findings has been releas. >> eun yang is on vacation. we want to start with dave. >> we'll begin with lauren rickets, though. she's in for chuck bell. >> i like you guys. it works out. >> is the weather gce or somethut there? it is nice. 51 degrees is our temperature right now. we have the clouds inplace. and we'll have rain in place throughout they. go ahead and grab that jacket. small umbrella, as well, as we see some rain showers pushing your way out of the area. 40s to around 50 degrees. rain moving in, a few sprinkles. a lot of this is not reaching the ound. you may get some sprinkles on

your windshield this morning. have rain on our way to the area. we also talk about thearh we're going to see. we'll talk about that in a little bit. let's talk about roadways with ve. >> this morning will be shaping up better than the afternoon commute. it is dry and quiet along the be beltway. or any wrapped up in the parkway. northbouo, getting by the left. southbound gettinghe by to right, near buckey's town pike. 66, manassas to 95.

roosevelt bridge, inbound staying leflt stay ing lhet as they pull back barrels. this morning, trump, his administration and republicans are doing a victory lap after the conclusion of the robert mueller investigation. for two years, the president insisted he did not clute wiollh the rugss. that's what the special counsel's investigation downed. >> weac reaction and why the lawsuits are ov. it was a four-page summary to congress. init, it says, the investigations didot find that meers of the trump campaign. it had no part in the

russian-led hacking into the computers. the president called it a complete vindication. >> this was an illegal takedown that failed. and hopefully someone will be looking at the other saide. >> as for the question did president trump obstruct justice? he left the decision to prosecute to the attorney general. s sets the stage for a hugeic pol fight. chuck todd suggested that the white house hadhe upper hand since william barr was a trump pick. >> they got outmaneuvered by the mechanics of the trump mi stration.

bill barr is able to characterize the report bore anybody on capitol hill gets to read it. >> and you feel the desperation in some of the reaction. em>>rats are arguing that william br cannot be trusted. we asked a professor what the maj night now. >> it may be unseemly enough or dirty enough in political terms that people should know. >> thenvestigations into the president are ongoing. stay with newsnu 4 for cong average of the special counsel's report coming up in our next half hour. we're going to have reaction

from local lawmakers to william rr's summary. you can read the summary on our nbc 4 app. today, president trump welcomes israeli prime erminist, benjamin netanyahu to the white house. he and the president arect ex to discuss action in the middle east. netanyahu is going to cut his visit short because of a rocket attack this mornin morning. heed twe that israelld wn control of the golan heights, one of the most disputed areas of the world. on saturday night, a chevy

civ civil rad de. a womanot was hurt on the emergency call. release may be on the way. d.c. and alexandria kick off their pothole blitz. they will launch mayor'she nortast street scape project. that project aims to make d.c. ads safer. all passengers on the crippled cruise ship, the nar w norway are on their way home.lo at the volatile waves, tossed the ship around. two dozen people were injured. the crew a thousands of passengers were stranded. that made using lifeboats

dangerous.ny ad to be air-lifted to safety. >> the roughest part was getting into the hospital once we got all the way up the professional crew, metropolitan crew, was awesome. it>> 's been quite frightening. >> a sca situation, but the ships docked at thepart. cleanup crews are cleans up a tank. you may recall thetire at t facility. crews started pumping about 20,000 barrels of gasoline from a tank there. a flair-up started to leak a college is one of the people due in court.

investigators found dozens of healthy parents paid msive bribes. the coach collected 2.7 milli$7 miion. news 4ill be following today's hearings. look for updates on the app. an emotional weekend for fairfax ponders in county. dozens surprised a sleeg. carlos marquez returned to work after battling cancer. marquez, a department of ho

homeland security catwatched hi. >> i thank them for t bottom my heart. >> marquez signed a plate that will g on the front of a fire tru truck. the washington capitals will celebrate win at the white house. holtby was one of the factors in his decision. march madness comes to an end for a few local favorites. university of m myland fell to lsu on saturday. my rams got beaten. uva took care of the business. they are moving on to the sweet 16 on thursday. the hokies beat liberty 57-58

yesterday. advanced to their firstle win in 52 yiears. >> i know we play duke. >> are you okay with the rams? next season. the lady terps make it to the second round. they are preparing for la. today's game will be the last at xfinity center for briana fraser. she couldn't play on senior day because of aai sprd ankle. today, she will take in her final home came. >> it will be bittersweet. much more ahead, love is in the air at the national zoo. >> we'll check in with the giant

pandas there. we are working for you, h to maximize how you spend your tax refund and how to stay away from tax scams. >> we haveice conditions in terms of temperatures. temperatures headed into the upper 50s today. we'll time out t ha

our top story this morning is the end of robert mueller's investigation. democrats are not happy with attorney general william barr's summary of the investigation. we'llonave of local lawmakers to release and anal vis from tracie potts. major announcement from apple. they are going to launch a

television service with new content. this will put them in competition with netflix and amazon. pces at the pump are on the rise, due to the summer season maintenance at refineries. we did some checking and the nation average is $2.73. the average in v 2ginia is cents cheaper and d.c. 20 cents more. we're about three weeks away from the tax deaine. the average tax rebound is $3 below a year ago.w, experts say the best thing to do with that money is to try to save it for a rainy day.

>> that's an opportunity to create an emergency savings account that very few people have. >> you can still be vulnerable to tax scam artists. the irs always sends a letter first if there's an issue. many of us are longing forward to the warmer weather that spring brings. many are pdicting the allergy season to get worse. over-the-counter treatmentsan help you. >> i toll thell th, take a show. they are small steps to make a difference. >> it's recommended that you vac cue and your des your home.

your pets can track in the allergen from outside. more and more seniors are turning to marijuana for aches. studies show that people 65 and over are a growing number of cannabis users. >> now, they are very interested in age-relating problems. love could be booming at the smithsonian national zoo. it'sanda mating season. she is showing signs that she is ready. >> this is human voyeurism. this is crazy. >> the male panda is showing interest right now.

right now, no activity to bring a little panda into the world. the panda mating season, it isn't long. >> there's so many ways i could get fired. experts say it loasts 48 to 72 hours. it'sooking like a picture-perfect postcard. how about that?so people took it too far. the trees will hit peak bloom, betweenpril 3rd and the 6th. >> they're in stage three right now. >> the pandas or the blaossoms. >> i'm so happy that panda story

didn't come right before weather. >> you did went with it. >> i had to roll it. it felt so good today. >> overdressed, actually. >> i had on the -- >> i had a pullover. a fleece. >> a winter coat on when i walked to work. when i got in. i walked to my car. oh, i don't need this. this is going well. as far as what we're talking about, it wil beniles. if you didn't get to enjoy yesterday. you can enjoy today. we have rain on the way. the rest of this workweek is not looking too shabby. >> it's not that bad 4 from

gaithers berg. nd those will move up in the upper 50s for daytime high. we have rain on the way. a few sprinkles out there this morning. we're really try for the morning leel. we h more rain as we head into the middle par of the morning. we'll have a chance of showers this afternoon and through this evening. if you're taking out your phone and looking at the radar, a lot of this is not hitti the ground. but we have more trarain moving through this afternoon. that evening commute will be on the wet side. everything movin out late

tonight, we rapidlyscleer clear. temperatures behind the frontal system, much colder.nt temperatures in the low 50s. then, we keep going up. and then, finally, we get into the 70s for this weekends. we have a chance for rain showers coming up on sunday. let's chalk traffic. >> let's not talk about traffic. let's talk about the absence of the george washington parkway. good togood. all lanes have lifted northbound that's good news if you go around the beltway through

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news 4 today starts now. >> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green, in for eun yang. we will begin with your commute and your forecast. dave is in for melissa. let's start with lauren in for chuck bell. what do thinks look outside? >> pretty quiet. maybe a few sprinkles on your windshield this morning. we're dry and on the cloudy side. we'll have clouds once that sun comes up. temperatures, though, as