announcing a new leader in the district. another nice day in check for the cherry blossoms in peak bloom, but now there is a new effort to make sure the huge influx of tourists don't doom one of d.c.'s most beautiful attractions. good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us. i'm eun yang. >> i'm s coryth in for aaron gilchrest. the crowds were out for the cherry blossoms issterday. todaooking like another fine day to get out to the tidal basin to check out peak >> let's take a live look. a chilly start, but things are looking to warm up. it was gorgeous yesterday. >> absolutely. >> let's start things off with storm team 4's weather. amelia? good morning, we're going t trade winds for cloud cover. we're starting off at 49 degrees out there. by 7:00 a.m., dropping to 45 in the district. upper 30s and low 40s in the suburbs. want to l grab tht jacket

stepping out on your thursday morning. throughout the day overall, we'll have a mix of clouds and sunshine by 9:00 a.m., low 50s degrees. by 11:00 a.m., 52 degrees. we won't have t beautiful blue skies like we saw on wednesday. here's theollen report -- mold and grasses coming in low. if allergieshe are bng you, they're coming in moderate. the average high is 63 degrees. we're running above normal day. notice the cooler temperatures tomorrow on your friday. then the weekend and monday, te weratures runningl above normal. again our average high, 63. today we'll be warming into the upper 60s for most of us. i'll have more ontomorrow's rain coming up in a little bit. >> all right. thank you. we start this morning with a developif story out calvert county. a family and community devastated as a infast-m fire left a woman and her 13-year-old

granddaughter dead. >> five town homes were destroyed leaving nearly a dozen live. without a place t the two-alarm fire started around 4:15 p.m. yesterday on gordon stinnett avenue in chesapeake bay -- chesapeake beach. chopper 4 caught the moment as one of the town homes collapsed as it was doused with water. several firefighters were hurt, three had to beaken to the hospital with burns. wendy welch and herte granddau stephanie link were trapped inside when it collapsed. both died. wendy'shlaughter kn smoke exclusively with news4 last nightment. 'lyon what to think right now. i can't believe never see either one again. she was a great kid, and she loved my kids.e i hwo little kids. and she was so goodith them and loved doing things with them. we went to that park out there every single day. >> kathleen alsoed l inside that town home.

so she not only loster family but also her home. fire officials are still looking for a cause but say it looks like the fire was there are ways for you to help the many people displaced by the fire. reheh out to red cross and see what they need. they're alreadtehelping with orary housing and food. we'll have more information in the nbc washington app at the top of the home page. in just a matter of hours, e there could b an official announcement of a new leader the archdiocese of washington. reports from the catholic news agency surfaced that the vatican would night archbishop wilton gregor as the new leader of the archdiocese of washington. the "washington post" is reporting that announcement will come today. >> archbishop wilton gregory is considered by church experts as a potential transitionalfigure. in 2002 he led the u.s. conference of catholic bishops and oversaw landmark changes that helped predator- that held predator priests accountable. that's importance because the

archdiocese of washington, which ha been without an official leader for nearly six months, is in need of healing. gregory would cucceeddinal donald wuerl who resigned in october after he was named in a pennsylvania grand jury report that accused church officials of covering up sexual abuse. mont before thesignation, theodore mccarrick, a former archbishop of washington, wasro expelled the roman catholic priesthood after an internal investigation found that sex abuse claims against him were credible. we are monitoring for the possible announcement. now to the latest on the deadly new zealand mosque attacks. the man accused of carrying out the massacre will be backn in court friday to face dozens of murder charges. he's been charged with one count of murder after being arrested last month. 50 people were killed in the twr mosques int church. dozens of others were shot and wounded. friday's hearing will be about tarrant's legalrepresentation. tarrant has said he would like to represent himself. it's 4:05. back in our area, a final report

finds that a montgomery county police officer was justified in a deadly ceofr-involved shooting last summer. body camera video sho the the officbetween and robert white in silver spring last june. whit was unarmed, but investigatorsay he assaulted the officer after he attempted to speak with him. a police found folding knife in white's pocket. the report says in part the facts and circumstances of the encounter between the officer wand mr.te dead straight that the use of deadly force was lawful and justified. the howard county state's attorney cleared him of wrongdoing. an accident shut down part of 270 yes officials saying the crash happened during an escort training exercise. o're told anicer on a motorcycle was practicing a maneuver near clarksburg road,

thad some sort of problem which caused him to lay the bike down to avoid a serious crash. a second officer also on motorcycle had to do the same. both of those officers will be okay. fallout from the attorney general's summary. investigators for special counsel robert mueller tell "the new york times" the final report was more damaging than attorney general william barr revealed.k "the newtimes" reports that mueller's investigations are frustrated because barr did not adequately portray their conclusions. barr wrote a letter last month saying mueller cleared presidelu trump of con but did not make a conclusion on obstruction. the attorney general determined the president did not obstruct justice. th "times" reports barr w frustrated mueller did not make a decision about obstruction. nbc ws has not independently confirmed the "times'" reporting. meanudile, the houseiary approved subpoenas for mueller's full report. barr has saidwi that he release a redacted version by the middle of this month. next wk barr i set to testify

before congress about the justice department's 2020 budget. it will be the first opportunitt for lawmake question him. let's stay on capitol hill because there's another battleb ing between president trump and house democrats. the house ways and mean chairman richard neal requested six years plaintiff trump's tax returns from the irs. the request is part of congress' oversight duties, but republicans say it could set a dangerous precede of using returns for political gain. the president has refused to release his tax documents because he says he's being audited by the irs. virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax asked prosecutors in bosto and north carolina to investigate sexual assault allegations against him. fairfax made the first statements in several months after two women accused him of sexuality more than ten years -- of sexual assault more than ten years ago. he insists the allegations are untrue and that the sexual encounters with the two women were consensual. >> i do not t believet national television appearances

or legislative hearings are the right vehicles to get at the truth. sensationalizing does not make them true. >> fairfax says police and prosecutors should handle the investigation and not politicians. house republican leaders and the accusers are calling for a bipartisan legislative hearing to sort out t allegations. meanwhile, virginia republican lawmakers say they are still waiting for answers from governor ralph northam about his blackface scandal. house mority leader delegate todd robert wants to know how the pictures appeared on the year page. he said there'seen an investigation, but they haven't seen results. northam first apologized, then said it wasn'thim, then he admitted to wearing blackface. the governor has not responded to gilbert's de nd. >>4:08. a virginia man is behind bars after police say heecretly recorded dozens of men including some underage boys at a local

spa. kwame anderson filled people at the spa in centreville. there were more than 150 videos of 81 victims from spa worlx fairunty police say he recorded them over several years and then sold those videos o ne. the investigation began when a victim saw a naked video of himself for sale on social media. police say there are similar videos and additional victims from other locationspe today ttures ceo elon musk will be in new york. >> yeah. he's in a courtroom to square off against t u.s. securities and exchange commission. he sec wants to hold musk i contempt over comments he posted on twitter. in february he tweeted that his electric c company could build around 500,000 cars this year. the se claims the tweet violated musk's 2018 fraud settlement in which he disclosed private share infoumation wi approval. legal experts say a contempt finding could force the llionaire to step down as

tesla's o. the tidal basin is one of most beautiful places this time of year. now it is officially a gnash treasure. on the steps of the jefferson memorial, the national parks atrvice joined with the trust for thenal mall and the national trust for historic lapreservation to d that the time to save this national treasure isw. the tidal basin was designed in the 1880s, and the parks service says it was notuilt to handle the millions of visitors. >> on a daily basis, walkways surrounding the basin are flooded at high tide making them impassab for visitors and compromising the roots of these very cherry trees. the area was never designed for the volume or u kinds o it sees today. >> the new designaon will lead a multiyear effort to create a master plan for the tidal basin to protect it forecades to come. that's tough. a lot of peoplee want to their cherry blossoms.

s > later this month, news4 working for you with an in-depth look at our changing climate. see how it's impacting your family, your money, your health, and even your commute. our primetime special airs on earth day, april 22nd, at 7:30 here on news4. all you theater fans, if you ha what it takes to star in a hit show, "hamilton," here's your chance, the musical is a holdingitions in the district looking for singers and ppers, eun -- >> only in my own mind. oot for public consumption. >> the deadline t apply for audition is tomorrow. ge it now. last week t kennedy center announce would that the musical will be returning to d.c. next year. you're interested in applying, we have morefo ation. just open the nbc washington app. >> don't ge awa the show -- >> no. just need one. the royal record for prince harry and meghan markle's instagram page. >> the account ained one million followers in less than

six hours. liat is a guinness record for the quickestmb to a million. >> this is the first social media presence markle has had since her wedding to harry two summers ago. their first baby is due any day now. you can imagine everybody's watching for news on that instagram page. >> yes. >> and i think as a result of her marrie to prince harry she had to get rid of all of her .social media, everything >> all the royal etiquette. to school lunches across the country. overnment making moves to allow for some unhealthy choices in the cafeteria. now the district is h joiningalf a dozen other states to fighte thmove. plus, city leaders are taking steps to sthop -- the confusing and contradictory street signs you can find all over d.c. more on the effort to clear the confusion next onda "news4 " how about weather? >> we're dry today, but here's future weatheromorrow around lunchtime. notice rain across the area.

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welcome back. the district is part of a new legal challenge accusing the department of agriculture of significantly weakening school lunch standard six states and d.c. say the department weakened nutritional standards in school breakfast and luncheshen it relaxed requirements on salt and refined grains. the changesllow for more sodium and fewer whole grains in school meals. made eges the government the changes without giving the public an opportunity to comment and in opposition to requirements set by congress. when it made the change, the agriculture department said it

wanted to reduce bureaucracy that required schools to get special wafeivers. the lawsuit asks a judge toov turn the changes. the maryland state senate s approved a measure that would invest millions in public schools. the blueprint for maryland's future, meant to transform hools in the state, passed by a 41-3 vote. that includes $355 million for fiscal year 2021 and $5 million for 2022. a large chunk of that is contingent on new revenue that lawmakers say could potentially fclude money comingm sports betting. the bill heads to the house. maryld just took a major step in preventing young adults from smoking. the general assembly passed a bill making tobacco usefollegal anyone under 21. the current legal age is 18. you must also b 21 years old to vape under the new bill. the bill does not apply to members of the military. d.c. and eight states along with hundreds of cities and counties have enacted tobacco 21 laws.

maryland's governor, larry hogan, has not said if he will sign the bill. in "news 4 your health," unhealthy eating kills more people across the world than smoking or any other health risk. researchers at the university of washington found poor diets were responsible for nearly11 million adult deaths. the deaths were caused by cardiovascular dise cancer, and diabetes. researchers say too much sodium, red meat, and sugy drinks were contributing factors. they also say people do not eat enough whole grains afruits. the 5g network is getting bigger. verizonolling out t service, joining at&t. verizon customers in chicago and minneapolis can access the 5g network. but they'll need to use motorola z3combined with the 5g moto mod. the wireless network will give peak speeds ten times than you might get on the current connection. pae c will launch service in more than 30 cities. sprint plans to roll out 5g in

washington, d.c., later this year. terrifying video of an online radio show being robbed while broadcasting live on air. take a look. a group of men barged into a studio with guns drawn in sao pau paulo. onehe announcers said they were robbed as people were watching and listening live. the thieves took off with phones, watches, and some jewelry, and then immediately fled the scene. i've seen nothing like. it the fact that it was caught on caddra. >> no g. back at home, changes coming to those confusing and damaged street sigs you see acrhe district. >> everywhere. >> you may remember the i-team rerted last year about the hundreds of complaints the city was receiving. >> the mayor announced new effort to replace the signs, but that's not all. the plan is also creating new jobs. reporter: driving around the district at times can be frustrating. even the mayor admits some of the parking signs around the city areconfusing.

>> this usually happens when we havee multi signs that at first glance are confusing. sometimes on second and third glance, as we. >> if i want to park legally, hich one of these takes precedence? >> we aren't trying to confuse anybody. >> reporter: today, mayor bowse announced the good sign d.c. campaign. a way tri allowrs to let the city know when there are problems with street >> it is important, too, that signs make sense, that they're in the right locations, that reen the damaged they're replaced. when they don't make sense that they're removed. >> reporte if of know o a damaged or con use fuse auto -- confussign, report it or call 311. in the district, mark seagraves, news4. >> everybody h a ory. i've seen them. you've seen them. i like your tip -- park mobile.

when you go in the map, it won't let you sign up to park there. that saved me. i love when people out of town go, can you park here i rea the sign, i don't know ei er. >> maybe today's a good day to walk. >> not bad out lithere. ter winds but more clouds. yesterday it was a blue bird day. today not the case. part three mostly cloudy skies, still pleasant. mid to upper 60s. we're running five, almost ten degrees abale no tomorrow a different story. heading out tomorrow, you'll want to grab the jacke and the umbrella. rain potentially impacting the area from sta to finish on yourfriday, nothing heavy, but soggy and damp. the weekend looking okay. more rain for your monday. currently temperatures right now coming in in the 30s and 40s om 36 in manassas to 49 in the district. and 40 in college park we're at 45 in gaitheburg.

you'll want a light jacket this morning. here's the planner today. 7:00 a.m., 45. lunchtime, 62. t as windy. peaks of sunshine out there. clouds continue to build toward the late afternoon and evening hours as the storm syste proaches the area. that's what brings us the rain ultimately tomorrow. i'm goi d to keep it through the evening hours as we move toward midnight. especially after midnight, i can't rule out a few light showers moving in. that said, though, kids getting out o school reallyice, 4:00 p. 67 at 7:00. taking the dog out, going for a walk, 63 at that point. for tomorrow, notice temperatures in the 50s. 55degrees. so a good ten degrees cooler than today. in addition, we'll have rain at times. here's the ten-day forecast. look at the weekend. ot70 degrees saturday and sunday. maybe a few scattered, light showers out there saturday nipecially during the m hours. peeks of sunshine.

mostly cloudy, and we'll keep it dry on sundayn more r on monday. jack taylor, wtop, how are the ads looking this thursday? >> reporter: hey, pretty good start so far. we did have a couple of work zones. they were on i-95. they're cleang. oneticking around south on 95. we'll head toward 17 and hefalmouth, blocking left lane. the good news is the work zones in stafford have cleared. inbound on the key bridge this morning, breore m street t a work zone in place blocking a single right lane. not causing a ludelay. vo still light. going southbound on branch avenue, headed for moores road toward the merge, the right lane had been getting by. there had been work northbound, that's couared. southbnd will stick around until 5:00,. 5: back to you. >> thank you. the bills for college are only going to keep growing. c how much anyone hope to keep up and pay for an education? yikes. consumer reporter susan hogan has helpful tips on finding free money to help.

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