security summit before going to a g-7 leaders meeting on the situation in ukraine. first lady michelle obama had becauusy day in china today beginning the day at an education forum with chinese professors and students. later she headed to the great

wall. the first daughters and her mother joined her for lunch at a former school near the wall. during this trip, the first lady has been vocal about the chinese government's need to allow free speech among its people. >> but when it comes to expressing yourself freely and worshipping as you choose and having open access to information, we believe those universal rights, they are universal rights. >> chinese state-run media did not air the first lady's remarks about free speech, but her comments were widely praised on social media. china routinely filters out information deemed offensive by the government and blocks many social media sites. we've been watching some fast-moving developments this weekend in the fight for gay marriage in michigan. same-sex couples rushed to say "i do" yesterday morning, this after a federal judge struck down the state's ban. now, these couples right here, they were afraid that that ruling would eventually be overturned, and it turns out that they were right. later saturday, a federal appeals court suspended gay marriage, at least through

wednesday. michigan passed a law to ban gay marriage in 2004 with about 60% of voters behind it. college athletes are in the spotlight this time of year because of the ncaa basketball tournament. >> that's right, and coming up, that debate over whether those players, should they get paid? we put this question on twitter, getting some interesting responses. and we're also talking about the weather. how's it going, amelia? >> angie, cooler today, a high temperature of only 49 degrees, and our temperatures continue to tumble tomorrow. a high tomorrow of about 43. that and then some snow. i'll have the latest on the snow and, of course, everything you need to know about today's forecast, coming up.

elephants went to the lamb at a missouri circus. you've got to see this. this is cell phone video taken by someone at the circus, one of the circus-goers. it was taken by two people as they were actually running to their car to escape the elephants. the elephants escaped, too. police said the animals were scared by something during the show and then just took off. handlers were able to box them in with a few trailers where they finally were able to calm down. circus officials decided to put on the second show of the night after this incident, but that time, the elephants were not part of the act. so. >> apparently it was a pretty crazy scene. the woman was running around asking people for pretzels, anything that they could get their hands on and try to lure

those elephants. let's talk about the weather headed outside. things are very nice and cool. and in fact, a little breezier than we saw yesterday. amelia, looks like that springlike weather was short lived. >> here yesterday, gone today, angie. we're talking about temperatures that are going to be over 20 degrees cooler than they were yesterday. plenty of clouds right now, as we take a live look outside with our city camera. the clouds win out and the cooler temperatures, they don't just win out today, but they win out for the majority of the upcoming workweek. our average high temperature, well, it's about 59 degrees. not just today, but tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, even thursday will all feature days with high temperatures below average. friday and saturday, our temperatures will finally start to recover. there's a chance of some showers today, mainly for those of you in southern maryland and the northern neck. and i'm tracking snow on tuesday. so, here's the latest with the storm system. an area of low pressure rides up

the coast. that's our storm system. now, it all depends on how close that low tracks towards us. if it's further off to the east, then this will just be a glancing blow, and that's what it's looking like right now. so, some snow is likely, but as far as amounts, what we're not looking at is a lot. i think maybe around 1 to 2 inches of snow on tuesday. the timing, it will start off during the morning hours, continue throughout the day, coming to an end tuesday evening. so, because of the timing, that could cause some delays for your tuesday. storm team 4 continues to track this storm. i'll be in tonight with the latest, and of course, tom will be in tomorrow morning updating the forecast. on storm team 4 radar right now, seeing some rain around areas like luray, down along that i-81 corridor. we'll continue to see scattered showers throughout the day today. like i said, mainly to the south of washington, around areas like culpeper, charlottesville, fredericksburg, camp springs and

the patuxent river. 43 is a high in washington, a high today of 49. so, our temperatures don't warm up a lot. cloudy skies again throughout the day. tomorrow it's cold, but at least we'll have plenty of sunshine, mostly sunny skies. for tuesday, that's our day with snow. i think it will be, hopefully, hopefully, it will be the last snow of the season. for wednesday, breezy, cold, a high of 39. windchill temperatures only in the 20s on wednesday. thursday and friday not looking too bad. friday a high of 64 degrees. >> this is going to be the last snow, i think we can deal with that. >> i agree. >> 2 inches, that's nothing by now, right? >> absolutely. okay, talking politics. today malaysian authorities say france has provided more satellite images of objects that could be from the missing passenger jet. >> "meet the press" moderator david gregory joining us to talk about this mystery of the missing plane. good morning, david. >> and identify got bob hager who our audience will recognize as a longtime aviation correspondent for nbc, joining me along with mike chertoff to talk about what this debris means. are they closer to the real trove of what would be the

wreckage? they are up against the clock here because they've got this, you know, the black box that will only last for so long here, and without finding that, you run the risk of not finding, you know, what happened. so, that's the real concern here, even as there are real security questions. >> and another story that we're following closely is the ukraine conflict. >> yeah. >> and we know u.s./russian relations obviously not at its best. what more can the white house do at this point? because it seems like putin is really determined to stand his ground. >> well, he is, and i think part of -- the question is, what does it take for the u.s. to get the upper hand again here? because putin does seem to be in control. economic sanctions that really hurt is one option, but there is also a real fear that putin's not done with crimea, that he might push into eastern ukraine. that's not a nato member. what does the united states? what does the west do then? questions about how divided europe is on this matter, europe doing business as well with russia. so, all of this into the mix as

the president leaves tonight for europe to talk about this. >> but even with the sanctions, it seems that putin is unfazed by this. so, if the president is able to get some support from european leaders, is that going to have an impact? >> well, it could. the thinking is that really tough economic sanctions combined with perhaps some sense of satisfaction that crimea is now back part of russia will be enough. i think reversing that status quo is unlikely to happen. it's all about the future of ukraine here. i think vladimir putin would like to see it destabilized to some degree to keep it within his orbit, and that's what the u.s. has to really fight about. >> and from the political stage to the hardwood, you're also talking a little basketball. >> well, we're talking about student athletes and whether they should get paid, so yeah, it's tilted toward basketball because of march madness, and as i've been thinking about it, that's been my focus. it's a hot debate. there's litigation now that's putting the ncaa on the spot about whether athletes should get paid. mark emmert is here exclusively, president of the ncaa as well as

arne duncan, education statement. ronnie love who played for duke and was a personal aide to president obama. when we talk about this issue, whether there's something that can be done to close this income gap. all the money that college sports is generate 'yet the athletes don't get a piece of the action. is that fair or unfair? that's the debate. >> i'm sure title 9's going to come up with that as well. >> it is, because you would have to have parity with paying the male athletes with the female sports as well. >> thank you, david. "meet the press" in ten minutes on nbc 4, and you can catch david every sunday at 10:30 right after "news4 today." dietary supplements are sold everywhere, from drugstores to the grocery store, but doctors warning, if people are not careful, they have a warning for you this morning. coming up, we're going to explain. then, right after "meet the press," it is an all-new "press pass," an in-depth conversation with some of the biggest newsmakers.

. it is a $30 billion-a-year business. dietary supplements, they are sold everywhere from drugstores to the grocery. >> but doctors warn, if people are not careful, they can end up really sick. we're talking about side effects that range from elevated blood pressure to death. news4's doreen beginsler tells us what to look for before taking these products. >> reporter: powerful weight loss, calm and relaxation. reading the labels of some dietary supplements, you might think these were magic pills. but experts warn, rather than help, some of these pills can actually cause a lot of harm. >> they can have serious side

effects. and the side effects include things like liver damage. >> reporter: george washington university hospital gastroenterologist dr. marie borum says adverse reactions from supplements are common. one study found nearly 20% of all drug-related liver injuries are caused by supplements. the problem has gotten so pervasive that consumers union recently released a list of what they call the dirty dozen, 12 of the most harmful substances out there. >> dietary supplements are not like prescription drugs. they do not have to be tested for safety or for efficacy before they make it to the market. >> reporter: news4 went shopping for some of these substances at drugstores, supermarkets and speciality shops. experts told us that some of the items we found were not only ineffective, but some dangerous. take bitter orange, for example, ami gadhia of consumers union says it contains a substance similar to ephedrine, which was banned by the fda.

>> things like fainting, heart rhythm disorders, heart attack, stroke, death. very serious complications. >> reporter: another product we found on store shelves, kava. >> linked to liver damage. and you'll find it often in drugs that are touted as treating anxiety. >> reporter: other popular supplements, yohimbe, often found in weight loss products, can cause high blood pressure, rapid heart rate, even death. and colloidal silver. we found it on sale in a liquid form, intended to be used for nasal congestion, but gadhia says they have been linked to a disorder that turns your skin blue, like this man. >> it's a very big and very difficult industry to get regulatory arms around. and so, that's why we think the best offense is for consumers to be on the defense. >> reporter: supplement manufacturers admit there are some bad products out there, but there are also plenty of safe ones that can make people

healthier. john shaw of the natural products association says that's why it's important for consumers to do their research and to talk to their doctor before taking any supplement. >> quite frankly, people have been taking dietary supplements for a hundred years, and i think what's important is that folks know what's good for them. >> and that was doreen ginsler reporting. another reason to talk to your doctor, supplements can interact with your prescription medications. be careful. so, we want to talk about a ton of fun that happened. we raised a whole lot of money for a great cause last night. $3 million raised at the annual leukemia ball. you can see right there redskins hall of famer bobby mitchell with bruce allen. he received a big award. me along with some of my news co-emcees. hewey lewis and the news just bringing the crowd to its feet. and a lot of ambassadors as well as local celebrities. recognize anybody there? >> a couple of people. >> diana, vance, they were all there to support finding a cure for blood cancer. so, thanks to everybody who came out to support us.

>> great cause. >> thanks for joining us, >> ti was going to theus, library to do my homework.

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