capturing moments. the polaroid snap makes an instant print and copy. >> please don't buy your mother an appliance this mother's day. >> camera is nice? >> okay. yes. >> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. "news 4 today" starts now. jewelry, perfume. >> flowers. >> flowers, chocolates. you follow me? >> not a vacuum. 5:00 a.m. right now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. right to your weather and traffic. >> melissa has an eye on roads and traffic. we'll go to chuck and sheena for the forecast. >> not a pretty day to be outside. that being said, it's not a total loss of a morning. >> no, that's true because it's cloudy and it's going to stay cloudy for most of the day. and then as you're about to step out from the friday night plans, that's when it will come back.

cloudy. all of this rain that we're watching moving in our direction. that will be here later this evening. so, again, if you are heading out tonight, have the umbrella. temperatures about the low 50s. a little bit cool across the area. here's what it's going to look like as we go through the day. 5:00 p.m., 57 degrees. maybe a shower but later on this evening that's when the steady rain gets here. let's check in with melissa. >> new problem westbound 270, the ramp is shut down because of a crash there. keep an eye on that one. see if that starts to cause any big issues. our other problem on 4, in bound after woodyard, outbound afterward road. again, right now beltway loop is good. 66 in bound and outbound here at nutley, no problem. 5:01. erika gonzalez is back at the livesk

amber alert. >> they're looking for an abducted 8-month-old baby girl. this is a picture of khloe johnson and her mom. they were last seen in hampton virginia on april 30th. an amber alert has been issued for them. khloe was with her mom. keir johnson. they may have been kidnapped. they may be in keir's car, a 2010 kia optima. it's not like her to go missing and not let anyone know where she is. share our post. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >> no means no. no means no. >> more than a year after hundreds of howard university students marched protesting the alleged rape of two female students, there is now a lawsuit asking that the school be hel

the story is getting a lot of reaction online. there are claims howard failed to help five former students and employees. >> some of the allegations are pretty hard to read. news 4's megan mcgrath is live at hoortd. megan? >> reporter: good morning, eun and aaron. the five women say the universe stid reacted with, quote, deliberate indifference. they say howard university offered them no help after they reported that they had been sexually assaulted. now the lawsuit goes on to say that the university failed to follow its own policy to investigate sex assault claims within 60 days. now two of the women identified in the lawsuit as jane doe 1 and jane doe 2 say they were assaulted in 2015 and 2016 respectiv.

resident advisor ever raping them. that r.a. was not immediately removed from his position. one of the women pleaded about the situation, and in the lawsuit the woman says that the dean of student affairs told her, quote, you embarrassed your family by doing that. the attorney representing all five women says howard university didn't seem concerned about the victims. >> again, they seemed more concerned about the issues on them not of how this interrupted our client's ability to continue their education. >> reporter: and another woman in the lawsuit says that she experienced physical and sexual abuse at the hands of a howard university police officer. i'm going to have more on that part of the story coming up at 6:00. >> megan, thank you. 5:05. in an e-mail a howard

university could not comment on the lawsuit. the statement went on to say the university has been and remains to be committed to diligently investigating any such allegation to ensure a safe and healthy community. >> three weeks, three nooses found on campuses in our area. it happened in anne arundel county. take a close look at these pictures. they were captured at the middle school before a teacher found it hanging from a light in the courtyard yesterday morning. news of the incident happened yesterday. >> some students were texting parents. >> we're hoping our students realize the severity of the incidents and they have an impact on members of our community. >> they believe the noose was placed on a light by the people in that surveillance video who

as you may remember, someone hung bananas from nooses on the campus of american university last week in northwest washington. that incident left them concerned about their safety. they've hired dr. ibrahim bundy. he is an expert on racism. a man accused of a brutal murder on a metro train. jasper spires is charged with stabbing this man more than 30 times. it was a random attack that happened on a red line train. south they are land had just graduated from american university. prince george's county council member heads to court on dui charges. mel franklin crashed into another car on route 4 in marlboro last december. police say he fled the

was found hiding in the woods. he was in his county owned car at the time of the accident. news 4 learned this was the third time crashing a county vehicle. you can follow tracie wilkins on twitter. 5:07. an fbi raid in annapolis. this happened at a firm. this is connected to a lawsuit filed after the race for the virginia governor in 2013. ken cuccinelli sued the firm after he lost the race to terry mccullough. they raised more than $2 million in donors but only gave his campaign 10,000. the lawsuit was sed ld. coming up on 8 minutes after the hour now as we turn to president trump's revealing interview with nbc's d

russian investigation. we hear president trump's contention that comey told him three times that he was not under investigation. >> was it a phone call? did you meet face to face? >> i had a dinner with him. he wanted to stay on. >> he asked to stay on? >> i had dinner with him. i think he asked me for dinner and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head and i said, we'll consider it. we'll see what happens. but we had a very nice dinner and at that time he told me you are not under investigation. >> we will have more take aways from lester holt's interview with the president with news 4's tracie potts in a few minutes. first though, 4 things we're learning about comey's firing. one current and one former fbi official close to the former director tells nbc news he did not seek

he was invited by the white house. in the interview with nbc news the president said he had planned to fire comey all along. that contradicted previous explanations. on capitol hill, andrew mccabe disputed that comey had been inspired because he lost the confidence of the rank and file. the white house has a ban doobed the idea of a president visiting fbi headquarters. we're told he would not be greeted warmly. every person who's trying to move around our area, governor larry hogan is leaning hard on maryland's attorney general to take harsh steps on the purple line. they're looking to compel a ruling in the purple line lawsuit. it's been stalled ever since the judge questioned the viability of the purple line in august. they say $900 million if the purple line

for the second weekend in a row, a wet forecast has stalled work on the bridge. vdot is rescheduling the work for next weekend. it will start friday night at 10:00 and will add congestion between route 1 and minuteville road. crews completed the first phase of the work in april. the bridge carries 71,000 vehicles per day. it is a must-win for the washington wizards tonight. they're back at home at verizon center for game six against the boston celtics. celtics leading the series 3-2. if the wizards win tonight they will force a game seven. that will give them a chance to get to the eastern conference finals against the raibing champs, the cavaliers. >> nice to have one of our teams still winning and bring home a

>> it will be a few days. yeah, no, that's right. we have quite a bit of rain in the forecast eel specially if you have friday night plans. then we go into the weekend. on the radar, it's heading in this direction. we show you a close look at the timing and what you can expect for the entire weekend including mother's day. that's up next. it was a bombshell arrest in the olympic community. a trusted doctor is arrested for abusing several gymnasts. what the judge might say. >> i want to wish my mother a h

they say it's going to rain all the way to sunday. what's happening? >> here's the thing. it's not going to be a total washout today or tomorrow but there's a whole lot of rain between now and the time you wake up on sunday morning. mother's day itself, i think it's going to be a very pretty day. starting out with some clouds. ending up with plenty of sunshine. temperatures into the 70s. nice northwest breeze around. slight little chance for a shower on mother's day. shee

taking a look right now at the issues on the road. new problem in bound 7 after 15, right lane is the only thing getting by that crash as you approach leesburg. 270 southbound it is still blocked because of that crash. in bound after woodyard, crash blocking the left lane. 5:15. prosecutors described it as brutal and the ultimate crime against a senior. >> an elderly woman killed by a man who broke into her home in weeden trying to steal her car. linda johnson was stabbed multiple times in her bedroom. yesterday montgomery county court kafi sadler plet guilty to her murder. police say he also stole johnson's credit card and car. >> he

purchase snacks on a video that we have and there are other videos that we have of him using her credit card. >> sadler could spend the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced in september. his girlfriend was also charged in this case. today joint services will be held in south boston for dr. richard field and his fiance, dr. lena polonos. both were brutally murdered in their condos just after dr. field texted a friend to send police. officers found the suspect still inside the condo and shot him during the standoff. today a man accused by nine gym ninasts of sexually assault them is in court. he is facing 22 charges from nine victims. today a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for trial. take a look at these flames in

this fire could be seen for miles overnight. look at that. you'll see the fire consumed most of tho building, even some trailers around it. one worker taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. no word on what caused the fire. the alexandria school superintendant will leave his post to become a professor of education at george mason university. he's been with the school for four years. during his term test scores rose among minority students and he helped the city schools develop a five-year plan. in news 4 your health at 5:17, doctors are worried about the dangers of cutting up avocados. some people don't realize how ripe the avocados are and they end up slicing them with too much force. next time you cut up an avocado, keep your hands on top of it and then twist it apart. >> you know where the

>> no. >> i never knew that was an issue. >> take the stem off. if it's brown you know it's ripe, almost over ripe. >> i eat an avocado every single day. >> yeah. >> and i've never cut myself. >> you're missing out. >> that's what i hear. >> it's good for your hair. makes your hair shiny, all of that stuff. >> need that too. >> eat an avocado, aaron. you can try one this morning. this morning we're not looking at rain like we were yesterday morning. it is a different start to your day. it's cloudy outside. we have rain in the forecast as we go through this evening so we're talking about rain after 7:00 p.m. rain overnight into saturday. yes, waking up to rain starting off the weekend. the good news is dryer and warmer for mother's day. that's good. we like that to happen for mom. right now looking for cloudy skies. rain down south and west. steady rain th

west. that big area of moisture, that will keep moving our direction as we go through the day today. most of our day will be cloudy. areas of sprinkle or drizzle. 53, 51 manassas. leesburg, 55 quantico. exercising, just keep in mind we still have the wet pavement out there by noon. cool. 57 by 6:00 p.m. future weather, 1:00 p.m. today still looking cloudy. by 7:00, 8:00, there is the steady rain. overnight it continues. saturday morning it's here and still falling. then we go through the afternoon. better improvements as we go through sunday into mother's day. 9:00 in the morning, breezy, 51. by 5:00 p.m., warmer, 73 degrees. very different as we go from saturday to sunday. we are dry and warming up. have the umbrella later on today. let's check your roads on this finally friday.

>> good morning, sheena par vai. inner loop and outer loop nice and clear. one crash he had or one disabled vehicle. eastbound 7, that is the only thing getting by that crash. westbound 370 ramp to 270 soud, that ramp is blocked because of a crash. taking a look at 4, both of these problems here. in bound 4 after woodyard road, crash there. coming up in just about one hour, is it a boy or a girl? i had to be very careful today, eun. i see you and aaron did the same thing. >> yes. >> not wearing -- >> we're getting a lot much guesses on social media. >> i'm seeing a lot of boy guesses. >> i have a lot of boy guesses too. >> we shall see. exciting. countdown is on for you la

mother's day shoppers. it's sunday. today is friday. you do the math. new survey found that men and women who have children are a lot less likely to buy gifts for their own mothers pause they don't have time. deal news found that 56% of people without children while only 44% of parents are planning on giving mom a gift. consumers had similar thinking when it came to father's day as well. metro is gearing up for the 15th safe track surge. the ridesers who are going to feel the inpact starting next week. >> remember to join us later today for the ellen degeneres show. ellen welcomes chris pratt. he plays one of the funniest rounds of speak out. he is so

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news 4 is working for you in the community. this time helping to inspire future broadcasters. yesterday eun and i watched from behind the camera as montgomery blaire high school students taped their daily newscast. we sat down with the class, talked about some troubleshooting on the fly. keeping up with a 24 hour news cycle. best practices. >> that cast at blaire high school in silver springs, big thanks to them. really smart. great questions. i think they're prepared for the future. super kids are all over our area. children who put the rest of us to shame with their skills that are beyond their years. >> now we're giving them the praise they deserve on "news 4 today." be warned, today may make you a little hungry if you haven't eaten yet. here's aimee cho. >> reporter: abby major is hard

>> i got started when i was about 2 or 3 years old with my mom. >> reporter: she can handle the heat in any kitchen, even that of gordon ramsey. in 2014 she made it to the top four of master chef jr. >> some of the challenges were pretty difficult. if you're creative enough, then you can figure out what you need to do. >> reporter: for her, not a problem. creativity is her specialty. >> most of the time i do make my dishes look very artsy. people eat with their eyes first. >> reporter: she plans to one day run a restaurant of her own, and in the meantime she's always fired up to keep practicing. >> it doesn't really matter if you aren't that good the first time. if you keep trying, then you'll get better. >> reporter: food for thought from this talented kid chef. >> thank you. >> reporter: in winchester, aimee cho, news 4. i hope she brings her talent to our area when she opens a restaurant. we want to know about the

tell us about them on social media using #nbc4. >> we're off to a cool start. not going to get much warmer. chuck? >> not a whole lot. hot coffee or tea or hot lemon. 58 in arlington, 57 in manassas later on this afternoon. though it's not raining now, take that umbrella with you. sheena and i are timing out the rain chaps for today and tomorrow coming up. another metro safe track surge coming up. the stations that will be closed and the

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"news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everyone. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 5:30 your time right now. working to get you out the door this morning. melissa has a check on your commute. we'll start with a check on the forecast, the wet weather, the clouds, the rain, the blah. >> come on, there's sunshine ahead. sunday but -- not today. >> when you say sunshine, you don't mean today. >> no. >> probably not so much more tomorrow either. 4 things you need to know about the weather. no sun for you. not today. not tomorrow. not really raining hard out there now, but it will be a very rainy friday evening and saturday morning is going to be a washout as well. so friday morning and saturday evening you

here. but we will get sunshine back for mom on mother's day. here's future weather help you planning out all clouds this morning and here come the rain chaps after 5:00, 6:00 today. have that umbrella ready to go. melissa mollet is helping you get out the door. >> updates, eastbound 7 after 15 still has the right lane getting by the crash here this morning. a little update on this one. westbound 270, the ramp to 270 south the ramp is blocked. some people are getting around on the shoulder until the heavy duty wrecker gets on the scene. outbound on 4 afterward road all lanes blocked. melissa, thank you. we start this half hour with 4 things to know. there is an amber alert out for a missing 8-month-old girl. take a look at this photo. khloe johnson was

she was with her mother, keir johnson, the woman in the photo. johnson is missing as well and police believe they may have been kidnapped. howard university has been hit with a lawsuit that said it failed students who were sexually assaulted. that suit claims that between 2014 and 2016 five women were assaulted by either students or employees. the women say the school did not support them. in an e-mail they said the university could not comment on the lawsuit. major revelations in an exclusive interview with nbc's lester holt. james comey was fired as fbi director and repeats this claim that comey told him he was not under investigation. news 4's tracie potts will have more on the interview coming up. it is a must win for the washington wizards tonight. back home at the verizon center for game 6. celtics leading the series 3-2. if the wizards win tonight they will force

5:33 our time now. today a new era officially begins at the d.c. police department. erika gonzalez is live. >> chief peter newsham will be sworn in this afternoon. he had been serving as acting police chief since kathy lanier left for the nfl. newsham has already shaken up things. he's reduced command positions. overall, crime throughout the district is mostly down but homicides and other violent crime are a continuing cause for concern. newsham has been on the force for 30 years. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. prince george's police officer faces serious charges for interfering with a e.

corporal adrian crudup has been charged with interfering with an investigation that dates back to 2015 joompt the fbi says a teenager accused of murder told her 15-year-old victim i will see you in hell. that chilling testimony came yesterday in a hearing for 17-year-old venus romero horihata. the fbi testified that she was the lead attack er of the 15-year-old stabbing her 13 times. investigators believe revenge was the motive here. she's a suspected member of the gang blamed her of the killing of her boyfriend a week earlier. metro surge number 15 starts on tuesday. this will shut down not one, not two, but five metro stations. they are new carrollton,

landover, cheverly, deanwood and minnesota avenue stations. the surge is expected to run for a month. a report from the d.c. inspector general says former school chancellor tai yeah henderson unfairly gave waivers to city officials so their scho students could avoid the lottery. young has proof that he went through the lottery like other parents. the i.d. tells news 4 it will amend its report. the overall conclusions remain the same. the mayor is vowing to make sure waiver rulings are clear going forward. he got his start here now nba star kevin durant gives back. on monday wanda durant will dedicate new basketball courts at the rec center. t

update the outdoor basketball courts at that center. of course, that is where kevin durant played basketball when he was a kid. >> always giving back to the community. he residential really has note forgotten where he comes back from. >> no pomp and circumstance. >> he doesn't. a united airlines flight evacuated. the critter reported on the plane for the second time in as many months. and this might look like a flying horse, but a grateful horse more likely. the dramatic rescue played out on a deep hillside. i'm mike he had monsoon. i want to wish a happy mother's day to my mom. wishing you many

mandatory evacuations in parts of georgia this morning because of scenes like this. fires racing out of control. residents in the southern half of charleston county, georgia, being told to get out. even people in western nassau county, florida, being warned that they could be ready to go -- they should be ready to go at any time. firefighters are working incredibly hard to get all of this under control but the winds are making it so difficult. in

consumed. that's the latest from the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. 5:40. unusual rescue. crews in southern california actually hoisted a horse to safety. >> it's not a unicorn. see? >> see the thing sticking out of his -- >> we're paying attention. >> they believe the horse and its rider fell some 300 feet down a steep hillside. rescuers actually put a harness on the animal, lifted it to safety as you saw. a little ride there. the rider was taken to the hospital. the horse appears to be in pretty good condition. >> that's how rumors get started. call it a chance encounter. a 93-year-old woman living in an independent residence in bethesda has known one of the servers there for years. it weent unt

that thiey discovered the connection. sherry put two and two together. daniel is sherry's best friend's son. two friends lost touch decades ago but their bond, it seems, lives on. >> the feeling of there's a link. there's a strong bond that's been missing for a while and we now have it. >> sherry says this is important. this is why it's so important to get to know people around you because these coincidences are so fascinating when they happen, right? learn something about you every day. >> which makes it fun, doesn't it? >> really does. president trump offers new insight into his plans to repeal so-called obamacare. the new sound coming in from lester holt's interview. >> if you still need to find a gift for mom, look at the gadgets momig

heading out this evening. in the meantime, cloudy skies today with areas of drizzle. you see the radar. more rain on the way as we go through tonight and it's going to head into your saturday, too. chuck and i are back with the timing and your mother's day forecast, melissa. >> good morning. brand-new problem. both directions being affected. we'll update you on the situatioand the problem on n 37

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it is 5:45. good morning, i'm aaron gilchri gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. united airlines back in the spotlight. why a flight had to be evacuated for the second time in a month. a local official accused of driving drunk, crashing his car and then hiding in the woods. what's expected to happen when a prince george's county council member heads to court. first, reaction is still pouring into president trump's

exclusive interview with nbc news. >> let's get right to news 4's tracie potts. what are some of the big take aways and how are lawmakers reacting? >> reporter: probably the biggest take away and that is fueling the reaction on capitol hill are contradictions between what the white house staff said immediately after firing, what the vice president said. this came from inside the justice department and the president said firing comey was his idea and something he planned to do. this was something that he had been planning all along. the white house story has been shifting over the last couple of days on how all of this went down. the president also weighed in on the russia investigation saying he directly asked director comey whether or not he was being investigated. >> i know that i'm not under investigation. me, personally. i'm not talking about campaigns, i'm not lk

>> did you ask him to drop the investigation? >> no. never. >> did anyone from the white house? >> no. in fact, i want the investigation speeded up. >> reporter: the president says he wants to get to the bottom of that with a new fbi director and that they're already looking at several people to fill that role. what did the president say about celebrating. >> reporter: seemed to be a self-surprising moment when the president looked around and he saw all of those politicians. here's how he described to lester what he was thinking at that moment about the outcome of the election. >> reporter: do you still have moments where you think, how did i get here? >> i think everybody does. i think when you become president it's very special. when you're in the white house it's very special and i had all of my republican friends who have, frankly, been in politics all of their lives and have done a great job. they're congressmen, we had some senators, et cetera. but i did. i looked around and i said,

sorry, folks, can you believe it's me? >> reporter: so a bit of a raw thought and feeling there from the president as he continues to deal with the fallout of this decision to fire the fbi direct or. we haven't heard the last of that. former director comey may actually be here on capitol him next week. >> tracie, thank you. while we're on the topic, there's a new set of results from the latest nbc news survey monkey. it shows the majority of americans believe the firing of james comey was not appropriate. 54% thought it was appropriate. 24% said the clinton e-mail investigation. the poll was conducted online from may 10th through may 11th. it has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5%. you can see much more on the "today" show this morning.

"news 4 today." 5:48. erika gonzalez is at the live desk monitoring a big house fire. what's happening? >> just got some information in that firefighters are working to contain a fire at a row house. it's a town house but in a row of them. they said they've got it confined to a middletown house. nobody was there at the time of the fire. we do know that that town house that's right alongside it has a lot of damage to it. so the folks that live there are now displaced because of this. this is in the 8500 block of koulder court. give us a better perfect spektstive of what it looks like from the ground. not hearing of any reports of injury which is a good thing. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. 5:49. today the man accused of a brutal murder on a metro train will be in court. jasper spires is a

stabbing kevin souther land in 2014. d.c. police say this was a random attack. today a prince george's county council member heads to court on dui charges. mel franklin crashed last november. he fled the scene and was found hiding in the woods. he was in his county owned car at the time of the accident. news 4 learned this was franklin's third time crashing a county vehicle. tracie wilkins will be in court for that hearing. you can follow her on twitter watt traciewilkins. racially based hiring in fairfax county. researchers looked at data in 2012. they found out white teachers

and received 77% of all job offers. panel is made up of parents, teachers, administrators and others appointed by the county school board. well, imagine getting on a metro train and seeing the wrong doors open while high above the ground. look at the video here. this happened on wednesday at the rhode island avenue station. this morning we're talking to a young woman who doesn't have to imagine it because she recorded it. >> the doors were open on the wrong side and then they were opened on the right side. then we kept going. >> when that happens, the train operators are supposed to get out and make sure no one or nothing fell to the ground. in this case the train operator didn't follow those procedures. the operator admitted the incidt

and now he's off the job pending the investigation. metro is looking for a computerized fix to make sure that doesn't happen again. we all know computers fail. >> 5:52. got an alert no heavy rain this morning but you will need the umbrella at the end of the day. >> wait a minute, did i tweet that out? >> i believe you did. >> not soaking rain outside just yet, but if you have plans later on, the rain chances go up, up, up. there's the big swirl in the atmosphere out here to the west of memphis. the track of that storm will find its way off the carolina coast line. as the storm comes up the coast, keep the rain chances and clouds around. early this morning, not much rain around town. few showers along 64 between charlottesville and

our way. with time the rain down to the south and west will be arriving late afternoon into the evening. temperature wise, it is chilly this morning. upper 40s to around 50 degrees. not very may like. temperatures in the 50s. average high is 75. quite a bit cooler than average. here comes the rain chance. rain into the d.c. metro area. by 9:00, all of your friday night dinner and movie chances will be rained on. rain moderate to heavy times. especially heavy between midnight and sunrise. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, heavy rain here first thing in the morning. that may try to taper off. the clouds are probably not going to break at all tomorrow. you still have some spits and drizzles around here during the late afternoon and evening time. finally getting to dry out. the cool, rainy

ready to be completely replaced by warm and dry weather. here's the ten day forecast to show you that. the rain is around. tonight and tomorrow morning. mother's day on sunday, breezy and nice, into the 70s. after a slight chance for a shower sunday, we should be dry by next week. new problem in fredericks. georgetown pike and towlston road. chopper 4 on its way there now. eastbound 7 after 15, this has just cleared out of the way. that is good news. westbound 370, the ramp to 27 o southbound, still have that portion of the ramp shut down as they're trying to get the tow truck there. outbound on 4 afterward, all lanes blocked there. there is an

beltway looks okay. 95 at fairfax county parkway, very comfortable. no problems on 270 or the top of the beltway. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5 when you hop in your car. eun? >> thank you, melissa. 5:55. this is not what you want to hear when you are on a plane. a scorpion was spotted on a united airlines flight from houston to ecuador yesterday. this is the second time in less than a month that a scorpion was reported on a united flight. according to united a scorpion crawled out of the passenger's clothes. paramedics were brought on board. the passenger was not stung. the flight was 3 1/4 hours late. i'm landon dowdy at skrooik med quarters. jpmorgan chase says the online

after an outage last night. customers could log into the website or mobile app but they were unable to transfer money or pay bills. chase showed not available. chase issued an apology saying, quote, sorry for the stress and thanks for your patience. with the cnbc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. >> landon, thank you. for everybody who forgot or pro crass city nated, it's really crunch time. mother's day is right around the corner. working for you this morning with some high tech gift recommendations. first, if your mom says you don't call enough, maybe you could have alexa do it for you. amazon's it commune knit kay with each other. the new echo show has video conferencing mom might like. if your mom loves cooking, how about upgrading the 1970s crock pot. the one that she has. you can do it with switching it out with a wi-fi enabled slow cooker. it

it and forget it's on. >> you can make sure the food won't burn by quickly going to your app and changing the temperature setting. >> just like that. one more idea here. we know that a lot of moms love capturing moments. the polaroid snap makes an instant snap. >> i might give you a pass on the polaroid camera. do not buy your mother a crock pot. >> what about a roomba? >> no. please. >> handmade card. >> no, i love that. 5:57. we are celebrating a soon-to-be mother again. melissa mollet shares her story. >> now she has more to share. is she having a boy or a girl? we have the answer coming up. and we continue our super kids series with a young chef who's serving cooking advice with her meals. a look at her skills already

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right now on "news 4 today," a possible abduction prompting an amber alert. a baby and her mother both missing. we'll fill you in before you see the warnings all over the road. and ignoring victims of sexual assault. the lawsuit launched against

why students say the school isn't doing enough to help. plus, another symbol of hatred left behind. this time it's happened at a middle school. a look at the suspects you could help identify. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. there's not too much rain on the radar this morning but there are storms heading our way. >> that could be some bad news for your weekend plans, too. chuck bell, sheena parveen with a look at the forecast before melissa mollet checks the headlines. >> i think the color of the day today would be gray. >> the only sunshine aaron is going to see is his ty. >> of course. we're both wearing blue. >> she's wearing eggplant so i can't tell. >> melissa is being gender neutral. in a little bit we will find out the gender of melissa mollet's baby.