take a look at storm team4 radar. and we'll show you what's happening across the region. couple of showers now, earlier, a lot more. now a few in annapolis and prince william county, fairfax county. most of this drizzle across much of the region, moving out of here by early tomorrow morning. but we could see some fog. the main storm is still down to the south. yes, we will see more showers later on this evening as well. something else i've been watching, those temperatures, only in the upper first to around 60 tomorrow, we say hello to the 70s in the west. i have the forecast in a minute. >> thank you, doug. and keep up with all the weather changes, download our nbc washington app and turn on weather alerts to get the latest on the weather wherever you may live. and we have breaking news now involving metro and what could a major disruption for your weekend plans. adam tuss, the first to report thator

sick-out. he has more on what's behind all of this and how it will impact you. >> that's right, wendy. metro and its largest union are locked in a heated and contentious contract dispute, that's where all of this is coming from. metro workers have been telling their supervisors they're not coming into work on friday. that is what our sources are telling us. an e-mail has been going around telling supervisors they're going to have to staff up and be ready to work 12-hour shifts this entire weekend, just in case metro front line workers, like train operators and bus operators don't show up. what does that mean? really, it comes down to the nasty blood that is just going on now between metro and its largest union, as these contract disputes go out. a spokesperson for metro said there have been an unusually high number of absentee requests for this weekend. that's why they are taking this action. a

says he doesn't believe a sick-out will happen, but it's a tactic that they are using to try to get the general managers' attention. riders are left in the middle here, as all of this plays out in the press and plays out publicly in what is an ugly, ugly contract dispute at the moment, guys. >> well, adam, i'm curious, why a sick-out? why not just do a strike? >> reporter: so contractually, metro's largest union is not allowed to strike. it's something they have to follow. this is a way they can get the attention of the general manager as these contract disputes go on, but they cannot actually legally strike, so they're trying everything that they can do legally to make a point here. it could happen. so we'll have to follow along and see how many people don't show up this weekend. again, metro is upping its staffing levels just in case. >> all right, adam tuss, thank

infestations of vermin, mold, these are just a couple of the violations against a columbia heights landlord. now the d.c. attorney general is filing suit. the apartment building is located here on 11th street northwest and has 26 units. the lawsuit filed today accuses the owners and managers of the building of engaging in a pattern of neglect for years. violations that include bedbug and rat infestations, inadequate heating and building-wide mold contamination. tenants tell us their complaints have been ignored for years. >> just like anybody else in an expensive building. that's what we want as tenants. we're not asking for no more or no less, just to be treated like human beings. >> we heard from an attorney representing the owners of the building and he said the lawsuit is baseless that the owners have never been cited or fined by the district and also tells us the tenants have been fighting rent incrse

funding for the major repairs that are needed. a government shutdown looking less likely. with the president now appearing to back away from the demand that funding for a southern border wall be included in that budget deal. speaking this afternoon, the president said the wall will be built within his first term. earlier mr. trump spoke at an event to mark holocaust rrmance day. he said we must stamp out prejudice and confront anti-semitism. >> those who deny the holocaust are an accomplice to this horrible evil. we will never, ever be silent in the face of evil again. >> the president also told the crowd that as president, he will always stand with the jewish people and he will always stand with israel. first daughter ivanka trump is in germany, her first international trip as a presidential

memorial in berlin with staffers and also had to defend her father in a talk about empowering women economically. the crowd began to groan and hiss. here's how she responded. >> i think the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades, when he was in the private sector are a testament to his belief and solid conviction as to the potential of women. >> trump was also asked about reports that she suggested her father retaliate against a syrian airbase, she said she shared her opinion but that he acted on the advice of his military advisers. meeting today with betsy devos, she visited a prince william county

as part of april's month of the military child. david culver tagged along wp. what did the military moms and dads stress today? >> two things in particular. given their jobs take them from city to city around the world, they expressed the need for welcoming school communities and pressed for better childcare options. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: waving flags and chanting a welcome. student at ashland elementary greeting betsy devos. this school chosen given its strong military ties. the kids raising their hands, they're children of military service members. >> my mom doesn't fly in to save the day. well, sometimes she does. >> reporter: the secretary reading them a book about a military mom who does it all, or at least tries to. >> i'm a working mom. my husband also works. >> reporter: this lieutenant colone

version of that story. >> and i'm active duty air force. i have three boys, 8, 6, and a 2-year-old who we're trying to potty train. >> reporter: her oldest two kids at her side. she joined a round table discussion with the secretary. other military parents chiming in. >> your child is in a school where they accept you, they understand your situation, and they can relate. >> reporter: the colonel stressed the need for childcare. >> care that works with a military schedule and summer programs are a real need. so i'm hoping, if not yourself or ivanka trump, somebody takes it on and really solves it for us, because it's a need. >> reporter: secretary devos tells us it's a concern she's heard several times now. >> i think it's great she's hearing

because often times you have to hear it from people in different parts of the community for someone to take action. >> not everyone supported the secretary's visit. she's been a polarizing figure amongst educators. coming up tonight at 6:00, i'll show the reception she received outside that school and we'll compare it with the infamous d.c. school visit when protesters blocked the door. >> david, thank you. there's going to be a series of emergency drills across the region tomorrow. law enforcement and first responders will be preparing for a possible terrorist attack in the washington area. there will be drills at six locations throughout the dmv. they're not saying where they will happen or what exactly will be happening in the drill. but they are scheduled to start between 7:30 and 8:30 in the morning. they were two days of panic and confusion in prince george's county back in may. one man accused of

estranged wife and two others. police cornered and arrested eulalio tordil. today he entered a guilty plea for two of the murders. our chris gordon has more on what happened inside court today. >> this was a man who knew there would be innocent lives lost. wrote in his musings, he was apologizing to his potential victims before they were their victims. >> reporter: prosecutor john mccarthy laid out the evidence against 63-year-old eulalio tordil, who was arrested when police surrounded his rental car in aspen hill. the prosecutors said the gun police found inside the car matches the bullets and shell casings from all three shootings. tordil's shooting spree began on may 5th, he's charged with shooting his wife gladys at high point high school and wounding a good samaritan. her daughter saw it and called 911. the shooting in prince george's county is not part of today's plea agreement and will be tried

tordil today pleaded guilty for the shootings that occurred the next day, on may 6th of last year at montgomery mall, he tried to carjack a woman. two people came to her assistance. tordil shot and killed a man. his wife told prosecutors. >> she was honored that her husband mike died a hero. she wanted me to comment that she was honored that he was able to, based on his actions, save another live. >> reporter: tordil also pleaded guilty to a murder in the parking lot of the giant in aspen hill. prosecutors say she fought back, scratching and grabbing his glasses, which she held in her grasp as she died. >> when she learned that her mother fought mr. tordil, she was proud of her mother. she was proud that her mother fought for her life and she wanted to

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when it comes to a medical situation, knowing the distinction between urgent and emergency could save you big bucks. there's a new kind of health care facility popping up around the country. they're called free-standing emergency centers. not attached to hospitals, but they can cost you as much as an er. >> if we had gone in and said, is this an emergency room is the only way we could

difference. yes, it's labelled emergency center, but to me and my husband, we're educated people, we don't know that's considered an emergency room. >> nbc's stephanie gosk is working on the story from "nightly news" and joins us from new york. why do they have to cost so much more than the urgent care centers and why don't they let people know that up front? >> both really good questions. one of the reasons why it costs so much more, especially if you go to emergency room in a hospital, when you go in, there's a staff there, 24/7, trained emergency care professionals. on top of that, you have equipment, things like cat scans and ultrasounds, and the kinds of things that you might not find in an urgent care center. so when you go into a place like that, you get charged something called a facility fee. now, if someone is going into one of these free-standing emergency rooms, they look a lot like urgent care centers and you can imagine p

they go in, get the treatment, suddenly the bill comes back to them and they're looking at thousands of dollars more than they ever thought they would be on the hook for. >> wow. does insurance cover it? >> well, another good question, and this is really important. people should be aware of what kind of insurance they have, how big their deductible is and certainly whether or not these places are considered in-network or out of network. on top of that, there are signs to know if you're walking into one of these places. one, it will have the word emergency. and then once inside, it's really important to ask questions. and ask yourself whether or not you need to be in an emergency room or maybe you can wait for your doctor the next day, or maybe you should go further down the road to an urgent care center. but industry people will say there's a need for these places. we have overcrowding in emergency rooms. you canma

a parent and a child with a broken arm that wants to go to an emergency room but is scared of having to wait for hours. this kind of place, you can go in, get the care you need and get out. >> stephanie gosk, thanks so much. be sure to stay tuned after stuff -- for stephanie's full report on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. a 77-year-old man was found dead in his apartment last week and investigators tell us he died from apparent trauma to the upper body. pat collins and live in fairfax now. pat, what have you learned? >> reporter: cong huu nguyen. did you know him? did you know who was with him? do you know what happened? this is the tedious part of a murder investigation. going out, showing the picture, asking the questions, hoping that someone, someon

right answer. have you ever seen him? >> i cannot recognize him, no. >> have you ever seen him? >> no. >> you ever see him? >> no. >> ever see him? >> no. >> reporter: in both english and vietnamese, police circulating a flyer as they search for leads in the murder of cong huu nguyen. mr. nguyen found murdered inside his apartment last thursday at the little river glen retirement community in fairfax. he was 77 years old. so far, detectives have little to go on. so today, a new tactic, nine miles away. the eaton center. they say mr. nguyen visited this place just about every day. going to the shops, eating at the restaurants, mingling with the people here. in the world of crime, they call it victimology, studying the murder victim's

movements can sometimes provide a key clue to lead investigators to the killer. and that's what brought fairfax police here today. hoping that someone here might have the information they need to solve this case of murder. >> we're hoping that somebody that's familiar with him may be able to think back to last week even, and remember perhaps him walking with somebody, or seeing him with someone else. >> you believe that someone here may have the key clue to help you solve it? >> it could be a part of the puzzle. >> reporter: so far, no motive, no suspect in this case. so what's it been like at the retirement community since the murder? more on that coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> pat, thank you. this june will mark eight years since the deadliest metro accident in history. nine people killed when

ft. totten station in northeast d.c. but a memorial that honors those victims has become more of an eyesore, and the work on it, unfinished. grass and weeds growing wildly. the landscape, patchy, raw. coming up on news4 at 6:00, when the city says that project will get finished. well, we probably don't have to tell you it's rainy and downright gross out there today, but when it warms up this week, you'll want to be outside. that's why a new ad campaign is launching. street smart reminds drivers to pay attention to pedestrians and bike riders. the campaign doesn't focus on cars alone. walkers and bikers need to follow the laws too. the street smart campaign is part education, part enforcement. across our area police are increasing patrols to catch drivers, walkers and bikers breaking the law. so don't say we didn't warn you. major change coming in our forecast. doug is tracking a

talking big temperature swing, folks. he joins us with the timeline next. >> and nbc4 responds, the fine print on your utility bill

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all right, time for a look at our weather and doug is coming in with late, breaking details. let me swivel this

you got this weekend number, buddy. >> late breaking stuff. big time stuff. >> and you've got a back door cold front. >> that's technical. >> but that's what we're watching for this sunday. >> i pay attention. >> we were talking yesterday saturday and sunday might be 90 degrees, might not be the case now. it is that -- >> backdoor cold front. >> that might come down. we get those this time of year. what? >> bdcf. >> that's what we call it in the weather world. we've seen the clouds and the fog, chilly temperatures. i just took a walk around our building here. that's what took me so long to get back. it's pretty nice out there now. 60 degrees, no drizzle. the fog has begun to lift right in our region in northwest. but you can still see a gloomy day. needed the rain and got some. 61 degrees at the

drizzle showers into the picture in the overnight hours. i'll show you why in just a second. much cooler to the west. 60 over towards annapolis, and 64 towards pawtuxet river. here's where the rain is. annapolis, anne arundel county. that's really about it. we're not seeing much in the way of rain. i expect to see some drizzle at times, but this is what i'm watching now. here's the rotation, right around the raleigh area, even some thunderstorms here, but i'm watching this area in here. this is just down the mouth of the chesapeake. this is all making its way back towards our region. notice how it's all moving back in. that will move in through the rest of the evening. let's time it out for you. 6:00, light showers. but here comes that activity from the east. moving across our region, 8, 9:00. not a lot of activity, but keep the umbrella handy just in case. tomorrow, clouds to start the day, some foggy areas, could be fairly dense. mostel

1:00, still socked in with the clouds. this is a tricky forecast tomorrow. when do we clear? here it is at 6:00, kind of hard to warm when we've had clouds most of the day. so tomorrow's temperatures in the 50s in all locations, not moving from where they are now. 71, d.c., 69 in baltimore. but 80 in charlottesville. the warmer air is trying to move in. i'm going for a high tomorrow in d.c. of about 70 to 73 degrees. 73 tomorrow, nice thursday and friday. temperature 84 on thursday, 83 on friday. and then watching this front on saturday, 84 degrees on saturday. here comes the backdoor cold front, 72 degrees during the day on monday. some areas could be the 60s. we'll watch it very closely. next week, a little bit of a difference too. 80s on monday, and 70s mid

week. it's been more than 30 hours since this college park apartment building went up in flames. crews say it's still burning. coming up, we'll tell you why firefighters say they're preparing to stay out here for days. plus, a drug investigation under way now at a northern virginia

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right here off lawrence avenue, off connecticut avenue in kensington, where a small bus has crashed into this group home. from what we're being told from montgomery county fire and rescue, there were people on board this bus, as well as people inside the house. there have been three transports. we're told two people on the bus were transported to the hospital, and one occupant of the home. we're told none of the injuries is serious. you can see the front of the bus here did collide with the s

avenue. it does not look like it's extensive damage, but six people have been displaced as a result of this incident. montgomery county fire and rescue are here as well as montgomery county police, but again, this bus has crashed into a group home here, sending three people to the hospital, and displacing six residents. back to you. >> all right, darcy, thank you. from a raging five-alarm fire to a smokey mess today. more than 24 hours later, hot spots are still burning inside this college park building. watching the fire burn yesterday, you knew this would not be a quick clean-up. tonight, crews are just beginning to figure out how this blaze began, but they do believe it was an accident. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live for us in college park, with more on the investigation. she also has a fresh look at the damage. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, jim, we're talking about some serious damage here. firefighters are estimating more than $39 million. but at th

condemned. they say their focus right now is trying to extinguish the flames that are still burning inside that building more than 30 hours later. firefighters here are preparing for a long and busy week. >> the fire is deemed under control, although we do have three significant hot spots that continue to burn on the roof. >> reporter: this is new footage of what the top of the building looks like now. assistant fire chief alan doubleday says the roof collapsed to the ground, trapping fire underneath. >> we've put over 100,000 gallons of water on this building. >> reporter: thousands of gallons were used on monday, while more than 200 firefighters worked quickly to try and get this burning apartment building under control. but much more water will be needed throughout the coming days. >> i just saw a bunch of fire and smoke. lots and lots of smoke. >> reporter: the smoke was so intense that the university of maryland was forced to cancel

it's a different scene here today, but the work is far from over. firefighters tell us that they believe the fire started on the sixth floor and then shot up into the attic. at 6:00, we'll tell you what investigators were able to do in the building and what they found about this investigation. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. more charges are possible for that man who was arrested for flying a drone over that fire yesterday. police arrested trevon miller after his drone almost flew into the path of a prince george's county helicopter. the 24-year-old is charged with reckless endangerment and interfering with police and fire response. investigators are talking to the faa to see if additional criminal charges should be filed. late this afternoon, a federal judge in san francisco blocked an executive order by president trump, related to sanctuary cities.

withhold federal funds from cities that don't cooperate with federal authorities. that ruling has mayors and police chiefs here and across the country, meeting with the attorney general. the group said they wanted clarity over what constitutes a sanctuary community and the legality of civil detainers. a detainer gives i.c.e. up to 48 hours to look into someone's immigration status and potentially pursue deportation, even if other charges have been dropped. among those at the meeting today, montgomery county police chief tom mangeer. >> we don't do immigration investigations, nor do 99% of the police departments in this country. this is not a political discussion, this is not a political decision. it's a legal decision. our attorneys are saying, you do not have the authority to hold an individual based on these civil detainers. >> today's ruling puts a temporary stay on the executive order as a lawsuit challenging it moves through the courts. a group ofdl

sent home for apparently sharing a drink that had been laced with prescription drugs. this was last friday at the river bend middle school. investigators say the drinks reportedly contained the anti-anxiety drug xanax. the school nurse saw seven students, no one had to be transported, but deputies are looking into a connection to a report of students at potomac falls high school drinking a mixture that may have had xanax in it as well. all right, here we go, folks. counting down the caps quest for the cup goes through pittsburgh. those pesky penguins always seem to detail things, don't they? not this time. sherree, caps first practice of the week. how they feeling? >> well, they sound like a group ready for redemption. no it's not going to be an easy task, but they are prepared to do everything they can to dethrone the champs. ovechkin, backstrom, all smiles as they get

under way. caps hitting the ice for the first practice of the week, game one against pittsburgh in just two days. even ov's dad getting a look. for the younger ovechkin, everything has been leading up to this match-up against the rival pens. >> you wait on this match. obviously we play against toronto, beat them, it was tough series. but right now, we play against stanley cup champion and it would be good to beat them and move forward. >>. >> they knocked us out last year, so we got a great opportunity ahead of us, we both got a hell of a team. they're the champs. they're sitting on the throne right now. >> we gotta go through the best to get to where we want to go. so great opportunity to try to knock them off. we'll have to play really well to beat them. bring it on, let's

history in the playoffs, caps looking for revenge from their last match-up against the penguins in january. caps lost in that 8-7 overtime thriller. >> thanks, sherree. the district now at the center of a debate playing out across the country, as it decides how to regulate air bnb,

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scott macfarlane at the live desk. breaking news here from the u.s. senate, which has just confirmed rod rosenstein to be deputy u.s. attorney general. rosenstein was the top prosecutor in maryland for more than 12 years, the longest serving u.s. attorney in the country. in his new position, he'll oversee more than 100,000 federal workers, more than a dozen u.s. justice department agencies and be the right-hand man of u.s. attorney general jeff sessions. rosenstein recently was overseeing a series of high profile corruption cases in prince george's county. what happens to those? he sits down with news4 tonight, one-on-one for news4 at 11:00. back to you. >> thanks, scott. honor and glory, peace and harmony. those aren't just hopeful thoughts. they could be the names of the eagles

arboretum. right now, they're d.c. 4 and d.c. 5, affectionately. you can vote on their new names, stars and stripes, anacostia and potomac are some of other options. there's a link to the voting site. the winning names will be announced may 3rd. >> i like d.c. 4. >> i like honor and glory. >> very patriotic. >> also peace and harmony. >> vote, until the 3rd. and next 4 responds. >> the d.c. counsel, a big public hearing tomorrow on the future of air bnb, is it a good thing in the city or bad? the story is coming up. major change, you may be overlooking in your utility bill that could be costing you mey. nbc4 rones

>> lauryn joins us now in the studio. you are weathering quite a week here. we are going to get a break tomorrow. >> we are. and then the heat will move in. it's just going to roll in and be hot and humid by the end of the workweek. >> really? >> we were talking about 90s for the weekend. we're taking those away right now. so we have a few changes for the weekend forecast, a lot of things going on this weekend. so the devil's in the details about what's going to happen this weekend, whether we could have warming temperatures or cooler temperatures, it's all with the frontal system. let's talk about that and the rain. spotty rain showers continue as we go into the rest of the

evening. improving conditions through the day tomorrow. i think you'll make up to cloud cover and have a little bit of sunshine by the late afternoon and we are definitely warming up as we go through the rest of this workweek. the rain moving out of here, again a few spotty areas of light rainfall. mainly the heavy rain well north of us at this point. we are seeing a little bit of rain trying to make its way into southern maryland as this area of low pressure kind of migrates off this north carolina coastline. that's going to meander to the north and east, pushing some of this rain back into our area. we could have a few light showers as we go through the remainder of the evening. temperatures, now up to 61 degrees. i think that's the daytime high. upper 50s outside the beltway. temperatures not falling too far tonight. in the 50s overnight. mid to upper 50s with the fog and spotty showers as we continue through the evening. low visibility as well. so watch that, not only tonight and tomorrow morning, the fog

degrees. visibility could be down to less than a mile in some spots. so that fog could be a little on the dense side as you head to work. it will improve by the afternoon, as we get some sunshine in the afternoon. but it's going to be humid tomorrow. the humidity starts to roll back in. we'll have a little fog as we get into your wednesday night and thursday morning as well. temperatures in the low 70s as we go through tomorrow with some clearing late in the day. it is going to be a little on the warmer side, thank goodness, with temperatures in the 70s. average temperature this time of year is in the upper 60s. a few showers out there through the rest of your tuesday and a sprinkle or two as we go into the overnight. we'll clear the clouds through the day tomorrow, sunshine late in the day and thursday as well. and then as we get into thursday, temperatures are back in the 80s, low to mid 80s on thursday and friday. the weekend, we're going to have to watch the weekend. and where this frontal system is, because 90 not as likely anymore. we thought it was going t

that was yesterday. now that front is sitting over top of us, and we had to drop the temperatures for saturday into the 80s. sunday into the 70s. and next week, a little cooler. >> thank you, lauryn. so are they mini hotels and a neighborhood nuisance, or a valuable service for homeowners trying to make a little extra cash? tom sherwood reports on the big battle over plans to license those airbnb rooms in the district. >> reporter: the heart of adam's moore, a popular entertainment area, for out of towners looking for a place for a night or weekend. like gary lee, he's more than dependent on money he gets from an occasional airbnb rental on his ground floor. >> it helped to stave off a possible foreclosure when

>> reporter: new legislation could for the first time require licensing and inspection for airbnb properties. >> as a host in d.c., i'm concern about the safety of my guests and of the structure as anyone is. >> reporter: lee is one of more than a hundred people signed up to testify at a council hearing wednesday. kenyan mcduffy says his proposed bill targets commercial operators who rent out many rooms or even apartment buildings through airbnb. >> we want to give enforcement agencies the tools they need to go after bad actors. >> hotels are also fighting it. they say it's unfair and unsafe. >> it's commercial operators that operate multiple units, using a short-term rental platform, yet they exist in the district today free of any regulatory structure. >> reporter: airbnb plans to defend itself wednesday saying any new regulations shouldn't fall hard on homeos.

news4. nbc4 responds to a woman's complaint about her gas bill and uncovers a much bigger issue, one that could impact you. susan hogan is here with what you need to know. susan? >> well, that's right. this maryland woman contacted nbc4 responds after realizing she was getting her gas from a third-party supplier. something she says she never agreed to. karen franklin has lived in her ft. washington home for 24 years. her typical gas bill in the winter is around $200. so she was surprised when she opened up her january bill. >> i think the bill was for $341, and i looked at it and i was like, why is this so much? so i liked on the back and i saw this little tiny print. it said smart one energy. >> reporter: karen calls washington gas. >> i said, who are they, and when did i change? because i have no recollection of ever signing a contract with them. >> reporter: karen was told a

been supplying her gas for a year. to make matters worse, she also found out the rate she was paying was more than twice what washington gas charges. furious, she i coupicked up thee and called smart one. >> they tell me, you have to talk to a supervisor. someone will call you back. >> reporter: but no one did. and their website has looked like this since january. >> i decided to call january 4. >> reporter: we got to work right away reaching out to washington gas and smart one energy. >> all of a sudden now, someone finally calls me, after months of not hearing from anybody. >> reporter: smart one couldn't find a record of a signed contract and agreed to cancel her account and offered to send her a check. >> he said, something about well, if we give you the $95 and you can't make a claim against us. but once again, there's nothing in writing. >> reporter: karen also heard from washington gas. >> he tol

that smart one engaged in a practice they call slamming. and from what he seemed to explain to me, they just grab a list of customers and assign the customers to their company. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc4 responds, smart one denies slamming customers and says it honors cancellation requests in a timely manner. washington gas won't confirm the slamming accusation, however, they tell us they've heard from customers having a hard time cancelling with smart one. as for karen, her next bill should show she's no longer with smart one. washington gas also offered her a $250 credit, but that promised $95 from smart one -- >> i'll tell you, i believe i'll get the $95 when i see the check. >> smart one says it is up to washington gas to process the cancellation once the request is made. washington gas says, it can take one to two billing cycles f

bill. now, all gas and electric companies are at risk of being slammed. so what exactly is slamming ask what can you do to protect yourself? tonight at 11:00, the important information you need to know. jim? >> want to stay up for that. susan, thanks so much. it will be tough to trick one group of vienna elementary school students out of their lunch money they're learning financial literacy. a partnership between the school and ubs. the program uses interactive lessons and games. >> the tools they're receiving now will help them with borrowing and credit and sditions that they'll make as a young adult. >> i really believe that bringing a foundation of knowledge to this age group is important. >> i'm learning how to spend your money, why to spend your money, and how to do it safely. >> i respect my parent

they always complain about when they use their credit cards and stuff. >> students can earn certificates in several topics related to personal finance, including saving, budgeting, credit and debit. they're starting early. jet skis have been around for decades, but a company backed by one of google's founders may be introducing the next generation. >> this time it will have riders going to new heights. check out the kitty hawk flyer. just over 200 pounds and battery powered with propellers that lift people 15 feet up in the air. >> the new flyer is designed to be flown over fresh water because of faa restrictions. you don't need a pilot's license to operate one and there's no word yet on just how much this is going to cost us, but it should be out later this year. . >> you and i get on a couple of those, it's not going to end well. >> no, and the reason you fly over water is so you have a soft place to crash. >> you know it. well,

frequently, a firefighter rushes into action to rescue somebody. >> tonight we have a twist. the regular joes who rushed in to help a firefighter in need of help. their story is next. as you can see from the display at this alexandria school, it's autism awareness month, but kids here already know a lot about it, thanks to the efforts of two moms with autistic kids of their own. >> there's a stigma of autism and people with disabilities. we're trying to break

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we've shared a lot of stories with you about first responders rushing into action to save someone. well, this next one turns that scenario upside down. today, a local firefighter got a chance to thank the nearly two dozen people who helped save her life. mark segraves was there for this very special reunion. >> angelyia has been a d.c. firefighter for more than 20 years. >> i thank god for being alive. >> reporter: she's alive today because a community of strangers came together to save her life. >> total strangers who pretty much recognized that there was an emergency, and they acted. >> reporter: she was on duty, driving down pennsylvania avenue and got near gw hospital and had a fernd benderer. >> sake won was walking home and quickly realized it was more than a fender bender. >> when i looked at her and she was leaned over the seat

>> reporter: he called 911. >> and they called us to pull her out the car. >> reporter: as they were puming her from the car, brandon was walking by on his way to get a hair cut. the first-year med student knew just what to do. >> i checked for the carotid pulse, didn't feel anything. >> reporter: he called hear help, upstepped tyler, a med student at georgetown who was out for a bike ride. >> he had started chest compressions, and you moved to mouth to mouth and i continued the chest compressions. >> reporter: a local commissioner and boy scout troop leader also came to the firefighter's rescue. today she got a chance to thank her heroes and the 13 members of the d.c. fire department who came to her aid and the doctor to led the team at g.w. >> so thank you and i thank god for allowing me another chance at life. >> reporter: before that day on pennsylvania avenue, none of these people knew each other. >> i remember when i rei

was pretty emotional, just knowing that i'd played a part in it and that all these people had worked together. >> thank you. >> reporter: today, they'll forever be connected. in the district, mark segraves, news4. now at 6:00, one man pleads guilty to killing two strangers at shopping centers in maryland. tonight, his chilling confession to police as investigators reveal the motive for the murders. congress is back in session and so are questions about the trump campaign's ties to russia. plus, metro workers threatening to take a stand over a union dispute. why their protest could disrupt your weekend plans. news4 at 6:00 starts now. first to our weather, the heaviest rain has moved out of here. that's that's the good news. >> doug's here to let us know what's happening now and when it will get warmer. >> and this is change we'll enjoy here, moving into t

later portions of this week. we're still seeing areas of drizzle around parts of the region. notice here, a lot of rain earlier, coming through. that coming with rather breezy conditions. it was nasty. but now we're tracking couple of light showers moving thru parts of the area. and baltimore through prince george's county, anne arundel county and more shower activity just down to the south and east. this is a storm, here it is spinning just down toward the south of norfolk. the storm is moving up and we'll see more of this rain coming off the atlantic, in our region through the rest of the evening hours. we'll still see more rain, keep the umbrella handy. still breezy, rainy and cool through the night tonight, but sun late tomorrow, a lot of clouds, but sunshine late. here come the 80s, we'll talk about that and a difficult weekend forecast. yesterday we had 90