developing off the top at 11:00, "rolling stone" accused of journalistic failure for the debunk ued uva rape story.

reaction pouring in. in the maryland women's kite team walks off after a disappointing loss to uconn in the final four. from the vatican, we'll show you how people celebrated easter sunday. "rolling stone got "" getting blasted from all corners after its handling of a discredited story of rape from the university of virginia. darcy spencer with the fallout still coming in. >> reporter: chris late tonight, uva's president, teresa sullivan issued a statement saying the "rolling stone" article damaged serious efforts to combat sexual violence. she says irresponsible journalism on justly damaged reputations of university people and the university.

a scathing review of the "rolling stone" article about a woman claiming to have been gang raped at a fraternity house is a journalistic failure that was avoidable. the graduate school of journalism says the failure encompassed reporting editing, editorial supervision, and fact checking. at the time the report was released "rolling stone" issued an apology and retracted the story. the magazine's managing editor, will dana said "we would like to apologize to our readers and to all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensuing fallout, including members of the phi kappa spsi fraternity and students." a student leader welcomed the review. >> i think for the community bradley, the uva has to handle

it at the policy level and program level. >> reporter: "rolling stone" had apologized and acknowledged discrepancies published in november and now a full retraction. featured a young woman known as jackie who said she was raped by seven men at the frat house. charlottesville police investigated the rail allegations for months and announced at a previous press conference that jackie had refused to cooperate with the investigation but did not call her a liar. the journalism school has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow to discuss the findings of that review. chris? >> all right. thanks darcy. tonight we're also hearing from the woman who wrote that "rolling stone" article. she's apologizing for not doing enough to verify jackie's story. sabrina ertily released a statement which says, " i amllowi allowed me concern for jackie's well-being my fear of retraumatizing her and my confidence in her credibility to take the place of more questioning and more facts. these are mistakes i will not make again."

as soon as this report was released we sent an alert on our nbc washington app. you can see the full report on our website. the story is still developing. stay with us. we'll push any new information to that nbc washington app. the police officer who shot a man in anne arundel county has been placed on administrative leave, and the story of what happened is changing. initially, investigators told us the officer shot the suspect after the man refused orders to put down his rifle. now they say he simply "presented the weapon." the officer's shot hit the suspect in the stomach. he's in critical condition. officers went to the house in crofton to check on the man's welfare because a relative was worried about him. police say an underage girl stabbed a girl on a metro bus this afternoon. the bus was in silver spring at blair mill road and east-west highway highway. the girl knows the man who's 23 years old and admitted she stabbed him with a knife after he allegedly assaulted her. the maryland state's attorney's office is looking into it now.

the maryland women fall in the final four. dianna russini with more on what went wrong for the terps. >> reporter: it was a sensational season for the terps. but it has come to an end. the uconn huskies, they outrebounded and outshot the terps in the final four. maryland had won 28 straight but could not make it 29. kept it close early. lexi brown, two of 12. maryland trailed by 11 at halftime. second half. uconn really just too much. second half up 15. player of the year brianna stewart, knocking down the three. she had 25 tonight. uconn beats maryland 81-58. terps falling one step short of that championship game. lots more coming up on this game. we have our jason pugh in tampa with the maryland women. we'll have that coming up in about ten minutes. back to you. >> all right. thanks. obviously the maryland women are down in tampa, but tonight

the university of maryland is warning people on campus to be careful after one student was nearly robbed. it happened earlier today inside campus housing on route 1. the student was walking in a hallway when six to eight people came up to him. one grabbed the student around the waist and demanded his property. another person in the group intervened, and everyone ran away. the student going to be okay. we're trying to learn more about an accident that happened earlier tonight in northeast d.c. traffic was backed occupy north capital street near michigan avenue. we know there was a car there with extensive damage and an suv that had to be towed away. no word if anyone was hurt. easter sunday got off to a pretty cold start. now the question is will it be just as chilly to start the workweek? amelia with the out-the-door forecast. well, chris, the answer to that is no. we're looking at mainly clear skies overnight tonight. it's not going to be as cold as it was this morning.

look at how chilly it was. temperatures were in the 30s and 40s across the area. winds tonight about five to 15 miles per hour will help to keep our temperatures a little bit above those lows this morning. so your hourly forecast for monday we are looking at for most part mostly to partly sunny skies for the first half of the day. 6:00 a.m., chilly. a temperature of 47 degrees. clouds slowly increase as we work our way toward the midday hours. 9:00 a.m. low 50s. mid 60s by noon. tomorrow overall, warmer than today. i'll let you know by how much and also a lot of rain in the forecast this upcoming week. i'll have the latest timing in about ten minutes. >> okay. thanks. christians in kenya attended easter sunday services today under tight security. there's a visible police presence in the capital after last week's deadly massacre on a college campus. 148 people dwhoid islamic -- died when islamic extremists stormed garissa university. now kenya's main newspaper says police waited seven hours before

they sent in a tactical team. it took those officers less than 30 minutes to stop the siege and kill the terrorists. president obama says the preliminary deal with iran is a once in a lifetime opportunity to curb iran's nuclear ambitions peacefully. but lawmaker from both parties are skeptical. as nbc's john yang reports, the president has some convincing to do. >> reporter: from washington and tehran tehran, two views of the framework agreement. president obama in an interview posted today in "the new york times'" website. >> there is no formula, there is no option to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon that will be more effective than the diplomatic initiative and framework that we put forward. and that's demonstrable. >> reporter: in tehran iran's foreign minister said his nation could abandon the deal and continue their nuclear activities if the united states or the violated. the agreement just an outline to

be filled in by june 30th is drawing blistering fire at home and abroad. >> the best deal i think, comes with a new president. hillary clinton would do better. i think everybody on our side except maybe rand paul could do better. >> it leaves the pre-eminent terrorist state of our time with a vast nuclear infrastructure. i think this deal is a dream deal for iran and it's a nightmare deal for the world. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he's spoken to about 2/3 of the house and senate directly lobbying congress. >> this can backfire on him. and i wish that he would contain himself because he has put out no real alternative. >> reporter: as final negotiations get underway administration official must try head off congressional attempts to force a tougher stance. backers of the idea say they don't want to kill a deal they want to make it stronger by nailing down more specifics. >> just set in place a process to ensure that if there's a deal, it's a deal that will

stand the test of time. that will keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: analysts say the lack of specifics may have been intended to give u.s. and iranian officials flexibility at home. >> this seems to have been designed so as to create enough space for each side to build the political support it needed to get us to a final agreement. that was john yang reporting. here in virginia worshippers stood in line to get a glimpse of the obamas. the president took his wife and daughters to easter service at the alfred street baptist church in alexandria. it's a tradition for the first family to attend services at a local church and the white house put out this photo. coming up in ten minutes, we'll show you how other people across the districts spent their easter sunday. pope francis issued a serious message to thousands of worshippers in st. peter's square. he called for an end to global violence and christians being killed because of their faith.

the pope specifically mentioned syria, iraq israel the palestinian territories, and kenya. >> translator: i think in particular of the young people who were killed last thursday at garissa university college in kenya. >> the pontiff says he supports the preliminary nuclear deal with iran because it's a first step toward a more secure world. kentucky lost its shot at an undefeated season and the national championship. but that was just the beginning of a bad night for one of its star players. wildcats guard andrew harrison is apologizing for using the "n" word during a press conference. harrison's black and muttered the slur and another obscenity under his breath when a reporter asked a question about wisconsin big man frank kaminski. harrison took to twitter to say he respects kaminski and his words were made in jest. another tweet said "when i realized how this could be

perceived, i immediately called big frank to apologize and let him know i didn't mean any disrespect." the university of kentucky is investigating but won't comment until they have reviewed the audio. a school of sharks is enjoying the florida coast. we will reveal the mystery surrounding this video. and a family inside a home when a 100-foot free crashes on top of it. how they escaped serious injury. you're here experiencing all the blessings of being in d.c. >> and on this picturesque easter sunday we'll show how people in our area and throughout the world celebrated christianity's holy eviden ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy

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today christians in our area came out to worship and celebrate from the national cathedral to the steps of the lincoln memorial. news4's derrick ward takes a closer look at easter sunday in the district. >> reporter: the sun crested over the eastern horizon, a perspective enjoyed for the past 37 years in the nation's capital. the memorial sunrise service marked the start to the day. >> the scenery, you're here you just experience all the blessings of being in d.c.y. and how awesome it is to live in this country. >> it's very special. it's our first day here. so it's special to celebrate the risen lord. >> reporter: the pastor has held the service on easter every day since 1979 with attendance growing steadily since then. this year more than 6,000 showed up to what's billed as an interdenomnational service.

>> we welcome you, but more important, let me give you this assurance -- he welcome you to this place today. >> reporter: as the sun climbed higher, hundred more were welcomed at st. matthew's cathedral in northwest for their easter services including one presided over by donald cardinal wuerl, archbishop of washington, who started his homily with q&a for younger attendees. >> is there anyone in this great cathedral church filled to overflowing who was there in that easter garden? >> reporter: the answer was just loud enough to hear -- all of us. >> all of us. [ applause ] >> i think i should appoint him to the theological commission. >> reporter: while there were variations on the proverbial ooefrt bonnet, fashionable -- easter bonnet fashionable and functional, there was a theme. a message for those who attended regardless of whether it was in a pew or park. for christians, a day of observeens for a new beginning. >> it's not just a matter of

coming for easter sunday morning. it also means that when we leave we have to work toward that new life. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. security plans are already being set in motion for the pope's visit to d.c. later this year. the "washington business journal" report the dwreb vatican has submitted plans with the zoning board. they're asking per mission to build a six-foot-high security fence around the embassy row campus. that's well over two acres. the embassy would work with the secret service to build it. pope francis has scheduled a visit for late september. power crews is been at it all day in montgomery county. they're fixing several power lines that came down when a car crashed into a utility pole. happened in the area around germantown road and riffle ford road. we checked with police, and they say the roads reopened around 9:30 tonight. talk about a close call. a couple was watching tv aa when a massive 100-foot oak tree came crashing through their roof. this happened saturday afternoon

in springfield. tonight, they're describing what happened. they were watching golf on nbc 4 when they heard what sounded like an explosion. the tree came crashing down in their living room and dining area. fortunately, the man and his wife were in another part of the house. the crash was so loud, it even rattled the neighbors. >> it was just a really loud rumble and we had actually thought maybe a plane had crashed outside and it was just a really massive tree that hit our neighbor's house. >> the winds were gusting when the tree fell. the homeowners are okay but they're still waiting to get back inside and see how much damage was done. once the winds cleared it warmed up. it was beautiful. >> it was beautiful today. you're right. we were talking about the winds. windy conditions on saturday. a little bit breezy today. we'll stop talking about the winds this week. >> that's good. >> we'll start talking about rain. how does that sound? >> okay. all right. >> there's a chance of showers

in the forecast every day starting tuesday right on through saturday. now is it going to be raining the entire time? no but you need to find your umbrella. keep it handy, keep that small umbrella in your purse as you head throughout this week. here are your weather headlines. tomorrow a dry day. a nice day. in fact beautiful, spk lar spectacular for the nationals' home opener. showers possible tuesday through saturday. cold front clears the area on saturday. and then will return to dry weather at least on sunday. a dip in the temperatures for the middle part of the week, wait until you see how chilly it will be on thursday in just a couple of minutes. first, temperatures now in the mid to upper 50s. not too bad out there. 57 in washington we're at 51 in bowie. 54 degrees now in leesburg. mainly clear skies. here's a look at the high temperature tomorrow in your neighborhood. upper 1996, low 70s. 6 -- upper 60s, low 70s. 68 for the high in frederick.

we'll start to partly sunny skies. clouds will gradually increase as we work our way throughout the day especially for those of you further back to the west around that i-81 corridor. those of you more in southern maryland and d.c. metro area and up into montgomery county have a better chance at hanging on it more sunshine as we work our way into the afternoon hours. here's your nationals forecast. if you are heading to the game dry weather for the game comfortable for the first pitch at 4:05. temperature around 71. seventh inning stretch, we don't drop much. temperature around 70 last out. 68 degrees. if you get chilly easily, maybe bring a sweatshirt. aside from that going to be really nice weather. tuesday, still mild. a high of 73. a 60% chance that you're dealing with showers. let's show you the timing on future weather. 6:00 a.m. tuesday morning, that morning commute looking okay. clouds already in place. as we work our way toward noon, there's the chance that we start to see a few showers develop. the best chance of rain comes tuesday afternoon and evening.

we could even see a few thunderstorms. maybe a few downpours, as well. tuesday afternoon, also feeling a little bit humid outside. a little taste of spring. as soon as that arrives, it exits. wednesday, cooler high of 64. showers are possible on wednesday. thursday, this is the day i was talking about. a high temperature of 58 degrees. temperature more common in march. so it's going to be the coolest day of the week. plenty of clouds around on thursday. some drizzle and showers are possible. kind of a damp dreary day is what it's looking like thursday will be. chance of showers, maybe a few thunderstorms on friday. high of 74. we'll keep a close eye on the timing of the cold front on saturday. it could move through in the morning. that would mean a very small chance of a thunderstorm. if it moves through in the afternoon, better chance of storms. high of 75. sunday, 63. >> thanks. a lot of folks with tickets to tomorrow's game are very happy with that forecast. here's a story that's been shared more than 1,400 times on

our facebook page. take a look at this massive school of sharks. an aerial photographer was flying over florida's central coast when he spotted them heading north. we're not sure what kind, maybe black tips or spinner sharks. whatever the case, they're getting a lot of buzz on social media. coming up in sports a tough loss in the final four for the terps. jason pugh is in the locker room with some emotional reaction

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i couldn't believe it when vegas made maryland the 1 and under underdogs. >> the maryland women had won 28 straight. they'd been to the final four two years in a row. their magnificent run has come to an end.

the uconn huskies too quick. tom cruise taking in the game. who would be top gun tonight? early, maryland staying with uconn. the myself -- stay with me. playing in the final game, ties it early. later in the half terps down nine lexi brown far and away drains the triple. she had 12. that right there, former dee brown, approves. second half off the maryland miss. huskies in transition, they have all the right moves. brianna stewart fushs on the other end. game high 25 for her. maryland falls 81-58. i should get points for all the tom cruise references. thank you. uconn will play notre dame in tuesday's final. jason pugh is in the locker room. >> reporter: thanks. i'm here with melina howard. tough loss obviously for the young ladies with the maryland

team. what did the coach say to you guys in the locker room? >> she w of how we competed and how hard we played. we're closing the margin. uconn's a phenomenal team. we just got to play hard. >> reporter: what's it going to take next season to push through the wall and get to the national championship game? >> we'll use it as fire. we'll come in in the summer work as hard as we come. come next season, fight, battle. work hard every day in practice. >> reporter: thank you very much malina. back to you. >> thanks. a great year for the terps. for the seventh time in eight years, the caps are headed to the stanley cup playoffs. after missing the playoffs last season the caps is not forgotten the feeling of missing out. tonight they took care of business with getting another win. you got your hockey bunny ears your popcorn. you're ready for the action. mike green, the 10th of the

year. caps up 2-0. everyone played extra hard this time of year. tom wilson no different, sacrificing his body. blocks the shot with his face down on the ice for several minutes. he would leave the game. he'll be re-evaluated tomorrow. tough action there. this one down to the wire, under 20 seconds to go. caps clinging to the two-run lead. and helping save the day -- check out the effort, denying the red wings. cap wins 2-1. braden holtby's win 100. opening day tomorrow for the nats against the mets. matt scherzer on the mound. jason pugh is in tampa and will be live in "sports final" coming up. >> looking forward to that.

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right now on an east edition of "sports final," march madness turns to april sadness. how the terps got turned down in tampa. >> goes down as probably one of our best games of the year. the holtbys and caps get down in motown as their playoff picture looks pretty. >> i'm like, wow this is happening. >> it is. opening day. hours away. nats reliever aaron berry joins the rounld tableround table with the perfect pitch. >> here it comes, "sports final" starts now. [ crash ] >> oohs, sorry. ♪ maryland exits the