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.

outside, maybe a few sprinkles. this rain is going to be moving in later this evening pretty steady overnight and into your saturday morning. until we get there, commute not too bad. warm 50s. can't wait for the gender reveal, melissa. >> i'm excited. a lot of boy guesses. georgetown pike at towlston road. this car off of the roadway here. not sure what's going on in the woods there, but it looks like the crash is outbound. we just spoke with the chopper. traffic is getting by. westbound 370 to the ramp at 270, partially closed. outbound 4 afterward, lanes are blocked outbound because of the wires down. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, everything is looking goo

travel times coming up. 6:02 now. authorities across virginia are searching for a missing 8-month-old baby girl. khloe johnson was taken in virginia. keir johnson, her mother, is missing as well. they may be in johnson's car, a 2013 black kia optima. it is 6:02. breaking news now out of northern virginia where crews have just put out a fire at a town house in lorton. >> justin finch arrived on the scene. what do you see now? >> reporter: hey there, eun. good morning. no injuries to report in this fire. the hall that caught fire is behind us. 8500 block, that home is still smoking that upper level.

that crime tape spans three town homes here. we understand this did reach an adjoining home. residents are going to be displaced as a result. we are hearing on scene that the people who live in the center home do not appear to have been home when the fire broke out. those two families in those two homes are likely going to be misplaced for quite a while. fairfax county fire rescue remaining here putting water on hot spots and keeping an eye on the fire for potential problems. they're continuing to put out this fire and making sure it does not flare-up. at this point we have no reports of any injuries. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you, justin. >> no means no. no means no. >> reporter: more than a year afterun

university students marched protesting the alleged rape of two female students, there is now a lawsuit holding the school at fault. some of the allegations are hard to read. >> last hour we shared the allegations made by two of the women. now megan mcgrath has the accusations against a campus police officer. megan? >> reporter: good morning. there are five current and former howard university students who are part of this lawsuit. they are identified only as jane doe 1 through 5. now in 2014 jane doe three she had experienced sexual and physical abuse at the hands of a campus police officer. she told university officials that she wanted counseling because she was depressed and suicidal following the rape. weeks passnd

jane doe 3 said she received no help from the university. now the lawsuit says she requested a record of her report from the counseling sector. people will judge her for her file. the lawyer representing the five women says the lawsuit was filed only after the university failed to help. >> these young women came to us after they had made loots of efforts on their own and advocates trying to help them, going to the administrationts o efforts on their own and advocates trying to help them, going to the administration first reporting it. >> two of them say they were assaulted by a student resident advisor. i'll have more on that coming up at 6:45. back to you guys. >> megan, thank you. 6:06. in an e-mail a howard

spokesperson told news 4 the university could not comment on the lawsuit. the statement went on to say, quote, the university has been and remains committed to diligently investigating any such area for faculty staff and students. >> 6:06. captured at crofton middle school before a teacher found a noose hanging from a light. this is the third incident of nooses found on school campuses in our area in just three weeks. news of that incident spread quickly and caused a lot of concern. >> some students were texting their parents to make them aware. parents were calling the school. >> we're hoping our students realize the severity of these incidents and realize they have an impact on members of our community. >> take a look at the suspect. school officials believe the noose was placed on a light after they gained access to the roof at some point on wednesday. call police if you

them. >> it is the interview that will likely dominate television and the media today. lester holt's exclusive interview with donald trump. we got to hear his reasons for firing james comey and more of his claim that comey told him three times that he was not under investigation. >> reporter: was it a phone zmaul did you meet face to face? >> i had dinner with him. he wanted to stay on. >> reporter: he asked to stay on? >> that dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner. and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head and i said, you know, consider it, see what happens. but we had a very nice dinner and at that time he told me, you are not under investigation. >> you'll be able to hear more from that interview at the top of the hour on the "today" show. here are 4 things we're learning about comey's firing after the president's interview. sources close to the director tell nbc news heid

dinner with the president to retain his job. sources say it was requested by the white house and that comey would have never told the president he was not under investigation. in that same interview the president said he had planned to fire comey all along. that contradicted previous explanations from the white house. acting fbi director andrew mccape that comey had been fired in the part because he had lost the confidence. comey is widely respected and nbc news has said they will investigate it. the president would not be warmly welcome at the fbi. heads up this weekend. cyclists taking to the streets of d.c. for the d.c. bike ride. a lot of roads are going to be closed. this is on sunday. riders of all ages, all abilities are going to be able to roll through 20 miles of d.c. streets without dealing with traffic.

in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. nbc 4 is a media partner for this ride. >> you know it's a must-win for the washington wizards back at home. game 6 against the baltimore celtics. they're leading it with a score of 3-2. >> you have to have the mind set of enjoy the moment. great time of year. you've worked all season long to be put in this position. >> all right. so the wizards win tonight, they're going to force a game seven and go onto the eastern conference finals. happy ending here. >> we're all hoping it turns out better for the wizards. today they're cleaning out their lockers at the verizon center. >> heartbreaking. getting the internet buzzing this

they have you questioning what's inside your walls. the bee colony one man found living in his bedroom still ahead. oh, honey. that's a lot of bees. anyway, outside we have some rain drops around here for the morning. most of the rain to the south of the city but those rain chances will climb for your friday night plans. will impact the first part of your weekend, too. sheena and i have the rest of the detailed forecast coming up. i'm mark in the newsroom. patrick casey, a war veteran home studying at george washington university was killed outside a mcdonald's. at the time they said it was self-defense, justifiable homicide. now they have changed their position on the case. coming up tonight, we'll hear what

what happened that night. then at 11:00 why the family of patrick casey wants the man who threw that punch to be account

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good morning, everybody. 6:14 on a friday morning. storm team 4 radar for you this morning showing just a few drops around the d.c. metro area right now. steadier rains down to our south. it is chilly this morning. long sleeves and the jeans again for today. sunglasses required. bus stop weather, temperatures around 50 this morning with just a couple of showers around. rain becomes more likely after about 4:00, 5:00 today. good news in the forecast, mother's day, sunshine and back in the 70s.

day back in a few minutes. chuck, taking a look at the roads. big delay here. 66 in bound at nutley street. one mile backup. what's on 370, ramp to 270 blocked as well. thank you, melissa. 6:15. here are the top stories from around the country this morning. the next time you take a train from new york you may notice some changes at penn station. the governors of new york and new jersey want amtrak to give up control of the busiest rail station in the country. they want a private company to take over operations. it comes as conditions get worse for commuters, including over crowding, derailments and power outages. today marks two years since the dead liam track train derailment that left eight people dead. the engineer is charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment. you might remember that train derailed afteav

hour and flipped on to its side. today joint services will be held in south boston for the doctor and his wife. they were brutally murdered in his condo after dr. field texted a friend to send police. they found the suspect inside the condo when they arrived and shot him in the standoff. chilling revelations in a northern virginia murder hearing. a teenager accused of murder told her 15-year-old victim, quote, i will see you in hell. that testimony came yesterday at a hearing for 17-year-old venus romera harietta. she is being charged as an adult. she was the lead attacker of alex sandra reyes reva after stabbing her. investigators believe revenge was the motive. the suspected member of the

ms-13 game blamed the gaithersburg teen for the killing of her boyfriend just a week earlier. 17 after the hour right now. $370,000 has been raised to support the family of a murdered delaware state trooper with ties to our area. corporal steven ballard is from bowie. he was shot and killed last month while investigating a suspicious vehicle. the suspect was shot and killed by police after a standoff that lasted nearly a day. today is national military spouse appreciation day, and one very special spouse will receive a big honor. today the title of military spouse of the year will be awarded to one very deserving person. one of the candidates is from our area. she's from springfield. mother of six. a veteran herself and has raised her children through her husband's four long deployments. you can see whether she wins the title today on facebook at noon. we put a link to the announcement in our nbc washington facebook page. you forget the families

sacrifice so much as well. i have so much respect for the military families. >> 18 after the hour. let's turn to sheena parveen. >> good morning. yes, we have rain in the forecast. again, it's not really going to be here steadily until later on this evening, so your friday weather outlook or your finally friday weather outlook. commute, wet roads. no rain falling this morning. some areas might see drizzle. the roads are still wet from yesterday and late last night. exercise, pavement is still wet. recess, not looking at a lot of rain. cloudy and chilly. that's when the rain returns right around dip ner time. looking at cloudy, maybe a few sprinkles but down to our south south of fredericksburg after we see steady rain. that is pretty much sliding west to east. it's this area moving in our direction and that will be here later on tonight. it's going to linger into your saturday. i'll show you the timing in a second. temperatures in the low 50s. chilly if you're headed out. if you're walking the dog we

to walk. 8:00 this morning, cloudy. mid 50s by noon. by 6:00 p.m. that's when we'll see the chance of showers. future weather showing the steady rain moving up by 7:00, 8:00 p.m. overnight the rain continues. 7:00 tomorrow morning we still have it. we won't see much improvement until we go into the afternoon and then we'll see better improvements. mother's day, 73, mostly sun be any and breezy. we keep on warming up next week. hi, sheena. taking a look now. chopper 4 over two different crashes, 66 in bound at nutley is the general area. right now you have to stay right to get by them here this morning. we are a bit slow as you're headed in bound on 66. westbound 370, the ramp to 270 south, again, we are still blocked. that should be out of the way soon. all lanes blocked there because of downed wires. that's still hanging around.

beltway looking good. travel times, 270 south is find. top of the beltway same situation. in bound 66 starting to get slow. you can see why there. 95 north quantico to the beltway a little slow as well. remember to listen to wtop as you step into your car. amber alert. missing baby and mother. they've been missing for a week now. still ahead why police now fear for their lives being at risk. plus, a super kid in the kitchen. up next, meet the local girl whose cooking skills are stunning even celebrity chefs. coming up today on ellen, chris pratt is stopping by talking about the film and his family. >> so fun. ellen airs weekdays at 3:00 right here on nbc 4. be sure to stick around for news 4 at 4:00. i'm major kevin stone and i want to say

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> you know, news 4 tries to work in the community as much as we can. in this case trying to help inspire future broadcasters. yesterday eun and i got to watch behind the cameras as these students at montgomery blaire taped their daily newscast. we went and sat in with the class, talked about troubleshooting on the fly, keeping up with the 24 hour news cycle. kind of a master class if you will in broadcast. >> they were terrific. the blairetw

communications. thanks so much for having us. really impressed. i think we have some future journalists on our hands here. >> better watch it. super kids are all over our area. children who put the rest of us to shame with their skills well beyond their years. >> i like to cook, but this girl is on another level. "news 4 today" is giving them the praise they deserve. here's aimee cho. >> abby major is hard at work sizzling up some scallops. she often practices cooking at local restaurants. >> 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 and you can figure out what you need to do. >> reporter: for her, not a problem. creativity is her specia

ditches look very artsy. people eat with their eyes first. >> reporter: she plans to one day run a restaurant of her own. in the meantime, she's fired up. >> it doesn't really matter if you aren't that good the first time. keep trying and you'll get better. >> reporter: food for thought from this talented chef. in win chester, aimee cho. >> i am hungry. want to hear more stories about the super kids you know. tell us about them on social media using #nbc4dc. school choice concerns. everyone wants their kids in the best schools. now new allegations against the former chancellor and how she may have bent the schools for some high profile families. and good morning, everybody. here's a quick peek at your weekend forecast. it will be rainy first thing tomorrow morning. rain should be tapering off with time during your saturday afternoon. we're optimisti a

forecast coming up when news 4 continues. we continue to follow breaking news right now. take a look. a town house up in flames putting several families at risk. justin finch is live on the scene and

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right now at 6:29, amber alert. a baby and her mother missing for more than a week. why investigators now believe they've been abducted. plus, your friday forecast and a look ahead to your weekend. you may want to think about moving those outdoor plants inside. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. just about 6:30 now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. following breaking news from a house fire in virginia. first, melissa mollet will check the roads. we have the forecast from storm team 4 chuck bell and sheena parveen. good morning. >> good morning. >> there he is. >> tah-dah. >> busy watching the rain as we go into tomorrow though as well as tonight. >> looks like dinner and a movie

room today. >> yeah, probably. later on this evening we have rain in the forecast. now currently it's mostly cloudy across the area. it's all this wet weather as we go through this evening and into tomorrow morning. there you see that stream of moisture, it's moving into this direction and we will be seeing it later on this evening. temperature wise, not looking at a rainy start. mostly in the low 50s. you might want a light jacket. forecast for today, cloudy by 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime, mostly cloudy. mid 50s as we go through the afternoon and evening, that's when the steadier rain returns with temperatures not getting very warm. >> two crashes here 66 east at nutley street. two mile backup. that response on the left side of the roadway. again, this crash here on the right. the chopper is zoomed in on that

northbound 95 at dumfries, still have the crash there on the shoulder now. westbound 370 ramp to 270 southbound blocked. police are letting you work your way around that. outbound 4 afterward, all lanes blocked. take a look at the beltway coming up. 6:31 right now. here are the top stories we're following today. howard university has been hit with a lawsuit that says it failed students who were sexually assaulted. the group claims that between 2014 and 2016 five women were assaulted by either students or employees. women say the school did not support them. in an e-mail a howard spokesperson told news 4 the university could not comment on the lawsuit. take a close look here. these were captured at cross set middle school before a teacher found a noose hanging from a light in the courtyard yesterday morning. these are the suspects police are looking for in

county. president trump is explaining why he fired fbi director james comey. it's raising new questions after his reason contradicts what white house staff has been saying for days. it is must-win for the washington wizards. back home for game six against the boston celtics. and it is on every 9. 95 in virginia. erika gonzalez is live with the amber alert you need to know about. >> right. this is probably something aside from the billboards you're seeing, it's probably already in your social media feed. we want to get as many eyes os it as possible. authorities in virginia are looking for an abducted 8-month-old girl, khloe johnson and her mom have not been seen since late april. khl

johnson, in t johnso johnson. family members are saying it's not like keir to disappear and not say anything. they may be in her car 2013 black kia optima. the tags are on your screen. if you've seen that vehicle, please contact police as soon as possible. that's the very latest from the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez. thank you. breaking news in northern virginia where crews have just put out a fire at a town house in lorton. >> news 4's justin finch just arrived on the scene for us. justin, what can you tell us? >> reporter: aaron, this all takes place in a two-story town house on the 8500 block in lorton. take a look at the damage on the back. this is where all of this broke out early this morning. as you can see, it's still

wood frame. the two surrounding homes, the beige home and blue home have taken some smoke and fire damage. the beige house taking the most damage buckling under the heat and intensity of the flames. i want to give you another view of the fire from the front. you can see at least three homes there are behind fire scene tape. we do understand that one of those fire damaged homes, we're hearing the people who live in the center home are not believed to have been home when this fire broke out this morning. now back out live, we do have fairfax county fire investigators on scene here surveying this property seeing how all of this may have broken out this morning as they continue to look for a cause of this fire. we also have firefighters continuing to douse this fire, continuing to knock out hot spots that may be inside and could flare-up here. that is the latest live here. back in to you.

thank you. 6:35 right now. an orange line metro rider, get ready. metro serves number 15 starts on tuesday. this is going to shut down not one, not two, five stations. this is expected to last through june 16th. metro plans to run free shuttle buses between those orange line stations to the closest blue or silver. today the man accused of a brutal murder will be in court. patrick spires is charged with stabbing mr. southerland. it was a random attack. southerland had just graduated from american university. and also today prince george's county council member heads to court on dui charges. mel franklin

another car on route 4 in upper marlboro last november. police say he fled the scene and was fourchtd hiding in the woods. he was in his county owned car at the time of the accident. this is franklin's third time crashing vehicles. tracie wilkins will be in court for that hearing. follow her on twitter. learning more about an fbi raid in annapolis. the president of strategic campaign group said the investigation is connected to a lawsuit filed after the race for virginia governor. ken cuccinelli sued the firm after he lost that race to terry mccullough. the company and the political action committee raised more than $2 million and gave his campaign 10,000. it is not clear how the raid is connected to that case. bending the rules to get the best schools

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breaking news right now on the roads. take a look here. 66 in bound at

still have a pretty good backup here this morning. so a three-mile backup here right now just because of two different crashes. chopper 4 over the scene here for some time showing you how that's building. you might want to think about 15, the toll road instead and just pay today. northbound 95 at dumfries, the crash on the shoulder. >> melissa, we are getting a little bit of a rain chance here early this morning. nothing all that heavy just yet. the heavier rain is expected to arrive. storm team 4 shows fredericksburg. not a whole lot of rain. chilly start in the 40s to the 50s. forecast highs in the 50s. few showers this morning. more rain likely later on today. details on the timing and all of that and your timing only ten minutes from now. >> thank you, chuck. can you believe i

how would you like to wake up to this? apparently thousands of bees were removed from the bedroom wall of a former nypd detective's home on long island. he said he knew the home had a bee problem but did not realize how serious it was. by the way, his nickname while on the force was tony b. no way. come on. >> how do you go back to sleep in that house? >> never go back in that house. >> tear it down, start all over. >> do or die for the wizards tonight. what you need to noah head of the crucial game 6. >> reporter: five women are accusing howard students and employees of sexual assault. the women are now suing howard university because they say the institution didn't oer themff

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> no means no. no means no. >> more than a year after hundreds of howard university students marched protesting the alleged rape of female students, there is now a lawsuit holding the school legally responsible n. that suit five women claim they were sexually assaulted by fellow students or employees. we've been sharing those allegations with you all morning. >> the women in the complaint say they were sexually assaulted by two

with their story. megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. the five women are either current or former howard university students, and they are identified in this lawsuit as jane dough 1 through 5. now jane doe 4 and 5 say that they were assaulted in 2015 and 2016 respectively. one of the attacks happened in a dorm room. both of the assaults were reported according to this lawsuit to officials at howard university, but the women say that it took months to get the help that they wanted from the university and that they experienced anxiety and were afraid at times to be on campus. now there are other bill, in this lawsuit as well. some of them saying they were assaulted by a student r.a. who was working here on campus, he was not immediately removed from his job. another woman says that

police officer abused her sexually and physically. she reported that to authorities as well. all of the women say howard u failed to help them after they reported that abuse and that they experienced anxiety and fear on campus. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath live for us. megan, thank you. 6:47. in an e-mail a howard university spokesperson told news 4 the university couldn't comment on the lawsuit. the university has been and remains committed to diligently investigate any such allegations regarding a -- the former school's chancellor kaya henderson unfairly gave wavers. mayor muriel bowser says one of her employees

placed on the light by them after they gained access to the roof at some point on wednesday. turning to the interview a lot of folks are talking about this morning. nbc's lester holt's exclusive interview with president trump. they touched on many issues including james comey's firing. the president also explained why it took 18 days to fire michael flynn as national security adviser. >> my white house counsel came back to me.

emergency. she didn't make it sound like that in the hearings like it has been done immediately. this man has served for many years. he's a general. he's a -- in my opinion, a very good person. >> you'll be able to hear more from that interview at the top of the hour on the "today" show. >> 6:49. meanwhile, here are 4 things we're learning about james comey's firing after the president's interview. sources close to the former director tell nbc news he did not seek a dinner with the president to retain his job. sources say it was requested by the white house and that comey would have never told the president he was not under investigation. in that same interview the president said he had planned to fire comey all along. that contradicted previous explanations from the white house. acting fbi director disputes

comey is widely respected. the white house has abandoned the idea of the president visiting fbi headquarters. administration officials say they were told he would not be greeted warmly. we're staying on top of breaking news out of lorton, virginia. fairfax county fire rescue says a fire started inside a town home on koludor court and spread to a neighboring home. right now we know one family is displaced. no injuries are reported here. today a new era officially begins at the d.c. police department. chief peter newsham will be sworn in. he's been on the force for 30 years. it's a must-win for the washington wizards tonight. we've been in this situation before. they're back home at the verizon center. the celtics are leading the series 3-2. head coach scott brooks --

mind set of enjoy the moment. it's a great time of the year. you worked all summer long to be put into this position. you've worked all season long to be in this position. >> if the wizards win tonight they will force a game seven and go onto the eastern conference finals. they're hoping it turns out better for the wizards than the caps. lost in game 7 the other night. tonight they'll be cleaning out their lockers in the verizon center. thanks for a great season as always. breaking news now in first 4 traffic. let's get right to melissa mollet and see what's going on this morning. >> breaking news. that's right. take a look at 66 as you're headed in bound here near nuttily street. still have that crash. 3 1/2 mile backup. northbound 95 at dumfries, crash on the shoulder. ramp to 270 south, crash there as well. outbound afterward road, all

beltway really not that bad when you're taking a look there. overall tramp times in maryland, 270 is okay. top of the beltway, normal slowdowns. in bound very slow and 95 north no big worries. remember to listen to wtop when you hop into your car. sheena? >> good morning, melissa. finally friday. we have a cloudy, kind of chilly pattern today. we have rain in the forecast. mostly going to be here for most of the area after 5:00, 7:00 p.m. we'll start your weekend with rain and it will be drying. a few sprinkles around the area. this is the rain we're watching. temperatures low 50s if you're about to step outside you might want a jacket. here's future weather. by 5:00 p.m., here's the rain. now we're

steady rain. going to last overnight into your saturday morning. weekend forecast, head over to chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, sheena. off to a cloudy and wet start tomorrow. your saturday morning will be rained on. there's future weather starting at 3:00 a.m. before most of you are up. heaviest between midnight and 6:00 a.m. here's 7:00 a.m. a lot of rain around the area. by 9:00, 10:00, full cloud cover during the day tomorrow. no more than a passing shower or two during the late afternoon and evening hours. with all the clouds and evening chances tomorrow, temperatures staying in the 50s. then we go into sunday and look at the big change just in time for mother's day. i think mom's going to like this forecast. nice and sunny with a slight chance of an isolated shower. look at next week. we're going to be getting back around 90 degrees. >> thank you, sheena. this

extra special for our melissa mollet. yesterday she shared her beautiful incredible story about her pregnancy after adopting her adopting her beautiful adorable baby girl. >> today there's a big question. lots of folks have been asking online. everybody wants to know, boy or girl? >> okay. it is a boy or a girl. we're going to tell you right now. the doctor told my son a couple of months ago and he told us. take a look. >> all right. >> ready? >> wait. >> it is a -- the baby is a girl! >> yeah! >> and here's my family finding out. everybody screaming and freaking out. so a girl. we are going to have two girls. >> another girl to love. >> 14 months apart. i can't believe it honestly. no eye tee what's coming. >> jake has no idea what's

weddings. >> would have been the same reaction boy or girl. >> we are thrilled for you, thrilled for you. >> thank you, thank you. >> awesome news. there you go. here are 4 things to know before you head out the door this morning on a friday. there is an amber alert now for this missing 8-month-old girl. khloe johnson was taken april 30th in hemming p tamilton, vir. howard university has been hit with a lawsuit that it says that it failed students that were sexually assaulted. that suit claims that between 2014 and 2016 five women were assaulted by either students or employees. check the nbc washington app and the university's response to the allegation. another big night for the wizards. back home for game six against the boston celtics. the celtics are leading the series 3-2. if the wizards win tonight, they'll force a game seven. >> let's

>> you're running out much time to shop with mom. it's sunday. we hope it is filled with surprises for you and your family. >> do not buy your mother an appliance. >> oh, my god! >> let's go! >> oh! >> look who's here. >> oh, my god. >> hi. >> flowers. >> are you awake, my love. oh, my goodness. >> everybody step forward into the light. >> come up here. >> thanks, chuck. >> oh, my gosh. >> all right. poor derek had to wake up early. >> we thought we'd surprise you all by dragging your kids out of bed early in the morningi do you want to introduce anybody? >> i am jake. >> my name's kara. >> my name's brennan. >> and this is barrett.

>> not quite. >> chuck, come in here. we love chuck. >> pink flowers for the big announcement. >> thank you, guys. this is so amazing. how did you do this? >> i don't know how you surprise us every year. >> tah-dah. >> your families are awesome. >> did you guys meet sheena? >> hi, guys. >> happy mother's day. happy mother's day to all the moms. >> happy mother's day. >> we're back with more local news and weather at 7:25. make it a great friday, everybody. >> ank you.th

good morning. shifting stories. in an exclusive interview with nbc news, president trump offers his new account on the decision to fire james comey, saying he had been planning the move for a while. >> i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. >> contradicting counts from the white house, including the vice president himself. and trump asked for a pledge of loyalty from comey during a dinner in the early days of his administration. and more of that exclusive interview with the president. dangerous and ongoing. powerful storms that caused widespread damage in oklahoma, taking aim at the south today. as millions of people