you need hp? you need light? >> rounds of rainfall have people driving into trouble. we have live team coverage on the storm team 4 weather alert. developing tonig we have reaction from howard university to the arrest of a

suspected serial rapist. h police stargeted students on campus. and will he or won't he? maryland governor larry hogan makes some news about a potential challenge to president trump. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. it's been a rough night out folks. trees coming down. waters rising fast. drivers getting stuck in cars. >> we've got tem cover on all this mess out there. shomari stone will u joinsmi in nute with more on the damage and so the some of the rescues saw but we begin with sto team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is tracking rain and the stronginds that follow. doug? >> yeah, guys. simply amazing how much rain we saw tod d. if i'mng the numbers correctly, today is the eighth wettest march day ever in d.c. thees airport, it is simply wettest day ever in the month of march. that's how much rain we saw all of dulles, over 2 1/2 inches of

rain today. just incredible amounts of rainfall. i've seen some reports of over 3.3 inches of rain just to the north and west of leesburg. you can see why. leesburg, this area right along the mountains wti just g pummeled by rain all day long. ou can actually see what's happening. look at this area of low pressure spinning around ouron rend shifting on through. some of this rain still coming y down at a preood clip back into portions of clark and in uier county, sti through loudoun county. we're not done out towardsdu es airport yet. how much rain? as i said, over 2 1/2 inches. 1.95 in d.c. 2.95 in dull list airport over 2 inches towards charlottesville. not just that, 8 o inches snow or more into parts of thes mountad along the shenandoah valley and the skyline drive area. just incredible what this storm asone. now, guys, look at this, the wind chill a factor. 30 in hagerstown, 34 in d.c.

it goes way down here from there. the wind the next big factor. winds cut gust 40 to 45 miles an hour tomorrow. a lot more on this. we're in the weather alert mode. some newideo tonight shows flooding in montgomery county. >> yeah, it appears to show a driver stuck here in this high water that is rising still. news 4's shomari stone has been on scene a lot of this tonight he joins us now live at beach n drive inorthwest washington. shomari, how are folks dealing with all this rain? >> reporter: well, jim and doreen, let me tell you light now i'm here at cedar lane and beach drive. you ask how people are dealing with the rain. ll, many of them are heeding warnings. when they see the standing war, they will turn around, whereas authorizes take their chances. just like the video youuys just showed, some people are getting stuck. cedar lane is beach drive is blocked off, as you can see behind me. people have tried to, you know, me around her and then they

will turn around to get away from it. now let's take a look at t s >> you need help? >> reporter: a creek jumps its banks flooding this guy'sd car a pickup truck stuck after heavy rains in brookville, maryland. and take a look at this cell phone video capturing a water rescue on woodburn road in fantfax c this guy took a chance, driving through the high water, quickly realizing it was a bad idea. owe called 911 for help. firefighters rescued him. police set up a roadblock to make sure people don't drive through it. >> i don't min having tourn around. i'd rather do that than get stuck town there. re's a lot of commuters that don't think aut it and they just feel like they can drive through there anyway. >> reporter: and in gainesville, virginia, floodwaters swallowed thisn artimus road. the driverot out okay. police want to remind you you should turn around and don

own. as you can see right now here in kensington, it is continuing to rain and we'll continue to bring you the updates as they become available on our nbc washingn app. live here in keington, shomari stone, news 4. >> what a mess out there. shomari, thanks so much. our weather alert coverage isn't over yet. right now doug is working on your full forecast. you'll see him in about ten minutes. and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will be in tomorrow morning tracking the flooding from overnight and those high winds. "news 4 today" starts at 4:00 a.m. developing tonight, suspected serial rapist is now off the streets. his firstlleged attack was nearly 15 years ago. news 4's nicole jacobs joins us live with how police say he preyed on howard university students. nicole? >> reporter: doreen, he contacted one with aol, another with facebook and a third he met at a party, butti invtors say when he allegedly pinpointed his victims, he lured them with alcohol.

>> college kids are a terget. >> rep and perhaps that was the motive. >> people tend to be a littleom bit morertable online, hiding behind a persona. >> reporter: as 35-year-old julian everett allegedly did. he's an accused serial rapist with three alleged victims so far. >> two of those survivors were students at howard. >> reporter: the case spans over 14 years, with the first victims' allegations in 2005. she was 16 and wasun not a howa ersity student. >> the investigators and the prosecutors at that point made a choice not to pure that case. >> reporter: but under the chief's administration, two wing the rapes of howard university students in 2015 and '16 and an anonymous letter writt to d.c. police, a keen eye detective picked up the case and linked all three throh dna. >> we have brought resolution to these matters. >> reporr: but who i everett? he's a man who had howard right at his fgertips, running a

barber shop less than a mile from campus. those i side had no comment. but the signature barber shop website indicates everett opened it in 2016. his alleged method of operation, though, already under way. >> he would use web or social meffa sitesiated with but not sanctioned by howard university >> reporter: which would lead to a date and then drinks and then the uehinkable. >>ransported them to a residence in prince george's county where he would thee sexual assaults. >> reporter: prince george's county officials fear there could be more victims. now taking this moment to speak directly to them. >> we ask that you come forward. we will seek jtice for you as well. >> reporter: the chief sayset ev would pose as a college student, someone with howard university connections, though none of that was true. >> it's unfortunate that people arout here doing heinous crimes. >> reporter: but possibly one less perpetrator on the streets.

police urge anyone who believes they were a victim or who knows someone who was to contact them. jim, doreen, back to you. >> all right. nicole jacobs reporting from howard. thank you, nicole. only on news 4 tonight, the mother of a preschooler is explaining how her ild's sexual abuse is impacting her family. her little girl is one of 15 suspected victims of taylor boykin. boykin was sentenced to 41 years tooled today for molesting young children when he a was assistant teacher at the bristo miniland academy. parents testified at the sentencing hearing today. one 6-year-old told her mom she wishes she was never born. many of the kids have deep emotional scars. >> for my child, we deal with nightmares. we deal with anxiety. it makes it difficult.we re a little bitto close having some closure to this, but there is still concern with the

daycare that they allowedhat happen. >> reporter: as that mother alluded to, some parents are considering suits against the academy. a florida man accused of sending more ahan dozen pipe bombs to prominent critics of president trump pleaded guilty in court today. cesar sayoc cried during his plea. said he knew his actions were wrong and he apologized saying he never intendedor any of the 16 devices to explode. former president barack obama and members o congress were among his targets. sayoc faces up to life in prison at his sentencing in september. leon harris here at the live desk. w details tonight on the buzz that maryland governor larry hogan may challenge president g trump in t primary. the governor appeared this evening at an event with hisfr nd, former new jersey governor and trump ally chris christie. hogan isg increas his national presence and getting some mixed -- giving mixed signals about a

white house run toni hogan told reporters it doesn't make sense to challenge trump now. >> curren dy, itsn't make any sense at all, but we just don't know what the future holdn and know what that might look like several months from now. >> governor christie, why do you say there is no political path? >> cistie echoed the not right now sentiment. heoes say he believe hogan has a future of leading the republican party at the national level. we'll watch what happens. >> leon, thanks so much. g> well, an excit day one today. the dance well under way. a lot o people had belmont upsetting maryland in their brackets, but not so fast. >> yeah, the terps move on thanks to an exciting win. sherree burress is here with more on how they did it and what's next for the team. sherree, that game was a lot closer than we would have liked. >> we were biting our nails back there, doreen. the maryland men's basketball team surging in the second half,

though. they advance to the second round of this years's ncaa tournament after winning this first game in the big dance in three years. freshman jalen smith w a man a on mission. the lasting image from tonight's game, 19 points, 12 rebounds for the guy they call "sticks" as maryland beats belmont 79-77. six seeded maryland will play the three seeded lsu o saturday. coming up on sports, johnny holiday catches up, up with the emotional terps after this thriller. guys, back to you. >> lsu is going to be a bit tougher. safe to say. sherree, thanks so much. o>> former president barack obama will speak the democratic freshman class monday night. use speaker nancy pelos invited members to a reception at the d.c. home of a former ambassador. mr. obamaor endsed and campaigned for some of those new members. new tonight, prosecutors say

this vid shows west virginia law enforcement officers beating and kicking a 16-year-old after a traffic stop. what happened before the confrontation c and trges filed. maryland's governor wants to take over the bw parkway and now he's calling for backup. ourews partners at telemundo 44 confront the owner of a travel agency. he's accused he's accused ♪

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they spe thousands of dollars thinking they were one step closer from traveling to latin america to see in many cases sick loved ones. dozens of latinos in prince george's county say they were actually sold fake plane tickets. it's a story our sister station telendo 44 uncovered, and with the ey caught up owner of the travel agency whose wife is charged with theft. you can see he had no cifment. his has been called the mastermind of this operation. news 4's erica gonzaleour report. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: tearful stories of people claiming to he been taken. now a months-long investigation by telemundo 44 tave blown lid off an alleged travel scam. berto personally sat down with 25 people, all of whom say they gave money to a woman named ana

maria, owner of azteka travel. she wasoo supposed toairline tickets to el salvador, instead they say they gave their hard-earned money and got nothing in return. she's been arrested in prince george's county andrg c with theft. aguilar is no stranger to the law. fact, just two years a she pleaded guilty to the samege char in the same county. then more than 35 people said they were scammed by lucero travel. aguilar was ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution and sentenced to five years' probation. erica gonzalez, news. now under this new charge, aguilar is expected to be int court n month. we'll be following details as they emerge. new tonight. iwest virginia state trooper is facing charges. he's been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using excessive force with a teenager during a traffic stop. in this newly released dash cam

video, you can see a trooper toss the 16-year-old right to the ground there. that young man is then kicked several times.te the incident, the accused trooper, michael kennedy, and three other troopers involved were fired. now if convicted, kennedy faces up to ten years in prison. doreen? dramatic police body cam footage captures the moment when iowa authorities rescued a man from a burning home. sheriff's deputies ran toward the house andnt busted a f window so the man could crawl out. moments after he escaped harm, flames erupted on the opposite end of the man had to be air lifted out for treatment along with his nie who was also inside the house. that woman's husband has been charged with starting the fire and with attempted murder. flat tires, busted rims, cracked bumpers. drivers we talked with today say you put your car at risk every time youe the baltimore-washington parkway.

maryland governor larry hogan thinks this stretch of pitted road is troofhe park service isn't taking care of the highway. the governor sent a letter to the maryland congressional delegation asking t to help him put thekw par under state sntrol. driveron't seem to care who fixes the road as long as it gets done. >> if the governor were to take it over, do you think that's a good idea or no? >> if it's going to get it fixed then i think it's a great idea. >> and you're saying this without any political -- >> no, no, it needs to beed before someone gets hurt. >> the par service tells news 4 that they havesked the federal highway dministration for help in fixing the parkway and thepa service says they're filling potholes every day, weather permitting. are youea for some baseball? we are less than a week away now from the first pitcht nationals park. today we found out everything you need to know before heading down to the stadium thisf pring. onee most important changes, you can no longer bring stadiumck inside the

instead, there will be lockers.l new, the food. plenty of it. our cory smith got to try it out. >> all right. korean chicken wing. goodness gracious. oh, that's good. >> pork buns, korean chicken, emgn empanadas, you can also try a taco in a bowl and the new york pa traumay dog. fans can skip the line and order right from their seat using the app and then pick up the phone when it's ready. cory, safeo say these getting a restless night's sleep tonight. >> i don't recall him bringing any back to share witnous. >> there was nothing. >> no, i don't think so. but it is a nice -- >> his first season. he'll learn. next ye >> it's a nice thing to think ahead that baseball is just aw. week away >> a week away and a week away looks really nicewiemperature

. >> that's even better news. >> a far cry from what we had today. last week wer in the mid to upper 70s. ris week talkin and snow. that's what we had out there today. next week, looking at sunshine with 60 degrees for opening day. wow.y, just i don't have enough words in the vocabulary there. just outstanding, just incredible amounts of rain. tremendous. copious. yeah, it can go on and on. look h much rain we've seen across the area today. look at this. ceis is six hours. you nothough, all the reds and yellows, they're pretty much out. still seeing some aas of heavy rain. look how it's wrapping back around here. you can see then heaviest r towards leesburg, fairfax, back towards the west. warr county still seeing some snow. i've got reports of 8 to 11 inches of snow today at areas of elevation. winter green, mountainsde out the shenandoah valley, right outside skyline drive along 33. 8 inches of snow today under the

storm system. they were u a winter storm warning. for the rest of us, though, it was all rain and coming down in so.ets and still doing still have thunderstorms to the east and still seeing some snow back towards the west. you can see all of this just wrapping around back across our region. if this storm hadappened in january, yeah, we'd be talking about a monster snowstorm. but today it's monster rain storm. upwards of 2 to 3 inches. thte has pro the flood warnings. look how expansive the flood warnings are. all thera way frome and madison county, culpeper county all the way up to pennsylvania border. stillod numerous f warnings out there. no more water rescues. please turn around. don't drown. be saw a lot of water rescues today. we don't want to see anymore. we had a lot of roads closed in this area. please heed those warnings. also seeing a lot of trees down. the wind is really picking up. nasty shot out43de. degrees. winds out of the northwest at 23 miles per hour. that t puts wind chill down to 34. still seeing rain at the

airport. look at the wind gusts overnight tonight. by early tomorrow morning, we rould see winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour tom afternoon, the same deal, winds3 gusting ove miles per hour. we could see a wind advisory in effect. i think we could s trees down. tomorrow another nasty day for something completely different. it's not going to be the rain, it's going to be theind out there. here is saturday morning. this is important. in the 30s for the wind gusts. wind gusts in the 30s. 25 chills around 20 to degrees on saturday morning. waking up and stepping out the front door. that's what kindf a storm system this was. 39 at the bus stop tomorrow. wind chill about 45.t 47 a recess. 53 by the time we're picking up the kids womorrow. windh a chance for shower activity out there on your friday. here is the next couple of days. m waiting on sunday. come on, sunday, just get here. sunshine and the temperature around 61. really looks like a nice day. 63 on monday but a good chance

for some rain on monday. cold tuesday/wednesday before we see the nice warm-up. thursday, nats home opener. moving in t right direction, just not now. >> things looking up enally. >> eventually. >> thank you, doug. coming up in sports, a new basketball coach for one of our local colleges. plus, hear from the terps on that ounail-bitingament win today. first round on to number two now. how they plan to keep those good llmes roing into the next

this is the xfinity sports desk. to dancland lives another day. the first full day of ncaa tournament action, a thriller. psd t fans going crazy watching their squad battle with belmont. mark t turgeon'ps looking for thirst first tournament win since 2016. after trailing bt six a the half, maryland comes out firing. bruno fernando's slam here. part of a 14-0 run. belmont fights back behind its star. three o his game high 35 points

right there puts the bruins up seven with seven to go. then with under two minutes left, terps up one. fernando blocked but he hustles the block. finds jalen smith for a monster slam. thankfully didn't take the rim with him. one of the best game of the me. final seconds now, missed the free throw. one last heave for belmont but it falls ssrt. te win a thriller, 79-77. ckey'll play lsu on saturday. with more from nville, here is johnny holiday. >> reporter: a two-point win today for the maryland termens sure seemed a t bigger than that. take a good look at coach mark turgeon a t his staff afterhe game. the group hug o both celebration and relief. >> how cool is it to be a part of something like this? just this time of year where so much is at stake, so many people care, ande to com through like that with such a young team is a trask d terrific day for us.

>> the energy and enthusiasm goes a lot higher now that we got a win, soe got to enjoy that tonight and, you know, we got to focus on the next one star>>ng tomorrow. it's march. i know it's win or go home. so i just try to go out there and leave it all on the floor. i jus fountain a lot of opportunity and my teammates kept feeding me. it was great. >> we love each other. we're going to do whatever ite takes to in the next game. >> reporter: next up t f maryland terpens, lsu, they'll have something to prove, as will saturday.n lsu lost the first game of their conference tournament. in jacksonville, johnny holiday, news 4 sports. all right. it didn't take long for gw to find a new leader for its men's basketball rogram. announced as the new head coach of the colonials. he coached at sienna 2015 past season. the 36-year-old is a native of quinton, virginia. his brother jarell is the head

coach of the wizards g league team, the capital city go-go. speaking of the wizards, let's head to capital one arena as young james t'challa. that is his name. brbeley al, the steal. upop to troyor brown jr.he alley-oop. brown finishes with 13 points in his first nba start. the wiz down three, under 20 to play. thomas bryant going for the game-tying triple. it is no good. 08. drop this one 113 tough one. tough one. >> we'll go toleep thinkin sg ♪

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