was robbed and assaulted at a shopping center. >> now police have a man in custody and are revealing disturbing new details about what happened. bureau reporter david culver is off rugby road in fairfax where all this started. david, what are you hearing? >> reporter: this is all continuing right now. first of all, police held a press conference a few feet from where i am a few minutes ago. they gave us the mugshot of the suspect. theal show you that in just a moment. to your question in the past hour, when it comes to drugs, alcohol, it's something they're looking into. behind me, you'll notice the intersection. it's re-opened within the past 15 minutes. we're also hearing, as i said, this is very much breaking still, from the victim's family. they provided us this photo. let me show you this real quick. this is the victim here, 75 years old, maria asencio, my colleague is speaking with the ly

this photo a short time ago. she died this morning, maria did, in this intersection, and we did hear from witnesses who saw the entire tragedy play out. as you watch from above, listen to the woman who witnessed the horror unfold below. >> everybody was just screaming when that happened and i saw a lady across the street just crying on the phone. >> reporter: police say the driver of the dark sedan, keenan oscon took aim at a 75-year-old woman walking across rugby road, hitting her once, then twice. police have identified her as maria asencio. >> just the way he ran her over, and everybody got out of their cars. >> reporter: this witness didn't want to show her face or use her name, but after the crash, she said it was as if the intersection froze. >> i immediately just got out of my car. i didn't even turn my car off or anything. i put it in park and just got out of my car.

calling 911 as one man set his sights on the suspect. >> and there was a guy who got out of the car and told the -- told a few cars on the right side that were close to rugby, to go chase that guy. so they immediately turned and went after him. >> reporter: the suspect ends up at a nearby shopping center, assaults a woman who recognized him as being a potential suspect. he then robbed her, according to investigators. >> i'm still a little shaken from it. i know that when it first happened, i couldn't even believe it happened. >> reporter: witnesses trying to process this tragedy. >> i don't know how someone can just, you know, do something like this and run away. >> reporter: it's absolutely devastating. as i'm texting right now with my colleague meagan fitzgerald, she's with the victim's family. she tells me this from the granddaughter of the victim. she says that her grandmother went for a walk like she does everyni

few hours, the family got worried and called her cell phone. police ended up picking up her cell phone and that is how the victim's family found out that it was in fact their grandmother involved in this devastating incident this morning. meagan will continue this story for news4 at 11:00 and in between that on social media. one of the questions she's looking into, did this man have a potential criminal past? send it back to you, jim and chris. >> just a horrible scene there, david, thank you. new developments on a story that was breaking as we came to you on the air last night at this time. passengers suspended 100 feet in the air after a ride got stuck at six flags in prince george's county. this happened on the joker's jinx, a ride that's had its share of problems in the past. chris gordon has been digging into the most recent ride inspeckedzs and joins us now with details. what are you learning?

inspection was march 2nd, done by the maryland department of labor, licensing and regulation. they said there were no violations, but there were three areas that needed improvement. the ride then got inspected and certified as being okay. until yesterday, of course. we've also learned that prince george's county firefighters actually train here on the roller coasters at six flags several times a year. yesterday they were able to rescue about 24 stranded passengers safely without any injuries. today six flags is trying to figure out what caused the problem, they're trying to fix it, and then get the ride re-inspected by the state of maryland. six flags is open and crowded today, but the joker's jinx is closed for inspection, to determine the cause of yesterday's malfunction. that was a letdown for these visitors. >> we saw it on the news, but we didn't know what ride it was.

so when i got there and i found out, oh, that's the one that was on the news yesterday. i was like, oh. >> when you come back to six flags, are you going to ride joker's jinx, after its fixed? >> i think i will, yeah. >> no hesitation? >> a little hesitation, not really, though. >> reporter: this gopro video, tweeted by the prince george's fire department, shows the rescuers point of view from a fire tower camera. the 24 stranded riders were removed individually, beginning with the children. the rescue was as dangerous as it looks. >> extremely. you're dealing, again, about 80 feet up off the ground, on pipes that are greased up. so these are the type of instances that our firefighters, medics, that are part of our technical rescue team are trained for. >> reporter: six flags said it stopped in a safe location on the track. back in august of 2014, the s

passengers sweltering in the summer heat. the maryland department of labor, licensing, and regulation says the cause of that incident was passengers tossing debris out of the car that got caught in the wheels, causing the ride to stop. at this point, there's no indication what caused yesterday's malfunction. chris, back to you. >> thank you, chris. we are getting a clearer picture of the damage from the unprecedented bombing in afghanistan, but the situation with north korea remains foggy. tonight the u.s. and north korea are escalating their war of words. blayne alexander is on capitol hill with the warnings from both sides. blayne? >> as you know, president trump and kim jong-un are both leaders who have made it abundantly clear that they are not backing down. so for many experts and many people watching the situation, the growing tensions are causing growing concerns. today a first look at the impact from the so-called mother of all bombro

killing 36 isis fighters in afghanistan. >> this was the right weapon against this target. >> reporter: this, just days after the u.s. missile strikes on syria. now, growing tensions as the u.s. now stares down north korea, the country defiantly poised to conduct another nuclear or missile test. >> there's a reason no u.s. president in recent history has pulled the trigger on north korea. we've got 20 million people in seoul that would be a target. >> reporter: the country is now marking the birthday of north korean founder kim il-sung, a time the nation has typically chosen to flex its military muscles. but the u.s. considering pre-emptive or retaliatory action, sending more ships to the region. north korea issuing this stark warning. if provoked by the u.s., the nation is prepared to go to war. nuclear expert darryl kim bell says the tough talk only

angering an opponent who won't back down. >> we know that kim jong-un, the leader of north korea, and donald trump, are very concerned about their ego, their prestige, the north koreans don't want to be seen as backing down, neither does donald trump. >> reporter: the president, spending the holiday weekend in mar-a-lago has vowed north korea will be handled as vice president mike pence heads to south korea in a show of solidarity. >> and the u.s. has made it clear that it will not take action without first conferring with south korea. jim? >> blayne, thanks so much. he's been removed from the job, but the news4 i-team has learned the long-time director of the embattled v.a. medical center in d.c. received big bonuses and pay raises in recent years. brian hawkins received at least $24,000 in executive bonuses since 2011, and multiple pay raises, including one last year that raised his salary up to $179,0.

job last week, after a scathing audit found unsanitary conditions in medical storage areas and shortages of key equipment. a man from maryland has been sentenced to four years in prison for shooting two firefighters who came to his door to check on him. one of them died, and nearly a year later the other is still recovering. darcy spencer is outside the courthouse in upper marlboro. darcy, i have to think this case has affected the entire department. >> reporter: well, it certainly has, chris. every time firefighters go out on a call, this is something they think about. i have to tell you, there are a lot of mix ted emotions in the courtroom today, that the suspect would walk free and not get jail time at all. his attorney asked for probation. darrell lumpkin leaves court after being sentenced to four years in

two firefighters, one of them died. he pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge. he said he was having a diabetic emergency when the medics forced their way into his home to help him. he opened fire, believing they were breaking in. the fire chief says it's forever changed the department. >> you approach the house a little bit differently, that you're not going to stand directly in the door, that if you do force entry, that you may move to the side. >> reporter: lumpkin was banned from owning a gun since he was convicted of an assault in the district in 1985. the judge said if he hadn't broken the law, the shooting would not have happened. in court, lumpkin, who is 62 years old, and a retired architect, said he was sorry, and he was sick at the time of the shooting. his attorney brian mcdaniel said he'll ask for the sentence to be reconsidered. >> he certainly wants the community to know that that was something he did not intend, and quite frankly, he was not i

own brother who dialed 911 and pleaded for medics to break in. his brother was also shot. this is his voice on the newly released 911 call. >> get somebody to get in this house to make sure he's okay, because he's diabetic. >> any weapons at all? >> nah, i know he owns guns, but he ain't going to kill himself. >> reporter: veteran firefighters john ulmschneider died. volunteer firefighter kevin swain was shot four times and lived. ulmschneider widow gave a statement in court, explaining how the shooting has affected their lives. >> this case from the day that occurred, was one that was full of misery. >> reporter: in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news4. riders who rely on metro, a major commuter hub is getting ready to close down for a month. this is all part of metro's next safe track surge. surge 14 will shut down

greenbelt and college park stations from this saturday through april 29th. but the greenbelt station will stay closed through may 14th. free shuttle buses will provide you rides between greenbelt and prince george's plaza. green line service outside of the work zone is expected to run close to regular service. for a look at alternative travel options, head to our nbc washington app. well, the u.s. military is on high alert as tensions rise with north korea. nbc's chuck todd is going to join us to continue the conversation and take a closer look at the showdown. we're also going to look at the trouble within president trump's administration. growing controversy tonight. new numbers show just how many people have signed up amid a legal and political fight to get medical marijuana in maryland. and we'll be comfortable again tomorrow with highs in the low to mid 70s. coming up at 6:25, i'll be breaking down any minor rain

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>> if you liked today and who doesn't, you're going to love the weekend. the timing has been perfect for the holiday weekend. >> this easter will feel more like the fourth of ju

easter this year will feel more like late june than mid april. take a look at your weather headlines. if you like today, you'll love tomorrow. temperatures, sky cover, all very similar, and then, well, it's hot on easter. also a little humid. at least there will be a breeze during the afternoon, kind of blowing around some of that hot air. not only over the weekend, but into the upcoming week, not a lot of rain chances in the forecast and we still really need the rain. take a look at the pollen report. trees continue to come in high. grasses, weeds, and mold spores, all coming in low. and i think we're going to continue to see the tree pollen coming in high. at least over the next ten days. we're really getting into peak season, late april and early may for the tree pollen. currently temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s for most of us, but notice by the water, it's cooler. the pawtuxet river, 62, leesburg 72 degrees. for your saturday, we'll start off 54 degrees, similar to

it was out there this morning. perfect weather for a walk with the dog or a jog, lunch time, low 60s, and cloudiness around during the morning hours will give way to afternoon sunshine. 73 for a high. tomorrow evening, most of us stay dry, only a small isolated chance of a shower, especially south and west of washington. we'll be around 70 degrees. i'll be in here at that point, tracking the forecast. so if there's any rain on the radar, i'll be posting that to facebook and twitter and have the latest on news4 at 6:00, but look at how the weather will impact your weekend. the nationals game going on right now. we have one tomorrow afternoon and sunday afternoon. perfect tomorrow for baseball. sunday it's going to be extremely hot. we're not used to this kind of heat. so if you're taking the kids, make sure they have on that light-colored, loose-fitting clothing, especially if your eats a seats are in the sun. doing yard work, if you have to cut the

sunday is going to be too hot and the breeze will be blowing the grass around. sunrise service on sunday, pleasantly cool. mid to upper 60s. so they don't need that additional layer over the easter outfit. take a look at the next ten days. notice sunday is the warmest day on your ten-day forecast. 86 again. breezy during the afternoon, maybe an isolated morning shower on monday as a front moves through the area, taking out any hint of humidity. and quickly want to point this out, as we look to next friday, it's feeling humid with highs around 80 degrees. >> all right, amelia, thank you. this is a taste of what's to come during the tax march. organizers are calling on president trump to release its tax returns. presidents are not required to do so, but they all have, since the '70s. about

expected. that would be the biggest crowd since the women's march on washington. organizers promoted the event by inflating a 13-foot tax march chicken. the rally begins at noon tomorrow on the west front lawn of the capital. at 1:00, they'll march past the irs and trump hotel and stop at the lincoln memorial. >> on the south lawn, crews are setting up for the annual white house easter egg roll. tickets have been handed out via the online lottery. a lot were sent to military families, schools and hospitals. every child gets a commemorative egg. we're told more than 18,000 eggs are on order, which is on par with years past. when we demeancome back on at 5:00, the incredible story of twin girls who earned a full ride to college during one of the toughest chapters of their young lives. >> and you can hear the emotion is still raw ten years a

tech. tonight senator tim kaine tal

back to politics tonight and growing tensions between the u.s. and north korea. add syria and russia to the list. chuck todd is tapping his

context. north korea could test a nuclear weapon in a matter of days. sources say that the u.s. could launch a pre-emptive strike. by making this public, is this president trump showing strength to an adversary. >> well, first of all, there's been some overinterpretation of this story. there's always been a military option on the table. president bush, president obama. now, it's never been emphasized. so you could make an argument there's a difference. so whether this was strategically planned last week is unclear, but the trump administration does hope that the message that's being sent between dropping the mother of all bombs in afghanistan, the willingness to strike syria, that it sends a message to north korea and china, that the old negotiating ways are not going to be. you're not going to get the similar responses that you got from bush and obam

response from trump. you want to roll the dice on what that response is? nixon famously told kissinger, hey, i'm not going to do that, but let's not let them think i won't do that, the sort of madman theory there. all of this depends on what is the scale of what north korea does. it's not the first time they've used a holiday weekend to puff their chest and try to show off. and this happens to be a holiday weekend in our country and their country, for different reasons. so this feels more about, pay attention to me. and i think, you do have a split in the foreign policy community sometimes with north korea. you can overreact to what they do, which is sometimes exactly what they want. >> let's talk politics within the palace, if you will. and a backlash that we've been hearing about for days against steve bannon. is he on the way out? >> or he is just isolated? if you look, it's pretty clear that he doesn't have many allies. he doesn't have the president's ear the way he did during the

all these, what felt like dramatic flips on different issues, particularly having to do, just take the china economic issue and nato as two examples there. this was definitely steve bannon influencing foreign policy. now he's backing off of that. it's clear bannon doesn't have the same juice. roger stone, controversial figure himself, who is close to bannon, he said to me, the biggest mistake bannon made, he didn't staff allies. reince priebus, jared kushner -- >> got their people in. >> got their people in. steve bannon did not. he didn't have a big group of people, and he's suddenly a man on an island. he got out-maneuvered on the staff level. >> and he didn't have a long, close history with the president, so he didn't have him in his corner either. >> i think we all knew the relationship was going to end, but we didn't know when. the question is, how can the president sever the ties without

urbano you're bannon, stay in and hope the political winds come your way. >> if you're the president, you're not going to fire your son-in-law. >> that's right. bannon has to figure out how to live with jared kushner. >> you mentioned the bomb in afghanistan, the air strikes in syria, showing strength to north korea. but russia is saying, there could be grave consequences in terms of these syrian air strikes. does the president risk sparking a conflict by showing strength at all of these areas? >> that's been what some policy makers are concerned about. that what if your bluff gets called? what if the reaction in north korea is, oh, yeah, you're doing a military exercise, instead of doing a test, i'm going to take a shot. but, at the same time, if you look at north korea, the trying to coerce them tohe

negotiating table with sanctions hasn't worked. so you can understand if some are saying, let's try something else. the something else really is more pressure on china to get china to deal with the situation. >> real quick, eight, nine days ago, we were talking about the russian investigation. why all of this now? the cynic in a lot of people is, this is a distraction from that, and will we get back to that? >> i think part of this is just coincidence of timing. the chemical attack happened when it happened. you know, so there needed to be a response there. there's also, look, when congress is out of town, the congressional investigations don't get that much attention, because there's nobody in congress to talk about them. so when those guys and gals come back to town in a week, there are 535 people who suddenly have things to say. and yes, you'll see -- >> it will be revisited. >> yes, it's not going away anytime soon. >> thanks for the context, chuck. >> you can watch "meet the press" with chuck todd, this sunday morning, 10:30, right here on nbc4.

tears, senator tim kaine recounts one of the worst mass shootings in american history. >> every hospital was filled up with people who were injured, and so we spent a couple days going around talking to some of these kids. >> tonight, he talks about the lessons learned from the virginia tech massacre. and the lasting relationships he made ten years after that tragedy. plus, protecting the president. a closer look at the rising cost to keep mr. trump and his family safe during thesweekend trips e

ten years after the virginia tech massacre, there is one man who is intimately acquainted with every detail and every victim. >> yeah, senator tim kaine was the governor of virginia, and in the hours after the shooting, he rushed halfway around the world to be in blacksburg. >> aaron gilchrist covered the shooting in 2007. he sat down with senator kaine for an emotional conversation. >> they talk about going into classrooms where bodies were littering the floor. and every body, there was a cell phone just ringing over and over again. because parents had seen on tv there's a shooting at virginia tech, and your natural instinct is to call

they're safe. >> reporter: senator kaine fought back tears recalling conversations with first responders who rushed to the scene on april 16th, 2007. he remembers every name, every sight, every detail from the days after the attack. >> every hospital was filled up with people who were injured, and so we spent a couple days going around talking to some of these kids. >> reporter: on what kaine calls the worst day of his life, he was in japan on a business trip, asleep as the shooting started a world away. >> ron, who was the head of the security detail for the governor, said you gotta call back home, there's been a horrible shooting. >> reporter: first in a dorm room, then in the new infamous norris hall. a gunman brought chaos and carnage to southwest virginia. 32 students and faculty were dead. the gunman killed himself and the entire community was left in inexplicable grief and shock. >> we were with the families who had lost loved ones,

were incredible painful raw interactions, but it really formed a bond. >> reporter: kaine and his wife visited the injured and hugged families that were overcome. the day after the shooting, he spoke on campus, unscripted and raw. he called on his faith, then set about the work of getting answers. >> i was told by some, don't appoint a panel, because if they lay out what happened, it's going to be a blueprint for a lawsuit against the state. i said, i don't care about the lawsuit. i mean, if we can do nothing else for these families, other than learn from it and try to get better, we owe them at least that. >> reporter: the virginia tech panel came back with a critical report and more than 70 recommendations for colleges, law enforcement, mental health providers and lawmakers. they resulted in changes in a lot of areas, but kaine still regrets not getting the legislature to embrace universal gun background record checks. >> i don't know what it's going to take.

how many more tragedies does there have to be before you wake up and say, we can reduce this? >> reporter: and now ten years later, he spokes of the dead and surviving like family members. he keeps in touch with the family members of those who died. >> there's a daughter of one of the professors who was killed. i have given advice to her and given her a reference. >> reporter: relationships born out of tragedy. to keep their memory alive. on capitol hill, aaron gilchrist, news4. >> senator kaine also talked about the engineering professor who was a hero that day, the hollhol holl holocaust survivor died saving the lives of two dozen students. we'll also have continuing coverage this weekend as the tech community marks ten years since the tragedy. julie carey will have live reports from the campus in blacksburgnd

washington.com. this weekend, president trump is making his seventh trip to mar-a-lago, and government watchdogs are raising alarms about the rising costs. some groups estimate each trip costs $3 million. based on what it cost when president obama made a similar trip to palm beach. others are calling it a bad bench moork. the a.p. interviewed the president of a conservative group that monitors presidential travel. they say mr. obama's trip included a stopover in chicago, which adds a significant amount of money. each stop requires secret service sweeps and the cost can vary tremendously depending on where the vehicles are airlifted from. judicial estimates say trump's visits cost closer to $1 million, and even though he does official business in florida, they're still calling on him to be more efficient when it comes to travel. b

surge of shoppers. the major retailer delaying plans to close more than a hundred stores. >> you're looking at students worth nearly $2 million in college art scholarships. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, the program that's giving them the success. and here's a look at your evening planner. 69 degrees right now. by 9:00, we'll be in the mid 60s. by 11:00 p.m., cool around 60. similar tomorrow, but much warmer on sunday. i'll be breaking i t

i gotta tell you, i think this says it all. at a time when schools are cutting back on arts programs, prince george's county is pouring more into theirs and it's paying off big time for students at northwestern high school in

tracee wilkins shows us how five teenagers received nearly $2 million in scholarship offers. >> in my education, go ahead, i wouldn't separate them. >> when did you start painting? >> two years ago. >> reporter: these five northwestern high school students are serious artists. >> i'm mostly digital and graphic design. >> i do mostly drawing and painting. >> reporter: all told, they've received more than $1.6 million in scholarship offers to universities across the country. >> accepted to school of the art institute of chicago. >> i've got accepted into maryland institute college of art. >> i got accepted to howard university school of arts in chicago. >> you look proud. >> i am very proud. >> reporter: this will be the first four-year graduating class for northwestern high school's visual and performing arts program. >> it's just really been an honor to see them

overcome. >> reporter: like rafael. >> where are you from originally? >> from el salvador. >> how long have you been here? >> four years. >> reporter: his parents are still in el salvador. but next year, he's headed to the maine college of art on scholarship. >> i'm proud of myself, because i'm one of the thousands who come to this country and don't even have the chance to go to high school. >> reporter: these twins lost their mother in january. >> it's been hard, but then again, she taught us to be so strong. >> reporter: the girls say she would be proud to know they've chosen full rides to nyu. >> he'd be like, wow, my kids got full rides to nyu, to new york. >> reporter: while some school systems are cutting arts programs, prince george's is glowing theirs and sending kids to college because of it. >> my art is me. and my life is art. so that's my future. >> reporter: northwestern has a visual arts program, so

the ceo of the prince george's county school system says he's committed to expanding programs like this and the arts. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. j.c. penny is now postponing its planned liquidation and closure of more than a hundred stores. turns out, those stores have seen better than expected sales and traffic since the company announced the closedings. the liquidation was set to begin this monday. it will now start may 22nd. and the new closure date for 138 stores will be july 31st, six weeks later than jcpenney had planned. for brick and mortar stores, the common reality of online shopping has driven sales down, causing hundreds of locations to close their doors. what's the status of your favorite stores? we posted a quick guide to all of the store-closing headlines you've been seeing lately. open up our nbc washington app, search store closings during the

every day. the video went viral, sparked international outrage. up next, we'll get new reaction from united airlines pilots about that man who was violently dragged off a flight. what they want the public to know. coming up on news4, how local music ia

a message tonight from pilots at united airlines. they wanted to make it clear, the infamous now dragging incident of a passenger had nothing to do with them. the pilots union issued a statement saying their members were not flying the plane and the four people who gothe

airline, not united. the pilots union says it's infuriated by what happened. the passenger plans to sue. someone damaged as many as a hundred headstones at the warrenton cemetery and police are calling it a horrendous crime. vandals hit the semary wednesday night or early thursday morning. warrenton police posted these photos of the damage. you can see a lot of the head stonds were knocked over, some of them snapped in half. the fauquier historical society is raising money to restore the damaged head tonstones. more than a thousand people have registered for medical marijuana in maryland. how close are patients to getting relief? mark segraves has one of the unlikely people planning to grow and sell medical cannibis. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: johnny castle likes

>> reporter: castle has spent most of his life as a working musician, currently a member of the night hawks. but castle is also a member of the free state wellness team. one of the groups that's been awarded a preliminary license to grow and sell medical marijuana in maryland. castle decided to get involved after seeing a report about the healing effects of marijuana. >> about some little girl who had like 25 to 30 seizures a day. and we said, that is unacceptable, you know. but she got hip to this foil they make from marijuana, it doesn't make her stoned or anything, it just stops her seizures. >> reporter: one of his partners says while growing marijuana is a business, medical marijuana is personal for him, after watching his father battle cancer. >> he was tortured. and you wouldn't want to see an enemy dealt with in that way. so if we could have, if i could have had some alternative for

pain. i feel like i let him down, that we didn't get it soon enough. and there are patients out there suffering today, tonight, all the time. >> reporter: as of today, more than 1,200 patients and 250 doctors have registered to participate in maryland's medical marijuana program. court battles over the state not awarding any of the grow licenses to minority companies heads threatened to further delay the program, which was first signed into law three years ago. patients like amy mellin who was described heavy painkillers after a car accident say they're tired of waiting. >> all we can do is keep telling them, we need it, we are suffering, these patients are suffering. >> reporter: they hope patients will be able to get medical marijuana by the end of the summer. but as of today, nobody has planted the first seed in the state. mark seeg rafedz, news4. residents in prince george's county get the trash picked up once a week and now get' chance to

last week, they switched from twice a week pickup and since then, there have been a number of complaints about trash not getting picked up and delays in getting new trash cans. a positive note, the service reduction saved the county about $6 million and increased the use of recycling. mel franklin is doing a 45-day online survey to guide future decisions on this policy. you can find a link to that questionnaire in the nbc washington app, just search trash survey. you voted in our sugar showdown, and now it's time to see if you were right. the egg traf gansa came down to cadbury eggs and reese's peanut butter eggs. >> we need a drumroll for this. there's been some build-up for this. seems almost wrong to say this, but cadbury mini eggs won, with 53% of the vote. i'm saying, rigged. >> yeah. re

started out strong in the bracket, but eventually cadbury wore them down. but we all won, because peeps went out early. that's a victory for all of us. >> and you can get reese's year round. >> that's true. when i filled out that bracket, it was picking the lesser of two evils. do you want a peep or -- >> no one wants that. >> anyway, i lost. that's why i do the weather. right now, we're around 70 degrees and we'll cool down nicely tonight. as you step out the door tomorrow morning, it's refreshing. on sunday, well, it's going to be just a little bit warmer. currently 69 in rockville. 70 in rockville, 69 in washington. college park down to 66. for tomorrow, high of 73. so very similar to today. partly to mostly cloudy skies. another nice day.

isolated late-day shower. and take a look at your easter planner. 6:00 a.m., 63 degrees. sunrise is going to be around 6:30. by lunch time, winds still not an issue. a bit breezy, we're near already 80 degrees. and it's going to be breezy for the afternoon and evening hours. a high temperature tomorrow of about 86. and we'll hit that around 6:00. so 4:00, we'll be in the low 80s. there you see it, feeling a little bit humid for easter. it's looking like the warmest easter since 2011, if not going back farther. then 7:00, clouds do start to build in, 78 degrees at that point. bottom line for easter, hot, humid, and it will be breezy later in the day. so here's your outlook. sunday services, the egg hunts and sunday dinner, all looking good. and then as we look to the next ten days, for monday, high of 75. maybe an isolated morning shower. upper 60s on tuesday. not a lot of rain

the next ten days, chris and jim. >> thanks, amelia. coming up in sports next, caps back to work after that big win last night. but they weren't the only ones. we'll catch up with the wizards as well. >> but first, here's lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." ahead for us tonight, it's already a new day in north korea. and the most important holiday leading the u.s. on letter. will kim jong-un flex his muscle and how? and make way for ducklings, the right of passage at one school guaranteed to leave you

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> does it get any better? playoff time in our city and chris miles is in the csn studios for us. >> but, chris, can the offseason get any worse for the redskins? >> i don't know if it can. while the caps and the wizards are embarking on their playoff runs, the redskins' offseason, yeah, it's going downhill. turmoil in the front office, a player getting arrested and trent murphy and suspended four games. he was cited for

of performance-enhancing drugs. murphy had nine sacks last year, second on the team in his three-year career. he's only missed a single game. the caps were winners in their first playoff game of 2017. >> all my friends, once they had something, i mean, everyone loved the leafs growing up, but once you have a buddy playing for another team, you convert a little bit. and they're hopefully cheering for us. >> the caps were winners in their first playoff game of 2017. it took two goals by justin williams in overtime, washington came out on top. goalie stopped 35 of 37 shots. the guy who scored the game-winning goal, tom wilson, grew up as a fan of the maple leefedz, now he's converting his childhood friends in washing

fans. fans supporting their sluggers and pitchers this afternoon. next hosting the phillies, maybe they should show more love to the glove. adam eaton, he's on his job. but just misses this one. tommy joseph with the solo home run. bottom of the frame, new addition matt weeders, ryan zimmerman scores, we have a 1-1 game. fifth inning, freddie is testing center, an a-plus-plus speed on this grass. two batters later,n e runner fr 2-1 lead, currently2-2in the. the wizards gearing up to get their playoff run started. they have to wait until sunday at 1:00, to take on the atlanta hawks. wizards' playoff run two years ago was ended by

john wall fractured his wrist. this time wizards havehe favorites. salty about it, regards the teams may be t, b le th tt. >> both teams people, but the teams feel kinda the same way. happy to be in the playoffs. you know they're a great team. >> have to move the ball offensively, and make them take tough shots, keep them out of the paint, same ways guys try to do with us. it's fine and exciting that we're healthy. >> john wall also had some interesting thoughts on this year's mvp race. it's interesting to hear where he stands. he should certainly get some votes this year. jim, chris, amelia, i would vote for john wall in my top five for mvp this season, for sure. >> you got a lot of company, chris. >> he's not biased at all. >> not at all. [ laughter ] >> thank you, chris. and we thank you for joining us.

>> that's right. looks like it's going to be a beautiful easter. >> yeah, 86 degrees for a high, feeling like june. >> perfect. thanks, amelia. see you tonight at 11:00, have a great weekend, everybody.

test test test tonight, nuclear fears. high alert as concerns mount that north korea is about to take another provocative action. the u.s. making moves off the coast as north korea lashes out. moment of impact, for the first time we seen images of the actual explosion of the massive bomb dropped on an isis target in afghanistan. what the pentagon says it hit. caught on camera as a second cell phone video emerges, a second police officer is fired. a man beaten by police during a traffic stop tells his story to nbc news. the price you pay to go to the doctor, an increasingly popular kind of primary care, how families are saving big and getting more time at their appointments and make way for ducklings, kids learning a lesson