>> 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

starting off with a -- a cloudy note. that kept us mild overnight. expect increasing rain chances through the afternoon and into the evening. some mayinger into your saturday morning. we have on and off rain chances. not only satutday morning also as we get into your sunday. we'll talk about that and time it out for you coming up in just a bit. right now, we' time out the commute with melissa mollet. good morning. good morning. brand new problem, northbound at this point all traffic is stopped. we'll get more information and let you know what's goingn. this is not coming we typically see especially ind the northbo lanes. i'll let you know how long that will be happening. tthey could being to get everybody out of the road. it would be more serious. inner loop, outer loop, no problems on the beltway now. earlier roadwork, three different areas, that's all gone. 66 and 95, nothing that's going to cause you any major problems. aaron? >> thank you. new details this morning on a deadly hom invasion in prince george's county.

police say an 18-year-old h targetede to rob in riverdale park. >> the entire thing was captured on home surveillance video. police say the video shows an armed victory mbang kicking the door in at a home on 59th avenue wednesday. the homeowner grabbed h gun and shot him. the 18-year-old ran off and was dropped at the hospital 20 minutes later. he died. the homeowner who firsh the ots is not facing any charges at this time. we're learning new details about the victim of this deadly crash in prince george's county. brought this as breaking news wednesday morning. moments after a tractor-trailer crashed into the schoolus and crushed a car in between, the driver was 32-year-olda chamiquea brown. she was marriedfnd a mother two. neighbors were shocked to learn about her death. ma>> really, e shocked and sad at this point because they're great peop. e family needs peace. the family is going to need

comfort. >> police say the truck you see in the video here ran the red light 15 seconds after it changed. officers are the crash.tigating so far no charges have been filed. a charles couy teen faces charges after threatening to shoot up la plata high school. students reported a social media post to school officials. police were able to track down the person behind it and determine there was no crediblet thre. the 17-year-old has been charged as a juvenile. this comes just d a after another la plata student was arrested for bringing a loaded gu to class. it is the second gun incident at the school in as manyays -- as many months, rather. school leaders will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on tuesday night at 7:00 in the la plata high schooldi rium. take a look at this composite sketch. the loudoun county fieriff's is trying to identify this man. they say he exposed himself to a teenag appeared to perform a sex act. the teen told investigators that she was i aarking garage when

she spotted a naked man behind her car. theid alleged it happened monday evening at brambleton plaza in ashburn. 4:34. a northern virginia drama teache has beenharged with illegally filming his family's au pare. according to documents, the au pare found the camera in vent of her droom. she took a picture and sent it to fairfax county police. the man's wife said they had trust issues with people looking after their children. the school placed him on leave whilestolice inate. 4:34. let's check some of your other top stories this mornin the parents of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in a shooting last year are suing the d.c. ousing authority for$30 million. the lawsuit claims officials knew how dangerousre the had become and did nothing to make it safer. seven people have been arrested in the case of maia wilson's shooting death. this morning, julian assange is in custody in london.

he is responsible for one of the biggest government leaks in u.s. history. and because of that, prosecutors want himdi extd to the states. it may take months or years for that to happen. but if it does, assange would face a slew of charges. lawmakers say the information he ireleased put u.s. troops danger. more in a few minutes. a bombshell indictment for attorney michael avenatti. he faces 36 new federal charges for embezzling from clients. this is on top of the charges for extortion against nike. on twitter yesterday, avenatti adamantly denied all of the charges. if convicted he could spend more than 300 years in prison. avenatti grew to fame for representingdult film star stormy daniels after she claimed she had an affair with president trump. the homeless man at the center of a gofundme scam will be sentenced today. johnny bobbitt pleaded guilty to conspiracy toommit theft charges. he admitted to working with a couple who made up a story that bobbitt loaned a woman his last $20 when she ran out of gas.

they pocketed more than $400,000 they raised before getting caught. bobbitt faces five years of probation as part of a plea deal and will go into a drug program. there was peanty of rn to celebrate on the streets of washington lt night. the caps started the 2019un playoff with a big win over e carolina hurricanes. the caps swept the hurricanes in regularon seas you know, everything changes in playoffs. we like to see that happen. four games in and be done. >> that's right. even if carolina hasn't been since 2009, the game looked like an easy win when ovechkin scored in an early periodut that p the caps ahead 3-0. >> the hurricanes did not back down. they scored twice in the third period, were threatening to tie the game. look -- the goalie comes out of the goalo givhem more players to try to get a goal to make a tie. the caps sred a goaln an empty net, secured the game. one victory, game two set for

tomorrow, capital one arena, 3:00. don't forget the pregame shows. look, the special -- the producers are ahead of me. "defenng the cup" airs tomorrow at 2:30 onbc. the game is right after that. then news4 at 6:00. >> thhad to show the fancy graphic. ece to see it back h in real life. 4:37. you're up, why not join "news4 today" for a workout? >> this morning is the community boot camp we've been telling you about this week. molette green is leading the charge as part of her get fit for spring challenge. yocan join her at 5:30 at the community center in upper marlboro or just join from home. she'll be showing exercises you can do anywhere. now 4:37. coming up, amazon's new headquarters hasn't oned yet, but already some schools a feeling its influence. ahead, we'll sho you howit's already inspiring nhet generation of engineers. hey there, happy friday,

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this, but she is really a blessing to montgomery county. so i just felthe should be recognized for all the great work that she does. >> you won't wan to miss this story coming up on tonight's "harris' heroes" at 4:00. anooler marylande officer is making a difference one lyric at a time. >> a 26-year-oldofaltimore cer is known as saint the rappy cop -- the rapping cop on instagram. ♪ >> now when joshua jackson is not rapping in the recording h studio patrols the streets of baltimore. nbc's craig melvin him and asked how he's changing the image of the police department. >> iave kids now who walk up to me that last week were running from the police. now he's wsaking up ng, hey, you're the guy who raps. how you do this, how you do that? then the rap conversation turns into, hey, man, how's your life?

then every time run into each other, it's, oh, man, that's a good -- good cop right there. >> wow. jackson is from anne arundel county. you can watch the full interview coming up on the "today" show. i feel like he has a real career. when they said he's a police officer who raps, i wasn't sure what to expect. he sounds good. >> good for sure. 4:42. lauren? >> we've got some nice s conditions you make those kids out to school. i make your way to school, was going to say. and if you want to get the kids to the bus stop, there you go, temperatures will be warming up. pack the umbrella, the rain jacket for later on this afternoon. we'll have rain and even a few thunderstorms in the mix. getting into that kind of season. we'll talk about the timing for the afternoon storms coming up.

15 before the hour. julian assange's lawyers say he will fight extradition to the u.s. the justice departmen charging the wikileaks founder mpth computer hacking. now president ts reacting to the arrest. >> news4's tracie potts joins us now livemoith . the president seems to have done an aboutface when it comes to wikileaks. >> reporter: yeah, no question he's distancingro himself now its founder, julian assange. remember during the campaign president trump said wikileaks, wikileaks. now he says, i don't know much about wikileaks or its founder, julian e. assange, as you said, has been charged by the justice department with tapping that government computer to get information back about the iraq war. he also wasrapped up in the emails that were spread, taken from andpread about the

hillary clinton campaign. but president trump saying that eahe doesn't ry know anything about all of that, and really the only link between president trump, directly twinge julian assange and president trump, is indirect, it's through roger stone, the former trump aiser who has been wrapped up in the russia investigation and as par of that, the special counsel noted he had been talks with people connected to julian assange. >> all right, tracie potts for us on the hill thimorning. thank you. the white house is now responding to a report that president trump is movingim to ate the office of personnel management. the "washington post" reports the plan calls for dismantling opm and dividing ins funct among three other departments. riopm employees wereed in march. if the proposal moves forward, the closure cube a blueprint for -- could be a blueprint for closingtm other depts as his aides move to shrink the government. a white house official released a statement, quote, president

trump is permi to reforming the federal government, making it more efficient, effective, and accountable f hard-working american taxpayers. the year is flying by. the time for procrastinating on those taxes is almost over. you have until monday night to get them in, and at th point, e-filing is the best option. you have until 11:59 monday to submit them on line. if you're mailing your taxes in, make sure you have that postmarked for monday. if you can't figure them out in time, final anxtsion request by monday. oeep in mind, again, that extension request't mean you can put off paying your taxes if you owe. you must make your best estimate of whatou owe or face interest and penalties, as well. those of you who do get them in on time,dou sho see a pretty quick result. the irs will pay out nine of ten refunds in less than three weeks. >> get your money. new overnight, students at seorgetown university p a referendum saying they are willing to pay for slave reprations fund.

the refendum calls for the establishment of a new fee of $27.20. oney would go into a fund to helpdented ants of -- help descendants of slave sold by the university in the 1800s. sie university will take the referendum into cration and ultimately decide what to do. now 4:48. here's a harewarming story this friday. there's -- heartwarming story this friday. there's a friendly face that helps feed college students at the university of marywa ington. >> grace ann braxton is also as ial olympian. she is just back from her fourth world games. she returned to campus wear something new hardware t -- lunch counter. check out that silver medal she has on. >> very nice. as northern virginia bureau greg ows, grace app learns just how much she means to the campus community. >> reporter: grace ann braxton just clockedut and is about to step into an unexpected celebration. before she does, let's go back a few hours. >> love veggies. >> reporter: behind the qdoba counter at the university of

mary washington, grace anne at work dishing up lunch. for 22 years on campus, she's been serving up a side of joy. she just brought home a silver medal in golf, competing in her fourth special olympics world games. >> and i a have justut that small of a disability. it doesn't bother me of who im and what disability i have. as long as i get my job done. >> she's just like everybody else. o be.s how i want her >> reporter: it brings us back to the loving surprise. [ cheers ] a campus gathering. their way of cebrating grace anne's accomplishments and thanking her for the joy she spreads -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: david culver,4. ne >> how awesome. >> that is so wonderful and so moulng. >> congrions to her. that is awesome. >> yeah. >> the fourth world games,to >> silver medal. congratulations. and bringing joy to faces every

day. >> eyes. l you, lauren ricketts. >> my gosh, thank you. hey, aaron. >> i agree. >> thanks. you know what, i don't know how many people are going to be so joyful over the weekend because we've got rain showers. we've got the nats games going on. especially afternoon nats games going on. tonight, we've got the start of a series against the pirates. starting at 7:05. not sure if the game will get in depending on the thunderstorms.e , we've got thunderstorms in the mix. we're getting into that time of year. temperatures, mod when you outside this morning. we're in the 40s and 50s. compared to yesterday morning where it was chilly out there. mainly because we've got the clthd cover. blanketed us. the warm temperatures that we received yesterday kept near the surface. again, 50 degrees to start. we're headed into the mid 60s by the time we head into the mid morning. we're still dryug thut the morning. and in about lunchtime we'll start to see some rain to portions of the area. temperatures already in the 60s by that point. again, cloud cover out there th's morning. thnly going to increase

out there. and rain chances are only going to incrse, as well here's the rain that we're looking at coming our way as we ndget into the afternoon into the evening. so if you're headed out to nats park for our ge against t pirates, 7:05 first pitch. again, temperatures goi right around 70 degrees. we do have storm chances. game think the later the goes, the better chance we will have for some thunderstorms. but some rain earlier on. again, we'll start this at 4:30. you can see we've got the cover. you head into the morning commute, you're looking good. after lunchtaie, here comes showers. and then we'll continue to see some on and off rain showers through that evening commute. then that front pulls through. and that's when we could have thunderstorms. and i do believet will happen after that evening commute. after about 7:00 p.m. we'll keep a chatoe for thundes even into the overnight. rain showers lingering into tomorrow morning. then we head into the afternoon tomorrow. i think tomorrow afternoon game for the nats and even a cherry blossom festival , i think that's looking good for tomorrow afternoon. the middle part of the day

to be dry. i'm going to keep an isolated chance of a shower tomorrow g. even then rain chances come back as we get into your sunday. and they'll increase throughout theday. could have a few showers in the morning. more likely in the afternoon and evening on sunday. and sunday may eve feel humid to a lot of people. we'll have showers and thunderstorms by suny afternoon. your weekend outlook again, aing the ponchos, especially for this afternoo evening. and for the nats games. temperatures as we continue through the rest of the week, going to be a little on the wara side m and tuesday. we have temperatures in the 60s. we delay out next week. the next chapses of rain -- ext weeken rain now to traffic and melissa mollet. good morning, lauren. thatfus very he of course. northbound 270 after 121, we had everything shut down. i spoke with police, they told me that things were in the middle of the roadway just temporarily, now everything is out of the way. that's good. everything haseopened northbound 270 after clarksburg road. outer loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problemht now. everything looks quite good

actually. 66 and 95, overall just fine. lington eastbound 66 after the rosslyn tunnel, we have the right lane as the only thing getting by the work zone there. aaron? >> thankyou. 4:53 right now. new this morning, southwest airlines has suspended boeing 737 max flights through much of the busy summer travel season. the announcement grounds the planes until august 5th. kecustomers b on those trips are being notified so they can reschedule flights well ahead of their travel dates. last month the faa called for airlines to ground the planes following two deadly plane crashes.>> six alexandria city public schools have received amazon grants for s.t.e.m. >> this morning, how that's helping inspire the next generation of engineers. megan fitzgerald has more. we connect on our computer so that t we can control robot wires. >> reporter: when it comes to s.t.e.m. or science, technology, engineering, and math -- ef so do any of you have any other questionse we try

driving it? >> reporter: alexandria city public schools is orking to create leaders of the future, even using students from the tc ms high school robotics team to inspire the younger kids. >> and back -->> he drivers -- >> reporter: the principal at ra kelly elementary school says many of the students are economically disadvantaged. >> we have a s.t.e.m. lab where students can collaborate, communicate because we're working hard to create a pipeline for our students in the high-tech fields. >> reporter: thanks to amazon, the process will become a lot easier. they were one ofarix schools d a $10,000 grant and other helpful tools. >> the kids will get access to different thing and coaches and professional development for our teachers. >> reporter: the company is moving its second headquarters to crystal city and says it's committed to investing in the community. >> whoa! >> it's fun to drive . d it's cool watching it.

>> reporter: the older students are investing in the younger generation, too. >> it's so rewarding to see a problem and then figure out a solution and be really proud of the work you've done. >> reporter: it's a commitment on all levels to make sure all kids, noatter which neighborhood they come from, are exposed to a career field that has the potential to change the world. in alexandria,egan fitzgerald, news4. >> very cool. >> it is. >> gre to get young excited about s.t.e.m. early on. leaders.hose future >> i was at the school a few weeks ago. they weave it into everything. good to see. >> we' not doing science and math any time soon. >> no. thank god foram -- for pro that do the math for you, too. we're old. this weekend, you have the rare chance to check out the white house gardens. tours will be held tomorrow and sunday. starting at 10:00 a.m. free tickets will be handed out starting at 8:30 each d at a tent along constitution avenue at 15th street. keep in nd, everyon in your

group must be there in order to receive your tickets. still ahead on "news4 today," the rent is too high. it's a complaintot among a of people living in the district. >> what the mayor wants to do to cut back on the cost you pay. plus, demanding justice. the details on the $30 million lawsuited f by the parents of wilson who makiyah was shot and killed last summer. we'll be right back.

and we're off. the washingto capitals cruise to a 4-2 victory t ove hurricanes making a victorious end to game one of the nhl playoffs. what a way to start thingsoff, right? love it. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. this morning we're looking back on the game for you. we'll begin, throw, with a check on your forecast and the commute. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the roads and the rails in a few seconds here. >> yep. let's begin with storm team 4

meteorologist lauren ricketts in for chuck bell. talking about rain a today? >> unfortunately we are talking about rain i think at least first part of the day going tbe dry. in the afternoon we'll see the rain chances increase throughout the area. starting off on a mild note. we have the cloud cover out cere. therld be a little fog in areas. temperatures in the 40s right dew. we are h into the 50s by the time we go through the early morning. hen we'll quickly rise into the 60s throughout about lunchtime. topping out around 70. rain moving into the afternoon. that rain is stretching right now back to the west. that will continue pushing east. even a few thunderstorms. the weekend not going that dry. really maybe not that nice. we'll be talking about the timing of rain for the weekend. first, let's talk about the timing of your commute withme ssa mollet. good morning. just got off the phone w sh rockvill