welcome back at 4:30. a live look outside on this thursday morning. it is going to be another clear oy out there. and getside and enjoy it becauseth we have some rain o way just in time for the weekend. does that sound familiar? >> it does. months of >>that. yes. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. thanks for waking up ear with us. chuck bell is here with the storm team 4 forecast. melissa i t watchinghe commute for us in first 4 affic. let's start with chuck. what's expected to be -- what do you expect today, what would you advise folks to t wear out door this morning? >> well, i've given you the forecast now --t people home main have just woken up. aaron, tou've had forecast three times already. >> fresh forecast. >> is this atest? >> always a test. it will be a breezy and chilly

morning. ar reason to the umbrella today. it will be a delaye day. thll be a find madonna of sunshine. there's a stiff northeast wind. you need the long sleeves to get your day underway. 'll have a mix of clouds and sunshine today. afternoon highs will climbua gry into the mid to upper 60s. so not quite as warm. we made yesterday. just a smidgeon cooler than that. the northeast wind this morningi it really quite chilly out there. for tomorrow, your friday, as you get closer to the weekend, rain chances creep up. we'll detail how much. your weekend is likely to be rained on coming up later in the half hour. melissa, good thursday morning.u goodday morning to you. taking a look at the beltway. inner loop, outer loop of the c beltwaar here. we had the earlier roadwork, that's gone. 66, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you're going 65 miles per hour. no problems inbound. same thing outbound -- inside and outside the going to be the same situation. no big issues. arlington, crystal drive at 27th street south.

water main break. that work is still younderway. have to follow police direction around that. and through prince george's county, northbound, southbound, inbound and outbound, everything is looking quite good. eun? >> thank you. we begin with two developing stories in prince orge's county. both involve gun violence. we begin in riverdale park. ficers were called to a home on 59th avenue around 5:30 yesterday evening. >> a homeowner says a man tried to break through his front door. he grabbed his gun and fired at the d-wo burglar. doesn't know if he hit m. the man took off running. in suitland, a man was shotde t ath inside a parked car on ryancedrive. poave not identified the victim or established a motive for the shooting. in loudoun county, sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspected sexual prator. a wom says a man broke into sr apartment on north duke drive inrling tuesday night. she tells investigators she woke up to the man sexually assaulting her. he ran s off once woke up.

the sheriff says it doesn't appear there was forceden tree. p's -- forced entry. it'ssible the perpetrator came in through an unlocked door or window. a man suspected of assaulting his daughter faces prison time. 49-yasr-old daniel gross found guilty on three charges including child sexual abuse. he and his wife adopted the girl when sheas just 2 years old. court documents say the abuse started when the girl was 5 ands lasted for y until she told her biological >>grandmother. e know from the adoption records what mr. gross really wanted was initially he wand a teen. he wanted to adopt a teen girl, not an infant achild. thse did not begin immediately. it began once she reached the age of 5. >> gross who had been free on bond since arrest01 in had his bond immediately revoked by the judge. he will be sentenced in july. that little girl has since been

adopted by another family. > it's 4:33. we have an update to the breaking news we brought you wednesday morning. we're learning more about a deadly fire in old town alexandria. investigators believe electrical cord set a mattress on fire, and those flas kept spreading through the house. a wom died in the home. her husband was rushed to the hospital with serio burn neighbors say jara has had mobility issues lately. a dog and cat were also rescued from the home.fi fighters say the flames caused about $150,000 worth of damage. and a powerful gas explosion caused a massive fire in durham nortcarolina. one person died there. six others are in critical condition this morning. yesterday contractors were drilling and apparstly hit a line around 9:30. officials started evacuating the surrounding area. the explosion happened about 30 minutes later. we know one building w destroyed. five others were heavily

damaged. most streets in downtown durham are still blocked off this morning as police investigate. taking look at our top stories this morning -- millions of americans west of thei mississiver are facing a monster spring storm. the severe weather is bringing in blizzard conditions with thunder snow in heavy rains are causing widespread flooding in the northwest. in the south, the strong winds are prompting an extremely critical fire risk. dash cam video showing us a dealed crash involving a school bus. shows the moment a tractor-trailer hit the bus aer car a running a red light in clinton, maryland. a woman was killedot eighrs including two students on the bus were hurt. investigators have not said pregnant whether - h note whether the driver has been charged. police are hoping you can thelp catch a group t trashed and robbed an airbnb in northwest. they stayed at a home on leroy place near connecticut avenue last month. police say they pulleds

televisiff the wall, took appliances, clothes, and more than $5,000 worthf goods. there's a reward fornformation leading to an arrest. the metro pcs store in d.c.'s shaw neighborhood w l be playingo-go music once again. the store turned down the music after someone else ling in the area of 7th and florida complained to t-mobile, the store's parent company. t-mobile's ceo tweeted that the wol work to find a compromise with neighbors to keep the music playing outside the store. happening today, victor angry will be sworn in to office.he he's first minority to serve on the prince william county ard of supervisors. angry won a special election with nearly 75% of th vote on tuesday night. the seat was held by longtime supervisor john jenkins who passedliway e this year. angry will have to run in a primary in je in order to be the democratic party nominee later this year. just about 4:37. tonight, the attem to defend

the stanley cup title begins for the washington capitals. they're hoping to make this scene from last season happen >> good memories. >> right. it starts with the first playoff game tonight. the cavs take on the carolina hurricanes atne capital arena. game set to get underway at 7:30 tonight. i >> fans are for cool giveaways. you will get a rally towel and light sticks at games one and two. fa encouraged to attend the playoff practices. they're held ads tar capital's ice that's the secret. you can meet playersthere. molette green will help us get pumped for the playoffs. that's coming up in half hour. >> we want to remind you that game two on on saturday will be on nbc 4. that's at 2:30, the puck at 3:00 p.m. 4:up. coming he melted hearts duri the government shutdown down donating to those in need. next, how he's being honored on the front of his favorite food. plus, is your amazon alexa

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welcome back. at 4:40 we're back with an update on a story we brought you during the government shutdown. so many of you pitched io help those who weren't receiving a pay catholic during -- pa ycheck during that time. >> a local teen's story stood out. eric bean mckay loves peanut butter. he donated hundreds of jars to furloughed workers this year. he hlenty to spare after grocery chain gifted him a lifetime supply after he

successfully completed a o challeng twitter. >> now check this out the -- limited editi jars featuring his picture on them are now available at those stores nationwide. the chain will donate ten cents fr every jar to the autism society in honor of national awareness month. bean is on the autism spectrum. the store i making an effort to make shopping more enjoyable for people on the spectrum. the stores will hold sensory-free nights this month by reducing ambient lighting and sounds from inside the store. >> how many cool turns did this story take? >> i know. an overall effort to do good. >> i hope he got an unlimited supply of jars with his face on it. cool. 4:41. >> yeah. when you do good, you never know how far it will reac the pollen report today, the tree pollen remains high. mold and grasses in the low range. that's. good ne and your wake-up weather is on the chilly and breeze study. sleet you don't need the

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it's 4:44. new overnight, a young girl is in the hospital after being shot inside her marylan home. our partners at wbal-tv report the 4 or 5-year-old was hit by a

bullet in the torso. it happened a mile from the pimlico racetrack in baltimore. neighbors say her parents were home at the time. and it's not clear how the child was shot. new, we're hearing from the father of marine staff sergeant christopher sletman. >> he was one o three killed by a roadside bombing in afghanistan. he was once at firefightere kentland volunteer fire department in landover. he also spent 15 years in the new york city fire department. sletman's father and wife learned the tragic news on monday night. >> talk toy parents a lot who are both dead. and i told them monday night that christopher was coming to tyke care of them. >> slutman leaves behind a wife and thr children. on tuesday, dozens of new york firefighters honored his memory with a moment of silence and an award for bravery.

i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. >> attorney general william barr ing a a bombshell d senate committee hearing. he says federal investigators spied on president trump's presidential campaign. >> so you're not -- you're not suggesting now that spying occurred? >> i don't -- well i -- guess you could -- i think there was spying that did occur. yes, i think spying did occur. >> whense pr barr did not elaborate on his basis that occurred. his testimony sent shock waves across the political landscape y and caught moffguard. all this happened during his second day of testimony on capitol hill. >> news4's tracie potts joins us live to help us sort this out. good morning. >> reporter: goomorning. it w supposed to be testimony about the budget. they talked about that some. and then of cour the mueller report which is going to be out, he says, in a few days. what caught attention was the

suggestion tha the fbi was spying with not b wouldn't say what it was. you can imagine democrats are fuming. ca reckless, even dangerous. nancy pelosi says he's gone off the rails. barr says this is not an nvestigation of the fbi, but it's something worth reviewing. he says the inspector general should have a report out inay or june. >> all right. tracie potts for us this morning on capitol hill. thank you. we have an update on the man osecutors say plotted an isis-inspired attack in our area. n federal grand jury handedow d charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. nourt documents say henry stole a u-haul alexandria with a plan to run over pedestrians. he allegedly targeted dulles airport first but moved to national harbor when he couldn't get through security.

henry isel being without bond. 4:48. the tunnel hom murder trial will continue in montgomery county today. defense attorneys are expected to call another man who worked in the tunnels to the stand today. they say his testimony wil show that conditions in that tunnel were not as dire aprosecutors say. yesterday in court, the father of the victim recounted the moment he learned how his son died. the 21-year-old was helping millionaire daniel beckwith build tunnels under his bhesda home. a fire broke out while he was digging. prosecutors say it was negligence and called the bker a deathtrap. defense attorys say it was a tragic accident. 46 years after two teens were killed in virginia beach, police finally make an arrest. the suspect in the now -- is now 80 years old. his name is earnest broadmax. he allegedly killed the 19-year-old friends vacationing from pittsburgh in1973. police haven't said how they killings,m to those

only that they followed up on leads and used new advancements in technology to crack this cold case. his arrest shockedeighbors who say he seemed harmless. >> he was ver lm.ca vicious word to anyone. but you jt never know who you're with. >> the cottage where the girls were killed was torn down years ago. he's awaiting extradition to virginia. ineredible they solved it a so many years. today students at georgetown will vote on a proposal to create a slavery reparation fund. this fund would honor the descennts of the272 slaves the university sold in $27.20. if the referendum passes, iul go to the university's board of trustees for a final vote. thechoolcknowledged its ties to slavery and has taken steps at reconciliation.

have you been seeing this photo allver your news feed? yes, it may not look like much, but this is the first photo ever taken of a black hole. it's calledm87. it's about 55 million light years away. how do you even capture this image? it's nearly the size of our entire solar dosystem. n't this blow your mind? if that's not enough, listen to this -- at the center of it, time andce s become so curved laws of physics break down completely. nothing can survive. that's why we call it the black hole. the pto was unveiled yesterday ahead of a smithsonian documentaryblk hole hunters" that airs tomorrow inight. >>is science gone crazy. how do you wrap your head around this? >> i completely get it. you group on "star trek" like i did -- >> here we go. chuck, w -- >> the phenomenon is completely explained across all the

different seri. >> the phenomenon of black holes? >> and how time and space bends. you can start -- in a moment you' 20 years earlier than -- i get it. >> they turned the entire earth into a satellite to sendivhe re out -- >> to get the image? >> yeah. it wou be like re-creating a bach concertoy with o three keys and reverse engineer what the whole thing would sound like. >> these scientists are really y.smart. >> cr >> they're -- there's always someone on i ternet that likes to poke it -- not a very good picture -- >> 55 million light years away. >> the light that left the image left it million years agoju to get here now. it's an unbelievable science thing. if you're seeing i the paper, it's worth the extra read even though the physics gets away from most of us. it gets back to relativity a

albert einstein. what does this have to do with the weather? really are nothi nothing, but nice and breezy. you will need an extra layer of warmth to get the day going. it will turn into a pleasant afternoon to be outside. mid to usoer 60s today. of a mix of clouds and sunshine. i think you'll think of it as a mostly sunny day on the whole. for tomorrow, clouds will be on the increase, and rain chances really start to ramp up as wet lose to about 6:00 or 7:00 tomorrow evening. if youe doing any traveling, look at the monster snowstorm in the middle of the country. izzard warnings are out for much of southern minnesota, south dakota, parts of nebraska, northwestern kansas. the winds are 5 averaging to 70 miles per hour. there could be as much as two feet of a snow outoss parts of the dakotas. just incredible. we're going to getardly any impact at all from the storm except for some winds coming our way on monday. today, though, a mix of clouds and sun it tends to pai the

sky a little on the cloudy side. the important thing is no rain until later in the day tomorrow. here's the ten-day forecast then. enjoy today because showers arrive for friday evening. hit-and-miss chances on turday. rain likely the second half of your sunday into monday. nice and warm t the middle of next week. good morning, melissa. good morning. i likekthat, next w looking good. northbound 95 at prince william parkway, everything looks good. northbound, southbound rolling along well. outer loop, seeing a tiny delay on the wilson bridge. tthink that's a glitch i system. i don't think there's an issue there. arlington, crystal drive at 27tt street this is the water main break that happened a couple of days ago now. thatork is still underway. follow police direction through the area. they are tre on t scene. top of the beltway here, looking okay. when you're looking at 95, bw parkway, route 1, 29, everything there behaving itself.

eun? >> tha. there will soon be another way to get to d.c. for those of you living farther down inia virg starting in may, fredericksburg regional transit will offer new bus routes. take a look at the map. bus services will be offered between a quiet town jr. to the vre -- aquaia town center to the vre. the service is free in both may a one-way fare will cost $1.75 starting july. you can try it for a couple of whether youecide want to stay on board. turns out there are more than jusa few ears listening to your conversations with amazon's alexa. according to "bloomberg news," amazon has thousands of employees around the world listening to and reviewing people's private conversations with alexa. "bloomberg's" report says that the amazon teams transcribes the recordings and shares the coersations with other parts of the company to help with alexa's understanding of hum

speech. the report says some workers go 1,000 h more than conversations a day. an amazon spokesperson says directes do not have access to information that can identify the people speaking or the account that certain audio came from. >> still. i don't want alexa to listen to my conversations. >> yeah. i get it -- you know, to make it easier for alexa to .understa i'm sure it has something to do with it -- >> not my house. d.c. is getting a professional swimming team. of course, bethesda's ownie k ledecky is on board. the five-time olympic gold medal winner has signe on as a league ambassador and will also compete in meets. no one else is going to win. the new international swimming league is set to launch in october. the d.c. trident will be one of four u.s. teams along with four european-based squads. ae "washington business journal" reportsleast one event will be in the d.c. area. she's training for tokyo, you know. fo the next summer olympics --

>> let somebody else win. just once -- >> get ready for your n folks on pets. yesterday was national siblings day -- did you see the pictust of my and me? >> yeah. today it's national pet day. the annual day started in 2005 and is celebrated each year on april 11th. >> take a look. we're aeady in the spiri here. you see leo? he's the black dog with the bandana. here are some of the photos of our four-legged friends. cuties. it's estimated about 85 million american families own pets. so g ready to see a lot of photos. we see iza and lou, chuck's dogs. there's norm, melissa's dog. >> yes. and who's cat? the. >> alex's cat. is that walter? >> yeah, walter. watch out for that cat. >> i'm sure alex has a mean cat. we're all kind of edsc sorry. there you go. >> gd she's making to work every day. still ahead at 5:57, a bump

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juut 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we have the forecast this morning. >> we'll start with the roads d roads, starting with chuck bell. 51 chiy degrees outside the studios now. >> it's quite the northeastwe wind, a. in addition to temperatures in the 40s and low 50s it feels cooler than thathe with wind around. northeast winds around 15 to 20 miles per hour thi wmorning. so il be cool and breezy as you get the day going. there will be morsuthan enough hine today. i think you'll consider it to be a near-perfect day by april standards. enjoy the dry weather while we have it. rain chances back later tomorrow and will hang around through a good portion of the weekend. not the wholeweekend, but there's going to be rainy periods from time to time. all right.g, this morn48 now at dulles airport. 48 in leesburg. i the shenandoah valley. the upper 40s in prince george's county. low 50s by the bay. school day forecast, kids get the warm