i'm susan hogan hoping to cut down on the robocalls to your phone. how you can sig up for free. and we're on blossom watch. >> the cherry blossoms are in stage five out of six. i'll let you know what to expected at the tidal basin, plus when we anticipate peak bloom. we've gotive breaking news off the top this evening. an awful collision on i route 7 fairfax county. >> you're looking at live pictures from chopper4. one person has life threatening injuries after this two-cais con. both sides of route 7 between lions s and tall fall road are blocked off. we'lupdate you about the crash as we learn more. > breakin first at 4:00, police arrest a fairfax county day care worker ty say sexually abused children in his care. >> two children say the employee inappropriately touched them.

rolly hammond of burk facing sexual battery charges, the alleged abuse went on for years. he worked with the department of family services school age child program atest springfield elementary. derrick ward spoke with police, he joins usch live at thel with the latest on the investigation. what did we learn >> reporter: they're only about 24 hours into this investigation and at this point authorities cannot confirm or deny whether these abuses happe school or with kids involved in the school program -- the afterschool program which he worked. look at this picture. this is 38-year-old rolly hammond of burk. he was arrested last night but he did work here at west springfield elementary until his arrest. this is after two juveniles came rward and said he touched them inappropriatel one said this abuse had gone on for years. so now fairfax county investigators want to ask people whose children may have come into contact with him either at

this school or several other schools where he worked, whether anything inappropriate happened. now what they're doing is saying that p should have these discussions with their children. it's not always the easiest thing in the world to do as well. so we asked them for advise about how best t do that. >> if you pick up on a sign or signal tha they have shared something that may be ri inappre, may be illegal, is concerning to you,mi there t be a great time to pause, contt us. >> reporter: now, hammond worked here at west springfield, also at rolly valle elementary school and ravens valley. he was involved in the before and after school programs as well as some summer programs as anyone who thinks their kid may have had inappropriate contact with this personr if you have any other information inhi

very fresh investigation, fairfax county police want to hear from you. >> thank you for that. we want to show you folks a picture of the suspect one more time. once again, police said they believe there could be nor victims out there, and they want parents with suspicions or concerns to come forward. >> breaking now, attorney general william barr said a partial report will be released to con in a few weeks. >> the attorney general released a letter this ternoon, it wa sent to the heads of the senate and the house judiciary committees. he says hed shoul able to send the report to congress by mid april. he says robert mueller's office is helping to determine what ll be redacted from the report. pete williams says that is not a >> reporter: it's clear he's sticking to his guns. he's saying y'll get the entire thing handed to me,

you'll get as much as i can give you consistent with the legal and policy hirestrictions, is what he's been forecasting all along, basically. now what will the house do in response t this they said if they don't get the full thing by next tuesday, might seek a subpoena. >> but pete says t fact that barr has given them a time line likely reduces that happening. barr also offered to testify to the committees. he said there's no plans to submit the mueller report to the white house for review. breaking right now, in just the last couple minutes virginia state policear announced the ticketing the driver in yesterday's tanker truck crash. therash completely shut down the inner loop yesterday. the cleanup taking nearly 13 ours anday causing dels acros e th has people once

again asking why there another way to get across the river. mark segraves is live with more on that. mark? >> reporter: good evening, pat. this is what i looks like on a good day, a normal day at the american legion bridge. we learned a little bit more e from state polhat happened yesterday when the truck driver applied his brakes, yesterday he lost control and the truck rolled on its sideas that sparked debate about whether or not something needs to be while both side of the river leaders agree something needs to be done,he disagree when you ask them what to do about it. ther tan accident on the american legion bridge didn't just shut down parts of the beltway it caused gridlock across the d.c. metro area. >> it shows the fragility of our transportation system. how one incident on major roadway at rush hour can literally shut down t for hours. >> reporter: it took more than

backurs to get the truck on its wheels and off the bridge so that part of the beltway could reopen. that closure has reopened the debate about auildingther bridge between maryland and virginia. >> hopefully it's a wake up ll. even if you don't travel on the american legion bridge yourself, you were still impacted. >> reporter: matt is with the board of supervisors, he's long argued f building another bridge. but his counterparts take a different view. >> oursransportation system fragile. that's the right word. it's fragile andvulnerable. we need more redundancy, that doesn't mean bigger roads we need more transit options. >> reporter: regardless of which side of ee deb you're on, the region needs to come gether. >> there are a hundred incidents like this a month that can morph into o something this

magnitude. that's how fragile and intercnected our systemis. it proves time and again that we have no planb. >> reporter: one thing both mudes agree on is that yesterday was a mess for crs. so a region wide problem with no clear solution at hand. triple a also estimates that the monetary cost of yesterday's traffic tieup around our region, 5 to $6n millionst productivity, lost time, and wasted fuel. that's the latest. pa back to you. >> mark segraves, aside from the traffic, this was also a massive effort by emergency crews to get that truck cleared. you can find time lapse video showing the huge response on thi nbc wton app. just search time lapse. >> it's cool stuff, too. another traffic issuelk to about this evening we have an alert for the weekend. majorlosures of the pothole plagued bw parkway all set f

the weekend. >> we have a look at your first 4 traffic and the repairs coming to baltimore washington parkway this weekend. we know how bad the potholes have been so let's look at what's from 7:30 friday evening to 5:00 a.m. saturday morning all southbound lanes of the bw parkway will be closed between 198 and 197. then things shift a little bit from 7:30 p.m. saturday to 5:00 a.m. sunday. you can find all o information and more details about the emergency repairs in the nbc washington app. go there andearch potholes. we are so close to peak blooms for the cherry blossoms and they are so beautiful. today the blooms entered phase elfive of six. draper joins us live from the tidal basin to explain what

it meanmeans. >> reporter: we are now onto the puy white stage. you can see the beautiful blossoms coming out, so heading down to the weekend is going to be perfect. if you're down here, just admire the trees, don't touch llem, on the branchs, pull the flowers, don let the kids climb the trees. this is a national treasure. we're starting to see the pink rcle around the tidal basin, the washington monument in the bahaground. you ve engagement, engag ent photos, families taking their heotos for t holiday cards. and as we pan to the right, i'm not going to say i out loud but another really special announcement that's goingo be made on social media shortly for the happy couple here. so heading down to the tidal basin this weekend is looking

fantastic. we'll have more o what weather you can expect saturday and tsunday. >> t looks fantastic. >> she's the engagement snooper eeght now. >> did you that? >> we did. we saw it behind you. that's grea >> thank you, amelia. >> i'm not saying it out loud. >> you don't have to. >> the secret lasted five seconds. right now on the nbc washington app you can full guide to everything you do and see there, plus some great deals on blossom themed activities around the city.se ch cherry blossom for the details. t> president trump once again threatening close the u.s. mexico border as soon as next week to end what he calls a crisis of illegal immigration. >> if they don't stop them, we're closing the border. we'll close it and keep it closed for a longti. i'm not playing games. mexico has to stop it. >>he president has previously threatened to close the border but this time was different

because he gave a timetable. homeland security officials say the president is referri to a surge of central american families seeking asylum in the u.s. under u.s. law those seeking asylum are not deemed illegal simply by their arrival. sweeping changes for hue catholich as it struggles to deal with sexual abuse and win back the faithful. >> today pope francis issuing a new law that requires vatican personnel and diplomats to immediately report aofegations exual abuse to authorities. if the allegations are not immediately repoed, those church officials can be fined or face jail stime. >> t comes the day after it was reported that he chose a replacement for d.c. cardinal wuerl. sources suggest it's arch bishop gregory out of georgia. if he accepts, he'll step into a

challenging role, dealing with washingt politics while trying to bring heeling to a fctured faithful. >> we've had a year of scandal, what a clean break, a fresh start. >> the catlic news agency believes the announcement could be made as soon as next week. >> david culver has been following this story for months as you know. as you know, the pope accepted cardinal wuerl's resignation in october. you've been folwing this process. the amount of time it's taken to get to this point i normal? >> we know it's frustrating, specifically for catholics, not only catholics and the faithful, but a l of the priests within the archdiocese, so why has it taken so long if? the reality is coming down to someone like wilton gregory has ta lot of consensus. they had to take in not only the pope's opinion but also cardinal

so soupich out of chicago. we know mcilroy out of san diego came up but it looks like gregory is who they're going with. potentially next ek. we'll be following it. a new free way to help block some of those annoying robocalls. consumereporter susan hogan is here with how you can signup. plus new hope for a beloved soccer c facing deportation. nice and mildcross t ahe

the cherry blossoms down along the tidal basin. they're a step closer to reachingeak bloom today. they advanced to phase 5 of 6.l doug wil back in just a couple mrutes with y weekend forecast. >> news4 working for you with a cons alert this evening. the fcc is warning that its own call center number has b getting spoofed by scammers. it's part of a chinese language robo scam call trying to trick pele that they're in trouble with the chinese government this e number is ll1-888-cc,

however that's not where the call is coming from. the fbi said they've received more than 350 complaints with the scammers raking in $40 million.ou so if get a call from the fcc, hang up immediately. this scam ces as there's a new tool to help you fight the robocalls. >> verizon announced it's launching a free service for customers that identifies and blocks the calls. >> susan hogan tells you how you can sign up with this. >> the story youep justted is crazy. perfect timing forhat story to go with this story. if this does sound familiar to you there's a reason because verizon offers a paid version of this blocker but this week they are rolling out a free version to its customers. the free version gives you spam alerts, allows you to report

unsolicited numbers. the number you can do on top of it that's paid is $2.99. it offers additional tls like the ability to identify unknown callers by name. you have to downlo verizon's tall filter app to sign up for both. ll phones are offering the free veron t. so keep checking back in the app. we realize, and all of you have verizon, so other carriers offer something called t stir slashed shaken technology. this wks to combat spoofing. itilverify that the phone number shown on your caller id is the phone number that place the call. t mobile and at&t offer similar technology and comcast is going to be offering it too. so when you g that call.

>> they make it sneaky like something you kn. >> so the stir shaken technology, they're sha up, they're going to let you know about that. so they're working hard. trying to get there. >> thank you. thank you, susan. i like mine shaken, not stirred. how are the cherry blossoms liking it? >> they're looking teat. ink we'll see a nice into tomorrow. we're seeing a lot more green out there today. look right now from our cameras here at northwest, looking off to the north and west. youon't see a lot except the bottom of your screen, those are blossoms going up, temperature wise right now we're sitting at 68 degrees. winds out of sev mty at 5es per hour, we have not hit the 70 degrees mark just yet because we have cloud cover. we knew we'd have cloud cover. hoping to go up another couple degrees. where we have seen sun it's been

warmer 73 in fredericksburg. 68 in leesburg. no rain we had aouple showers to the north. but trmhato s steys ms ihere. the showers up around the mason-dixon line which we talked about yesterday. now i'm tracking shower activity back towards the west and all o this moving our way. look at all the clouds here. we'reo going warm but we have more in the way of cloud cover like today. we'll see a little bit of sunshine but temperatures will be on the mild side still. up towards michigan, buffo, at's where the cold air is, we don't want that coming our way, we want more warm air, we have it tomorrow. high of 75, mostlcloudy, nice and warm. if you're getting anything done this weekend thinking maybe i'll do it saturday, mbe sunday. it's got to be tomorrow because sunday is a cpletely different day. look at what we're dealing with here. this is future weather, no

rainful tomorrow night. tonight's beautiful, tomorrow is beautiful. date night looking really good. but sundamorning, here comes the rain. look at this, this is snow back towards the mountains so you know we have colder air coming in, 9:30 rain through the d.c. metro area, thatut moves but then the wind and cold temperatures start to move in. wind chills by late sunday afternoon will be in the 20 as th 30s, falling from the 70s saturday. a big temperature chang there saturday to sunday. cool on monday, a highur temper around 51. 57 on tuesday. and we start to rebound a little bit. i'll he more on this, including the ten day forecast, and yes, we are talking cherry tossoms we go back down amelia in a bit. >> we're waiting for the poof. and wind blosso chill. >> the wind on sunday could be an issue for the blossoms, too. we'll talk about that. the extra steps to protect

your pets now that the temperatures are getting warmer. video of a serial robber. a woman from virginia hears r daughter's voice for the first time in decades. you kno that song old town road was a country hit until it wasn't. i'm tommy mcfly with your celebrity 60 but first rita was one of the only people on the plant to win an emmy, grammy, oskar, tony and a peabody award. simone biles joins pre janikacho bra for her you tube series and she's gotten a million views alread ♪ >> that's old town road. it debuted at number 19 on the hot country charts for b tlboard ann they took it off the

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coming up next week on news4 today i'm workingou for y in the community checking in wrsh my al trainer on my journey to get fit for spring. she's going toell us whether to weigh or not to weigh. plus we'll check out really cool installation in northern virginia, it's fun for you and family.le also prom season is almost here, we're kicking things off with a prom dress pop up in prince george's county. a virginia woman whoed suffrom extreme hearing loss is finally getting her hearing back.>> for the past 20 years, 89-year-old mildred austin has been deaf in both ears. >> i've had people in my face because i couldn't hr what

ey said, if you think that don't hurt, it does hurt. >> my mothe had no life at all. can you imagine, at almost 90 and you can'tea hr tv? gl well, her daughter saw her mother was struging to she ioote a letter to the bell tone hearing care found to see if it could help. it didfitting mildred with a hearing d. she's hearing her daughter's voice clearly for the first time in two decades. >> i can hear you good, too. that's so good. so good. what a blessing. i just -- it's a miracle. >> the bell tone hearing foundation has offered to take care of her service andaiearing for the rest of her life.

>> had to be music to mildred's >> i bet those two ladies haven't stopped talking yet. >> probably talking right now. >> that's great. love that. new research on the most effective diets for weight loss. >> should you shoot for low cal or liquid meals. new word on a soccer coach facing deportation. and the president threatenin g

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breaking right now, a family desperate for information about a deadly park policehooting is finally getting answers. >> they say they now know the nas of the officers who killed their loved one. erika gonzalez at the live desk with the family's response. >> this is a story we've been following closely. today we are told they have filed an updated complaint to include the officers' names. today they confirmed the officers'names. he was killed after a 2017 car chase on the washiton parkway. his family said he was unarmed when police shot h in the head three times. authorities have not released formation on the case. chuck grassry of iowa sent a

letter to the fbi asking why the investigation was so long. in a statement y,to quote, after almost 500 days of the doc and the u.s.ark police fiercely protecting the privacy of these men so they could live their lives, we now know their names, end quote. for the second week in a row, president trump is spending the weekend in florida. >> he spent a couple of hours in the ever glades today. >> he toured the herbert hoover dike project and promised t accelerate repairs to the infrastructure. and threatened to seal the southern border. >> reporter: it's something that he floated last night at that rally in michigan and it'sn idea that's getting a big response from the president's base. >> president trump issuing a new warninghreatening to close large sections of theouern border unless mexico does

something to stop influx o immigrants coming to the u.s. >> if they don't stop them we'll close theborder. we'll keep it closed for a long time. i'm not playing games. mexico has to stop heit. >>resident again pushing a need for the border wall, something democrats have long opposed. people pour into this country we stop them because border patrol is so incredibl but there's a point you can't stop them anymore. we have no detention n space, nothing. >> reporter: it comes as the number of border crossings areg spikn recent weeks.mb nuers so high agents have had to release families in custody into communities. >> thatreaking point has arrived this week. >> reporter: homeland security's secretary calling it a dire situation, asking them to hold asylum seeking families until their c are decided. and the ability to speed up deportation for unaccompanied

children. i think members o congress should have a problem depriving an accompanied child. >> reporter: tst req getting push back from house democrats. one lawmaker saying the administration is to blame for policies that have made the border situation worse. d the threat to close the southern border is one preedent trump m last year. meanwhile mexico is responding saying they do not act on the basis of threats. >> blayne alexander, thank you. an update on story we brought you last night. a beloved soccer coach facing deportation after decades of living and raising a family in montgomery county. he will be allowed to stay in the u.s. for now. we caught up with him at a practice last night. he was afraid he'd be detained today and sent back to togo in west africa.

during a court hearing he learned he'd be able to stay for another month. he applied f asylum nearly 20 years ago and was deed. as a teenage son who was born in the u.s. five robberies in ten days prince george's county police believe the same guy is responsible f breaking into several businesses, and they've released this surveillanceideo hoping someone will recognize him. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins explains what all therimes in common. >> reporter: police are looking for an aed robber who has hit a number of businesses thi one the latest. this is the man who police say heldlo ees at gun point for cash. this was wednesday. but the day befo, police say he pulled a gun at this seven eleven in district heights.id in the you see the suspect casually pulls out a gun and waves it around as he demands

cash. cash that hegot. >> he's brandishing a handgun. obviously people are going to comply with that because they're fearing for their lives so he's been successful in the robberies. ec >> reporter: dves believe he's robbed five different businesses in the last ten days. they want him in custody before the robberies become more violent. >> he's clearly dangerous. in this er: police s video you see the suspect leave the bathroom of a fast food restaurant minutes after the robbery. he changed clothes almost looking like a different person> he's clearly trying to get in and out and change his appearance so he won't get caught. >> reporter: police are looking this formation to fin robber. they're asking anyone who can assist in this investigation to give them a call. offered. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. iconic piece of american history on display. >> but not in a museum. a rareneak peek at the new

collection attiffanys. beautiful across the area today, even though we have cloud covers, warmer temperatures tomorrow and we're talki b cherssoms about to get to peak. we're

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piece of something new. tiffany and company went into ts archives to show off rare pieces. on display some dazzling pieces worn by former presidents and first ladies. we went inside to g a sneak peek. it's like stepping inside a jewelry box. iconic pieces of american history now on display to the puic. buthis isn't a museum. it's the latest tiffany and company location at city center in northwest d. brandon clay is the store's director. >> it's the third locationut the first one in the d.c. area. >> the high end jewel store pulled out rare pieces to celebrate the grand ening. on display a pearl neck lace and broach that president abraham lincoln gave his wife for inauguration. >> back in the day, 1862, was only $180, you can imagine h

much intoday's value. >> this beautiful music box was gifted to president ronald reagan. check out franklin roosevelt's gold watch. one of the most popular, this diamond and ruby broach. >> it was a push present. >> it was for jacquelyn kennedy for the bir ofer son john f. kennedy jr. in 1960. open up the nbc washington app to check out photo gallery of the jewels. >> good stuff. price less.w i k where you stand on the next one. working for you health. a new study shows liquid meals ould be a good idea to help diabetics lose weight.

they lost five times more than with a low calorie diet. it could be replacing a meal or two each day. they looked at patient's diets for nearly six months to get those results. >> they use that after surgery to help patients gain weight. >> after surgery i'm with you. t if i didn't chew it, i didn't eat. that's not my club. >> not h taste. we've almost made it to the weekends, folks. >> yes, we have. maybe you're making plans to go down to the tidal basin, doug and amelia are back with your weekend forecast to help you plan your time seeing d.c. and the cherry blossoms like you never have before andaving a beer like you probably also never had before. i'm tommy mcfly we'll take you on the water to a bnd newra

if you are jusoining us at 4:45 let's get you caught up

with the four things tknow. fairfax county police arrested rolly hammond for sexual battery arges he worked at west springfield elementary. investigators say there could be more victims. derrick ward will have reaction at 5:00. eilliam barr says h will release a redacted version of the mueller report in mid april. he's working with robert mueller to figure out what needs to be redacted from the report.g breakithin the last hour, virginia state police say they are ticketing the driver in yesterday's tanker truck crash on the beltway. he ised cit with reckless driving and having defective brakes. the crash took nearly 13 hours to clean up causing ripple effects across the region. oking at the tidal basin where d.c.'s famous cherry

blossoms are in the puffyhite stage right now. the national park service -- trying to get that picture for you -- that the blossoms will hit peak bloom on monday. amelia draper is downt the tidal basin and she'll have more in two minutes. >> we can't get enough of those pictures. >> they're gorgeous. thanks erika. a biking booze cruise is hitting the potac river. >> tommy mcfly has the best job. he got out to check out a new floating byob pup. >> with peak bloom coming up we'll give you a look at the cherry blossoms you haven't seen so far. the potomac paddle pub. you can come out withour friends, get the spin class in and enjoy beverages on the

water. here with jack, you guys have been planning this your whole lives? we met at 2, we were in pre school toge fer. in thest day of school your name is jack, my name is jack, we'll be best friends. we eventually started thinking about making a business together in high school and after college graduation we made it come to fruition. >> it's kind of weird, like a paddle pub on the potoma was that the plan? >> no. we fell into this backwards. >> reporter: where does one procure a paddle pub? >> in bend, oregon that's the only manufacturer in the entire country. we had to flyut to portland, drive to bend and pick it up ourselves. drove it backtr across coun 2300 miles. >> in time forso cherry blosms.

>> yes. > are we pedaling properly? >>yeah, push deeper through the heels. a little faster. >> reporter: jocelyn will puts through o paces in our cycling class. heading under the bridge, waving to everyone. we wish you were here with us because maybe we're going to have a brew after we finish up the segment. back to you. >> i guesst' t for multitasking iepa. >> it's a little noisy and a lot of fun. >> get your wo out in. amelia draper is live with the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin this afternoon. >> we'll kick things off with doug who's here with us in the studio. pat beat you to the peduncle elongati elongation. >> now i have to look up the stage. i had it the other day. i have to look itup. we'll go with what amelia is

using, the puffy we.te st a little bit better. it is great down there. we have some sunshine acrosspa s of the area. a lot of clouds today too with a storm system to the north. 68 our current temperature. dropping through the 9:00, 10:00 hour. and 11:00, a beautul night, 59 degrees. 65 at 7:00, 9:0062. a nice mild night across our region after a warm day. our arage temperatu is 60 degrees well above that. 66 tards dulles, 72 towards warrenton. as far as showers are concerned, it shows some here but not reaching the ground. we saw some earlier in the northern zones but that's about it. tomorrow nicely cloudy but a great day to see the cherry blossoms. yesterday i got to doy thing,

baseball and food, today this is your favorite thing, you say you love this time of year. >> doug, i m am in heaven. quick question, doug. so five, what do you think that number stands for right now? not the stage. just random gues? >> fi >> the number of times i've had to tell people not to touch the cherry trees. so if you're heading down here this weekend -- >> wow. >> i know.at i being mean. i had to tell people. i think a young boy got -- i don't know, whatever. please don't touch the trees. they're a national treasure. you're headed down here this weekend know if you touch the y tree could get ticketed too. we're in stage 5. if you'reg comown here tomorrow we'll continue to see a beautiful display herebat the tidan. nice and mild, similar to today. the sunshine breaking out after a cloudy day. as weun look toy we'll have rain in the morning and then nice in the afternoon, as far as no rain goes but it's going to

be windy and cold. you can come down either day, t sunday make sure you dress appropriately. tomorrow, long sleeves, a t-shirtou'll be fine. even next weekend i think we'll still have some petals. peak bloom is expected to be monday. that's when 70% of the blooms will be open. i want you to get a sense of beautiful it is down here as my photographer ron pans around the bas basin. you can see folks in paddle boats. people takingur pi. tomorrow is the kite festival high ere and we'll have a temperature tomorrow of about 75. it'll be interesting with the kite festival because it is going to be blustery. e amateur kite flyers might net tricky for them. >> i've never s it before, you said you had to tell peopso what to doan i see your

stern face. i've never seen it. >> i know. - i don't no, i can't do it on command. >> i still to this day have never seen it. >> how it' going so far you'll probably get it live on television. it just blows my >> they're touching it, tell hem on not to touch it behind you. >> don't touch that tree. >> we saw it a little bit. as weooalked about, at sunday. this is much different. sunday morning, 51 in d.c., 33, this is the wind chill in martinsburg, raioming through, wind chill in the 30s. they do rise a little in the day, but by sunday evening we're goingo be on the cool side. sunday 23450inight going to din to 35 the wind chill.es temperat wise the next couple days, cool side monday, tuesday. and nice as we head towards the

middle part of next week. >> that's niceyo than doug. amelia draper, tidal basin enforcer. >> stern face. >> and she looks so tough, you know. >> exactly. am and wendy standing by wit look at what's coming up new at 4:00 this evening.>> there is a controversy tonight over a project that's supposed to be hping some people save on their electricity. >> ahead at five why prince george's county residents tell us they've been left in the dar abou a solar farm they don't want in their neighborhood. >> unwanted and graphic photo sent to the phones of women by people they don't know. it happened as they rode on the metro the past few weeks. >> the steps you can take to make surpe it doesn't h to you. we'll see you soon on this friday with those stories and more. and seeing more of amelia dow

nly on news4, a first look at part of alexandria's new aterfront park that officially opens tomorrow. this addition connects with the king street park. it has an open plaza, a waterfront promenade and a shaded patio with tables and chairs. it will also host art projects.

the ribbon cutting takes place tomorrow at 10:00. another brexit vote in parliament, another defeat for prime minister theresa may. >> the parliament voted again against her deal to leave the eu next. bill neely reports. >> the ayes to the right 286. the noes to the lef 344. so the ns have it. >> reporter: three times she has tried and now three times she s failed. britain's prime minister, theresa may, attempted again today to get thesh deaspent two years negotiating with the european union for britain to leave thation, she tried to get that through parliament and lost again today by 58 votes. >> i think it should be a matter of pround regret to every member of this house that once again we have been unablet to supp leaving the european union in an orderly fashion. >> reporter: she offered to

resign if the deaent through, but that wasn't enough to persuade even hard liners in he ever par to get this deal through. so on monday lawmakers here will once again look at planb. they tried that earlier this week and eight times they failed n find any majority for a p b, and the eu said today, they were fully prepared for britain to crash outn april the 12th, in just two weeks ttime, call an emergency summit on april 10th. it's thoughtt at tha summit, theresa may will lay out why she thinks there should be a delay to britaisivorce from the european union. but today anger on th streets thousands protesting crying betrayal. this was to be the day britain opleft the en union but

toda instead the crisis deepens. breaking at 5:00 on this fray, a dayare employee in fairfax county accused of sexually abusing children in his care. >> police tell us the alleged abuse went on for years. rolly hammondfa ing sexual battery charges tonight. west springfield elementary. >> derrick ward is live at the school where investigators fear there could be more victims. derrick? >> reporter: indeed. now the two victims that they say they know about, the two leged victims, police are calling them credible. they hope there aren't any more but if there are, they want to know about them. police have arrested 38-year-old rolly hammonof burk after a child told of being touched inappropriately by rolly hayond. after t examined further they found another child who claimed to have been abused by him over several years. >> my prayers will continue to be given to the vthtims and

r families as a predator has traumatically harmed their lives. worked at a hammond day care center he at west springfield elementary. his work also included summer programs and time at other schools in the county, ravens worth elementary and rolling va he's been with the program since 2008. >> he's been in a position of trust for over a decade. if anyone has any contact that's inappropriate, possibly illegal, they need to contact us. >> reporter: at this point a investigatorn't saying whether the two juveniles that camewa f were where he worked. >> if you pick up on a sign or signal that they have shared something that may be inappropriate, may be isillegal