you can see more end game this morning the sworld on edge as the blockbuster cyber attack could get worse after hitting 150 countries and 200,000 victims. just 29% approve of president trump's firing of james comey. could an announcement on his replacement be close. >> road rage incident caught on camera and the outcome doesn't end well. dozens of protesters with torches speak out against the removal of a confederate monument in virginia. former yankee derek jeter is honored. we want to begin

warning of this massive worldwide cyber attack called wanna cry. microsoft president criticized the u.s. national security agency saying it weaponized a weakness in windows software and allowed it to be stolen by hackers. here's the details on this massive cyber attack. >> reporter: they are calling this on a worldwide attack on a unprecedented scale. there are 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and warning it could get worse when people get back to work and turn on their computers. >> unprecedented. the level of infection and the amount of damage potentially inflicted. >> reporter: britain's national health computers were the first to be affected. stopping surgeries p.m. doctors and hospital staff unable to

anything else on their computer networks. britain's prime minister theresa may said the system is now returning to normal. the virus known asw wanna cry spread to russian banks, universities in china and federal express in the united states. the ransom ware affects computers through a bad link through e-mail. it lock computers, encrypting files and demanding $300 in bit coin to unlock them. this blogger is warning use toeusers to update their computers fast. donald trump spending this mother's day weekend on university campuses giving his first commencement address while the department of justice worked in a frenzy to find the

director despite democrats vowing to fight the president's candidate tooth and nail until they get answers on james comey's firing. that sentiment quinns with a new poll that finds 78% back an independent commission or special prosecutor to oversee the russian probe with 15% saying the investigation should be led by congress. while 29% say they approve of the president's decision to fire comey, 38% disapprove of comey's termination. another 32% said they didn't know enough to say. the president's standing has remained unchanged with 39% of the public approving his work in office compared to 54 who disapprove. the question can the president put last week's set of controversies behind him as he narrows the list of potential new candidates for fbi director? let's bring in tracie potts who is live in washington. tell usn

starting the week with the president's new steven for fbi boss. >> reporter: they have eight candidates who were interviewed over the weekend. this is well under way as the justice department tries to help the president figure out who should be in charge of the fbi. those eight candidates include a couple of politicians, one currents and one former member of congress. a couple of judges. and andrew mccabe the current act being director and former deputy director of the fbi. fbi insiders here as well as politicians and there's caution coming from both sides, democrats and republicans that this may be given the climate, given there are so many questions about the russia investigation and interference in that, maybe the president should not choose someone from capitol hill. we'll see how that develops. our team on the ground at the justice department tells us that while they are currently interviewing those candidates it does not appear yet that president trump has. the other thing that we're watching this morning, the former

intelligence who says despite the way the president read his testimony, james clapper said he could not confirm or deny if there were any trump ties to russia. he also says he's concerned about the president's involvement. >> i think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally and that's the big news here is russian interference in our election system. and i think as well our institutions are under assault internally. >> internally from the president. >> exactly. >> reporter: as the russia investigation continues, investigations i should say continue, the president is preparing for his overseas trip with that fbi director search well under way. with the fallout from comey's firing not coming to an end any time soon, "rd

jump in on the controversy lampooning the interview with lester holt. >> i fired him because of russia. i thought he's investigating russia, i don't like that, i should fire him. >> then you're just admitting that. >> ah-ha. >> that's obstruction of justice. >> sure. okay. >> wait. is it all over? oh, no i didn't. nothing matters. absolutely nothing matters any more. of course melissa mccarthy with sean spicer. now to north korea who says it successfully carried out a new missile test. this one capable of carrying a heavy nuclear weapon. the medium long range missile flew about 490 miles before landing in the sea under the supervision of kim jong-un. nikki haley condemned the launch yi

act. >> i think you have to get into kim jong-un's head which he's in a state of paranoia. this was a message to south korea after the election, and so what we're going to do is continue to tighten the screws. >> we go live to beijing. how is south korea reacting especially when it comes to their new president? >> reporter: this is a test for the new president. he's been in office for less than a week and already north korea is celebrating this latest missile launch. the regime released dozens of photographs, now video showing the launch early on sunday. and releasing a statement saying that this new ballistic missile of theirs is capable of carrying a large size heavy nuclear war head. they launched it from the northwestern town, site of a launch in february. it was the altitude it

some 1300 miles that led analysts to believe this is an intermediate-range missile that could be capable of reaching u.s. military targets in guam. it was fired at that high altitude so it wouldn't hit a neighboring country, traveled 489 miles before dropping in the sea of japan close to russia. for south korea's new president moon jae-in who has been in office less than a week this will test his resolve to strengthen interkorean ties. he said he's open to dieing to with pyongyang but limit his maneuvering room with the political opposition who may not be so quick to embrace north korea. thank you. now to florida where a highway patrol has arrested a man after a heated road rage incident caught on tape.

>> that man is accusing the van of cutting him off but police say it was him who caused the accident. he sped in front of the van and slammed the brakes. then smashed in the van's driver's side window and then sped off. police arrested him at home and charged him with driving a suspended license and leaving the scene of a crash. >> in charlottesville, virginia dozens of demonstrators gathered near a monument of general robert e. lee. they are protesting influenza remove it. they chanted racist slogans like quote all white lives mattered and at one point praised russia. eventually a counter protest appeared and scuffles broke out. police got involved. no one was arrested. last night counter protesters returned to the park and held what they called a candlelight vigil against hate. time now for a look

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>> reporter: investors are expected to stay on edge given the threat that more attacks could take place as people arrive to work this morning. it's affected 200,000 computers in 150 countries. but on the good news here we haven't seen cyber security firms rally, no surprise on that one. keep an eye on microsoft because when we talk about the wanna cry it uses a vulnerability in an old version of windows. microsoft has blamed the government saying that the attack is an example of why the vulnerability, use by governments is a problem. and elsewhere, elon musk is making waves on social media once again giving an update on exactly what his boring company is up to, digging tunnels underground in los angeles. he posted a video on instagram showing hyperloop technology that could one day transport cars at 125 miles per hour through these tunnels. if you've been stuck in los angeles traffic, guys, you know th i

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now on "news 4 today," a new week and new worries about a massive cyber attack. details on the hack that could slow down your day at work. plus, a deadly shooting on i-95. new details about a local woman shot in a highway drive by. district of columbia. >> and miss d.c. crowned again. district stealing the show for a second year in a row at the miss u.s.a. pageant. "news 4 today" starts now. it is 4:26 now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thank you for joining be us. we get to angie goff with breaking news about a deadly crash that could

angie? >> big impact, eun. three people are dead following a crash that has a car on fire. this is at suit land parkway at forestville road. expect delays. traffic is being diverted in that area. our justin finch is on the scene. let's send it straight over to first 4 traffic and melissa mollet who has a get around. >> good morning. right now the best thing you can do is commit at this point from pennsylvania avenue to branch avenue or take the beltway over to 295. this is probably going to last through the morning commute. we're talking about in bound suit land parkway. the actual closure starts at forestville road and goes over to suit land road. shut down very likely because of this large scene for the police. 197 south of snowden roadblocked each way because of a downed poll and wireshi

inner loop after pennsylvania work being done there. rest of the beltway looking okay. right now we'll talk a little bit about weather. good morning, guys. >> good morning, melissa. we had a fantastic end to the weekend but we're talking about temperatures heating up this week. you might like it if you like 90s. >> that makes one of us happy. the other not so much. 4 things to know about the forecast, a cool and breezy start. it's going to feel awesome for anything you want to do outside. the warm and dry pattern is coming back soon. we'll be near 90 degrees by wednesday and thursday. for now though, it is really nice outside. mid to upper 50s across the area. planning out your back to work monday. 50s with a nice cool breeze here early this morning. afternoon highs in the low to mid 70s with pure sunshine start to finish. we'll start to talk about the rest of the week coming up in a few. >> chuck, thank you. as you

this morning, there is an urgent cyber attack warning. >> a digital extorsion hack is happening. it could get worse. listen. >> unprecedented. it's beyond anything that we have seen before. the level of infection and the amount of damage. >> this is -- this is a massive cyber attack that hit computers around the world last week. it could even spread further today. at least 200,000 victims have been targeted in at least 150 countries. the british health service is one that has held them for ransom. >> they have never seen anything like this. new companies and agencies are being told to update their operating systems immediately. >> you will immediately know if your computer is infected by a virus. a pop-up screen that reads, oops, your important files are

mp 3s, audio clips, images and documents. >> you should not click the check payment or decrypt button in that pop-up message. instead, you will want to download a microsoft patch. head to the nbc washington app for instructions and a link. we're learning more about the 22-year-old u.s. security engineer and blogger who discovered a kill switch. nbc news has confirmed that his real name is marcus hutchins. he's being haled a hero. he slowed the outbreak before computers in the u.s. were more widely affected. search cyber attack in the nbc 4 app. north korea says a new weapon test fired this weekend is capable of reaching the u.s. they launched what they call a medium ranged ballistic rocket that could carry a warhead. th