this could take time. 66 and 91. one little thing to talk about on 66. outer loop getting by the work zone. this is what i was talking about on 66. westbound between fairfax county parkway and two left lanes are blocked. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. disheartening and despicable. that's how students describe racist messages left around campus. >> today american university will have a meeting in response to this. bananas tied with black nooses were found in several places around campus. they had lettering that appears to reference alpha kappa alpha, a predominantly black sorority. >>

incident last fall were expelled. however, it's ten months later. there are people that think they're still here and it built a level of fear. >> american university's president released a statement that says racially charged acts of bigotry are done to instill fear and inflict pain in our community, especially at such times as the end of the term. i regret this happened. a facebook group has been started for a campus rally on wednesday. >> incidents like the one at american university are what they looked into last year. they say fewer black americans are dropping out of high schools and more are earning associates degrees. the social justice index dipped from 67% to 57%. national urban league will release the full report in

>> 4:32. >> eun, we have new video showing protests. take a look. police are saying that the demonstration was considered a riot saying an an arcist group started throwing rocks, bottles and soda. firefighters had to battle several fires set by the protestors. organizers say they believe self-described an arcists wanted to start the violence. 4:32. we're hearing from the family of a murdered delaware state trooper originally from prince george's county. >> this is where we met. this is where stephen started his career at troop 4. this is where we were engaged at the beach.

time together. >> trooper stephen ballard was shot. tracee wilkins also spoke with trooper ballard's father. he wishes more had been done to prevent this tragedy. >> between a week ago, a month ago. somebody should have seen a sign. >> the man who killed him barricaded him in a home for a full day. he was eventually shot and killed at the scene. peter nuchim has been d.c.'s acting chief for days. they're set for a full hearing on newsham's top job. he plans to reduce the number of commanding officers and move more officers for higher crime areas. starting today, major bridge work in georgetown could slow you down for the next seven months.

detouring traffic around the pennsylvania avenue bridge over rock creek parkway. the detour only impacts westbound traffic. call for action. legal decision and federal funding for the purple line today. county executives from prince gorges and other executives will join labor leaders. the federal funding puts aside $125 million for the project as long as the agreement gets signed by september. however, there is still a federal lawsuit that could hold up the process. if everything is resolved the line is set to open in 2022. 4:34. restaurants were supposed to put calorie counts on the menu. the fda delayed a rule that was imposed seven years ago. it s

bakeries and other places said it was too much of a burden. they gave them until may 2018 to look to cut costs and be more flexible. we are just starting our third day without sugar. speaking about counting calories and looking at what's in the labels. i miss chocolate. i haven't had any. i miss sugar in my coffee. i put a facebook diary post on my facebook page. i have to thank everyone for giving me some suggestions. today i'm trying iced coffee because without the sugar some people say it's more palatable. >> working? >> it's not the same but, you know, i'm going to drink it. >> i'm becoming more frustrated with breaking routine. >> your orange juice. >> this morning i opened the refrigerator. can't do that. frustrating. all week long we're showing you ways of cutting back on sugar and how that can affect your life. >> this morning we're going to show you a man with diabetes who cut back. we want you to show us with

>> 4:35. >> let's turn to melissa for more on the morning commute after we check in with chuck and cena. 72 already this morning. >> super warm. >> the afternoon will be pleasant today. little breezy outside. you will notice the changes as we go through the day today. little bit cooler feeling a little bit more like spring. morning commute looking good. dry roads. all that rain moved through last night. if you're heading out for lunch, looks really good. mild and breezy outside. exercise looks fantastic today. don't worry about any storms moving through. if you're having dinner out, mild and dry. so your planner for today, we'll see more sunshine developing as we go through the afternoon. 77 degrees by later on today. very comfortable but before you head outside you might want to get a check on the radar. it does look pretty nice and dry out there. let's check that with chuck. good morning, chuck. >> yeah, we had the chance for

sometimes we think it's going to happen and it doesn't and we're okay with that. still some thunderstorms. for us around here there are some lows and sprinkles. montgomery county not expecting a big impact. this should all be gone before 6:00 a.m. you will find that not needing your umbrella. future weather carries any chance of a drop or two early on. a chance for heavy rain as we get into the day on friday and that may impact your weekend as well. so just know that there is a chance anyway of some heavy rain on friday and temperatures this weekend, oh, wait till you see that ten day forecast on the chilly side for sure. nowhere near as warm as last weekend. let's go over to melissa mollet. >> northbound 395 after z road, you can see the

you can see that sticking around on the right. inner loop and outer loop on the beltway, no further issues. that is good news for lots of folks. southbound route 1 after curtis drive, all lanes blocked because of the downed wires. taking a look at 270 from frederick down to the spur, you are on time. don't have any big problems. same thing headed northbound. >> melissa, thank you. people are still picking up the pieces this morning after a string of deadly storms across the u.s. sad reminder that not everything they lost has value. it is the turbulence that left people lying in the aisle of a boeing 777. why the flight crew had no idea the flight was about to get violently bump whey.re

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angie goff at the live desk with more on these intense storms and the cleanup happening now, angie. >> aaron, a complete mess in multiple states. major devastation that was left behind. we also know that arkansas is under a state of emergency this morning. what you're looking at here, dramatic video out of texas of an overturned car. good samaritans there able to save an infant and 2-year-old. the problems are still going on. roads and bridges are washed out. lightning caused fires and burning buildings. in the end at least 15 people

eun, back to you. >> amazing video. angie, thank you. if you fly you've probably felt turbulence. take a look. 27 people hurt when 40 minutes before landing and without warning their plane started to shake violently. during the turbulence passengers were hurled up onto the roof and then thrown back down. injuries range from broken arms and legs to broken ribs. the russian airline company said the crew was unable to warn pass accept gers of the approaching danger as turbulence occurred in clear sky. the plane was headed from moscow to bangkok. whether you're 21 or 101, you'll soon need an i.d. to buy booze montgomery county. they'll card every person who buys alcohol. county officials say this is to protect employees from subjective carding. previous rules required them

looked like they were under the age of 35. they'll roll this out under the next few weeks. don't wash your car just yet because some rain could be in our future. >> as you know, today we're dr . tomorrow we're dry. friday, heavy rain. the morning commute looks fantastic. in a minute chuck and i are back with your forecast. paying to keep president trump and the first family safe. the massive earmark we're just learning about in the trillion dollar spending plan recently passed by congress. and is this the modern day spork? the utensil

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it is a quiet start to the day. you'll love how the weather is shaping up. the forecast for tomorrow looks good, too. unfortunately as we get closer to the weekend, big chances for rain coming. i'll show you the forecast coming up. parking gets harder for some but easier for others. the changes you need to be aware of the next time you try to find a spot in downtown d.c. >> something kids use every day. the new report facebook is trying to take advantage of teens insecurities and anxieties. congress setting aside more than $120 million in extra money to protect the trump family. that's according to "the new york times." the money is part of the $1 trillion spending plan congressional leaders spoke about. it includes money to protect president trump while he's traveling and another 60 million will reimburse new york city and palm beach county florida.

the billings needed to pass their health care bill replacement. >> they can only afford 22 defections. so far 20 republicans say they're going to vote against it. noesi 4's tracie potts are live. what are they doing to get the bill passed? >> reporter: they're doing a lot of vote counting. you lay it out what the issue is here. they're trying to convince particularly republicans who are moderates, sort of middle of the road republicans, that this plan will work. their biggest concern, you'll hear a lot about this today, pre-existing conditions. so safe waivers that are built into this plan would allow states to charge more if they buy health insurance when they're already sick. moderate republicans don't want to see that happen and they're resisting in addition to those numbers that you showed, they're go a dozen right now who say they're undecided. as you notice they can't afford more than two defect shuns. >> tracie, president trump made comments saying he'd be honor

kim jong-un under the right circumstances. what more are we hearing? >> reporter: this is highly unusual. no sitting president has ever met with a sitting president from north korea. china hasn't met with them. president trump said under the right circumstances he'd be honored to do so. now the white house walking that back a bit saying the circumstances aren't right right now because of the tensions over possible nuclear tests, the missile test. but today or any type in the near future isn't the right time. >> thank you. there's a new effort to make affordable housing more available in the district. today mayor muriel bower is going tea

new council member treyon says there is a problem in the anacostia area. >> we've gone over this from marginalized housing, rent strikes, all kinds of schemes to fight encroachment. >> the district spends about $100 million a year to support affordable housing. in northern virginia, new bike lanes may make it easier for you to exercise and commute in old town alexandria. they're putting any markings on cameron and prince streets. you can ride from the king street metro station to the waterfront. it's part of the city cutting down on traffic related deaths. parking is hard in the

now a big change is coming. it has to do with the red top meters. anyone could park at those in the central disdistrict as long as they paid but that changes. starting monday only drivers with a handicap placard can use those spaces or you will risk paying a $250 fine. that includes around the capitol. national mall, white house and streets as far west as george washingt washington university and far north as dye pond cycle. the rules outside of those areas are not changing. a local marine is on a new mission. joshua hyman coordinated the driver of excellence facility. he's using his knowledge and experience in wheelchair to transform vehicles for other wod

quadriplegic or suffers from paralysis, we can teach them to drive again. >> converting a vehicle is not cheap. it can cost almost 200 grand. for his efforts penn fed credit union is giving him an award. james beard awards is a prestigious honor in the food world. mark furstenberg is the owner of bread furst. and nora pouillon received the lifetime achievement award. chef was doing organic before orga w

she understood the farm to table and congratulations to them. you'll either consider this the smartest or dumbest idea you've heard all morning. we're not even talking about going sugar free. mcdonald's has inbe vented a new utensil. >> for those times a spoon or fork won't do. >> they want you to try frork. french fries and a fork. they invented it to go with new sandwiches. look at this. if you want one mcdonalds is giving them out at participating restaurants. you can make it yourself. stick the mcdonald's french fries in the plastic container. >> viola. >> i'm a no vote. >> it's genius. we're going to talk about it. people are going and try it. >> you bite it but then you have to reload it

>> i have better things to do. this is going to take forever. french fries are all different lengths. >> you're looking at it scientifically, chuck. >> i know. outside a very cloudy start around washington this morning. most of the rain is coming to an end. what you'll notice when you step outside this morning particularly if you live in and around the city and points of southern maryland. when i was driving into work at about 2:30 this morning, it was still 75 degrees. 72 in washington. winds out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour. that has the warm air. you'll notice the change in wind direction. southwest winds have temperatures in the 70s. west to northwesterly winds has dropped temperatures into the 50s and 60s. as you're planning out the day today, clearing skies.

day. we'll allow a warmup. we could easily make it back up into the 70s. you can see that little tiny sprinkle or two, parts of howard county. maybe one or two lonesome areas. if you don't find it this morning, you probably aren't going to need it. a little chance for rain late any date. one to two inches of rain heaviest in the morning. we're having to put clouds on both days this weekend and we've introduced a chance of showers. start working on a backup plan to play it on the safe side. sheena has a closer look at today coming up in a few minutes. for now it's time for traffic. >> i do love a french fry. my son is

kind of an extra step. okay. northbound 395 after glebe road, that has cleared. southbound route 1 after curtis drive, still have all lanes blocked there because of those downed wires and downtown just getting this, east street at 3rd street northwest, all lanes blocked, police activity. jo scathing accusations when it comes to facebook and their kids. they can tell when they're insecure and capitalizing on it. >> a little boy falling through a security bus door and on to a roadway. why the driver had no idea he fell in the first place. it just built a level of fear within our community that we shouldn't have

keep your eyes on your screen. a little boy fell from a moving school bus. the little boy tumbled out of the emergency door here in south carolina last month. the emergency alarm didn't go off either so the driver had no idea until other students started screaming. aside from a few cuts, the boy was okay.

after that school bus. >> thank goodness he's okay. in news 4 your health, some changes are coming to your kids' school lunch. sonny purdue announced the fda's new rules after eating with students in leesburg. now schools won't have to cut more salt from meals. districts will keep the current whole grain requirements but won't expand them to include pasta and bread. the schools can serve 1% chocolate milk. facebook knows when your teenager is feeling insecure and is capitalizing on that according to documents linked to a paper. is it focused on teenagers in australia. they handed that information over to advertisers. they called the move a mistake and says its advertisers are not allowed to target users based on

>> it's scary. to try to figure out our emotional state, wow. stay with us, news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. >> shattenkirk again. shoots. scores! shattenkirk has won the game in overtime. >> how about those caps. you knew it was going to be a tough fight, especially if they lost, but they won in pittsburgh in overtime in capitals fashion. >> going to be a battle going into the rest of the series. down 2-1 right now but they are guaranteed at least one more game at home and we hope that means good things to comfort caps. >> yes. >> good morning, everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to get to your tuesday morning traffic. >> melissa will have a look at the commute. let's start with chuck and sheena with a look at our forecast. >> i think you'll like it more