now on midday the clock is ticking for congress to pass a budget to avoid a government shutdown. >> lawmakers saying they're heading in the right direction. a man lost his life in an early morning fire at this condo unit. i just spoke with the neighbor who said she heard the fire alarms and called 911. and we have rain on the radar, even more rain on the way as we go through the day. news 4 midday starts now. thank you for joining us this morning. i'm aaron

>> and i'm melissa mola. we'll see the sun as we go through part of your day tomorrow. quite a bit shower activity on it currently. you see the green, where we have the lighter rain. we're looking down 95 toward fredericsburg. the yellow, more moderate rainfall. mostly the light rain in parts of virginia and loudon county, and across 66. if you take a wider view, lot of this moisture coming in from the atlantic. as we go through the rest of the day today you can expect the showers to stay in the forecast. 2:00 p.m., pretty widespread rain around 5:00. some of this could start to tapper off. overall a chilly day. summerlike temperatures straight ahead. the apartment fire where a man was found dead in prince

we're live at the scene on sherbrook circle. >> yes, there are many questions still unanswered about what happened in unit 202 here this morning. now, a resident who lived just below told me a few moments ago that an investigator asked him if he heard gun shots last night. and we have found blood stains in the hallway here and on the steps leading out. that resident told me he didn't hear gunshots, only the fire alarm. at first glance, it doesn't look like a fire broke out inside the second floor unit at these condos in lake ridge. this woman said she heard the fire alarm sound. >> at 1:00 in the morning we heard a fire alarm go off and everybody on my level came out to see what was going on and we

pretty quick. they were able to recognize the fire and get things going. >> reporter: she didn't see the fire but smelled smoke in the ha hallway. a man found unconscious inside. katie moved in here a couple months ago. she didn't know the man. >> my prayers are with the family. >> reporter: fire investigators look for clues in this death investigation and fire coming through every piece of evidence and gather what they can with the ck-9 units. >> we saw the police officer leave here just before we came on the air here and at this point, all they're saying is this a death investigation. the victim has been taken to the medical examiner's office, once his identity is confirmed, the next of kin notified they'll release his name.

>> thank you, molette. firefighters are still on the scene at the fire in college park. more on what's next for the response and the investigation. >> reporter: the fire response continues here at the 427 development. firefighters continuing to douse hot spots and potential flare-up points from above. and they've been doing that throughout the overnight and into the morning. the response now entering a second day on the ground. perhaps you can see, heavily scorched wood framing. we're told that's part of a potential problem here, all the water damage, fire damage, this largely wood interior puts this building at risk of a potential collapse. throughout the morning, we have seen the firefighters do outside site surveys and pointing o

building here set to open at some point this summer. but fire officials saying this is on track to be one of their largest fire responses in county history. the damage here closing in to $40 million. now, down here on the scene, this area where the development continues to be closed this morning as fire crews continue to assess and knock out potential hot spots here at this development. we know in the immediate area there were some evacuations but many of those people have returned to their homes. no major injuries to report. inspectors will be here to continue their investigation into the cause of this fire. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> all right, thanks, justin. while

there was a drone. now this man was charged with flying into restricted air space. he flew his drone into the flight of a police helicopter. fortunately the pilot was able to avoid the drone and no one was hurt. this electrical fire in ft. washington was an accident. sunday morning at the glen rock landing apartments. no one was seriously hurt here. . but 30 people lost their homes. the prince george's county fire department said there's about $250,000 in damages here. he's accused of going on a dangerous shooting spree in maryland last year, today he's expected to plead guilty. the state says that was before he killed two others at a mall and a grocery store in montgomery county.

first-degree murder there. lawmakers could be getting closer to avoiding a government shutdown. it comes after president trump appears to be backing away from his demand of money for the border wall news 4's tracey potts has the details. >> reporter: a white house official tells nbc that president trump will drop his demand for $1 billion now to build a border wall with mexico and deal with that during the regular budget process this fall to prevent a government shutdown friday. >> we feel very confident that the government isn't going to shut down. >> reporter: democrats oppose the wall and key republicans are skeptical. >> at 2200 mile wall doesn't make a lot of sense. >> reporter: with no down payment on the wall president trump approaches his 100th day without a big win. the white house is turning to plan b, health care, although final action is

plus a major announcement on tax reform tomorrow. analysis cysts said that president trump is e treating it like a reality show. his approval rating 40%. a record low this early in the presidency. that came from our nbc wall street journal poll which also showed the president still has a strong base of support. tracey potts, nbc news, washington. >> that poll looks at several can key issues facing the country right now. starting with health care, half of americans said they have little or no confidence that gop efforts to repeal the affordable care act would be better. still 47% believe the law

that it should be totally eliminated. now, there are two other issues we want to look at in this poll on immigration, 60% think that u.s. immigration helps more than it hurts. 60% on the economy say they're satisfy. the poll has an overall margin of error plus/nigh news 2%. the secretary of education is wrapping up a visit to prince william county. betsy devos toured ash land schools. former president george h.w. bush could leave a houston hospital by the end of the week. he was diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia. spokesperson for the former president said he's in good spirits and resting comfortably. honor and glory, peace and harmony, those aren't

names of the eaglets at the nati national arboretum. stars and stripes and potomac are on other options being considered for their names. >> their parents, president and first lady. i want names. >> fred and margaret. >> yes. marge. >> as summer approaches it's a question that a lot of people will ask, how clean is the pool i'm getting ready to jump in. >> we're uncovering the dirty trh of what'sut

pool season is just about here. but before you dive in, a new study out of canada confirms what some would confirm their worst firms. the test kits to check it out -- >> reporter: it's almost pool time. fun for kids. and adults, too. but do you know what's really lurking underneath? reer is eveners in canada researching 130 hot tubs and pools

before you go judging check out olympian michael phelps talking to the wall street journal. >> i think everybody pees in the pool. >> reporter: what about that pool on your next vacation? to find out i'm going undercover. hitting the water park. what's in this water? pools. all right, pools and hot tubs. everyone wants a hot tub. taking samples and sending them off to a certified lab. let's start with the obvious. oh, it's the kiddie pool. keep my fingers crossed and i hope the kids kept their legislation crossed. they didn't. testing positive for ure a key component of urine. how about the wave park. got it. not any better.

how about hotel pools? most adults here. another pool, another sample. nope, we try another hotel pool. and another. all three have pee. we share our results with nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres. i always thought that chlorine kills it. >> this is my horrified face. obviously this is gross. any real health risk and there are. when that urine mixes with chlorine it can create two chemicals that can irritate your eyes. >> reporter: hold on, we have one big category left -- hot tubs. notorious

germs and bacteria. but we never tested for pee before. everyone loves the hot tub. bad news, we test two hot tubs and both have urine. in the end, from the water park to the hot tubs and pools we tested only one -- yes just one -- came back pee free. what are we supposed to do? >> the main thing is, don't pee in the pool. tell your family and friends, don't pee in the pool. >> don't pee in the pool. it's that simple. according to a recent study, 64% of americans say they do pee in the pool. >> all right, montgomery county officials are reaching out to parents to warn about a popular new s

we're talking about "13 reasons why it's a show about teen suicide. the show has a lot of people talking including middle schoolers some schools sent letters home to parents to warn them about it. >> do you think it encourages kids like yourself to do something like it. >> it could. >> reporter: the letters were sent home because they want to be proactive. for four years, we have dedicated to changing minds initiative and focus on mental health. we have resources about suicide prevention on our website. the man accused of kidnapping his former student in tennessee will be taken back to that state in couple of weeks. yesterday, tad cummins enter no plea in a sacramento courtroom. last week, they were found in a small california town. ur

taking out a loan and making plans to escape to mexico. she's now back at home with her family. lot of conflicting information about what happened when a man was pulled off a united airplanes flight in chicago. one said that dr. david dao physically responded, a separate report by chicago police said he folded his arms and refused to move. we're also hearing the call that sent those officers on to the plane. >> i have request for police to charlie 3. two passengers are refusing to get off the aircraft when instructed by the agent and also supervisor. >> one officer described dragging the doctor off the plane as minimal but necessary force. in an interview, the

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november. dale junior has been a part of more than 600 races throughout his entire career. he has 26 career cup victories. he also won the daytona 500 twice. more recently he dealt with several concussion issues. well if you're a wizards fan you know tomorrow is big. the team lost all of its momentum against the atlanta hawks. otherwise, they'll have to go on the road with the whole season on the line. tomorrow's game is at 6:00 p.m. with the series tied 2-2. follow-up on a story we brought you yesterday about a pet bird reunion. one that is magical. i read that wrong. it belongs to a magician. this is edgar, known as dr. magic. he has a pet

accidentally he left that bird on a branch after playing soccer. a police officer saw the bird and was able to whistle it down. >> i walked up to the tree starting talking to the bird and to my surprise it climbed down out of the tree and walked up to me. >> sonny was returned. from now on when he disappears his owner hopes it will only be magic. >> keep an eye on that bird. >> the bird is in heaven. how about the weather? >> not a lot of birds flying in this weather. it's wet outside. i love this show. we do have a lot of rain in the

you're going to keep the umbrella around this afternoon. a big area of low pressure. take a look at the map, down to the south, it's spinning. lot of heavy rain in parts of north carolina earlier today and that rain continues to move into our area, now, we're finally seeing the northern edge of this rain moving in. it's moving in pretty quickly. the rain bands surrounding that big area of low pressure. the yellow shows you some of that heavier showers just to the west of quantico. leesburg, approaching 81. future weather here, by 1:30 the waves of rain continuing. periods of rain as we go through the afternoon. still showers around for the evening drive. a chance of shower earlier tomorrow morning.

this afternoon, temperatures, again, around 60. a dog is probably not going to like the weather for this afternoon. tomorrow, the pets will, 74 for a high temperature tomorrow. look at thursday and friday, mid-80s. the weekend, we're looking at 90 degrees for a high. the full ten-day is coming up. many adults turn to so-called comfort foods when they get upset. >> when we return, we'll tell you let's go, she's a dog. [ whimpers ] find ping-pong. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. that's amazing!

you're watching news 4 midday. a live look at the white house now where later today president trump will sign a new executive order, it will create a new task force headed by the newly confirmed agriculture secretary. ways to promote and improve ing a ry

the country. right now, we're expecting the president to speak at any moment at the capitol to remember victims of the holocaust. during that ceremony, six candles are lit by a holocaust survivor. you're looking at some live pictures where the president is taking the podium about to speak in the rotunda this morning. this gathering also recognizes american troops who liberated the nazi concentration camps. tensions are rising on the korean peninsula. more american ships are moving in. how the world leaders are respond i responding. >> reporter: a subdued celebration in pyongyang on the anniversary of the north korean army. so far no sign of the military leader.

a massive scale, according to a south korean military officials. u.s. officials tells nbc news that it will arrive off the waters of the korean peninsula today. the uss michigan called into port this morning. a routine stop the navy said and not part of a military buildup. u.s. military defense believe north korea is gearing up for a show of force today or tomorrow. the most brutal punishment in the sky and land as well as sea without any warning if the u.s. launches a preemptive strike. in tokyo, negotiations from the u.s., japan and south korea met to talk strategy. president trump called on the united nation as security council to impose more sanctions. >> it's a problem we have

finally solve. >> reporter: this morning, still no word on american tony kim detained over the weekend at pyongyang airport. >> so far we haven't gained access to the individual in question. >> reporter: and still no explanation from the regime and the u.s. not letting up on the pressure. those military exercises with allies will continue tomorrow and secretary of state rex tillerson is due to chair a special meeting at the united nations friday. >> in news for your health, it turns out offering a cookie or a piece of candy to your child when they're upset could lead to unhealthy eating habits. emotional eating increases the risk of obesity and is linked to eating disorders.

cost a lot of money when it comes to insulin. the price has shot up over 1,000%. we explain the desperate measures some families are taking to get that medicine. >> reporter: 10-year-old is a type i diabetic whose life depends on insulin. >> i don't like putting needles in my body. >> reporter: but the soaring cost has forced her parents to go underground to get the drug through a secret facebook group. >> there are at least 20 pages. >> what are they posting? >> she has stuff to trade. >> reporter: she's allergic to the insulin prescribed by the insurer. the family's insurance only covers 25% of its cost. they pay nearly $400 a month >> it's a struggle. i have spent many days on the phone c

because i can't not let my daughter have her medicine. it's hard. it's not fair. she can't help she's allergic for it. >> reporter: the doctor's appeal was denied. that's why she turns to this underground market. to swap the insulin her insurance covers for the insulin her daughter needs. >> everybody in these groups know what they're going through. >> reporter: the drugmaker and the benefits manager who negotiates the price, they each defended their own and blamed the others. >> it's either that or no insulin and no insulin means death. >> we try to research. >> reporter: trading insulin is not illegal, the latest example of desperate patients caught in the middle of a

>> well, our region has a lot to be proud of especially with kids in school. schools from d.c., virginia and maryland showed up in u.s. news and world report in their high school rankings. thomas jefferson high school for science technology came in at 6 in over 1,000 schools. winston churchill high school made it 7th. i think t.j. is in the alexandria virginia -- >> i think we see that school almost every year. all this week we're focusing on missing children here at news 4 and the news steps d.c. leaders are taking to find them. >> news 4 justin finch explains why kids leave home

place and where most of them turn up. >> reporter: schools, rundown buildings. few spots that metropolitan police have found missing young people when your officers find these children what kind of shape are they in. >> most of them are a little exhausted. a little drained. but generally, physically they're not in any bad shape. >> reporter: the captain of this division, she finds most of her agen agency's missing youth cases are those who run away. >> the vulnerability is immense. we don't want these girls and boys being in bad situations, being the victims of crimes, being victims from adults who are using them in inappropriate ways. >> reporter: the captain looks forward to the initiative which calls for investments for staffing which will help them

rate. >> reporter: justin finch, news 4 keeping our kids safe series continues tomorrow with a look at how social media and the hashtags like these have helped bring more attention to these cases and we're working for you to help bring kids home. it's prom season and a lot of teens are looking to turn heads. >> we'll explain the story behind one dress that might be popping up on your social

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black woman, the ad features several woman including a white woman talking about struggling with her hair. that's causing a stir that many black women kind of dwerts away from its core customers. they issued an apology on their facebook page that they would not disrespect their community. a florida woman used her prom dress to send an important message. she wore a black lives matters dress with a picture of trayvon martin on the front. the designer approached her with the idea with the message being about peace and not violence. >> i want you to convey this message and help me out. i was like, okay. >> now the prom dress also included images of sandra bland and others. she hopes people understand her message is not only respect for

including police. record breaking rain in north carolina caused damage and power outages. take a look at that. more than 5 inches of rain fell at raleigh-durham airport. it was all caused by storms that moved into the region starting sunday. a flood watch remains in effect for many counties and more than 13,000 people are still without power there. >> thankfully nothing like that happening in this area. >> a look at the forecast now. >> we have seen rain again today. still a cool day. heavy rain in north carolina we were watching it this morning. the good news is that heavy rain while still moving through the state of north carolina it's staying farther to our south. we're looking at that, the radar showing waves of light to moderate rain, yellow is the moderate .

light. around the district it's mostly light at this point. across the beltway, farther down to the south, quantico seeing light to moderate rain showers. loudon county, rain across 27 on here. to 81. parts of the shenandoah valley. this moisture is moving onshore. big area of low pressure spin over north carolina. 1:30 we expect the rain around 5:00, 6:00. more rain moving in from the atlantic and then we start to see things really tapper off. temperaturewise it's cool outside. mid to upper 50s. not a big budge in our temperatures today. we'll stay around 60s.

improvement. 74 degrees. mid-80s both thursday and friday. 90-degree temperatures come back into the forecast saturday and sunday. perfect timing for the weekend if you want to get outside next week we're back into the 70s. >> all right, thank you. if you haven't started saving you want to put aside some cash right now. >> find out why it cost more than ever to spoil your mom this mother's day.

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emton john is cancelling his shows at caesars palace in las vegas through the end of may after picking up an unusual b k bacterial infection. he became violently ill from the flight chile. he's expected to resume his schedule in june. an autopsy of erin moran showed she probably died of stage 4 cancer. they say she quote, likely succumbed to stage 4 cancer. they didn't say what type of cancer she had. moran was 56 years old. samsung tries again with its latest release. details in this morning's business repo

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report. the national retail federation says mother's day spending is expected to reach a record of $23.6 billion. breaking down to $186 per shopper. the increase is expected to be driven largely by jewelry and personal services. mother's day is sunday, may 14th. aaron. >> it may only be tuesday. it's always good to be thinking ahead to the weekend. the national harbor wine and food festival this weekend. one of the restaurants taking part, old hickory steak house. t they're here with more on what visitors can expect this weekend. we appreciate you coming in this weekend. this smells amazing. we'll talk about it in a second. tell us what will

>> absolutely. this weekend is 11th wine and food fest ral at the national harbor. it's continuously growing and has a lot going on. there will be food demonstrations, a lot of fun things. the weekend is looking like a summer weekend. beautiful water front. lot of fun. >> we think about how big the national harbor footprint is. >> close to the water, beautiful backdrop of the potomac. that's from noon to 6:00 on both saturday and sunday. we have overnight packages at three of the local hospitals. make it a staycation if you want. >> chef, lot of different food and wine there. bourbon is also a feature you folks will be dealing

>> yes, we have taken a couple specials throughout the weekend and added some bourbons to them. >> we're doing a little cooking here. tell us what we have. >> two appetizers we're making right here. one appetizers is a pork belly that's wrapped in bourbon. a wonderful salad with some roasted cauliflower. and i actually made a vinaigrette to that. >> does it sort of sweeten it? >> you get the different characteristics. the smokeyness of the bacon will pick up the smokeyness of the bourbon. it will pick up s

vanilla and some of the oak with this it will reduced the bourbon down a little bit itself. made a syrup and made a vinaigrette to garnish the salad itself. >> i have a flat-iron steak here, we actually marinated this for about 14 1/2 hours. >> wow. >> and we have bourbon chips after the bourbon has been taken out. i'm crisping it up. and giving it some color. >> and it smells amazing. >> okay, i have a little bit of horse ra horseradish sauce here. >> you'll serve it like this in the restaurant if. >> just like this,

we added some bleu cheese to kind of complement. i have some ten hour tomatoes. we actually tossed this with fresh thyme and some bourbon. roasted in the oven for ten hours and i have some carne caramelized shallots here. >> this happening this saturday and sunday. for the wine and food festival. these dishes will be featured at old hickory all weekend long in celebration of the events going on. >> all right, beautifully done there. add a little onions. fantastic. >> and we'll serve that to our guest. >> see you guys later. we'll taste it but we're out of time right now. we appreciate you coming in. ss

including a final check on the forecast. join us later for the ellen degeneres show. today ellen welcomes vin diesel to

bring your daughter to work days have become pretty popular in many places. not so much bring your

work day. great news a new comedy may explain why. here's a preview. >> the admissions lady said i could get krid for an internship. >> good for you, mom. >> i'm getting one here -- >> why? >> invade both her personal and professional space in the new comedy "great news." >> she decides she's going to chase her dreams at age 60. >> reporter: she's that mom making herself right at home in the newsroom. >> when she was born i needed an appease -- >> she says what she feels and is on her mind. >> that helps karol charm the staff especially the anchorman. >> you're fired. >> you're fired. who's this old guy? you're fired. >> she's the only one

age and she understands me. >> but he doesn't understand modern trends. >> what is snapchat? >> the only young person he has to deal with and that's me and that's enough for him. he can't take anymore. >> reporter: combined with motherly love gone overboard it could mean loves that become great news. >> i like that. all right, traffic can be a pain and we know that here in our area. there should be a new option. >> a flying car, how about that? kitty hawk is the flying car company financially backed by google exec larry page. the kitty hawk flier is all an a al

available by the end of this year. no word yet on how much it would cost. >> i would try it over water like that. let's get a last look at the forecast. >> the rain still moving in. waves of rain right now. as we go throughout the afternoon, green showing you that light rain and some embedded heavier rain. lot of moisture moving in from the atlantic. later on today, another round of just waves of rain moving through. tomorrow morning, a chance of early showers. mid-70s tomorrow. finally the sun comes back for the weekend. look at that 90 degrees. it's going to be feeling like summer. >> all right, sheena, thank you. that's it for midday 4. >> get news and water upset any time with the app. we s

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stand by, everyone. we're live in five, four, three, two, one. the couple leaving right now is -- after a perfect score, heather and max. >> say what? a dancing shocker when heather and max go home after earning the perfect score of the season. is this a popularity contest or a dance competition we're watching here? >> we know popularity. how about nancy kerrigan down there, too? she should. have been in the bottom. the audience, i've never seen it. liz hernandez, i've never heard the ballroom boo this loudly. >> it was extremely loud in