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to virginia. >> he was pulling hard for them. good morning on this monday, i'm adam tuss. aaron has the day off. >> i'm eun yang. it's monday, april 8th, 2019. we have melissa mollet coming up with traffic -- >> first, chuck, close to 80. >> very close to 80. that will make me popular. however, in the game i'm going guns up. xas tech - >> no! >> texas i'm telling you -- this may be the only thing that goes to lubbock, texas. >> you're the fan. >> you got to be kiddime. >> i big-12 conference. >> that's gediculous. out of here. >> i'm going to be the mos unpopular person in the area. >> goodness. >> besides, eun, you're a maryland aludo what are you g switching sides? conference -- >> maryland used to be t acc. >>t's right. they changed. >> they call it thedmv, chuck. think regionally. >> nice and warm.
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yes, rindeed, n 80 today and tomorrow. grab the umbrella for today. a cple of lingering drops early. there will be another chance for rain later. maybe a rumble or two of thunder, as well. lots of dryime between 10:00 and 4:00. not likely to have rain during that window. temperatures will respoly ni we're already in the low 60s across the area. afternn high today, very pleasant, way up into the 70s. 77, 78 degrees for the high today. that is. nice inde we'll be closer to 80 tomorrow without the rain chance. mo about that and the rest of the week coming up.me ssa, please help get me out of thislack hole i've talked myself into. >> we're in the first 4 traffic alert. right now shut down at 66 and 28. people out of their vehicles. this is a five-vehicle crash, eastbound 66 closed at 28. everybody right now exiting there at 2 to try and get out
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of this mess. your altnate if you're headed out soon, because of the closure, take suddenly to lee -- sudley to lee highway. this will cause major pain ine community. stafford, southboun95 after quanti quantico, right side blocked. inner loop, outer loop, no major compt.ints at this po and in rockville, a reminder here on rockville pike. southbound of veirs mill, lanes blocked by that workzine. eun? >> thank you. 5:02. morning, maryland mourns the death oftsouse speaker, one ii tmichael busch. he died sunday after a battle with pn>>monia. e was the longest state speaker in>> history. e have more on busch's life and legacy. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. of course, heavy hearts here in annapolis and across the state as speaker busch's colleagues his legacy and many contbutions here in the capitol. as you might imagine, so many
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were pulling for him up until the very end. then saturday came word his conditio worsened. he was going treated for pneumonia at the university of maryland medical center. sunday came word of hisss g. with that, too, talk of his tremendous lemsee here in anap -- tremendous legacy heren annapolis. his passion for equality of all kinds to the chesapeake bay. we spoke with former delegate and now montgomery county councilman tom husker. marylandk everybody in really ought to be that the state is so much better off because of speaker mike busch. no matter your issue, we have record amounts of ste funding going to our public schools, our environment is cleaner and safer than it's been in decades, we have more marylanders getting quality health insurance than they've ever tten. >> so this will likely be a very somber day, some before monday here in annapolis. we can tell you, that, the speaker leaves behind a wife,
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two daughters, and two sisters, as well. we're live in annapolis, justin finch, news4. back to you. governor larry hogan calle yesterday a profoundly difficult day for the state. in a statement he said, quote, speaker busch and i came from different sides of the aisle,y about we often came together -- but we often came togethe for the people of maryland. he served with the decen of a coach and family man. i was honored t work with him, end quote. for more go to our app. you'll find plenty of stories about his life and legacy there. devoping this morning, a major shakeup in the trump administration. department of homeland security secretary one abruptly resign -- kirstjen nielsen abruptly resigned last night. the move g an president truw increasingly frustrated with the rising number of people crossing the u.s.-mexico border. nielsen has been on the job since december of 2017 after she
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succeeded john kelly who then became white house chief of staff. president trump announced in a tweet yesterday kevin mcaleenan will take over the role as acting secretary. he's the current customs and border protection commissioner. the latest development in the trump administration comes f we get word another group migrants crossed into mexico yesterday hoping to reach the u.s. they're mainly coming from cuba afghanistan. the migrants later took buses to the mexicanmmigration office to get documents that would allow them to travel toward the u.s. border the ongoing fight for the president's tax returns isn't slowing wn. congressional democrats want to see president trump's tax returns by wednesday. acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney said that's not goi to happen. house democrats filed a formal request with the treasury department asking for six yea of the president's tax returns. the white house is asking the treasury department to block that. not going to happen, and they
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know it. >> there is legitimate authority that the congress has. this president, by the way, is the least transparent president that we've had in half a century. he's broken precedents by not releasing his tax returns. >>n the past, president trump said that these would release his returns b now says he won't because they're being audited. forthe battle rages on the the release of the mueller report. over the weekend, president trump lashed out saying, looks like bob mueller's team of 13 trump haters and angry democrats are illegally leaking information to the press while the fake news media make up theist own ies. a four-page summary of the report was released by attorney neral william barr. but temperatures want the -- democrats want >> the main thing is what the is the president siding, how do we make sure that we get everything that was produced. we have nue seen ater report. we've only seen a barr report. >> barr has said he wi release a redacted report sometime this month. he's expected to testi on
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chicago tomorrow and wednesdaya t the justice department's budget. he will likely face more questions about the mueller report. 5:07 is morning, prince george's county police searching for a gunman in a deadly double two men were killed early yesterday morning on fable in capitol heights. there are no det alsut a possible motive. d.c. leaders are trying to come up with a solution to ain gr violence problem in the city. >> megan fitzgerald joins us live from d.c police headquarters with the plan the merritt and top police officers have in place to curb the killing. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, there is certainly an uneasiness among people, people concerned for their safety. just coming in now we're learning that pol are on scene of another shooting. this one on the 800 block of 48th street in northeast. i want to get to the latest wmicide which yesterday
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morning. that coming just hours after tha r and the chief had spoken with neighbors. this particular shooting was on skylab place and wesr inster abbe in -- wagner in southeast. a 28-year-old was shot multiple times. he died shortly thereafter, marking the 45th homicide in the city this year. on saturday, the chief and d.c. mayor bowser met with neighbors, the mayor t suggesting that city increase the number of officers on the force to 4,000. she's also offered incentives for officers to live in the serve.ity they this is just a couple of ideas to try and prevent the crime in the city. back out here live, the serial a concern among neighbors for their safety. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. meagantzgerald. a soldier from prince george's county is waking up at home after surising his loved ones at national harbor over the
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weekend. if you haven't seen this, watch this video. [ cheers ] captain jstin brown' family had no idea he was coming home from a year-long deployment in iraq.as his sister w in on the surprise. she helped get hfe wi, the kids, the extended family all in place. they didn't know about it. after allhe h and the kisses here, darcy spencer asked captain brown howo t felt back home. >> it felt awesome. it feels awesome to see my family scream for meme. you know, i thought they were just going to watch the final four. it felt good saiing them ag >> check this out, captain brown returned just in time for his weddinganniversary. >> perfect timing. >> in addition he will now get to spend time i a newouse he had never seen before. a lot changes in a year. >> really. and theha sacrifices our service members make. their families, as well, on the other side >> his wife, we ran the story
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over the weekend, was saying how tough it had been andow relieved she that was he's home. >> welcome home for sure. a last-minute lay-up and a missed free throw decided this year's ncaa women's national championship. the baylor bears took home the title last night beating notre dame 82-818. did you see -- 82-82. did you see it? the gorgeous lay-up to win in the last three seconds. look at that. >> with the cowboys -- >> then notre dame missed -- i bad for her. the third title in school history. >> you've got to have ice water in your veins to make free throws. that happened in the uva game -- >> three times in a row! >> tonight taking on texas teche t's go, cavs. we're all pulling for them -- txcept chuck. saturday's game t sent it to the championship. tended on this controversial fll. he gotled from the three-point line. he hit three free throwsy to go
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up one. and uva beat auburn by one point. water -- >> just so clutch. >> it was unbelievable. the tech getting into game. they have an easierru tonight's game will be interesting. this is virginia's first national championship game in school history. tip-off tonight, i know you'll stay up, 9:20 p.m. -- >> i want to. i want to. if you want to go to opelottesville, uva will the john paul jones arena to host a watch party for tonight's national championship game. if they christian, quite party tonight in charlottesville. >> i'd love to see uva win the first nationachampionship. we'll have to stay tuned to see bha what happen -- i think either way no one's going to school. >> class tomorrow? forget that. >> check your american airlines reservations. the carrier is canceling more flights bause of the 737 max grounding. how long those cancelations will last. celebrating the gift of people who received an organ
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donation meet the families of he donors who helped them live on all right. i'm thinking it's going to be a sweep. baylor, women, congratulations. big 12,ational title indicate. texas tech,ook out. guns out in the stadium up in minneapolis. the school day forecast, highs in the 70s for today. if you're alreadyrting to think about the weekend, look at those numbers for your saturday, sunshine and in the 70s.
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66 has been st down now. a five-vehicle crash with injuries. we have about athree-mile back up. your alternate, take sudley to e highway, and you can access 66 from 28 m. up.her nature coming >> thank you -- more coming up. >> thank you. if you're upcoming travel plans include a flight on american airlines, you may be forced to make alternate plans. erican announced it will extend ccelations of 90 flights through june 5th. the cancelations stem from the tounding of theubled 737 max planes following two deadly crashes involving max jets. american airlines has 24 max jets. the airline says it will contact affected customer says with available rebooking options. in the past two weeks gas prices have gone up, up, up. according to a lundsberg survey, right now the national average for a gallon of regular is$2. $2.79. 50 cents more than in january. in our area, the average in
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d.c., $2.87. maryland, $2.68. in georgia, cheaper at 1.$2 we've all experienced it, a auary moment on the road b another driver was distracted by their cell phone. that reality safety advocates on a cane to get drivers to focus -- on a campaign to get drivers to focus on driving. an app called drivewell measures your driving against metrics that are highly correlated with metrics developed by the app compy. >> about of all fatalities on the roadway are the result of people not paying attention. uswe want people to drive. >> the drivewell app has supporr the insurance industry, the company says most users have seen a 35% drop in phone 30tractions within less than days of using the program. >> anything that helps.
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every spring groups gather gettin the gift of -- gather to celebrate getting gift of life. they say it's the way to thank thilies what allowed them to live on because of the generous gift. there are organized gatherings ery year. country music in a big night with the 54th academy of country music awards hosted by reba mcentire. >> and thener is keith urban! [ cheers ] >> how about that? ith urban took honors as the acm entertainer of the year. he's been performing for so long. >> great. >> kacey musgraves continued her hot streak after winning album of the year at the grammys for golden hour. and of course, the night was packedith performances including one by nbc's "this is us" star, chrissyemetts.
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performed "i'm standing with ysi you" alo carrie underwood for her upcoming film "breakthrough" out easter weekend. >> a lot of star power. last nigon j aldean won the dick clark artist of the decade award. >> which decade? >> i know -- -- >> the current decade? i think so. >> 2010? >>oint in putting -- we're almost through with the decade. >> f10. that's ht the time is flying by, chuck bell. >> i don't like this. the only thi i want to happen and i know won't happen, i want barbara walters to ring in new year's next year. i'hi barbara walters, and is 2020. >> that would be perfect. >> pretty we're dealing with a little rain chance here on a monday. another chance for some rain coming up later on in the day. monday'sot going to be a total washout. pack the umbrella to play it on side.afe
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lots of moisture ringering out to the west. -- lingeri out to the west. we'll get to dryer weather the middle parts of the week. primarily across the northern half of the suburbs, rain. loudoun county, northern fairfax, mt of montgomery, frederick county, maryland, into howard county m. a couple of light rain showers. everyone has a chance later in the afternoon. it's going to be warm today. temperatures already the upper 50s and low 60s. we'll have no tubleoaring into the mid to upper 70s today. here's future weather. again, not a big threat for rain here this morning. after we get past lunchtime today, clouds will thicken. here's 2:00, 3:00 into the afternoon, hit and miss rain chance sliding into the region. could be a rumble or two of thunders.
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not a big severe chance but there could be gusty winds.r afhis moves out, showers linger through the overnight hours. tomorrow, somelouds in the morning to clearing in the afternoon. winds out of the west tomorrow. that ia warming wind for us. 78 today and 79 degrees tomorrow. could get to 80. we'lse have to we'll be within a whisper of it today and. tomorr mostly mid to upper 70s today. cooler weather, but stays sunny wednday and thursday highs a little closer to average. the average high is now 65 degrees. friday, we'll start out dry but end with a rain chance friday evening. melissa mollet has a busy morning in first 4 traffic. >> big problem here on the roads. 66, eastbound 66 at 28 is where the crash is. it's v involving fiveicles this morning. and we have injuries. roheroy. ey e jis isustut p going to be a w before things reopen. this is the exit28 for not
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seeing too much activity there either here in centreville. is closure is causing a three-mile back up. here is your alteate. take sudsly to lehighway. le-- s to lee highway. and you can access 28, you can get on past all of this. but the closure, 66 at 28. we'll keep u yated throughout the morning. inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. more on the bad acciden that will cause a lot of problems this morning coming up. eun? >> yeah. going to be quite the commute this morning.ch thank you so still ahead on "news4 today,ki we are wor for your health. head andllody aches are le signs that you are stressed out. what else is stress causing insides of our bodies? a doctor tells usbout a major health risk and what we canda d to reduce it. plus, today on the "ellen" show -- >> let' talk about your love life. right now you're in flux. i read the boit. a great book, very revealing. >> comedianan chelsea handler drops by the "ellen degeneres"
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it should come and go. >> sometimesou need the stress, but it should go away, but sometimes it lingers. as justint' finch reports tha when it can create a serious health risk. everyone's had stress. u know what it feels like. you're in traffic, you feel like your heart rate and blood pressure g.s your hands get cold. that's the body producing its own stress hormones to respond. >> reporter: it's ang feeli many of us know all too well -- our bodies reacting t a revolving door of stressors. from the time we wake up until the time we go to bed. dr. alan taylor of the medstar heart and vascular institute says yourgg stress ts may creep into your life in more ways than you realize. >> we have to be listeningtor stress and watching for stress. it doesn'tte m the source. whether it's your life, job, nceven fies, it adds up to the same tesk. >> repor a risk that raises your chances for a major medical event like a stroke or heart attack. hiradvice -- consult with y doctor and take preventive steps
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nowinike ado a healthier diet, taking on an extra oc routine, and on getting a good night's sleep. and take a closer look a what's stressing you out. >> when you get back into the stress, raise it. feel it. realize it's. re and seek to control it or get yourself out of those situteions. >> rep justin finch, ne 4. >> every day. >> wmaste. should take time to medita hditate. >> ips to do that. april is national stress awareness month. "today" is kicking off a sierraies casierra ies sear -- series called "stress less today. deepak chopra will offer ways to de-stress. >> that's coming up on the "today" show. hard to do. >> it is. still ahead on "news4 today," details about a local children's hospital dealing with an outbreak of the norovirus. one mrr undert accused of threatening to kill a member of coress. chuck? dog-walking forecast time.
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another workweek kickiff this morning. we start this afternoon with a live look outside right now. sunday night ended with some rain and a few showers may linger for som of us. overall, looking very nice. good morning, everyone. welcome to your monday, i eun yang. >> i'm adam tuss in for aaron. it might noteae theer that disrupts your morning but the traffic. >> for sure. we're going to get to storm team 4 meteorologist chuckmoell in a nt, but we have breaking news. melissa mollet is tracking a mess on 66. rt traffic alert because of a problem on 66. we have a 4.5-mile bacup. eastbound 66, a crash at 28 m.
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a five-vehicle collision with injuries. some folks are able to get off on to 28. good.s your alternate here, take sudley to lee highway to try and avoid this if you can. you can also access66 from 28. a big issue there. even when it clears, we'll have delays and slowdowns because of how long it's beene. th forestville, outer loop after acnnsylvania avenue, right side blocked by andent. rockville, southbound rockville pike and veirs mill, all lanes blocd for a workzone. i should say some lanes blocked for a work zone. chuck, nice out for the next couple. days? >> yeah. bright sunshine will make its way back eventually. tgh this morning, a little chance of raindrops. you could probably get awayhe withoutmbrella for the next couple of hours.
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but bring it with you.l rain chances w increase later in the day. right now, couple of drops north of leesburg, one or two showers headed toward about columbia, maryland. a few more toward the jessup area, it toward the chesapeake bay. don't expect a big downpour, but maybe rumbles of thunder ler in theday. a mild start. most areas above 60. we'll have no trouble jumping into the mid to upper 70s for afternoon highs. rain chances increase after 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, and they'll continue into t evening. expect a mile day. rain chances dry -- mild day. rain chanc dry up. close to 80 on a tuesday. the rest of the coming up later in the half hour. back to you. >> thank you. he was the longest servingk house sp in maryland history, this morning, michael busch is being remembered a a popular lawmaker. he what'sed away yesterday at --
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passedway yesterday at 72. >> we have more on how maryland is honoringbush. >> reporter: that's right. colleagues on both sides of the aisle remembering speaker busch as a very talented politicn able to bring people together on both sides of the aisle, and also bri o the best in them, as well. it's one of the many reasons ethat around here was called co lh. and fellowmakers past and present said he was not only an imprsive colleague a elected official, he was a great friend. as he sought treatment for pneumonia, he was missed in annapolis. monday he explained the illness s keeping from h presiding duties. thoughts and prayers went out well into the weekend even as word came in that his condition was worsening. former state senator and congressman jamie raskin says speaker busch has earned spot in history.
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>> he's very much a part of the prague rescue legacy -- progressive legacy in maryland. nobody better personifies the love o house of delegates and love of maryland government and politics than speaker busch. >> reporter: today also happens to mark the last day of the state's general assembly congre i want to tell you that in addition to that day, this sign day it's being called, the absence of his be felt here, as well. back inside to you. justin finchive in annapolis. thank you. it's 5:. there are new calls for reform following a local police investigion into a deadly officer-involved shooting revealed the officer was lawful and justified in his use of deadly force. community members held pictures of robert white durinhea rally overweekend. white was killed by a montgomery county police officer last summer in s.ver spri police say white attacked the officer. some say he was a victim of racial profiling.
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members of the silver spring justice coalition a calling for accountability. >> we believe this was an incident of racial profiling. we believe mr. white absolutely had theight to take a walk in his own neighborhood. we believe that he hadhe right to wear whatever clothing he wanted to wear, even if his jaet was ripped. >> white did not pull a weapon on the officer. police say they found a folding knife in his pocket. before the findings of the investigation wree ased, the officer had been cleared of wrongdoing by the state's attorney's offices in ar neighboring h county. we're working to learn more about a shooting that left two men dead yesterday morning on fa ce initol heights. police have not released the names or details about a possible motive. time, a possible outbreak of the norovirus has some hospital officialsnc ned. according to our news warters in at wtop, the hsc pediaic cent alerted method officials
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that three -- alerted health officials that three people tested positive for it this week. the d.c. departmenealth says it's running their own labm reports to conhe outbreak saying, quote, the hospital has implemented protocols to manage the spread o infection based on the centers for disease control guidelines. the most common sympts include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and stomach pain. it's now 5:36. here's the other top stories we're following for you this morning. deeps d.c. police are --. d.c police investigating what appears to be human remains. ndis was 30th alabama avenue northeast. police are trying to determine the cause of death. the remains are at the medical examiner's office. an american tourist a her ugandan driver are safe. kimberly endicott wascu r by ugandan security r ams. she and iver were kidnapped in queen elizabeth national park last week. "the new york times" reporting sat theari company that operated the tour paid a ran
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some, something nbc news has not independently verified. tonightuva takes on the texas tech for the national championship. thiss virginia's first national championship game in school history. tip-of tonight is at 9:20. late for us. uva wil t hope john paul jones arena on campus in charlottesville to host a watch party for tonight's game. >> a big one. a big par all around virginia. >> for sure. >> i bet you arlington is bumping tonight, too. >> there will be a lot of watch parties. we're pulling for virginia big. ti this is the week for caps fans, a true battle to defendup the begins. it starts right here in d.c. >> that's right. for the firstes g of the caps taking on the carolhua icanes. they haven't made the playoffs for a decade. once you get in, you got to play 'em. here's the first-round schedule. the caps' first game in d. at 7:30. an afternoon game saturday, 3:00 p.m. you'll be able to watch that ont riere on nbc 4.
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then off to carolina for games three and game five back here in d.c. on one 20th if necessary. >> i want to be over confident. i hope we can handle the hurricanes and move on. move on. >> let's rekindle the magic of last year. that was fun. ahead, attoriay general wibarr facing more calls to release robert mueller'sre rt prepares to testify before congress. severe weather. in texas, cleanup is underway following a possible tornado touchdown. good monday morning, everyone. i'm leon harris. >> i'm.at lawson mu coming up today at 4:00, a new effort to protect your kids and your cars. >> every year dozens of people including so many children are hurt or killed in backover accidents. a federal law requires all new cars have to have backup cameras. >> what if you have an older car? today, some do-it-yourself devices that will give you extra ace of mind. >> join us and our chief meteorologist doug kammerer for that and more.
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wel back at 5:41. a wild weekend weatherwise in texas. this morning investigators will be in central texasin tto figure out whether it was a tornado that struck the county. homes and buildings were heavily damaged. some were knocked off their foundations. trees were uprooted. no one was rehurt, but t plenty of cleaning up to do. local officials say a significant number of power lines were knocked down, and many hom are without electricity, and roa are blocked, as well. floors are causing trouble around the ginbe. thousandran are leaving because of rising water. 70 people have died as a result of fast-moving waters. dams overflowed, and the banks of rivers have breached. because there aren't enough emergency personnel t help, many young men have decided ton leave their communities and
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instead are staying to help. a final boxigood-bye. >> a burialed del his his remains went years beforeei identified. now his family has some closures. private first class james alvin shaw served in thermy at the end of world war ii before being sent to fight in the korean conflict. while in korea he was taken prisoner and died six months lat later. because of limited forensicac science then no one could identify shaw. the family had allut given up hope until they got the call that his remains were identified. he was laid to rest friday in mississippi. appy for the famy to have closure. now heading to break and i checkiwith storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> cloudy skies, raindrops hanging out. most of the commute will be rain free. a lot of dry hours the first part of the day.an
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controversial border policy of separating children from their parents. she's going to sy on the job follow this wednesday. but kevin mcaleenan has been named acting secretary. >> on tuesday, attorney general wom william barr will testify before congress as pressure gldso release -- pressure builds to release robert mueller's report. barr says he machines on making it public by mid-april. >> notllnly the mue report that democrats are demanding to see. they want to see the president' taxes. the house ways and means mmittee has requested six years worth of tax returns. here to help us sort all ofhis out, news4's tracie potts. >> let's begin with those this request was made days ago. are the democrats any closer to seeing these returns? >> reporter: they've set a wednesday deadline for the irs to turnhemover. the white house chief of staff says it's never going to happen because this is litical, but the president was the first candidate in 50 years not toas re his tax returns, and he still won the election.
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the white house says people don't really care. democrats argue that the president could have conflicts of interest in his business, that there's suggestion that the esident could have conflicts of interest or foreign influence that could be affecting his decisions in the white house, and they have a right to see those on behalf of the people to determine if that's the case. >> what can we expectrom attorney general william barr's testimony coming up? >> we were expecting him to talk for the financial justice department. what we now expect is that he'll be peppered with questbons the mueller report. russian election interference. a lot of secret grand jury information and other classified information that barr says he has to redact. black it out before he turns over that report. but democrats say by law, they are allowed to say the report. they want it and want it right now, not mid-april when he promised the redacted version. >> tracie potts live for us this morning.
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thank you. a man is under arrest for allegedlyilhreatening to k congresswoman ilhan omar. federal prosecutors say patrick carlineo jr. made a threatening phone call t t congresswoman's capitol hill nth.ce last the fbi complaint says he called her a terrorist and talented to shoot her. first twoe of the muslim women elected to congress. today we're hoping tor more from district leaders about a deadline the city missed to apply for federal funding. some nonprofits may take a financial hit now. each year organizations serve d.c. applications for money then d.c. smits the applications. since the city missed the deadline, new applications are ineligible. the groups who servenc lowe students may miss out on nearly $4 million. the city also mis ad window to explain any issues it might have had submitting those the mayor's office has not responded. growingoncerns from d.c.
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residents as violence has spiked e year.he beginning of >> an effort to put an end to the brutality. the mayor and police chief are laying out a plan that they hope will work. agan fitzgerald live with more. what are we >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, there's certainly an uneasinessnd perception among neighbors in some neighborhoods that the city is not safe. the mayor and the police chief e doing what they can tarcalm the feand explain the plan of action. just hours after the meeting on saturday, there was another homicide early sunday morning. police were called to wagner and skylablace and found a man shot multiple times. he died soon after making that the 45th homicide in the city this year. on saturday, chief nusham and mayor bowser met with neighbors. the mayor is suggesting that the
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city increases the number of officers onhe force to about 4,000. she's always offering an incentive to officers to live in the community that they serve. again, there is certainly concern among neighbors as the violence in theity seemingly seems to inease. ck to you. >> reporting live from d.c. police headquarters. thank you. today the chinese woman arrested at president trump'slu mar-a-lago resort is expected in court. she's charged with making false statements to a i federal officer and entering a restricted facility. the secret service says that she was carrying four cell phes, a laptop, external hard drive and thumb drive custaining malic malware. the hearing could decide if she stays behind bars. meantime, the former tapresident of michigan is also in court this morning. police say lou anna simon lied to investigators about her knowledge of complaints againstr larry na witnesses are expected at the preliminary hearing on how the university hdled those complaints. nassar, of course, is a
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convicted sexual predator who practiced medicine at the university for 20 years. olympic gymnasts are among the women that he >abused. 5:51. for all of y crow craftnators, today -- procrastinators, today marks one week left until tax day.il circle a15th on the calendar. next monday. by then you'll need to have filed yourn and paid any money you owe. that is unless you file for a six-month extension. you can do that on irs.gov. well at cheps e-- let's at check the warmup with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein -- with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. you know how much i love it. >> you get mild weather today and tomorrow free of charge. >> we'll take it. >>outherly breezes and cloudy skies allowed for a mild start. 63 degrees in arlington. that is warm, indeed. our average high temperature for
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this date is 65. so these are very mild numbers for so early in the day. many spots still in the upper 50s. 55 in frederick. 59 in gaithersburg. 65 in quantico your planner today, maybe a drop or two early this morning. then a lot of dry hours through the late morning and early afternoon. right chances creep back up again after about 4:00 or5:00. could have a rumble or two of thunder. highs i the mid to upper 70s. for tomorrow, cloudy and mil first thing. return of sunshine tomorrow will be a really warm day. moving dangerously close to 80 for the first time this year tomorrow afternoon. right now you see a couple of drops across montgomery county headed toward howard county, northern anne arundel county. nothing big here, but there's more moisture to the west. as aresult, that will keep our rain chances fairly high later today into this future weather. clouds thickening after
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lunchtime. here's 4:00, showers near the pennsylvania border. once we get past 5:0 or 6:00, showers along the blue ridge, northern virginia. that comes through the d.c. metro area between 7:00 and 11:00 this evening. after midnight rainl chances w drop quite a bit. by early tomorrow, maybe a couple of drops hanging on by e bay, into parts of southern maryland. back to mostly sunny skies b tomorrow afternoon. look at this ten-day forecast -- 78today. a pretty high chance of getting rained on. 79 tomorrow. coeer weather, m typical of mid-april, returns for wednesday and thursday. 70 friday with afterno showers. the fst half of the weekend looks to be the prettier half of the weekend. melissa mollet with all kind of trouble. >> we have issues. first staffording off in centrevil centreville, eastbound 66 at 28. a three-mile back up. the road has reopened. great news for commuters who use 66 bound.
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we have delays hanging around. you might want to think about the alternate. take sudley to lee highway to try and avoid this just a little bit this morning. southbound georgia avenue before the beltway, this has just cleared. child suppo chopper 4 has cleared it. no more worries about that. and landover, there's a crash right no taking aook at travel times in maryland, 270 and the tap of the beltway, oer loop looking okay at this point. 66 inbound fairfax count parkway to the beltway, 58 miles per hour. 95 north, qntico to the beltway, 59 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in the car today. >> reporter:rnood g, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. user on waze can report slowdowns on the latest version of the andid app.
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you can already report crashes and speed cameras. the app will roll out but it unclear if it is just for android users. with your business report, i'm frank holland. >> thank you. we are working 4 you and helping you get fit for spring. molette green is hammering away d looking fit. she's amazing. >> she is always amazing. we have more in "fitness 4 less" inbowie. on the treadmill already? wipe yeah. my trainer is here working us out. tab that is another one of her clients. we'r getting this cardio in this morning. and get set for spring is not justbout theexercising. cardio is important, right? >> cardio is hugely important. > reporter: we've e we've talking about eating clean and getting rid of the stress. important in the 6:00 hour, we'll talk with the county hecct di who had his own heart scare. he'soing to share that.
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a lot of northern virginia going to be watching that game. >> yeah. on.really the whole re >> the whole region. get behind the team. >> let's get behind the team. les do. it. good morning, i'm adam tuss. aaron has the day off. >> i'm eun yang. good morning, monday, april 8th, 2019. we have a lot to getto. melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roads. developments on 66. >> first to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. rees already? >> yeah. it is a really mild start to a monday umorning. ill want to grab the umbrella just to be on the safe side. not a big chance of getting ined on first thing, but rain chances will increase later in the thternoon. being said, even if it will be plenty cloudy it will be nice and warm. afternoon highs will be getting close to 80 degrees today. probably won't maketo it y. but we'll be even closer to 80 tomorrow. right now, in the low 60s in the shenandoah valley. low 60s around the city here. a little bit coolerext to
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