it is 9:00. the very latest on the deadly shopping center shooting, the one that rocked our area over the past two days. this morning, u lollia tordil is behind bars after a horrifying 24 hours in the metro area. already charged with first-degree murder after his estranged wife was shot to death outside high point high school on thursday. >> also the suspect in two shooting deaths friday. it took 35 minutes to kill a man and wound two others outside west hillses montgomery mall. then a woman killed outside an aspen hill giant. the suspect tordil heads back to

story. our digital app pushing out breaking news alerts through our nbc washington app. have that with you. they'll come triright to your pe with oh developments. we turn our attention now to the end of rain. 11 days. this is the 11th day of rain. >> and teasing us a little. good morning. i'm angie goff, dave culver with us. sun out, clouds, for the most part, bank on seeing sun again, right, tom? >> clogging our sky with clouds and producing rain the last several days. it's finally exhausting itself. you can track all this when you're away from your tv with your washington app. wear a light jacket. rather chilly this morning, and even into the afternoon, rather cool. slacks. you'll need the sunglasses and have the umbrella ready over the next couple hours or so, because we have light showers coming in from the

come into our western suburbs shortly. light rain to the north. northern suburbs, perhaps another couple of hours. still quite a chill in the air. low and mid-50s now. got my umbrella handy out on the weather deck. >> tom, thanks so much. it's 9:02. as president barack obama's time winds down in the white house, making his find rounds on commencement speeches. the president doesn't have to go too far today. actually speaking at howard university. this is the first of three addresses. he is scheduled to give this graduation season. speaking at rutgers and the u.s. air force academy. donald trump tipicking up a key endorsement from a former gop leader. former president's nominee bob dole said he will support donald trump for president. this coming after several key gop leaders distanced themselves from the presumptive nominee. dole also said he will attend the republican national

convention this summer so as to help "unite the party." meanwhile, jeb bush says, no can do when it comes to supporting truv, bush announced his decision on facebook. the comments after the 41st and 43rd president, father and brother, said they would not attend this summer. another rival, lindy grahasey g won't vote for trump and speaker ryan say he's not quite ready to endorse the presumptive nominee. tomorrow on "meet the press," only chuck todd is sitting down with trump for an exclusive interview. at 10:30 right after "news4 toda today". the time now, 9:03. police asking for your help identifying people who attended a party where a young man was mobbed, beaten and stabbed to death. look at this photo showing people police say they would like to speak with about the attack that took place at a house party on oxen road in herndon the night of april 23

news 4 was first to report the 21-year-old was attacked by 10 to 15 people at that party. a george mason university student kicked, punched and stabbed. rather than take him to the hospital, he was taken back home and put in his bed. the family found him dead the next day. police received some 700 pieces of evidence in the house where that party was held. it is an aggressive plan to rebuild and improve safety and could dramatically change how you ride metro. the transit agency the gm unveil add new plan called "safe track" including eliminating late-night weekend service starting in june and no more late service for a concert or games. a long-term single tracking on early lines. >> this is not something we can keepic canning down the road. we have to do this. so i'm not asking for patience from that perspective. i am asking for understanding

what we're up against and what it's going to take to get there. >> one thing that will not change -- fares. riders will continue to pay extra during peak travel periods. be sure to join us for news 4 tomorrow morning at metro general manager, paul wiedefeld, sit down for an exclusive interview at 9:00. focusing on key problems and what's being done to make sure your ride is as safe as possible. are you looking for something fun to do today in the city? a couple of parades going on. the annual congress high stakes parade and festival kicks off in about an hour and a half, around 10:30. starts at fourth and martin luther king jr. avenue, and the funk parade under way at 2:00. some 70,000 people for that event. you're going to have to accommodate that. all up on the nbc washington app. and a lot of you

national attention. this veteran charged with obstruction of property after painting a picnic table where he lived. he was ordered to move out. the judge quickly dropped the criminal charge. the attorney stepped forward to file civil malicious prosecution suit on triplett's behalf. this past week the judge awarded triplett $6,500 to compensate him for pain and suffering of being wrongfully accused of a crime. the complex should never have called police because no crime was committed. not the biggest jackpot, but you'll be pretty well off. the giant prize up for grabs and the big prize a winner could take home. continuing to follow the tragedy of a maryland community. our coverage of the shopping center shootings continues a

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national cathedral ground this morning at 10:00. take your allergy medicine. the cherished flower festival draws local florists to celebrate spring. visitors can taste local foods and there are a lot of flowers to buy. all money raised goes to the volunteer group, and it closes at 5:00 tonight. >> cool. well, the sun is here to stay, but how long can we avoid the rain? tom's updating your mother's day forecast and the return of much warmer weather. the story i've wanted to do a long time. thousands of you, you drive by it every day. even enjoy the sounds, we unveil the history and new effort to preserve one of the best views in town. yesterday a crime scene. today the focus of grief. more on the victims of the shootingover the l as

. >> announcer: and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> finally, the storm system is wringing ste ining itself out. a few scattered sprinkles around the region. patches of green north and west of the metro area tracking down to the southeast, and might come into the metro area over the next few hours. then sun breaks out this afternoon. warmer temperatures for mother's day. a look at that and your forecast for the weak ahead in a f

minutes. check in with you then. more on the background of maryland's shooting suspect eulalio tordil who served in the army federal protective service he oversaw guarding federal building and embassies. within the past few months he was placed on administrative leave and told to turn in his badge and weapon. he had to pay hud nearly $16,000. this morning, families are remembering all of the victims in these deadly shootings. >> derrick ward is live for us actually in bethesda where pe showing with family members this morning. derek, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. indeed here we are in the west hills montgomery mall. you see there, there is a memorial. yesterday this was a crime scene but now i

trying to understand what happened. latiest morning, about 11:30 when police came here with reports of a shooting. when they got here they downwer shot. three. a man tried to help the woman shot. and people are coming here to the place where he died to remember him and we actually spoke to one of winffel's cousins. >> all day i had no idea until around 4:30 or 5:00 that it was him. >> reporter: started thursday evening with the shooting of gladys tordil, the wife of the gunman shot at high point high school when she was picking up one of her two daughters. shot her in the parking lot. another person survived a

here, a few minutes later, 40 minutes later, shooting at a giant food store on connecticut avenue where another woman has died. that woman has not been identified. of course, grief throughout the community in montgomery county. they managed to take the suspect down you saw yesterday. now it's all about trying to figure out exactly why these victims were chosen and what the rhyme or reason was to something that brought such death to this community in the past two days. live in mont gumgomery county. back to you. >> derek, thanks for the update. a little known structure with a towering view of d.c. >> incredible view. really is. you might jog or bike past it each day. maybe not noticing the harmony of its bells. now there's a new effort to restore the symbol of liberation and gratitude to the united states. >> reporter: it's that middle ground between the united states marine corps war memorial known as iwo j

most we met didn't know this existed. >> you had no idea this was here? >> no, no. not at all. >> we've been here before with the kids. i don't remember it being like it is. >> reporter: do you know about the carillon? >> no. a surprise along the way. >> actually saw it down here. >> reporter: many locals, too. it's called the netherlands carillon. or is it carillon? >> depends who you ask. by my response, carillon. go to the embassy, they say carillon. >> reporter: the carillon, with its 50 bells, a gift from the queen of the netherlands in 1952 following world war ii. >> moved here in 1960 and tells the story of gratitude. >> people liberated by the americans and the canadians, and this was our gift to the american people

liberating us. >> reporter: what would you want them to think as they walk past and learn about it? >> well, i want them to discover the treasure. >> reporter: what a treasurer it is. [ bells tolling ] look behind me. the most impressive view of washington, d.c. we're at the ground level. this, this is nothing. let's head up. so we made the walk. no elevator here. 11 stories to the observation deck. looking down on d.c.'s monumental skyline as we walked right underneath the massive bells. showing up on the carillon, bells playing above us. a little loud, you can hear, but an incredible view as you can see. the hope is eventually to allow the public, many of you, to come up here and enjoy this view. it's going to take, though, repairing some of these structural problems. >> as we look at some of the problems,s

example for you. >> it is. it really shows what's happening here at the carillon. failing, hasn't been painted in a number of years. we see a deterioration of the skin. we're concerned about what's happening. >> our hope when it's restored, rehabilitated, that we can allow access to the top. >> reporter: the structural repairs would cost $2.7 million. it would take about two years. so raising the money. >> our goal, bring back the educational element of it. bring back the life of the park by doing that. then you create a donor base to help sustain it. >> reporter: 70 years after world war ii, the ambassador hopes eventually more visitors will make the carillon their destination. in anything to remind the future generation of the past. >> you have to tell, especially the younger people, that as we l

live today, that you have to defend that freedom, that we're doing that. [ bells tolling ] >> what is amazing about that, we drive by that every day and there's these deep stories that are so rich in history. >> it's beautiful. >> we could do one every day. >> yes. >> and a nice day to be out there, tom. >> yes, finally. we have the clouds, closing back in after a peek of sun. right now storm team 4 radar showing lingering sprinkles. the system pretty much has wrung itself out. still a small chance of sprinkles tracking west of washington, maybe into the northern sbu suburbs. temperatures in the low and mid-50s. planning a bike run? haven't been on my bike in so long. try to do it this afternoon. a small chance of sprinkles between now and 1:00. upper

then as you're going out tonight, maybe going to a caps block party, cloudy through the evening, temperatures in the low 60s. by dawn on mother's day, it will be in the low 50 ps ap small chance of a shower after midnight tonight. that should be gone by dawn on sunday. tomorrow, partly cloudy, beautiful mother's day. highs low 70s. monday, partly sunny, into the upper 60s. small chance of an afternoon shower and, again, a small chance of a shuer tuesday. highs around 70. right now, wednesday and thursday looking dry with high to mid-70s. showers and thunderstorms looking more likely for friday. >> tom, thank you. and 9:21, four things to know about that deadly shooting in maryland. police took down suspect eulalio tordil after three separate killings in the past two days. he was on leave from homeland security protective service and three protective orders taken out against him. three people died and three ou

tordil's estranged wife 0 gladys killed outside of high point high school. a man and woman killed in a shopping center friday. >> and angie, the suspect headed to court on monday already charged with first-degree murder in his estranged wife's death. >> you want our nbc washington app to stay up to date on breaking news on this story. we will send an alert directly to your phone. >> 9:22. your time. a national celebrity making a big difference. how a singer/songwriter is bringing new attention to an important issue and helping change minds in our community.

a national celebrity with local connections helping change minds in loudon county. singer/songwriter from "the voice." he is performing at a home today. >> as news 4 pat lawson explains, it's all to support friends of loudon mental health. >> reporter: homeowners patty atkins and doug foster held events at their home before, but never like this. >> we're really excited to have paul come to our home again. the third time he'll be visiting. but this year is a little different. we are combining it as a fund-raiser for friends of are mental health. ♪ >> reporter: foster met him when

shepherd university. >> he and i started playing guitar together a little bit. he started to kickstart our campaign for his first cd, which we contributed the money, part of that, a health concert. that's how it started. >> reporter: the event runs saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 rain or shine. the donation is $50 per person. there will be food and a silent auction, but remember it's in the backyard. so bring your own lawn chair. parking available at the nearby loudon baptist temple and also performing will be local singer gary smallwood. ♪ >> reporter: what do the neighbors think? >> they're all invited. [ laughter ] >> reporter: pat lawson, news 4. >> you can search the app to learn more. 9:30, just amp "news4 today," our changing lives special right here on nbc 4. sunday's mother's day. that's tomorrow. this week some of the men of news 4 got a chance

special moms in our region. >> a few special deliveries. hanley got to go to alexandria. her two sons able to keep it a secret. look at that. very cool. and van delivering flowers to monique. they're mom's always put her family ahead of herself. and you see right there, chuck bell knocking at the door. she raised two sons on her own. wish them all a very happy early mother's day. >> for all of you moms out there, we wish you a very happy mother's day as well. >> and get some sun for

my name is brian pitts and i've been diagnosed with depression. >> i lost my son to suicide, may 20th. 2013. >> for the past two year, news 4 has been working on changing minds. >> and i've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. >> sharing stories about mental illness from personal struggles to cracks in the system to new treatments. we wanted to start a dialogue about an issue that is still shrouded stigma. >> when i say i'm experiencing peace that i never knew was available, i can't help but talk about it! there are people that care and you just need to be able to speak about it. >> you have to know you're never alone. there's alway