news 4 today, starts now. >> it is 4:30, as you wake up on this friday. a little windy out there this morning. we have another warm day in store, though. it comes with a little rain. >> i will take 70-degree weather for rain. i willake it. >> we'll get through it just fine. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us early on this friday. we're going to check init w for the commute for a moment. listen, chuck. we will take all wf them weather we can, but you're telling us don't put the winter yet?away, just >> let's go with yes. i don't want to ruinour mood, eun. but the weekend isn't going to be as mild as yesterday was and today is going to be. temperatures over the weekend,c own into the 40s and 50ser

in the aon. and rather blustery, as well. the leading edge of that chilly change is moving through the state of west virginia. that's the cold front that will arrive on the i-95rr or, around 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. rain chances are going up between now and then. d the rain chancesade away into the weekend. the rain is out to our west. maybe apotty shower here on the western shore of the chesapeakeay. but it is all about the mild temperatures this morning. we're already in the low to mid-60s to get your friday oing. it feels really niside this morning. it will be a mild day. and the hit- -miss shower chances through the afternoon. you'll have many, many hours to enjoy the dry weather. >> thanks, chuck. 270 here, live look at middle brooke road. looks like they're flying down the hi dway. 't think they are. everything is look okay right now. doesn't look like the cars a going by quickly. dunn loring, the ramp to westbound 66.

we hor a zone, with one getting by. falls church, the ramp to the inner work zone. and looking at 95, quantic to the beltway, 68 miles per hour. going to get you there in 18 minutes. eun? ro messa, thank you. breaking newsm new zealand, the death tl has gone up following mass shootings at two mosques. 40 people aredead9 are injured. they received shots fires at 1:40 p.m. local me witnesses reported seeing the gunman enter one mosque and ail of gunfire followed by screams. it happene in christchurch, new zealand, on the east coast of the south island. >> let's go t cory with moree on th suspects in this case. >> new zealand' police commissioner say they have charged one man in murder in attacks.n with these

that man is in his late 20s and will make his first court appearance tomorrow. three other suspects were arrested. the police commissioner said one of those people has been released. and was not involved in the attack. investigators are eterviewing wo other people and trying to establish how they were involved. the prime minister did describe them as extremists withmotives. the prime minister said this was a well-planned terrorist attack. one witness said a gunman lef a semiautomatic weapon in his driveway. ive divisions were attached to the suspect vehicles but they did not detonate. police are ordered all mosques closed until they know there won't be more attacks. this is the deadliest shooting in new zealand since 1990. >> cory, thank you. developing back here at home, a police officer and a

woman are recovering after a serious crash in one of the officers was hit by another car at the of piper lane and nokesville road. both drivers are expected to be okay. one person is dead after a shooting near the heights metro station. a man with a gun approached the victim on columbia road, shot him and walked off. we're told this was a targeted shooting and not random. investigators believe they saw the shooter on a surveillance camera. a stunning bribery case within the d.c. government ended with a guilty plea. dimitrius mcmillan took cash and sex for sociales serv he authorized more than $1 million in fraudulenten pa. the money went to food benefits and cash for people nhat did

qualify. as many as two dozen recipients were involved and mcmillan received sexualavors from 10 to 20 women. investigator s found nearly $75 in cash at his house. >> kicki osickenr it. i'm sad and angry and it makes mef feel sick at the pity stomach. >> mcmillan faces 15 years in prison and $300,000 when hes sentenced in june. here's a look at the other top stories. a body found in a wooded part of stafford county has been tidentified as an who was trying to escape a violent gang from el esalvador. family of 16-year-old jackson chicas says he and the family fled el salvador to virginia. but the gang found them. the teen was killed in prince george's county before hisody was dumped in stafford. a 15-year-old boycced of sexually assaulting members of

the damascus football team will be tried as a ijuvenile. the third teen to have his case moved from adult court to juvenile court this year. one other teen is being charged as anadult. today in france, the ntsb will try to get data from the black boxes involved in the ethiopia airline crash. the boeing 737 maxets remain grounded this morning. officials say the boxes are very willed and retrieving data take time. it could take weeks or months to find out what caused the crash that killed 157 people onboard. acton capitol hill, a rare of defiance from republicans in the senate. yesterday, the senate voted to block president trump's national security declaration to fund a southern border. wa 12 senators joined democrats against the declenation. presidt trump has vowed to veto it. more on that story in a few minutes. you've seen it on social

media. we're talking about the bomb cyclone. it's a massive wintertorm that's already battered colorado and wyoming and it'sto slamming he midwest. the storm swept vehicds off roads dumped several inches of snow and generated funnel clouds over parts of the country. look at this video now. a sheriff's deputy w caught in a possible tornado in mccracken county, kentucky. from the damage here, lks like his patrol car was in an accident. the deputy wte in the w part of the county, getting ready for a storm coming through. his windows were blown out and there ats several dn the side of his vehicle. he told reporters he knew he ju couldn't escape. >> the power lines coming up and lying over the road. an i saw a bunch of debris spinning around my car. and spun myhe car to side. i kind of put my head down and covered my head and kind of prayed for the best. >> a state of emergency was declared for the county owing that storm. back here at home, strong

currents caused troubles for kayakers in the potomac river. three people had to be rescued by montgomery county fire and u.s. park police crews. this happened nr the golf darnestown today, your co-workers may be distracted as local teams push for a spot in march madness. big dance is here. first up, george mason university will take on st. bonaventure after beating a local rival yesterday. theatriots knocked george washington university out of the tournament yesterday. tipoff for today'same is at 2:30. tonight, university of virginia takes on florida sta t acc tournament. virginia beat n.c. state to make it to the finals. the cavaliers tipoff at 7:00 tonight. boo, the terps lost. they lost in the first round. we're out of the big tournament, after losing to

nebraska. we thought this would be the turnaround here. hopefully we'll get a spot in the big tournament. >> keep in mind, too. the basketball is only the beginning. the real madness starts next. we get your brackets ready for that. >> it's a random way t pick things. >> your bracket. see what happens. >> i have never won anything. no matter which team you root for, don't forget to pull out your green to wear this weekend. chic fo is gearing up celebrations. chicago river will be dyed green. and parades wille nationwide. d.c.'s parade won't be held because of the high cost of security. it's 4:39. coming up, was it the luck of the irish or pure chance? new details on the largest winneratf the jack p ever. and new fallout from the cheating admission scandal. the lsuit lawoc

you're watching news 4 today. >> welcome back. the first lawsuits have been filed in the college admissions scandal. >> a stanford university student filed a suit saying the degree she is w earningon't be worth a. much inger and ng william the eight universities involved. the case c become a class-action lawsuit involving more than 1 million udents. a civil complaint has been filed by a mother who said the scandal kept her child from being admitted to certain schools. william singer pled guilty toki millions of dollars from the country's rich, famous and powerful to get their children into elite colleges. lori loughlin is accused of paying $500,000 to get her daughters into usc. now, it is costing her family some money. yesterday, the hallmark channel

fired loughlin, who was one of the best-known stars. er daughter was dropped by sephora and the tresseme hair caroline. how about a check of weather? >> we'reck cg mild weather for your friday morning. temperatures are 15 to 30 degrees warmer than we were at the same time yesterday. we get another day in the 70s today. don't get used to it. don't get used to it. the ten-day

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new zealand. 49 people are dead, after 2 shootings at 2 mosques in christchurch. the gunman opened fire during friday prayers. one man is charged wit murder. the investigators are interviewing two people and determining how they were involved. the prime minister called this a well-planned terrorist attack. we'll have more on the instigation coming u at 5:00 p.m. a rare act of defiance on capitohill. >> yesterday, several senate republicans crossed the aisle and joined docrats in rebuking president trump's national emergency resolution to fund thd wall. here's the 12 republicans who voted in favor of the resolution to undo the president's declaration. president trump has vowed to veto it. tracie potts joins us live with why lawmakers say the fight isn't over. tr >> reporter: good morning. it's because house democrats will try to override that veto. it's not clear at all that they can in t senate. it's even harder. they need everyone who voted against the president, plus ght more republicans. no indication that will happen.

but oesymbolically, this ds tell us that president trump does not have a lock on republican and when they don't like how he's doing something, even though many of the faces you see support the wall, they will stand out against him. mocrats say they find that hopeful but it's not clear that will translate to other , issues as they move forward. meanti meantime, lawmakers are looking at changing how national emergencies are declared, ch changing the law, so the next me this or any other president a national emergency, to get money or change policy, congress will have to approve at within 30 days. >> tracie potts for us.k thu. a news 4 consumer investigation has led to a new law to protect student in virginia. 9-year-old wesley died when he was caught in a motorized room partition in northern virginia last year. a news 4 consumer investigation, found of the 21 school districts

in the d.c. area, 17 of them had no formal written policies on who was allowed to operate thosd motori partitions. now, in honor of wesley, ralph northam has set safety standards for use of those partitions. virginia joins new york as the only two states with laws requiring safety dwaevices to b used with those partitions. a crash involving a school bus sent a half-dozen people to high school. chopper 4 was over the scene here in gaithersburg yesterda you can see the white car and a red truck nearby, severely damaged. we're told two people from those vehicles wereaken to the hospital with serious injuries. four people on thechool bus were also transported but only as a precaution. a sad update this morning, after the bal eagle rescue from a metro train track. many of you were glued to our live coverage, as transit polic

anresource officers used blankets and towels to catch the bird. officials from the city wildlife rehab center, after multiple x-rays ands, te the injuries were too severe and the eagle had to be euthanized. the wing had multiple fractures that could not be fixew we don't kno how the bird was hurt to begin with. as you get ready this morning, you may want to check your freezer. butterball is recalng 39 tons of ground turkey, due to possible salmonella contaminations. they have a sell or freeze by date of july 26, 2018. it's been rinked to six reported illnesses in three states. details in itional the nbc washington app, search recall. the south carolina winner of last year's $1.5 billion mega millions jackpot has chosen to

remain anonymous. but we know what shes going to do with the money. the winner says she plans to contribute to charities and causes that are close to her heart. the winner al noted that she is thankful south carolina allows lottery winners to claim their pris anonymously. >> she hopes her wish to remain anonymous is respected so she can live a life of relativeno alcy and free of fear and with her phone not pinging from all o texts of relatives coming out of the woodwork. >> i hopeor that out for her. her lawyer gave us this >> if she doesn't buy fur coates and three houses. >> it's hard to keep that money secret. new this morning, tesla ded another car to its lineup. this is the model y. it is crossover suv and will cost between $39,000 and $60,000, once it hits the market. >> tesla appearso b accepting

preorders right now. there's four different models that will be on the road between fall of 2020 and spring of 2021 >> som people are into those teslas. fans femet one of the newes me on the skins on thursday, the newest player to move to washington was introduced at the team landon collins agreed to a six-year deal with the team when the new year started thisek we, he said playing for washington is a dream come true. he grew up idolizing sean taylor. collins who played his college ball in alabama, will join other crimson tide players on the roster. chuck doesn't like that. he says -- it's just texas. he says they were crucial to bringing him to d.c. >> you know o eacher like the back of hour hands. we know how each other plays. we're 'bama made. we know what it takes to win.

play with guys that you know, that are going to get out there. it madet much easier. >> all right. the offeason is moving right raalong. the d is set for april 25th in nashville, where the skins hold the 15th overall pick. hopefully landon has a big impact with our he's excited to play. >> that's a good way to start out. an annouement made here on nbc 4 while you were sleelng. >> nbc woon have the only female host of a late-night television show. lilyke singh b the news on jimmy fallon's show last ght. she will be taking over for carson daly. didn't realize that carson had a late, late show after seth meyers. >> and he does the "today" show and "the voice." singh rose to fame on youtube id says she excited to have a new audience. >> i'm excited. i get to create a show from scratch. i get to make it inclusive.

i get to create comedy segments and create something i believe in. i'm honored and humbled. >> seth meyers joined fallon in welcoming singh to the lineup. "a little late with lilly singh" will take over the 1:00 a.m. tom slo time slot. >> i thinkit's great to bring sofone, diverse and a woman color. >> if she rose to name on youtube. >> that's the new way. >> we need channel. youtube >> we got those college degrees. did grunt work in small markets. right. yeah. therno such thing. i had -- back in my day. you're going to like your friday, everybody. and especially, your friday morning. first of all, it's friday. anything after that, doesn't matter. but it is mild this morning. we are in the low to mid-60

across the area. it's a little breezy. but with temperatures t s far above average, normally, for early mid-march morning thi time ofhe year, we'd be around 35 to 37 degrees. we're running about 25 to 30 degreearmer than average this morning. another day in the 70s. back-to-back 70s for the very first time20 i. it will be breezy and mild. there's a 60% chance you're going to get rained on today. it won't be a day-long deluge at all. this is all part of the same generatfront that's so much severe weather back out across the west. this is not going to be a severe weather threat for us. a rumble or two of thunder, not out of the question toda n bu severe weather is expected. future weather, clouds will be the crease. it will be dry for the first part of the day. is r lunchtime today, this when the cold front starts to settle down on the i-95 corridor likely to have a ground round o showers fro 3:00 to 8:00 or

9:00, in parts of southern maryland in the evening. otherwise, it will be a mild day today. temperatures in the low 70s. the cold front means cold weather returns for the weekend. blustery and in the low0s tomorrow. most of the suburbs will have a freeze on sunday rning. st. patrick's day, a little chilly. high around 50. and chillier than average before next week, before a little better taste of april weather starts to arrive late next weeko let's che the commute with melissa. >> inner loop, outer loop of tha be no issues. earlier problems have cleared out of the way. this has cleared. falls church, eastbound 66, the ramp to the inner loop. now, nice and open throughge prince ge county, into town, out of town. no worryies. we'll look at 270 coming up. it's 4:55. today, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, 86th rthday. her devoted fans are holding an unusual birthday celebration on

the steps of the supreme court today. a plank-like -- i knew this w going to happen. an event is going to happen at 5:00. ey will sing happy birthday as they exercise. orl organizers say they were inspired when she calls her trainer the most important person at her life. more than2,000 people expressed interest on facebook with the intation. more than 500 people have confirmed their attendance. there's going to be 500 people on the steps of the supreme court trying to plank. >> that might be a bit much. >> happy birthday. she can plank longer than the rest of us. another birthday for a d.c. resident, when you turn 110, you get to celanrate -- you celebrate as long as you like. >> that's how old virginia mclorne turned on tuesday. she wen viral as she danced with the obamas in 2016. a ver happy birthday yesterday, from the news 4 family.

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with a live look outside. spring may not have arrived quite yet. it felt that way. how gorgeous was yesterday? it had a lot of people outside. but not for that much longer. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. you saw the short slend the short shorts. >> the first warm weather andev yone goes crazy. >> all of the people out at the pool, until 11:00 last night. four girls. melis mollet has our commute this morning. we will start with chuck bell. >> you get them, >> i'm trying to sleep. >> aaron goes up on the roof in s robe. look here, little girls. you all belong in bed. all right. your friday morning, off to a really mild