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minute. southbound270, after 80 urbana. right lane is the only thingy getting b in the trash involving an overturned box truck. it's still on its wheels. here's what to do, you can try 355 instead or take 85 to 80 and get back to 270. 270 sth of tha is nice and clear and open. montclaire dumb fees at forest park, lanes blocked for a crash investigation. inner loop, outer loop don't have any elproblems. tr times looking good. have a problem inbound 14th street bridge. we'll look at that in a minute. chuck? all right. thank you. four things you need to know about the weather fory.to showers that we had are ending. there will be another sny chance fwers later in the afternoon of the most of us will not need to worry about rain. 'll make another run at 80 this afternoon. will be on the breezy side.
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eventually swunwinds will ce around. had rain across southern maryland. that's pulling out. the drops around the metro are are gone. our next little chance for a few showers comes up between 5:00 and 7:00 as the cold front self comes on through. ahead of the front, another warm day. in the upper 50s and low 60s as you go out the door. enough sunshine and enough of a breeze to get temperatures up close to 80 once again. there could be a risk of showers after 5:00. the next couple of days, more typical weather meaning 60s for the next few days. we'll tal about the friday storm chance, as well. back to you. >> thank you. an you still feel the excitement? >> yeah. >> oh, boy. the university of virginia men's basketball team is the ncaa national champions. >> they were led to the overtime tech.ver texas take a look at the moment the cavs made school history.
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[ cheers ] >> and virginia -- ♪ >> this was just so huge for the cavs. hunter made that game-tying three-pointer where 112.1 secons left. followed by another giving them the 85-77 winner if the first in school history, in state history, the firstchool toin a championship. >> such a great story of redemption, too, after last year. yeah. >> hats off to the players and the coach and the entire community. >> you know it had to be a really late night for people -- >> safe to say a lot of students paid all nighters they may be up now. david culver is live for us, a long street of celebrations a long night for you, too, david. >> reporter: it is so quiet, tampa, so tranquil right now. i think the students are finally getting somerest. they were up most of the night. and thatas came after what an
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incredibly intense game. a lot of them packed into john paul jones arena. they had a live stream. you had the ups, the towns, finally at last, a big win. a national championship title. >> it's awome. i fee like from last year to this year it's been the ultimate comeback story. it's somethi everyone can get behind. we have an awesome team, awesome coach. it's easy to love them. >> you step outside, everybody's wondering about the birds irping. nice. >>. >> reporter: now -- what does it mean that they're coming back as champions? >> they put in hard work during the offseason and during the season to get to this point. we're proud of them. they deserve every minute of it. >> we n! [ cheers ] >> reporter: look at that.on the celebratis continued well into the morning. charlottesville's popular corner, that's it right there. shut down to traffic. turning in a party plaza.
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we had some of this, yeah,ts studen climbing up poles. others creating this giant mcinto pit. mostly, ough, things were useful. police keeping careful watch. how didt feel? >> tonight, it felt like it was written in the stars. >> reporter: what time is class tomo >> 9:30 a.m. >> reporter: you going to be there? hard to say. >> reporter: what class? >> fizz ex-lecture. >> reporter: you can probably skip at. >> we have a test on thursday, i don't know. >> you'll be fine. . >> i hope soment what will d reu think the over/under is on that student the along with many of the others up well into the night making those 8:00 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. classes? i doubt that is going to happen. i doubt professors will be showing up if they were up through the night. enjoying it.
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so much energy and adrenaline rushing through the city. we have the players and what'smates coming back into town. it's going to start again. all the excitement. >> agree. people all over won't be up on time. >> 8:00 a.m. physics lecture? david culver live in charlottesville. thank you so much. it's now 6:05. today eye would-be terrorist will appearn charges that he planned to kill as many people as possible at nional harbor. rondell henry's plan to run down ped industries with a truck inspired by isis. we have more on this from justin inch in. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in a case like this we get a al insight into the dark medina of a would-be terrorist. one someone that specifically chose national harbor because it claws crowds often it meals friends, and 40s
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children. you in behind increase this man8 years old of germantown. authorities say that he h developed a hatred o non-muslims. he used that to inspire this vehicle attack. getting a large truck to plow into people and maim and kill them. this all began, they say, the mornin of march 26th when he stole a u-haul from a garage in alexandria. he at first considered targeting dogs but then set his sights here at national harbor the morning of march 27th. when he if the here he didn't didn't see the crowds and chose to wait. not realizing that the police have identified the stolen uhall here on the in doing so hendid out then was placed into custody by law enforcement. this morning, can tell you in just a matter of
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hours he isuted to face a judge. prrps were able to file a moe moeweegs -- polic able to file a police report. they stopped what would have been a very ugly attack. back to you. >> justin, thank you. >> you can read more about why the suspect chose national harbor and dulles airport in our app. p police need h finding a pan who van lies -- a man who vandalized a van. it was painted with swastikas and graffiti and the tires slashed. it happened on rock crerc c road in northwest yesterday. d.c. police are investigatina bizarre case in northeast. home side detectives were called to mere the pepco elderlying.
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they say a man was found unresponsive but details of what happened are a mystery. detectives shut down part of the road for a whileor the investigation. it's since been reopened. the 2019 legislative session in annapolis h come to a close. for the first time in 16years, house speaker mike busch was not there. hehe died overeekend after a battle with pneumonia. he was the longest serving speaker in state shore. the senate walked across to the house chamber for a ceremony honoring the late speaker. hi wife and daughters joined the joint session. governor hogan dreesed the crowd saying the speaker was bunf a kind. >> it was truly an an oar to know him and to get the chance to work closely with him. mike busch will be deeply missed. >> bills are usually signed into law on the last day of the legislative session. governor hogan said he postponed
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bill signing as a way to honor the l speaker. it's 6:08. e secret service director is the latest in a string of those to quit the trump administration. this one day after kstjen nielse announced she is leaving her post at the department of homerand security. tofl alice has been the secret service director for two years. an administration nbc news the decisions to seek his resignation came about ten days ago. in a statement, hesn says he being fired but was told weeks ago sweeping changes were coming to the department. he will be replaced by a career member of the searches who will trache over next month. -- of the secret service who will take over next month. president trump may remove or reassign the current deputy dhs effort. that move a possible effort to avoid legal challenges as the present plans to install the commissioner as the acting secretary. kirstjen nielsen officially
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leaves tomorrow. all these departures highlight significant vacancies within dhs. as of tomorrow, there will be no senate confirmed secretary, department of inspector general. ali conservative repn from our area is in the running to become secretary nielsen's permanent replacement. ken cuccinelli served as virginia's attorney general. he ran unsuessfullyor governor in 2013. the "washington post" and "new york times" rep he's under consideration to lead home security. his nomination your some support in congress at the republican national convention in 2016. he led the effort to win delegates for texas senator ted cruz. add to is election they in israel. the prime minister facing his fifth term. he faces corruption charges and a strong challenge from the former head of israel's army. if netanyahu winds, he will become israel's longest serving
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prime minister. thimorning, new england patriots owner robert kraft will be in a courtroom o charges he solicited a prostitute at a spa. kraft accused of paying for a sex act on two occasions. he denies do willing anything illegal. -- doing anything illegal. the 77-year-old has requested a jury ial. he could have ad voided that if he admitted that prosecutors had enough evidenco convict him. he turned down that deal. 6:11. still ahead on "news4 today," out with the old and in withhe new. how target is helping you cycle your old seat. hy . >> why music was turned off in shaw.
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right now, 270, loo at chopper 4 over this problem. this was an overturned box truck back on its tires. delay southbound 270 approaching urbana. about five miles now. we'll have more in a minute. >> thank you. if you have a s child cart collecting dust in your garage, target can take it off your hands. starting later this month, the stores will have a car seat trade-in event from april tond ay 4th. you can bring in any type of car seat that's expired or damaged, and target will recycle them. seats, ange for the you'll get a coupon toward a new car seat, stroller, or other baby gear. the coupon will only beti good may 11th. april is autism awareness month. moms and tads all over country are celebrating "sesame street's" latest move to try to help normali the developmental disorder. "sesame street's" character julia is on the autism spectrum
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and now has a family. for moms like melissa swaile who has two children with autism, the introduction of julia's family showsthhat kids utism are not isolated. >> it's great. it's important. family is how you'll get through this. >> just as a child with autism may feel isolated, alone, families can feel the same. this is meant to what they have in common. >> "sesame street" hopes that i throug julia character they can continue to normalize autism. onen eve 60 children born in this country is born on the autism spectrum, according to the cdc. in a gentrifying d.c. neighborhood,nort il t ihes a the music known to threarea, and some people pushing back. go-go music andtan dancers have been in shaw. it blaired in front of this metro pcs store. recently aomaint from a
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a lot of people, lot of fans -- >> diving into that. >> for sure. >> over and over again. 6:17 how. get ready for casting calls. a new spinoff of "the walking dead" will be filmed in virginia. >> it's going to start filming this summer. don't know a lot about the new zoom bee series except that it centers around two female characters. >> no word on where the episodes will be filmed. depending on how many locals are hire the state series -- the new series may be e gible for tax credits. creating jobs. in entertainment. >> zombies. >> i know you had to like yesterday. oh, chuck, it was so wonderful. >> pretty day. ee>> to to the warm air on your ce. amazing. >> it bordered on 20 ed oed o . . no, no. >> i thought the rain last night was nice. >> yes. >> the whole thing. thank you, chuck bell. >> you're most welcome. at will be $10. nothing's free in this world. we he a mostly cloudy s still in place this morning. these clouds will be giving way
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to sunshe as we move a little about farther into the day. 61 degrees right now in washington with a southwest -- south wind at only six. miles pr ho that southerly breeze will eventually turn to the northwest and tur gustyater on in the day. that is a cold front that's going to be coming through. that's the reason for the change in wind direction, and that means it will not be there warm again tomorrow. in fact,hen you wakep now, we're getting you out the door, the upper 50s to near 60. we'll be 10 to 15 degrees colder than that this time tomorrow. the planner for today f- aair number of clouds, but what a warmup coming for ler inhe day. breezy today, afternoon highs around 80 to 81 degrees. again it will breezier as the front comes through. most of the rain will be on the so parts of the news4 nation. little tiny chae around the i-95 corridor. but youee here thimorning, off to basically a dry start at this point in time.
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here's future weather again. high resolution forecast, feats each and every hour. it's been consistent in hinting at what -- if you were going to put a percentage on it, a 10% to 20% chance of a shower. 4:00, maybe a strayr along i-95 north of baltimore. then toward 5:30, maybe apopup shower here south of town. as the front bumps into more moisture, the farther south it gets, the rain chances a little higher today. once you go south of the washington area io parf southern maryland. sort of file that away as you didn't get the 0% chance of rain, but delightfully low. high today near 80. tomorrow, bree temperatures about 15 degrees cooler than today. in other words, back near avsaage. story on thursday. increased our rain chances to 0% chance for afternoon stor. more abouthe weekend and next weekoming up. melissa? >> thankyou. fir traffic alert right now. this is frederick county headed into montgomery county. chopper 4 is showing you this
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problem. an erturned box truck now back on its tires. some real guardrail damage here a lot of delays. about a five-mile back up southboundn 270 here this morning. take a look here. your right lane is the only thing getting by with the crash involving the overturned truck. we have more from brad up i chopper 4. let's talk about alternates for folks. >> reporter: that's right. and you know, this is probably going to be a lengthy eanup, southbound 270 at urbana. i do want to show the good ne as look toward frederick. we've got there running north to south on theid right of the screen, that's 355 frederick road movg along quite nicely. you can also use 80 to 85 to get through buckeystown to avoid the closure. as you see, this is going to take some time to clean up. we've also got an issue on the beltway. >> we do. take a look at this problem on the beltway. brand new. silver spring outer loop after
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6:24. we all have our ways of relieving stress. have you ever heard of stress baking? >> it is a surprising stress relief trend that's helping a lot of people cool off with a warm reward. news4's justin finch takes us to a bakery in bethesda. >> reporter: fancy cakes owner megan remo has always loved baking. >> i new they could bake something and give it to other people and they could be happy. >> reporter: recently she's seeing more people seeking and finding happiness in her kitchen. >> we see a ton of people looking for classes to bak.and decorate >> reporter: a simple rule -- onudents must leave their stress and high expectatis at the door. >> i think that they have to let go of their perftionism. i start every class with, if you are a isperfecti then you are either not going to have a great hour, or you're going to learn to let go of some of that. >> reporter: letting glass like letting go of life's stressors is easier than it sounds. i'm nervous.i n't want to mess this up.
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so i'll go slowly here. >> going fast makes it easier. >> reporter: another lesson taught in the kitchen, don't sweat ruined recipes. >> if it doesn't work you on well the first time, you get to try it again.ed >> reporter: mar's dr. alan taylor suggests activities like baking can be a useful stress management too >> hobbies and activities take your mind off of it, it gives k you a brom the stress no matter where it's coming from. >> reporter: a fun hobby like baking paired with a healthy lifestyle can leave you not only with sweet treats but also a sweeter reward, lower stress. >> my stress might be lower. but if i were baking to reeve stress, all of a sudden none of my clothes would fit. i'd be eating too many baked goods. adding to mstress. it might work for some, right? have at it. >> or have a cupce. helps me coming up on the "today" show, self-help guru deepak chopra shares tows ono build a strong relationship.
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up, a fraternity at a virginia college suspended. we're looki at the hazin allegations leveled against the members. plus, taking the hot seat. the attorney general prepares for a budget meeting, but as calls for the release of the mueller reportlorow er, both sides of the aisle are getting ready for a hearing that could be anything but noal. chuck? good morning, everyone. time for that dog-walking forecast. there is cute little allie here. 12-year-old girl, low energy, long islander dog. find out how to adopt allie on our we
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a live look outside on this tuesday morning. eit is finally feeling l spring outside. and we are here for it. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrest. wahoo h. the virginia clears defeated texas tech in overtime last night. a big nightni win the ncaa championship for the university of virginia. the fans went appropriately nuts in charlottesville well into the weeorning hours.
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>> no other way to do it. >> this morning we are live in mearlottesville with a look at the big >> first we want to check in on your forecast and commute. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is standing by with aheook at tskies. t's start with melissa mollet tracking trouble on the roads. what's going on? >> reporter: a lot of different let's start with one of the. biggest impa urbana 270 after ra80, a involving an overturned box truck. one side is getting by. it's a five-mile back up. alternates, 355 doesn't look bad. you could take 85 to 80 to get back on to 270 and then you're back in business there. fairfax westbound 50 at fair ridge drive. all traffic stopped. this is a pedestrian crash. it is an investigation. somebody hit there with critical injuries. er that nding the cho way. it should be there in the next couple of minowes. we'll sh you live pictures from above. another situation, crash investigation, all lanes shut down northbound dumfries at forest park drive. a new problem eligible suitland
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parkway, all traffic stopped because of an accident there, as well. good morning, chucin >> good mo a lot of clouds still hanging around this morning. the rain showersy have pre much dried out since last evening. we're off to a rain-free start. it will to be a 20% or less chance for showers later in the day today. o but most us will not have to worry about raindrops. even with these cloud skies, the overnight hours the last couple of hours seeing light raindrops along the northern neck, into southern maryland. here around the city, pretty much all dried up. not too cold either. 61 now in arlington. 58n fairfa 59 in montgomery village. 55 in winchester, virginia. kids waiting for the bus, dry temperatures hovering around 589. outdoor recess, outdoor play time. there's the tinync 20% cof a shower for the after-school activity. the daily grade, 80s once again,
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a-plus for that. [ cheers ] and virginia -- >> the university of virginia men's basketball team has the march madness champion title. must feel agree. this is uva's first ncaa national championship title. the hoos po in o-- the hoos won there. excitement there. developing this morning, a man accused of plotting a terror attack will appear in court today. >> rondell henry harbored hatreds of those who did not practice the muslim faith. he was inspired by isis attacks where large trucks were used to kill people gathered in crowds. agents say the target would have been the national rbor. news4's justin finch will join us live in a few minutes with details on how investigators caught up with henr this morning, the head of the baltimore chapter of a akistani political
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party is accused of threatening a fairfax county family. police say qaiser a was arrestarrest arrested last week. he talented a man saying he and others would kill him and his family at the mclean home. the victim feared forif his because he knew people who had been executed in pakistan by the political movement. ali is out on bond. a fraternity at old dominion universityeeas suspended. this after suspected hazing sent one student to the hospital. the virginian pilot reports that omega psi phi fraternity beat members and made them eat hot sauce. t owner of a rare coin shop is speaking out after t someone stousands of dollars worth of rare mrchrrchz. >> -- rare merchandise. >> look at surveillance video.go about a weekhe man you see
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here stole $4,000 worth of coins from capital coin and stamp coany. nelson whitman has been in business there for almost 60 years. >> very disappointing to have somebody do this. somebody that's a criminal and shouldn't be on the streetsin this. >> whitman hopes his insurance will cover the loss. now t terrifying scene in an ashburn neighborhood. parents at ome with their children on a saturday night say all of the sudden someone started shooting. bulletslew into apartment at the grove at flynn's crossing offer the dulles greenway. at least three shots were fired. one went into a second-floor apartmenthrough the dryer and launched into the door. the resident says a 6-year-old child was just feet away when the bullet camelying in. the loudoun county sheriff doesn't know whether the shooter was aiming at someone or aiming at public apartment. time is 6:35. here's a look at the other top
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stories -- d.c. police are trying to identify the man caught on surveillance cameras vandalizing a van on rock creek church road northwest. the vandal drew swastikas, slashed the tires and broke a window. patriots ownerwiobert kraft appear in a florida courtroom today. he's fighting charges. soliciting prostitution at a sps neart palm beach. he denies doing anything wrong and has requested a jury trial. actress felicity huffman and 13 other parents who are facing chges related to that college admissions scandal areg strikin a plea deal. huffman faces a maximum of ten months in prison based on the agreement. sheas also issued an apology to, quote,s the student who work hard every day and their parents. this morning, the "today" show will tryawo help bring eness about an illness by inviting some people on to the plaza. >> the inflammatory disease can impact any organ in your body.
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heidi junk a member of the ambassadors group. the disease has a variety of symptoms from pain, fatigue, and joint swelling and can bring about heart problems. >> we want to spreadwareness about the disease. and that this disease deserves attention and that we need more funding, we need more research so we can have better treatment options and give patients a better quality of life. >> the group will be on today's plaza in the show's 8:00 a.m. hour. a mystery in paradise. an american couple vanishes while on a vacation. rule change. twitter announces a new policy that will chae what useral r allowed to do every -- users are alwed to do eveday. we'll have more coming up. good morning, i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm leon harris. you know we all like to look young and healthy. >> yeah. nthe focus is general the face, and you may not think about the rest of the body.
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abizatia accusati accusations. he's accused of shaking down the company while makingst fall ements to athletes and their families. nike said it will not respond to the allegationsf anndividual facing federal charges of fraud extortion. delta is ranked the top airline in the latest airline quality ratings survey. jetblue, southwest, and alaska round out the top four. american airlines is listed near the bottom. e annual study measures on time arainfalls, complaints with the -- arrivals, complaints with the transportation department. it does not rank social media claims. trip adviser is making it easier for travelorce fin their perfect cruise perience. the new program allows passengers to write cruise reviews, share pictures, and shots for great deals.
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executivesay this will help travelers make more informed decisions about cruise options. here's your cnb business report. >> reporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. twitter is capping t number of accounts you can follow each day in an effort to bots.pam and you will be limited to 400 follows a day, down from the previous 1,000 p day. twitter's high follow rate contributes to spam. if you rea the limit, you can follow more accounts once a full day as haased. with your morning -- has passed. with your business report, i frankholland. good morning, everyone. made it into the 80s yesterday. first tim that warm s far this calendar year. that, of course, means that the pollen machine is getting cranked , as well. mold, weeds, and grasses still low. tree pollen,o doubt,t is in the high range. the ten-day forecast with some cooler temperatures cong up. and chopper 4 over a pedestrianrash investigation here. this is fairfax westbound 50 shut down at fair rid drive.
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we have that problem and several others including a big back up on 270 southbound.ls full detoming up. eun? and takin hot seat. how the democrats may try to get more information aut the mueller report from attorney general william barr during testimony on capitol hill. we'll be right back.
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first alertic alert. multiple things happening around town. in virginia, fairfax westbound 50 shut down at fair ridge drive. chopper 4 showing you this problem here closed because a of pedestrian crash investigation. very serious injuries. taking an look here urbana, southbound 270 after 80. just have one lan getting by. a five-mile back up. we'll talk about the alternates coming up. eun? >> thank you. it's 6:45. developing this morning, staff shakeups and political fallout mark the beginning of what isin tu into a very busy week for the trump administration. over the course of 24 hours, the white house losing its secretary of homeland security and secret service director. >> we have more live fro the white house. are we seeing more turmoil in the white house, or is this juse a chan direc with national security policy? >> reporter: it could be both. and one thing we knowha is there are mounting questions about exactly that.
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also concerns thatecret servic director randolph text alice is out, and that came 24 urs after homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen resigned under pressure. the latest staff shakeups part of a broad effort by the president to get tougher on security including at the border, something he's been talking a lot about. that's whereen patrol say the growing floods of migrants has reached a breaking point, 0,000 apprehend ed at the border last month alone. nielsen claith resisting calls to reinstate family separations as a deterren mr. trump also wants tougher criteria for the growing number of asylum seekers. l of this as at least ten key leadership petitions in the trump administration areithout permanent replacements from the pentagon to the u.n. that's where so much of the concern really is. we'll have all this and more coming up. back to you. >> kristin , welkerthank you. check out the full report coming
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up next on "today." today attorney general williamarr will appear before the house appropriations committee. he is scheduled t talk about partment's budget but it could turn into a grilling on the mueller report that came out last month.en attorneyal william barr released a four-page summary of the findings. the democrats a republicans say the entire report should be made public. the attorney general says he will do so butnly after redactions have been made. he expects the report to be released by the middle of the month. "the new york times" recently reported that several membs of mueller's team were unhappy with thegeay the attorney ral summarized their findings. [ cheers ] >> tax a look the excitement in the streets of dhifl. university of virginia students flooded the stree celebrating the first championship win. ve huge. david c is live in
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charlottesville for us this morning. david, good moing to you. >> reporter: >> reporter: good morning to you. we're inside a store off the corner that's quietecially comped to a few hours o. the roadway has turned into a pedestrian plaza. students are out. they are enjoying it. they're feeling good. ey're feeling good. got to love it. you've got to love it. we got briefly swallowed by the crowd. we got out. some sdents continued climbing high. others creating a mosh pit. police keeping careful watch as students celebrated the triumphant end to the season, a championship win. fan a fan of sports, as a of the hoos, i couldn't ask for anything more. we love the hoos. wah hoowah.
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>> reporter: the arena had a live stream going. students were packed in. their faces showed it all, the ups and downs, and finally the huge win. [ cheers ] [ scream ] >> the best thing i've er seen. >> reporter: how insane was it? >> that was crazy! >>eporter: was there a moment you were thinking this is not going to happen? second.not for a i knew we were going to win. >> we won! >> reporter: so much faith that she had there. okay, so we're inside, and this is where they sell a lot of the uva gear as we come back live here. let me show you what's just been rolled out, okay. looking at them, stacks of new a shirts,ll they're still warm. look what they sayea -- r for it? national champions. >> awesome. >> there it is. virginia. these are going to go quickly. i'm going to take a few. no. not open yet- wrap them up. >> might not make it back.
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>> reporter: my siblings will want these, i know. >> 90,000 uva alums trying to get those shirts across virginia. david culver, thank you. >> get somerest. >> reporter: see you guys. new this morning, a new read on virginia's reader. weust getting a new survey of registered voters from the washington center at chris newport university. it shows virginia governor ralph north amak's popularity has plummeted 19 points since december. the drop follows his black face scandal and at 40%, northam's approval rating is lower than president trump's 44%. respondents were asked if northam should resign or stay in office. a sligh majority said he should stay. respondents were also asked about lieutenann governor jus fairfax, who's also been at the center of a recent scandal. a slight majority again said he should also stay in office. 6:50. developing this morning, a would-be terrorist is behind bars accused of planning an attack to kill as many people as possible.
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randallen harbored hatred of those who didn't practice t muslim faith. he was inspired by isis plots that killed pedestrians using large chucge -- l trucks. we have more from justin finch. good morning. >> reporter: good mornin it is shocking. investigators say at the core of this plot was a smering hatred, a real hate for those who are not muslim. and here at national harbor where familieive and work is where this would-be terrorist was plaing his tack. and here now is a look. he is rondell henry. 28 years old. of germantown, maryland.ed repo inspired by the isis vehicle attacks that were largely happening overseas. th a involve driver taking control of a large vehicle like a truck andeolowing intoe with the intent to kill. this plot unfolding reportedly around march 26th or so when he stole a vehicle, officials say. this u-haul from a garage in
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alexandria. his initial plan they say was to use the van an attack at dulles airport befor making way his instead to national harbor on march 27th. now that day here got they say he didn't see any real crowds so decided to lay in wait. notha knowing law enforcement, too, was watching him, as well, spotting thatnd stolen van eventually catching up to him as he planned they say to break into a boat and hide out there before harching his attack -- hatching his attack. back live we can tell you that today rondell henry will be facing a judge. he remains in custody after prosecutors were worried that he might become a flight risk. for those who live and work in this area, you have to imagine this i a real relief off their shoulders knowing that man, who intended harhere, is going to be behind bars. justin finch, news4. >> thank you. 6:53. melissa mollet trackingws breakg
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on the commute. >> first 4 traffic alert, 270 after urbana. good news, we have reopened here. now that crash involving the overturned buck, we had a lane blocked. things are open. we still have a five-mile back up. if you're headed out soon, you're going to want to take those alternates. 355, 80,85, any of those will work. fairfax now, westbound 50 at fa ridge driv chopper 4 over this, this is a ondestrian crash investiga trying to get some more information. we are closed westbound 50. lanes und dumfries, blocked because of an early morning crash and now an rtvestigation. ound 395 at the pentagon, that crash is on the left. still seeing a bit ofdelays. silver spring, outer loop after university, left lane blocked by a bad accident. fairfax county to the beltway, 42 miles per hour. 95 north, 45 miles per hour. taking a look at 270, 33 miles per hour.r
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eliot sp germantown to the spur, 26 miles per hour. listen to wtop 5103. f.m. when you hop in your car. chuck? >> thanks. ki> are still mostly cloudy across the area. we're now rain free. and rain chancesor the remainders of the day nice and low. sterday zoomed all the way to 84 degrees. the earliest that we've b n that warm since we were 84 back in april the 4th in 2011. been eight years sinc we've been so warm so early. right now with a fairly large number of clouds outside, no rain 61 here in town. still a lot wind out of the south. that will turn to northwest wind later today. gusty at times. so plan on upper n 50s tor 60 on your way out the door. a quick warmup today. mid 70s by noontime. and right around 80 degrees for highs today. a 20% chance for a stray shower around about 5:00 this afternoon. the highest rain chances down to the south today. the deeper moisture down across
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the lowerbay, that's the reason for better cnce for stray shower later today across parts of southern ryland. future weather, again brings the clouds out and the sunshine back. it will turn into a ver warm day today. and then after 2:00, 3:00, here comes the cold front right on the i-95 corridor between about 4:00 and 5:00. again, higher chances for that d isolated showen across parts of st. mary's and calvert county and into the lower parts of thebay. ce that front goes by, we'll be noticeably cooler for tomorrow. we can use the nbc washington app to track out the very latest in theea storm 4 forecast. you can also find and follow me on the social media pages. for tomorrow, we'll be about 10 to 15 degrees cooler tomorrow morning than we are this herning. mostly in 40s. highs tomorrow, back to typical weather for the middle of april. in the mid 60s. here's the thomas jefferson-day forecast. near 80 today. 60s but bright sunshine wednesday and thursday. a likelihood some rain showers and thunderstorms later on in the day on friday. thed, week saturday will be
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the prettier half. sunday looks a little cooler and showery. >> it's 6:55. here are four things to know -- attorney general william barr is expected to face questions about when he will release robert edeller's report. he is schedo testify before the house appropriations committee today. stay with nbcng waston for coverage of what he's asked and how he answers. a conservative republican from virginia reportedly in the nning to become homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen's permanentre acement. ken cuccinelli served as the state's attorney general. earlier this month his name came up as a choice for immigration czar. re on thatn the nbc washington app. t todayre will be a bail hearing to keep a d-wo terror suspect behind bars. rondell henry is accused of stealing a truck and plannin to run down pedestrians at national harbor. you can read more about his plot and how police stopped him in the nbc washington ap
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[ cheers ] and virginia -- [ cheers ] >> uva's men's basketball team beat texas tech in overtime for the national title. our david culver is in charttesville for us again today. you can follow him on twitter as this day of excitement rolls on. the basketball team heading back to charlottesville toda >> what a win. congrats. >> that's the news for today. we appreciate you wakg up with us. >> enjoy your day. >> make it a gre tuesday, >> make it a gre tuesday, atev
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