strong and cause a couple more. later on this afternoon, that's the time for the storms. not right now though, we're on the cloudy side but there are those storms back to our west. we'll take a closer look at the timing. >> each hour we'll be getting new updates throughout the morning from our high resolution short range model. so we'll be getting honing down on the timing as the morning goes on. right now here is the timing. leading edge of the storms coming into the panhandle of west virginia. the valley, about 1:00 this afternoon. between 1:00 and 2:00 they race off to the east and 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. coming right into the immediate metro area and our southern and eastern suburbs. then it quickly tracks off to the south and ooers. so -- east. >> may get some lingering storms into the early evening hours as well. frequent updates all day long. what's going on now, melissa? >> take ago look at a

problem. inbound constitution avenue, was trying to get that picture up for you. we will show that in just a second. northbound bw parkway after 50 that one is gone. king street all lanes blocked there in the westbound lanes of alexandria. you can try seminary or south george mason drive if that's easier for you. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems there and taking a look at travel times, no major issues. more of that coming up. and president trump challenged the country to dream big in his first address to congress last night. >> the president struck for of a c conciliatory tone. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> through the sh

pass a $1 trillion infrastructure package. he said he's working on tax reform and he urged lawmakers to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> so i am calling on democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obamacare disaster. >> the president went on to outline what he says are the principles that should guide congress to create a better health care system. it includes ensuring coverage for americans with preexisting conditions, expanding coverage and giving state greater control over medicaid. the kentucky governor, he supported hillary clinton over bernie sanders in the democratic presidential primary. he also embraced the affordable care act in his state. he

act and fellow republicans on their plans on health care. >> and even more troubling, you and your republican allies in congress seem determined to rip affordable health insurance away from millions of americans who most need it. >> now, we will have much more about the president's speech including reaction later in the broadcast. you can also read the president's entire speech in the nbc washington app and we will have a fact check on some of the president's biggest claims there too. >> bagels, not bombs. that is the message some people will be spreading in rockville this morning. the store is across from the charles e. smith jewish day school, one of three area schools that received bomb threats this week. community members organized the event in reactions to threats here and across the country. they'll be handing out bagels in an effort to stand up against

county. angie has been gathering the details on this. >> an active investigation right now. this after two people were stabbed just after 2:00 this morning. it happened in the 4600 block of community plaza. the loudoun county sheriff's office not saying at this point how old the victims are or who they are. we do know that both of them are in the hospital. no information regarding who stabbed them was released. we'll continue to follow up. >> all right. thank you. it's 5:04 now. we are now learning that there have also been threats against the local muslim community. the police department wants to know who wrote hateful notes to the muslim community center and the mosque in silver spring. the notes threatened the lives of muslims and have a lot of people there worried. >> the letter is sent obviously to incite hate and fear. i don't feel any of that. i just feel really disappointed. >> mont

urging anyone who might have information to give them a call. >> covering prince george's county now, we're working to learn whether police plan to charge a man they say came at one of their officers with a knife. the officer shot that man last night. the officer was originally called to the home for a family dispute. police tell us a 29-year-old walked out of the house armed with a knife. they say the officer repeatedly told him to drop it, but he didn't. and that's when the officer fired, hitting the man in the thigh. he is expected to be okay. back in d.c. the aclu is suing four d.c. police officers over the arrest of a transgender woman. >> no, you're not going to arrest me. >> this video from november 16th shows police officers at the apartment of the transgender woman. the responding officers said they were investigating a possible assault. the aclu filed

hunter was illegally subjected to a warrantless arrest. >> as a black transformant i'm dragged out of my home and thrown in a jail cell. i'm still in shock that this happened to me. >> a spokesman for the police department released a statement that says quote, we cannot comment on pending litigation, but as most are aware. mpd remains committed to assisting and building relationships with the underserved groups including the lbgt community. metro workers will have new rules to follow. to cut down on absenteeism metro is putting the following changes in place. supervisors can't approve more than two days of absences. supervisors and managers can also now be fired immediately for not following policy. metro leaders are expected to give an update on safe trac

the next safe track surge will impact alexandria. on saturday crews will begin work on the yellow and blue lines. from march 4th through april 9th trains will single track and run less frequently. it's one of the most beautiful times to see washington and today we'll learn when those world famous cherry blossoms will make their debut. >> peak bloom can be one of the hardest predictions to make for the national park service. we'll be streaming the announcement live in the nbc washington app. erika is live along the tidal basin now with more on how those blooms are looking at this early hour. what do you think? >> reporter: well, they've got a ways to go. indeed in washington, d.c. this is how we know that spring has sprung. so if you take a look, let's give you at this very dark and early hour, what the cherry blossoms look like. as you can see, they're still ry

are on blossom watch. you mentioned it, aaron. it is so difficult to forecast the peak bloom. specifically more than ten days out, but today we will get the official peak bloom prediction from the national park service and the horticulturists that have been keeping an eye on these babies. so the peak bloom date is when you can see the fluoroets in all their pink and white puffiness. that's when you get 70% of them surrounding the tidal basin. the announcement happening about 10:30 this morning and this 2017 festival commemorates the 105th anniversary of the gift of the cherry blossoms from japan to the united states and we will be even more flooded with tourists. it's when everybody books their flights and gets their travel dates because it really is a sight to see. it really is just

sight to see. we're down live at the tidal basin for you this morning. back to you. all right. thank you and you know those cherry blossoms all depend on the weather of course. >> which could be messy on this weather alert day. >> we have some strong winds in the forecast this afternoon. if you look at that radar next to me we have a line of very strong storms still off to our west so not until later this afternoon, but we are also looking at the severe threat. could see some damaging winds. a closer look at the timing. tom will be back with that coming up. >> we've come to know him as gary from chicago. now we're learning more about his criminal past. the man who went to his oscars two days after being released from prison. >> and president trump addressed a joint session of congress. >> when we have all of this we will have made america greater than ever before. for all americans this is our vision. this is our mission, but we can

5:12 is our time right now. tom is keeping an eye on this weather alert day and the stuff that's coming in a little later. >> all calm and quiet now. a little bit of light fog. temperatures in the 50s. look at the

they're not severe, but producing heavy downpours. that whole system is going to be getting closer to us this afternoon. sheena parveen will be back here in a couple of minutes. new hour by hour timing with our short range and medium range on the hour by hour on the storms arriving later this afternoon. and taking a look at traffic here, inbound constitution there at 23rd street northwest, you can see the right side of the roadway is blocked here this morning so finally got that picture for you to show you exactly what's going on. powder mill road at cherry hill road. brand new crash reported outside the beltway. the beltway itself still looking good. had this problem though, again, in the west end of alexandria. king street all lanes blocked there for that traffic light repair. alternate cemetery road or

we want to get to a story developing in afghanistan. >> we also have new video of afghan police and the military under attack right now. take a look at this. you can see the big cloud of black smoke there following an explosion of some sort. afghan taliban militants saying they are the ones behind these attacks. we know that the fighting is concentrated near police headquarters and military training school. there was other attacks that we learned of on an intelligence agency as well. still no official word on casualties. that's the latest from the live desk, back to you. >> two woman accused of killing kim jong un's half brother were accused of murder. they appeared in court last night. officials from south korea and the united states believe kim

behind that killing. both women say they were paid but they thought the attack was a prank. police are calling it a tragic incident after a dozen band members were hit by a car during a mardi gras parade. four members were critically injured. officials say an elderly man was behind the wheel. they don't believe drugs or alcohol were involved. >> you can hear and see the severe weather that whipped through the midwest yesterday. this killed two people. it injured at least four others. crews with the national weather service will be out this morning in white country, arkansas, to determine if a tornado rolled through there. in just a few minutes we'll check in with sheena to see how the storm system is expected to impact us. >> one of the most talked about moments from the oscars is gary from chicago. he and his fiance

tour group snapping pictures inside the theater. turns out he had just been released after spending 20 years in prison for petty theft and other crimes. his attorney said he was released from prison on friday. he and his fiance decided to go sightseeing and the rest is history. this is a little detour from the tour guide and they didn't know he was going to go into the theater. my moment is when ryan gosling said something to her and we don't though what he said. news 4 has been giving you ways for you and your kids to destress. >> some tips that teenagers can use. it's all part of a practice called mindfulness. >> reporter: from the studying to the sports to the social life, high school can be a stressful place but here students are learning a way to cope with that stress and it takes as little as ten seconds. >> feel the first feeling of calm and ease in the body. >> these students take a break

learn how to analyze their own minds. >> they say where your attention goes your energy flows. >> they're mindfulness teachers. >> anybody notice any sensations in their hands? >> the first step to shutting out your stress is to be simply realizing it's there. >> they have that ability to feel it, to sense it, to understand what's going on and then to respond in a wise way. >> part of that response includes matching your body language with how you want to feel. >> i want everybody to hold a victorious hold for 20 seconds. >> it is important to focus on your mind set because it will help you do better. it is hard balancing everything and just being a teenager. >> reporter: giving mindfulness a try doesn't take much. >> close your eyes, count to ten. it helps you get your mind right before you do anything important like a test or a sporting event. >> that little bit of time can make a big difference. in bethesda, news 4. >> i want you

victorious pose for 20 seconds. we're going to do that every day. what's your victorious pose? >> i'm good. there you go. do you feel better now? >> yes. >> good. >> we'd like to hear from you about how you destress. send us a tweet or a comment on our facebook page. use the hashtag less stress. >> i'll have to rethink my pose. >> eun is a little aggress i have. -- aggressive. >> today is not the day to stress. it's a little bit calming when it's raining but today is going to be a different kind of rain. it will move through quick. it's going to be stormy and those storms will provide possibly damaging winds. it is a weather alert day. this morning commute looks fine. but later this afternoon some strong to severe storms possible across the area. we are also looking at the potential agaior

before you leave. tomorrow a little bit of a shock, especially friday. it's going to be colder and windy, believe it or not. currently 57 degrees in the district. it is very warm out this morning. here's all the cloud cover, but we have some breaks in the clouds down to our south. that's going to move in. sunshine by the middle of the day. that will heat up to the upper 70s and there you see all this rain back off to our west. very strong thunderstorms here. pretty organized and whenever we have an organized line of storms we expect to see the threat of severe weather. now you start to notice this reddish color shading coming to our area. that is a more enhanced risk for severe weather so today with the storms rolling through, lightning, hail, heavy rains, we can never rule out the potential for an isolated tornado. this is a different computer model. still similar with the timing but it does show some showers just to the north of the

1:30 here comes that line of storms through the district through the afternoon. some of that lingering and we could still see some of that rain around. tomorrow though 55 and breezy. friday 48 and windy. could see a couple snow flakes and the weekend doesn't look too bad. let's check out the roads. >> powder mill road at cherry hill, still have that crash reported and as you look at the beltway, the beltway is looking quite good. no real problems on any main routes into or out of town including 66 and 95 here this morning so overall no major issues. inbound constitution avenue at 23rd those two right lanes taken out here in northwest washington. speaking of northwest, i was there late last night. take a look at this. this is the 18th annual st. jude gourmet gala benefitting the hospital. it was held at the national building museum there in d.c. an amazing

about 1,000 people there. i was able to talk about my connection with st. jude. i had a friend with a child there last year and it was such a wonderful night. >> and such a great organization. thank you. never turns down a family that needs that care. 5:21 our time right now. one popular head liner replaced with another. why you may not be upset if you have tickets this year. >> and the summer is about to get longer for some kids in our area.

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beyonce. she's the first one to headline the festival since 2000 seven. >> beyonce needs to take care of herself and the baby. now there's a project underway to honor his ties to our area in montgomery county. hens hensen's autobiography, it's a book some say helped lay the ground work for the civil war. the park system is laying the ground work now for a museum, a theater and a park in his honor. he wanted them to develop skills. and especially woodworking skills and other skills where they actually can earn a living. >> parks hope to complete and open the museum by 2020. to learn more about the hensen project and how you can help and make a

nbc washington website and search hensen museum. it is a weather alert day here. >> let's check back in with tom for what it means where you live. good morning. >> yeah, well, first of all we'll have frequent updates. that's what weather alert day means. frequent updates all day long. watching the approach of strong storms coming in out of the midwest. just a few thunder showers into western pennsylvania. most of this will pass to our north but it's later this afternoon, sheena is back with new hour by hour timing on that in just a few minutes. >> and glue, why the popular

someone shot a woman in southeast washington. d.c. police say the shooting happened on wayne's place off of 4th street southeast overnight. the woman was alive when medics took her to the hospital was we don't know her condition right now. >> a mosque has been targeted by hate mail. they're trying to find the person who sent notes threatening the lives of muslims. >> metro's next phase of work starts this next weekend. it will have a big impact on alexandria. crews will begin to work on the yellow and blue lines between the huntington and van dorn street

welcome back to news 4 today. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 5:30 right now. it's a weather alert day and we are working with you to get you out the door and to work on time. melissa ready for a peek at the roads. we'll get to sheena and tom first to check the forecast. >> a little deceiving because we don't have the storms around but we do expect them. >> we're going to have frequent updates and we've had this early spring like weather coming in, hence early spring like thunderstorms. we had some last saturday and we may be getting some later this afternoon. here is the hour by hour timing. by 1:00 this afternoon this area in the red and orange, these are the heavy downpours with some hail and gusts of wind coming out of the panhandle of west virginia and the valley. then they race closer to washington. this is about 2:00 this afternoon. our western suburbs, northern suburbs and all the way down to central virginia, that li

comes through the metro area around 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. that comes around the time that students will be getting out of school. it may produce some damaging winds. we could have some power outages. then it moves to the suburbs after 3:00 this afternoon. be aware we could get some strong storms later this afternoon. now melissa has an update on a crash. >> take a look at this. eastbound cherry hill road, tom. this is just before powder mill road. further details on the crash this morning. some people are using the westbound lanes to get around the crash and get back into these eastbound lanes. overall looking pretty good here right now, so no big issues there. inbound constitution at 23rd street northwest we still have those two right lanes blocked off here this morning because of this crash. wanted to give you that little warning. in alexandria, king street all lanes blocked there because of

traffic. seminary road or south george mason drive will get an update on that coming up. from now on, america will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. inspired by the future, not bound by failures of the past. and guided by a vision not blinded by our doubts. president trump offering an optimistic vision for the country as he moves forward with the legislative agenda. what are some of the takeaways? per happen it is biggest one, his tone. the president delivered a conventional speech if you will. there weren't any attacks on the media this time and he mostly stuck to his prepared remarks. but perhaps -- perhaps one of the most moving moments of the night, the president's introduction of the widow of

bryan owens. he was the navy s.e.a.l. killed in yemen last month. members on both sides of the aisle showed their appreciation by giving a standing ovation to his widow here. you may have seen a large group of women wearing white. they're democrats and they decided to wear white as a nod to the women's suffrage movement. and at the events like this there is always a possibility for a member of the president's cabinet who does not attend, they are called the designated survivor, so the person picked to skip the address was david shul ken. >> you can head the president's entire speech on the nbc washington app. a republican lobbyist is calling on congress to investigate the murder of a democratic member. rich was killed just days before

there's also a new billboard and website asking for details in rich's death. someone shot and killed him as he walked home late at night. >> they're investigating the forensic lab after faulty results were given. two of the women later found out they did have cases of zika. public safety committee chairman on the d.c. council told news 4 that the employee who set up the initial faulty test is no longer working at the forensics lab. he added that he was stunned that they could not say they contacted all the women who received false result lgs. the state of maryland has rejected a request from the prince george's county school district's request to start the next school year after labor day.

comply with the new start date while evaluating its next steps. virginia governor signed a law inspired by news 4 i-team investigation. under the law school districts must notify state investigators within ten days if they suspect a teacher with sexual misconduct. in december, the i-team reported a series of teachers who had admitted to sexual misconduct with students in fairfax county. the state wasn't notified for years. >> whatever reason they decided not to let us know. the good news is that will not continue. we have investigators, all of us want to make sure our children are safe and if there are teachers who may have committed some type of offense, we all need to know it. >> the state also approved a budget boost to help the virginia department of education investigate these cases. watch out for construction if you run or bike on the mount vernon trail. the national park service starts construction today to repave

parking lot at theodore roosevelt island. the trail will be raised and widened. you will be able to walk or bike to the island. construction should wrap up by late spring. and it is a sign of spring getting closer. street sweeping starts today in d.c. for you that means remembering to follow the parking restrictions. for if first ten days of this program police will hand out warnings. the street sweeping program runs from march 1st through october 31st. some say a popular traffic app only hurts. the effect it's having on area roads. >> and the big change you could notice the next time you board a flight, depending on the airline you fly. >> but first another check on the conditions out on there this weather alert day. >> take a look at your commute forecast. this morning patchy fog. we have storms that will be approaching the area, some of those could be strong to severe. take a look at the

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airport. and if you're flying american airlines you need to pay attention to this. the airline is changing its boarding process. starting today there are a total of nine boarding groups and instead of announcing the groups over the intercom gate monitors will display which group is boarding. elite frequent flyers will be in the first four groups. regular flyers will start boarding in group five which used to be group one and you board through the main boarding lane, so good luck. >> i'm already confused. there are some complaints about a popular driving app. >> one d.c. neighborhood says it is creating convenience for drivers but safety hazards for families. the app waze is sending way too many cars down their roads. the most recent study showed traffic increased from about 200 cars a day on that road to 1,500 a day. one mother explained what happened to her one day.

mirror as i'm walking my daughter to school, i have a backpack on one arm, her hand in the other and a car came around and i wasn't in the middle of the street. i was on the side and my arm was hit and it bent in their mirror. waze did not respond to a request for comment but has said previously it does not believe it puts excessive traffic on any particular street. chances are you own a piece of jewelry from one of them. a big box jewelry store now accused of sexual harassment. this morning we're hearing from one of the many accusers. is glue on your shopping list? the latest craze that has the school supply missing from store shelves. >> and a look at what you're facing as you head out today. >> strong storms moving in. it's a weather alert day. frequent storm team updates on nbc 4 and on social media.

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believe in yourselves. believe in your future. and believe once more in america. >> now on news 4 today, just hours after he addressed the nation, big news from president trump. what we're learning about his revised order on immigration. >> it's considered to be an older man's disease. well, i think i'm here to tell you otherwise. >> cancer concerns, the disease hitting millennials and genxors hard. >> now they realize slime is the culprit. >> the latest craze that has a certain item vanishing from store shelves. >> and when will the pink peak? what we'll learn about the cherry blossoms. first at 5:45, the latest on this storm team wer

day. >> how are things looking right now? >> locally they look fine but off to our west, big area of thunderstorms. some of those are strong to severe and as we go through the afternoon today, those will be moving in. so before you leave the house this morning grab the umbrella. the raincoat. we have some strong to severe storms for your afternoon drive. a closer look at the timing. we'll talk about what you can expect and what the highest risk is with these storms straight ahead. >> and speaking of our weather the pattern right now is affecting when the cherry blossoms down at the tidal basin will hit peak bloom. >> right now they look like this. just the buds there but once those blossoms start to emerge, this is a sight to see. erika is live at the tidal basin with more on today's announcement. >> good morning. so the festival itself goes from march 25th through april 9th but today we are talking aboea

when you'll be able to see these gorgeous trees in full bloom. so in the nation's capital this is how we know that spring has sprung. we are live at the tidal basin this morning with the cherry blossoms as our backdrop. blossom watch is on. while it is incredibly difficult to forecast peak bloom more than ten days out today we get the official pa official peak bloom prediction. the peak bloom day is when you can really see the fluoowers in their puffiness. it's 70% around the tidal basin. the big question on everybody's mind that with such a mild season that we've had, a mild winter if that will increase the dhanss of dha chances of us seeing the blooms a little sooner. we'll get that answer

school vouchers and charter schools are po larizing top ecks the -- topics. they want to block the plan to boost state funding to boost state vouchers. prince george's county executive argues if these vouchers continue, prince george's county schools may not be able to meet many of its current needs. it is 5:4 and news for your health this morning, you may want to rethink about what you eat for lunch today. poor eating habits may increase your risk for menopausal breast cancer. researchers found teenagers who eat a lot of refined sugars, carbs and red meat are 35% more to develop breast cancer at a young age. women who ate poorly during their early adult years had a 41% higher risk of

breast cancer. new research finds someone born in 1990 now has double the risk of early colon cancer. they also have quadruple the risk of early rectal cancer compared to someone born in 1950. researches aren't sure what is causing the spike but theories include poor diet and a mother of three says when at just 32 a doctor told her she had colon cancer. >> i had symptoms but because of my age i wasn't covered. so that immediately was well, are you sure you need this test? >> symptoms include a change in bowel habits, blood in stool, pain, cramps or unexplained weight loss. family history, a diet high in processed meats, obesity and smoking. we have an update now to a stabbing we told you about in the last hour. >> we

information on that double stabbing. the loudoun county sheriff's office telling us that the two victims being treated in the hospital, they are expected to be okay. this was in the community plaza parking lot in sterling. all we know about the suspect is that they reportedly got away in a vehicle. police saying at this point there is no indication of any threat to the community. the stabbing remains under investigation. now back to you. >> all right. thank you. president trump will not sign the revised travel ban executive order today. >> it comes after officials indicated earlier this week that he would sign it today. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. what do we know about why the change here? >> reporter: well, quite frankly it was a successful speech last night. the senior white house officials saying it is going to be later on in the week because the president doesn't want to -- or he wants to let the speech breathe a little bit and get the publicity off of that. he doesn't want to take away

>> and edward, what about the president's speech last night? how is it being received by lawmakers this morning? >> reporter: it's a mixed bag of reviews. democrats said they cannot get past his divisive language in the past. his speech was a little toned down, but democrats saying that underneath all of that is still the hard line that president trump is taking. republicans believe that he absolutely hit the mark especially when he talked about health care, the repeal and replacing of obamacare. >> all right. live on capitol hill for us. thank you. 5:51 right now. just checking twitter here and there are tornado warnings out west. kentucky, ohio and tennessee and that weather is going to move this way. >> that's exactly where our weather is coming from. >> aaron tracking the storm. >> you have to look out west when we have weather approaching. so yes, aaron, we have some strong to severe storms in the forecast for toda

storms this morning. a little bit of patchy fog. otherwise it is warm. lunchtime warm and breezy. p.m. commute, strong storms in the forecast. here are the impacts from the storms today. the most likely of the impacts will be high winds and we're talking potentially damaging winds. close to 60 miles an hour. don't be surprised if you see some hail. as far as flooding is concerned, don't expect flooding but whenever we have weather like this approaching we can never rule out an isolated tornado. temperatures right now, mostly mid to upper 50s. very warm this morning. lots of clouds around but by the middle of the day today we'll see a break of sunshine and that will help to warm those temperatures up. those warm temperatures and we're talking about some areas that could be close to 80 degrees. these are the storms aaron was just talking about moving through parts of kentucky, ohio, nearing parts of western p.a. now

moving in this afternoon. we could see some far north of the district though. then by the afternoon hours there you see it, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. pretty strong line moving through the district. clearing this evening and then as we go through tomorrow, a colder and windy day. look at the temperature tomorrow. 55. 48 on friday after a very warm day today. we'll keep you updated throughout the day but right now let's keep you updated on the traffic. >> good morning. wanted to remind you here about another issue that we've been following here for the morning. this one has cleared. this is king street. all lanes now opened in the west end of alexandria. they had that traffic light out here. that has since cleared. northbound 15 at west patrick street, a crash there blocking the left lane here this morning. taking a look elsewhere, ray burn drive blocked, downed wires, earlier crash there. hearing about another crash

we'll talk about that in a minute. you can see the beltway looks okay. inbound constitution avenue at 23rd street. looks like we have the vehicle on the right side of the roadway but everything else has reopened from that earlier accident. no major issues on the beltway. 95 from quantico to the beltway you should be on time there. about 26 minutes. a little slow as you're approaching wood bridge. completely normal for this time of day. 270 is okay. top of the beltway is okay. we just talked about 95. no big worries there and 66 into town also okay. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. all right. thank you. this morning we're hearing from women who say they were subjected to a culture of sexual hara harassment at jewelry stores you probably visited. hundreds of employees are suing sterling jewelers. heather worked at kay jewelers for

she alleges her supervisor pressured her to have sex in exchange for a new opportunity. >> i wanted to get back home and i was kind of pinned in a corner. and so i did what i had to do. i'm humiliated. i'm humiliated that i had to do that. >> the company called the allegations distorted and inaccurate. they say that the small number of complaints in a work force of 84,000 were investigated and appropriate action was taken. well, if you've been to the school supply aisle lately you may have noticed that the glue is no longer on the shelves. >> turns out there's a shortage of glue right now and as susan hogan explains you can blame it on your kids and the latest crafting craze. >> well, bottles of liquid glue literally are flying off the shelves. retailers cannot stock it fast enough. why, you ask? well, believe it or not, this really is a thing. in fact, it is thees

this phenomenon. glue is the main ingredient, in fact there are only three ingredients to slime. glue, bo rax and water. they're showing us bare shelves. glue is gone and here at rodman's in d.c. they've even noticed their stock depleting. >> i've spoke to our supplier and found that they had been out of stock for some time and now are finally back in stock. so people can come in now and make their silly putty and slime. >> reporter: even elmer's glue sent news 4 statement that it's seen a new surge in sales and elmer's is increasing production to keep up with the demand. we reached out to other retailers and their glue stock is dwindling. they didn't know why until we called. now they realize slime is the culprit. back to you. >> good

youtube plans to launch a live tv streaming service in the coming months in a bit to attract people. youtube will have broadcast networks including nbc and cost 35 bucks a month for six accounts. subscribers will also be able to watch original content which features programming by top youtube stars. back over to you. >> all right. thanks, landon. well, tag, he's it. the redskins tagged kirk cousins, what that means for the future of the team. plus, local muslims threatened. what sparked the investigation in montgomery county. >> and the morning after the big speech. find out how local

y2abry ysty >> storms that we're watching closely off to our west. we have a weather alert day because of it. we'll show you a closer look at the timing of this and what you can expect. >> i'm tom out here on the storm team 4 weather deck. all is calm and quiet now. it will all be different this afternoon. get ready for that roller coaster weather once again. good morning to you i'm eun

>> we are getting you ready for the potential for severe weather. first let's get you out the door with your first 4 traffic and weather. we'll begin with sheena parveen and tom, bring us up to speed, guys. >> it is a weather alert day out there. this morning not much happening. tom is outside on the patio right now. way off to our west we're looking at western pennsylvania, parts of kentucky and ohio, this is where the storms for today are coming from. locally we just had the clouds around but we do have some showers and that will be approaching hagerstown soon. that's not the severe area that we're talking about. what we're talking about is for later on today. so by 7:00 a.m., maybe some areas of patchy fog. 66 degrees. by noon today already near 70. warm and breezy. decent if you want to eat lunch outside but be careful because a few hours later we have thunderstorms rolling in, some of which could be strong to