playoffs. a little tire watched some of the game. a little bit. you have to stay up. this is wha t caps do. we were up 3-0 in the first period, then they scored two in the third period, we were all nervous. then we scored a goal an empty net, and we won. >> bam. that's right. that's the way to do it. >> good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'mon gilchrest. 4:00 a.m. this morninge're looking back on the game but begin with the forecast and commute. melissa mollet standing by with a check of the roads. >> let's start with meteorologist lauren rickets in for chuck ll. good morning. going to be a great morning as we have cloud covere. out th but the sun coming up just about 2.5 hours from now. aeautiful and mild start this morning. cover, the oud temperatures didn't fall too far. a little warmer to start this morning compared to yesterday. you're looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now. and we will continue to warm our wayntp the low 7 today.

but an increase in cloud cover. if you want some sunshine, you'll enjoy ig this morn because we've got some rain on the way. oh, yeah. that line of rain isin m our way as we go into the afternoon and evening. could hav some storms around the area. i we'll time all of those out all coming up just about 12, 15 minutes. first, let's get to traffic with melissa mollet. good morning. g, lauren.orn on the beltway, a couple of things to note here this morning. so falls churchp inner l and the outer loop, near i-66, some lanes bloed each wayhere by that work zone. annandale, outer loop at braddock, right lane is getting by the work ne. the rest of the beltway looks look. nothing slowing you too much. staffo, northbound 95. after 630 right lane is blocked. 270, nice and gear. noth to worry about. southbound going 67 miles per hour.ge threw in 27 minutes. >> thank you. new details about a prince george's county homat invasion ended in gunfire. the homeowner who says he shot a

man breaking into his riverdale park home will n face charges. >> that suspect wound up dying, and his famil says he is the real victim. this all happened wednesday night. poliom say surveillance video captured the entire incident. foage shows victory meng armed and kicking in the door at the . 59th avenue ho the homeowner owned fire and hit victory who is then able to run off. friends dropped him off at the hospital about 2minutes later ere he died. meng's aunt said friends told the family he'd been shooting during a drive-by shooting. >> i've never known somebody that could break into somebody's use during the day with cameras all around, and to still walk -- i don't know. this is a kid that has almos everything he wants. >> investigators believe the home was targeted. this morning, d.c. detectives are looking into the

shooting of two men.ou one was fnd on the ground near the anacostia library in southeast yesteay afternoon. a short time later, a second young man showed up at a nearby hospital. detectives hope surveillance footage will help catch shooter. a d.c. barber who was charged with sexually assaulting three women is now facing a fourth charge for the same crime. 35-year-old julian everett was arrested last timonth, ily charged for three sex assaults. two of his accusers were howard university students at the time. now the prince george's county state's attorney says a fourth woman has come fo everett would lure young women with alcohol and then drive them to a home in prince george's county where he would rape them. >> the parents of makaia wilson are suing the d.c. housing authority for $30 million. the 10-year-old was killed last summer when she was hit by a stray bullet. seven people would ultimately be arrested. her parents say the housing authority shares the blame. the lawsuit says officials knew

howangerous the neighborhood had become and didn't do enough to make it safer. >> makaia is gone. there's nothing that can bring her back. no money can bring her back. it's a statement in what we're trying to do and trying to make su it not another makaia. >> the director of the d.c. houston authority declined t speak to near citing the pending lawsuit. safety isn't the only concernplmong the p who call d.c. home. another is affordability. >> mayor bowser is trying to connect those with -- connect with residents in an effort to lower the iost of livin the district. yesterday she had a lunch with a group of government employees who sayay theyork here but can barely afford to live here. a firefighter, a teacher, and a social worker all shared their stories. >> i've been a social worker serving the entire time in my career. it's still very challenging to make sure that you can afford to live here, and i felt priced

out. >> the mayor wants to expand programs that offer support to government employees who are trying to buy a home. she says home builderts and landlords will also need to do their rt. the high cost of living may be impacting the housing market here in d.c. the number of active lis houses and condos is down nearly 10% from a year ago. prices on those homes are still rising. in march the median price of a d.c.ome w $450,000, up nearly 4% from last year. this morning, julian assange's lawyer says fight extradition to the united states. the wikileaks founder was arrested around this time yesterday morning in london. the justice department is charging him with computer hacking. prosecutors say he helped chelsea manning crack a passwords that gaveer acces to hundreds of thousands of classified files. lawmaks say the release ofe thosiles put u.s. troops in danger. president trump praised wikileaks during the 2016 elections, but yesterday h took

a decidedly different tone. >> this jus came out. wikileaks -- i love wikileaks. i kw nothing aboikileaks. it's not my thing. >> wikileaks was behind the 2016 hack on the democratic national committee. it published private emails written by hillalinton and her campaign staff. vice was back at the southern border for the second time in two months. he was bried yesterday by arizona custom and border protection agents. the vice president once again called on congress to close loopholes that he claims are causing a humanitarian crisis. 4:06.es democratic conoman ilhan omar is defending herself again after comments she made aut 9/11. backlash grew after she used the words "some people did something" to describe the terrorist attacks. omar was spoking to the council on american islamic relatio when she made those comments last month. some conservatives sayre her rks make light of the attacks. this comes weeks after critics

pounced on previous comments described as anti-semitic. last fall omar became the first somali american and one of tsl women to be elected to congress. it's now 4:07. a sheriff in louisiana says the 21-yea connection to the arsons that destroyed three historic churches is the son of one of his deputies. holden mathews was arrested yesterday. the three churches he's accused of setti fire to were each more than 100 years old with mostly blackcongregations. it's still not clear whether the arsons were hate crimes. the issue of hate has been on the minds of ameca's largest tech companies this week. representatives from facebook, twitter, andoc otherl media platforms appeared at congressional hearings to talk about monitoring disturbing speech on lineea ier in the week during a house hearing s on theame ia live stream of the conversation had to be shut down because the comments section was quickly filled with hate speech.

>> the comments section was filled with hateful comments and white supremacist language to where google shut it down. >> google will appear on capitol hill to take part inhe conversation, as well. cash may be king but soon it won't be accepted at the frances scott key bridge in baltimore and the thames memorial bridge will only be accesble by e-zpass in october. if you don't have one you'll be billed by video tolling, more toll ive than the base rate. >> it's a nightmare. it actually is a nightmare. >> virginia transportation leaders are hoping you'll help them find solutions to relieve congesti congestion. ew study is underway. it looks at traffic along i-95 from the beltway all the way south to the north carolina border. possible solutions include bett amtrak options or additional express toll las. drivers tell news4 transportation reporter adam

tuss the problem is with >> always on their phones. >> reporter: ah, it could be like a culture shift kind of thing? >> that's a must, get off the phone, you know. pay -- pay more >>attention. ot to be something more. >> yeah. i think it's all of that. >> the first public meeting inr ou area will happen next month. [ cheers ] back to back! >> you heard it right there. back to back. nothing but smiles and chants outside of capital one arena last night. the caps defeated the carolina hurricanes in the first playoff game. >> now there is still a long road ahead. it's hockey, after all.ea if the wants to hoist the stanley cup again -- after last night, there is reason to be optimistic. news4 reports. >> reporter: the capitals survived the first game of the stanley cup playoffs. washington outlasting carolina after a stressful finalew minutes. the caps trying to defend t

stanley cup title came out firing rly. nicholas backstrom scored two of three goals in the first period alg. the hurricanes surged late, but th held on to win 4-2. >> we got a good start there. we got some energy off the goals at first. overall, i think we've got a portion that was great to see. >> you know they put pressure on us all wme. so -- you know, we can improve and get better. >> you leave from a game like this, you're happy with the win. but you know, we can play better than that. and especially five on five for us. >> reporter: the capitals need three more wins to advance to the second round. but first, game two right back here and on nbc 4 on saturday at 3:00 p.m. news4 spor. >> a reminder to watch our news4 special this weekend, the cup," airing tomorrow at 2:30 on thc 4. game is right after that followed by news4 at 6:00.

>> good way to get started, thitgh. >> yes, the win. always the best way to start. still ahead, do you think it's rudon to talk about on a first date? >> you paying?-- >> right. a new survey tells us what most people think. plus robo call crackdown. today we have an idea about how the senate t plans fight companies that blow up your phone with illegal calls. lauren? in is the worst. also what else isheworst? rain on the last day of the workweek, yeah. looks likeo we're goinge rain showers moving our way. heaters a line of storms possibleeror l on this afternoon. we'll talk about the ting and im

it's modern stone-age problem in the san francisco suburbs. the town wants are woman to ve the statues from her multimillion dollar flintstones

home. >> wow. look at that. >> the town says the woman did not get proper permits to build 15-foot-tall dinosaur statues in the back yards and wants the home labeled a public nuisance. the woman is countersuing and claiming the town is infringing rights.irst amendment both sides are prepared for a long legal fight. did you see bam-bam? >> yabba dabba don't. >> iidn't see bam-bam. cooling. >> looks like an amusement park. >> need a permit for that. >> yes. i don't know why i was expecting you to read this -- is it weird to talk about money on the first date? >> it may depend how old you are. according to bankrate.com, millennials are twice as likely to talk aboutce fin on favorite date than those who are older. they say knowing somebodyre credit scoould impact the interest -- >> credit score? >> -- in another date. >> i must be old-fashioned. you're going to ask a credit >>ore on the first date?

wow. when the check comes,mi ennials are more likely than any other generation to splitth bill. >> i offered to split the bill when i went out with robert on our first date. he didn't let me. paid for me- >> no, no guy would. i don't know. >> you don't know. >> i think most --ever mind. >> you don't know. see? >> it doesn't get a second date if you don't pay. > yesterday, wold would you that a senate committee was meeting to try and come up with a wo stop those annoying robo calls we get all the time. we knowlbout a new b that could help do that. the traced act has bipartisan if passed, it would increase fines for people who make illegal robo calls, and it would require c telecompanies to use technology tode help intify scammers and spoof numbers. the bill has the backing of attorneys general from every state. the legislation now goes to the senate. it's b a week for a space study. we saw the first images of a black hole in dp space. on thursday, nasa released the

results of its one of a kind study on space travel and identical twins. twins scott andark kelly took part in this, right. after scott kelly spent nearly c year in he returned and was compared to his brother, mark, his twin. researchers fou tha the chromosomes that shortened in mark as hect agedlly grew longer in scott while he was in space during the same. ye >> hmm. >> they even found some of scott's gene activity changed aboard the space station. hase returning, 90% returned to normal. scientists say the study will help as they try to send astronautsack to the moon and beyond. >> okay. >> things have t change in space. there's no gravity. >> right. but did the lengthened chromosomes means what? >> that's beyond my -- >> liv longer? i don't know. >> maybe it will help us understand disease and how the bodies work. in recent years, schoolshe across country have made a push to inspire young women to get involved in sciencend

technology. >> four fairfax county middle schoolers are doing that movement proud. news4's aimee cho planes. reporter: spend even a second with these seventh graders, and you, too, will likely smile as much as they do. >> so funny making you crazy. >> my gosh. we're getting interviewed. be quiet. >> reporter: they've had good reason togrin. best friends since fourth grade, now best student robot builders in the state ofvirginia. >> i love science. it's really cool researching with and like coming up solutions to problems that are like real-world problems. >> reporter: theirls spent a year building a robot out of lego's and writing a researchpr ect. they beat out 82 teams to win the state championship. >> yeah! w>> reporter: in a fks they'll head to the world finals in detroit. the girls have been washing cars and holding bake sales to afford the trip. when the group women in defense heard about kit, theyw they wanted to help. >> want to come over -- >> reporter: today the grouphe givingirls a check for $4,000. o> we are really excited to see

how you guys and how you represent. >> don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something because you're a girl, you're a female. you can do whatever you want to do. dream big. >> reporter: in burke, ne4. hey, girl! >> hey, girl. >> how are you? it's friday.en la here. >> what just happened? >> we're waking you up, >>aaron. thank you. >> we're always happy to see each other. >> let's talk about the weather. >> oh -- >> my quick segue. >> they me to go quick to weather. and we were like let's chat.l wehat later, eun. let's chat about the weather. a nice day, a warm day. rain on the way. grab that umbrella on the way out the door. looks like you'll need it. as far as the next four days, e've gotngs to know -- a lot of rain in the forecast, especially around for the weekend. it's not going to rain all weekend, but we have areas of omin. we have hours of rain later on this afternoon.

mainly after lunch, rain and popup thunderstorms. i think mainly thewi thunderstos come later in the evening, throughout the commute, and into tonight. some of those shores will linger into tomorrow mornin andhen sunday we have periods of rain. mainly in the afternoon and evening. that also could linger into monday. so again, this weekend, not a washout. we will have some areas of rain throughout the day. current tempetures out there right now, not too bad. we're pretty mild. temperatures in the 40s0s and. 50 here in d.c. 46 in gaithersburg. 50ed in ick. we'll take the temperatures into the low 70s today. even by the time we head into the mid morning, those temperatures are already into the mid 60s. again, we have those rain chances increasing tonight and intoomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon dry. then more rain into sunday and monday not a lot going on out there right now. to n, there's that rain off the west. forecast for today, 72 degrees. it will becomereezy after lunch. here's a look at the rain showers. again, mainly after lunch we'll see that rain. anft then the evening

commute, we'll see the storms. some of these could bring a lot of heavy rain. they'll linger into your saturday morning and then tap off saturday afternoon. if you're in southern maryland, the northern neck, you'll have r chance fn showers throughout the day tomorrow. and then as we get into sunday, pecially throughout t afternoon and even, we'll all have chances of rain. temperatures tomorrow in the mid ts with afternoon clearing. again, by thee we head into monday, maybe a chance of some moining into tuesday, wednesday, thursday, dry. heading into next weekend, even more rain chances heading our way. the good news is we don't have rain out there right now for that morning commute. but we turn to melissa to see how the traffic looks already. good morning. >> good morning, lauren. that's right, no rain. always helps that morning commute. we had a little bit of roadwork the beltway. all of that has just cleared. nothing any longer in falls church. annandale looking quite good. stafford, northbound 95 after 630, right lane blocked by the work zone. avoid 270 after 121, do have a

crash there. hello to f everybody atlds road elementary school. i went there for a kindergarten. that is me on the with the second-graders yesterday talking at a career day. they had awesome were sweet.and on the right, that's me in front of my kindergarten classroom .ich i actually rememb that was the only thing i remembered. more news, more news,

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welcome back. it is one of the most stressful jobs you canave -- a doctor. >> we've been showing different ways you can detries -- de-stress. this morning,hree doctors show how they unwind. >> reporter: they call th nselves onee samba. but most people just call them doctor. ♪ four of the members of this band areoctors atmedstar washington hospital center. >> try your biceps -- >> reporter: the lear of the band, dr. robert bunning, specializesn helping arthritis patients. >> i'm in joints friday a joints by night as i play piano at clubs at night. >> reporter: we asked him how good the band is. >> we' very good doctors, but we're musicians who just love to play. >> reporter: to give you an idea how good the band actually is, the guy playing bongos is the original drummer from the jefferson airplane. and dr. mark schloserg, a neurologist, has played at carnegie hall. ♪

>> music is a tough career. it's a very -- i had a friend who's playing in the san francisco symphony, knd wew each other when we were in high school. i remember when i was 17 and18, i said, well, i'm probably going to go to medical school. he said, you're taking the easy way out. >> don't let me bend, resist me -- >> reporter: this rehab speclist notes there's a healing component to music. >> well, there's no questionth song is important because they trigger emoonal responses. sometimes responses that people can't articulate. reporter: the band started out playing hospital benefit shows from time to time. now plays about once a month at restaurants and nightclubs. they draw a crow as for what the future holds for ors/musicians, none are planning to give up their day jobs yet. >> i probably won't be injecting joints at age 80. but i bet i'm playing the piano stillment. >> reporter: with the doctors of

jazz, mark seagraves, news4. >> cool stuff. 26. coming up, the students have spoken. georgetown votes on a plan to pay bk the families of former slaves. wee the results that came in overnight. plus, a surprise celebration for special olympians. ahead, a story that will start your friday off with a smile. e'nd got some cloud cover out there early this morning. temperatures are mild wsgo through the morning. however, we have rain.

29 as we take a live look outside on this friday morning. we've nearly made it to the weekend. after a beautiful week of weather, rain returns tonight. joy. it happens, right? good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. whatever weather is in our way, there's reason to celebrate this morning. the caps a one game closer to defendin the stanley cup.

>> took the shot -- he scores! [ cheers ] >> see that empty-net goal? final goal within less than a minute left secured the win over the carolina hurricanes. thank goodness. wasetting diceythere. more highlights and what to knom about two coming up. first, a look at the friday recast and commute. melissa will have first 4 traffic updates. first, lauren ricketts in for chuck with a look at the dayth d weekend ahead. good morning. >> good morning, guys. it's not too bad to sta off on your friday morning. but to end a friday -- that'say when we see some rain. temperatures right now at 50 degrees. again, mild start. the winds aren't bad either. they're going to start to pick up through the day. expect some breez conditions throughout the afternoon. and also maybe some rain later on this afternoon. mainly after lunch. we're dry right now. as you make your way out door, you'll be fine. this is all coming our way as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. so as far as your weather headlines are concerned, we're