a large branch fell on matt mcclanahan, a maintenance employee who worked for the architect of the capitol. d.c. fire and ems personnel extracted mcclanahan from under the fallen tree, gave him cpr and rushed him to a hospital, where he died. >> yeah, that's terrible. i'm so sorry for his family. we appreciate his service, taking care of this beautiful city. we're happy to be here visiting. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan issued a statement saying matthew and his wife lauren have two young children, effie and matthew, their loss is so sudden and unimaginable. i ask my colleagues and everyone in the capitol community to keep matthew's loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. capitol police closed a portion of independence avenue where the broken branches blocked parts of the road and sidewalk. tourists were detoured around the scene, only later learning that a life had

very, very sad. especially so many things happening today, it's very sad. >> it's a very tragic incident. prayers to good fd for him and family. >> reporte >> reporter: that's the latest live on capitol hill. wendy and chris, back to you. >> thank you, chris. a team of military investigators from alabama is in maryland tonight digging thru the wreckage of that deadly helicopter crash. the crew from the army combat readiness center at fort rucker is trying to figure out why the chopper went down. the black hawk took off from ft. belvoir yesterday afternoon, crashed across the potomac river on a golf course in st. mary's county. people who live near the breton bay golf and country club saw the chopper flying low before the crash. >> we were sitting down on

helicopter come by, sitting very low. my brother said, look how low it is. i said, oh, my god, it's going sideways. then it started going backwards and it went down. >> reporter: three people were on that chopper, their names have not been released. one of them was killed. two others were flown to the hospital where one of them is in critical condition, the other in serious condition. a man from maryland is accused of killing his wife inside the donut shop where they both worked. now he's been placed on the fbi's top ten most wanted list. investigators say bod resh kumar patel stabbed his wife to death two years ago. it happened at the dunkin' donuts in hanover where they both worked. fbi officials say by adding patel to the top ten, they hope to bring national, even international attention to this case. >> this was an extremely violent crime. that's why it was raised to us and we presented it as one to be nominated for the top ten. you cannot understate the level of violenc

day that mrs. patel was killed. >> the fbi is offering up to $100,000 as a reward in this case. police say patel has ties to india, but they do not think he has legally left the country. in manassas this afternoon, we are learning more about a murder of a 25-year-old man yesterday outside of a restaurant. wilfredo guardado-huezo was shot and stabbed several times. police have made their first arrest and julie carey is live near the scene with the latest. jules? >> reporter: well, you can see behind me there where the flowers and cross stand, that is where wilfredo guardado-huezo was killed yesterday morning. now police have arrested the first of several suspects they are seeking, he is charged with first-degree murder. and we have new security camera video to show you that reveals this murder plot as it was unfolding. you'll see the victim completely unaware that one of the suspects is seated just ft

him at a nearby restaurant. a growing memorial for 25-year-old wilfredo guardado-huezo. family and friends called him will. this is the spot where he was ambushed early monday morning, slashed and shot just after he left a nearby restaurant. this friend, who asked that we protect our identity, says guardado-huezo's family is stunned. >> it surprises me that someone could hurt another person like that when he was such a good person. he was just having fun with his friends. >> reporter: the victim's family welcoming word that police have made an arrest. 20-year-old denis alexander sanchez was the driver of the white suv that brought the two attackers to the scene. this camera shows sanchez entering the restaurant and sitting down. guardado-huezo is just feet away at the bar, unaware of the unfolding plan to kill him. then when guardado-huezo leaves, sanchez heads to the rest

alerting the two suspects waiting outside. guardado-huezo doesn't see them when he rounds the corner of the diner next door. they attack, in just ten seconds, he's shot and stabbed and they flee. with one suspect in custody, manassas police are looking for others. this poster shows the man in the video and another person of interest. some in the community fear it's the latest gang-related killing. >> like i said, it's still too early to speculate whether it's gang-related at this time, but we're investigating all possible leads and motives. friends say he was not involved with gang activity. now this young victim's family going about the heartbreaking task of making arrangements. i'll tell you why that's going to be particularly challenging. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much, julie. the ms 13 gang is connected to a number of high profile local murders and now the

attorney general jeff sessions singled out ms 13 while he was announcing measures to target gangs. ms 13 has more than 10,000 members spread out across 40 states. sessions says lax immigration enforcement has led to their growth and promised to hunt gang members down. >> if you are a gang member, we will find you. we will devastate your networks, starve your revenue sources, deplete your ranks, and seize your profits. we will not concede a single block or a street corner to your vicious tactics. >> sessions also criticized sanctuary cities, saying they do nothing but harbor criminals, which helps violent gangs. just yesterday, the city of hyattsville voted to become a sanctuary city, despite warnings the federal government would cut its funding. >> buy american, hire american, the idea behind a new executive order that s

of hours ago by president trump. the president signed it during a visit to the snap-on tools headquarters in wisconsin. in part, the new order directs several federal agencies to crack down on fraud and abuse in guest worker programs like the h 1 b visas. the goal would be to prioritize visas for the higher-skilled, higher wage-earning foreign workers rather than the current system which is a lottery system. before he left washington, the president tried to rally voters in georgia, ahead of a special election there. it's a crowded field. 18 candidates vying for the house seat that was left open by the current health and human services secretary tom price. the race has drawn national attention as it could be an indicator of things to come for next year's mid terms. polls show

run-off. two buildings at georgetown university now stand as monuments to hundreds of human beings, the school sold in the 1800s. today's ceremony is the latest step by georgetown to atone for its slave-owning past. derrick, what are you finding out there? >> reporter: well, it's pretty much common knowledge now, at least it is known by some people, that the jesuits who run georgetown university were once slave holders. this is 1838, they sold 272 of the slaves they owned to the deep south to settle some debts at the university. today there was an official acknowledgement of that as well as an apology to the descendants of those slaves. some of them were on hand here today for the ceremony. on both sides of that apology, there's a sense that it's a good beginning, but just a beginning. they filed into the hall of an institution that once owned and sold their ancestors. on this day, they came

reason their ancestors could hardly have imagined. they were here to receive an apology. >> we pray with you today because we have greatly sinned and because we are profoundly sorry. >> reporter: these are the descendants of the georgetown 272, men, women and children, slaves told by the university in 1838. sold down the river as it was known when slaves were sent to the deep south. in this case, it was louisiana. they were told to pay off the university's creditors. they were lines in a ledger to some, beloved ancestors to others. >> isaac hawkins, his son patrick and his grandson corn yeelus, were all together on that shipment of the 272. >> reporter: some of the families knew of the connections, but for others like dr. alphonse roof, it was a revelation fraught with irony. >> i've been in d.c. since 2003 to know i've been passing

not realized the connection has been kind of a surreal moment for me. >> reporter: part of the atonement renaming two buildings on campus. one now bears the name of the first slave to appear on that bill of sale. isaac hawkins. the other, anne marie becraft hall bears the name of a pioneer in education for blacks before becoming a nun. the president of the university called this day profoundly important to the life of georgetown university. there's been talk of scholarships even an endowment to help the descendants of those slaves sold from the university here. all that is being worked out here, but today is a day of apology and atonement. we're live in georgetown university, derrick ward, news4. back to you. something that was done 200 years ago. >> we saw a beautiful day across our region, take a look at those numbers right now. in

there. 71 degrees currently. 71 hagerstown. good everywhere. ocean city, 56 degrees. a flow there, not quite beach weather just yet. satellite and radar showing our system that came through as a front, made its way south. but it's working its way back up and that could lead to showers tomorrow. also a much cooler day tomorrow, but the warmth does return. later this week, we'll talk about the increase in rain chances and a weekend wash-out. part of it anyway. see you in just about ten minutes. >> okay. there may be parts of your life that facebook has not inundated. >> what parts? >> try to go find them. guess what, facebook is going to try to change that. still ahead, what it says it will be doing in act two as it looks to the future. and first on 4:00, a major shake-up in the d.c. police department and how officers hope it's goingo

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forestville, she had no i.d. on her and doesn't match any missing person's description. this afternoon, police sent news4 a composite sketch. they're hoping someone will recognize her face. detectives say she was likely in her early 20s. she was about 5'11", and didn't have any scars, birth marks or tattoos. we also have pictures of the clothing she was wearing when she was discovered. these are her jeans, t-shirt, knit cap and socks. police say they can't get very far into their investigation until they know her name. >> we're asking anybody in the public that may know who this person is. to certainly give us a call or if anybody has information about what may have occurred to our victim, we're asking them to call as well. >> now just before 8:30 on easter sunday morning, the woman knocked on a stranger's door on spring dale avenue in a community just off

answered the door, she had collapsed. ems took her to the hospital but she died. neighbors say they were up and out early sunday morning, but no one saw her and heard anything unusual. >> we were standing out here talking. and evidently the lady was in the grass then. >> i leave 5:00 in the morning to go do a little work. i didn't see her out there. but i'm sorry that i couldn't do nothing for her. >> detectives will be out on spring dale avenue again tonight, canvassing the area and talking to neighbors, trying to get more clues about this. prince george's police were in a similar situation in january. another woman was found dead and they didn't know who she was. however, after releasing a composite sketch, the family came forward with her name. chris? >> thank you, pat. a former prince george's county council member who pled guilty to a corruption probe will b

outside the country. federal prosecutors have agreed to let will campos travel with his wife to ecuador next month. he requested this, saying that he'll be doing video work for a website while he's there so he can earn some income. he pled guilty in january to taking bribes to taking county funding for grants that are related to county liquor businesses. he's scheduled to be sentenced in august. here in the district, a panel of judges on the court of appeals are hearing arguments in a case related to cell phone privacy. this case uses a sting way, a way to track criminals' phones. it mimics cell towers, forcing phones to reveal their locations to police. right now, the officers do not need a warrant. civil rights attorneys say it could allow police to follow innocent individuals. the aclu says we should expect a decision anywhere from next month to

this is a major shake-up that will change how the district police are assigned throughout the city. tom sherwood first reported this on twitter. he now tells us the shake-up is coming as a long time assistant police chief is announcing her retirement. >> move, move! >> reporter: overall crime throughout the district is mostly down, but homicides and other violent crime are a continuing concern. mayor muriel bowser nominated pete newsham as chief last fall and he's expected to be easily confirmed by the council in early may. his anti-crime tactics will affect bowser's run for re-election next year. >> we, the police, are here to help. >> reporter: news4 has learned newsham tomorrow will announce a command shake-up, reducing the city's three regional command centers to two. they were first established by then police chief charles ramsey more than a dozen years ago.

the move will reduce levels of command bureaucracy, shift more officers towards higher crime areas of the city. >> we never consider any case just put on a shelf. >> reporter: the shake-up also comes in part because popular assistant chief diane groomes will announce her retirement wednesday. she's overseen all seven district patrol assignments. one city official said it's a job no one else could fill. groomes was in the running to become chief but lost out to newsham. she's now retiring to take over private security for the $2 billion wharf project rising on the southwest waterfront. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. council members in montgomery county unanimously approved a spending measure aimed at improving safety at jewish community centers. the council approved a plan to spend a quarter million dollars for upgrades to several facilities. that will include new video surveillance, door access controls, and reinforced windows. the moves comes after a series of bomb threats at

facilities in rockville and bethesda are expected to receive the enhancements. meanwhile, the county council approved a bill that requires healthier options in the county-owned vending machines. it will limit the amount of sugar, salt, fat and calories allowed in 50% of the machines. the change applies to vending machines that are in the county's buildings. that includes the recreational centers, the libraries, and the parks. montgomery county's public schools already have stricter vending rules in place. it's a deadly epidemic and it's having a significantly greater impact on women than it is on men. >> you're not going to do this by yourself. you need other people. >> still ahead, one woman's battle with opioid addiction. ae help she got from facility

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look who's back all tan and rested. >> yes, i know. you missed some beautiful weather up here. >> loved it. >> it was wonderful. >> i was down there in florida, and we had the high pressure off the coast here, and it brought our temperatures, 86, 89, last week. florida was chilly, a little cool, and rather windy, especially at beaches. lot of rip current issues down there. >> you should have stayed here. >> i told my wife, we need to st

better. >> yeah, florida was nice. show you what's happening out there right now, plenty of blue skies just a beautiful afternoon. a great day to start my workweek, because i was off yesterday. temperatures today looking great. currently at 71 degrees, winds out of the southeast at 8 miles an hour. those winds helping to create coolness out there at the bay. 67 degrees in annapolis, 64 towards pawtuxet river. 74 in culpeper. a nice evening. no rain, no need for the umbrella. tomorrow, most of us remain on the dry side. watch this. here's the cold front from yesterday, dropping down to the south. gave us plenty of sunshine today. works its way back up, and it does have moisture associated with it. most of the activity, fairly light. the only storms way down to the south. watch what happens, the moisture moves in, so

b early tomorrow morning, everybody's seeing the cloud cover. 7/8:00, here comes the rain. then it moves to the east of the mountains, but that's about as far as it gets. good idea if you're west of the blue ridge, take the umbrella tomorrow morning. hagerstown, towards the ray. but the rest of us, these showers dying off. don't be surprised to see sprinkles in the d.c. area. if you leave with a purse and umbrella, you'll be okay. small umbrella, no problem at paul. maybe a little bit of sun late tomorrow afternoon, but tomorrow will be a cloudy day and it's going to be a lot cooler of a day today too. look at the reston camera. beautiful shot here, looking over the dulles toll road. plenty of blue skies. tomorrow in the 60s. 63 for a high. plenty of cloud. early showers to the west and seasonably cool, average high of 68. we'll be below average tomorrow with a northeasterly wind. what about the cars?

the car wash tomorrow, don't go, not bad or get it done. i'd say get it done. even with the clouds, going to be a good time for it. good to get that pollen off those cars as well. good time to do it next couple days. couple of rain chances out there, but the real pollen help comes late saturday into sunday, the best chance for rain. thursday and friday, high temperatures around 80. more cloud cover late thursday into friday. chance of a shower or two both days thursday and friday. some of the rain on sunday, especially early, could be quite heavy. look at that, only 56 for a high on sunday too. so not the best day on sunday. next week, though, looking better. tom kierein has the latest on the pollen at 5:45. i'm darcy spencer in anne arundel county. more and more women are overdosing on heroin and opiates. coming up, i'm going to show you a facility where women can come to get treatment and bring their children.

over. the suspect in the facebook murder takes his own life. >> we have the latest on the case and why the victim's family feels they're being taken advantage of on another social media platform.

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you're watching news4 at 5:00. now at 5:30, a sobering statistic, the number of women battling heroin and painkiller addiction has risen dramatically in recent years, and with that, so have the number of women dying from overdoses. it's up 151%. now at 5:30, how drug use impacts women differently from men and the story of how one woman struggling from heroin addiction found help locally. news4 darcy spencer reports. >> i'm 30 and i have absolutely nothing to show for it. >> reporter: robin says she's been addicted to drugs for half her life, starting with painkillers which she says other family members were using.

then she graduated to heroin. >> it's very easy to get, but because it's so common, you know, no one's scared. >> reporter: after getting locked up, she got a chance to go through drug court, to chrysalis house in anne arundel county, a residential treatment program for women with and their children. she brought her 2-year-old with her. >> one of your fears is losing, that they might -- >> reporter: when she completed the program, she went home and relapsed. >> it took maybe three or four months before i started using again. >> reporter: and chrysalis house just took her back. the facility serves women across the state of maryland struggling with severe addiction and alcoholism. the number of women who are dying from painkiller and heroin overdoses is rising across the country. according to the centers for disease control, between 1999 and 2010, drug overdose deaths increased more than five-fold among women.

front line of the opioid crisis in maryland. >> reporter: the facility is fielding dozens of calls a day from women looking for help. they provide treatment, counselling, job skills, and parent development. according to the cdc, women are more likely to be prescribed painkillers and may become dependent more quickly than men. robin says chrysalis house is the only place she wanted to go for treatment. >> don't be scared to ask for help. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'm going to introduce you to a woman who was amouddic to crack cocaine and heroin. she not only overcame that addiction, she's now the program director at chrysalis house. in anne arundel county, darcy spencer, news4. well, if you have our nbc washington app, you just learned that we have breaking news on metro. you may want to text your friends and family members. we have some major problems on the red line

smoke has been reported in the tunnel near the gallery place chinatown station. right now, metro is single tracking in both directions between farragut north and judiciary square. so you can expect major delays during the evening commute. minority entrepreneurs had a chance to learn about building and expanding their businesses today at the convention center. the greater washington chamber of commerce hosting its eighth annual minority business expo. it included unetworking and panels on certification trade and social media. nbc4 is happy to be a proud partner. erika gonzalez had the pleasure of emceeing an executive luncheon at today's expo. across town a new innovation incubator is open for business. this is a look inside the new inclusive incubator known as n in-3, the country's first

co--working incubator. in-3 says its supporters, entrepreneurs, businesses from underrepresented communities that provide services or products to under-served communities. the new in-3 lab is on the edge of howard university's campus. is it time to panic yet? probably not, but don't tell that to some caps' fans after last night's loss. and look, if it's hard to watch at home, imagine being there on the ice. sherree burruss has more on how the players are handling the stress of three straight overtimes. >> great views atop the cn tour here in toronto. and maple leaf fans probably feeling this high after last night's overtime win. the capitals, trying to keep emotions out after playing three overtime games and losing the last two. >> the ups and downs, guys are pros. we got veterans around. that's why today you kinda get the option from the coach, do whatever you gotta do to get

that's part of the playoffs, part of playing in a passionate hockey town, in toronto. and we can use that energy in our corner and hopefully go out and like i said, big, big game tomorrow and we work all season long for that and we gotta get the job done. >> doesn't matter how long it takes to win a game, you go the distance. you have to make sure you're ready for it. we're certainly not drained by it physically. we still have a lot of energy in us. we have to stick with it. >> i think they're fine. they're reacting as true pros. they realize that a bounce here, a bounce there, the series could be in our favor. but it hasn't gone that way. so sort of the mental toughness. this team is pretty mentally tough, and mental toughness is a daily act. >> trotz confident his team won't let game three affect game 4.

sherree burruss, news4 sports. >> remember, they win game four, it's knotted up, two apiece. the caps and maple leafs face off tomorrow at 7:00. it was 75 years ago today that america launched its first air strike on the japanese mainland during world war ii. it was called the do-little raid and it came months after the attack on pearl harbor. it helped increase morale? the unit -- in the united states. today veterans and their families remembered the pilots that were lost by visiting the world war ii memorial. >> winston churchill used a phrase succeeding jenggeneratio must not be allowed to forget what this generation did for us. >> this was the first time that bombers launched from an aircraft carrier. pokemon

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there's a new program that will be tested, that will allow ailing veterans to use federal health care benefits outside of a v.a. hospital. the pilot program seeks to reduce the wait times by allowing vets to use the cvs for minor illnesses and injuries. right now the program is starting in the phoenix area, and if successful, it will be expanded across the country. the effort comes three years after a scandal that involved long, long wait times at the v.a. health centers. some veterans died while waiting for appointments to be seen. facebook has been squarely in the spotlight this week, primarily for its connection to the nationwide manhunt for steve stephen stephens. in the shadow of sunday's fatal shooting in cleveland, they opened its

>> our hearts go out to the family and friends of robert godwin sr. >> reporter: as he opened facebook's annual conference for developers, ceo mark zuckerburg briefly addressed the video that was placed for two hours before being removed. >> we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening. >> reporter: the comments game before they introduced new tools for developers, including an augmented reality. >> the journey to the future of augmented reality is just 1% finished. >> reporter: also new is facebook spaces. which when used with ok lift rift and touch, creates personal af tars that can interact in a virtual 3d space. >> a magical feeling of presence. the sense that we're really together, even when we're apart. facebook's messenger is also

chat directly with companies that use the app. >> you all of a sudden have direct access to active customers which is incredibly exciting. >> reporter: but that excitement is tempered by an old challenge, removing disturbing content that post to the social media site. we're getting down to the wire. the tax deadline coming up. susan hogan joins us with four things you need to know even if you're not in the group of last-minute filers. first, she was shot and killed and his death recorded to facebook. now his family says he's being

the trial for a man charged with killing a prince william county police officer is being delayed for nearly a year. ronald hamilton is accused of shooting his wife and then turning his weapon on responding officers, killing ashley gindon in her first day in the field. hamilton's trial is set to begin next month, and his attorneys got the judge's permission to hire a neuro psychologist to examine hamilton. his lawyers say because the prosecution intends to seek the death penalty, they need to find out if he has any cognitive brain impairment and if he does, they could use that to convince jurors not to give him the death penalty if convicted. the new trial date will be next march. he's dead. the manhunt for a man accused of gunning down a stranger on facebook

they say he took his own life. >> we're grateful this has ended. we would prefer that it had not ended this way, because there are a lot of questions, i'm sure that not only the family but the city in general would have had for steve as to why this transpired. >> and at a conference today, facebook's founder said they have a lot of work to do and they'll keep working to prevent tragedies like this one from happening again. and the victim in that case was a 74-year-old man who was shot and killed as he took a walk on easter sunday. now we're hearing about unauthorized pages that have been set up to profit from this tragedy, claiming to be raising funds for the family of roger godwin. gofundme shut down six different pages claiming to be raising funds for the godwin family. there's one legitimate page out there. that one has already raised more than $75,000 toward a $20,000 goal in just

gofundme tells us this type of scam in the wake of tragedies, unfortunately, it is rare. they have a system that flags some of the campaigns that are considered high-risk like the death of a first responder. and we're told there are no recent cases here in our area. we posted a number of tips so that you can be better informed before you donate to a site in our nbc washington app. in there, you'll also find a link to the genuine page for the godwin family. just search gofundme. lady gaga and the royal family teaming up to raise awareness about mental health issues. >> hello prince william. >> hello, lady gaga. >> this video shows the popstar with prince william chatting on face time about the benefits of speaking up. the prince wanted to reach out to the singer and thank her for being so candid in talking about her own struggles. >> it's okay to have this conversation. it's really important to have this conversation and you won't be judged. it's very impor

>> it can make a huge difference. i feel like we are not hiding anymore. we're starting to talk. and that's what we need to do, really. >> absolutely. >> reporter: this video comes one day after prince william's brother prince harry, spoke about going to counselling as he struggled for 20 years with grief after their mother, princess diana, died. the brothers are now helping to run a charity that's called heads together with the mission of breaking down the stigma that surrounds mental illness. >> getting it out of the shadows. at least for the next six howards, it hours, it's tax day. if you're just starting to do it, you're not alone. >> wow. the irs estimates 12 million people will file this week. susan hogan is here with what you need to know if you are one of them. >> so for the record, i'm all set. but today my daughter, i did file her taxes for her today. >> your daught

>> for her little coffee shop thing and her waitress job. but yes, today is the day your procrastination has to end at midnight tonight. you enter your w 2 and other documents into your tax prep software and that refund you were banking on for vacation is now in the taxes due column. here are four things you need to know. first and foremost, file. not filing just makes everything worse. and there are consequences like tax penalties, big ones. find the cash to pay in full. that way, you only pay what you owe, no more. if that means only paying the minimum due on your credit cards this month, so be it, let that happen. if you can't do that and you owe less than $10,000, consider the irs's installment plan. the fees are usually less than a credit card. if you need to use a credit card or take out a loan to pay your taxes, compare the fees and look

going to cost you. and lastly, get ahead of next year's tax bill. check your w-4 at work. if your income is relatively stable, it makes sense to increase your withholding. if you have questions about filing your taxes tonight, you can call the irs tax helpline. they're going 24/7 right now. we have posted that contact information right now for you on the nbc washington app. search tax help. >> and a lot of people say i'll just file an extension. no. >> good luck with that. you can, absolutely. but if you owe money, that money is still due. you can't file an extension to pay off later. if you owe, you gotta pay it. you gota at least make the attempt. you gotta give the irs something, and you gotta file the attention only to prolong the return, not what you owe. >> it doesn't have to be exactly to the penny, but you have to give them the ballpark. >> you have to give them something, they want something. >> got it, susan. this will cheer you up, it's a mythical beast

abilities and for a limited time unicorns will be a real thing at starbucks. >> i'm already waiting for it to pop up on my starbucks app. the newest drink is called a unicorn frappuccino. what the heck does a unicorn taste like? >> anything you want. >> that's right. it's mythical. according to starbucks, the beverage will be sweet and fruity, but give it a stir and it changing from blue to pink and the flavor evolves from tangy and tart. the unicorn frappuccino will only be available from tomorrow through sunday. >> because you know you need some sprinkles in your life. you know. we need some sprinkles here in the -- in our weather from the sky. we need real sprinkles, not imagine unicorn sprinkles. >> maybe you'll see unicorns after you drink it. >> wouldn't that be nice? >> i think there might be something else in that if you're

up, a lot of co-workers, maybe a lot of people you know are really feeling this pollen. yeah, we could use some pollen-washing rain, and i do have some hope for you in the foreseeable future. but right now, we are dealing with a new fresh coating of pollen. there's the capital camera overlooking national harbor. we have a beautiful afternoon, other than the pollen that has been building and you can see all the trees there, all green at northwest washington, and what to wear tomorrow, you'll need a jacket in the morning, rather cool and we'll have a fairly cool afternoon. you'll need long sleeves tomorrow afternoon, but no sunglasses. lot of clouds and have the umbrella ready if you live west of the 95 corridor. temperatures are in the low 70s, near 70 in washington. breeze off the bay, cooler there. in the 60s there now. so your planner for tonight, if you're going out this evening, a beautiful evening, get some yard work done and maybe even get in a run. we b

p.m. 11:00 p.m., near 60. rather cool tomorrow morning, near 50 in the rural areas and right downtown, low to mid 50s and then during the latter part of the morning, some sprinkles may start to develop west of the 95 corridor. be in the low 60s by then. for the commute tomorrow, we'll be dry and for the early part of the commute, but maybe for noontime, maybe a few sprinkles, especially west of the 95 corridors. temperatures in the mid 60s throughout much of the region, low 60s, especially north and east of us. right now, all dry. a few rain showers way down here in southwestern virginia and by 6:00 a.m., some of them may make their way into the panhandle of west virginia. 7:00 a.m., that area in color, that's some light rain into the shenandoah valley. by 9 to 10:00 a.m., starts to cross the blue ridge and head east into north american virginia. by 11:00, it starts to dissipate and breaking up. and clouds lingering into the afternoon. maybun

we have some gorgeous spring color. love these tulips at burnside farms in haymarket. and as we take a look at the next ten days, we'll have it warm and summer-like on thursday and friday. maybe an afternoon sprinkle or shower on thursday. greater chance of sprinkles friday. saturday afternoon and into sunday, that's when we'll get the pollen-washing rain. highs may only be in the 50s then we bounce back with dry weather returning next week. >> >> nothing good ever comes when it you start a sentence with, it seemed like a good idea at the time. >> yeah. couple of thrill seekers turned a table into a make shift raft. very bad idea. then they compounded the bad idea by then going on water. so the valuable lesson learned from their adventure. >> oh, boy. all new at 6:00, a local

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wendy and i were laughing about this one. it was supposed to be an exciting weekend out on the lake for a couple of adventure seekers in utah. >> what could go wrong? you take a table and you turn it into a boat. well, it did turn into an emergency because that boat, that table boat went under. nicole vow has a look at the adventure that turned into a

teachable moment. >> it's the season right now where it warms up like this, it gets good. >> reporter: it's that time of year. >> i can keep track of them. >> reporter: a time of year ron harris and many others look forward to. >> a lot of people do sail boating here. >> reporter: for 30 years. >> i lose a lot like that. >> reporter: harris has seen a lot from his fishing hole. >> surprised there's not people going out now. >> reporter: boats like this and like that. >> there's a sail boat. >> reporter: but never. >> that's more expensive. >> there's a hole in our tube. >> we had one kitchen table. >> reporter: levi and landon conjured it up. >> it worked really well. >> reporter: a creation that came with -- some character. >> a pirate life for

>> reporte >> probably the first pirates ever on utah lake. >> reporter: that's right, pirates. and for the most part, it was smooth sailing. until -- >> until the fateful moment that it didn't work. >> oh! >> reporter: captain landon and his first mate. >> it's a little cold, man. >> it was cold enough that we got mildly hypothermic. >> but we made it, thanks to josh and scott. >> reporter: a voyage of two thrill-seekers that ends with a cautionary tale. >> yeah, yeah, it was dangerous, and that's something that we learned. maybe not with a table, but the sail worked good. i think we'll explore that option. definitely taking more than one life jacket. >> they must have thought they were huk fin or something. kids these days. news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> we're following two breaking stories. first, major problems on the red line downtown. overcrowding is so bad, metro's telling you to avoid the red

this started about an hour ago when smoke was reported in the tunnel near the gallery place chinatown station. >> metro is single tracking between farragut north and judiciary square. we're seeing major delays and overcrowding because of that. also breaking at this hour, we have just learned that former president george h.w. bush is back in the hospital this evening. >> his spokesperson just said the 41st president was admitted to houston methodist hospital on friday for a persistent cough. he had a mild case of pneumonia which was treated and has been resolved. he and wife barbara bush were hospitalized for several days in january for pneumonia. former president bush, 92 years old. back here in washington, a tragic accident on the grounds of the capitol today. >> a maintenance worker there was killed when a large tree branch came down and fell on him. it happened this morning along independence avenue, and tonight, we're learning more ab