>> we are here today to stand up for these girls. we are asking that all available resources are put into finding these girls. even if that means involving the fbi. >> reporter: coming up on news4

the community say may be a reason behind why these cases are not getting the attention they deserve. in southwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. clouds today across our region. we continue to see those clouds now hurting the temperatures as far as that's concerned. temperatures today would have made it into the upper 50s to around 60 with the sunshine. right now on the radar, nothing to show. look back just to our north and west. we're tracking two systems, one here really fading out. another one back towards the west. this one a little bit stronger now. you could see the northern extend around cleveland. this should make its way into our area overnight tonight. look at the temperatures here. 53 degrees d.c. still on the cool side. we'll talk about how temperatures go up a little bit tomorrow, but come crashing down in a big way later

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the u.s. capital visitor's center will spend close to a year in prison. a judge sentenced larry dawson to 11 months for the c confrontation that happened about a year ago. in northern virginia, the state attorney general is wrapping up a news conference with local police where they revealed new details about a massive drug bust. investigators say a group was trafficking a number of drugs including heroin. local and state police in virginia and maryland joined forces and arrested 11 people over the weekend. police seized ten guns, cash and several vehicles along heroin, cocaine, pot and pcp. julie carey is working this story. she'll join us live at the top of the hour. more college s

soon have access to a special discounted unlimited metro pass. the metro board is set to vote thursday to extend the university pass pilot program through june 20th of 2018. the pass is available to students at american university. metro credits the pass with 10% ridership increase. metro said they hope to expand the pass to local colleges this fall. the first family is getting bigger. why president trump's family has something to celebrate this afternoon. and remembering a music legend and his influence here in the nation's capital. hear from a local jazz artist who played with chuck berry. >> johnny b. good was my favorite song. i never got tired o

♪ fans mourning chuck berry's death may find solace in knowing that the legend just recorded a new album a few months ago and it's expected to be released later this year. >> berry day died saturday near

home in st. louis. he was 90 years old. >> i've been listening to his music and remembering him. he was really something. >> off the charts talented. >> since his detd was ath was announced, praise has been pouring out from every corner of the world for the incredible talent of the great chuck berry. the "new york times" called him the first true rock 'n' roll superstar. chuck berry's roll over b beethoven was the best and brashest they'd ever heard. that's one of his disciples who shared the stage with chuck berry several times along with other well-known rockers over the years. davis gives chuck berry all the credit fort

everyone wanted to copy. >> nobody was doing what chuck berry did before chuck berry did it. he put that back beat in that everybody uses today in music. he put that back beat in rock music. chuck berry could say he wrote the songs that created a genere of music. everybody sang his songs. we would play not only clubs but also stadiums that would be filled with thousands of people. and they all knew his songs in the audience. he would be singing johnny b. good and everybody out there would be singing back to him. you know, the energy, the thrill of that. johnny b. good is my favorite song. i never got tired of playing it live on stage with the man who wrote it and performed it first. >> that energy he's talking about, everybody knows it was palpable. the "new york times" also said berry embodied the music by

his signature duck walk to that coiffure. that hairdo was perhaps his own creation. he had studied hair dressing and cosmetology when he was still playing in small bands in st. louis back in the early '50s. to quote him, long live rock 'n' roll. hail hail rock 'n' roll were the words from his hit school daze. when you look at the d discography, they've been played by many people a lot of times over. just a reminderhu

berry's apple red cadillac is featured in the national museum of african-american history and culture on the national mall. >> remember when the museum first opened, we put it in our dpal gallery of the ten must see things. >> right. and it's there. >> you can search african-american museum to see what else made that very important list. thanks so much, barbara. >> you're welcome. if you want a great meal for a deal, northern virginia is the place to be this week. northern virginia restaurant week starts today. dozens of restaurants in prince william, loudoun and arlington counties will be offering special three course menus. you can find a list of restaurants taking part over in the nbc washington app. despite a set back last week because of the snow and ice, the cherry blossoms festival is off and running. a lot of folks turned out for the official kickoff over the weekend. they turned out despite the cold

worries that the cherry blossoms were gone for good. search cherry blossoms specials in the nbc washington app. >> those poor blossoms probably didn't know what hit them. 70 one day and 20 the next. >> we've got a roller coaster coming in here over the next couple of days too. temperatures going down again. the good news is we're going to get below freezing but that 27 degree threshold, we're going to stay just above that, i'm hoping. right now i'm going for 28 on thursday morning. looks like this could be the last real cold shot. after that our pattern really does tend to shift to some warmer conditions. plenty of cloud cover has kept our temperatures down.

in the 50s in our area. as we look outside, you can notice those clouds making their way in as a storm system is doing the same just off to the west. temperatures will be dropping down to about 45 by 11:00. 50 degrees right now in martinsburg, 55 in cull ppeppcu. no rain. we're not seeing any rain, although this system is bringing some rain back towards west virginia. it was a powerful system earlier, now this one is the powerful system. we're going to watch. this one moves well down to our south and west. we have a chance for shower activity overnight tonight. it's not a lot. we need to see the rain. 9:00, some cloud cover in here. notice back down around luray, couple more showers develop with it by early tomorrow morning. most of t

the dry side. tuesday, more cloud cover tomorrow. that will help keep temperatures down again, although i am going a little bit warmer than today. we do get sunshine in the afternoon. that will help to bring those temperatures right back up. by late afternoon, this is where we stand. 50s most of the day. a little bit cooler to the west of the blue ridge. not a bad day out there on your tuesday. how about wednesday, though? 63 on your tuesday, showers overnight tonight. how about wednesday? yeah, 46. but let's take a look at it. another cold one for sure. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. the windchills will be around freezing if not in the upper 20s most of the day for most areas. in the same forecast, remember that roller coaster? it's saturday is actually the best day out of the next ten days with

of some rain on sunday. she remained silent for months. now she's telling her harrowing story about what really happened. and we're right on the cuss m of the busy spring travel

today president trump's son eric announced that he and his wife laura are expected their first child. the baby boy is due in september. he'll be the president's ninth grandchild. eric's brother don junior has five children and his sister ivanka has three. congratulations to them. after months of speculation about the robbery in paris, we now know the chilling details about what happened to kim kardashian. >> she talked about it during last night's episode. liz, this story was emotional and even somewhat chilling. >> it was a very intense episode. fears of being raped or killed gripped kim for nearly an hour while the robbers took hold of her paris apartment. in last night's episode, kim gave a moment by moment account of that hri

>> he grabs my legs. i had no clothes on under. he pulled me towards him at the front of the bed. i thought, okay, this is the moment they're going to rape me. i fully mentally prepped myself. and he didn't. he duct taped my legs together. then they had the gun up to me. i knew that was the moment they're totally going to shoot me in the head. i'm not going to make it out of here. like i know how these things go. that was like the last thought. then they picked me up and put me in the bathroom. and then ran. >> kim's sister was the first to get a call from her. she recalls her screaming help me over and over and over. >> what was that moment like when you heard what happened to her? >> it was super scarry

think anybody could really prepare for anything like that. when it happened, i was driving and i had to pull over. it was quite shocking. we'll have more of our exclusive interview with scott tonight on access hollywood. >> liz, kardashian says she thinks robbers have been following her. did she talk anymore about that? >> she gave a lot of exclusive details that we hadn't heard before. she had mentioned that she felt like she was being followed and that they knew their comes and goings. so she was being watched very closely. >> fascinating and scary stuff. also, we're talking about a new way to teach students in our area about sex. the phrase lawmakers want kids to remember and why critics say it's a bad idea. also personal information posted online, the data breech affecting thousands of shoppers

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spring is officially here, but did last week's wintery weather damage some of the flowers and plants in your yard? lots of us will take to the skies this spring and summer. and things don't always go according to plan, so what rights do you have when things go wrong? you heard of no means no, but what about yes means yes. a new

and why critics aren't too happy about it. you're watching news4 at 4:00. the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> fbi director james comey on capitol hill stating publicly that there is in fact an investigation underway into russian election hacking. and that includes whether the trump campaign was involved. >> mark murray is looking at some of that fallout from some of these revelations. now that we officially know there is an ongoing investigation, how does this impact the white house? >> it impacts it at least in the short-term, chris. this is now an ongoing investigation. as we ended up seeing with hillary clinton and her e-mails during the 2016 election, once you have an fbi investigation, you don't know how long it's going to go on, the leaks

eventual resolution. this is a problematic story for the trump white house and the entire republican party. this is historic because in a lot of ways you don't ever have an fbi director telling congress that the presidential campaign of the current president is under investigation for possibly collusion and working with a foreign government. now, as the trump white house points out, an investigation isn't the same thing as hard evidence. but still this might be very problematic for them. >> director comey also contradicted the president's claims that he was wiretapped during the election. let's take a listen to that. >> with respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets. and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. >> just last friday the president doubled

in your opinion, does this damage the president's credibility and do you think he should put it behind him at this point? >> he is on an island, he and his white house are. when you look at whether it's fbi director james comey, house speaker ryan, all of those people end up saying that there is no evidence to back up the claims that president trump made in his tweets. one way to put this behind you is to say, hey, i'm sorry, i screwed up and move on. of course, president trump isn't a person who often takes that route. >> makes it tough on some of the hill republicans. they get put in a position of having to go against their party's own president. >> absolutely. we want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. are you worried that russia may have hacked the election? so far most of you say you're either morece

were already concerned. there's still time for you to weigh in. just head to the nbc washington facebook page. just a few minutes ago, doors opened for people waiting to see president trump in louisville, kentucky. the president is expected to speak at louisville's freedom hall this evening. the building can hold up to 15,000 people. the president is expected to push the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. this is the president's third visit to louisville in just over a year. the state of maryland is a step closer to passing strict new policy on sex education. >> it's kind of an interesting wording. the house of delegates passed a so-called yes means yes bill. it calls for a concept known as affirmative sexual consent to be taught in schools. the legislation defines that as clear, unambiguous

between all participants to engage in each act within the course of sexual activity. so the bill passed -- hang on. there it goes. you lick your finger. it always works. the bill passed the house on saturday. it did have bipartisan support. it was 115-25. it comes as many college campuses are considering using this standard to judge rape cases. advocates say the guidelines will help prevent sexual assaults. but critics say it could lead to a guilty until proven innocent standard. maryland would become just the second state in the country to pass a yes means yes measure. california adopted a similar mandate two years ago. the bill now heads to the state senate. we're also learning new detailsbo

rocked a local neighborhood and damaged several homes. what we've just heard about the man inside and his dog as neighbors start to clean up. and switching gears, it's time to plan that trip to the beach, but you'll need to leave one popular item at home if you're going to be there at the beach just a few hours from here. why you'll soon get to

good afternoon. i'm tom kierein. we've had a lot of clouds roll in this afternoon. there's a live view from the national harbor camera. you can see the potomac reflecting that gray sky. and we have a rather cool afternoon here this first full day of astronomical spring. reagan national is now at 53 degrees. radar showing this cluster of showers here in the midwest coming out of ohio into indiana. that is tracking farther to the south and east. it will be coming closer to the metro area. that's going to be overnight tonight. i've got the new hour by hour timing on that and the up and down ten day outlook in just a few minutes. >> tom, at this point we're pretty used to it. don't be surprised tomorrow morning if you hear a lot of tornado warning alerts in virginia. it's an annual drill

emergency. it will appear on local tv, radio and cable channels. you're going to hear a test tornado warning. if you want to participate as a family, the commonwealth outlines what you should do. just search tornado in the nbc washington app. the yellow sweater or the blue suit? if you have trouble deciding what to wear in the morning amazon wants to help you. the online retailer just released a new mobile app for prime members. it's called outfit compare. what you do is upload two photos of yourself wearing two different outfits. an amazon stylist will judge the outfits for you based on fit, color and whether it's in style and give you a response about a minute or so later. amazon says only qualified staff members will be able to look rat you and your photos and they can be deleted from the app at any time. >> will they tell you both of

want to go to amazon and buy something else? >> i don't know if i want amazon to my fashion consultant. i don't know. >> well, pat, you certainly don't need it. you could help a lot of other people, i'm sure. you know, the skies are going to be booming this spring, but did you know you have rights as an airline passenger when things go wrong? we're working for you with the things you need to know. and we are thawing out after the deep freeze last week. so did the plants in your yard ld the

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. here are four things to know this afternoon. a busy day on capitol hill as the head of the fbi confirms an investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with a covert russian operation to interfere with the u.s. election. james comey is also knocking down president trump's claims that former president obama wiretapped him before the election. a prince george's county teacher is credited with stopping a stabbing suspect after allegedly attacking a high school student. the victim, a crosslands high school student is expected to be okay. the suspect is 18 years old. virginia state police have issued an amber alert to help in the search for a missing teenager from tennessee. elizabeth thomas is 15 years old. she's been missing for a week. this is video from a vigil her

night. police think she may be with a teacher. it's finally spring and we've had our ups and downs, of course, in the forecast since february. those wild changes in temperatures took a big bite out of local fruits and crops. >> especially apples and peaches. derrick ward takes a look at what this means for all of us. >> reporter: all around me you're looking at rows and rows of future peaches. the late winter with all that frost did a number on then. all is not lost, but there may be some changes in what you find and how much you pay for it in the grocery stores. >> the universities have told us at 25 degrees you lose 10% of the buds and at 16 degrees you lose 90% of the buds and we were somewhere in betwee

works out in our favor, but we're hoping so. >> reporter: if mother nature cooperates from here, all will not be lost. but you could also be looking at thousands of dollars of losses in these rows. later i'll tell you what the farmers are thinking about this winter we're just getting through. fairfax county repair work is underway at a popular walking and biking trail near centerville. improvements are being made to the big rocky run trail at eleanor c. lawrence park. sections of the trail may be closed during the work which could take up to three months. money from park bonds are paying for the project. if you're traveling this spring, don't expect an empty seat. the spring travel season is expected to hit a new record high mainly because of an improving economy. that's going to impact all travelers. right now we're looking at various ways airlines are adding seats and staff to

up as well. the average cost of a flight is expected to go up by about $34. right now we are working for you if you're planning to travel. if your plans get disrupted do you know your rights? >> we have all of the power because we've got to figure out and do our own homework. because the airli airline disruptions seem to happen more often these days. if you find yourself caught in flight delays, cancellations or over bookingbookings, it's up to know your rights and request compensation. few things kill a vacation vibe quicker than being stuck in the airport because of a delay or cancelled flight. unfortunately, experts at consumer reports say

go wrong. when it comes to cancellations each airline handles things differently. delta will either put you on its next available flight or rebook you on another carrier. southwest only rebooks passengers on the next available southwest flight. check specifics for the airline you're traveling. get bumped, however, and you do have resource. >> over booking isn't illegal, but if you're bumped involuntarily, in most cases the airline has to rebook you in a timely manner or pay you. >> they may even have to do both. on domestic flights if the airline rebooks you to haland later than your original time, the airline has to cover your ticket and pay you double your one-way air fare up to

if the airline doesn't make any arrangements for you, you are double four times your one-way fai fare. consumer reports also suggests booking flights with credit cards that offer good insurance for airline travel snafus. >> four times? >> i know, right? you need to know all of that. the airlines aren't going to let you know. >> aren't going to offer. >> you've got to be aggressive. >> all of this is online right now too for people to check out. if you try it, you know how hard it is. eating healthy doesn't always mean eating cheaply. most of us think the more expensive it is, the healthier it's got to be. >> jim handly and wendy rieger are in the newsroom with

>> ironically, we are devouring these cherry blossoms donuts from astros that were brought into the newsroom. >> only eat one-fourth of it. and then i ate a fourth of this one. >> moving on, the irony of this, stocking up on healthy foods doesn't need to be pricey. these are gooey, though. >> from produce to foods that claim to be natural orp organic we're going to tell you what to watch out for at the grocery store. this has been going on for weeks now. our i-team has learned more about that disputed piece of art

congressman are taking the fight to a d.c. courtroom. they tell me talk into my chest. >> my microphone is dead. >> anyway, the two of us will see you at 5:00. >> the 75% of the donut that wendy didn't eat, did that go back in the box? >> oh yes. >> gee, thanks guys. >> i cut it with a knife. i didn't bite into it and put it back. starting on wednesday, you won't be able to take tents and canopies to rehobeth beach. it's in response to complaints from lifeguards and first responders who say they've had trouble maneuvering around large tents in emergencies. campfires and

not allowed on the beach. violators face a $25 fine. >> that video is just cruel and unusual. i'm looking at that like, man, i wish we could just fast forward to summer. >> soon. >> jim and wendy ate up all of my time. they just gobbled it up. they devoured my time. >> there's the sky over washington now. we've got a lot of clouds rolling in during the afternoon. what to wear tomorrow? you'll need a jacket in the morning. then comfortable in short sleeves tomorrow afternoon. you'll need your sunglasses tomorrow as well. no umbrella. reagan national at 53. any wind off the chilly waters of the bay makes a huge difference. right now storm team 4 radar showing a cluster of

showers. that is on a track moving quickly to come down just to our south, the hour by hour timing on that does look like it's going to be coming into the mountains around midnight. look at that. it does pretty much dry itself out by the time it gets into virginia. just a small chance of sprinkles overnight tonight generally between 2:00 a.m. to around dawn tomorrow. the rest of the day we'll get some sunshine back during the day on tuesday. hour by hour temperatures, by 8:00 tonight, near 50, upper 40s by 11:00 p.m. with that rain far to our west. by dawn, mid and upper 40s. into the mid 50s by noontime. this evening will be a nice evening for a run. then by dawn tomorrow we'll be actually. by 9:00 the mid 50s. by tomorrow afternoon, we'll be in the low to mid 60s f

we'll have temperatures climbing into the 60s. dry roads after maybe some damp roads early in the morning and some sunshine back in the afternoon. up and down we go, down into the 20s thursday morning. friday back into the 50s

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avenue's website. e-mail addresses, phone numbers and product codes were visible via a specific link. the company that owns saks says, quote, we take this matter seriously and it says it's moving quickly and aggressively to resolve the situation. investigators say it is too early to know whether the powerful explosion that levelled a rockville house last week was intentional or accidental. >> an autopsy just revealed that the man who lived there, steven beck, shot and killed himself and his dog. their remains were found inside the house. >> justin finch spoke with a neighbor. >> reporter: bouquets and chew toys. a neighborhood's tribute to two lives lost inside what was a house at ashley drive and

friday morning. by saturday the remains of an adult and dog were found in the basement. >> if you had tree limbs down, he'd be there with his chain saw. he helped fix somebody's lawn m mower. >> reporter: across the street, the home looks okay but inside the impact is apparent. >> part of my bedroom ceiling came down. so they're really worried that the house torqued a little because of the door and the windows being out of alignment. >> reporter: her home, one of ten reported damaged. all weekend local and federal agencies searched for what triggered that blast. the home's gas service was shut off in june 2015. but investigators found unapproved gas access to that home dating to december. on the block, neighbors are now eager to see what happens next. >> it's like, okay, now they've cleaned up the street and everything. are we just left with that hazardous pile of debris? >> reporter:

council about what to do next. they are concerned about the safety of this site as well as their health. the cause of that blast remained under investigation. also being talked about right now is that unique detail too, what happened here that that house was set to go up for auction hour es before it exploded. a developing story right now at 5:00. we're learning of arrests in a string of gun store break-ins around our region. also, comey goes before congress. the revelation by the fbi director as he answers questions at trump's wiretapping claims. whthe worry about what's happening to nearly a dozen young girls now missing in d.c. a series of raids and arrests targeting a heroin ring that was

the district area. >> police tell us they have dismantled a significant operation. virginia authorities working with their counterparts in maryland conducted a joint investigation prompted by overdose deaths. police have arrested 11 people so far, most of them in northern virginia. >> they also recovered hundreds of grams of illegal drugs. they also recovered firearms and cash. julie carey is live in alexandria where the suspects are in jail. >> reporter: police dubbed this operation purple rain because they started their investigation around the time the musician prince died of an overdose. but it was a rash of overdoses here in alexandria that sparked concern and really got this case going. investigators tracked this distribution pipeline first over to prince george's county, then back into virginia to alexandria, fairfax and prince william countys. state and