illegally. >> tonight rape charges have been dropped against two immigrant teenagers, accused of attacking a girl at rockville high school in march. the case sparked outrage among parents and the white house used it as an example for the need to crack down on illegal immigration. >> investigators now say that the evidence just did not support those charges. chris gordon has our report. chris? >> reporter: jim and doreen, prosecutors have dropped rape and sex assault charges, but because these two teenage boys are undocumented immigrants, federal deportation proceedings against them have already started. in montgomery county district court the judge says charges dismissed. you can be released immediately. but lawyers for 17-year-old jose montano say he isn't free tonight. >> will your client be released? >> obviously right now he's being

they conducted a thorough investigation including many witnesses, including the 14-year-old girl who said she was dragged into a school rest room and attacked. >> we have concluded that the facts in this case do not support the original charges filed in this matter. >> reporter: 18-year-old henry sanchez-milian and 17-year-old jose montanto have maintained it was consensual texts. defense lawyers provided tj messages the 14-year-old sent to montano's phone with explicit photos and videos. now the defense lawyers say it's unfair that the sexting they uncovered is being used by prosecutors to charge montano with two counts of possession of pornography and two counts of distribution of pornography. >> if they're going to charge, which they have, our clients, then they should also charge her, because she was the maker of this and the distributor. >> reporter: rockville h

school parents and students are trying to understand today's developments. >> since there wasn't enough evidence, they tried to get them with what they could. so in the form, i guess they kind of did get some justice. >> reporter: now a lot of people are asking and you may be wondering why the 18-year-old in this case was not charged with statutory rape of a minor. that's because under maryland law, a full four years difference in age is required. even though he's 18 and she's 14, they are closer in age than the full four years necessary to charge him with statutory rape. that's the latest live at rockville high school. >> thanks, chris. as noted, this case got a lot of attention. it even sparked reaction from the white house. press secretary sean spicer reacting to the case on march 21st, followed by reaction today during a white house press briefing. >> this is a tragic event and it's horrendous and horrible and

went through. >> sean spicer said a big part of the reason president trump has made illegal immigration and crackdown such a big deal is because of tragedies like this. did the white house jump to conclusions in this case? >> sean was speaking about what she knew at the time and certainly i haven't had a chance to dive into the latest on that, but we will and we'll get back to you. >> both montano and millian were in the u.s. illegally. millian's father, who had been living in the u.s. for 12 years, was arrested by i.c.e. agents about a week after his son was arrested. students at american university staging a sit-in and demanding justice today after bananas tied to nooses were found on campus this week. also tonight, the school's first black female student government president is under police protection after an online threat. meagan fitzgerald has the latest developments from au. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, doreen, students we talked to

are deeply concerned by the recent events that have been happening, which is why they started another protest today. even shutting down the toununne trying to make sure their voices are heard. some students say the administration isn't effectively addressing racially charge the incidents because they keep happening. so today -- >> if we don't get no justice -- >> you don't get no peace! >> reporter: -- more protests. students say seeing bananas hanging from a noose around campus during finals has impacted them. >> we're basically asking for the administration to give students of color extensions on their finals, as well as any exams or tests they've taken after the first banana incident occurred, if they could be revisited first. >> reporter: just last night, the university said a white supremacist made comment online. the university said, the author encouraged followers to troll the president of american university's student government, taylor dumpson. the

her home, to provide her and her family with additional security. >> things that are happening on our campus are not in isolation. >> so in response, university officials went on facebook live to offer safety tips and answer questions. >> we recommend that people restrict the access to their social media accounts. so that they are private, only to their friends and family members. >> reporter: they said the entire university leadership held a meeting after last night's town hall, to talk about some of the things they learned prch. >> the categories like communication, action, responsibility, transparency, and accountability. >> i applaud the administration because one of the biggest things we've been asking for throughout this week is that more transparency, more e-mails, and we haven't gotten that in previous situations. >> reporter: but these student protesters say, there's still more work that needs to be done. >> you don't get no peace! >> reporter: now we watched a facebook live post that app

accepting the demands of students. for example, allowing for an extension for finals for the students affected by recent events. we reached out to the university but have not heard back from them confirming what we saw. back to you. >> thanks, meagan. tonight a former marine is locked up, accused of planning a terror attack at a d.c. police station. mark segraves joins us now outside u.s. district court to tell us what led to this arrest. mark? >> reporter: good evening, jim. this investigation started last summer when an fbi employee noticed clark callaway's facebook postings. as you mentioned, jim, callaway is a former marine. according to charging documents, callaway was posting pro-isis and racist remarks on his facebook page. he told an fbi informant that he wanted to kill police officers, and specifically, he was going to target the first district poli

washington. he then bought an ak-47 from that informant. we know from the charging documents that the fbi informant has been paid more than $275,000 since 2003, working as an informant. now callaway was in court today, he only is facing gun charges so far. he has not been charged with making threats or terrorism charges. he did not enter a plea. he was held without bail. he'll be back in this federal courthouse next week where prosecutors will have to show probable cause and there's a possibility that more charges could be added. that's the latest from u.s. district court. >> mark, thank you. hey, did you get caught in one of those heavy downpours this morning? the severe storms and the heavy rains have moved out now, but there are some showers on the radar now and more in the forecast for our weekend. here's a look at the conditions, though, during the morning rush. rain brought down a tree on clingel road in northwest,

down for hours. just south of richmond, a tornado touched down, causing lots of damage. several buildings were damaged, trees and power lines were knocked over. but no reports of any serious injuries here. let's check in with doug for a closer look at what we can expect here, heading into our weekend. we want to make some plans, doug. can we? >> if they're outdoor plans, may be hard to come by, especially during the day tomorrow. a lot of games this weekend and of course all the fields are just soaked. we have numerous cancellations as far as games tomorrow go. out there now, still tracking showers and even a couple of storms. even some severe weather. show you where the storms are, in the immediate area, back in the west. d.c. is fine, if you're going to dinner, should be okay. you may even be able to eat outdoors. although it's still on the warm side. take a look. winchester down towards culpeper county, seeing storms along 66. zoom in and you see what's happening in front royal, east of front royal, along 66, very av

just down to the south, we're tracking a severe thunderstorm, this just now moving into caroline county, south of fredericksburg. has lightning associated with it, and there's more showers tomorrow as the upper level energy moves in across the region too. not a very nice weekend. and wait until you see the forecast for next week. i know i've mentioned the 50s, but some of you could wake up to 30s early in the week. >> thanks, doug. skeptics in the u.s. senate say a victory lap came a bit early today. lot of back slapping in the rose garden after house republicans passed a bill to repeal obamacare yesterday. but there are questions now about how many americans will lose the protections guaranteed under the current law. and we don't know what that plan will cost. blane alexandr blayne? >> the president is spending this weekend at his home in new jersey, still celebrating

health care faces a tougher battle going forward. millions of americans are still trying to make sense of all this and figure out what it means for their health care plans and their families. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: on the heels of a health care victory, more good news for president trump. 211,000 jobs added in april, unemployment dropping to 4.4%, the lowest since 2007. >> the president and his entire team will continue this laser focus on creating jobs for hard-working americans. >> reporter: the president today signed a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown through september pch. >> stopping obama regulations, gotten his health care plan through the house of representatives and now we see a jobs report that shows that there's some real economic enthusiam out there in the country. >> reporter: this morning on twitter, the president celebrating what he calls a big win on health care. but it's facing a major battle and likely changes in the senate. >> absolutely zero chance of

zero. >> the senate will carefully review the house bill and now we'll go to work on a senate bill. >> reporter: now resetting a debate that proved so contentious in the house. experts still sorting out details of the house bill. >> there's no doubt in my mind that millions fewer people will be covered. >> reporter: a plan still in the works, as many americans live in fear. >> thank you for setting a death sentence for our children. >> reporter: the health care future for millions now in the hands of the senate. and there's new today about the president's still growing team. we've learned that mark green has withdrawn his name from consideration. and he's the second person to withdraw his name from consideration for this position. blayne alexander, news4. leon harris here at the live desk where we are digging for more details on the death of

ops mission in somalia. it happened on a raid 40 milds west of the capital. the special ops were working with soldiers from the somali national army in an advise and assist capacity. the name of the fallen s.e.a.l. has not been released. two other s.e.a.l.s were wounded, and this is the first combat death of an american in somalia since the "black hawk down" incident in 1993. we lost 18 service members in that battle. in fairfax county today, a special ceremony to honor officers who have died in the line of duty. ♪ ♪ >> because of the rain, the service was moved indoors. six officers in the county have lost their lives in the past four decades. their loved ones joined county supervisors, the police chief and other

ceremony. the promise to the fairfax county fallen officers and their families, we'll never forget their sacrifice. coming up, a look at the headlines, from health care to russia. $30 million worth of illegal cigarettes found. more on the crime as police tell us how they were able to crack kiis traffic

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my goodness what a week in politics, from health care to the fbi director's candid testimony on capitol hill, and then the ongoing russia investigation as well. >> nbc news chief affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is filling in for chuck todd on "meet the press" this week and will help us understand some of this stuff. this health care bill, so many confused, particularly with regard to pre-existing conditions. help us understand. >> the problem is, the house rushed through this vote. they knew they had the vote and struck while they did before members went back to their districts to face the angry town halls, but they didn't wait to get the non-partisan accounting from the congressional budget office. so they don't know how much it will cost, how much it will save, who is covered, who

the president on down, that nobody will be affected. that pre-existing conditions is covered. but the fact is that states can opt out. and a lot is still up in the air. the senate is going to be much more deliberative about this. >> a lot of unanswered questions here. let's go to james comey here, the fbi director, which was fascinating because i think his words, he feels mildly nauseous at the idea that the fbi might have had affected the outcome of a presidential election, that's remarkable, isn't it? >> it is. it was an extraordinary three hours of testimony. i've been talking to democratic senators who are saying that not only did they feel that he did have an impact, you can't say what would have happened, there were a lot of other mistakes, we've cataloged them, but momentum was going up, the holing shows that hillary clinton was going up in the last few days. the day he announced that he was re-opening

poi pointed out, without getting a laptop, without seeing what the there there was, 11 days before the election, it all stalled and start the collapsing. so there's a lot of anger and feinstein and chris coons and senator blumenthal, all questioned about that and said, you had another choice. it waunsn't the choice of, do y tell congress, or do you conceal, which is a loaded term. the other choice s you also disclose, if you're going to do it, that you're investigating the trump possible connection to russia. and that wasn't disclosed. so there's a lot of anger about that. >> but james comey isn't backing down, he said he wouldn't do anything differently. >> and interestingly, sally yates on mond ay will be up abot what did she say. >> the former assistant attorney. >> yes, she was acting attorney general before sessions of sworn in. she was

told the white house that there was bad stuff about mike flynn, the national security adviser, what and why, and why wasn't he fired immediately. all that might come out. >> more drama to come. and you're going to be talking to some investigators about the russia investigation. >> yes, and we'll talk to die yane feinstein, who is the ranking democrat on judiciary. and we'll be talking to tom price, the health and human services secretary, who has to explain what are the details, who is covered, who isn't upon. >> but you're not talking to the president, he's going out of the country, first time, right? >> he's out of town this weekend, in bed minister, new jersey, taking the weekend off. there have been tweets today, but he's taking a foreign trip and interestingly, he's starting in saudi arabia, meeting all the arab leaders, and then going on to israel. the idea and then going on and meeting the pope. so the first foreign trip on the front end of what was to be a nato s

they think that there's a chance to do something meaningful on middle east peace. how many presidents have failed? >> one after another after another. >> might be some news come out of there. >> i think so. >> thank you, andrea. >> great to have you with us. and andrea will be filling for chuck todd this sunday morning on "meet the press." tom price will talk about the health care bill and andrea has senator diane feinstein and senator roy blunt. parking spaces are hard to come by, especially at local high schools. tonight, how some neighbors are cashing in on parking problems. i'm julie carey in fairfax county, they're accused of smuggling and reselling so many packs of cigarettes, they raked in $30 million. now more than four dozen people face charges.

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be seeing rain and maybe some flooding, he wasn't kidding around. >> no, he wasn't. he also told us about the other things that were going to happen prior to this now. what an interesting weather day this has been for quite some time, don't you think? >> yeah. >> with the storms this morning, wasn't it lovely to lay in bed, those who could, and listen to the wind howl and rage outside. doug, were you in bed when that was going on this morning? wasn't that great? >> i was taking my kids to school. >> a lot of people were stuck in traffic. i got to sleep in a little bit. >> some of us have earlier alarms, guys. we were out there. and i'll tell you what, it was amazing, right when my daughters' bus comes at 8:30, it was -- 8:50, it was unloading. she was ready to go, daddy wasn't getting out of the car. we are dealing with shower activity around the region. the rain coming down so quick. we did see some flooding and take a look at this. this was a

had a little bit earlier today. over towards the reston area. this is on lawyers road, an area that always floods. we tell you all the time, turn around, don't drown. their car, that's going to be a hefty bill for them. out there today, still tracking the storms around our region and we still have some of those storms. currently watching the storms in through parts of northern virginia. for us, some shiunshine out her. not a bad afternoon. 72 degrees, winds out of the south at 15 miles per hour. in the 70s everywhere except around the bay. how much rain, over two inches in martinsburg, inch and a half in d.c. today has been a very wet day for sure, and we're still getting the showers and storms. right now back to the west, we're watching this line here, this is around the clark county area, towards warren county,

county. this line call moving to the north and then down to the southern area, winchester, white post and blue mont, and the southern zone, for caroline county, south of fredericksburg, storms moving to the north and east. heads up around fredericksburg and king's. look what happens here. we see the rain move out, the clouds move out, the sun, and then the storms. we need that sun to give us the extra instability. we had it today and that's why we're seeing storms to the west. d.c. metro, i think we're good for the next couple of hours, but keep the umbrella handy if you're going out. watching this area of low pressure, again, this is a monster of a storm. it really is. it's going to have a huge impact on our weekend. the best chance of rain coming again this evening, around parts of our area, and then again tomorrow, scattered showers. notice shower activity around 1:00, showers through the

d.c./metro area. heads up. the numbers, cooler conditions, 62 on sustained, monday, overnight lows in the mid 40s. some of you in the upper 30s. and lock at all the rain coming next week. >> oh my, oh my. thanks, doug. coming up, a $30 million bust involving illegal cigarette trafficking. we'll show you that as we find out from the police where all that money was going. and hundreds pay tribute to an officer killed in the line of duty, tonight he's being remembered for his big heart. and in a moment, i'll have this story about fairfax county parents unease about a genr identidefi

a smuggling ring that -- it was a tobacco smuggling ring that pulled in $30 million and fairfax county police had a hand in shutting it down. four than four dozen suspects face charges from money laundering to illegally selling cigarettes. julie carey reports that police now need to follow the money. >> it's gotta to be up with of the largest

>> reporter: that's how police are describing this case, with one of their detectives looking into a bank fraud case. a year later, 43 people in the richmond area face indictment. another dozen in northern virginia are under arrest in a scheme to sell cigarettes at double the price. >> the price of cigarettes in richmond is low, the price in the northeast is high. what they will do, they can go into richmond and purchase large quantities of cigarettes and then transport them up to new york and they're going to double their profit. > >> reporter: the operatives supplied the money, set up multiple fraudulent bank accounts, use debits cards to get rental cars and clear out the account before the company finalize the charge. drivers go from one convenience store on anothers buying cigarettes. over the last year, more than 600,000 cartons, and then head north to resell the cigarettes in newk

got caught. >> multiple vehicles during the course of the investigation were stopped with suspects in it, and that was when it was learned they were trafficking cigarettes. >> reporter: in a little more than a year, the operation pulled in around $30 million. and as the crime grew, so did the investigation, to include the fbi, homeland security, the state department, along with fairfax and henriqueo county police. all of the suspects from the nation of mauritania. now investigators want to track the money and find out if any of it was sent to terrorists. >> when money is being laundered in the united states and we don't know where it's going, then, yes, that's one of the things we'll look into it, terrorism. >> reporter: police say not all those charged are behind bars, but they're confident they will capture them all. in fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news4. a former employee of the national institutes of health is facing prison time. he's pleaded guilty to a federal crime and admitted selling nih

property online. our scott macfarlane broke this story last month. christopher dame will be sentenced in september. he admitted, pardon me, to regularly stealing medical research equipment, photography supplies and printing supplies. dame acknowledged storing those supplies in montgomery county, then he posted them for sale on ebay. in a statement to news4, his lawyer says dame is remorseful and he will make full restitution. and in virginia, a family of seven left homeless after flames gutted their house. it happened last night on nash drive in manassas. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. still no word on what started that fire. corporal stephen ballard grew up in buoy, but his final resting place is in delaware, the state he swore to serve and protect. leon harris joins us with a look at how the trooper is being remembered. >> corporal stephen ballard's family from friends fromur

today for its funeral. the 32-year-old delaware state trooper was shot and killed last week in the line of duty. the weather seemed to fit the mood today. a long line of police cars coming under a huge american flag through the pouring rain. a motorcycle procession escorted his body to the chase center. former vice president joe biden and his family were there to pay respects. with them, more than 700 uniformed officers from at least 36 states coming to honor the fallen hero. >> we were standing next to people from new mexico and california. it's the least we could do to drive down here. >> just encouraging, uplifting, to see at a time when this family needs support, they've got it. >> corporal ballard was gunned down investigating a suspicious vehicle in a wawa parking lot. after a 20-hour-long stand-off, police shot and killed the

gunman. today ballard's family was presented with the flag that was flying over the u.s. capitol the day he died. corporal ballard's mother said although her son preferred to stay at a state trooper in delaware, he never gave up his love for crab cakes and the washington redskins. now a school debate over the rights of transgender students is getting national attention. fairfax county is the area's largest school system. so the question is, what happens there when it comes to gender policies and it could impact other school districts as well. today, a national conservative group met with concerned parents. our bureau reporter david culver reports. as laura miller took the mike, you could tell in her voice this is an emotional issue. >> i think this is so dangerous and i need help from national people,au

tag band militia holding out in fairfax county, but we're getting run over. >> reporter: a mom to three students, laura told those gathered at the conservative family reserve council that she fears the non-discrimination policy, she worries it could confuse some kids questioning their gender identity. >> and yet our schools are going to affirm in about a thousand different ways that you're ready to make life-altering choices to your bodies. >> reporter: the question of how to accommodate transgender students, not just a local issue. >> it's really a national issue. it's happening all over the country. fairfax is an example of one system where it's happening. >> reporter: elizabeth schultz tells me it's not clear how the policy is being carried out in schools. >> how is staff handling it? is there professional development for staff? what accommodations are being made or not being made? it's as if we've come full circle back to where we started. >> reporter: listening in from the audience,

teacher who founded fcds pride. >> people are coming up with solutions to those. people are answering that. as far as kids go, you call them by the pronouns they want to be called by. >> reporter: laura thinks it's too much for kids to deal with. >> introducing all this information to them already at such a young age, and i think it's unfair to the young children. >> reporter: so this is an issue that most school leaders had hoped the supreme court would have helped them solve. but in march, the half-court decided -- the high court decided not to hear the case. so school systems are left trying to figure out how to navigate this, it's a new course for a lot of them. and how heated this issue is, soon as i finished the 5:30 piece, i heard from folks on both sides, saying, should have included this or this. >> people have strong emotions about this. >> sure. >> thanks, david. a landmark decision involving a popular produ

tonight the big pay-out for a virginia woman who claims she got cancer after decades of using baby powder. also, we'll tell you how a local program is helping wounded vets transition back to civilian life. but first, what's up, doug? >> not bad in d.c. metro, but yes, i'm tracking more showers, more thunderstorms. some of them even strong, judge

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volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. a jury has awarded more than $110 million to a virginia woman who says decades of using johnson & johnson baby powder caused her to get cancer. the woman says she's used the company's product, containing talcum for more than 40 years. she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. this is the fourth case a consumer has won over similar claims.

evidence behind the allegations and says it will appeal. the american cancer society says the risk is small and researchers need to continue to investigate this issue. they went overseas to fight and protect our freedom. they came home injured heroes. today walter reed celebrated a program that is transforming the way veterans are getting the help they need. our derrick ward has the report. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: there are different ways to travel a bath to recovery on a journey back to a brain injury caused by an explosion, captain luis avila helps by singing. >> i was in a coma for three months. >> reporter: tyler also recovered and looks to a positive attitude to continue his journey back from a coma. >> you gotta never stop and just keep running. >> i wasn't ready to give up the army. >> reporter: bruce lost a leg

the explosion in baghdad. he knows the way back is never easy. >> learning to receive help is definitely a challenge. learning to ask for help when you need it, can be a challenge too. >> reporter: these soldiers have all been served by the warrior transition brigade. a ten-year-old unit started at walter reed to change the way the severely wounded get support, medical, psychological or social. today, active retired and veteran soldiers, their families and providers were at the d.c. national guard armory to mark a decade of helping. this lieutenant was helped by the brigade and then joined it. >> i don't understapresume to w their path, but i have walked a similar path. >> reporter: a path that family members of the wounded may not have been aware of. a path they too much travel as they help their loved ones. >> the care they give to the caregivers and reaching out to us. >> reporter: that path they take after a severe injury isn't always smooth or easy. and all don

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call today. comcast business. built for business. crowded local schools are creating a new problem, a parking crunch. >> and now as scott macfarlane and the news4 i-team explain, local officials are looking into whether homeowners are profiting from a parking problem. >> reporter: when the bell rings, the race begins. students hustling along the sidewalk.

>> reporter: or for those lucky enough to score parking lots for their car. >> this is a fire lane. >> reporter: eric is a senior at chevy chase high school. >> does everybody get a parking permit that wants one? >> no, there's a shortage. >> reporter: at some schools, parking spaces are limited to seniors and those with high gpas. so it's common to see cars snaking into spots in the neighborhood. but what they found in potomac is not common. according to county officials. home driveways that look like parking lots, one with diagonal painted lines, and we saw the same students parking each day in the same spots day after day, month after month. two of whom told our producer these spots cost hundreds of dollars a year. in the driveway next door, we saw the same car driven by the same students day after day, month after month. >> we can't have all those cars coming in and out. >> judy stils,

permitting service. weeks after we began investigating, they did too. the county said what they found was a violation of county ordinance that bans homeowners from renting parking spaces on private driveways, including near schools. >> it's a neighborhood, and to violate that, brings in additional cars, and it's impactful. if pedestrian safety, children safety, pet safety. >> reporter: and the county found those two homeowners broke the rules by charging money for their driveway space. each was issued a warning, but kept allowing the kids to park anyway, the county says and were then issued a formal citation, a $500 fine, a court date. >> the citation means the warning didn't work. >> correct. >> reporter: just this week, we found the same cars in the same spots. the man we met at the door of this home declined to comment and asked we leave. no one answered the door or responded to our note at the

and found other rule breakers there, but different kinds of rules. outside walt whitman high, student cars line a road behind the campus despite a no parking sign. a county spokesperson confirms cars aren't allowed there. in other neighborhoods, students using parking permits that are reserved for homeowners. >> we heard the stories about students buying and selling parking passes. so there are abuses. >> reporter: we found students parking at the reserved residential permit spaces outside bethesda chevy chase high. >> we can't have the traffic into our neighborhoods. >> reporter: the county says the solution to one of these problems, a new electronic permit parking system. makes it harder, they say, for there to be a black market of kids buying and selling the old hard copy permits. scott macfa

this story started out with a tip. if you have something for us to check out, call us. >> what's the weather, doug? how's it looking out there? >> right now for most of us, it's looking like a pretty good friday evening. >> not bad. >> for others, not so much. lot of rain and thunderstorm activity south and west of d.c., but again, around the district, looking good for the next couple of hours. show you what's happening outside right now. again, a very nice shot here. look at that, some sunshine moving in. that's prompting a few storms to develop. currently at 72, winds out of the south at 15 miles per hour. today the warmest day -- well, actually the warmest day we'll see in about two weeks. yes, at 72 degrees. 74, centreville, 72 up towards twin brook. i mentioned d.c., if i just stand here, it looks like everybody's on the dry side. but as soon as you go this way, av

frederick, martinsburg. and this thunderstorm here is severe, moving through caroline county. next up, king george county. this morning, around dahlgren, a confirmed ef-1 tornado there, 90-mile-an-hour winds early this morning. flipped over four different cars in a parking lot there. so, yeah, they already saw big time storms this morning. heads up there. 95, kind of a mess around fredericksburg. but 95 around fredericksburg, always a mess. around the rest of the region, this is what we're dealing with tomorrow. anytime you see a spine li likes in the atmosphere, cold air with it, that moves over top of us, allowi allowing for more shower activity. tomorrow afternoon, 60 degrees at noon with showers ending. scattered showers at 7:00. i think we'll see showers through the morning, maybe even

so showers ending in some areas, but still going on. lot of games canceled already. high is 10 to 15 degrees below average. gold cup, apple blossom festival, all going to be water logged as far as the ground is concerned. 62 on sunday, 60 on monday, 63 on tuesday. look at all that rain for mother's day. mother's day could be another wash-out. highs only in the 50s, guys. that's something to watch. >> stay inside and cook her the best meal she ever had. >> and then clean up the kitchen after you do. >> that's right. and then pay her for allowing you to do all that. we have sports coming up. ay tuned.st

>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >> are they still whining about how we played in the playoffs? are they still crying like babies? >> no, i think there's a lot of grown men in this series. not a lot of cry babies. >> good. >> we've seen bloody noses, a missing tooth, twisted ankles and a few scuffles in the first three games of the wizards and celtics series. the bad blood continued after the game three win on thursday night. thomas, took eight shots and scored 13 points, summed up

other, or lack thereof. >> we don't like them, and they don't like us. that's just what it is. two teams competing. whatever bad blood we've had in the season is carried over to the playoffs. but we're just competing and trying to win. and they did that today. we took care of business at home. now we just gotta try to get game four. >> so the wizards are down 2-1 in the series. got to watch for kelly ub ray. olynyk last night was ejected. no word just yet on whether or not unray will get suspended. his teammates gave him interesting advice during the incident and after. >> i told him they was going to throw him out, so he might as well leave now. [ laughter ] just keep your head, always the next game. we won the game and just be ready the next game. >> i told him, we nee

defenders. you're constantly getting better. and we need you. so just make sure that moving forward you're smart about it. somebody hit you, just move on. just continue to play smart. >> the wizards were able to breathe life back into the series against the celtics. capitals are fighting for dear life in theirs. they say desperate times calls for desperate measures. down 3-1 against the pittsburgh penguins, the caps move ovechkin to the third line with zoeller and wilson to the first line. barry trotz explains why he made this significant adjustment. >> bottom line is, we're going to need him to be really good. and so he's gotta respond. that's next game. contributions from maker for line-up.an, we need, you knowte

through our line-up. forwards and defense. >> i don't think we have success as a three in that game. so i hope it's going to work. i hope it's goa work well, we're going to produce and we gonna score and win. >> pittsburgh was able to win game four without their best player, sidney crosby. there he is today, sure looks like he's ready to return for saturday night's game five. crosby suffered a concussion in game three, he's been skating the past three days and sounds confident he'll take the ice tomorrow evening. >> well, i think having gone through this, i'd like to think i'm pretty aware of my body at this point. i understand the importance of making sure you're good before you come back, and i have a lot of belief in our staff here, you know, that they'll do everything in their power to make sure i'm good when i come back.

i trust them, i and whenever it's time, i'll be ready. >> we wanted to

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