anything about this case. today a team of army investigators will be investigating a crash. it slammed into the ground. the injured are in a baltimore hospital this morning. take a look, this is new video from southern maryland news net. it shows the scene moments after the helicopter came down at the bretton bay golf and country club. the helicopter was a training flight. witnesses saw the helicopter fall from the sky. >> we were sitting down and we watched the helicopter come by sitting very low. my brother made a comment, look at how low it is. it started going sideways and then it went down. >> major bradley becker said they are deeply saddened by this loss and are focused on supporting the family and friends who were affected by the

tragedy. no names of the crew members have yet been released. in case you're wondering, blackhawk helicopters flying above us are not unusual. defense department staffers tell news 4 that the army flies vips to and from the pentagon all the time. more than half of them started flying three decades ago. it's not clear in the aircraft that crashed was one of the older models. the supreme court is stepping into multiple kor controversial cases about the death penalty. >> this just came down within the last few hours here. the united states supreme court rejected arkansas's request to begin execution. the state was planning on executing these eight inmates in the span of ten days. two of those executions were set to take place last night but they're not happening now. the high court didn't

explanation. arkansas governor asa hutch chin son said he was, quote, disappointed by the ruling. lawyers for the inmates called the aggressive execution schedule assembly line killing. president trump will sign a new executive order that could have a big impact on u.s. jobs. they call it buy american, hire american. it requires the u.s. agency to buy more from american workers. it will move the h 1 b visa changes away from the lottery system. the president will outline the plan and sign the order at a tool manufacturing plant in milwaukee, wisconsin. meanwhile, vice president pence is working to assure japan that the u.s. will work with its allies.

details of what the vice president is telling leaders. the city of hyattsville will become a sanctuary city. the city council passed the ordinance last night. the ordinance prevents police officers and other city workers from providing a citizen's immigration status. it is a matter of public safety and all citizens should be able to trust local police officers. >> no child, especially a child in elementary school, should have to ponder over whether or not they are safe in their community. >> well, president trump has threatened to cut offer federal funding to sanctuary cities. for hyattsville that can mean a lot, $20,000. new security measures could be coming to jewish enters montgomery county. they're looking to plan on

that includes new video surveillance systems, door access controls and reinforced windows. county shls officials said it's needed after recent bomb threats. facilities in bethesda and rockville are expected to get the enhancements. the county council is expected to vote on a plan for more healthy options in county vending machines. it will limit the amount of sugar, salt, fat and calories. it will happen in rec centers, libraries and parks. the schools already have stricter rules in place. i don't know what happened. we want to talk about hockey right now. the caps fans, this is all too familiar. i'm trying to get these feelings away from me. i don't want the same thing to happen. >> you watched the beginning. >> we were up 3-2 when i went to bed. >> did not expect this. they are in a hole in the playoff series. there is still time for

>> news 4 sports reporter sherree burruss is in toronto where she talked to members of the game. >> reporter: the caps enjoyed leads of 2-0 and 3-1 here in toronto tonight but another overtime loss puts the caps in a familiar position trailing in a playoff series. kuznetsov put away a rebound to give the caps a 3-1 lead, but the leafs take the game to overtime where tyler bozak redirects a pass into the back of the net. toronto wins 4-3. leads the series 2-1. caps frustrated but not panicked. >> just forget it and move forward. obviously we're losing the series but it's not over yet. >> not everything comes easy. it's not coming easy yet but at the same time we're right there. three overtime games. >> overtime in every game this series. one player telling me h

care if it goes to 16 overtimes, they just want the wins. we're really hoping it doesn't go that long for game four on wednesday. from toronto, cher reburress, news 4 sports. it's now 4:36. we're going to talk about -- >> overtime loss again. >> 4:36? only ten minutes? >> we can wait. >> we want to get a check on your commute with melissa mollet and we want to get you started with your weather first. that's why chuck and sheena, we're going to begin with you. >> yes. it's fantastic. a little cooler today. sort of a bit of a change. >> yeah, at least the sunshine is back. sunshine back and maybe not quite as much pollen thanks to those showers yesterday. >> i would say this morning it's comfortably cool outside. chevy chase, 55 degrees. thanks to weather underground. 52 morning side. potomac is at 52. fairfax city, 55. here in fredericksburg, you're at 58 degrees. currentlul

54. your commute today not looking too bad. you'll see the clouds this morning but more sunshine as we go through the day before you step outside today, the four things you need to know. we have that. good morning, chuck. >> yes, indeed. skies are going to be clearing out today. don't get too used to the sunshine. doesn't mean it will be cool. there's quite the little warmup coming our way. at least we'll be dry. number one thing you need to know, sunshine back today. number two, cloudy weather back in for tomorrow. both thursday and friday look super warm once again with temperatures flirting with that 80 degree mark and the weekend may start dry but i'm getting a little bit more concerned that sunday might be lost to rain drops. here's the way tomorrow looks. mostly cloudy in the morning. there may be an isolated sprinkle or shower. rain chances generally speaking are at 30% or less. i'll have the ten day forecast coming up for you at 4:51. at 4:37 it's time for melissa.

we're talking on the beltway, one of these just appeared outer loop at the toll road. outer loop at the old georgetown road. rest of the beltway is looking okay. we have a lot of stuff hanging around interest this morning. inner loop after 270 and outer loop after branch avenue. blocked in both of those spots. northbound 301. left lane still getting by. take a look, 395 at the 14th street bridge no problem. >> melissa, thank you. it's one of the things that separates cabs from ride sharing services. that could soon change. why you may have to start tipping your uber driver. learning a lesson before it's too late. the program hoping to keep kids from sexting. and remember this video of the easter bunny tackling teddy roosevelt. who can forget? who's comparing it to the united passenger scandal. >> oh,

after you hop out of your uber ride, there's no way to tip the driver. "usa today" reports a petition is granted that would require ride share services to put tipping as an option in their app. this happens in new york. it could happen in other cities. uber's competitor lyft gives customers the option. >> i thought that was the benefit of uber, you didn't have to thi

you push the button. to me that's one more thing. >> that is one of the most appealing things i think about that service. this could be a game changer. >> feels like one of the world's most annoying things and we all deal with it. >> oh, my gosh. it does. robo calls, that's what we're talking about. we do have some advice to pass along. not just adding your name to the national do not call registry, although that's going to block calls from legitimate businesses, people who are following the rules. you can report scams directly to the scc. copy the message. the word spam or 7726, text it to them. you can block it in your call history. protect your passwords so your numbers don't end up online. >> once your data is released it's out in the world. capturing it, putting it back into

impossible. >> you can try apps that are free. some of the most popular ones are called nomorobo, hya and privacy star. i think that i need to download all three of those. they're hitting up my cell phone. >> what's going on? >> it is comfortable outside. comfortably cool. i've been saying that this morning. going to be nice this afternoon. tomorrow is going to be even cooler. then we warm back up again. chuck is back with a closer look at the details. stay tuned. thanks. the clock is ticking to file your taxes. what happens if you need more time? we're going to show you how to file an extension just in case you don't get everything done. and a new push to find the man behind a crime that put a local community on edge. the video police want you to take a

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good morning, everybody. a quiet start to the day today. we do have cloud cover around. storm team 4 radar scanning the skies finding nothing in the way of a rain chance. rain chances sneak up over the next couple of days. i'll let you know which day is likely to be the rainiest with the ten day forecast coming up. from the classroom to the courtroom. what one local program hopes to keep kids from ever doing. and it's a story that you're only going to see right here on news 4. what an employee at the national institutes of health is accused of stealing from work and trying to sell on ebay. new this morning, vice president mike pence is on the second stop of his ten-day tour of asia. he's in japan meeting with the prime and deputy prime minister. expected to focus largely on trade. tensions over how to deal with north korea are looming over the vice president's meeting. >> this comes as a war of words between the u.s. and north korea continue to

tensions continue to rise. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what message is the vice president trying to send to the country of japan today? >> reporter: largely angie and eun, the message is about trade. there are other concerns in the region that will likely come up about north korea, but the biggest concern today is trying to work a one-on-one trade deal with japan after the trump administration and the president himself killed the tpp, the trans-pacific partnership. now the president has promised he can work better deals with every country one on one, and that's the sales job that the vice president is there to do today. japan has two concerns about a one-on-one deal, particularly when it comes to opening their agriculture market. so those discussions are going on today. no details, but he's there today essentially to set a framework for how the discussions will proceed. >> and, tracie, the president is

hire american executive order today. what changes are coming to the order? >> reporter: so he's going to a plant to sign this order. the guest worker program that allows people to come into the country and work, they're going to try to curb those if they can change the lottery that employers use to get those visas. it won't affect this year's because this year's is already underway. the other thing he's going to do is change some administrative rules to pretty much make it difficult for government agencies not to buy american and in some cases require it. >> busy agenda for the vp in the day ahead. thank you, tracie potts on the hill for us. 4:48. a woman is charged with a misdemeanor after the secret service says she tried to jump over a barrier. on sunday a secret service officer tried to talk to jessica ford but she said, quote, i'm he going to jump the fence. that's when s

and was grabbed by officers. yesterday the judge ordered her to stay away from white house grounds. this is a story you'll only see on news 4 as well. a long-time employee accused of stealing sensitive equipment inside of agency headquarters and accused of turning around and trying to sell it on ebay. federal investigators say they linked chris james to an ebay user selling nih equipment. they discovered a dozen pieces of equipment believed to be for sale inside a storage closet at n.i.h. now to a new push in northern virginia. a sex assault. a woman was attacked in a dumpster behind a fairfax county shopping center. this happened one year ago at a shopping center in franconia. now investigators are trying to jog some memories. >> assault and robbery. >> we don't forget. every case that comes

department gets the attention of a detective. that detective holds on to that case until that case is resolved or they retire. >> you might remember the surveillance video of a red car with a gray patch on the driver's side. police never found the driver. the 40-year-old victim told police the man who assaulted her also stole her belongings. detectives went door to door in a nearby apartment complex handing out flyers about the crime. anyone with information is asked to call police. 4:50. the search is on for a group of suspects involved in a robbery. this happened sunday evening. take a look at this video. this is around 5:30. the plane approached the wheaton metro station. looking for four suspects. you can see one of them in that moment, they punched the victim. here's a close jer look at all four. if you recognize any of the suspects you are asked to call metro transit police. >> we all shared t

talked about it quite a bit. the easter bunny nailing teddy over the weekend. i was worried about teddy. even jimmy fallon had something to say about it. >> i'm not sure what was going on here, but at the washington nationals game yesterday their mascot got into a bit of a fight. check out what happened to the teddy roosevelt mascot. >> they were having a normal race but here come the mascots taking out the presidents. teddy gets around so he's going to win. the easter bun any takes him out. >> oh, my god. on the bright side, that bun any just got a job at united airlines. >> you knew he was going to do it. it was too easy. >> he's referring to the other story about the man dragged off the united flight. we'll have to see how teddy recovers when the nats are back in town at the end of the month. did you see -- >> there was

online. was that a spear or the clothesline, wwe. i'm getting more clothesline. >> see, i thought it was more of a spear. that video, that angle. >> i love that you guys know the difference. >> how about a top rope? >> top rope, indeed. it was an impressive tag. it was a takedown. >> like goldberg. >> quite a cool start today. temperatures in the 40s in the cool areas. a milder 60 at national airport. checking out neighborhood temps. 46 in la ray. 45 at front royal virginia. a little bit warmer. 62 in quantico. 63 by the bay in annapolis. early temperatures off to a pleasant start. look at all of the sunny icons. temperatures up into the mid 60s by lunchtime. a great time to be outside. even with clouds this morning, it will become a mostly sunny

70s. northerly breezes for today. that will keep the dryer air in place. the moisture and cloud cover lying in wait down to the south and west. gradually start to lift into our direction as we get into tomorrow. enjoy the sunshine today. we'll get precious little in the way of sunshine. rain chances in and around the city tomorrow are very, very low. again, isolated drop that cannot be completely ruled out. the forecast for tomorrow, a lot of clouds around. temperatures low to mid 60s at best. if you need the warmer air, you won't have to wait long, melissa mollet. back up to 80 degrees thursday and friday. next real chance for rain comes in saturday night, sunday night and monday look rainy, indeed. could get up to 1 to 2 inches of rain. soak in the sunshine today, melissa. >> oh, i will. you don't have to tell me twice. taking a look at the beltway, everything is cleared with the

should be here clearing quite soon. inner loop after 270. blocking the right lane this morning. again, river road at golds borrow, we have that with the left lane getting by between goldsboro and the country club. getting by on the left. northbound 301 at 5, left lane getting by. don't have to worry about that one anymore and 66 at waples getting along just fine. a teen on trial for sharing explicit pictures. the premise is real but the prosecution is fake. how officials hope a mock trial could keep your kids out of trouble. it is the day most people dread. tax day. but we are working for you. don't worry, if you haven't filed yet, there are options. the four things you need to know if you still need to finish your taxes. ahead at 5:00, talk about a free ride. when and where

welcome back. tax day. here are four things to know if you are one of the 450 billi0 b americans who hasn't filed. as long as your tax return is postmarked by april 18th, the internal revenue service will consider it filed on time. for help with that, the postal service has a list of locations that will be open

postage. if you don't, your tax forms will be returned. that's really important to remember. reminder, forget what you've heard about the irs not calling taxpayers. they hired private debt collection agencies this year. they may send you mailings and then call anyone who still owes money. don't give out private information. be sure you protect yourself. if you need more time, you can file for an extension. however, there are rules you have to follow. in most cases you can get six months more time if you fill out form 4868 by tonight. the due date for your full return can be delayed until october 16th. generally that's easy if you expect a refund, however, if you think you mayo taxes to the irs, you have to pay your estimated amou amount. there are penalties and interest charges. the penalty for late filing can be ten times higher than making a late payment.

i.r.s. charges an additional 5% on taxes owed plus a .5% penalty. all that money adds up. >> it sure does. susan hogan, great resources in our nbc washington app. more on taxes there. virginia middle schooler going to find out the consequences of sexting and the big trouble they could get in with the law. students from manassas take part in a mock trial in prince william county. the courtroom shows the eighth graders playing out a fake child pornography case. an under age teen sends a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend who shares it with someone else. a real judge and prosecutor. >> the only way to keep yourself safe is not to take the pictures and not to send them. >> the program's administrator says p

out. we have some important resources for parents in our nbc washington app search tips for families. i think this is an outstanding idea. >> so important and lessons to learn before a real situation occurs. get your kids involved. >> it's hard for parents to talk about the situation and see it firsthand. >> news 4 continues now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everyone. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm eun yang. >> hi, i'm angie goff in for aaron gilcrist. we do want to help you get out the door wherever you're going this time this morning. melissa's here. >> that's right. we're going to check in with melissa mollet for a look at the roads and rails. first we'll start off with chuck bell and sheena parveen and the return of the sunshine. >> that's nice. >> you brought it back from vacation. >> i did. i did. the weather is cooler. >> okay. >> even cooler tomorrow. now today will be a very nice day, 59 degrees currently in the