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>> is the weather nice or something out there? it is nice. 50 degrees right now. you will need to rain jacket. but when you put the kids on the bus stop, they don't have to worry about too much rape. a little bit is slipping. it looks like it's really raining but it's not reay hitting the ground yet. this is the next system that'sn cour way. that will be knocking on d.c.'s doorstep as we head through the ternoon and into the evening. of course, we have a lot of thingsoing on, including a nats game later on today. we're going to talk about what the thoughts are on that. as far as the commute, the evening is look wet. it wl be occasional. the rain will be moving in. but check the nbc washington app. you may be able to sneak away for lunch.
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more rain this afternoon, througut this evening. but first, we want to get a check of traffic. good morning, david. good morning, lauryn. it is a work zone late to clear. and they're backing up, almost have all of the lanes open north of mcclaren road. about a four-mile long backup, north of 50 and chantelely. it is a slowlow through wood bridge. that's just routine volume. here, you can see the break lights. pretty par for,he cour heading north of the pentagon and around the beltway, the usual suspects. slow on the outer loop toward silver spring. that's the latest from the wtop traffic center.
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we're staying on top of breaking news now. in maryland, the fredericks county sheriff's office is the scene of a shooting. officials say a man is dead and the cirmstances surrounding hiseath is being investigated here. aimee cho is headed to the scene for us. we'll inform you as soon as we know more. this morning, trump, his administration and republicans are doing a victory lap after nclusion of the robert mueller investigation. for two years, the president insisted he did not collude with the russians. that's what the specl counsel's investigation downed. >> we reaction and why the lawsuits are over. it was a four-page summary to congress. in it, it says, the
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investigations did not find that members of the trump campaign. it had no part in the russian-led hacking into the er demput yesterday, the pre called it a complete exoneration. >> this was an illegal takedown at failed. and hopefully someone will be lookinat the other side. so, it's completexoneration. >> as for the question, did president trump obstruct justice? by firing james comey, mueller didn't draw a conclusion. he left the decision to prosecute to the attorney general, who decided not to move forward with any charges. this sets the stage for a ge political fight.
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the attorney general's bombshell rocked both ends of pennsylvania avenue. nicole jacobs is live from capitol hill, on how local lawmakers are responding to the findings.r: >> reporou have two sides of the coin with this. republicans are saying case closed. democrats saying not so fast. the democrats want a release of the mueller report in its entirety. not just the fo-page summary dit conclude with him. senator chris van holland spokes by phonerday. >> they will want to reach the report and draw their own conclusions. including why mueller did not believe he would have exorated
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the from obstruction of justice. >> you will hear from leaders on anywhere way. looking into potential pies with >> nicole, thank you. this morning, democrats say they want the entire report released. peak with dr. michael fo fontnoy. >> it may be dirty enough in political terms to make a calculation from that. thers ongoing state and deral probes that involve the
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family members. day, president trump welcomes benjamin netanyahu tous the white ho he and the president are expected to discuss action in dd the east. just days ago, the president bo should recognize theso reignty on the golan heights. a woman in the rockville nvestigation, it happened on beale avenue. a chevy hit both injureies.
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it's not c that the woman was on an emergency call at the time. she was not hurt. finally, some relief could be on the way. d.c. and alexandria will kick off their pothole blitz today. d.c., o kicking its 11th annual pothole palooza. >> this morning, all passengers aboard the crippled cruise ship are on their wayho . they met some rough seas, causg engine trouble. volatile waves as theed that ship around. the crew and thousands of a americ british passengers, they were stranded. many had to be air-lifted to safety.
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>> the roughest part was getting into the hospital once we got all the way up. the professial crew, metropolitan crew, was awesome.e >> it's been q frightening. it's taken energy to get through it. >> a scary situation, but the ship idocked at the part. georgetown's university former tennis coach is due in court in connection to the recent college admission scanda scandal.de l investigators found that accesses lied to get describes. ernest got $2.7 million for thee town tennis team, cl ing some didn't play tennis. today, the washington
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capitals will celebrate their cup at the white hou holtby will not go to the white house because h wants to stay true to his finals. holtby was one of the factors in his cision. > march madness is still going on. cook took care of business, in li lieuville, kentucky. they advance. ra vcu rams were beaten by the university of ce florida. university of maryland knocked lsu out of the tournament. >> job well done. theady terps are preparing
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for the game. this will be the last for bria fraser. she couldn't play on senior day. but today, she will take in the pridef h general home game. we have more ahead on news 4 today. >> we're going to check in on the giant pandas. and we'll maximize your refund. a better chance of rain showers coming this afternoon. a lot of things going on this a lot of things going on this afternoon, including a ns at
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you're watching news 4 today. major announcement from apple. they are going to launch a w television service with content. this will put them in co etition with netflix and amazon. prices at the pump are on the rise, due to the summer season maintenance at refineries. we did some checking and the national average is $2.63. prices in maryland are almost in line with that price. the average in virginia is 20 s ceeaper and d.c. 20 cents more. we're about three weeks away from the tax deadline. the average tax rebound is $3 tlow a year ago. now, experts say best thing
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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. >>f you're waiting for you tax refund check, you can still be vulnerable to tax scam artists. the irs always sends a letter first if there's an issue. now that spring is finally here, it means that allergy season is finally under way. over-the-counter treatments can help you. >> tell them, take a showe
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take the belongings and take them and close them behind the door. they are small steps to make a difference. >> it's recommended that you vac vacuum your home. and youul sho wipe off your pets' ats and paws. more and more seniors are turning to marijuana for aches. as cannabis becomes legal in more states. s show that people 65 an over are a growing number of cannabis users. this used marijuana in their youth and now are interested in age-related problems and sleeplessns. love could be booming at the smithsonian national zoo. it's panda mating season. she is showing signs that she is
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ready.'s right now, to activity. >> that we know of.he >>ating season is not very long. >> the window is 24 to 7 hours. >> apparently they are watching. >> i recommend some luthe vandross. >> i was going toy, some teddy p. >> it's almost time -- >> we almost made it through. some people took it too far. the trees will hit peak bloom, between april 3rd and the 6th.
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get out there and enjoy. e've seen crowds out there enjoying those plants. blossoms. >> it's b soutiful down there. > we're at stage three, which is the extension of the florettes. >> i know. >> i looked it up yesterday because i w working yesterday. stage five is puf white. know they peak first week in fri tiril. >> goodng. periods of rain, throughout this evening. a few sprinkles and isolated shower before that. this stuff is not moving in throenh this g. and then, rapid clearing, as we head into your tuesday.
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it will be chilly on tuesday. a little brisk at times. and those tperatures start going back up as we get into wednesday, thursday, friday and into the weekend. it's notre bad out t right now. we have temperatures in the 40s and 50s. we have clouds coming up after 7:00 this morning. a few sprinkles up in thurmond. that's the only rorting area that i saw with sprinkles. we're so dr lower levels of the atmosphere, a lot of rain moving across at higher levels is e vvaporateing before we hite ground. showers there through the afternoon and evening. you looked at thera r. it looked like it was raining throughout. maryland now, we are seeing everything dry up in general, except for the west.
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canadian cold front. and periods of rain for the afternoon. the evening commute looking for wet for the morng commut if you're getting lunch, the tein is moving in through the west. work and school, we'll have occasional showers. most of the mning isdry. after we go through the evening, that's when we see rain showers. occasional showers. no lightning. so, they may be able to get that tame. it's j an exhibition game. with a little bit of showers, they'll be ableo ruin it. we cool down quite a bit. we warm up for the weekend. let's talk about the roads with dave. >> good morning. we finally have the work zone out of our hair. all les are up. and bapace is ma moving.
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manassas, prince william parkway near clover ll. let's go to maryland. there's delays in bound on 5 that's slowing the drive nor everyone. on the beltway, nothing significant. we have the brake lights toward the silver spring exit. still ahead, time for spring cleaning. >> we're working for you.
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no6:23 w. back to the breaking news in maryland. the fredericks county sheriff's office iestigating a deadly shooting. aimee cho is there on the seen. bring us up to spd. >> an officer shot and killed a man in their mondaursda thurmon.
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we're on sandy spring lane. this is a neighborhood with a lot of houses. we don't know the o namef the man who was shot and killed. the sheriff's office has confirmed toe that no officers will hurt in the shooting. we'll give you more updates live as we getthem. this morning, beginning today, it spring cleaning time for d.c. pipes. so, crews are changing the compound for drinking water. here's a few things you can do. run the cold tap water for minutes. in an open pitcher. may reduce thrs
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news 4 today starts now. >> good morning, evebody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green, in for eun yang. monday has arrived after a busy weekend here in washington. we will begin with your commute and your forecast. dave is in for melissa. let's start with lauryn in for chuck bell. >> we're looking at a few sprinkles but barely enough to wet your windshield. we're going to have sprinkles throughout the morning. 50 degrees. you walk outside and it's not that bad. we will be through9 degrees for the lunch hour. you'll have better chance of rain showersater this evening.
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afternoo temperature is 58. we may be a degree or two above that. a few sprinkles early this morning. i widen out the radar. behind this, much colder air. we'll talk about how cold we're going to g before we warm up t.quite a we'll show you that and who is getting this rain afterthat. first, david. >> heree . we start off in virginia. fb on 95. let's go to maryland. westbound, in delays, between shington. a disabilitied vehicle in tt surge lane. we'll go to the beltway. the outer loop is throw.
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new hampshie new hampshramp, valium. in the vicinity of 1th street, using an overturned vehicle. that's the latest. back to you. the fedarcyk county's breaking news. a man is dead and the circumstancearound his death is being investigated. aimee cho is gathering information from the scene. we'llheck in with her in a fewnu s. no collusion.
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that's what trump has says his hundreds of witnesses. this morning, the attorney general says robert mueller's investigation proves just that. sater two years, hundreds of witnesses and thous of subpoenas, the scial counsel's investigation is over. >> attorney general barr's short summary is drawing criticism. he says, quote, that members did not wire to commit obstruction of justice. mueller left the decision whether to prosecute up to over charges. now, lawmakers were quick to react to the smary yesterday. >> the reactions were pretty much along party lines. rudy giuliani said, this is a complete and total vindication of the
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and gop senator richard burr said -- our coverage of the compl e completed fuecomplet completed mueller coverage. you will hear what the local leaders think of the end of the this morning, we know it wad a weekendpute over littering. he said he was telling them to stop littering from their vehicle. one man shot the man in the arm. the victim is expected to be okay. this morning, a man who
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killed a man was not telling cell phoneideo from a neighbor shows the situation at me. pretty scary there. it started when someone left a frying pan. hospital went to the and is expected to be okay. a proposal to get rid ofll phones while driving. there is another bill to include the ban on all roads. heas until tuesday night to sign, veto or throw out the
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bills. it is already illegal to pex or e-ma text or e-mail while looking at maryland. ni saturdat on beale avenue, a woman who was hit suffered life-threatening injuries. 1,300 had to be evacuated after violent waves from a storm caused the engine to fail. high waves tossed the ship around like a toy. helicopters were brought in to rescue companies. seven people were hurt an attack of the gaza strip.
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also meeting with president trump, the capitals. one of the more lovable penalties in the nfl, hanging up his cleans. you've seen the announcement, gronk is retiring. in his announcement gronk fr.ked the team er bowlpart of three s winning teams and five afc sh champis. >> he with young and rich. >> that will caree dro futur in
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aeroareas. still ahead, are breast implants fe? >> eat will be debated. a question of the country's freedom of speech. a ne dawe halaw that has people talking.
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you're watching news 4 today. >> the creator of jelly belly jelly beans has created cbd je y beans. spectrum confections offers 38
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bean flavors the new jelly bean does not offer thc. ys the way, the website sa they are currently sold out. the american academy of pediatrics say kids consume way too much added sugar doctors say healthier operations should be the default on menus and in the vending machines. they're looking for dy that will reduce the number of sugary drinks. like soda taxes and ads. still on matters of health alth of americans is taking center stage on capitol hill. the food and drug administration
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are going to hold a meeting on breast implants. >> the world health organization says textured brea implants are linked to a lymphoma. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on this with cancer survivors on the "today" show. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. american airlines are canceling flights every day due to the grounding of boeing 737 max jets. as two dozen 737 maxes on its fleet. american is making arrangements to use other aircrafts. it will affect all notified passengers. 6:41.
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let's check in with lawyurynlau >> you're g tng see some weather throughout this morning and throughout this week. going to let you know when this rain arrives. and the mueller investigation is ov. but the
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16 before the hour now. no collusion. that's been the phrase president trump has repeated for nearly two years.
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and thismorning, attorney general william barr's summary of robert mueller's investigation seems to agree. >> kristen welkerns j us from the white house with these details. >> reporter: good morning. trump is feeling tumphant this morning. the cloud of collusion that worked hard, has been lifted. that includes william bar that looks at the time on friday. on the main question of whether trump colluded the rush that, the investigation fou that anybody in the campaign or coordinated with it. and it gets murkier on the other
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key question. did president trump try to obst lct justice. t that to the attorney general. barr taking memories on that summary, it doesn't say he exited a crime but his conduct was focused. barr can look at how much to be released. expect that to be the big fight with democra saying they are po willing to sa the report and mueller, myself, exactly getting in thefindsings. >> thanks. the release of william bar's summary rocked both ends of rnnsylvania avenue.
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the attorney genereased a statement. senator chris van holland spokeo by yesterday. >> they will want to reach the report and draw their own colusions. >> he did not believe he would n ate the president. >> the congress must have the entire report. >> the house judiciary committee chairman says he plans to call barr before congress. the house intelligence committee says it will continue looking into the president's conneion to russia. news 4 will track thet lat information in this report. check out the ho"today"w for an.
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the frederick county sheriff's office is investigates an officer iolved shooting. an officer shot and killed a man here. the officers tell me the po shooting took wayhe every . and we have chopper 4 flying overhead. this n is aghborhood with a lot of houses. and this is about a mile from two different schools. now, one neighbor here didn't want to go on camera. it was a tight-it community. we don't know who the name was of the man who was shot and
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killed. the sheriff's office says they are investigating that. no office ers we hurt in the shooting. live in thurmond, aimee cho. the body of a u.s. soldier killed in a evafghanistan, has arrived to the united states. a debate overpe freeh ignited over the weekend. the ban was issued saturday. anyonegh cau with the deliberate, could mace up to ten years in prison. inside the manifesto, insight
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could bgained into the sunman's actions. today, uber and lyft dvers are on strike to put pay if i 20%. they're protesting thet change. demonstrators will be pickets. hoping to get higher pages. in> there are concerns that the protests will co in the anti-rose. they acquitted michael rose and his friend running from police. the mean was not was involved two meetings nearby. w said he shot because he trying to eliminate the threat madegainst him.
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today, the washingtonre nationals taking on the yankees for an exhibition game this opening day. the tea cam back to take a victory. ifei you plan on at the game or any of them this season, you need to know about policy change. backpas are no longer permitted in the park. nationals themed backpacks, it edwill be tagged and permi inside. only for that day that you buy it. we'reoi to look outside. >> the fun is coming up at 7:05.
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it's not thatof bad in term temperatures. we had sprinkles this morning. you can s a lot of that is gone now. we're goi to watch for occasional rain this afternoon. better chances of occasional showers and periods of rain. it's all from this. a frontal system has canadian origins. temperatures will drop tomorrow. temperatures right now, not too bad. starting off ihe 40s to right around 50 here.he ed to right around 60 degrees today. i believe some locations can get up and over there. some sprinkles and showers and
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moving through the evening. if you are going, we're going to have light , showers. 's a pass-up whether they're going withhisame or not. the raing is goo be light. let's tamet out. a few sprinkles this morning. maybe an evening commute at wet at times. af lotis will be gone, 0 11 or 10:00 mri. tomorrow, not looking thatbad. the evening looking more wet. getting lunch, you walk into
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lunch. the train is moving in and see what's going on with the rain showers. temperatures drop for tuesday. we'll talk about the temperatures for the weend. that's coming up in the ten-day forecast in a feminutes. i'm dave in from the task center. there's a one lane getting by. you see the initials response. we play ov273. and this is slow goinghe in lane divide. it's a broken-down vehicle on the right side. on the grids, north capital street. and on westbound one-w "c"
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street. around the vehicle. equinox, it can be difficu with the glare. that's the latt from the traffic center. more than 25,000 runners came out onor sunda the largest race in the country. runners kickedff the 22.4 million run. more than $40 million. adam was the first american paraplegic ever to walk a few marathon. he suffered a spinalord injury and was told he would never walk again. that was until they made him a suit that is an exoskeleton to talk again.
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the district says it's had three times more potholes than in the fast. t washington capitals heading to the white house to y. braden holtby won't be with them. he says he's goingo stay tune to his values. in a few hours, president trump will welcome to israe isri prime minister. >> predent trump claring the president's campaign did not conclude or cluteolludewather, with the russians. weave occasional showers
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this afternoon or evening.e man isolated shower before that. temperatures arod 50 today. the temperatures go up 60s for the weekend. nothing until sunday night. >> thank you, lauryn. the "today" show is up next. make it a great monday, everybody.
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. good morning, in the clear, the justiceepartmentays no charges for the president after the two-year mueller investigation comes to an end. >> it's complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction. >> just ahead, inside the details the special counsel finding no collusion, but sidestepping the question of whether the president obstructed justice. attorney general b williamr stepping in to say there's no case, and democrats vow to fight. >> must step in to get the truth and provide full transparency to the american people. es this morning the reaction from both s and what it could all mean for the 2020 election. may day. >> it felt like the

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