breaking right now, powerful storms rocked the country, killing more than a dozen people. twisters and flooding doing much of the damage. look at storm team 4 radar. that's the system we just talked about. it's movingo

tomorrow. i have new information on timing and impact coming up in the forecast. >> reporter: live in largo, police released the name of a man who died in a motorcycle crash tonight. a live report. and we got news just trickling into the news room. congress has struck a trillion-dollar deal to avert a government shutdown. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. off the top at 11:00, tornados or flooding kills at least 12 people in the south and midwest, and the word is that number could rise. looking here at just some of the damage left behind in texas. >> i don't know how we got out of the house. >> here in missouri, the flooding, that's the main issue there, rushing water sweeping away one car, drowning a woman, and the flooding closed major highways in this state and others. as part of the system that caused

it's headed our way. thank you for joining us tonight. >> we have a lot to be concerned about here. facing a storm team 4 weather alert tomorrow. >> amelia has what's the biggest threat we face tomorrow. >> look at the impact map here as we look to tomorrow, we are dry in the morning, midday, and potentially even the afternoon hours, but that line of thunderstorms moves through the area during the evening, mainly between 7:00 p.m. and midnight. biggest concerns here is gusty, damaging winds. thankfully, the weather we are talking about in other parts of the country are not as strong in any sense in our area, but, again, we have a moderate to high risk for damaging wind. the next threat i see is heavy rainfall, but any rain moves through quickly that flash needing is a low concern, but can't rule out hail or isolated weak tornado. take a look. this is the system on the storm team 4 radar. this is storm reports from today

this is winds, flooding, and reports of tornados, and, still, even at this hour, a blizzard warning in effect for parts of western kansas overnight tonight, they could see 6-14 inches of snow there. winter weather to summer weather all with the same storm system, and reports of severe thunderstorms triggering heavy flooding over the weekend as nbc's jay gray shows us the same storms, again, spawning tornados, leaving more than a dozen people dead. >> reporter: look at this thing. a monster tornado. one of more than a dozen to strike this weekend in a storm system. that in other areas deliver the flooding rains, soaking and swallowing entire communities. >> the power of water is something people underestimate, and so it is scary, you know, when it's taking people's homes. >> reporter: and taking lives. the storms claimed more than a dozen victims across 16 states. >>

never went through anything like this. >> reporter: four killed as a sprig of tornados ripped apart texas east of dallas. trees pulled from the ground and tossed aside, homes and businesses chewed up and spit out by the violent twisters, leaving survivors stunned and overwhelmed. >> i don't know how we got out of the house. >> reporter: now, many in the strike zone are sorting through the mess the wind and water left behind. >> a bunch of mud, a hole in the bathroom, and some knocked over trash. >> reporter: still unable to let down their guard. the chance of more severe weather is in the forecast, across the strike zone. jay gray, nbc news, west plains, missouri. and breaking right now, we sent you and alert on the phones tonight as word broke late about a government spending deal on capitol hill. you're looking live at the capitol tonight where, perhaps, the preva

relief. this keeps the lights on through the fall. $1 trillion deal funds day-to-day operations of every federal agency. president trump did not get the money he wanted for his border wall, but the bill adds extra money for border protection and strength p military as well. the bill rejected the administration' proposal to cut funding in medical research. there's more details on the deal tomorrow. news 4 today will bring you the very latest. new at 11:00 tonight, a deadly motorcycle crash at a busy intersection in prince george's county. >> we are live for us near largo town center with the story. >> reporter: well, maryland state police tell me that speed was definitely a factor in this crash. in fact, they are seeing more motorcycle accidents since the weather got warmer in recent days. this is video of the crash scene. it happened on a ramp southbound landov

on the ramp to central avenue. police are telling us 32-year-old of washington lost control of his bike, skidded, hit the guardrail, and then went off the roadway, and it happened just before 7:00 this evening. he was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. his family has been notified. now, the ramp here was closed for a couple hours. everything has been reopened. now, police are also telling me that he was out riding with a group of other people on motorcycles, but no other bikes were involved. now, again, police say they are seeing more of these sorts of accidents involving motorcycles and are warning drivers as well as people on motorcycles, de definitely be safe and watch your speed. >> thank you. to the district now where police look for two teenage girls who disappeared this weekend. officers say they hope you'll recognize their pictures. take a look here. this is baya

on clay street. this picture is williams, 16, and police say the teen was seen yesterday on cald place in southern avenue and southeast d.c. we track missing teen cases like this in the district, and there's an updated map with all 14 of the current cases in our d.c. -- our nbc washington app, search "missing teens map" there. new at 11:00, tacoma police say a man walked to the hospital after changing his mind to be committed for evaluation. police say he ran over an officer's foot. fortunately, the officer is okay, and police caught up with the man in a home in northwest d.c. man could be charged with assault on an officer and eluding police. well, he escaped from police custody friday, and tonight inmate did

the lamb. police are working with the u.s. service and state police to find him. he's serving time for attempted murder. if he's seen, call 911. new tonight, a man and woman are behind bars charged in the series of seemingly random shootings. one man died, three other people hurt. police in l.a. say the violence spread in several cities yesterday afternoon when the couple carjacked a green suv. anthony espinosa, a victim, you see where a bullet went through the back of the headrest. >> scary to think if i were driving a mile an hour slower or faster, that would have been in my neck. >> police arrested the suspects early this morning after reports of another shooting at a motel. officers are working to determine a motive for the violation. we now know the name of the man who police say intentionally hit a police officer

car this afternoon. he's identified as brian williams. someone called police to report a fight, possibly involving a gun. arriving officers found the suspect in a car on 2nd road north, and williams hit the gas when the police got there and struck a female officer and drove away from the scene. the officers was not hurt, police caught up with williams on columbia pike, and now he's facing a slew of charges including felony hit-and-run, and driving with a suspended license. a training exercise turned into a real life rescue this weekend. fire and rescue units pulled two people who were in distress out of the river saturday. happened near locks island. a third person was pulled from the water from someone nearby. in total, crews helped six people to safety. nobody was hurt on a scare in metro this afternoon. the agency said an arcing insulator sent smoke into the

afternoon, trains were single tracking between the morgan boulevard stops. metro said service will be normal come tomorrow morning. next on news 4 on the 101st day of president trump's commander in chief breaks down priorities, and plans he has for the country and plans protesters have for him tomorrow. former slaves spouted this northern virginia church, 150 years later, still going strong. we'll trace parts of its history. trees causing a stink in the district. we'll reveal what crews plan to do about it. make sure to stick around on the for "sports final," almost as much follow-up as 23 runs. the nationals, anything but a lazy sunday against the mets inside their record-breaking day at the park. a missing tooth? a missed opportunity for the wizards in boston. plus, a local star returns

how a dream came true for stone bridge alum allen and the redskins at this year's draft. all that and more tonight after the news right here on sports fil.na

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relief tonight in the area, congress agreed on the spending deal to keep the government open until october. >> right. so now the focus turns to two of the president's campaign promises. tax reform and the repeal of the affordable care act. nbc's kelly o'donald has it covered. >> reporter: getting the message out from today's high profile tv interviews for both president trump and vice president pence to the battleground state visit saturday night. >>

place i'd rather be than right here in pennsylvania to celebrate. >> reporter: the president's way to connect with the voters, and distance himself from official washington. president trump skipped the white house correspondence dinner and, today, voiced skepticism about d.c. bureaucra bureaucracy. >> i think p the rules in congress and, in particular, the rules in the senate are unbelievably archaic, and slow moving. >> reporter: given the dire threat of a nuclear north korea, president trump treaded lightly describing the north korean leader. >> he's a smart cookie, and the president warned i would not be happy if he does a nuclear test. >> military action? >> i don't know, we'll see. >> reporter: turning to the fight over a gop health insurance plan saying those with preexisting

covered. >> there's a guaranteed -- >> we have a clause that guarantees. >> reporter: from the broad strokes to the detail men. >> those with preexisting and costly conditions, and put them in high risk pool, subsidize that so it's affordable to the individuals. >> reporter: the president says economic growth and more favorable trade could offset the cost of the proposed tax cuts. the vice president acknowledged a federal deficit could grow. >> you know, maybe in the short term, but the truth is, if we don't get this economy growing at 3% or more as the president believes that we can, we're never going to meet the obligations that we've made today. >> reporter: the president says his own income tax returns, which democrats are demanding before considering any tax reform, are still under audit, releasing them, a maybe. >> i think it's routine to be honest with you, but then i'll make a decision. >> nbc

now, there were going to be protests against the trump administration across the country tomorrow. one of them happening in washington. demonstrators are gathering at noon at lamont park in mount president. protests on 1st day of may traditionally used to promote workers' rights across the country. the little church that is still going strong. ♪ the sounds of the kchoir, many packed the pews for the 150th anniversary. the church has been through a lot, like a fire destroying the original structure and the disagreement that split the congregation, but a century and a half later, the church endure

the one institution that's survived our community through all kinds of trials and try bulations. it stands as a beacon of light, a beacon of hope, and a beacon of determination for us that we can accomplish so many things. >> reporter: the church's 22 founding members worshipped in a log cabin until the church was completed. >> clean heart and dirty hands today, dozens of volunteers spent sunday outside cleaning up illegal dumping sites near the river. this is a group from the world mission society church of god out there working hard. about 50 volunteers from the district, northern virginia, and west virginia came out today. fanning out in the area, cleaning up litter that accumulated in the areas for years. >> well, we've seen a lot of things, you know, tires, and pieces of trash that people have been throwing away for years, so, we love to find

that. the more we do, the better outcome we have. >> we all end joy the work. the d.c. department of energy rein environment in the cleanup effort. crews in the district trying to prevent an stench from permeating the city. they will start spraying the trees. left untreated, the fruit gives off a really bad odor. it starts in ward 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. there are no other female trees in the other two wards. spraying starts at 9:00 p.m. until 6:00 in the morning for the next few nights weather permitted. >> smells better, the hotter it is outside. >> yeah, that's one way to put it. >> it's even worse. >> yeah. >> oh, my gosh. it's awful. >> speaking of, we have weather to talk about over the next 24 hours. >> tomorrow is a storm team 4 weather alert day. there's a line of strong thunderstorms moving in th

that's a good thing. you don't want the commute -- >> the morning commute is safe. >> no storms in the heat of the afternoon. we want them later, and we'll have plenty of clouds in place tomorrow, so that's always going to help limit severe weather potential. here's the thing. breezy throughout the day, winds in place for the potential of gusty damaging winds i talked about earlier. take a look, first weather headlines, late day thunderstorms, continuing to suggest the timing is after the evening commute, but don't linger at work tomorrow. you have an excuse to leave earlier, at least on time to miss the weather. after that, it's gorgeous on tuesday and wednesday. wednesday, perfection. you can turn off the air, open up the windows, let the fresh air in, low humidity, breezy as well. take a look, though, at the third weather headline, rain in the forecast thursday on into friday, and more steady, though, soaking rain with cloudy skies, cooler temperatures. after tomorrow, it's feeling like spring around here

and take a look at the current temperatures. we're still mainly in the 70s, 71 in washington. we're closing out april as the warmest april on record here in the district by two degrees fahrenheit. your monday planner, starts off 7:00 a.m., partly sunny, upper 60s, clouds in place in the midday and afternoon hours. remember, it is going to be breezy tomorrow, 84 for the high, and then 7:00 p.m., we notice the thunderstorms moving through the area. we're going to be watching the winds for any severe potential. 81 degrees at 7:00. the latest timing, we're still mainly dry at noon. if any storms fire in the afternoon, they also have the potential to be strong to severe, but it's really this line we track with the cold front at 7:00 p.m. in frederick, cole pepper counties, prince william county, 8:00 in the metro area, the district as well, and at 9:00, notice the line of potentially severe thunderstorms lined up right with the 95,

to midnight, we dry out, clear out, and that mugginess finally leaves the area. here's what we want. we want the rein to hold off until the evening hours issue again, so we don't tap into the heat and mugginess of the day. winds are the concern tomorrow, and if there's severe storms in the afternoon hours, i can't rule out an isolated weak tornado and potential for hail as well. doug and lauren are here tomorrow afternoon as well as todd watching the forecast for you, but the morning commute, exercise is fine, feeling like summer. evening commute, again, don't linger at work tomorrow, and especially not tuesday and wednesday. gorgeous weather to be outdoors, taking the kids to the park after walk, walking the dog, and breezy tuesday, and if you don't like that, upper 60s, breezy wednesday -- >> we like it. >> in the 60 thursday and friday, and next weekend, cooler, mid-60s after

90 this weekend. >> we can wait on the 90s longer. >> normal side. >> it is, exactly. >> thank you. still ahead, the nationals hit party at the park. >> up next,

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we have to be honest, what we were talking about? >> we're not waving that -- i'm in red today, right? >> there you go. for the right reasons, the nationals did it today. >> athis is my angry color, but yes, the nationals, one for the ages, a record-breaking day, and this makes me excited. they are handing them one the worse losses ever. the nationals are the best team in baseball, and hopefully it takes off the pressure to losing to the capitals. no matter what happens this spring, the boys will be fun

today, dusty baker in the dug yous doing damage, of course, this is what he does, he tells guys what to know, and when he talks, people listen. the manager imparting wisdom, and told anthony to swing away. bottom four, a home run in the game, and with two on, he orders up another. deep to center. 8-3 run shot, second homer of the game, nationals up 10-5. next inning, anthony tries to go for the home run hat trick, bases loaded, but just misses the top of the wall, clears the bases, though, a three-run double for rendon. he didn't have all the fun. there's a homer. bottom seven, two on, catcher connects again, three-run shot, second home run of the day, and nats crushed it. third baseman not showed up by his catcher, so the a-team makes it three, a perfect six for six, three homers-

>> houston, right? the nationals score a franchise record 23 runs, winning 23-5. >> oh, wow. let's go to boston, game one of round two, john wall looking good early. >> is that the angry color too? >> light angry. the team feels good in the first quarter. back door, and the finish, team high 27 points in the game. wizards out to a 9-0 lead. later in the quarter, wizards up by 15, dribbling inside, and stepping up and hits it. wizards up 20-3. third quarter, celtics battle back, over crowder, knocking down the three, 24 for him, boston with the first lead of the game. celtics did not look back from there. fourth quarter, thomas, drives, good for boston. gets the tough shot, game high 33 for him. celtics beat wizards 123-111 and take a

olson beats united in atlanta this afternoon. tie game until this. costa, a one-man wrecking crew. little effort and goal. that put the black and red up 2-1. d.c. with the first road win of the season. plenty more on "sports final" after newscast. not closing the door on the series, but they did have a team only meeting after falling in game two. losing game one and possibly one of the stars. update on keith morris game two status. roll tide to hail the redskips. allen says how he feels about suiting up. full show tonight after we sign off here. ree you can join us. i've been inviting -- >> he's been on the job a week,

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all right. here we go. hey, everyone, i'm carol maloney in "sports final" tonight. we start with the wizards versus the celtics. it was good in the regular season, a nose poke, black funeral prediction, but this is a rivalry calling for police intervention earlier this season. that's a lot of hype for game one today and the playoff series. let's take you to boston. isiah thomas arrived by plane in boston at 4:00 a.m. this morning, coming back from his sister's funeral held yesterday in washington