"news 4 today" starts now. >>s breaking n overnight, gunfire ends the life of two people in capitol heights. slice areearching for answers. >> a rising murder rate has the mayor and police chief working on new strategies to keep the streets safe. ind out what mayor bowser wants. did you see thegame? the dance continues for the cavaliers. a thrilling win to earn their first trip tthe national championship game ever. >> that was pretty intense and i imagine if you're an auburn fan, you are not happy this cmornin. bus are are moving on. want to welcome you in at 6:00 on the dot onhis sunday morning. thank you for being here with us. i'm adam tuss.

>> i'm meagan fitzgerald. we're in store for another beautiful day. >> yesterday was unbelievable. you get a gold star f that one, clay. if we can top it today, somehow, we'll take it. i imagine we're talking about anher busy d at the tidal basen. >> all that, no pressure. no pressure. >> no pressure, uman. yo got this. we had drizzle at 6:00 a.m. for saturday. not bad outside at all for your sunday morning. in fact, we'll have more sunshine in the first part of your sunday than later onenn the g as we look outside right now and those of us that are on their way, thinking about going down to the tidal basin, not bad at all. terday wen see, y could barely see the washington monument. oue sun is starting to rise across the eastern zorn, looking forward to a nice day. no fog concerns across the area now. a few areas here and there, but ote not a bad sunday for us. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. and they're only going to take f from there. with that, things you need to

know today, sunny start today,o return in the afternoon. warmer, stormy monday, then it cools down wednesday. april showers kind of week. we'll talk in a few minutes. >> ay, thank you very much. happening now, many runners and walker are getting ready for the credit union cherry blossom ten mile run. >> yesterday it was all about the kids. today, this is for the adults. look here, this is the map re, the course map. basically it goes around the tidal basin. there is something else to consider today. right now 1th street between independence avenue, southwest and constitution avenue northwest is closed. several other street closures start at 6:45 this morning. they will last for a few hours, it will be a tough day around the basin today. yep, ar final f matchup,

uva fans will never forget. the crowd going absolutely wild at the arlington last night. it came down to the last seavnd, but the are advancing to the finals. it was a historic win for ra. first time they're heading to the national championship game. >> yeah, this is huge. to say las night's game was dramatic, that is an understatement. take a lo. the cavs down four points with under ten seconds left. they managed to catch up, right before the end of the game, and then kyle guy gets fouled out the three-point line. he hits all three free.6hrows with seconds left to win. that's how it ended. virginia, headoach tony bennett, absolutely stunned after the dramatic finish. >> struggled at the line, for him in that setting to do it. it doesn't get much better than that. terrific story, that wasn' a rong enough word.

amazing, spectacular, is that -- i don't have many more. i didn't graduate from uva, so my vocab is a littleli ted. >> unbelievable. ona takes on texas tech for the national chamip. that game tips off tomorrow night at 9:20. good luck to them. what a game. >> what a game. >> all right, switching gears now, following breaking news in prince george's county police tell us two men are dead after an overnight shootinging in capitol heights. want to give you a loot the scene here. gunshots were heard along fable street after midnight. once officers arrived, they found two men seriously wounded. one died on scene, the other rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. detectives are searching for the gunman. we'll stay on top of this story and post updates in our nbc washington app.re two men recovering after a double shootinging in the district. police tell us gunshots were fired along 17th street in northeast yesterday. they say two men were shot multiple times andheater r

to the hospital. they are expectedo be okay. and so far no arrests have been made. meanwhile, d.c. police chief petesom and mayor muriel bowser met to address violence city.s the two men were shot and killed ins the deanwoodection of northeast. violence is proving to be a big concern for neighborhoois across theict, including the hill crest neighborhood in southeast where chief newsom spoke yesterdar >> sooner later, we'll find the people responsible for that double homicide and you'll have another couple of families lives that have been destroyed. >> mayor bowser is proposing increasing d.c. officers to 4,000 and offering incentives for officers to live in the community that they rve. mayor bowser is also speaking out about a 10-year-old child who was handcuffed by d.c. police after a armed robbery last week. you probably have seen this video that went viral. it spark a lot of outrage. the child was cuffed after another boy told police three kids took his cell phone at

gunpoint. the mayorin exp what she plans to do moving forward, when it comes to minors and investigations. >> one thing that i'm goike to back and consider is how we can talk about juveniles in a pending investigation while we have a bystander video. >> just recently the d.c. attorney general said the 10-yr-old boy was totally innocent. this morning, a d.c. hospital is dling with a norovirus outbreak. according to wtop, the hsc pediatric center in northeast reported three patients tested positive for the virus this past week. apokesperson says the hospital has procedures in place to manage the spread of the infection based on cdc guidelines. that includes visitor rerictions that are i effect. the hospital says there has been no new norovirus diagnosis in the past several hours. turn our attention to

politics now, preside trump went after two familiar targets in a wide range speech yesterday. democrats and immigrants. he says the united states is full and can't accept any more people. now, theresident had a frn friendly crowd when he took the stage. he touted decions like leaving the iran nuclear deal and moving the united states embassy in israel to jerusalem. then he turned his thoughts on his political opponents. >> democrats have seen allowed the terrible scourge of ant anti-semitism to take root in their party. thank specials to representative ilhan omar. i forgot, she doesn't like israel. >> sheid apologize for her comments on israel. since yesterday's speech, president trump has been twe tweeting about the mueller report saying he hasn' read it, but has the right to. barr is expected to release

parts of the mueller report sometime this month. andf speaking congresswoman omar, a man is under arrest for allegedly threatening to kill her. federal prosecutors say patrick carlineo jr. made a threatening phone call to omar's office on capitol hill last month. the fbi criminal complaint says he called her a terrorist and threatened to shoot her. om is one of the first twoom muslim elected to congress. thisime now is 6:08 on sunday morning. rise and shine, sleepy heads. national harbor looking pretty nice this morning. we're in store for a nice y. what does the workweek have in

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the washington auto show is back in town. chance to g people a look under the hood and even get behind the wheel some of cool cars. inside the convention center you'll find nearly 600 vehicles of allti var from sedans,

minivans, cars of the future. visitors can also get some hands on testing. our own chuck bell had a chance to check out a indoor off road obstacle course that took more than 150 dump trucks filled with dirt to yeah, that's crazy. chuck is in the driver's seat for our annual special the latest and greatest from the show, you can check it out right here on nbc 4 this morninger a "meet the press." >> i could have done the course a little better than >> really? competition. >> we'll see. this weekend, the strnts have b packed with people trying to see the cherry blossoms. >> yeah, i mean, moed. droves of people. but another family friendly event brought down crowds in the district, of course. we're talking petalpalooza in southwest. our crews were there yesterday for the one-dayevent. >> from food to drinks to live music, lots of activities forll people of a ages. and you couldn't have asked for better weather yesterday. to cap it all off, the nig ended with fireworks along the water front, a lot at the

whateve wharf. >> so much fun. the best way to go, it ishot, nice, go outside, get a drink, you know. ai i will say, clay, i heard from people who they were trying to get just past the tidal basin and couldn't do it yesterday because the traffic was so bad. we got to tell everybody, again, today, probably the same thing, don't drive around that area. >> metro, metro -- >> metro. >> -me o. >> did you say metro? >> i think i might have said that. we'll say that off and on throughout the telecast. hi, everybody. sun officially rises at 6:43. so as you c see, we're starting to see some of the clouds. we do have some high clouds out there, burning off quickly across our area. we're looki forward to a very nice sunday, everyone. temperaturewise for your neighborhood, this sunday morning, includes rockville, 47 degrees. gaithersburg, 45. temperatures in the 40s around bothe d. here in washington, d.c. where most of us are in the heat re

island, w looking at 52 degrees.to now, thingremember, four things to think about for your forecast. it will start off similar to rsterday, but we'llerse it. we're going to have a sunny start today, clouds roll in, the afternoon. chance for some late showers overnight tonight, some rain moving in. and for your monday, believe it or not, even warmer than today, we're looking at close to 80 degrees f m yourday tomorrow. but with that afternoon commute, we could have some thunderstms that willtart to roll in across the area. so april showers could have some thunderstorms coming across the area. today, enjoy today, eryone. rain showers move in for your sunday night into monday. and it does look like some thunderstorms are possible for your monday afternoon. inaifact,showers for tuesday still temperatures in the 70s. when i come back later, i'll give you the complete forecast and let you l know hg this above average temperature is going to hang around. they're going to stick around for a while. i think we deserve some warm temperatures across our area. details in a few moments.

>> i'm with you, clay. all right, reporter's notebook coming up next. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. >> good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. who is policing the police? it isei question asked after charges the d.c. po ice departmeored complaints against a so-called special police officer accused of aughing up residen guests at a southeast d.c. apartment complex. the news 4 i team obtained zhus zhuszh i disturbing video. joining us this morning, the i team's jodie fleisher andit cor this is a complicated story and interesting story, disturbing story. wasn't to star i want to start with you. a special police officer is similar to a security guard. >>esimilar. they under the same division of the metropolitan department in terms of their oversight.

but these are folks who are able to carry a gun, licensed and on the e arrest powers property they're assigned to work. so, you know, for example, this one, it all took place in the sa apartment complex in southeast. well, that special police officer is assigned to that property. and so he can make arrests, he is an armed -- basically a police officer on that property. >> so investigations invecving l police are handled by the metropolitan police department? >> they are. theyave a division called the security officersing management branch. it is aivision that is supposed to take in complaints from the public, handle these investigations, and actually see them through and issue discipline against these officers when warranted. but in this case, all the residents told us they had issues. they said they wereurned away, one gentleman told us he thought he made a complaint and went back to get a copy of it and was told there was nothing on file. there are all of thesean issues all three of them were told, you know, there is nothing we can do. >> all three say they were

arrested, they -- two of them were roughed up, and in all three cases the charges were dropped? >> in all three cases, this officer, officer simon,th charg with assaulting him. and in all three cases they say he actually assaulted them. and they have thiseo v taken by witnesses, you know, trying to show portions of what happened, but also officer simon wears a body camera. so presumably whenrs prosecu got these cases at the u.s. attorney's office, they would watch whatble to happened from the officer's camera which we don't have access to and we tried to get th video and we could not. but the u.s. attorney's office in all three cases decided to dismiss the charges against the individuals, and that's why they're now saying i should have been able to make a ctplaint agaihis officer. >> you tried to get a response from mpd. youad to file a freedom of information request. >> we were asking for veryic b information. we wanted to know how many complaints did they have against this offiyr, how m complaints against this security company he worked for, and we also wanted to knowhe total number of complaints they

investigated against special police officers each year. and we're still waiting, nearly four months and we haven't received answers. >> have you gotten a response from the officer or the security company he worked for in. >> we tracked down that officer. he drove off when we tried to approach him and asked him about his behavio in those incidents and about what happened for his side of the story. we were able to reach his -- one of the owners of that security company, amd security, a formeri mpd r, retired. he took our calls, we talked on the phone a couple ofti s. he at first confirmed the officer was still working for him and then in a laton conversaaid the officer was not working under working under a different company in the same building that is next door. they seem to have a clo relationship, run by that former mpd officer's son. us heat company told wasn't working for them. now since we have been asking all these questions, his license is deemed inacerve u.c. records according to the online records because he doesn't have a sy company he's affiliated with, but

interestingly enough, he may still be working because we atched him show up to work in uniform with a lunch box shortly after those records had changed. >> so it appears he's still working? >> i appearsso. he showed up in uniform with a lunch x, but we don't know for certain because we haven't heard from -- >> the security company is owned by forme mpd officer, retired officers. >> retired officers. >> that soundssiook a pe conflict of interest, is it? >> well, y know, certainly raises that question. they obviously had a working relationshipith folks who are over at mpd now. do we know if they knew any of the people in t security officer's management branch? we don't know that. but we know that when councilman charles ailehlan heard about al these situations, and that these residents felt like they were turn away when they tried to complain, he's now considering legislation to move thist compla process for special police officers office of d.c., called the

office of police complaints, an independent agency. t right nowy only handle complaints against the metropolitan police department and housing authority police department. but he's talking about expanding that so thathey can handle special police officers as well. because think about it, these folks have the right to take your liberty, they can arrestyo and so, you know, these are a acting as police officers, and so he feels like it is important enough that they are handled likefi police rs. >> how many special officers are there? >> there a about 7500 licensed in d.c. we don't know how many complaints there were because mpd hasn't answered the request. over 100 were diiplined with vocation last year. we don't know if those are related to complaints. they could have been disciplined or revoked because they g into trouble somehow. we're still waiting on a lot of answers and mpd is critical. we can't understand why they haven't provided our information that we requested nearly four months ago. we talked to the legal

department. and he got involved and tried to, you know, coax them into releasing the information. he agreed that he felt like it had been too long. and yet no records. >> finally, what is the status of the residetss' compla >> so they just filed three lawsuits against the security company, the apartment complex and the apartment cplex management. they're basically saying, look, when the first incident happened, and peoe came toou and said this security officer needed to be looked at or was a oblem, you should have looked at it or done something and they felt like nothing was done. they're alleging in their wsuits that the -- these companies had a duty to protect the residents and gsts by taking action sooner. and so those are just newly kn filed, you , haven't had a hearing yet, haven't been able to get a response from any of the companies yet, which, you know, typically during pending pending on -- litigation they don't like to talk about these things. >> disturbing case there, lot of complexes, apartment buildings, lots of officers.

>> tre are. >> and there needs to be accountability and i'm sure that'suncilman alan's concern. >> that is, and he says he's going to do the homework a see if he can get the answers to some of how many complaints there were, some of the questions we asked and see if it is feasible to move the oversight to that division. >> when we come back, questions being asked about a stem program in loudoun county. coe. smith has that in a min you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase set relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. has been making folks feel right at home, with meals like homestyle country fried steak, grandma's sampler, and our signature chicken n' dumplins. so, come on home to what you love. come on home to cracker barrel.

a s.t.e.m. program in loudoun county is prompting criticism and sctiny. the naacp says the selection process at the academies of loudoun may be biased. of 65 african-american stuednts who appor a spot in the school's s.t.e.m. programs this year, only one was accepted. cory, the school has two s.t.e.m. programs. why do some parents believe bias

here? a probl >> well, the parents that i spoke to including also thef presidenthe naacp of loudoun county pointed tohe numbers. 65 african-american kids trying to get into these high stakes prestigious programs within the county of loudoun and only one got in. the first thing the naacp president told me,llou mean to e there is only one african-american student within loudoun county smart enough to getnto theseprograms? so they dug more into the numbers. and ofhe 2100 kids who applied, 489 of them got in, about 75% of those kids are asian-american, 21% are white, and the rest are filled out with hispanics and african-americans. they looked at the numbersnd said, wait a second, something is wrong here. >> have they been admitted in previous years? is there only one african-american student in the programs at all in. s, they have been admitted in previous years so numbers that were sent to mey the district had about three

african-american students within at academy of science program. but even the naacp sayses that t seem right, the number would be so low. and they also point to the numbers of applicants. they are -- they find it a bit odd that only 65 african-american students felt ae need toly to these programs. and that's the other part of this, theynt p to the access to challenging curriculum, s.t.e.m. programs, classes you need to take to get into be aren't ike this m available to minority students as much as they are to other students. >> wha are the -- what do students have to do to qualify for these particular programs? >> it is based on your grades. it is based on testing, s.a.t., psat, stuff like that. other testing is required to get into the program as well. whathe parents areaying is, they don't want the standards lowered at all. ards are k the sta fine, they just need to know, hey, what does it take for my child toet into this school? what do they need to be doing in if elementary and middle school

to set theelves up and prepare themselves to get into a program like this and to be able tond that challenging curriculum. they say, once you do that, we'l be okay. the positive thing here is the public school system of loudoun county ishe listening and held their first meeting of the equity this tee on week to get to the root of this problem and say, okay, you know, we're going to figure out what's going on here, because we were all students within loudoun county to succeed. >> we'll follow up on that. while tourists and locals flock to the tidal basin to see the cherry blossoms this year, there is a new effort under way to stop damage taking place at the tidal basin every day. we're talking about damage from flooding, which caused concern about the trees and the infrastructure. this flooding is happening every day. >> we were just talking about it. i was out there on the -- for the kick jf paroff a par i noti the ground was muddy. it hadn't rained that day. you talk to people in the parks

service, d.c. residents and they say the sidewalks flood because of the high tide, about twice a day, and the concern i that with climate change continuing, rising sea levels, it is going to continu h topen and thus endanger the long-term sustainability of the tidal basin. there is also the issue of all .the touris built in the 1880s, not designed to have millions and millions ow peopking around it, walking on it every single year. so they believe that the te is now, the historic trust, the trust for historic preservation called it a national treasure and theyicked off a new plan to engage engineers, designers, the public, t figure out how can we save this national treasure from basically sinking into the water. >> and most people thily the issue there is keeping people from picking the blossoms off the trees. or climbing the trees. yeah. if you go out there, one, you'll probably see the sidewalks closed at some point. there i jersey barriers keeping people from getting to certain sections.

look to the ground and the roots of the cherry trees. that's one of the biggest concerns with t t highe coming in twice a day, it is compromising the root systems of the trees that we all love to se somuch. can you imagine d.c. without cherry blossoms? >> we can't. >> we can't. >> certain places you canee theoots above the ground and they're exposed more than they probably should be. i've noticed the muddy sidewalks walking around down ther you com home and your shoes are are covered in mud. >> we shotn video a clear, you know, clear wednesday, the sun is shining, absolutely beautiful day, hundreds of people out there, and you just seesi walk completely flooded. ducks just walking on the water basically. >> and wading in the mud. >> yeac y. >> switching gears. if you drive in the state of maryland, you probably have spent a fair amount of time standing in line at the thmva. mva is testing a new program to help you pass theime away, pass it more productively.

they're calling this story time for folks waiting in line?at >> i going to the mva. you have mva g together with the prince george's county memorialibrary system. what can we do to keep people off their phones and keep kids engaged? there is a small kiosk where you press a 1, 3, 5, for one minute read,in threee read or five minute read and it has a short story on it. you can read poetry, the classics, winners of writing ompetitions, 100,000 books or pieces of literature to prove -- to pull from. and -- >> quite aar li >> we saw people walk up to and say what is this? press a button ands get t long receipt and take it back to their seat and start reading. they were reading them. you have roald dahl.

the worst thing is you're at the mva and you phone dies. >> i think it is creative. this is >> a pilot program for right now, six months. talking to prince george's county, if this things successful, which just being out there for the few hours we were, people we pressing t buttons and looking at it. they want to spread this to otier places where we ourselves waiting with nothing to do. >> there is always your cell phone. >> there is always -- habits die ha. >> or byo, bring your own reading terials. thank you. that's reporters' notebook. i'm patso l muse. "news 4 today" continues. "news 4 today" starts now. >> good sunday morning to you. it is 6:30. we got the sun coming up. thank you for being here with us. i'm adam tuss.

>> i'm meagan fitzgerald. we have a quick traffic alert for you right away. the bw parkway is closed down for a seriousaccident. we're monitoring the situation and we will bring you updates as they become available. looking antime, we're at that beautiful sunrise. we got a beautiful day ahead. we got clay anderson in for lauryn ricketts today. he's bringing the good news ande we're her for it. >> good morning. yes, the sun will rise in four minutes, actually 6:34. you see it starting to breakthrough the clouds. looking forward to a very nice sunday. particularly yesterday, we started out cloudy, ended up sunny.da is going to be reverse. start out with mostly sunny skies. and clouds in thefternoon will start to have overcast before sunset. here is a view as wefr see i our within doe windows. a nice sunday across our region. temperaturor your neighborhood include gaithersburg and montgomery county, baltimore to north, 45 degrees, prince george's county, 44 degrees and out in

virginia, dulles coming in at 48 degrees. what you need to know today, sunny is that starts out and ends up cloudy, warmer today, but a stormy monday. more details on that and cools wednesday.not until so enjoy today, tomorrow, all the details, a lot more. stay with us. >> thank you very much, cl. happening now, many runners iod walkers are getting ready for the credit cherry blossom 10 mile run. >> yesterday, all about the kids. today, about the adults. look at yourcreen here, this is the course map here that you can see i red. it is around the tidal basin. as with any run or walk, there will be several street closures. right now, 15th street between independence avenue southwest and constitution avenue northwest is closed. se several other street closures keep an eye on that. pure joy.

>> that's what that is. >> a final four matchup, uva fans will never forget. crowd going absolutely wildt the arlington rooftop bar last ght. it literally came down to the last seconds. down to the wire. the cavs are advancing to the finals. it was a nail biter. it was a historic win for uva. for the first time, they're heading to the national championship game. >> here is how it went down. last night's game super dramatic. that probably is an understatement. the cavs downour points with under ten seconds left. they hit a three. they go down by e. andhethey get filed as the re thepeat sh three poi shot goes up. he hits all three free throws. auburn can't make it happen. virginia head coach tony bennett absolutely justaflabbergasted r that dramatic finish.

>> all rigth. good for . an exciting final game to watch. and new this morning, it is a party in cha ottesville as you can imagine. uva studes cheering louder than ever after last night's historic win. after the victory, fs took to the streets to celebrate. uva takes on texor tech f the national championship. the game tip-off is tomorrow night at 9:20. >> good for them. absolutely. good luck. two men are recoveringe aftr a dou shooting in the district. police tell us gunshots were fired along 17th street i northeast yesterday. they say two men were shot multiple times, later the hospital. they are expected to be okay. so far no arrests have been made. d.c. mayor muriel bowser and peter newsham met to address violence across the city. en were this week, two shot and killed in the deanwood section of northeast.

it is violence that is proving big concerns for neighbors across the district, including the hill crest neighborhood in southeast where chief newsham spoke yesterday. >> sooner or later, we're going to find the people responsible for that double homicide and then you're going to have another couple families' lives that are destroyed. >> let's turn to a developing story out of chicago this morning. several ieopleluding children were shot after gunfire broke out at a partho thating happened last night around 6:30. police say it happened at a family gathering and that people on the scene were not being six people injured in total here. two were kids. a 10-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy. authorities do say they are in stable condition. a woman was also shot, last listed in critical condition. thre a other men wereo shot. so far no one has beened arre

a disturbing discovery in the district leads to police calling a deathn. investigatio d.c. police say someone found what appears to be human re mains. terday at he scene y around 11:00 in the morning on 30th street and alabama avenue southeast. investigators recovered the remains and sent them to the medical examiner's office. time is 6:36. authorities in carol county, maryland, are calling it onee o ost disturbing scenes they have ever seen. a couple is now under arrest after the discovery of several dead dogs a the home. police say on friday animal control rescued 27 dogs, found 11 dead ones at a home on black ck road in hempstead. they fhae more 50 charges including animal cruelty. animal control is asking for help to care for the animals that they did rescue. an update to a pet store in northern virginia accused of animal abuse. we have learned that the survivoring rabbits from the

petland stores have been shelter.red to a local earlier we told you more than a dozen dead rabbits were found in the store's freezer. the humane society of the united states went undercover and says it found evidence that the store was letting animalsdie. we're told the rbits areoing to foster homes and are expec ad to beilable for adoption in the next few weeks. >> disturbing. >> yikes. nearly a dozen people will have to have a new place t stay ter fire ripped through their home. take a look at these pictures ay montgo county fire rescue team sent us. they responded to the kitchen fire at hobs hill way and montgomery village yesterday. no one w hurt. right now the red cross is helping the ten people who were displaced. in the district, some nonprofits could take a hit after the city missed an application deadline for federal government funding. eachear organizations send thrve d.c. applications for money. it submits the applications

in. since the city missed the deadline, any new applications this year are ineligible. the groups who serve low income students won't get nearly $4 million in funding to support americorps volunteers. the cy also missed a window to explain any issues it might have had to submit those applications. the mayor's office has not responded. a treat for kids and kids at heart. the postal service turned hot wheels cars life size. all toelebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic toy.st day, car lovers were delighted to see real cars modeled after the candy colored toy at the uspss headquarter southwest. the post office is offering a collection of forever stampsth wihe most beloved cars zooming down that orange track. >> very cool. celebrating spring, community forklift in bladensburg hosted the annual garden party. the event at the nonprofit is in its tenth year now. hundreds of people who turne out were treated to beautiful

weather. they got the garden supply sale, workshops and got to hang out wi green thumbed vendors. time to plant. >> that's fun.o >> d some gardening. >> we'll see if it works. let's take a live look outside, with that beautiful sunrise. folks, we're in store for another beautiful day. clay anderson will be backle to us know what our workweek looks like. april showers brings what? may flowers. >> that's it. we'll be rht back. we'll be rht back. stigay

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pictures that are circulating that are a little, you know, questionable. how does thi square for him? he d yet -- he's running >> the race has come to him. when you're the front-runner and he's not the first front-runner to try to delay his entry into the race as long as possible n because - basically he's being dragged into this race, not on his terms, which does make for a -- i think a rough start he's having, but this issue of s the personalce is really i think the larger debate about is this going to be a caaign of a thousand cuts where we're going to just relitigateverything in his past and if that happens, there is two ways that can at. an be a disaster for biden. or it could make the entire thing a referendum on him and nobody else breaksthrough. that is one odd way that it could turn. but i do think that biden now

has to figure out how to get in the race. we saw it took him probably two or three days longer to respond to the alleg than it would have if he were a candidate. the video was pretty good. i thought itit was ae soon to start joking about it, though, right after -- >> yeah. >> i think -- that's who he is. but think he's looking for that line and he hasn't quite found it yet. >> i welked inare when he was a senator there. and, you know there was anything that was kind o shocking because he just kind of says what he says. >> he says what he says. biden being biden. and in some ways, that's what the republican party's come to deal with dond trump. that's just trump being trump. so you can get to a point where you can get there as a politician and tre are times biden gets there, but when you're in the middle of a campaign you still have to relitigate those moments again. he's never really faced a tough campaign. never been through one. >> that's true. >> let's talkbout the president.

he made a trip to the border again this weekend. this is an issue that he feels very personal about. the border wall, all of it. he's not letting this go anytime soon. >> it is pretty clear to me that every time he seems to run into a wall, pun intended here, any other issue, mueller, health care, you nameit, he goes back to th back to the border. it is the one issue that the h. party rallies around him on. even i they don't necessarily fully like all of his ways he'sh dealing w this, politically they know they have to be with him. there i no -- you do not get any sort of -- any sort ofbe fit of the doubt if you separate from him as a republican on immigration. you can separate from him on all the other esues, but in immigration. that's why the president goes back at it. the one time it forces the party -- all these empty threats he keeps doing and o over andr with it, he is, i think, puttingiputting

i his party in harm's way. texa is n longer as reliably red as it once was. you start shutting down that border, look at 2018. republicans got hammered at the bo they lost a senate seat in arizona. hammered in newwomexico. t performance in texas in a generation. that's not a coincidence. >> ten seconds. who is on your show today? >> pete buttigieg, mitt romney. buttigieg, i.is buildi he'll be in the building. it's gotten a little bit of buzz. he's sort of this -- it will be cu i think the democrats might go through what the democratsid in 2012, a front-runner. but we'll see. >> should be a gd show. thank you, chuck. see "meet the press" every sunday at 10:30 a right herer "news 4 today." chang' thank you so much. "meet the press" isn't the only place all candidates go when making a run for the white house. there is radio show becoming another must stop on the campaign trail. >> hear the breakfast club here

in d.c., a key way to reach african-american and hispanic voters in a more casual seating. that doesn't mean it doesn't come with some risks. morganradford has more on that. >> breakfa club. >> the breakfast club radio show started in new york with a focus on hip-hop and the b community. now host charlemagne the god has more than 3.5 million youtube subscribers and syndication in 90 markets. they already have hosted almost a third of the f democraticield this year. >> have you ever smoked? >> i have. it was a long time ago. >> reporter: is it a risk for a candidate to come on your show? >> it is risk. absolutely positively it is a risk. >> reporter: their audience, 77% african-american or hispanic. voters hillary clinton reached out to in2016. >> hot sauce. >> people will see this and say,

she's pandering to black people. >> is it working? >> authentic moment. she w like, is it working? that's an honest answer. she didn't have to say that. >> repter: candidates come a they try to speak to a black and brown audience what are they getting wrong? >> not having an agenda for blackness. >> you can't be vague in your answer. people don't have real solutions. >> reporter: a lesson candidates like julian castro are taking to heart. were you nervous about coming oo the in. >> not really. you got to be on top of your game. >> reporter: your audience wants to hear from a presidential candidate? >> real estate, home ownership, banking, the fact that we can't get loans. >> acknowledging that let's do something to get you out of these positions. >> reporter: a new campaign stop on the road to 2020. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >> about to - get >> yeah. >> -- real interesting. read my mind. rampin up. before they do, we got the

temperatures ramping . a nice day. >> temperatures ramping up today, tomorrow, 80 degrees. yeah.ay. bring it on, man. let's do it. >> bring it on. the average t highperature should be 63 degrees. we were higher yesterday, higher today, and about 15 degrees higher tomorrow. outside now, we'll show you, it continues to be very nice outside. temperatures are slow tout respond,s we found out yesterday, doesn't take long for those 40s and 50s to become 60s and into the 70s by the time we get to early afternoon. so don't worry, temperatures now include manassas at 43 degreeti in , inside the beltway, already at 52 degrees. looking a 51 for annapolis. so what you need to know again, mostly to partly, partly to mostly sunny start today, clouds ve in throughout t afternoon. chance for rain, west of interstate 81 for tonight.ow tomo we get all the showers and a possibility of a rumble of thunder and that's what when you have 80 degrees in

april. here is the storm system now moving out of the midplains, coming into the owe ohio valleyf so high pressure is the dominant factor for us. but that will be eroding over the next 24 hours. future cast in motion as we talk about that. future weather starts to bring in the rain showers across the area. notice late tonight, late tonight, showers will move into our area, move in and out. we'll have that rble of thunder for tha monday and after that, still stays on the warm side. looking forward to pleasant temperatures across our area. with wthat,ll talk about going on with those temperatures as we show you for the future we castet to the end of the cherry blossoms. the cherry blossoms for today, looking forward to a nice day, very nice. 60, 67 72 degrees. as i said, notice the clouds will advance throughout today

today. enjoy the temperatures everyone. another day, those that are out running, staying home, a lot o cherry blossoms possibly in your neighborhood. enjoy those as hewell. is the three words to remember. nice for your sunday today. stormy for your monday. and then warm still for tuesday. 75 degrees for that temperature. so we're looking at above erage temperatures, really not too bad as we go into the week we'l settle down with sunshine. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. saturday, a chance of rain otherwise, we should be 63 degrees. so for this long period, not bad at all. temperatures above average. we'll be right back with more news, stay with us.

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as cory smith explains, the area is also under threat. >> that's why people come here. >> reporter: imagine for a moment the tidal basin. >> the pretty colors along the water an the monument in the background. reporter: all the natural and man made splendor completely wiped off the map. keeping that dark vision from driving reality is the force behind a new national campaign, called save the tidal basin. on the steps of the jefferson memorial, the national park service joined with the tru with the national mall and the national trust for historic preservation to declare the time to save this national treasure is now. >> the tidal basin is at a pivotal moment a daily basis, walkways surrounding the basin are flooded at high tide, making them impassable for visitors, compromising the roots of these very cherr trees. >> reporter: out here, age matters. designed in the 1880s, the tidal basin was not built to handle

all the visitors. the sense of urgency becomes clear. >> in the future it will be catastrophic. this whole area will be under water. >> reporter: the newartnership will create a master plan for the tidal basin and the new ideas lab will engage others to ensure the long time sustainability. >> i hear an rairplane. orter: for tim o'brien, it is an effort worthgi supportin to ensure that little reagan here can make her own memories with her kids one day. >> any of our national especially this one, need to be protected and doing anything we can so our furegenerations, reagan and her kids can enjoy it. >> reporter: at the tidal basin, cory smith, news 4. >> it going to take a lot of funding to protect the tidal basin. e group estimates repairs and improvements could cost as much as half a billion dollars. >> later this month, new 4z is working for you with ann depth look at our changing climate. see how it is impacting your amily, your health, your

commute. our primetime special airs on earth day, april 22nd, 7:30 here on news 4. >> look at the sunrise. >> beautiful. >> yeah. 4 much more ahead on "ne today." >> that includes an hour by hour look at your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist clay anderson. t is going to be a nice day today. stay with us.

"news 4 today" starts now. >> breaking news gunfire ends the life of two people in capitol heights. police are searching for answers. a rising murder rate i the district has the mayor and police chief working on new strategies to keep the streets safe. find out what mayor bowser wants for the police force to help fight the violence. continues for ce the cavaliers. uvds h off a thrilling win to earn their first trip to thena onal championship game ever. >> yeah. >> great. >> if you're an auburn fan, not so happy this morning. congratulations to the cavs as they are moving on. and thank you for being here with us on this sunday morning. 7:00. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm good morning. nm mea fitzgerald. a beautiful sunrise indicative of what's ahead. >>ooyes. >> day in store. look below, you'll see degrees. that's the highest we have seen in a little while. >> if it is that warm, this early in the morning, you can tell this will be a warm day today, right? >> absolutely, and it and will

goes warmer from loere. outside as we showed you, the beginning of the program. the sun has risen across our area. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we were talking about visibilities one mile, half a mile, across our area, in th morning. we had to wait for the afternoon for the sun. not today, sueryone. is out, abundant sunshine as we end thed, week but there are changes because this is spring, this is april. and we know what happens with april showers. that means they have to move into the area. as i said, nothinging but ten miles plus visibility. our miles, that's just about it here it is, your weather headlines for your sunday and monday. take a quick peek,unny start, clouds do return in the afternoon. another warm day in the70s, everyone. stormy as in thunderstorms for tomorrow. looks like that for the forecast. and the good news,e don't cool down until wednesday. 70plenty of s to go around. all the forecast, guys, see you in a >> perfect. thank you very much, clay. many runners and walkers are

getting ready for the credit union cherry blossom ten mile >> yesterday was about the kids. today is for the adults. this is the map. it outlines the course right around the tidal basin. as with any run or walk, there will be several street closureso be awa that if you're going down to the tidal basin. several streets including t memorial bridge are all shut down. these closures started about 15 minute ago. going to last through the morning. so, again, guys, going to be a tough day driving downtown. take metro. >> oh, yeah. fans l four matchup, uva will never forget. the crowd going absolutely wild at the arlington rooftop bar in don last night. it cameth down to e last second. the cavs are advancing to the finals. >> mm-hmm. >> such an incredible win. it was a historic win at that

for uva. for the first time,eading to e national championship game. >> and to say it was a nail biter is a bit of an understatement. this came down to the last seconds. ten seconds left, thes c down by four. here's what happened. they managed to catch up on a r three,ht here. to now down one. they got another shot at a po threter, carl guy gets fouled. three free throws, down hetwo. hits all three. and theyo up by one with .6 seconds left. auburn can't make it happen. and uva pulls out the win. head coach tony bennett stunned after the dramatic finish. take a listen. >> struggled to the line, for him, in that setting to do it, it doesn't g much better than that. terrific story that wasn't as strong enough word amazing, spectacular, is that -- i don't have many dmore. in't graduate from uva. so my vocab say little limited. >> uva will face off again

xas tech for the national championship. that game tips off tomorrow night at 9:20. congratulations to them. absolutely. we are following some breaking news in prince georges county this morning. police tell us two men are dead after an overnight shooting in capitol heights. want to show you the scene here. gunshots were heard along fable street jter midnight. once officers arrived, they found two men seriously wounde o on them died on scene. the other was rushed to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. right now detectives are searching for a gunman. we'll stay on top of story for you and have updates in our nbc washington app. two men are recovering after a double shootingi in the district. gunshots were fired in northeast yesterday. two men w me shottiple times and later rushed to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. but so far no arrests have been made. time is 7:04. d.c. mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter newsham met

to address violence across the city. earlier this week, two men were shot and killed in the deanwood section of rtheast. violence like that is proving to be a big concern for neighborhoods across.c. including the hill crest neighborhood in southeast where chief newsham spoke yesterday. >> sooner or later we're going people responsible for the double homicide. and then you're going to have another couple of families lives that are destroyed. >> mayor bowser is proposing increasing c.'s officers to 4,000 and offering incentives for officers to live in the community that they serve. mayor bowser is also speaking out about a 10-year-old child who was handcuffed by d.c. police after an armed robber last week. probably have seen the video, went viral, and sparked a lot of outrage. the child was cuffed after oy another told police three kids took his cell phone at gunpoint. the may explained what she plans to be doing to move forward -- moving forward, rather, as it comes to minors and investigations.

>> one thing that i'moi to take back and consider is how we can talk about juveniles in a pending investigation while w have a bystander video. >> just recently the d.c. attorney general said the 10-year-old was totally innocent. and this morning, a d.c. hospital is dealing with a norovirus outb according to our news partners at wtop, the hsc pediatric center in northeastte repd three patients tested positive for the virus this past week. a spokesperson says the hospital has procedures in place to manage the sprea of the infection based on the cdc guidelines. that include visitor restrictions that are in effect. the hospital says thereas been no new norovirus diagnosis in the past several hours. let's turn our attention to politics now. president trump went after two familiar targets in a wide raing speech yesterday. democrats and immigrants.

ull and the u.s. is can't accept any more people. theresident had a friendly crowd when he took the stage before the republican jewish coalition in las vegas. he touted decisions like leaving the iran nuclear deal and moving the u.s. embassy in israe to jerusalem. and he turned his attention to his political opponents. >> democrats even allowed the terrible scourge of anti-semitism to take root in their party. special thanks to representative omar of minnesota. i forgot, she doesn't like israel. >> representative omar did apologize for her comments on israel. the president is back in d.c. this morning. since yesterday's speech, president trump has been tweeting about the mueller report saying he hasn't read it, lit he has the right to. attorney general w barr is expected to release parts of that report someth.e this mo and speaking of congresswoman omar, a man is under arrest for allegedly threatening to kill her. federal prosecutors say patrick

carlineo jr. made a threatening phone call to omar's office on capitol hill last month. the fbiom criminal caint says he called h a terrorist and threatened to shoot her. omar is one of the first two muslim women elected to congress. former president barack obama was busy in germany talking to young leaders from across europe. the obama foundation hosted a town hall in berlin yesterday. president obaman touched a number of topics including immigration and climate change and the current polital climate. >> there are a lot more people like you out there who want to build rather tha tear things down. and who want to bring people together rather than split them apart. >> president obama also talked about the importance of you people getting out to vote. he was one of the longest serving senators in u.s. or hi earnest fritz haulings passed. aw he served as governor and unsuccessfully ran for president back in 1984.

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it was a close call. too close for comfort.it the open tennis tournament will be staying in the district.

>> that's right. it has beenere for 50 years and was on the verge of leaving. reports,r mark seger the commitment to staying in d.c. is going to have an impact well beyond the court. >> when it started in 1969, it sas called the washington star international ten tournament. and while the sponsorship has changed over the years, the mission remains the same. to carry oio the visn of one of its founders. tennis great arthur ashe, who w wantedfrican-american kids to see championship tennis in a public park. 50 years later, the city open is one of the only major tennis tournaments played in a public park and sending the profits to local charities. francis af grew up in hyattsville and attended the d.c.-based tournament as a kid, dreaming he would one day play here. like arthur ashe before him, playing this tournament has spial meaning because of where the profits go. >> that's what it is all about to me. to have young guys have a chance

to see -- hopefully have the dreams of doing thatne day. >> reporter: thet tournamen raises money for the washington tennis and education foundation, which operates tennis centers like this one in southeast. >> great shot. >> reporter: mark hicks is one instructors. >> it is just life changing every day. i see smiles on faces that i didn't see in the beginning. ieehallenges that kids had when they first came here, they're no longer there. >> reporter: shanonda brings her class here each week. she says her kids learn more ni than just t skills. they learn about healthy eating, and lifestylech ces. >> this is something i love for a teacher, different than football and basketball. i like it. i think it is important f the kids to see something different. and this community right here. >> to me, without this program, we don't know where half the kids would be. >> reporter: the city open

returns in late july. in the district, mar seegraves, news 4. >> i love this story. i love the fact that it is staying here. it is true. it expos kids who may not typically play that game to the . and attainable too, you can see the best in tennis. i love it. >> it is more about just the tournament being heren the district, you can see the impact on the community. >> you know who emc s that everyear? >> shomari stone. >> no more than the shsh >> let's open up the window, take a look outside on t sunday morning. the sun is peeking out behind the is it going to get cloudy the rest of the day? like?is today going to be should you go to the tidal basin? what should you do on your sunday we have your

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after army captain returns from iraq to surprise them a national harbor. >> it is a reunion he and his family won't soon forget. he grew up in prince georges county and snt the year in iraq. making the surprise tri home, how cool is this? >> that brings tears to your eyes. nbc 4's darcyir spencer has the heart warming reunion.

>> reporter: he's been serving in iraq for a year. this soldier made it home just in time for his wedding anniversary and to sprise his two kids. who had no idea daddy was coming home today. >> this was a gat anniversary mft. i don't have toake it to the store. >> reporter: justin brown is ap ain in the u.s. army. he surprised his family at etional harbor where and his wife have gone on plenty of dates. >> this is a lovely place. we come here so many times. to do it at a place where i know and love all the time feels great. >> it has been the hardest thing i've ever hado go through, especially with my children. so to have him home, now,t is just -- i can't even explain it. i'm happy. >> reporter: the famy hung ow at the harbor, riding the capitol wheel and keeping their 2 and 6-year-old kids occupied as daddy made his way there, fighting airport delays and traffic.

prince george's county police escorted him to the harbor. he spoke to use briefly befe surprised his wife and kids. >> feeling excited now. happy to be home. been a long time since i seen my family. >> reporter: his child all smiles as daddy held them in his arms. >> my son is about as a tall me now. my daughter, she don'tno kme no more. i'm trying to figure out -- she's shy. >> reporter: what is it like to have your dad back in. >> perfect. >> oh, my goodness. there you go. >> reporter: it was hard keeping the secret. his sister did a great jobin ge the whole family here and keeping them here, no one had a clue. >> i just kind of tried to have to hide it the best way i can. >> reporter: while he was away, the family mov into a brand-new home. he'll be seeing that home forth first time tonight. at national harbor, darcy spencer, news 4. >> i love that. >> great. >> those stories never g old, the ones where you surprise the

family. and, clay, you're air old force veteran, you know what it is like to be away. >> yeah. i was stationed at andrews years ago and i did go overseas in icjapan. it is when you touch down on u.s. soil. no place likehome. eaking of home, i'm glad the sun is out across our area right now as we continue with the weekend high for yoursunday. yesterday, we started out cloudy, became sunny. now we're srting outsunny, partly sunny, but the clouds will be advancing later on this afternoon. everyone, if you want to g out d enjoy what the sunshine, you may want to start aanittle earlie not wait until the noon hour. we're showing you the cuds and the current temperature now 51 degrcas. winds are. nice day for all of us for this sunday. temperatures across your neighborhood now including virginia, manassas at 45 degrs. 51 in town.

and hunting ton in marylandt 43 degrees. no rain showers to speak of. if you go down to theherry blossom this is what it is all about. own to the tidal basin, temperatures risroughout the day. we have that cloud at the end at 3:00 this afternoon. clouds increasing. temperatur increasing as well from the 60s to the 70s. hehere it is about storm system, why our weather is changing and will change over the next 72 hours. a storm system now coming out of the great plains, moving across areas ofhe t owe owe valley. tennesseee valley to ohio valley. thunderstorms in little rock, moved across areas of kentucky. for us, high pressure still the dominant factor. tibut as we ce throughout the day, into the evening hours, that's going to change.er future wea shows that and tells a story as clouds and rain showers will race across tonight into tomorrow. bu won't be a washout for your monday. we'll keep an eye on those showers and storms as they move across the area. recast, t, for your

for tomorrow, this is what it looks like, everyone. close to 80 b degrees will the high temperature. warm, humid, sounds like summer, doesn't it rain showers and possibility of the late day storms. those late day storms will be close to the afternoon commute. we'll keep an eye on that. stay with us. more more ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪

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k todd for an exclusive interview on "meet the press" this morning. pete buttigieg is in the building and you toss in mitt romney on the showhis morning, catch that here on n 4 after "news 4 today." >> we take a live look outside. look at the temperature. 51 degrees. and rising. we got clay anderson in the house today. back to let us know what the back to let us know what the rest of o

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at 7:30 on this sunday morning, here's what we're osllowing for you. peak bloom a over. an active crowd running around the national mall. we'll show you what roads to avoid to miss the crowds. a last minute -- last second battle leading carl guy to take three free throw shots sending virginia to the national championship game. days after an igcover inveion showed how some rabbits were being left to die at a local pet stor some good news for some of the animals still being kept at that store. "news 4 today" starts now. >> welcome in at 7:30 on this nday morning. sun is coming out. beautiful day on tap. thanks for being wh us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald.

we have a traffic alert we want to get to right away. the northbound lanes of bw parkway areea shut down powder mill road for a serious accident. there are detours in place, ough, so you want to avoid that area if you can. back to our forecast, another beautiful day. check out the cherry blossoms if you haven't doneig so. >> be going down there today. ay, what do you say? how warm will we get day? >> very warm today, temperatures in the 70s. across our he 50s area now. the clouds starting to move in and out across the area now. the sun will shining in the rning, early afternoon. cloudy skies, temperatures, they are going to cooperate. as you che see, sun was up at 6:34 this morning. sunshine, still some clouds up there, moving in and out because in advance of a warm front, which will bring temperatures in the upper 70s, near 80s. ouds, warmer temperatures coming our way. temperatures, 50 degrees from winchester. 46 leesburg, annapolis and

across the bay, temperatures in the 50 what weed to know for today, into tomorrow, we have the sunshine rignow, grab it while you can. we have clouds coming in, late rain showers tonight, tomorrow, rumble of thunder and temperatures upper 70s to near 80. how long willse we have t above average temperatures? i'll give you that answer and more when i join you in abi back to you. >> all right, clay. thank you. happening now, many runners and walkers are getting ready for the chedit uniony blossom ten mile run. >> yesterday it was all about the kids. today, for t adults. look at your screen here, this is the course map. it goes around t tidal basin. be aware of that. with any walk or run, there will be street closures right now several streets are shut down and will be throughout the morning. keep this in mind. if you are headed downtown, it is going to be a messgain today. don't drive.

. a final four matchup uvans ill never forget. the crowd going wild last night. came down to the last seconds, but the cavs are advancing to the final and what a game it was. what a ge it was. down to the last seconds. >> it didn't look like ouuva pull this one off at all. here's how it went down. take a look here. down by four points with the last ten seconds to go. they hit a three. now they're down one. auburn makes a basket. they come backnd try another three. but fouled at the threepe-point line. they get three fe throws. uva closesut a one-point win, 63-62 at thend of thegame.

unbelievable. let the celebration in charlottesville begin. >> nodd kig. new this morning, it is a party in charlottesville. uva students cheering louder than ever after last night's fantastic win. after the victory, fans took to the streets to celebrate and uva takes on texas tech, the c nationhampionship game. that game tips off tomorrow night at 9:20. >> wow. going to be another anxious scene down there, about two hours south. we're hoping for the best from the virgini basketball team. turning our attention closer to home here, two men areng recovefter a double shooting in the district. police tell us that gunshots were fired along 17th street and northeast yesterday. they say two men were shot multiple times and later rus d to thehospital. they are expected to be okay. so far no arrests have been made. d.c. mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter newsham met to address violence across the

city. earlier this week, two menndere shot ailled in the deanwood section of northeast. it is violence that is pviding a bit of a concern for neighbors in the area and across the i district,luding the hill crest neighborhood in southeast where chief newsham spoke yesterday. ner or later we're going to fintd people responsible for that double homicide. going to havee another couple of families lives that are destroyed. >> exactly it. mayor muriel bowser is proposing increasing d.c.'s officers to 4,000 and offering incentives for officers to live in the community they serve. >> something has to be done. developing in chicago, severaleople including children were shot after gunfire broke out at a party. that shootinapned about 6:30 last night. police say it happened at a family gathering and that people on the scene wer not being cooperative. six people shot in tol. two wer kids, a 10 yer-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy. they are stable. a woman was also shot, in

critical condition. three men hit. so far no one has bee arrested there. a disturbing discovery in the district leads to a what poli calling a death investigation. d.c. police say someone found what appears to be human remains. this was tte scene yesay at around 11:00 in the morning on 30th street and alabama avenue in southeast d.c.s investigatecovered the remains and sent them to the office.examiner's authorities in carol county, maryland, are calling it one of eee most disturbing scenes that they have ever and a couple is now under arrest after the discovery of several d deads at their home. police say on friday animal controlesed 27 dogs, found 11 dead ones at a home on black rock road in hamp stead. john roberts and laura filler face more than 50 charges including animal cruelty, animal control isg ask for help to care for the animals that they did rescue. an update to a pet store accused of animal abuse in northern virginia. we have learned that the

survivsu surviving rabbits have been surrendered to a local shelter. earlier this we, we told you a dozen -- more than a dozen dead rabbitsere found in the store's freezer. the humane society of the united states went undercover and f sa nd evidence that the store was letting animals die. we are told the rabbits are going to foster homes and they are expected to be available for adtion in the next few weeks. that's good news. nearly a dozen peopl will need a new place to stay after fire and flames ripped through their home. want to show you the scene here. montgomery county fire responded to a kitchen fire on hobs hill way in montgomery village yesterday. no one was hurt. right now, the red cross is helping the ten displaced people. >> time is 7:37. the districts, nonprofits could take a hit after the city missed an application deadline for federal government funding. now, each year organizations

send serve d.c. applications for money. hen it submits the applications. since the city missed the deadline, any new applications this year are ineligible. the groups who serve low income students won't get nearly $4 million in fundingo support americorps volunteers. the city also missed -- the mayos office has n responded to a request for comment. a treat for kids andids at heart. the postal service turns hot wheeliz cars life all to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic toy. yesterday, car lovers were delighted to see real cars modeled after the candy colored toy a the usps headquarters in southwest. the posoffice is offering a collection of forever stamps with the most beloves car zooming down that orange track. >> i still love the matchbox cars. they're awesome. the hot wheels. fantastic stuff. celebrating spring, community forklift in

bladensburg hosted the annual garden party. the event at thfi nonpro is in its 100th year. we were there. yesterday, hundreds of people turned out, treated to beautiful weather and got k tok off growing season with a garden supplies sale. ey got workshops, got to hang out with green thumbed vendors as well. it is time to start planting. and after losing her husband, a northern virginia woman feared she would have to ke some sacrifices, but today,ut boy s stepped up when she needed them the most. it is a story you're only going to see on 4. we'll be rig back. ht

>> this year the scouts of troop 1970 in resnen learned of the long time customers'hu and had died. >> aimee cho tells us how the community came together to help this widow and her time of need.

>> reporter: we could sit here and tell you how much brad whacke loved his wife winslow. >> welcome home so she can recognize me. >> reporter: why do that when we can show you? this was in 20, we met him when he was waiting for mrs. waccer wac whacker to come home from she stuck. geland. that was then a few months ago. after a brief illness, mr.r whac passed away. now mrs. whacker is left with a mant memories. >> the picture of him as a young pilot in front of his in the morning, i say good morning and chat with him. and tl him love him. >> reporter: as for how much she misses him -- >> more than i can say. >> reporter: now as she tries to find a new normal, and keep ups the hou in l restoe her husband always had -- >> what about the christmas tree stand? s>> reporter: this yearhe couldn't afford the mulch theyg

alwayst from the local boy scouts. when they heard, it planted an idea this their minds. >> i can do that for you. the troop offer to bring h the bags for free just out of kindness and because we felt that w the right thing to do. >> reporter: today, over half a dozen scouts spreading mulch and rakingleaves, doi what they can to lift her up in a time of need. >> thank you. it is heart warming to see this young generation pching in, helping, so polite, so asnice. i wjust, like, i wanted to cry. >> reporter: happy tears today. >> can i get bag for a second? >> it is a lot of heavy lifting. but i mean ites gou good exercise. >> i think everyone is gmbng to remeer this for a long time. i think it has been a great experience for everyone and i'm glad w did it. >> reporter: the scouts could sit here and tell her how much they care. >> thank you. >> reporter: why do that when they can show her? >> wh finished wit the last bag. >> reporter: in reston, aimee cho, news 4. >> we're all in this together. cool story. mr. wacker was a b-52 pilot.

his wife saidit he cr scouting with helping him to get where he did. great story. great to come together in that we're taking a live look outside. we are in store for another beautiful day this morning. and today. clay anderson will be back to let us know what our workweek forecast looks like. we'll be right ba, folks. we'll be right ba, folks. stckay we'll be right ba, folks. stckay you can make roomancial cfor everyone. get rewards and more with suntrust advantage banking.

now to a cautionary tale for

parents. a toddler fell off the couch, th several hours later couldn't move her body. >> this was the first sign of an unfolding medicaler myst doreen gentzler has the family's story. >> reporter: instead of running around on her ffamily'sm in woods borough, maryland, outside frederick, paisley is here at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore getting around the clock care. >> you definitely go from having a healthy, young little girl running around, you kn, holding her bottle, feeding herself and then it is, like, in the five hour period that she went to bed until, you know, in the early morning, she is paralyzed. >> reporter: her mother says the rambunctious 2-year-old was jumping and playing on furniture when she lost h footing and fell on her head. everything seemed okay at first, but her condition got worse through the night.

>> and then i ran to get her dad to let her know that something is wrong, know, she's not moving, whatsoever. >> reporter: the family called 911 and paisley was airlifted to the pediatric critical care unit at hopkins for sudden onset paralysis. doctors ran tests, and she was treated for acute flaccid myelitis.>> e see stories like this happen and you think it is not going to happe to yourchild. and you look at life with a whole totally different perspective. >> reporter: afm treatment didn't help and doctors alsoat found paisley had a structural abnormality at the base of her skull thateq rred suery. but whe neurologists still didn't see any improvement after the surgery, ty went back to the drawing board to search for a diagnosis. >> and they did tells as well as you could leave out of here and not have a diagnosis.

>> reporter: right now the leading theory isng somet called central cord syndrome, a spinal cord injury that impairs movement caused by sudden trauma to the neck. it is a condition that mostly affects older adults. therre is no cu, but some patients reaover n normal function and theos pro is better for younger patients. >> love you. >> reporter: as time goes by, paisley is making progress. >> she is starting to get lifting back with her left arm and can move her fingers and grab stuff. it is slowly getting better, which is a good thing and hopefully continues that way.or >> rr: she is pulling on the strings of balloons in her hospital room and riding a bicycle around the hallways. >> we went from workingha to ng a normal life and then we're here and we have been here for 18 days and this is all we have done. haven't let her side for one minute. >> breaks my heart. paisley's parents hope their

stnoy will help others the signs of a possible spinal cord injury. ifour child complains of extreme neck or back pain, has paralysis in their armsr legs or loses control of their bladder, get medical attention rit away. as for paisley, she was leased from the hospital last week. and heramily sent us thiso vide- warms your heart. video taking her first steps at home. she still needs intensive rehab, but doctors are optimistic about her recovery. >> we wish her the best and, of imagine, s you can medical bills are piling up and the family has set up a go fundt me page help cover some of those costs. if you're interested, you can go to nbcwashington.com. we posted all the details there. good for her. she's taking some steps in the right direction. >> as aparent, you just worry about this stuff. you never think it is going to happen to u, just like they said. something like that can happen. always keep an eye on them. >> wish for the best. >> lest's turn our attention to the weather. today say nice day around here.

>> today is going to be a nice day. clouds that moved in earlier. i think the sun will be -- a battle between the clouds and the sun. the temperatures will continu to rise throughout your sunday into monday. we'll have abl r of thunder tomorrow. we enjoy this sunday across o area, and, yes, clouds have nvaded from the west of our area. we have some sunshine, but there is going to be a battle for the next several hours. unfortunately, by the time we get to the late afternoon, thec ds will win. so enjoy the sunshine while you see itecause cloud will be moving across our area. temperatures outside right now in the 50s already. under calm pwinds, thane continues to travel, hopefully a safe destination. temperatures outside, we're enjoying 40s and 50s, even e fo arly morning. we're looking at great temperatures. and only going to get warmer from there. if you are going to the tidal basin, again, you won't need

that heavy jacket. temperatures are going to cooperate. notice from the 60s through the 70s weevgo. with the cloudy skies we'll enjoy a very nice day andos afternoon a the tidal basin. here is why our weather has changed. 're looking at the radar and notice the satellite imery, high clouds starting now to move into the washington area. these storms yesterday wreaked havoc aoss areas ofhe mid-mississippi valley, moving into the ohio valley. for us, we're t starting see some high clouds now up and down i-95. those clouds will continue to move into our area throughout the afternoon andvening hours. we might bring a little rain as well. for that, morrow, not a bad day, warm and humidor early april. ss approaching 80 degrees. late day thunderstorms in time for the afternoonmmute. we'll give you the rest of the week in the next ten days, above averageemperatures for sunday. already talked about monday. 75 degrees forda tu

threat of rain showers monday and tuesday, still the average high temperature 63, 64 degrees. soe're looking pretty good right now. temperaturewise. across the next several days, and even as we approach the weekend, the possibility of in, but still looks like some temperatures will continue to be closing in on the d70ree mark before we start to cool down. great weather across the board, great weather across the board, make sure you get outside and it hasn't always been easy, has it? ♪ there have been days when you doubted yourself. ♪ and days when you were ready to quit. ♪ but you didn't. ♪ because you had the courage to venture into something powerful. education. if i leave you with just three words of advice: never...stop...growing. [cheering]

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time now is 7:56. here are four things you need to know this sunday morning. police areearching for whoever killed two men overnight in capital heights. gunsts rang out along fable street after midnight. we're working to learn more and we'll post the latest in our nbn washingtapp. for first time ever, the uva men's basketball team heading to the national championship. three fl shots at the very end just securwi the they're going to take on texas tech in the title game tomorrow night. the credit union cherry blossom ten mile run or walk is under way along the tidal basin. as with any run or walk, there will be street closures. right now, several streets in th area are shut down. and will be through the morning. exclusivewi interview presidential candidate pete buttigieg and senator mitt romney later this morning on "meet the press." chucklodd and the panel w break down the latest developments in the early running for the white hthse and president's renewed focus on

immigration. that starts at 10:30 here after "news 4 today." clay, a nice day. >> a nice day. clouds, but plenty of warm temperatures to go around. temperatures in the 70s. 80 degrees tomorrow. a rumble of thunder and still warm for tuesda >>s, clay anderson. >> you have time for the cherry blossoms. not too late. >> love it. love it g >> that'sng to do it for "news 4 today." thank you so much for joining us, everybody. >> that's ght. we'll be back at 9:00. until then, enjoy this beautiful sunday. >> have a great one. for 50 years, cracker barrel has been making folks feel right at home, with meals like homestyle country fried steak, grandma's sampler, and our signature chicken n' dumplins. so, come on home to what you love. come on home to cracker barrel.

i get it. iet it. >> i don't play games. >> we at boeing are sorry for the lives lost. >> ii' feel like m reliving that day all over again. good morning. welcome to sunday "today" on this april 7th. i'm willie geist. president trump in las vegas covering a lot of ground and testing 2020 campaign themes in a speech to the republican jewish coalition. accusing democrats of allowing m anti-semito flourish while continuing to emphasize immigration, saying, que, our country is this as congress continues to push for