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is is the second nightn a row chopper 4 is working for you live monitoring our region'es traffic trou andhey're big ones again tonight. hello, everybody, i'm jim adlai. >> and i'm eric erika gonzalez, yhat tire popping, hard to say community that m of you are used to after this winter season onll soon come to an end. >> but it be without some problems for your weekend. news 4's jackie bensen now with what you need to know. >> reporter: tyre road doctors treating a very sick patient. baltimore washington parkway, the company calls these trucks pothole killers. the national parks service, which maintains the road, says this is more than jt patching. >> each of the trucks that you're going to see carries 6 tons of aggregate and 400 gallons of the emulsion, and what they're going to to is put tat down on problem spots on the road to to improve

conditions for drivers. >> reporter: drivers we spoke to said it's about time. >> i drive and it's horrific.e it can causeit accidents. really bad. it's not potholes, it's more like craters. >> they really need to get it fixed. >> reporter: the national parks service says laster year's wea played a significant role in the parkway's current bad condition. >> all of the water that we had last year, the record rainfall, combined with the freeze/thaw cycle that we've seen over this winter, combined to make the condition of the road. it contributed to the condition of the road that you see today. >> reporter: news 4 traffic has been warning drivers to steer clear of the section under repair thiweekend. >> all southbound lanes of the bw parkway will bese c between 198 and 197. >> and you can findf all that information and more details about the permanent fix coming this summer. that's in our nbc washington app.st

earch "potholes". well, this time yesterday we were dealing with another major traffic heaugche. a one. that tanker flipped, closing northbound lanes o our beltway. the man behind the wheel today was cited for reckless driving and faulty brakes. virginia state police tell us he lost control of e truck just south of the american legion bridge yesterday aftcrnoon. s didn't re-open the lanes until about 13 hoursat l. drivers stuck in the mess forget these scenes any time soon. and that's why many people are calling for action tonight. >> news 4's leon harri tells us there are are you knewed calls this evening for another way to get through gridlock. leon? >> through it, around it, under it, anyan way we do it. critics say the nightmare that lasted half a day wouldn't have been so bad if there was another way to cross the potomac. twe b closer is opening the debateld to bui another bridge between virginia and

maryland. others though argue a ither bridges way too pricey and probably wouldn't happen anyway. they think more public transportation options are a better route to take. >> it's fragile and it's vulnerable and we need more redundancy. that doesn't mean more, you know, bigger roads, we need more transi options. incidents like this a month that can morph into something of this mnitude. we have no plan "b." >> but in every single case local leaders agree that everyone needs to come together toind a fix and fast. aaa estimates the beltway backup yesterday cost our region about $5 million in los productivity. in the newsroom, leon harris, news 4. former vice president joe biden says he does not remember kissing a nevada political candidate in 2014. lucy flores wrote an article in "new york" magazin she says biden placedan his on her shoulders and slowly kissed her on the back of a head

lyduring a r in las vegas. flores called biden's behavior disrespectful. biden is leading democratic presidential polls and is considering jumping into the 2020 race. today a spokesperson sai the former vice president didn't, "have an inkling that ms.s flo had been uncomfortable." but biden, "believes she has every rht to share her own recollection." well, a new round tonight in the battle over the mueller report and it has to do with timing and just how much we'll see. attorney general william barr sent congressional leaders a letter tod telling the a m of the report would be ready by mid-april. house judiciary chair jerry nadler says that is not acceptable. he's demandi to see the full report by next tuesday. that'she original deadline set by democratic leaders. an ultimatum from president trump today to mexico, stop all illegal immigration coming from

mexico into the u.s. or he'ut ng down the southern border next week. mr. trump has made the threat before but thi time says he's not playing games. the president also suggested today he cou close the border to all trade. the u.s. chamber of commerce a, that would be "unmitigated economic debacle and threaten 5 million jobs." mexico says it doect based on threats. tonight, atlanta's catholic archbishop is reportedly mulling over a job offer here in washington, d.c.en but r sex abuse scandals could make the once prized position less appealing. the catholic news agency's reporting that pope francis asked archbishop wilton gregory to succe former cardinal wuerl. >> i think a lot of people are looking for closure. they're looking to move on. we've had a year of scandal.

people want to see a clean break, a fresh start. >> if you remember, wuerl resigned in october after a pennsylvania grand juryeport wa released alleging that wuerl, who was then bishop of ttsburgh, did little to stop predator priests. the catholic news agency believes the announcement could be made official as soonwe as nt . as washington catholics prepare for that transition, today a first for vatican city, a new law aimed at stopping sex abuse. pope francis' new law requires vatican church officials to report posble sex crimes immediately. the law is meant to protect minors and vulnerable adults. c therld be prosecution and sanctions for any sex abuse claim not reported right away. this new law id suppoo be a model for the catholic church worldwide. a school employeed entru to take care of young children is accused of sexual abuse. rolly hammond has worked at

multiple fairfax countychools er the course of a decade. he was arrested after two students came forward to say he had inappropriate contact with them. one said it happened over several years. >> the folks who have come forward,xtremely believable. we've taken that information and looked the the story line. we talked to as man people as we can. >> hammond was most recently working at west springfield elementary school and previously worked at rolling valley. police are not confirming if hie accusers children at these schools. hotline' been set up with fairfax county to report incidents. we have that number now on our anything washington a. just search "daycare". maryland is one step closer nv a new law because of a news 4 i-teamtigation. the state senate unanimously passed a bill aimed at better protecting school children from predators. rerting from scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team has been cited during the debate. scott has an importantnopdate >> erika, good evening.

the legislation would require school districts inaryland to perform better, deeper background checks when they hire teachers, checking with all prior employers, not simply he calling most recent prior employer when they background a job applicant. a 2018 i-team report revealed a teaching sending sexually inappropriate text messages to a student when heorked in florida evaded detection and he later landed two jobs in two different maryland school districts. both districts admitted to the i-team it did not and often do t contact all prior employers when hiring. a maryland state delegate saw a report. he drafted a bill top beef u the requirements. the state association of school boards and the teachers union it maryland say they support it. the bill has just passed unanimously in the state senate and in the hou ways in means committee there are still procedural hurdles left in the house before it's given to the governor for his signature. we'll keepating. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. now book to you. well, are you ready? this weekend is about to be a

busy one in d.c., folks. >> and the cherry on top, aha, the cherry blossoms, they have reached the second to last stage. the beautifully puffy white stage meaning that peak bloom is closer thaever. >> kind of think they look better at night. >> i think so, too. >> doug standing bs with t weekend's changing forecast, but first darcy spencer is down at the title basin where residents and tourists have been flocking. ey're taking over down there. >> reporter: well, that's right. you know, no matter how many years you've been in washington, the beautys of the bloust never gets old. take a look. just take it in.'t this i even peak bloom. there are still people out here walking around the title basin tonight. as you said, it's going to be very busy. we have the blooms, we have baseball, and we've got basketball. capitalone arena downtown transformed into hokey nation. >> go hokies!

>> reporter: march madness is in full swing as virginia techke ta on top seeded duke in the sweet 16 championship game. no matter what team you're rooting for, the excinement is he air. >> you've been out and about tonight. a lot of people are in town. what's it been like? >> fun. extravagant, amazing. >> this couple drove here from new jersey to support virginia tech where they met as stunts. >> we went to virginia tech and our son goes there now, so we're al fired up. hokies.e all hokies at heart. >> reporter: the city is busy, not just because of the ncaa games or the nats' fir weekend home game of the season, the cherry blossoms are heading toward heir peak stag >> well, we have a really good guide and he showed us some of the first one that bloomed. so we were very happy. yes. >> reporter: tourists in town for the festival got treat, beautiful color along the title basin. they're sht to see even at night. the crowds and traffic no problem. there are plenty of ways to get around. >> we are not trying to navigate

this by our in cars. but, you know, uber, lyft and thosend- in this day age, there is really nothing to fear. you just jump in and go. >> reporter: jump in and go. definitely a great idea. ug, as inderstand it, there are going to be a lot of people down here at the title basin looking at these trees this weekend, and apparently one day is going to be t better th other day. what you got? >> yeah, i'll tell you, darcy, morrow is going to be a beautiful day to get down there. sunday, however, not so much. we'll talkbout that in just a second. first off, take a look at the numbers today, high of 71, d.c. 77 in richmond, 63 in hagerstown. a lot more in the way of cloud cover to the north, even a couple of showers. the warmth dn to our south ming our way tomorrow. even warmer tomorrow, i'm going a high of 75 degrees o your saturday, but some rain early on sunday moroing. we're to talk about when this rain moves in and behind this cold front, becoming very chilly by sunday afternoon.

it could feel 40 degrees colder sunday night than it does on turday afternoon. we'll talk much more about it, ys. see you back here in a minute. >> all right, doug, thank you so much. you can find a ful guide on everything to see and do this weekend in the nbc washington app. folks out there taking their engagement photos and so forth. also deals on cherry bloedom thctivities around the city. you'll find all of that. st search "cherry blossom" in the app. >>pd next, an ue on the status of a beloved youth soccer coach facing deportation. why coach fofo isn't going anywhere. >> come on! >> for now. plus, sexual harassment goes high-tech. >> i'm going to have to turn my edge app

we're back tonight with an update on a story we brought you last night on news 4 at about a beloved maryland youth soccer coach. >> he's facing deporlltion but wi get to stay in this country a little longer. agbegnigan amouzouwns k as coach fofo, and after an i.c.e. hearing in baltimore this morning he was reased and told to check back in in about ant moh. activists were there to show support for the coach. coach fofo has been living in mogomery countor nearly 20 years. he came here from the west african country of togo, over the years he's coached hundreds

of kids at a soccer academy. >> i teach special needs and i continue to love those kids and share my passion inco the unity. >> coach fofo has been denied asylum and is living here without legal status. new tonight, a rare move from apple. the comny has cancelled its wireless chaing pad that's en in the works for more than a year now. it canned the project because it doesn't think the air power charger achieves its high sandards. thisurprising timing to cancel the product, considering new air pods released this week are supposed to work with the air power charger. >> if you have an iphonehen r drop can make it pretty easy to send pictures to your friends, but recently some people have been using it to send inappropriate photos to complete strangers. at least two women reported geing unwanted images while riding on metro recently. news 4's amy cho has details on this disturbing trend and how you can protect yourself. >> reporter: it can happen

anywhere at any time. you're minding your own business when all of a sudden an appropriate picture pop up on the airdrop on your phone. it could be from this person or that person or that person, all you know is that it's someone near you. >> i don't like, you know, somebody like a stranger sending pictures to me. >> airdropping? really? i'm going to have to turn my airdrop off. let me do that now. >> reporter: and crystal powell says justhe other day an inappropriate picdre poppe up on one of her friend's phones. >> it was creepy. i can't bel ve somebody wou do that. it is very creepy. >> reporter: metro says if it happens to you uh you should report it to pice. cause of the way airdrop works, there is no way for them to track the picture. >> it's ridiculous. people should close airdrop on their phones. i don't have an iphone, but i know it's something youan turn off. >> reporter: others say they don't think it's fair for the burden to fall on you to turn

your airdrop off and the other officials should be held responsible. >> you don't have to accept it. you can see it in the preview. >> oh, m god. wow. >> reporter: the best way to keep yourself safe, set your s airdro that only your contacts can send you pictures or even send airdrop off altogether. amy cho, news 4. >> airdrop has a rge of about 30 feet, so in a crowded public space, that's a lot of peo who could have potentially sent that picture. pretty creepy. >> i don't even knowou how i respond. i think i would be so shocked and immediately looking up, you know, who did it? who did it? >> is that only an iphone >> i don't know that droids have it. anyway. >> me and you, buddy. >> droid all the way. >> hold down the report on that one. >> all h right. douge to talk to us about some good weekend weather, really primarily focused on o day. >> i'll tell you, i mean, tomorrow's going to be such a ce day, really an opposite kind of day on sunday. sunday, all-day rain, i'm not

talking about that. sunday's going to be a day of transition, for sure. first off, though, overnight into tomorrow. no problem. look at the numbers out there today. gh temperature today o 71 in the city. 75 around fredericksburg. look along the eastern shore over there at 70 degrees, too. right now, still on the mild side. very nice nisot. cloud cover out there. 61 degrees. winds out of the northeast, only about 3 miles an hour. it really is a pleasant night. a lot of people eating outdoors this evening. still in mperatures the low -- high 50s to low 60s. manassas earlier this week, 19 degrees. we saw frost thi week and now we're talking about 70s. that's what we get into tomorrow. thing on the radar. we are clear. we are dry. we're going to stay that way one more day and then we'll see the chance of showers coming in. it looks like we've got the chance of showers. a lot of cloud cover.

look at this, pretty good storm system. you see a lot of rain, b most of this is going to pass just to our north. as it does, it will give us some cloud cover, but also bring in that warmer air. high temperature tomorrow,75 degrees. that's a pretty nice day. mostly cloudy, nice and warm, a bit breezy. one of the warmest days we've seen so far this year. the windill pick upn the afternoon, 20, maybe 25 miles an hour. heads up there if you're headed to the kite festival, going to be breezy late in the day.t rain tomorrow 6:00. if you're going out tomorrow night, no problem, eat outdoorsd through aro 11:00. erl. you don't need the umbrella tomorrow. sunday morning, however, here is the umbrella, 7:00 a.m., getting up and out the or,itting the grocery store a little early, 9:30, rain coming through the. ar not a lot of heavy rain. this is not something that is going to be around all day. noon, the d.c. metro area, here comes the wind a i theresnow back to the west --. if there is snow back here, we've got colir coming in

here. here it comes, very windy and wind chill will be a factor by sunday night. again, 75 degrees tomorrow. will be wind chill of about 35 by around 7:00, 8:00 on sunday so go out to dinner, eat outside here. do not eat outside on sun night. not gonna happen. 70% chance of a.m. showers there. 51 on your monday,7 on tuesday. all in all looking good towards the middle of the week. 65ne on way. watching the storm that should stay off the coast tuesday and wednesday, bute've got to watch that one pretty closely. other chance of showers next friday and saturday. saturday, a great day to to the nationals game. sunday if you're going, make sure you bundle up. >> all doug, thank you very much. coming up, w the wizardse eliminated from playoff contention, we know, but there b is still basall to be played. we're going to update you on their night in utah and catch up their night in utah and catch up on the swe

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this is the xfinity sports desk. t >> wizards may have been eliminated from the playoffs, but still plenty to play r, you know, like job security.

rs setgton has ten pla to hit free agency, and that doesn't even include guys like jabari parker and dwight howard who haveeam options. the players evaluating if they want to stay. now, there was some talk about bradley beal resting tonight. he leads the nba in minutes this seon, but he w good to go in utah. first quarter, beal showing why he could be considered for all-nba this season. he gets the bucket. now, if he does make the all-nba team, he'e bigelle ibor t. i don't know what you're talking about, doug. the wizards up at that point. hits this step backumr to beat the buzzer. second quarter, watch out for jabari parker. take another look at this finish. that's over one of the best shot blockers in the game rudy gobert. that cut the jazz lead to seven. the wizards, though, about to lose this one. they're down 126-124 with just under 10 seconds remaining.

and in case you missed it, virginia advanced to the elite eight last night after oreasting the 12 seeded ducksad won ten straight. they battled hard. king drains the three to give his team the lead, but you va were t much. freshman clark with the triple to tie t game. the hoovs trying to make their first final four since 1984. th was whethe first te committee terminator" movie cam" ouostbusters," i can keep going. >> we're in march, and it's 40-minute territory, asys coach al tells us so it helps that, you know, we try to stay calm under pressure and we try to execute and get stops defensively no matter what the score is ohow hectic the game is going. > it was a hard-fought game, a knuckle-buster, whatever you want to call it. we had to bite. so, again, these guys found

enough a we know we can play more efficient and better in some ways but the defense carried us. >> let's take a look at tonight's scores. the east regional. this is all at capital one arena. in the early game, michigan state takes cares of business against lsu. kirk cousins watching that one. in the later game, a closer game between virginia tech and duke. this one still going on. we'll have full highlights, of course, tomorrow on news4. all right. we got a little golf here to show some tiger woods. he needed to win to make the weekend at the wgc dell technologies match play. this is one way to try to do it. par 4 13. he was -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa! >> 83 yards away. cups it. >> incredible. >> that's like erika on the golf course right there. >> ghyeah, >> draining it like vintage tiger. like to see that. he beats patrick cantlay. moves on to the knock he'll take on rory mcilroy. we'll see that on nbc 4.

>> that will be big. >> also, virginia draws the late game. they'll tip off against purdue a little toward 9:00. the national backs in action, akadoug's buffet. that's what we like to call his -- >> absolutely. >> he can

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