news 4 today starts now. at 6:00, a violent start to easter morning. two killed in a fiery wreck while others are recovering. an investigator speaking together this deadly two car crash. decade later, mow the campus community is remembering the victim of virginia tech students and pushing forward to honor their legacy. easter diplomacy. vice president mike pence landing overseas for a ten day trip as tensions rise over the threats of a nuclear north korea. on this sunday morning, the 16th of april, easter sunday, we welcome you into news 4 today, i'm david culliver in.

sunday morning. sun is shining, warm temperatures, but we're no meteorologists. >> no, the man who is is in the storm team 4 weather center. you're thinking this is going to feel like mid-june. >> that is right. go sleeveless like megan. mild and muggy, humidity starting off on this easter sunday morning. 30 minutes away from sunrise. few clouds are passing through right now. there is some lavender clouds on the eastern horizon. dress for a warm summer-like day. warm sleeves in the morning, shorts, sunglasses, t-shirts, you'll be comfortable for that. 60s everywhere. patchy fog, the rural areas, for egg hunting this sunday morning, upper 60s to near 70 degrees here over the next few hours and partly cloudy, comfortably mild, sunshine and dry conditions. just label the of fog in some of the rural areas. that will be dissipating as the morning progresses. temperatures quickly climbing by

starting to hit the mid-80s by the time we get into midafternoon. a look at rain chances over the next ten day us with that'll be in just a few minutes. >> tom, thank you. child is spending easter morning recovering after being involved in a bad crash. maryland state police say two people were killed after the suv the child was in slammed into another car. this happened just before 11:00 last night on leonard town road and crackling town road in the hughesville area of charles county. you can see how bad -- wow, incredible video there. how bad the crash was. two other adults were in that suv, they were also injured. the person in the car is expected to be okay. it will be an emotional day ahead on the campus of virginia tech. the school community going to be marking ten years since that tragic mass shooting that left 32 dead. yesterday, there was a show of hoegy pride in blacksburg. students, faculty, community members taking part in a rera

now today, a moment of silence is scheduled for 9:43 this morning. that marks the moment the shooter opened fire inside the hall. terry mcculloch will lay a wreath. former students are among honoring those lost this weekend. >> want them to see this and kind of grow up knowing what it means. >> and there's such a sense of community here. you can see it was, you know, there's not a word for it. >> university commemoration will take place at 2:30 this afternoon. that's followed bay candle light individual this will evening. and we should tell you, our bureau chief, julie kerry, she's going to be covering the day's events from the campus. we're going to be joined by her live at 9:00 this morning. students are mourning the loss of a fellow student. samuel was shot and killed outside of his home in richld. his family and friends gathered in alexandria to remember his life. they say he was getting

graduate with an engineering degree. he had goals of helping his family get out of poverty. police have charged a man with voluntary manslaughter. they say this all started from an argument. right now vice president mike pence is in south korea. he and the second lady attending easter church service on the military base and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony which you see happening right here. the visit comes as indications point toward another nuclear test or missile launch from north korea. during the next tone days, pence will discuss the military's response in meeting with leaders in south korea, japan, indonesia, and australia. north korea had an unsuccessful missile launch. vice president pence says it was probably a medium range ballistic miss that will blew up within four to five seconds. the missile was launched less than a day after north korea staged this huge parade displaying it's latest military hardware. jim mattis says

aware of the launch but no further comment about it. trump has been leading on china to put pressure on north korea. chaos erupted during a pro-trump rally in berkeley, california. >> police arresting 20 people after trump supporters and counterprotesters clashed yesterday. only an orange barrier separated the two groups. police say things escalated when heated words were exchanged back and bother. fireworks were thrown. dozen people got hurt. things were a bit calmer at other rallies including this one on the national mall. thousands of protesters packing city after city for the tax day marches. they wanted to turn up the heat on president trump and force him to release his tax returns. trump says he will not release his taxes because he's under audit. and today on "meet the

with senator jack reid and john mccain and homeland secretary secretary kelly talk about the actions of north korea. you can watch "meet the press" right after news 4 today at 10:30. we are in for a warm easter sunday, but thunderstorms might dampen your travel plans. we have tom closely tracking when those storms might be in your neighborhood. a nail-biter in double overtime, but it bunt enough. the next challenge for the caps and the rocks t

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assembled with heavy security text. security includes armed police positions and rooftops and of course medal detectors. in the quest for the stanley cup, alex oh vich kin and the caps need something to wake them up earlier in the games. they are disappointed against toronto at the verizon center. it went into a second overtime. the caps were not able to get ahead of the maple leaves. >> we to want win these games, i think we have to capitalize on the chances we got. in the third and early in overtime. we have good looks. but 1-1, we'll move over to toronto. >> moving over to toronto. the next game, tomorrow night at 7:00 in toronto. and talk about a quick transition at the verizon center. this always amazes me. crews going to be busy swapping outs the ice. >> because the washington wizards will take center court this afternoon for the nba playoff.

atlanta hawks during game one. some players have never been to the post season. >> we have a couple guys on the team that see what the playoff is like for the first too many. it was going to be different than the regular season. now the crowds are amazing. it's fun. and nothing more you could ask for. this is what you work hard for. >> and the wizards play at 1:00 this afternoon and they will be home. time right now, 6:11, let's check the forecast. folks heading out early for easter services. tom's track trag. how's it going to look for folks who are starting their day bright and earl kplip. >> well, we'll stay dry. we have quite a bit of cloudiness passing over the metro area. you can see that in the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking the national cathedral there in the middle distance and off on the horizon is prince george's county. just some clouds coming through. don't have any rain coming from those clouds, and it's a mild morning. temperatures are in the 60s from the shenandoah valley to the bay. in the mid-50s, reagan

got a little bit of fog in some of the rural areas. still dealing with that high pollen count. high tree pollen staying with us throughout the day. grasses and weeds low, molds are in the low range. it's been so dry. but getting warm by 10:00 we'll be into the mid-70s by 2:00, the mid-80s with sunshine. then clouds building. might get a passing thunderstorm or a thundershower just south of the metro area, only a slight risk it would be severe. that's maybe between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. after that, 10:00 tonight, mild and dry, back down to the low 70s. nationals are playing the phillies 1:35 first pitch. it'll be around 80 by then, then in the mid-80s through the rest of the game. little breezy. winds may be gusting to around 20 miles an hour or so. right now storm team 4 radar, all dry. don't really have any rain showers around then going hour by hour into the afternoon hours though. maybe a few thundershowers coming into the central valley. that's around 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. after that

pass to northern virginia. south of the metro. it does get going. looks like it'll be dissipating by early evening, and the clouds will be in and out. for the monday commute, temperatures mid-60s tomorrow morning off to work and school. noontime, near 70. low to mid-70s during the afternoon. dry roads will increasing clouds. might get a few showers late on monday night. and then drying out tuesday morning and the low 70s tuesday afternoon. then some more greater chance of showers, light to moderate rain showers possible wednesday and again thursday afternoon, so we need that rain. and then turning cooler as we get into next weekend, maybe rain showers warned temperatures in the 60s. 60s after that into the following week on days nine and days ten. we have a few chances of a little bit of rain coming in another afternoon of thundershowers today. and again monday night. and perhaps wednesday, thursday afternoon. and then, next weekend, perhaps on sunday, and into that following monday. as things have been

temperatures up and down, 70s to 60s, maybe near 80 thursday afternoon, then 60s next weekend. that's the way it looks. >> tom, thanks. all right. time to join for this week's reporter's notebook which is up next. >> in 15 minutes, we'll be right back. good morning, i'm pat lawson news. scores of federal workers in our region are on edge after a memo telling all agencies to submit plans to restructure their work forces. the office of management and budget set a june 30 lt deadline for agencies to submit plans to reduce their civilian staff. this is a smarter, more strategic, more surgical approach to reigning in federal spending. tom sherwood and david culliver are with us this morning. david, talk about the impact in the washington region and why people are so on edge about this. >> good morning, pat. one of the things i noticed as soon as this story was put online on the nbc washington facebook page, it got more than 300 is their shares. clearly folks are concerned as you me

that they're looking at is prince george's county. why prince george's county? well, while they're making these leaner cuts so to speak. they're going to be focussed on state department. dpa, health and human services. sure, you've got employees that live across the region. specifically in prince george's county. telling our megan fitzgerald this past week that he thinks this is going to make the economy worse, not better. his plan of action to work with area governors, congress, and try to do something to stop this. >> tom, this is not a done deal, but the trump administration came in saying we've got to, you know, shrink the size of government. what has to happen first? >> you're correct, about 15% of the federal work force lives in the washington region. and this is like other issues with trump started out to do, they said we're going to have a freeze and stop everything. and then, the details are always much harder. then they find out they really can't stop all the hiring. the government is living, breathing thing, now they're saying to each agent,

can hire people, but you've got to come back with the plan to save money. president trump says there are billions and billions of dollars to be saved. but again, it gets into the details. you can't just go in and say, all right, you're fired, you're out, you're going to work over there. there are union rules, there are management rights, there are all kinds of things. as the trump administration is finding out on foreign and all kinds of issues, running the size of this federal government, the details of the federal government are a lot more difficult than the campaign rhetoric is. >> and all of the agencies aren't being cut to sense and veterans departments will see an increase in their stuff? >> which certainly boeds well for the folks who work in the pentagon or parts of northern virginia. they're seeing as boosting in defense. the bigger concern here is the lack of specifics, the unknowns. and that's what you see being shared. >> that's why people are worried. >> and that's one of the things they're pushing for. they're talking about maximizing performance by june 30th. that's the deadline that's

and then by september, they need to see the federal government with the longer term plan, nobody knows quite what that's going to look like. >> original question, this is just not the trump administration, congress has a huge say in this. barbara in northern virginia, the tenth district, very solid republican. she's very glad that this across the board sfreez gone, but she also says, you're going to have to be very careful when you start eliminating jobs in any particular agency. >> maryland senator chris van hol learn is one of the many speaking out, outraged over the dragging of a passenger off a united airlines plane. van hollen is introducing the customers not cargo act. so he's asking his senate colleagues to sign on to this bill which would address the overbooking issue and require airlines to appropriate incentives before people get on to the plane. why is he getting into it? >> i don't think you can avoid th

been seen hundreds of millions of times, not only in this country, but of course now across asia as well. and people feel like they have to come forward with something. what does this do in specifics? well he says he wants to prvt sufficient incentives, airlines that would be to those passengers to voluntarily get off a plane. ideally do it before they even get on the plane. >> in this case, they offered up to 800 people and dent want to get off. >> that wasn't adequate. then the head of the united airlines apologized. but you know it's very difficult. once you get on the plane -- unless you can make everybody get off. someone said to me, why didn't they announce, we're not taking off until you get out. what complicates this is, the four people they were trying to accommodate were employees of the united airlines. so it just on every level seems

to be a bad public relations move by united airlines and i can't imagine what they did -- i don't to want fly that airline for a while because of this terrible treatment of this one passenger. >> but there'll be some good coming out of this. people will learn their rights and maybe the airlines will have to be more specific about what the rights are. >> that was one of the things the "today" show did a piece this past week with kerry sanders, actually going through what is the terms and conditions that we often check and move on when we're buying the tickets. now people are realizing in more detail what exactly that mieg mean. >> hearing on this type of thing. it's got have address by congressional. it is difficult to manage all these planes, but you have to treat the people humanely. in maryland, the governor signed more than 100 bills on wednesday after the general assembly adjourned. those bills include some of his most important priorities. tom, one of the them is the job's bill. and money for major road, highway, and bridge repairs in every county in the state.

in political context, the governor, republican governor of the blue state of maryland got mostly what he wanted this time. and he even said that, you know, the democrats were trying to tie me to trump and hurt my reelection chances next year and the democrats failed miserably. so he was able to hold off the democrats who controlled the house and the senate to get most what have he wanted to do. one big issue unresolved is very upset is the medical marijuana issue. maryland is dragging behind all of these other states and medical marijuana and they threw out a terribly bad program that's not geographically based. it's not diversified. and so there may have to be a special stoegs address that. >> and issue that's not resolved is paid sick leave. the general assembly passed this. the bill reached the governor's desk, he didn't sign it but didn't detail it. >> my understanding now it stands that businesses are 15 or more employees would get or mandate five d

another issue that comes up with amber's law. that was something i was talking to darcy spencer about, and this is an interesting one in that it would field directly with those victims of sexual assault or some sort of sex crime. and the victims would be able to track those who may have assaulted them and using a smart phone or some sort of device. that person would have to wear a gps monitoring. >> and maryland first in the country to pass a law that says that the federal government cuts planned parenthood funding, maryland will step in and pay the difference. t and let's

welcome back. david culliver, unclaimed bodies in prince william county and you attended a funeral, a funeral that the military spouse and a former air force major. unclaimed. >> unclaimed bodies or remains. this is something dealt with across the nation. in prince william's county

two they combined. and it was an air force major who for whatever reason, family didn't want anything to do with the funeral or funeral services. namely it comes down having to pay for that. so prince william county sheriff's office and missing in america project, they step in, and they handle this with dignity and respect. it was incredible to see a few dozen people attending this funeral. none of which had any blood relation to the deceased, yet they were there wanting to share their respect. and did just that. gave him a police full escort and military honors. >> this is a problem across the country. >> it is. families are so dispersed these days, you can live a whole life without connecting to your family and if you die and there's no one to claim you. and there might be some distant relatives who -- well, we don't to want pay the thousands of dollars for a funeral and take responsibility for this, so it's -- i'm glad to see it happening with veterans that they're being taken care of, but this is a problem across

hundreds of people in our immediate region are just civilians who die and have no one to care for them and take care of them. there are laws across the country about what happens to the body and often they are just cremated. >> and david, in this case, who pays the costs? who paid for those services in prince william's county? >> some is going to come from the budget of the sheriff's office when it comes to the escort and providing some or so of dignified transport for the remains. missing in america project helps pay for some of this. some of these cases, the deceased may have had property, may have actually had some money or assets and able to recoop some of the loss, but for the most majority, the departments who really look forward to doing this in a way of giving back. >> it's been ten years, but the tragedy's still very painful for students, faculty, and families affected by the massacre at virginia tech. april 15, 2007, student

killed 32 people and wounded 25 others before killing himself. this weekend, friday the university planned what is called a day of remembrance that will in fact spanned several days. >> today, april 16th marks that tenth anniversary and so started on friday as you mentioned and began with a gathering on campus there and they had a memorial walk and run candle light vigils and tonight they will -- to the final exting bishing of the flame down there. julie kerry, she's down there covering several of the events that are going on. what stands out to me about virginia tech though is when you look at where we've come as far as social media and this is shortly after facebook was launched in 2004 and 2005, and came open to the colleges and universities and just university students. that was one of the first moments where you had a massacre and people reaching tout one another through social media, ug

were on campus posting, saying, i'm okay, don't try to contact me, but know that i'm okay. >> that standard when people overseas or wherever, you can let people know that you're all right or something happens. >> i know. >> what other lessons though are there to glean from virginia tech? this is still happening. >> well, whether it virginia tech or sandy hook or charleston or any place, the country is not yet resolved the issue of gun violence of what can be done. such hard competitor issues on the right about the second amendment and on the left about guns are a danger to the country. but we will continue to have the battle wave not yet resolved, president obama said that any number of times he to make a statement to the nation about some horrific tragedies that we need to address this issue. whatever your position is, we need to address it. and that's the lesson is that we haven't learned our lesson. >> word for d.c. council member brandon todd denies

disclosed he's unable to account for more than $100,000 in campaign spending. the delegation spins to replace the mayor. tom, what is todd saying about this? >> the new member of the council, he really didn't need this. but the office of campaign finance went back and looked at his 2015 special election. he was elected mayor in 2014, he took office in january 2015 with and somehow in that short period of time, brandon todd andboyar raised close to $400,000 and got over $100,000 of it. >> what is the mayor saying? anything about it? is there any blowback? >> the mayor selected him to replace her, gave him her full support what have they call the green team campaign group. same people, same treasurer. and todd talking to news 4 this week said look,

find all the documentation, the credit card records and all that stuff, we're going to clear it up. the problem, it shouldn't be a problem to begin with. the council had a number that have gotten in to trouble mixing up federal money, local money, and private money, the campaign money. everybody's surprised that todd allowed this to happen. he's got to clean it up or face some disciplinary issues or possibly if it's bad enough, criminal investigation. if it's not there yet, but it's all open until he cleans up this records. >> all right. on another note. can you tell us what's going to happen, what might happen at st. mary's church with their 100-year-old pipe organ? >> this is 50-year-old church. it dates back to the late 1800s. they have 100-year-old organ. it's worth over a half million dollar, but needs like $300,000 in repairs because of roof leaking water into it and all of that. more than 1,000 pipes. it sounds beautiful, but there's a lot of work

it was the first church in washington. they don't have the money to fix this. they're spending $100 thours to fix their roof. they have a lot of issues there. and people to want save the organ, but they need help. >> that org season playing muse ig right now. . >> the organ is julius tillman who lives in baltimore. he takes the train down every week from baltimore. the train, couple times a week on wednesdays and sunday. he played that since 1973. and michael hart who's a cure rater and actually builds new ones is trying to help them figure out what they're going to do with it. >> we hope they work that out. >> folks can find that story on nbcwashington.com. >> thank you. give you a little plug there. tom sherwood. >> tom sherwood, david culliver. >> thank you both. same to you. thank you for being with us. stay with us news 4 today continues.

coming up on 6:30 here on is thund morning. maryland state police say two people are dead after this crash in the area. it happened just before 11:00 on leonard town road at crackling town road. and this footage, you can just see how bad that crash was. two other adults and one child got hurt. tears and plenty of emotion are expected today on the campus of virginia tech. the school will mark ten years since the mass shooting that killed 32 students and faculty. news 4's julie kerry will be live in blackberg starting at 9:00 this morning with a look at remembrance ceremonies. north korea had an unsuccessful missile launch this morning. the launch happened less than a day after this. what was a huge parade of it's latest missiles and other military hardware. u.s. military says the missile blew up shortly after it took off.

on this easter sunday morning, welcome to news 4 today. >> good morning. and we are in for a beautiful day ahead. >> sun already coming up behind us. tom tracking it all from the storm team 4 weather center. going to be a warm one. >> yeah, sunrises are getting earlier and earlier. occurred about a minute ago. and right in washington, we have just a few clouds around the region. don't have any rain though coming from those clouds. here's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking the potomac river. we have a pink and lavender sunrise on this easter sunday morning. and all is calm and quiet and balmy. we are in the low to mid-60s just about everywhere from the shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. although a few spots on the shenandoah valley and the mid-50s out of the mountains a bit cooler than the low 50s. patchy fog in some of the rural areas. reagan national is at 67 degrees. so off to a

mid-june rather than mid-april. for the egg hunts this morning, we'll be in the upper 60s over the next couple of hours and just partly cloudy sky. comfortably mild. and then, as we get into the ladder part of the morning, we'll be jumping into the 70s by 10:00, the mid-70s, it'll be near 80 degrees by noontime. and then by midafternoon, we'll be soaring into the mid-80s. thundershower late this afternoon, look at that and other chances over the next ten days. that'll come up this half hour. >> tom, check in with you then. many are waking up, attending an easter sunday service. >> that's right. and people are gathered at the little river united church of christ. and that's where we find news 4's derek ward, he's live for thus morning, good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning. and you know, this isn't just any sunrise easter service that's going to be happening here shortly. we've had sort of a resurrection of faith and overcoming hate

now. it was monday when this church was vandalized. also the jewish community center in this area. and, someone's been arrested in the crimes. but this community has come together, and last night, there was actually a vigil here which sort of represents what this did. folks at this church say that it did the opposite of what the person who was arrested for doing this intended to do. it brought the community together. at that vigil last night. that was front and center. because you had people from all faiths. like this person. take a listen. >> time of passover, easter, muslim community, our thoughts and with everyone, love, peace, respect, and harmony. >> reporter: so when they had their sunrise service here in a little alter out back in the woods, it is going to indeed represent a resurrection of course it is the easter holiday, but it represents something

community to say that we won't stand for hate and intolerance. we're live, derek ward, news 4, back to you. >> thank you. and the executive director at the jcc and the pastor there seen there looking at the light in all of this. for the past ten years, local jews and muslims have shared a meal during passover. that tradition going to continue today. that that's in sterling. the two faith groups will come together for a passover dinner from 6:00 until 9:00. when moses led the israel lites out of egypt. it is more important in the face of threats and attacks against both religious communities. chaos at a church karn sflal birmingham sent five people to the hospital. sheriff's departments say four of those people, including a child, were shot in the parking lot of a church last night. a pregnant woman was also hurt after she was knocked over by people who were running from gunfire. police don't know what led to the shooting, but everyone is expected to be okay.

custody for questioning. the execution of eight death row inmates is now on hold. the state was planning to start tomorrow. it was a rushed effort because of the drugs that would be used to put them to death. as we explain, the fight, well it's far from over. >> reporter: judge halted all executions in arkansas. a last minute and temporary reprieve for eight death row inmates. six of those executions were scheduled to begin monday and be completed by the end of the month before one of the three key drugs used in legal injections expires. lawyers for the condemned inmates all convicted of murder, raised concerns that another one of the three drugs could cause severe pain. >> we are moving forward as planned. >> reporter: arkansas attorney general is filing an emergency appeal. to overturn the decision and allow the series of six executions to begin. >> these sentences will be carried out. and if these familie

>> reporter: it's been a busy week for activists. including the state judge seen on a cot portraying a death row inmate. daimon was also among them. he spent 18 years on death row in arkansas, one of the three. >> i still have nightmares and manic attacks. >> reporter: victim's family members want no more delays. >> i've been promised that for 25 years by the state. >> reporter: arkansas governor hutcheson plans to meet with officials nond determine the next steps. >> there's been a 25 year nightmare for the victims that had to deal with this and now, it's time for that justice to be carried out. >> reporter: a pause in what would be the state's first execution in more than 12 years. mya rodriguez, nbc news, atlanta. retired navy captain from northern virginia's behind bars this morning. the sheriff's office says he tried to solicit a 4-year-old

investigators say thad dober was talking to an undercover detective online. he was arrested when he showed up to a meeting spot. king george, virginia, east of fredericksburg. hes now facing electronic solicitation of a minor. this is just a devastating story out of arizona. police there say former tight end todd heap accidentally killed his daughter. police say i had ran over here when he was moving the truck on friday afternoon. she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. police in arizona say he was not impaired. he was an all pro tight end for the ravens and for the arizona cardinals. his daughter was three years old. >> that's devastating. prince george's county firefighter who was killed a year ago was honored this weekend by the community he served. a moment of silence and a blood drive were held yesterday to remember lieutenant j

ulmussnider. we have more including an interview with the surviving firefighter on our nbc washington app just search firefighter. d.c. now where police there have not yet responded to news 4's request for information on this crash right here that involved a d.c. police cruiser. happened in the district's neighborhood around 7:00 last night. our crews were there saying a man was taken away from the scene in that ambulance. no word on his condition. and you can visit every national park in the country for free today. the national park service is also waiving entrance fees next weekend too. it's all part of the national parks week celebrating america's national treasures. commercial tours at parks are also being waived. if you're hitting the parks today, maybe shed a few layers. it's quickly warming up. mid-june, but, tom tracking the possibility of some thornls today. he's also got your easter forecast and whether the kids will stay dry

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cloudy, balmy start this morning. there's a live view from the tower camera looking off to the east. sun came up a few minutes ago. we'll start to see it as we get the cloud cover breaking up throughout the rest of the morning. then the nationals playing this afternoon. and nat's park, first pitch, 1:35, up around the low 80s by then. then hovering in the mid-80s through the game this afternoon. a little bit of a blustery wind, but feeling more like mid-june than mid-april. look at rain chances over the next ten days. that'll come up in the next few minutes. it's a holiday, but it's already shaping up to be

chuck todd, let's go to north korea. wee see a huge parade, fanfare, showing off the latest military missiles and equipment. then the failed launch. vice president there in south korea in talks with an interim president. how is this going to shake out? >> first of all, it's embarrassing day and moment for the north koreans. they were looking to show the strength, just, you know, here's the united states bringing, adding to the pacific fleet. bring it's air to the peninsula and he wanted to do the show. there's every chance that the united states had some impact on this failure. you know, over the last, you know, read about it this morning in the "new york times," it's been reported bade few other news outlets over the last six months. there's been an effort over the last few years to infull trait, with cyber and different ways to disrupt the program with a similar deal done with iran and di

and there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that seems to say that the u.s. may have helped, helped make this launch a failure. >> switching gears to tax returns. so we've seen protests across the country, thousands of people. is it a mute point at this point? >> sure. i mean, look, at some point, it's possible, maybe congress was going to find a way to demand the tax returns. maybe it's during the russia investigation, maybe it's turn another issue that may pop up if it has to do with some mixing of business and government with his own businesses at some point. so is it a moot point, no? but i think it is not an animating issue for a lot of right now a lot of his voters. certainly he doesn't see a political penalty yet. but i think at some point, some how, his returns are going to get public. like i said, could be a demand from congress. could be laws that could pass that

at reelection. you want to file, you want to be on the ballot as a candidate for president. one of the issues is you have to release your tax returns. so i think we will eventually see them, but, you know, maybe not today or tomorrow, but some day. >> we were just talking as you were walking up, folks celebrating easter, passover. you've got tom religious leaders who are going to be on the show today. >> it was a great conversation. i taped it earlier, guess what, they're busy this weekend. we joked, bishop, pastor, rabbi all walk in, what happens? you know, look, it's we had the conversation of should we stop fighting the idea that you can separate religion and politics? that at the end of the day, it's so intertwined it's more of how do you handle religion and politics and how do lawmakers, you know, deal with voters of faith versus voters of not faith. so it's a very interesting conversation, my favorite part is with bishop jake says, well, you

constitution. and then it's launched at the conversation about things like well yeah, just like with the u.s. constitution, we have strict construction. you have those that say, there are some things open to interpretations, no, you take it by your word. guess what, that is the way many religions treat the bible. open to larger interpretations or read it strictly. >> yeah. >> now i would say, it was a fascinating -- came from different perspectives, but it was a great conversation. >> looking forward to seeing that. >> we'll be watching. thank you. >> you can catch chuck at 10:30 right here after news 4 today. see, getting choked up already. it's going to be a good show. thanks chuck. on this easter sunday, a small and historic church in d.c. trying to save it's 100-year-old orient. >> the congregation is hoping to preserve it's unique sounds for years to come. here's our news 4's tom sherwood. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: palm sunday, st. mary's church in

150 years old, the first black church here. now integrated, a community fixture. this 1885 photo from the washington monument shows the churches original four dormer windows. they are still here today. church organist and choir master tillman takes the train from baltimore several times a week. he has played this organ since 1973. >> as they say, it's the king of instruments. >> reporter: but this organ has seen better days. veteran organ builder and cure rater michael hart says it's more than 1,000 pipes are showing their age and more. >> it's received some damage from leaky roofs. this plaster is all falling because it's water damage. and it falls and gets into the pipes and chokes them.

congregation, about 100 members, can ill-afford the full $300,000 restoration costs. so hart does what he can for the organ valued at more than a half million dollars. >> the organ is a gift of the statement of faith to future generations. >> reporter: the church celebrates it's 150th anniversary in june, international star jesse norman, once a member of the choir is honorary chairman and will sing. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. all righty. well listen, we are in store for a warm day, but it's easter. it'll be a nice day anyway to get out there and find some eggs. i always look forward to the hunts. >> look what i found? look what i just found. >> oh look. >> easter bunny lives. right here. >> magic. >> yeah, we're off to a balmy start, unusually so here for mid-april. and we do have the sun up and partly cloudy sky we're seeing the easteky

with that dawn light now. the live view from the storm team 4 city camera overlooking at the river. there's capitol hill on the horizon. and it's all dry, don't have any rain coming from those clouds. and we will stay dry throughout the rest of the morning. there's another look at our sunrise from the tower camera here in upper northwest washington. the sun starting to break through those clouds. and here's what to wear today. you'll need long sleeves for another couple of hours. it's rather cool. then during the afternoon, you'll be comfortable in shorts, sandals, t-shirts, you'll need the sunglasses as well. temperatures are mild. we're in the 60s from the shenandoah valley from the bay. upper 60s there, reagan national is at 67 degrees. shenandoah valley, it's in the 50s in a few spots and just near 50 out of the mountains. we have a little bit of patchy fog in some of the rural areas, but that'll be dissipating as the morning progresses. we have the pollen in the air. high tree pollen count again

maybe higher than it was yesterday. we may get some relief with a few chances of rain as we get into the next ten days. and for the rest of the day by 10:00 this morning, we'll be into the mid-70s. and then hovering in the mid-80s, midafternoon on this sunday. then by this evening, might get a passing shower or thundershower, mainly south of the metro area is going to be late afternoon, early evening. now we dry out by 10:00 p.m., low 70s, all dry now and storm team 4 radar. might be isolated sprinkles here on the eastern shore. showers that may come in out of the mountains. maybe with thunder and lightning. that's around 3:00 in the mountains and shenandoah valley. it's after that, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m., may come into the metro area. brief passing thundershower, likely not a severe storm, that is between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. today. we'll clear off tonight and we'll have partly cloudy start to monday for the monday morning commute, dry roads and the mid-60s. noontime temperatures tomorrow near 70. hovering in the low to

so the late afternoon commute, just some clouds around and will be in the low 70s. next chance of rain after this afternoon will be maybe monday night. otherwise, dry pattern all the way through tuesday. highs on tuesday reaching the low 70s. but then we have another chance, little greater chance of needed rain showers, but not a lot of rain, just enough maybe to wash pollen out of the air that'll be on wednesday. and cooler too, wednesday afternoon highs reaching the upper 60s. then another chance of some rain, that may not be though until thursday afternoon and temperatures before then though up near 80 degrees. so kind of up and down temperatures here as we get into the week ahead. then we'll be dry next friday and next saturday. and friday's highs in the low to mid-70s. bit cooler next saturday, but then, greater chance of some needed rain. now we could get a pretty good amounts of rain maybe over an inch or so. that's a week from today on that sunday into the mid-60s and a cool start maybe some lingering showers early that

then day ten, drying out on that tuesday with highs in the mid-60s. that's the way it looks. i am sensitive to the fact that they were sent there on trains, but hey, at least they didn't have fly united, anl i right? >> we knew it was coming, right? after this past week? the political jabs from snl with few surpriseguests.

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>> oh yeah. so if you missed it, tonight's show jimmy fallon took on jared kushner during last night's saturday night live. >> they poked fun at the top aids, steve bannon, jared kushner. it also poked fun at white house press secretary sean spicer with of course melissa mccarthy taking on that role while dressed as an easter bunny. >> it's happy easter. all right. get out of here. get out of here. go. get out of here. shut up. shut up. don't push me, i'm sweating my easter eggs off in this thing. and everybody, shut up. so i can apologize, yes, y'all got your wish this week, didn't you, huh? spicy finally made a mistake. >> this is the first actually for snl. their first ever live broadcast in all time zones in the u.s. and

>> all right. it's a moment many around the world waited for for months. >> yep. >> some people are just happy it's over. the birth of april the giraffe's baby. >> and many probably have seen it on your social media feeds, but now you are getting some new video of the mom and the calf. she gave birth yesterday at the animal adventure park in new york. you can see it she is now busy taking care of her new six foot tall bundle of joy. >> big baby. >> it is, isn't it? >> remember that keepers thought that would happen in mid-january. we are told that both are doing well. park officials say they will hold a contest to name the new giraffe. posted the live stream of his birth on our nbc washington app and search giraffe. to watch it, but be warned, might be a little graphic for those who are a bit

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together how this all happened. a decade later. how the campus community is remembering the victims of the virginia tech shooting and pushing forward to honor their legacy. easter diplomacy. vice president mike pence landing overseas for a ten-day trip as tensions rise over the threat of a nuclear north korea. a lot to cover on this sunday morning, easter sunday. welcome into news 4 today. adam tuss has the morning off. >> good morning, i'm megan fitzgera fitzgerald. might need a jacket to start, but it's going to heat up. if you have easter egg plans, you're in good shape. >> probably can lose the jacket throughout the day. it's going to be warm. >> that's right, going to feel like summer time than spring by this afternoon. right now, off to a fairly cool start. we've got the sun up. it's been up now for about a half hour, but still blocked by a lot of cloudiness on the eastern horizon. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera on this easter sunday morning. tempur

mid-60s, just about everywhere, upper 60s around the bay. low 60s shenandoah valley near 50s out of the mountains. reagan national at 66. we'll stay here in the 60s for near 70s this morning. comfortably mild, sunshine in and out with clo thauds will begin to break up sunshine later on. that'll warm us up. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the 70s by 9:00 a.m. low 80s by nontime. hovering in the mid-80s through the middle part of the afternoon. chances for rain over the next ten days. look at that this half hour. >> thank you. a child is spending easter morning recovering after being involved in a bad crash. maryland state police say two people were killed after the suv the child was in slammed into another car. this happened just before 11:00 last night on leonard town road and crackling town road in the hughesville area of charles county. you can see just how bad that crash was. two other adults who were in that suv were

expected to be okay. megan, it'll be an emotional day today. the school community will be marking ten years since the tragic mass shooting. the one that killed 32 people. yesterday there was a show of hoegy pride in blacksburg. students, faculty, community members taking part in this remembrance run and walk. today, a moment of silence is scheduled at 9:43 this morning which marks the moment the shooter opened fire inside norris hall. virginia governor going to lay a wreath. former students are among the people who are honoring those lost this weekend. >> want them to see this and kind of grow up, it's not what it means. >> and pledge a sense of community here. you can see, you know, there's not a word for it. followed by candle light vigil this evening. news 4's northern virginia bureau chief julie kerr have i going to be covering the

we're going to have a live report from her starting at 9:00 this morning. and students at virginia common wealth university are mourning the loss of a fellow student. samuel qutang was shot and killed in richmond. last night, his friends and family gathered in alexandria to remember his life. they say he was getting ready to graduate with an engineering degree. goals of helping his family get out of poverty. police charged a man with voluntary manslaughter. this all started from an argument. right now vice president mike pence is in south korea. he and the second lady attending easter church service on the military base. and participating in a wreath-laying ceremony which you see happening right here. the visit comes as indications point toward another nuclear test or missile launch from north korea. during the next ten days, pence will discuss the military's response that's going to be in meetings with leaders in south korea, japan, indonesia, and australia. and t

korea had an unsuccessful missile launch. vice president pence says it was probably a medium range ballistic miss that will blew up within four to five seconds. the and the missile was launched less than a day after north korea staged this huge parade displaying it's latest military hardware. defense secretary jim mattis says president donald trump who was in palm beach was awafrt launch but has no further comment about it. trump has been leaning rather on china to put pressure on north korea. >> speaking of the president, chaos erupting during a pro trump rally. this was in berkeley, california. police arresting 20 people after trump supporters and counterprotesters clashed yesterday. here's the thing, only an orange barrier separated the two groups. police say things escalated when heated words were exchanged. soft. activists threw anything including fireworks. about a dozen people

things a bit calmer closer to home here. and at other rallies including this one on the national mall. thousands of protesters packing city after city for the cast day marches. they wanted to turn up the heat on president trump and force him to release his tax returns. trump says he will not because he's purnd audit. today on "meet the press," chuck todd will sit down with jack reid and john mccain and homeland security. john kelly to talk the actions by north korea and what they mean for the u.s. you can watch "meet the press" at 10:30 right after news 4 today 37. let's look live on this easter sunday. looking at union station. the american flag right there waving in the wind. a warm easter sunday, but thunderstorms might dampen your travel plans. we have tom closely tracking when the storms might move through your neighborhood. and a nail biter in double overtime, but it wasn't enough. the next challenge for the caps and the rust to change over the

sea of people are gathered in st. peters square this morning to hear pope francis deliver his easter message. the square is decorated with colorful spring flowers and assembled with heavy security checks. security includes armed police positioned on rooftops and metal detectors. you're going to to want check your credit card statement if you recently used a certain atm near downtown d.c. someone attached a skimming device to an atm inside that building on 12th street. the man you see right there on this video is a person of interest. employees noticed the device on friday, april 7th, they called police who recovered it. and you should call police if you recognize this man. it's a busy day for easter egg hunts, tom's updating his

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team 4 tower camera. and on this sunday morning, 60s for another couple of hours. then by mid-morning, climbing into the 70s, if you plan an outdoor bike ride, hike, run, we'll have temperatures into the mid to upper 70s by late morning and then by noontime, the low 80s. so a warm afternoon, you'll need your shorts and we'll be in the mid-80s. feeling like summer time. look at chances for rain over the next ten days in just a few minutes. >> tom, we'll see you then. deadly school shooting in san bernardino. the little boy who was shot back home with his family. >> yeah, for the first time, he's speaking with nbc's dan about what happened and his recovery. >> reporter: thumb's up from nolan brandy. we only asked him about his recovery while he gets lots of love from his parents. >> if i could do a cart

would. >> reporter: his only son, the youngest of three children is doing better than expected. still not talking about monday's shooting. >> yorn that it's sunk in yet. >> reporter: it was a terrifying time when they got the news monday. rachel, along with other parents, anxiously waiting to see her son. >> as i'm in the gym, with all the other parents, and they called his name, and i thought okay, my son is right outside the gym door. you know, we're going to be reunited and go home. and that's when he said it to me. your son has been shot. we're going to melinda, and it just -- what? you know, what are you saying? >> reporter: he survived, but his friend jonathan martinez died along with the special education teacher karen smith. nolan suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body. >> his abdomen and he broke a rib. and part of

and a bit of his bowel was hit. but that all seems to be healing. >> it's been okay. and he's going to be okay. he's going to be fine. he's almost to 100%. >> reporter: their son is remark fwli good spirits giving us a high five. the brandy's are grateful for the support and well wishes they have received from around the world. rachel hopes time and prayers will help with the emotional healing. >> and all those parents out there, you know, we can do this. north park is strong. and we will continue to be strong. >> reporter: and her son left us with this. >> thank you. >> and while nolan continues to recover, doctors say he could be ready to return later this month. in san bernardino, nbc 4 news. and boston is getting ready for the 121st running of the boston marathon. expect security to be tight tomorrow. it comes as the city marks four years since the

bombing. yesterday, officials placed wreaths at the spot where two explosion went off near the finish line. three people died and more than 260 others were hurt in 2013. one of the survivors, who lost her leg, is now helping others get prosthetics. >> tragic circumstance, of course, but it's really nice, you know, that so many people in the city and the families that were affected have tried to make something positive happen. >> heather abbot's team called team limitless will race in the marathon tomorrow. d.c. police are asking for your help this morning. they're looking for a man who assaulted two women over the past three days. the first incident happened thursday night as the woman was walking on kennelworth avenue on main street. the man touched the woman and ran off. and at 6:30 yesterday morning, police say the same man tried to sexual assault another woman on nearby 34th street. according to investigators, the man had

victim. he ran away when she pushed back. and you will want to plan ahead for your weekday commute if you need to take metro green line. that's because, you guessed it, safe track surge number 14 is under way in maryland. through the end of april, the green belt and college park stations will be closed. this is just the first phase of the work though. metro will have shuttle buses at those stations to help riders. for more info on how to get around during the closures, you can head over to our nbc washington app and search safe track. and the quest for the stanley cup. alex oh vich kin and the caps need something to wake them up. many waking up disappointed. this was at the verizon center. the game went into a second overtime, but the caps were not able to get ahead of the maple leaves. >> i think we got to capitalize on the chances we got.

overtime. and good looks. but 1-1. so we move over to toronto. >> move over to toronto. that's when the next game is. tomorrow night at 7:00 and talk about a quick transition at the verizon center. crews going to be busy swapping out that ice, putting hardwood down. >> it's crazy. i'd love to witness that. anyway, it's because the washington wizards will take center court this afternoon from the nba playoffs. facing off against the atlanta hawks. some of the players have never been to the post season. >> we have a couple guys on the team that's anxious to see what the playoffs is like for the first time. like i told them, totally different than what the regular season is. the crowds are amazing. it's fun. and nothing more you could ask for, it's what you worked for hare. >> wizards play today at 1:00 this afternoon here at home. talking about all the transformations, you brought up arena football as well. they have a lot 37. >> busy. and if you're heading out today and this

we had some ominous-looking clouds around the sunrise, those are drifting off to the east and west of the metro area. it's all clear in the blue skies shining now over resten. there's the live view from our storm team 4 resten camera overlooking the tollway and off of the horizon is loudoun county. all across northern virginia, much of the region, the clouds are clearing out, and we have a little patchy fog and our temperatures are certainly balmy for this time of year. we're in the low to mid-60s, just about everywhere from the shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. it's a bit warmer and indianapolis at 69 degrees, reagan national now at 66. a bit cooler now. parts of the shenandoah valley and out of the mountains where it's down in the 50s in a few locations, petersburg at 50 degrees, no, all of that pollen count remains high. probably going to be very high this afternoon with the warm temperatures, trees just producing copious amounts of pollen now. it's mostly oak tree pollen, but

low as well. the mold spores because it's been so dry. getting warm by 10:00 we'll be into the mid-70s. lots of sunshine through the rest of the morning by 2x, we'll be in the mid-80s. yeah, that is more like mid-june here then mid-april. fast forward two months. and then late afternoon, passing thundershower, temperatures by 6:00 p.m. back down near 80, 10:00 p.m. and partly cloudy and down into the low 70s. all dry on storm team 4 radar. getting a few sprinkles on the eastern shore. those are drifting off to the east. it's later today, watching a possible line of some showers and thundershowers likely not severe storms coming into the mountains around 3:00 or 4:00. and then after that, around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., shenandoah valley and into northern virginia and the western and northern suburbs, then around 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 p.m., that line drifts right through the metro area. just some passing showers maybe a little bit of thunder. no severe storms, after 7:00 p.m. if it

cloud cover does break up. for the monday morning commute, dry roads, temperatures should be in the mid to low 60s starting off early tomorrow morning. and then a lot of clouds around noontime. dry roads near 70 degrees and dry roads for the afternoon commute, and not as warm tomorrow as today. should be in the mid-70s, midafternoon, then low 70s by late afternoon. storm team 4 ten day outlook, several chances for needed rain here over the next ten days. the next chance after this afternoon is going to be late on monday night before dawn tuesday maybe a passing shower. then we dry out on tuesday, highs reaching the low 70s. then on wednesday, that's pretty good chance for some mostly light rain showers off and on through much of the day. cloudy day. and temperatures into the upper 60s. then another chance of some needed rain, does look like on thursday afternoon into thursday evening some showers and maybe a little thunder before then though, getting

then that friday, we'll be drying out again as well as the week next weekend saturday into the upper 60s after reaching mid-70s on friday. then a week from today, that's our next chance for any significant rain. it looks like good chance of that. based on the latest model runs on sunday and that mayling sbeer sunday night into monday. could get over an inch of needed rain. we have this drought that's ongoing. that'll help to wash some of the pollen out of the air as well. 60s on sunday, and this following monday, drying out by the afternooned into mid-60s. then that tuesday, mid-60s as well. and that's the way it looks. tom. >> tom, thanks. look that the, one of the most high profile events hosted by the white house. the big challenge though as the trump administration prepares to host it's first easter egg roll. we'll tell you a bo

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easter sunday that's expected, your kids can have a good little egg hunt. >> i think it's just for the kids though. for the first time, easter egg hunt -- it'll be nice. this is happening in the outfield. right after the game. the kids get the chance to take home a special nationals easter egg basket. and some of the special eggs will have jerseys, baseballs, and signed autographs. you need a special $30 game ticket if you want your kids to be part of all that fun. there's going to be other easter egg hunts happening around the d.c. area. folks putting them together in our nbc washington app. so it's not a hunt, but a roll for the easter egg. >> that's right. it's the annual white house easter egg roll which will happen tomorrow on the south lawn. so more than 21,000 people are expected to join in on the fun. tickets have already been given out through an online lottery. some of those coveted tickets go to fami,

hospitals. every child who shows up will get a commemorative woodening toe take home. >> all right. won't be long before we're feeling temperatures back in the mid-80s as we look live at the white house right now. tom is closely watching how long the heat stretch will last. and the controversial executions put on hold. the legal battle over their lives and why the fight may not be over yet.

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7:30 on this sunday morning, maryland state police say two people are dead after this crash in hughesville. happened before 11:00 last night on the road in crackling town road. this is footage that shows just how devastating of a crash this was. two other adults and one child also hurt. it will be a somber day on the virginia tech campus as students and staff mark ten years since that tragic mass shooting. 32 people were killed. northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry will be life starting at 2k49 morning with a look at remembrance ceremonies. more headlines out of north korea after an unsuccessful missile launch. the launch happened less than a day after this. what was a huge parade of it's latest missiles and showing off other military hardware. the missile blew up shortly taef took off. news 4 today starts now. happy

>> bit of a warm start to our easter sunday. >> sounds like it's going to be more like summer tom tracking it all. mid-june you think, right? >> yeah, feels like a summer morning now. we've got the sun up now, it's been up for an hour. sunrise was at 6:30 this morning. there is a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun is now getting above those clouds that we had passing over the last hour or so. those are drifting off to the east. elsewhere, got a lot of sunshine breaking up. especially just west of the metro. temperatures are still hovering in the 50s and low 60s. right in the metro area weir in the mid-60s and upper 60s right near the chesapeake bay. it's a good weather for egg hunting this morning. upper 60s near 70 for another hour or two. it'll stay dry with the sunshine. and then temperatures really start jumping. we ought to be in the upper 70s by late morning. low 80s by noon, then peeking in the mid-80s by midafternoon. we've got several chances for

look at that coming up this half hour. >> tom, we'll check in there. let's show you a live look right now. this is at the lincoln memorial. the annual easter sunrise service taking place right now on the steps. this is the 38th year that the capital church has held the service. starts pretty early. started at 6:30 this morning, folks didn't have the option to ride metro to get there. they found their way there and as tom showed us, going to be dealing with some warmer temperatures throughout the day as that service continues on. for the last ten years, local jews and muslims have come together to share a meal during passover. that tradition is going to continue today. it's at the adams center mosque. that's in sterling. the two faith groups will come together for a passover dinner from 6:00 until 9:00. celebrates when moses led out of slavery in egypt. organizers say this year's event is more important because of the threats and

religious communities. and chaos at a church carnival in birmingham sent five people to the hospital. sheriff's detectives say four of those people, including a child, were shot in the parking lot of the church last night. a pregnant woman was also hurt after she was knocked over by people who were running from gunfire. police don't know what led to the shooting, but everyone is expected to be okay. five people were taken into custody. the execution of eight death row inmates in arkansas is now on hold. the state was planning to start tomorrow. it was a rushed effort because of the drugs that would be used to put those inmates to death. the fight is far from over. >> reporter: a federal judge halted all executions in arkansas. a last minute and temporary reprieve for eight death row inmates. six of those executions were scheduled to begin monday. and be completed by the end of the month before one of the three key drugs used in lethal

lawyers for the condemned inmates, all convicted of murder, raised concerns that another one of the three could cause severe pain. >> we are moving forward -- >> reporter: arkansas attorney general is filing an emergency appeal to overturn the decision and apply the series of six executions to begin. >> the sentences will be carried out. and if these families of the victims will be given closure. >> reporter: it's been a busy week for activists at the state capital, including wend. griffin seen on a cot portraying a death row inmate. daimon was also among them. he spent 18 years on death row in arkansas, one of the three. >> i have nightmares, panic attacks about this place. >> reporter: victims family members want no more delays. >> because i've been promised this for 25 years by the state. >> reporter: arkansas governor hutcheson plans to meet with officials monday to determine the next steps. >> there's been a

had to deal with this and now, it's time for that justice to be carried out. >> reporter: a pause in what would be the state's first execution in more than 12 years. mya rodriguez, nbc news, atlanta. retired navy captain from northern virginia is behind bars this morning. the county sheriff's office says he tried to solicit a 14-year-old girl. investigators say thad dober was talking to an undercover detective online. the 49-year-old was arrested when he showed up to a meeting spot. he's from king george, virginia, which is east of fredericksburg. dober is now facing charges including electronic solicitation of a minor. this is a very tough story coming out of arizona this morning. police there say former baltimore ravens tight end todd heath, accidentally killed his own daughter. police say he ran over her when he was moving the truck on friday afternoon. she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

was not impaired. tom heath was an all pro tight end and played for the ravens as well as for the arizona cardinals. his daughter, she was just three years old. a prince george's county firefighter who was killed a year ago was honored this weekend by the community he served. a moment of silence and a blood drive were held yesterday to remember lieutenant john. he was shot and killed during a call and another firefighter was injured. we have more on this story, including an interview with the surviving firefighter on our nbc washington app. just search firefighter. to the district now where police there have not yet responded to news 4's request for information on this crash. you can see there, it involves d.c. police cruiser. it happened in the district's neighborhood around 7:00 last night. crews were there. saw a man taken away from the scene in that ambulance. there's no word on that person's condition. quickly warming up if you step outside on this easter sunday. but you might see a

we've got tom tracking your easter forecast. and whether or not the kids will stay dry for that egg hunt. ♪ ♪ preserving history. how local churches fight to save the sounds of service for generatis to come. on

multiple wild fires burning in florida. the orange city area. and the flames are near interstate 4 which is causing lane and ramp closures down there. look at that video. they burn at least 350 acres. so far no one's gotten hurt, but all of this is happening as that state deals with dozens of wild fires in the past week. and you can visit every national park in the country for free today. the national park service is also

weekend as well. it's part of national park's week celebrating america's national treasures. commercial parks, well, they're also free. if you're heading out today. look live outside, maybe perhaps pack an umbrella. showers on the way. timing is everything here. we're going to check in with tom who's updating his forecast with what you can expect. and a welcome addition for local families in need. the holiday show of the support for survivors of domestic violence.

good morning. off to a mild start on this sunday morning. beautiful, golden glitter path on the potomac river. live team from the storm team 4 city camera and starting off with temperatures in the 60s. great day for baseball today at nats park. first pitch, 1:35 and take on the phillies. we'll be near the low 80s by first pitch time and then hovering in the mid-80s throughout the game. little bit of a breeze gusting to around 20 miles an hour. chances for some thundershowers later today, look at that and other chances over the next ten days in just a few minutes. >> thanks. many. you waking up perhaps going to an easter sunday service. and folks have been gathering at the little river united church of christ bins before dawn. >> derek ward is live there this morning, good

>> reporter: good morning again. well, they just finished up the sunrise service here. and you know, this has been quite a week, holy week for this church, but of course quite a week. we talked about that graffiti that happened on monday. the church and the community center were struck. this is not the first time when it was founded back in 1955. that was an integrated congregation. and that was something that wasn't looked upon too well by some parts of the community. and people were actually threatened here. and we see how far we've come and then you have monday. well, it comes full circle when people talk about the irony of it. last year there was a vigil. and that also talked about that the community has changed. people from all walks of life, all religions came out to surround the church and say they would not stand for what happened here. and you know this also has had a profound effect on some of the individual members. take a listen.

worship being vandalized. it's like somebody vandalizing my home. and if my home is vandalized, i would like my neighbors to come join hands with me and make me understand that we are all united in this together, and we will make sure that anybody who has hatred, we are going to bring them by love. >> reporter: that was one of the folks that turned out for the individualle across the denominational lines. contemplated sunday morning sunrise service here for this easter sunday as this church. now the person responsible for that graffiti, someone that's been charged with the crime. the person has been arrested. the community is starting to heal, that only goes closer together. derek ward, news 4. back to you. >> derek, thanks. well they've fled domestic violence in their homes to seek refuge at a shelter. today a group of mom and kids will be getting an easter surprise. you can see some of the goodies

northern virginia. we asked the shelter what it's like to continue this long time tradition. >> i think that, you know, it's nice to give back to people that, you know, need it and you know that those families have been through a lot of turmoil, and you want to make their easter as happy as you can. and as joyful. >> looks like they'll do just that. this year they've provided 35 easter treats for the kids and a few moms too. bethany house shelter provides emergency housing for up to four months and offers two years of aftercare services. on this easter sunday, a small historic e miss ka pal church trying to save it's 100-year-old organ. >> tom sherwood reports, the congregation is hoping to preserve it's unique sound for years to come. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: palm sunday, the church in

150 years old, the first black church here. now integrated, a community fixture. this 1885 photo from the washington monument shows the church's original four dormer windows. they are still here today. church organist and choir master julius tillman takes the train from baltimore several times a week. he has played this organ since 1973. >> as they say, it's the king of instruments. >> reporter: but this organ, 100 years old has seen better days. veteran organ builder michael hart says it's more than 1,000 pipes are showing their age and more. >> it's received some damage from leaky roofs. this plaster is all falling because it's water damage. and that fog can get into the pipes and chokes them. the church congregation,

100 members, can ill-afford the full $300,000 restoration costs. so hart does what he ke for the organ valued at more than a half million dollars. >> the organ is a gift of the statement of faith to future generations. >> reporter: the church celebrates it's 150th anniversary in june international opera star jesse norman once a member of the choir is honorary chairman and will sing. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> oh. well, good luck to them. >> yeah. a lot of folks hearing the organ play this sunday morning. folks can dress comfortable clothing. >> yeah, this morning, you need a light jacket though, it's still rather cool. we're in the low to mid-60s, but later on, you can go sleeveless as we'll feel like summer time by midafternoon. sun's been up now since 6:30 this morning, earlier and earlier sunrises. there it is now on national harbor. that's the live view from the camera this

in the air just a little bit of moisture causing some light fog in some rural areas. that'll be dissipating shortly. right now 66 at reagan national, near 70 right around the chesapeake bay. and it's generally in the low to mid-60s elsewhere from the shenandoah valley, the maryland and virginia, out of mountains, it is a bit cooler than the low 50s there right now. that tree pollen is in the high range. and likely going to be getting higher by later this afternoon. it's mostly oak tree pollen now. but it's still in the low range for grassing and weeds and the mold spores are also low, it's just been so dry. we'll stay dry here all the way into the middle part of the afternoon as we quickly warm by 10:00 mid-70s, by 2:00 p.m., mid-80s. yeah, that's more like mid-june and this mid-april. then by 6:00 p.m., might get a thundershower coming on through. likely no severe weather, but maybe just a passing shower with some thunder. that's going to be around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. after that, we dry out by

right now storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles on the eastern shore, but otherwise we are all dry. this morning, now hour by hour timing showing this area in the color moving in. these are the zones of maybe potential showers and thundershowers, pan handle to west virginia, that's been 3:00 p.m., 4:00, shenandoah valley and then moving east of the blue ridge after that between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. some of the showers coming through again. maybe with some thunder and lightning, but likely no severe storms. but after 7:00 p.m., most of it has gone and dissipating and the cloud cover breaks up and we'll have temperatures in the 60s overnight and for the morning commute tomorrow. dry roads, starting off early tomorrow morning, getting back to work and school. and then by your lunch hour tomorrow, up near 70. not as warm tomorrow as today. mid-70s midafternoon. then by late afternoon, clouds roll in. we'll be in the low 70s, and some of the clouds might produce a little bit of light rain after sunset on monday evening. and then ending predawn on tuesday. and then tuesday, a bit cooler, partly

70s, well above the average high of 67. that's the average high this time of year. then some passing light rain showers are looking more likely on wednesday, cloudy day, and cooler with temperatures in the upper 60s during the afternoon. now we have another chance of some afternoon rain showers on thursday after some morning sun, but another warm day up near 80 degrees. looks dry, next friday and next saturday. but a week from today, looks like good chance for rain showers coming through. and enough maybe to give us over an inch or so of needed rain. washing pollen out of the air as well. and that should end by midday monday, sun back the following monday afternoon. and then dry that following tuesday. that is the twaz looks. i am sensitive to the fact that they were sent there untrained, but hey, at least they didn't have to fly united. am i right? >> all right with you know, after the past week of headlines, we knew this was mi

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now. who gets to stay? jared, you take the most beautiful photos. >> oh, the jokes keep on coming, folks. no surprise here. snl holding nothing back when it comes to politics. >> that's right, it pokes fun of the alleged feuding between president trump's top aids, steve bannon and jared kushner. also poking fun of course at white house press secretary sean spicer. >> happy easter. [ applause ] all right. get out of here. get out of here. go. get out of here. get out of here. shut up. shut up. shut up. don't push me. i'm sweating my easter eggs off in this thing. and everybody shut up so i can apologize. yes, y'all got your wish this week, didn't you? huh? spicy finally made a mistake. we all know -- >> all right. it was snl's first ever live broadcast in all

the u.s. and canada. switching gears to something else that's been popular. did you know there was a pregnant giraffe? >> yeah, i mean no. >> now, it's not pregnant anymore. it was a moment many of you around the world waited months for. the birth of april the giraffe. >> yeah. this foot saj everywhere you probably saw it on your social media feed. but now we're getting a better look at april's new baby boy. all cleaned off there. looking really cute. six foot tall bundle of joy. the keepers at the animal adventure park in upstate new york are both saying they're doing well. they plan to hold a contest to name the new giraffe. >> that'll be fun. 7:56, four things to know. we start in maryland. state police say two people were killed in this crash in hughesville. it happened just after 11:00 last night on leonard town road at crackling town road. two other adults and one child got hurt. and in less than two

commemoration ceremony will begin at virginia tech. today marks ten years since the tragic mass shooting that killed 32 people. northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry will join us live starting at 9:00 a.m. vice president mike pence is in south korea during the next ten days he'll be meeting with leaders of south korea, japan, indonesia, and australia. thousands of people had to go through heavy security before gathering in st. peter's square to hear pope francis deliver his easter message. warm one out there later today. >> mid-80s feeling more like summer than spring. >> all right. happy>>

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