isn't it? >> yeah. >> 4:00 a.m. good morning, erybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green, in for eun yang. >> dave is watching the roads. we'll begin with meteorologist chuck bell and what we need to knowbout the weather. >> like the song says, the wind comes behind the we're dealing with areas of high walter. be on the lookout of standing water and localized floodings well. the rain is coming to an end. the wind will be howling a uhl day toda and there's a risk of a few more rain showers later in the afternoon. the bulk of the heavy rain now, is starting to move across parts of the upper bay, headed towards the eastern shore. we have lingering drops around here. but a pocket of colder air aloft, programise a risk of showers. a few more drops likely.

breaks of sunshine, in the noontime hour and a chance for quick showers running through, about 2:00 and 6:00, this afternoon into early this evening. we're in the0s. back in the low 50s. watch for the midafternoon showers. dave, a lot of troles onoads with high water. >> high water, receding water and slippery ramps. exit 8 is blocked by this crash. exit 8 is washington boulevard. that ramp is blocked because of a crash. beltway, maryland, left side of the road, covered in some sort of wood. but otherwise, staying right to get t by towa wilson bridge. we have high water in parts of virginia, like route 29, north of owspringfe and clifton roads. 29 should be passable.

at last report, had roads, at difficult run under in the dark, hard to see. take your time, if idoubt, slow it down and turn around. that's the latest from the trafficenter. we turn back to the storm team 4 weather alert. we're getting a look at major flooding around the region. >> let's begin in montgomery county. rescue crews were busy helping folks out of flooded vehicles there. and check out this rescue in fairfax county. the driver tried to make his wag ththe high water, before he realized, it was a bad idea. lice ended up blocking the road to make sure no one else drove through it. >> there's aot of commuters that come down this road, that don't think about it. they fl they can drive through anyway. >> when you come across standing road, turn around. a man who owns a barbershop

near the university campus, sits charged by assault by students. he is a serial rapist. two howard university studes were raped in 2015 and 2016. all three cases have been linked with dna evidence. everett would sometimesose as a student and meet the victim s for drinks bore the alleged assaults. >> he would useebtes affiliated by howard university. he would carry out the sexual assaults. >> he opened the barbershop less than a mile from howard. police believe there may be more possib victims. a father and daughter will remain in jail until their trial for the murder of a harvard county woman, after claiming a panhandler killed her. the hearings came hours after

this video was released. it shows the two arriving back in maryland. the father told ,poli a panhandler stabbed hisife to death in december. we're learning about a murder/suicide in dumbfries. h aband killed his wife. she had gone there for safety, afr her husband assaulted her the day before. chopper 4 flew over top scene. chrir shot and killed his wife before turning theun on himself. officers went to her home on tuesday on a domestic violence cool. they tried to arrest quincer and serve a restraining order, but officers couldn't find him. new evidence an n an assault case in the damascus case o

allf the teens charged in this of have been moved out adult court. they are accuse of raping fellow junior varsity football players in a locker room. one referred to the incident as hazing and blamed the school for a lack of supervision. prosecutors say the assault amounted to rape. maryland lawmakers are oking at containing a scandal at a major medical center in oua the man who serves as the chief executive of the university medical system is on leave. several board members have been making hundreds of thousands of dollars from contrts withhe hospital network they're supposed to oversee. the baltimore mayor resigned from the board over a children's book contract. today, lawmakers are consider a new bill to probit lawmakers

from using the office for private gain. today, r. kelly is due back in court. last month, a judge charged him with tenounts of aggravated sexual abuse. he is accused of assaulting three minors and an adult woman. after almost two years, the anticipation is b the mueller report is done and will be released. thathe looks into wer there was any collusion with trump's campaign. president trump said the report should be released to the public. that's up to the attorney general, william barr. barr says he will release as much as he legally can. more on this coming up in the next half hour. there's buzz that larry hogan may challenge trump in the primary. aeared with his friend,

former new jersey governor, and trump ally, chris christie. hogan is giving mixed signals for a whiteouse run. the governor told reporters, it wasn't make sense to challenge trump. >> we don't know what the future holds. don't know what that might look like several month from now. >> christie eced the not right now sentiment, but he did say he believes hogan h a future in leading the party. two service mbers have with been killed in afghanistan. ned today.ties hap the officials are working to notify the families before they release the names of the servic. memb president trump made another foreign policy decision on siitter. the pnt tweeted the u.s. should recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan

heights. the tweet came as mike pompeo was visiting benjamin netanyahu. he was very happy about that declaration from the president. >> president trump has jt made histor i calle him. i thanked him on behalf of the people of israel. >> president trump isn ally to netanyahu. he is giving netanyahu too much, critics say. president trump has been criticizing john mccain.et he off a firestorm when he made comments at an event in ohio about main's final sendoff. >> i gave him the kind of

funeral that he wanted, which as president, i had to approve. i on't care about this - didn't get a thank you. that's okay. with sent him on the way. but iasn't aan of john mccain. >> the national cathedral that hosted a funeral service for the late senator mccain,edrele a statement, saying only a state funeral for a former psident involves consultation with government officials. no funer at the ka recathedral needsapproval. we're looking at march madness. >> maryland pulled out a two-point win over belmont, in the opening round of the ncaa me tour. the terps were down by six at halftime. then opened the second half with a 14-0 run on belmont.

there were big points that swung in the half. the last second he fell short, and the terps pulled out the 79-77 win. the first tournent victory in three years. >> what a college basketball game. i tol the guys after the game, how cool is it to be part of something like this? and this time of year, where so anch is at stake, so many people care. d to come through like that with such a young team is a terrific day. >> now, the terps will be back on theow court tomo, taking on number three seed lsu. that's gng to be a good one. >> the coach went into the game confidenceof the rest of the first round games go down later today. virginia looks to avenge the first-round loss when they take the court at guaardener webb. my vcu rams will take on centraa flortonight. they are evenly matched. the ranking tellsouart of

the story. the hokies play in the late game on the west coast against st. louis. that i b justore 10:00 tonight. >> you'rer rocking ychool colors. >> as many colors as many places as possible. still ahead this morning, the travel scheme that left more than twoozen peopleit wh fake plane tickets and out of thousands of dollars. check your medical canet. the fda is recalling a baby cough syrup. it could be contaminated. we'll tell you which brand is affected. er a supersoaker from mother nature yesterday, we have two chances for raintoday. e right now, outside, it's showery. and another chance cteing in on in the afternoon. we'll show you future weather we'll show you future weather an give you the weekend dou

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you watching news 4 today. >> dozens of princegeorge's county residents say they were uped by a travel agency that sold them fake plane tickets. this was something that telemundo 44 uncovered. 25 people say they gave money to a woman namednna maria. she owns a company call eed aztecha travel. she was supposed to book tickets but just took their money instea she has bee arrested and charged with robbery. the same thing happene two years ago when she pled guilty to the same charge for scamming 35 other people. under the new charge -- aguilar is expected to be back in court neth. news 4 your health, there's a baby cough syrup that cld

make your child sick. g. health naturals are recalling the product. th bottles cld be contamina contaminated. this is sold at dollar general score stores across the country. so far, no illnesses have been reported. if you have this brand, you can retu for a full refund. ems cws rush patients to hospitals with seconds to spare. what if the trauma center could go to the patient. davidulver gives us a look at inova's new factor protocol. >> reporter: inside a hospital, we got a look atow efficiently the program works. starting with a call from thehe medic to t hoital's blood

bank. the team packs the blood, handing it off to an emergency currier. in this simulation, ems crews.ng they bhe blood to a cruiser, an ambulance, or a chopper. loadin it up and sending it off. >> the patient's hospital visit begins when the paramedics arrive on t scen >> the only way we can do that is if we have an aquate inventory at all r times. orter: inova, saying they need donations. >> it's the onl way to save three lives sitting down for one hour. good news for those of you who live in parts of the district where health car access is limited. a newen u care center has been approved to serve wards seven and eight. there's only one full-service hospital in that area, unitedce medicaler, which has been under fire. the location ofhe new facility

has not been determined. but we're told it will open .ater this ye d.c. officials hope the center will fill the gap in service, whe the city brings a new hospital to ward eight. le> a bittersweet good-bye to a restaurant . today, the cheer's at the big chair will serve up its last meals. the lease is up on that popular eatery. and the property owner won't renew it. regulars are sorry to see this place go. >> it's family. a lot of people downstairs right now, no. don't want to go. one young lady didn't work today. she's just here. say e restaurant owners they won't be away for long. they are planning to come back to the community soon. the district's newest luxury wtell be open for business today. this is the conrad. it is in the old convention center right acro fm the city center.

the decor is dripping in modern everything, ind colluinincluda n that changes colors. a circula bar flowing into the seafood concept restaurant. and managersew tell 4 that a rooftop bar will open next month, with360-degree views of the city. theco story does noain the room rates and probably for a good reason. >> they leave that out. >> that's all they're saying. come drink. even if you don't stay. >> what if it's 25 bucks a cocktail? >> that's a good point. >> i'll give it a look. >>in you want to see the moo the atrium. e walk ve a 15-min around there. >> let us know what you find. >> i will.

not the day to be on a rooftop to hold on to kids. the winds will increase once the sun comes up this morning. there's a pocket of col air that wome through and ring out another chance for quick-hitter rain showers. the heavy rain that we dealt with yesterday, dulles airport, 2.69 inches of rain yesterday. that's an all-time daiec rainfalld for the entire month of march. at rainiest day on record dulles. and the heaviest of the rain is on the other side of the bay bridge, moving on the eastern shore. like to have wind restrictions on l bridges. be careful. the first chance pulls out this rning. and i think we will get breaks of sunshine late morning into the afternoon. as the surge of wind and colder

air rise, 1:30, the showers deloping in the mountains of west virginia. in all likelihood, somewhere between 2: and 6:00, this afternoon into this evening, the fast-moving rai showers coming through here. it will dry out your friday evening plans willot be affected by rain. wind advisory officially for only the northern and northwestern parts of the area, gust winds are likely to between 40 and 50 miles per hour, we could easily have those gusts around town, as well. tomorrow, also windy or blustery. not as sty tomorrow. but northwest winds around 25 to 30 miles per hour. a so very blustery day tomorrow. sunday onsunshine. >> you're right. the wind restrictions are in effect for tvelers on the bay bridge.

ramps are still slippery. 395 north, the ramp to washington boulevard. that's still blocked for cleanup. residu residual flooding for fairfax county. 29th north of stringfellow road. water levels should be dropping near diffin, as well. around the beltway, traffic looks good in a maryland virginia. potholes opened up between then beltway a 123. take it easy. that's the latest, guys. back toyou. still ahead on news 4 today, we're working for you with what you need to know to build your credit aistory as young adult. plus, coming up on "ellen," ben stiller. >> playing michael cohen. ho did that come about? did they call you or did you say, i can do this? er ben still explains how he made a cameo appearance on "saturday night liveu and more. an watch the full interview an watch the full interview on "ellen" at3:00

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