>> it was a dramatic scene out there today. pat collins is now live on the scene. >> the man in the car was a cook or is a cook at the place? >> reporter: wendy, before this happened, the driver of the hummer was a cook on the payroll on bereavement leave here. but now after this, he's been fired. look behind me. you can see the cleanup is under way at the silver diner. why did the cook driver his hummer into the silver diner not once by three times? and what really touched off that big fire here? some questions that investigators are trying to answer tonight. a hummer rams into the silver diner. there's a big fire. a stream of thick black smoke reaching high into the air. it appears to be something more than j

she was going to get lunch when it happened. >> all of a sudden, this guy just rammed into the building. i said, oh, my god. this guy has just ran into the building. >> reporter: they say the hummer slammed into the front door not once, not twice, but three times and people started running for cover. she was at the hostess stand when it happened. >> i thought he was going to run those people over. he just didn't stop. >> reporter: diner employees managed to drag the driver of the hummer out of the truck before it was totally engulfed in flames, but he didn't come out of the truck willingly. >> he said leave me alone. leave me alone. >> reporter: he's worked there for about two years, that he's been on bereavement leave since april 5th. but now after this incident, the

that cook has been fired. four people injured in all of this are expected to be okay. coming up at 6:00, we're going to talk about a man who was pinned against the front door during the incident. i'll see you at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> thank you, pat. closing arguments under way in the murder trial of university of mary washington student. steven briel is accused of killing his housemate and fellow student grace mann. the decision before the jury is he guilty by reason of insanity or not guilty. julie carey joins us live from the courthouse in fredericksburg with some pivotal final testimony today. >> reporter: some of the most powerful evidence was presented on this final day of testimony with the prosecution dropping somewhat of a bombshell as they closed out their case. they played a jailhouse phone call between steven briel and

his parents recorded just two weeks after grace mann died. he's chatting and joking with his parents about the books he's reading and whether or not they'll have tacos in the jail on sicinco de mayo. he thought it was an act of self-defense to keep the well-known student activist from killing him. her finding that briel was insane at the time of the crime. my opinion is he did not understand the nature, character, and consequences of his actions. she also testified that she believes briel suffers from schizophrenia that led to intense delusions the weeks before the murder. briel became convinced there was something called the organization that was out to get

had tasked grace mann with killing him and making it look like a suicide. he thought his female housemates put a tracking device on his laptop. he even carved the words not a suicide into his skin in case he were found dead. briel detailed for her the confrontation on april 17th, 2015, the day he killed mann. briel felt she walked too close to him. briel asks her why are you trying to kill me. briel says he push eed mann awa. she pushed back. he strangled her. he believed in his delusional mind he was about to be killed, so he was defending himself from what he believed was certain death. under cross-examination, the prosecutor challenged the idea that briel was insane. asked the prosecutor, he knew

dr. ryan, he knew what he was doing to grace, that he was incapacitating her. a forensic expert testified he believes briel was sane at the time of the attack and does not exhibit signs of schizophrenia. the final arguments the attorneys are making right now before this case goes to the jury. reporting live from fredericksburg, i'm julie carey. we've had nine days of rain. count them. nine dreary days of rain and it is still more to come, doug? >> haven't seen much rain around the d.c. metro area, but that will change over the next couple of hours. storm team 4 radar showing the rain back to the west, back towards martinsburg, hagerstown, and winchester. look at this rain around warrenton and culpeper county and fredericksburg. this is a two-hour loop here.

west of warrenton to just east of warrenton. a lot of showers out there towards new york, towards pennsylvania, back to the west. this big system back to the west is going to have an impact on our weather the next couple of days and it will keep us on the cool side. only 50 in new york. 60 degrees right now in d.c. 55 towards west virginia. we're going to stay cool and in the showers the next couple of days. the weekend is looking pretty good. a family of nine forced from their home after a car crashes into it. this was the scene on lamond drive in manassas. five adults, four kids, four pets all in the house, which has been condemned because of safety. a former white house supervisor has been spared prison time despite admiti

she did line her pockets with taxpayer money. andrea turk admits to a scheme to doctor time sheets. she admitted to padding an employee's time sheet and received thousands of dollars in the bogus pay in return for doing so. a judge has sentenced her to five years probation and ordered restitution. prosecutors called the crime disturbing, but said turk accepted responsibility and admitted her conduct. an announcement from ohio governor john kasich, the bid for the republican nominee to the white house now down to one. >> there's nobody like karen. she's kacharismatic. she walks into a room and people fall in love with her. when she appeared on

cooper," john weaver commented and beth hanson commented if we had only run karen, we would have been a lot more successful. i happen to agree with that. in fact, emmett reed showed up. they're unbelievable. they're just so beautiful. they've been so supportive. [ applause ] and they've traveled with me around the country as well, and it was always such a delight to have the family on the road. and as their principal, it said don't let education get in the way of learning. and i think they learned a great deal. and of course, i want to thank the worthington christian staff for their patience and willingness to kind of look after our family. it was

more with less in the history of politics than what this staff has done. i mean, it's kind of always been this way. it's been a mystery to me other than to say that i like to think that they think they've been part of something bigger than themselves. we all want to be something bigger than ourselves, and i think we do it with honesty and integrity, and result i think i know, and i sure hope and pray, that they feel that this experience that they have had in this campaign has improved and in some way changed their lives for the better. so i'm looking forward to being able to spend more time with them. the volunteers, just amazing.

new hampshire? people that went to michigan. i would show up in places and there was like people i knew and i was like why are you here, but they were believers. and i could never thank them enough for the long car rides. in the snows of new hampshire, they knocked on doors and in the rain of south carolina -- >> well, he was certainly tenacious he was going to hang in there until the convention, but the handwriting was on the wall for everyone after indiana. john kasich is bowing out of the race and thanking his staff. on we go to the conventions now. a message from president obama to the residents of flint, michigan. today he took a sipf

water to demonstrate it was safe to drink. he met with local, state, and federal officials and took the sip of water after a 90-minute meeting. this afternoon he spoke to residents about what's being done to make sure all water in flint is safe. >> i will not rest -- and i'm going make sure that the leaders at every level government don't rest until every drop of water that flows to your homes is safe to drink and safe to cook with and safe to bathe in. >> later, the president is expected to meet with residents to hear firsthand how they've be been affected by the tainted water. a police chase. police may have been going after the wrong guy. the metro bus hijacked. the man accused in the dangerous joyride appears in court today. what

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new at 5:00 tonight, that man accused of hijacking that metro bus and then running over and killing a man had used drugs right before that incident. >> that's according to court documents yesterday just released in keith loving's case. shomari stone was in that courtroom during loving's appearance today and he join us live with the latest. what have you learned? >> reporter: good evening. this was an unusual court appearance. the suspect keith loving started yelling in the courtroom, then the judge told him to settle down. prosecutors told the judge he was smoking pcp and k2 before he got on the bus. this video shows police pointed with their guns at keith loving. loving boarded the bus wearing a ski mask, breathing heavily. he paid h fisare and refused to sit down.

okay. he yelled and allegedly lunged at the driver with needle nose pliers. loving pushed the driver off the bus. he then hopped behind the wheel, drove the bus hitting a van carrying senior citizens. then he crashed into a gas station and alledly turned the wheel towards 24-year-old anthony payne running him over. he worked at the gas station and later died. the judge ruled no bond. she heard both arguments with the defense and the prosecutors. the next court appearance is on may 26th. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you more about keith loving. shomari stone, news4. back to the breaking news now. scott macfarlane at the live desk. montgomery county fire says

csx train. the deadly incident this afternoon. all train traffic has been stalled while police do their investigation. the train 875 is holding in silver spring. if history is any guide, will be holding for quite sometime. a man hit and killed on the csx tracks by a train in rockville. the risk for u.s. forces if iraq is still a concern as we learn more about the navy s.e.a.l. killed during an isis fight. the attack happened north of mosul. his name is charles keating iv. he was hit by an isis rocket. he was part of quick reaction force team that had been in battle for hours. 60 isis fighters were killed. keating was from arizona and engaged to be married. hi

he joined the military after 9/11. >> the boys on that team, charlie included, were so impacted by that that a lot of the boys decided to serve their country after that. >> keating, you may recall, was the grandson of notorious banker charles keating jr. he was a central figure in the financial scandal back in the 80s. he was also the cousin of the olympic swimmer gary hall jr. it is a little known structure with a towering view of d.c.'s monuments. you might jog or bike past the netherlands carillon every day without noticing the harmony of its bells. today as the dutch remember the fallen of world war ii, they're hoping to restore what is a symbol of liberation and gratitude to the united states. david culver has the story you are only going to see on news4. >> reporter: it's that middle ground between the united states marine corps war

as iwo jima and the hallowed land of arlington national cemetery. most we met didn't know this existed. did you know about the carillon? >> no. >> reporter: it's called the netherlands carillon or is it carolon. >> it depends on who you ask. >> reporter: the carillon with its now 50 bells a gift from the queen of the netherlands back in 1952 following world war ii. it was moved here in 1960 and it tells the story of thank you and gratitude. >> reporter: that's certainly how the dutch see it. >> we were liberated by the americans. this was our gift to the american people to say thank you for liberating us. >> reporter: arguably, this is the most impressive view of washington d.c. we're a

this, this is nothing. let's head up. so we made the walk. no elevator here. seven stories to the observation deck looking down on d.c.'s monumental skyline. some of the massive bells. we were about 70 feet or so up on the carillon. the bells are playing above us. it is a little loud, as you can hear, but this is an incredible view. the hope is to eventually allow the public, many of you, to come up here and enjoy this view. it's going to take repairing some of these structural problems. >> so what we're seeing here is the deterioration of the skin. we're concerned about what's happening with the bells. >> reporter: the structural repairs would cost some $2.7 million. they would take some years assuming they can raise the money. >> our goal is to bring back the educational component, bring back the life in the park. >> reer

hopes more visitors will make the carillon their destination to remind a future generation of the past. >> we have to tell, especially the younger people, that it is not a given that we live in a free world like we live today, that you have to defend that freedom. >> reporter: in arlington, virginia, david culver, news4. >> today is remembrance day in the netherlands. tomorrow liberation day. we have more video of the carillon. just check it out now at the nbc washington facebook page. well, he's one of the biggest names in hollywood and actor denzel washington is raising some big bucks for one of our museums here in washington. we have the insider details on the millions going toward the most talked about project down on our national mall. later, a prince george's county officer who was killed during an ambush. in just a couple of hours, a new honor for the local detective that was lost

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and that forecast a little rainy. a little cloudy. that forecast a little cool. that forecast has some good news

in it too. let's take a look and show you what's happening out there right now. it is the rainy, the cloudy, the cool that we're seeing. the last nine days in a row we have seen some rain in the area. 60 degrees right now at the airport. winds out of the east at about 9 miles per hour. that easterly component to the wind making things a lot cooler. 61 manassas. here's the rain. mostly in through northern virginia around hagerstown and maryland. it's been well west of d.c. to the today. it's moving to the east, but only moving 12 to 15 miles an hour. still some showers around warrenton. this line is very slowly progressive off to the east. it will get to i-95 in about an hour to half an hour. d.c. metro around 7:00. to

see that rain coming through. there's some heavy downpours. this rain is going to come down and fairly heavily for our time. watch it out there. keep the umbrella handy. you will need that umbrella for a couple of days. you can see some breaks. we have a little sun in some areas, but not a lot of sun. watch this. look at this storm. look at this really wrap up here around the great lakes. notice the storm itself -- normally a storm like this is moving. this one is just kind of sitting here. it will drop to the south over the next couple of days, but it is not moving fast at all. we're going to stay in the clouds and the chance of showers for the next couple of days. yes, feeling like seattle. there's that area of low pressure. cool with showers. it will slowly migrate towards the east, but that's about it. the next couple of days, the cool pattern, it sticks around as do the rain showers.

think, will be on friday. tomorrow will be a drier day, but a lot of cloud cover across the region. by 11:00, still the rain mostly back to the west. tomorrow, a couple of showers by 7:00 a.m., but tomorrow afternoon notice most of us dry. completely different though on friday. here's friday morning. bam. maybe a lot of rain early on friday morning. talk much more about this at 5:45. next couple of days high of only 58 on your friday. the weekend looking pretty good. saturday and sunday highs in the 70s. veronica will also have mother's day forecast coming up as well. this time yesterday there were three people running for the gop nomination. now there's only one, donald trump. he is the presumptive presidential nominee for the republicans, so how do some local republican leaders feel about that? we have more on the ripple effect in our region. forget lying down on the couch. a local shrink is taking therapy to the

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washington is raising millions for one of the biggest projects in washington. how his private dinner with hollywood's a list is bringing new cash flow to the nation's capitol. and a deadly defect. the largest recall in american history has now more than doubled. the number of new concerns that come with this expanded air bag recall. but, first a police chase out of the district ends in prince george's county. the question now, why was the suspect running. >> this chase took the d.c. police in bowe, but they first started at the 300 block of buchanan street and then ended up on route 50. >> the guy police were chasing wasn't who they were looking for. >> reporter: everything back to normal on route 50 and bowe. according to d.c. police, this was the result of a pursuit after police believed that they saw a vehicle that matched a vehicle of interest in a recent

but the driver took off, leading them from 500 block of buchanan street in d.c. all the way to route 50 in bowe. they were able to take the person into custody. that's when they realized that this was not the homicide suspect they were looking for and also not the vehicle believed to be a part of that homicide that they were looking for as well. now d.c. police are investigating exactly how all of this happened. prince george's county police did not have any involvement in this. >> challenger looked like it was the one that the police were chasing. it looked like the windows were busted out. >> obviously with all the people stopping up here on the overpass, it's something that doesn't really happen all the time. >> reporter: d.c. police say no one was injured in this incident. exactly why that driver decided to run is still under

i have always said that the lord has a purpose for me as he has for everyone. and as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith that the lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life. >> ohio governor john kasich ends his white house bid today leaving donald trump as the presumptive republican nominee. trump's victory has left some reluctant republicans to rally around him while others are worried about the party's future. chuck todd has more on his path to the nomination. >> he has bested nine current or former governors. collectively, those folks had 130 years ofle

in statewide office. i'm not even counting john kasich's years in congress. a guy who never held office or was an active member of the republican party has bested all of those people. today when you see john kasich getting out the day after ted cruz gets out, i think we need to step back and sit here and give him his due. what donald trump did was not easy. >> so do you think the republican party will unite to rally behind trump? we've been asking the question on social media all day. here's a look at the results. you can keep on voting on our facebook page. 64% so far say no. the caps are just a few hours away from game four against the penguins. >> the team saying this game is a must-win tonight in pittsburgh. >> that's where we find carol maloney. >> reporter:

ready to battle tonight. may the force continue to be with them, force as in mass, force equals mass times acceleration. newton's second law of motion expected to be on full display tonight. >> our physicality, our strength, our speed, our puck decisions can wear down a team. i think we're traini itrending right direction right now. you think momentum would be on their side with them going up in the series, but i feel like our game last game has given us momentum. >> reporter: 58 hits, 49 shots. that's the caps style of play and only expecting intensity to build. >> i think last game we started to get more and more physical. we're both teams that have some skill and guys that can make plays and get out of the way of

little bit more. that's kind of what you want to do over the course of the series. >> every game is getting more and more tense. first couple of games you are a little bit nervous. we need to win. they need to win. obviously, it's going to be a really fun game. >> reporter: hoping to keep the fun between the whistles, finishing hits, and keeping their emotions in check. >> the playoffs are full of emotion. guys are playing hard. it's a fast game. pretty good caliber of hockey right now. that stuff might come. if it does, it does. if not, we'll just worry about putting the puck in the net. >> reporter: wanting to play physical and smart tonight. coming up on news4 at 6:00, what is the legendary voice of hockey doc emmrich think of the game

the new african-american history museum is getting some big support from some a-list celebrates. denzel washington hosted a fundraiser at his los angeles home this weekend. he says an elite crowd raised more than $17 million. the museum has a hefty $540 million price tag. the federal government covers half of that, but the smithsonian and others have to make up the difference. >> it was wonderful to have people who are highly visible, but people who you don't know who say i want to give a million dollars to support this museum. so we had a goal of $10 million to raise in california for that event and we raised much more. >> other donors included baseball great hank aaron, star wars george lucas, and oprah. the museum is set to open september 24th. some d.c. voters

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the recall is for organic frozen fruit and vegetables. it now includes 350 different products under 42 different brand names, including trader joe's and great value. the recalled food sold across the country, including maryland and virginia. of the eight people who have been sickened, one of them was from maryland. it is a listeria outbreak. another 35 to 40 million takata air bags need to be replaced. the national highway traffic and safety administration says high heat and humidity can cause these air bags to explode, but it could take until 2019 to get all the faulty parts replaced, so the recall will be completed in phases. his name is now engraved in granite. a police officer is memoriali d memorialized. a father explains why this service m

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the special ceremony gets under way with family in just a couple of hours. montgomery county also honored those who died in the line of duty today. the newest name on their memorial is officer noah leotta. he died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. chris gordon was at the service today. he spoke to officer leotta's father and finds out what the tribute means to him. >> reporter: the fallen heros memorial service honors montgomery county police, sheriff's deputies, and national capital park police who lost their lives in the line of duty. >> they have ensured that our protection, our freedoms, and our liberties are honored. >> reporter: today they added 24-year-old officer noah leotta struck by a drunk driver at a

december. his family has worked tirelessly to get noah's law passed. >> officer leotta's impact on public safety continues. >> reporter: his name has been carved into the granite of the memorial. >> i know he's honored and he's proud, but it's still too great a sacrifice for my family and all the other families that have lost loved ones. >> reporter: the police chief major visited with the leotta family. he said earlier this monument was 20 years in the making to provide a solemn place for families to remember their loved ones. coming up on news4 at 6:30, why officer leotta's sister made something for every member of her family to take home with them. we've had a developing story on the presidential race all

day. gop candidate john kasich dropping out of the race this afternoon leaving just donald trump last man standing, and it also leaves local republicans with an interesting choice. tom sherwood is here to talk about what all this means as we move forward. >> the republican convention is in cleveland july 18th. we thought there was going to be a huge fight a few days ago. i have three takeaways. this is the donald trump show. no brokered convention. he's going to be able to control who speaks when and where and how it works. we'll get, as he would say, huge tv ratings. we're very anxious to note who is going on at the convention, who is going to be his vice presidential nominee. something else to watch lots of protesters. we have seen protesters outside of campaign events in california. cleveland police are expecting thousands of protesters there. expect big fences and lots of police for that. let's look at the

they're still fighting. bernie sanders is still in the campaign, but he's way behind hillary. people are thinking he can't mi make it up and overtake hillary clinton. there's going to be pressure on him to tone down his campaign so he doesn't damage hillary clinton going into the fall campaign. but the bottom line, we are now into the general election. >> yes, we are. what are you hearing from delegates in virginia and maryland? >> a prince william county executive is running the trump in virginia. he was calling all the people and republican campaigns telling them they have got to get together. virginia is a swing state in november. they have got to get together in they're going to beat hillary clinton. larry hogan is a republican. he said last friday when reporters were asking him if he would support donald trump, he

said stop asking me those stupid questions about donald trump. he may not even go to the convention. it's quite the scene in both maryland and virginia. all very exciting. >> for today, it feels like everything is calm for a moment at least. >> trump is not going to let it be calm for a moment. sorry. >> thank you, tom. turning to the weather, nobody is rallying around this weather. if you like rain, you know what? >> it's definitely spring. >> more is coming. >> as far as conditions go out there right now, we are tracking some showers still coming through the area for this early month of may. may the fourth be with you. we have got nearly 2 inches of rain at reagan national. that puts us an inch and a half above average now. look at this. we are tracking some more right now just south of d.c., the bulk

around manassas and fredericksburg to quantico and dale city. very slow moving. only 10 miles per hour. you can see another area here just around i-81, martinsburg, frederick. most of this rain is going to be wrapping up by midnight tomorrow morning. 49 to 52. we're in the 50s right now to around 60 degrees. tomorrow's high temperature already around 60 too. friday morning rush. look at this. rain chances go way up to about an 80% chance. then we flatten out without any rain or much rain at all the weekend into the early part of next week. as we give you your hourly forecast, here we are at lunchtime tomorrow. a similar day for tomorrow. you'll be able to get by with i

friday. in the afternoon, there'll be some scattered showers left around. then it settle down for friday evening. if you have plans to go out, it settles down. 75 for mother's day. early showers, then some nice clearing. upper 60s at 7:00 on mothers day. not a bad sunday at all. saturday, again we start drying out too. the temperature also in the low to mid 70s. we have got a cool week. early part of next week, get ready to get back into the 80s. doug has more on that at 6:00. this one of my favorite stories of the week. we have covered a lot of stories about mental health as part of our changing minds project. this one will be the first one that involves comedy. >> an improv class that is attracting local

psychotherapis psychotherapists. >> finding something to laugh about is always good medicine for all of us, but learning about comedy improvisation offers special skills for therapists. it helps them be in the moment with their clients. >> i want my power rangers back. >> okay. >> reporter: if you think you're watching an acting class, think again. this is improv 101. but these students aren't actors or stand-up comics. they're psychotherapists. >> ma'am, you're just trying to manipulate my feelings. >> improv has been long tied to social work and to psychotherapy in different ways. >> reporter: helping therapists better communication and understand their patients is the goal of this foundations of imv

washington improv theater and taught by lisa kays. >> it ties to just becoming spontaneous and real in the moment with clients and seeing those slight shifts. improv is so much about listening and being in the moment and noticing everything. it trains your brain to listen and attend so acutely. you notice these slight shifts in clients' emotional states. >> reporter: it runs the therapist through a number of different exercises unlike anything they do in their work. >> like in our work if you're sitting there having a feeling about a client, we tend to be like my feelings don't -- sometimes we use that as data. >> reporter: the students here today are therapists who treat children and adults. they deal with everything from addiction to depression. how does this apply to your work? >> there's an ability to go

willing to go there too. >> reporter: this takes you to a new vulnerable place? >> right. >> it was one of my biggest fears to be here. i want to be in control as much as anyone else, but i knew i would have to let control here. every time i do it it breeds more connection and enjoyment of life. i'm taking a lot of these principles out to my practice but to my life too. >> people come to therapy because they're stuck, they're stuck in a certainly emotional state. improvisation is about how do we get unstuck, how do we get rid of those thoughts that take us out of the moment, how do we expand our option of choices, and how do we get back to the joy of living. >> finding the joy in living is the goal for all of us, especially when we're coping with mental health challenges. the washington improv theater will offer a third class for therapists in the fall. if you're interested, if you want more information, i've put up a link to

improv theater on my facebook page. it's a fun class, you guys. >> yeah, i think they were intimidated like we all would be at first and then they loved it. >> indeed. they were a little nervous about the camera, but then they forgot all about it. imagine you thought you registered to vote and come to find out your name is not on the list. this happened to a lot of folks in the district. we'll explain why you

problems with d.c. voter registration process may be impacting you, especially if you're a new voter who registered at the department of motor vehicles before february of this year. >> some of you are finding out your paperwork was never completed. mark segraves explains. >> reporter: when he moved to d.c., he did what most people do when they move. he and his boyfriend went to the dmv to get new driver's licenses. they also registered to vote using the same form. but when they checked their voter registration status in advance of the june primary, they found out they weren't registered at all. >> it was a little scary. before i moved to d.c., i never missed an election. i know my parents would have killed me if i did. >> reporter: while the board of elections and the dmv can't say how many times something like this may have happened, but prior to a few months ago the motor voter process in d.c. was all done on paper. the completed forms went

where is the registrations were entered by hand. while it is possible their forms were lost or there was an input error, there is another problem. residents sometimes forget they have to not only check the box to register to vote. they also need to sign the form. board of elections officials say as of february this year they're using a new way to transmit the applications to avoid just these types of problems. >> the dmv has an electronic way to transmit this information to us, including a voter signature. >> reporter: while d.c. does have same day registration, the plan to change your party affiliati affiliation, that has to be done before may 16th before the june primary. now at 6:00, a ball of fire erupts as a disgruntled employee

diner. investigators zero in on a motive. police say a man was high on drugs when he hijacked a bus. looking deeper into that suspect's past. and there's more rain on the storm team 4 radar and it's not done with us yet. >> we have reporters working new leads on all the day's top stories, but we begin though with politics. >> eight months ago there were 17 republicans running for president. yesterday the field was down to three. now donald trump is the last man standing. >> and as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the lord will show me the way forward. >> and with that, we are now calling donald trump the presumptive nominee. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with what happens next. >> reporter: what happened last was john kasich. he had fewer delegates than marco rubio had.