brand power. helping you buy better. right now onew at 6:00, we want to give you a live look at the white house on this soggy turday. the rain continues tonight, but something else is putting us in weather alert mode. protesters brave the elements and flood richmond. why they say governor no must go. and superstar singer r. d lly appears in court to face the music on chx abuse charges. good evening,'m erika gonzalez. rounds of rain delivering a super soaking, but we are in weather alert mode right now because of high winds that could soon cause damage and affect your weekend plans. let's get right to storm team 4 meteorolist tsomaodore.

>> tonight we could just be looking at rain but i have to put this on your radar, the winds. wealking about winds that could be damaging, power lines could be an issue as ll as tree down. so here's how it breaks down. our areas under a high wind warning including frederick county, maryland. for the rest of us it's a wind advisory. it begins tomorrow afternoon. what you can expect is winds gusting and roaring upwards of miles per hour in frederick county, maryland, and 50 to5 areas farther south. now, it ends at 10:00 a.m. on mond g so it isng to be not only a windy sunday afternoon but also a windy monday morning. right now, though, we're just dealing with the rain. showers kind ofcattered about up towards fred rerickfrederick towardsun county, but we are expecting another round of showers to develop overnight. tll let you know how long the rain is going last, how warm we're going to get tomorrow and we'll take a deeper look at those winds. meanwhile hundreds of people rally in richmone in respo to

the blackface controversy surrounding gernor ralph northam. darcy spencer joins us in the studio with the message from the protesters. darcy. >> erika, two different groups ca together todayo a common cause. they both want virginia governor ralph northam to resign. this morning they held a rally in the rain at the steps of then capitol bui in richmond and then staged a march on the governor's mansion. e buses were expected to shuttle people from all over the commonwealth for this march. it was organiz by the pro-life public policy group called the douglas leadership institutes well as the civil rights organization southern christian leadership conference. now, this march was in response to a rist photo posted on the governor's medical school yearbook pag decades ago. it portrayed somne in black face and someone in a kkk robe. after initially apologizi for the photo, northam chaseed cond denied he was in it. northam is also being criticized for comments he made on wtop

radio regarding late-term abortions. northam faced criticism about the racist photos and his handling of the situation from political leaders across the country. >> the way that our country iss up, it's supposed to be a government of the people, by the people and for the sopeople. f we don't engage, then we're responsible for allilf the hat goes on. >> we have reached out to the governoror a response. we are still waiting to hear back from him today. northam has resisted repeated calls foro him resign from both democrats and republicans. in the d studiocy spencer, news4. >> darcy, thank you. authorities believe alcohol played a role in a deadly head-on crash in charl county. maryland state police say a pickup truck slammed into another car shortly after midnight near route 301 and route 234. the drir of the truck died on the scene. the driver of the car was dirlifted to the hospital. no word on her contion yet.

breaking news. chaos in venezuela turns deadly. "the washington post" reporting four people have died and dozens more are injured. venezuela's national guard fired tear gas on people who had cleare a barricaded border between venezuela and colombia. ey were clearing the way to letumanitarian aid through. protesters set a bus on fire. president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to stop any aidrom coming in, and he's also ended diplomatic relations with colombia. e opposition leader, juan guaido hasmi prosed to bring aid into the country from the yoous. also breaking this evening, a boeing 767 jet liner crashed this afternoon. they believe allhree people onboard died. you can see crash debris scattered across the water there of the plane had aeft miami

was headed to houston when it crashed into a bay. it is unclear what caused the plane to go do. >>. kelly used to be one of the most popular r & singers. today he faced a judge. he is crged with sex abuse involving four women, includingr three of whom underage at the time. chris palone reports the embattd singer is now having trouble coming up with money to post bail. >> reporter: the attorney for r. kelly expects the r & b singer to leave a chicago jail onceth ers enough money to post bond. he spent friday night in police custy after turning himself in to face new criminal charges. a cook county grand jdiy ed kelly on ten counts of aggregated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims. authorities say three of them were minors appearnd the allege crimes happened between 1998 and 2010. prosecutors describe the accusations against kelly and dence including video of a sexual encounter. >> in the video, the victim

repeatedly,eatedly says she is 14 years old. >> reporter: kelly, whose first name is robert, has been dogged by sexual misconduct allegations for decades, but the me too movement and a recent lifetime series "surviving r. kelly" put him back in the spotlight. after the show aired, a chicago prosecutor called for possible victs to come forward. >> we cannot seek justice without you.el >> reporter: has consistently denied any wrongdoing. his lawyer says kelly'sus as are lying and out to profit off of his success. >> you know, right now he's presumed innocent. we haven't seen anything, any reason to believe that these allegations are credible. >> reporter: as conditions to be ased on bond, the court required r. kelly to give up his passport. he's been ordered not to contact any witnesses or potential victims. he's not allowed to have any contact with anyone under 18 years old. kelly's next court hearing is set for monday. chris palone, nbc news. >> two sources tell nbc news that homeland security is loing into aossible

connection between trafficking allegations. a homeland security spokesperson would not confirm or that is true. now we go to another high-profile thcase. e president's former campaign chair awaits sentencing. sayshe special counsel paul manafort doesn't deserve an ounce of sympathy from the court. it's party time for the zoo's most popular attractions, and some of their

a bold and hardened criminal who committed crimes even after being indicted. that's how special counsel robert mueller's office is describing psident trump's former campaign chairmanpe thecial counsel's office releasing its sentencing memo on paul m afort today. they say he repeatedly broke laws whileobbying on behalf of ukrainian interests. mueller is notg recommendin a specific jail sentence, but he says manafort is unrepentant and does not deserve leniency. he is also facing tax and bank aud charges in virginia. a huge turnout for one of d.c.'s largest running college fares. college-bound students packed the ctevention c to meet with reps from historically black colleges and universities. 70 institutions were there.

the alfred street baptist church sponsoring this for the second year in a row. facebook was a major part in this. >> we are here to let kids know that if you want to go to an hbcu, there are internships available to you, there are scholarships. we are here trying to recruit. we are here ting to promote hbcus and highereducation. >> the alfred street baptist church has been hosting this job fair for 17 years now. tax day iast approaching and today some of you received free help filing yourreturns. volunteers welcomed folks to the fairfax skills source center in ann andale. a house war ng party for the zoo's most popular attractions. here's news4's derrick ward. >> reporter: just when you thought the giant pandas couldn't get any more interesting, a new exhibit opens interesting, a new exhibit opens at the national zo

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house warming party at that at the national zoo for the visitors and the main attraction. those loveable giant pandas. the zoo unveiled a new interactive exhibit inside the panda house. as news4'serrick ward explains, this exhibit goes far beyond just entertainiuests. >> reporter: i may not look like it but this panda is working and so is this one. it's goodan work if you get it. >> they have been playing the

role j ofust like envoys and ambassadors between >> reporter: indeed the giant pandas are probably washington's most well-known chinese expatriots and certainly the most popular attractions at the smithsonian national zoo. >> and iea rlly excited to see the pandas and i w to see the new exhibit. >> reporter: it doesn't take long in thisxhibit to realize that it's something new. that's what's important about it. look behind the scenes to see what the researche see. >> we have reproductive ientists, endoucrinologists to help us with our breeding program and they i help us our mission to save a species. >> reporter: giant pandas are no longer an endangered species, ey're a vulnerable speesz and that's an irovement. >> it's a conservation success. it's a victory. >> today we all play a role in understanding wildlife. >> i notice thell running

around and playing today. i don't know if it's because of the food orf it'secause today is cold. >> reporter: as for those giant pandas and the redones, despite all the excitement, it'sust another day on the job. at the smithsonian national zooa derrick , news4. this black history month we are honoring the achievements of people from our area. one aut has already sold hundreds of copies of his latest bsek es, and he's just 10 years old. connor little john wrote a series of books called "tag, you're its latest one is about a group of friends fighting offs. zomb this all started with a reall creative writing assignment in class. connor decided to go the extra mile and write an entire book. his mom and big brother, logan, helped him out publishing, and you go. >> and i feel like writing is fun because it gives me all these new ideas. it feels good to have people know what i'm doing and know thatth have things out e. it just feels real good.

>> great job, connor. by thentway, we wa to mention that connor's books are all for sale on amazon. and he sae's already working on his next book. so there you go.gr a pming note for you, nbc4 is celebrating black history month with special airing this weekend called "she thrives." it recognizes black women, past and present, who are down barriers. so set your reminders, your dvrs and join us this sunday right after "mt the press." all right, storm team 4 meteorologist somara theodore to talk about weather alert mode we'ret because of what coming up against tomorrow. >> i want everyone to be prepared for their sunday. >> sure. >> it is gng to be a headache, especially if you live farther north and west where we do have a high wind warning in effect. now, before we get to tomorrow, tonight.et us through tonight not too bad, just dealing with some rain. i do want to say where we have prior -- you know, we hadsn the earlier in the week,

grounds were very saturatein some flooding may be an issue in some areas, but here's where the action is right now, southern maryland. it's going on. got some showers down there. deeper green, a little more moderate south of waldorf going along 301. zooming out, the bigger picture does show while some of us are dry, some of us are getting wet. south into the district starting to see some showers pop up here. we were dry for quite some time. not the case overnight. another round of rain. in fact steady rain movingbl through pro after midnight through the early wee hours of the morning on sunday. and those greens -- i sorry, those yellows an orange denoting how heavy that rain could b at times. notice how it moves out of here by 12:00 p.m. tomorrow. we're left with sos clouds in ake and after that dry with nothing but sunshine. you're th,king, ok sunday is really shaping up. well, my friends, we have a wind warning, a high wind warning in effect for areas in the orange which includes -- i should have

paused this first, which includes frederick county, maryland. for the res of us it's wind advisory. it begins in the afternoon, ends at 10:00 a.m. and thi i what we can expect. in the washington, d.c., metro area, surrounding counties, gusts will reach anywhere from 45 to 55 miles an hour. as you head farther north into frederick county, that's where we have the possibility of 60-mile-per-hour gusts. that why you a are under a high wind warning. what we can expect with this, swaying trees, downed trees possible the farther north and west you head. we m even see power lines affected by this, something to keep in mind. it doesn't just stop from there. we're actuallyoing to see some breezy to windy conditions on monday as well. that's why the advisory, the warning is extended until10:00 a.m. monday morning. looking at your sunday, planning it out, byhe numbers, if it wasn't for the winds i would have led with this.n temperaturese upper 60s, near 70 degrees tomorrow. so it is going to be pretty nice out theri, b the winds. we are going to see some clearing taking place through

the afternoon and evening. storm team 4 10-day outlook, by monday winds are still pretty gusty but tuesdayhe winds grow calm. temperatures in the upper 60s. we're not going take a big dip. mother nature will be a little kind to us and ease us into cooler weather. 50 degrees on monday. 48 by tuesday. where's the nt chance for snow? maybe saturday morning, i'll ee have to k a close eye on that one, but it's on my radar and on ours now. >> all right,somara, thank you very much. so some members of our news4 family hit the hardwood at the capital one arena today for a really good cause. shomari stone and doug kammerer were lacing up their sneakers. the proceeds go to the national foundation. nice job, guys. all rit, so busy day in sports today as the capitals finish up their six-gameoad

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lk a little caps. how are the boys doing? >> here's the thing. he's the thing. >> it never goes well whe here's t thing. >> you guys remember the song "coming home" bydiddy. >> yeah. ♪ coming home >> that should be tntm for the caps who are coming home eyter a grueling six-game road trip. finished 3-3 but in the process they got a red-hot ovie. they welcomed carl hagland in his first game. early in the first, to jeff skinner to jason for the easy finish. sabres up one. a little later, sam reinhart gives the sabres a 2-0 lead. second period, there's ovie. alex ovechkin, you know what he does? sague leading 44th goal, extends his goaleak to five. later the sabres on the power

play. we go to the third and the caps just can't catch a break. sam rnhart deflects a shot past holpe. the caps lose this one 5-2. well, the caps aren't the only teamt that hasen home in a while. laeir fellow tenants, the wizards, haven'td a home game since february 8th. washington hosts the pacers a tonigh 7:00. last night they return to the court for the first time since the all-star break. their lone all-st, bradley beal, went off. witaking on the hoernrnets. great bate between beal and walk. beal scored a 6season-high points including 20 in the firs, half kept the wiz in the game late. hornets win 123-110.

the wizards four games back for the final playoff>> spot. super sophomore bruno fernando and maryland hosting ohio state. bruno struggled with his shot but the rest of his game was on point. four assists, four boards the first half. he finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds. the terps were up 5 at the break. in the second half, more of the same. bruno, nice boxout. fundamentals, baby. and then n thee feed to aaron wiggins, who throws it down. the terps beat theye buckes 72-62, remain aten in the p big ten. number 2 vginia facing number 3 louisville. first half it was all cardals. they hit 10 of 16 from three,ud ncling this by jordan warra to beat the buzzer. louisville up by 10 at the half deandre hunter sparks uva in the second. nice crossover and flush. hunter would not be stopped. 6 of 6 for 19 points in the second half.

he finished with a career high 26 points. they held lo jsville tot six field goals in the second half and rallied to w 64-52. finally, nationals kick offspring training dn in sunny west palm beach tonight against the astros. fist pitch coming up in just a few minutes at 6:35 p.m. sherree burruss was down there in beautiful west palm as we've been dea ng with this less-than-pleasant weather. a little bitter, i'm just saying. >> very nice segu and withthat, somara. >> let's go ahead and take at look weather. tomorrow will be relatively pleasant, temperatures near 70. ha, take at. but the only thing is we are weather alert because of winds. winds will gust upwards of 50 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour possible in frederick county, ryland. but plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. you want to see what the next ten days holds? take a look at your screens. right now we are looking at a pretty dry start to e week. the one caveat is the winds.

it could betty damaging tomorrow so keep a close eye on that. be in atures are going t the upper 60s tomorrow, guys, and then we'll slowly work our wak towards winter at the end of the week. >> we'll get another chance of seeing snow next weekend as well? on e'll keep a close eye that. >> i'll watch out for that. >> thank you, cary. appreciate that. that's the news for now. thanks for joining us. "nightly news" is coming up next. we will all see you back here tonight a 11:00. hatve here's your buick sir. actually, that's my buick. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. me too. i was actually talking about that buick. i knew that. did you? buick's fresh new lineup is full of surprises. get great deals on our expectation-shattering lineup. pay no interest for 72 months on most buick models.

stories breaking as we come on the air. r. kelly in court. sa judgeets bail at $1 million for the star charged with sexually abusing four women, three underage at the time. >> the crisis in venezuela escalates. tear gas and bullets fly as protesters and government clashes a e truck carrying much needed aid is set on fire as it crosses the border. >> robert muelr's team slams the former campaign chairman and what paul manafort is accused of doing after pleading guilty. pedophiles prowling on you tube. it is cracking down, t is it safe to post videos of your kids on line? >>