perez fa . while trying to avoid a government shutdown. >> tensions escalate as north korea threatens to sink a aircraft carrier warned of a possible nuclear strikes and detans a third american. >> sunday's french elections are having a big impact on stock markets around the globe right now. >> a firefighter came to the rescue after a 4-year-old fell off the back of a bus. and he too have been bugged. >> great being back with you. >> we have a lot to get to this we

government headed for a shutdown on the eve of his first 100 days in office. trump hits that mark on saturday but calls it an artificial barrier and not very meaningful. a different kind of presidency he says. the looming government shutdown is five days away and the p persistence to get the wall funded could complicate matters. he wants the government to bank roll a wall saying at a later date mexico will be paying in some form. >> we don't think there's a structural reason the house and the senate can't do both things by tend of the week. if we can have an agreement on keeping the government open that can be done this week. and if the house can vote this week in health care they can do that as well. >> as of this morning white house chief of staff seems to be back pedaling. >> i think that as long as the president's priorities are adequately reflected in the cr and allows us to get moving

an increase in military spending and rebuilding of our military as he promised in one of your bullet points and there's enough as far as flex blability we'll okay with that. >> they're not getting help from democrats who are putting it on the gop. >> republican have the votes in the house and the senate and the white house to keep the government open. the burden to keep it open is on the republicans. the wall is immorale, expensive, unwise. >> the government shutdown would deliver a major political blow for this president as his approves have hit historic lows. mr. trump at the lowest point of any president at this point in their time in office with 40% approving of his job and 55% of americans disapproving. now 40% approval is lower than all three previous presidents

positive, his marks on the economy in comparison to foreign policy. we're joined by tracy potts. the white house has a jam packed schedule ahead of the 100 day mark. tell us what is in store. >> starting out today the president meets with the un security council and then tomorrow a focus on agriculture, round table with farmers as the new ag secretary is sworn in. wednesday that's going to be a big day because the white house rolls out it's tax reform plan. not legislation yet but the outline of what they want to do plus a briefing on north korea that day. on thursday the president of argentina comes in. on friday an executive order on energy and forum with the nra and finally, saturday, the big day, the 100th day the president will be at a rally interestingly during the white house correspondence dinner that he has declined to attend. do people still support president trump? wh

ratings in our poll 40% for this time in office, the abc washington post poll shows that 96, almost all the people that voted for president trump say they would do it again. so it's mixed reviews coming in from the public as he heads into this 100th day with a very busy week. >> certainly a lot to watch. tracy potts for us in washington. thank you. >> a very busy time for the white house for sure. now to more complications and escalating tensions between the u.s. and north korea. north korea threatened to sink a u.s. aircraft carrier which the trump administration is headed for the region. this as a u.s. citizen and former university professor has been detained for reasons unknown. kelly reports from seoul, south korea. >> well the u.s.s. carl vincent headed for the korean peninsula

he is identified as tony kim. in his 50s. a former professor doing aid work in north korea for a month. arrested at pyongyang expert as he he was leaving the country. the third american now held by the regime. ohio college student is serving 15 years for trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir and korean american business man serving 10 years accused of spying. all bargaining chips says former governor bill richardson that helped win the release of prisoners before. >> they always want something in return from the united states. a high level visit or humanitarian assistance. >> but north korea doesn't seem in the mood for talking. they threatened to sink an aircraft carrier. warned australia that support for the u.s. would be a suicidal act and threatened attack on the

korea's nuclear test site show activity but shed no light on the regime's plans. >> this morning global stock markets are jumping on new details from the french presidential elections. the field has just been narrowed down to two candidates. the this is the first time in french history no mainstream candidate will be in the run off election. it's scheduled for two weeks from now. tammie is in london and joins us. how are people reacting to these results? >> good morning, francis. we have two very different candidates that shows how divided france is. voters snub the political establishment. neither candidate represents a mainstream party and that's never happened in the country's modern history. now far right populist and him will face-off may 7th in the final round of the presidential election.

but he is a political novis. he ran a grass roots campaign and had no support from a political party. he has a idea of a united europe. le pen ran on a french first platform which means it calls for closed borders, less immigration and tougher security. sunday's first round of elections were held under very tight security after a terror attack in paris thursday night. guys this is remaking the country's political landscape and setting up a show down over it's participation in the european union. >> certainly a lot to watch. tammy, thank you. at this moment, starting to remove the first of four confederate monuments. police officers surround the liberty place monument this morning. at least one pro monument group

the city to keep it standing. they want tolerance for all historic monuments. they protested the statues last year and in march the city won a legal battle to remove them. the full time line has not been released due to safety concerns. >> former president bill clinton taking a jab at president trump over his claims that trump tower was bugged during the election. clinton tweeted this picture outside of his presidential library in little rock with a caption we just learned that the clinton center has been bugged. we'll hear from bill o'reilly for the first time since leaving fox news. tonight he'll appear on his podcast which is available to previous subscribers of his website. >> they're recalling hash browns because they have pieces of golf balls inside of them. the balls were inadvertently harvested with the potatoes and chopped up. go to our facebook page at

early today. >> interesting. check out this. millions of tulips bursting into bloom in washington state. it's all part of color in the tulip festival north of seattle celebrating it's 34th year and quite a sight indeed. >> let's check in with details on potential flash flooding ahead. >> 16 million people at risk of the flash flooding. a slow moving storm dragging a ton of moisture off the atlantic. very heavy rain in charlotte pushing slowly to the east. the area of greatest risk is where the slow moving storms are forming here. this area of south carolina myrtle beach, raleigh durham area, they could pick up 3 inches. especially the small streams. now here's your local forecast. as we continue

southeast with a flow of a storm the temperature 57. behind it we'll try out nicely in georgia, alabama, mississippi, the rain will move to the north today. carry that umbrella today in richmond and washington d.c. this storm is going to head up the east coast for the northeast on tuesday. more details on that coming up. >> more rain. don't you love it. >> springtime. >> thank you, bill. fans of the movie the martian can get the real life experience. the desert where it was filmed was set up with tents where they can take a tour. they have been consistent. that's a cool experience there. >> really cool. still ahead, the outpouring from her happy days castmates continues for erin moran. a child falls out of a school bus but a hero firefighter arrives just in time.

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one little girl took a terrifying tumble in the back of the bus. watch that section you'll see her. a volunteer firefighter saw the whole thing and came to the rescue. he moved the girl away from traffic and off the hot pavement. she was unconscious but came around. the bus driver came around 15 minutes later after realizing what happened. the girl's parents said she will need surgery for a broken jaw but she is expected to make a full recovery. >> that's terrifying to see. the number of incidents in the u.s. skyrocketed in the first three months of the year. that's according to the new report that shows there's aan 86% up tick compared to the same last year. they recorded 6 physical assaults, 155 vandalism and 380 harassment incidents. president trump says antisemitism should be defeated. he is

national day of remembrance on tuesday. >> tributes continue to pour in for erin moran that plays joanie cunningham on happy days. she was found dead at the age of 56. she had been living in a trailer in indiana and here's her tv mom reacting to her death. >> she was the quickest, fastest little kid. wonderful. it breaks my heart. >> and then henry winkler tweeted now you will finally have the peace you wanted so badly here on earth. >> from scott bao may people remember erin for his peaceful fun loving heart and an animal loving show. >> i'll choose to remember you making scenes better and getting laughs and lighting up the tv screen. >> just ahead today get ready for the return of barrack obama plus can y

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now on "news 4 today," it was the scene of a horrific crime. within a matter of hours the home where a prominent family and housekeeper were murdered will be gone. averting a government shutdown. what must happen this week in order to keep the nation running. it is a big pass for a much expected traffic ramp. "news 4 today" starts now. score! marcus johansson pushes the caps through to round two. >> all right! first a major overtime win for the washington capitals. they did,

maple leafs last night in toronto. now it's on to round two of the playoffs. >> carol maloney will have a look at the win. what's next for the caps. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> we got past first round. that's huge! i'm eun yang. melissa will show us what the morning traffic is. >> sprinkles this morning, too, as we were coming in. >> nothing heavy yet but, boy, i wouldn't stray too far from that umbrella. >> have the umbrella around today and also tomorrow. make sure you have the raincoat, too. here's a look at the radar. we have the sprinkles in the district. down 81. we've been seeing rain. also down towards fredericksburg. if we zoom in here, you know it's more moderate rain. what you see around fredericksburg, that's going to keep you moving northp

we have wet roads this morning for the commute. big area of low pressure as we zoom out. look at all of this rain. we have a lot of moisture that's going to move in for the rest of today and tomorrow to take a closer look at that. >> good morning. it's, indeed, a very cloudy and cool stretch. a continuation of the kind of weather we had. don't expect much in the way of temperatures. we're in the upper 40s and low 50s. with all of the clouds and the increasing chances for rain coming in, temperatures will be hard to budge, not just for today but even tomorrow, too. so in the upper 40s to around 50 here this morning. showery weather turning into a steadier rain by later on this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. probably going to be hovering into the 50s today and tomorrow. is there big time warm weather coming our way for the end of the week. that will keep melissa super happy. >> that's all you have to worry about

inner loop at little river turnpike, three lanes blocked. this screen is showing us where we'll have the moisture falling. 66 and 95 at this point in the morning. otherwise, clear on 66 and 95. taking a look at 270 northbound, southbound everything moving along just fine. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. this morning, d.c. police investigating a bizarre crime in the palisades neighborhood. yesterday afternoon a man stopped at a gas station on the garfield boulevard. a suspect approached him, snatched something off the shoulder and hopped into the man's bmw. he crashed the car and went down the embankment. the gas station attendant said it all happened so fast. >> he had a lot of money when he came in the station. evidently that was put in the car at some point

stolen with a suitcase. >> now the police report isn't clear about what exactly was taken, but the 24-year-old suspect from pennsylvania was charged with robbery. police were reportedly searching the area with a man who ran off with a bunch of cash after the crash. right now police in the district are searching for this young woman. her name is tyonna jackson. she's 13. she was seen on savannah terrace. you've probably seen these missing teen cases shared on facebook. one post in particular went viral last month. it had a lot of inaccurate information this week. all this week we're taking a tough look at the city plan to keep our kids home. 4:30 your time now. president trump marks his first 100 days in office on saturday. today though foreign matters will be at the top of his agenda. he's expected to speak with german chancellor angela