h a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline plus. . >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> protests in the streets of baltimore, a prayer service for freddie gray anger and sadness as we learn more about policies that were not followed during his arrest. >> one of the biggest movies of the year generating more

headlines for its portrayal of muslims. new reaction to a maryland student group delaying a screening of "american sniper." >> and the news 4 iteam uncovering dangerous stunts even yoga poses on metro tracks. first tonight, emotions running high in baltimore. protesters demanding answers in the death of 25-year-old freddie gray. >> gray's spinal cord was severely damaged in the back of a baltimore police van nearly two weeks ago now and we still don't know how that happened. >> today a lawyer for the police union said gray was not strapped in with a seat belt as required by department policy. news 4 chris lawrence is live at our desk with what's happening, chris? >> during earlier tonight, officers hauled away at least two of the protesters for disorderly conduct and destruction of property and at one point demonstrators

surrounded a police car downtown. >> hands up don't shoot. >> the majority of the protesters have been peaceful not provocative. the tension did flare up at one point when a small group got very close to officers and the police started shouting at them to back up. maryland governor larry hogan sent state troopers to help with crowd control and baltimore city officials have been urging people who work downtown to go home early. >> we need justice in the city of baltimore. we need justice in every street corner in every neighborhood like never before. >> a group of ministers held a prayer vigil tonight just a few blocks from where freddie gray was arrested. the ministers say they represent more than 100,000 and are trying to bring the city back together. a civil rights group is launching its own investigation into gray's arrest and injuries saying it doesn't trust the mayor's office to conduct an impartial review. freddie gray's funeral will take

place on monday. meantime the six officers involved in his arrest have been suspended with pay. >> chris lawrence. there are new questions tonight about the reach of the obama administration's drone program after today's revelation that a strike killed two hostages. that includes a rockville aid worker warren weinstein was kidnapped in pakistan in 2011. president obama said that weinstein died in a january drone strike and he profoundly regrets what happened and he said there was nine tell jens indicating hostages were held at the strike target. tonight weinstein's family and his rockville neighbors are heartbroken. >> i can't even comprehend right

now. >> an italian aid worker was also killed in the strike. weinstein's family said his captors are ultimately responsible for his death. there's new video tonight that shows family members of convicted marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev arriving in boston. family was escorted by federal agents to waiting advance outside logan airport. it is unclear if the relatives are in the country to testify in the penalty phase of tsarnaev's trial or simply to support him. tsarnaev's attorneys are trying to spare him the death penalty. a student organization at the university of maryland is postponing a screening of the film "american sniper," and that decision is sparking controversy on campus and online. critics, in fact are posting hateful messages. shomari stone is live with more on backlash. >> reporter: university of maryland officials say they are not responsible for the cancellation of this movie being

shown here on campus. they say "c," which is the student events group is responsible for this and decided to postpone this screening this smis ter. the decision came after the muslim students protested "american sniper" saying the film is racist and supporters contend chris kyle is an american hero but those who disagree say the movie could climate on campus. some people posted online derogatory comments about muslims and on student association facebook page. the student group contacted cair the council on american-islamic relations about the facebook comments. >> they are attacking the students muslim students as well for objecting to the screen of "american sniper." i think it's important to keep in mind that the concern is not that the film was being screened

specifically but the fact that there wasn't any kind of broader discussion taking place. >> in a written statement "see student entertainment events supports freedom of expression and hopes to create space for the airing of opposing viewpoints and differing perceptions. supporters of "american sniper," again, would hike to see it shown here on campus. live at the university of maryland shomali stone. >> a man accused of killing d.c. department of corrections official carolyn cross will learn when he'll face a jury. a judge declared a mistrial in the dawit seyoum. jurors couldn't decide if he was guilty murder or not guilty by reason of insanity. seyoum is said to have killed cross in her home last september. a judge today granted a change of convenientu in the

trial of charles severance. we also learned that some of the evidence prosecutors will use. they say nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne lodato were all killed by the same unusual type of ammunition which was found in the house of severance's parents. have you seen the giant electronic billboards that are outside the verizon center? now there are plans to put them in other parts of the districts, too. as jackie benson reports new tonight, that was one group calling for an all-out ban. >> one of the things most often said about the area around the verizon center is it doesn't even look like d.c. exactly the point says meg maguire. she represents the group called the committee of 100. >> we've been around 99 years and we comment on land use issues and historic preservations, zoning so we're

really concerned about the future development of the district of columbia. >> maguire's group is worried about proposed new laws to loosen up the city's tight regulations on billboards and electronic signs. if the law is passed it could allow verizon like streets that are designated as resident entertainment areas. one if you like the verizon center and gallery place with a big television screen, tell advice screens go 24/7 in your face. >> even though the proposed laws are tightly crafted to prevent sunshine jail those we spoke to were not thrilled by the concept. >> if i wanted sky describers i would move to new york. >> we're live now in penn

quarter. the comments period extends until may 15th. minwho wants to weigh in on these proposed laws can do so through the d.c. government website. >> jackie benson, thanks. your time through downtown d.c. could change this weekend. they are chamging the timing at traffic lights and it will affect nearly 600 intersections tongue can't at 8:00 and continuing through the month of raich. the department of transportation says that the sen is that it will improve traffic times. >> a silver spring man faced up to 30 years in priss op after a deadly crash. he admits there is a now have

evidence to convict him. he was accused of being on pch when he hit and struck a man who later died. a woman and her son " aling -- police say she left her disabled son alone for days with only a blanket and all this happened earlier this month. investigators say that the woman went to see her boyfriend in silver spring. she lives in philadelphia. her son who also suffers from cerebral palsy will soon be moved to a residential facility. >> metro passengers coming on to the trams from per sect.

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metro customers pushing the limit and walking on the metro tracks. putting not only themselves but other passengers at risk. an investigation by the news 4 iteam reveals a series of people doing so recently at different stations and for different reasons. as scottnow, all of them facing the same deadly risk. >> reporter: like so many of us the guy was typing on his phone waiting for his train at the pentagon metro station. >> he fell off right in front of us. >> as a train approached. >> the lights started flashing when he fell off. >> jennifer buchanan and her dad pulled the man from below. >> right on edge. you have to reach over. hi to reach over and grab him. >> they say, they too, were nearly pulled down on the tracks in the process of saving the man who had fallen but the news 4 iteam are saying some are deliberately ending on the tracks. >> a dare or a stunt and something they want to pie on

service -- to see on social media. >> this couple on an empty section of the platform at the west falls church metro station. watch as she takes off her coat and scarf and they both jump down on the tracks. she begins to strike yoga poses while he snaps pictures. she nearly slips twice. so close to that high voltage third rail and she even does handstands before eventually climbing out. a metro employee eventually intervene and they would hop on the next train. that's not all the iteam found. in march a man lowered himself on to the tracks in landover. another did it too, one recent evening at metro center. he struggled to get out until about 30 seconds later.

ness ness. >> you take an average male who is 6 foot, give or take and the distance from the roadway to the granite edge is about 1 feet or most and you'll have to have very decent upper body strength to push yourself up. >> reporter: like this man who tried a shortcut to the other side of the gallery play station by climbing over two sets of tracks. transit police pulled him to the platform and arrested him. >> they do that -- go down there for a variety of reasons, some to retrieve personal items. >> this woman retrieved a package flown on to the track by the wind. struggled to go down the tracks and struggles to climb out, narrowly escaping the oncoming train. it's becoming increasingly common for people to lose their cell phones on track but they should never chase after them. instead ask metro staff to help but this he says, is not common. the metro transit police say they are still searching for

yoga couple fearing they will push their luck again. >> sometimes people deliberately stress passing on the tracks can't be safe like the person in august doing so. he was hit and called. scott mcfarlane news 4 iteam. >> to check out more images go to our nbc 4 washington app. go to our facebook page to watch it right now. a volcanic eruption turned the sky orange and blanketed surrounding areas with ash. this video quite spectacular, but that eruption in chile is causing a major threat to the people there. officials are afraid the dust could contaminate the water and cause serious health problems. people in neighboring argentina

are dealing with face masks to protects themselves. >> so cold out there that i had to break out not only the coat but the gloves and the scarf too. >> chilly. >> i this the fast whack of when i got in to work this morning. >> it's a chilly night, that's for sure. just a few days agos with the short and the sandal and right now winds are out of the east at 15 miles an hour. we're talking about a windchill. it was 4 in gitserburg and 49 in annapolis. really going to stay that way and tomorrow morning, look at what we're going to wake up to the gloves for sure.

29 in manasia, they cool for the kids at the bus stop. look at temperatures in the afternoon. windchills 52 d.c. and 50 fret rick so we're talking very wealth numbers. note of -- most of these, can you see them spinning in the atmosphere off to the east and that's a good thing. we've got warmer air back to the west but believe it or not, this will rebuild itself across the region and that's why we're stuck in this pattern. it will be cold for the next couple of days. western howard county montgomery and loudon all expanded to the east.

fauquier county and we could see some showers there. this is saturday tomorrow is dry. look at saturday. the later commuter models bringing the rain in even earlier. watch what happens by 4:00. everybody is seeing rain and the rain wants to stay with us right on through the night on saturday night so if you have plans on saturday afternoon or plans on saturday night make sure those plans involve an umbrella. i think you're going to be needing it during the evening on sunday. >> so yes, a very cold yigt for this time of year with that continuing. a slight sons of a monday and then i think i you can put away

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boy, you talk about rocking the red. they did it tonight. diana, big, big win. >> a huge win. remember at 6:00 i told you that the islanders' with us was 45 minutes late to the verizon

center. >> yes, yes. i think they left the game 45 minutes. >> okay. >> 5-1, and listen to this alex ovechkin and enpc strom who have been a star in the series works did all the scoring tonight. >> i'm going to show you. fans getting ready to try to get out nascar coliseum by saying we are louder. cats in the face-off and johansson puts it in front and the puck is knocked out of the air and into the net for the game-tying goals. his first of the playoffs. second period we are tied at one. >> getting. if -- third period now. it's 3-1. again, jut had the goalie beat

and does so with the backhand too. nice goal here number two of the game for him. caps now up 4-1. so they would chase the islanders goalie halak who the game with five unanswered goals. they win it 5-1. they take a 3-2 lead in the series but the caps can't celebrate just yet. >> you get to crack a smile, but, i mean the reality is that after that game is over then you're right fenway park. i won't figurus on this. >> we learned a lot to be able to park t.whatever we do park it and move on. you're no different than a parent you know. at some point the kids go off to college and hopefully you're a good parent during this year and they have learned a few things as you went along. >> got to have that short memory

if they want to be successful and close out this series but the caps did a great job of warming up the verizon center for the wizards who play tomorrow night. they are leading the series 2-0. let's face it they are fantastic on road. the problem is when they gom home so they need that road mentality. >> hopefully we won't be able to hear ourselves think. that's what it was like year and hopefully it will be even better and loud they are year and our fans are huge for us. we just need someone to continue to show the support for us. >> play a mindset like we're on the road and tray not to get into it with the crowd and get hyped. stick with it act like we're down the whole game and just win. >> the cool part about being here this late they are taking down the caps emblem to throw up the women bems embow for the game. >> we're going to be loud too.

>> you have to to beat the crowd here tonight. i'm not really sure how nassau coliseum is going to respond but i'm sure it will be crazy on saturday night. focus on tomorrow night for wizards/raptors. >> g

breaking news out of indiana tonight. several high school students have been injured, some critically after a stage collapsed at a high school. this is it. it happened at westfield high school outside indianapolis. kids were performing in a rock concert when the floor just gave way.

indiana state police say at least two people in critical conditrious. we'll have updates on all of this tomorrow morning on our broadcast at news 4 today. >> that's our news tonight. "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon coming up next. >> thanks for watching. hope to see you tomorrow.

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