ware in storm team 4 weather alert mode as you wake up on this stormy monday morning. a live look outside now, and at 4:30, 'such calmer than it was a few hours ago. >> the storms that may have maken you overnight are moving -- may have awakened you overnight are moving out. it was a busy few hours of thunderstorms, tornado watches, and even two tornado warnings in southern maryland. those storms kept me up all night. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. thanks for waking up with us on this mondaymorning. storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts has been busy bringing youhe latest updates over. we'll check in for a look ahead before missa tells us how the

roads are faring. >> the roads will be the main issue especially this morning as we had a lot of downed trees. this rolled through last night. it was rolling all theth way rough the deep south and moved into the d-lantic. you can see those storms are now out of here. i do believe s that inthern maryland we're seeing a few showers in the northern neck right now. just coming across 360. extreme southern maryland, we had a tornado warning just about two hours ago south of st. george islands. we are seeing stronger heavier rain, no lightning associated with that. that's about the only thing going on, light showers by winchester to loudoun county, at's right here. otherwise, you can see this is pretty much out of here at this point. main story today are going to bh winds. the severe weather threat is over, but we are weather alert because of these winds that are going to be gusting to 50 miles per hour. we've had a few power outages. we could have additional power outages as we go through the day and those winds pick up.

we'll talk more about that and what to expect for the rest of the week coming up. let's talk about the roads. good drning. downed trees and wires and roads closed throughout the area. kettering is onehb of them. sond 202 at watkins park. road closed there. the beltway in general is looking okay right now. non problems the beltway. obviously that's helpful. la plathawthorne, west of rose hill, downed wires. 66 not bad in tow or out of town. we'll talk about flooding and tree down. here's another thing to beware of. southbound bw parkway before 410 that's cleared. there is still high standing water. continuing our team coverage, let's head out to the roads. >> megan mcgrath is giving us a liveook at what your commute could be like after the storms moved through. are y b atparkway right now?

>> reporter: yeah. right now i'm on the baew parkw. we just took the exit off the beltway. we're not seeing lane in. you may notice on the windsareld where w using the wipers. that's just road spray. we're not seeing the rain coming do anymore. we are dealing with some of the problems that cropped up because of the storm that blew through ernight. we a headed to old laurel bowie road and 197. there' ia tree down that area which is blocking the roadway. that causing problems in area. we've also heard some reports of a tree down on 202. we'll check that out, as well. keep in minds that there are problems here a there, downed trees. we've encountered a lot of standing water, especially in the dark. you might encounter as you drive along a bigfool or pond water in the road. it might cause problems, hydroplaning if you hit it going too foster. those are the -- too fast. those are the kinds of things we're seeing. wild monitor the situation and have more on thehe tree in

bowie area. we're headed there now. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. now the same storm system bringing damage and closures to our area wreaked havoc across the south. at lerst eight peoplee killed by the storms here. i tornado touched down in troydo -- a tor touched down in troy, alabama. in texas, tornadoes carved a path of destruction while stroying several homes. officials in louisiana say one of the fatalities there was a 13-year-old boy. in the day ahead, front royal mayor hslis tharpe expected in a warrencourtroom. he tells us he was indicted friday and charged with soliciting a prostitute last may. tharpe tells news4 the situation is embarrassing and the charge are baseless. as> sheriff's deputies need help solving a sexuault inside of a nightclub in loudoun county. the alleged attack happenet the rio cantina in sterling early sunday morning. a w aan says man she didn't know began kissing and groping her in astairwell and pulled her into a private room.

call the loudoun county nyeriff's office if you have information. police continue looking for suspects after a deadly shooting in suitland. is happened on saturday around 3:00 a.m. officers found two mensi shot a home on maywood lane off suitland road. one of the men was pronounced dead on the scene. the other was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police are working to determine a motive. in prince george's county, o well, a driver had t cut out of i had car after m aor crash. two vehicles crashed on veterans parkway at annapolis road in hyattsville. that was yesterday morning. both are expected to survive. the push for safer roads in prince george's county continues. toda the county executive and police chief will hold a news conference to discuss traffic enforcement and awareness. enhanced efforts began in december when three kids weren killed route 210 when the car they were in was hit b a suspected drunk driver. the prince george's county state's attorney will be at the conference. you can look for updates on thep

nbc washingtonater today. it's 4:35. a man was rovering this morning after d.c. police say he was stabbed outsiem of the ssy of spain. this happened saturday afternoon. according to the police report, a man was slashed in the head with a pocket knife and then threw a b.b. gun at his atta attacker. the area is packed with resident and tourists. pleases say both men arehaed in this fight. this morning democrats are resistins president trum idea to send migrants seeking asylum to sanctuary cities around the country. last week it was reportedhat e proposal had been rejected twice b the department of homeland security. over the weekend, the president tweeted the u. had legal rights to send undocumented mmigrants to so-called sanctuary cities. the white house press secretary said the idea is simply one of th many options. however, the administration would prefer to work withss congor immigration overhaul. >> went want to put all of the burden on oneor or twor

communities, and democrats have state time and time again they support open borders, they supportesanctuary citi. >> using the immigrants as pawns in his political gamef chess. he's not really interested in a solution. >> we'll have more coming up in a few minutes. todayanou pay your last respects to maryland house speaker michael busch. his body will lie in state in theotda of the state house in annapolis. visitation will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. this evening and tomorrow 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. the funeral will be held tomorrow at st. john newman church followed by aheeception atavy marine corps memorial stadium. serving e longest speaker in maryland history. he was 72 years old. 4:37. in other top stories, protesters showed up to demonstrate against virginia governor ralph northam at a fundraiser. show.am was a no he was scheduled to appear for

senate center dave marsden. he's been under fire since a racist photo appeared on hisdi mel school yearbook page. h he refuses to resignig peter bug launched his official campaign. he's 37, gay, and married. if elected he would become the youngest commander in chief and the youngest american president. he's in third placen iowa and new hampshire. today is april 15th, the deadline to get your taxes in. if you're e-filing you have until 11:59 tonight. if you are mailing them in, get a postmark for yday. need an extension you have to request it by the deadline and need to pay the f best estimatehat you think you owe in order to avoid fines. tiger woods is back on top of the golf world. he won the masters just by one stroke yesterday. it is thes fifth time h won, but this is his first major championship win.ince 20

it was also the first time in the 43-year-old's career that he's ever come from behind the final day to win it all. they ore! >> we just need to do it again and again and again. that was the goal that put the caps ahead in defending the stanley cup. that wastwo. 14 more to go and the trophy stays here. back to back, stanleycup. >> one game at a time. tonight the tough task of winning on the road begins. the best of seven heads to raleigh tonight. >> game three is on the hurricanes' home ice. sherry buriess looking ahead -- shree burress isng looki ahead with more. >> reporter:hey haven't had playoff hockey in carolina in ten years. what do you think this place will look like and sound like? >> i hope it's rabid. i think it's great for the

national hockey league to get back intohe playoffs. i hope it's as raucous, as loud as we've ever heard. i make no bones about it, i want the capitals to w c. i hope the silent the crowd. i'm looking for -- can silence the crowd. i'm looking forward to an incredible atmosphere. >> us, too. game three begins at 5:00 onur sister station, nbc sports washington. it's close enough where i feel like there are going to be caps fans at that game. >> oh, yeah. >> tune in at 11:00 as we break down the game and what's next for the caps. 4:40. we're back with more ahead. good morning. you know, you spend about one-third of yr life sleeping. >> you change your sheets but how often do you clean your mattress? >> cleaning your mattress is easy to do. >> at 4:00, consumer reporter susan hogans explains why it important to clean your mattress. >> she'll show the best tools for the job.

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welcome back. heads-up, american airlines is canceling nature flights because of the -- more flights because of the ongoing investigation into the boeing 737 max series. the airline says it is canceling flights through august 19th. that's about 115 flights a day. aaas you could expect increased delays o the busy summer season. the faa grounded all boeing 7 3 7

max jets following two daeds cries. to tad capital bikeshare is temporarily electric bikes because of a brake issue. the company received reports from riders who say they've experienced a strong brake force on the front wheel of the eltric bikes. could cause a fall. lyft owns capital bikeshare. the compa is also removing the e-bikes in new york city and san francisco's bay area. your drive on the baltimore washington parkway may be faster this morning. the national parks service acraised the speed limit up to 55 miles per hour between route r197 andte 32 over the weekend. the speed limit had been lowered last month because ofe a h pothole issue along the parkway. the new secretary of theor inte said they need to up its game when it comes to the maintenance backlog. lauren? >> well, guys, the storms that we had during the overnight hours has pushed out of the region. the main story are the winds. what to expect for the rest of the day today coming up.

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just about 4:48. new this morning, presides trump' re-election fund-raising campaign seems to be bucking all tradition. according to theesassociated " more than $30 million had been raised in the first few months of 2019. uge haul for anpa com this early in -- an incumbent this early in the the majority of the donations were $200 or less. e than ey is raised m the two top democratic rivals combined. the trump campaign says they have aoal of $1 billion for 2020. and this morning, administration is apparently considering sending migrants seeking asylum to sanctuary cities. that's stirring up backlash from the other side of the aisle. >> tracie potts live with more. which stress in parcular are the administration considering for this move? >> reporter: well, they haven't named them but we're talking about citie and counties, in some c howhole states, that declared they wil protect immigrants and will not work with the federal government to prosecute or deport them. 've heard about san francisco

which is nancy pelosi's area.e we heard about washington state, where the government -- the governor is speaking outsa ng that they welcome immigrants. pump now pushing this idea after it was reportedly ned twice by his own administration amid concerns about whether or not it's legal. president trump says it's absolutely legal for him to bus immigrants from the border to these cities all over the country that say they welcome atmigrants. now his adminisn has raised questions about whether or not that should be part of their plan. and what's the latest on the demand for the president's tax returns? resign. >> reporter: april 23rd is the deadline the ways and means committee set for that. it's not car that the treasury department, the irs will respond at all. we know they missedhe first deadline. the treasury secretary says it's dpli complicated. the president says he will never allow them to be released. theothite house has clearly said that he would block the irs. on your tax day, whether or no

anyone will ever see the president's returns still up in the air. >> all right. tracie potts for us on the hill. thank yo fire investigators are working to figure out what caused a garage fire at boxing legend george foreman's home. you see the overnight response. foreman's house is just outside houston. firefighters there say there were about 40 cars in the garage. but it does not appear that any was damaged. no injuriesere reported. terrible news this morning out of new york. a fordham university student has died from her injuries after she fell from'she scho clock tower. officials say fordham senior sydney remo went about-- went with friends and fell. the university's president says there are no words sufficient to deribe the loss of someone so young and full of the 123rd boston marathon kicks off in a few hours.

thst will be the f time the event falls on the same day that the bombings happened back in 2013. more than a million people expected to attend that 26. 26.2-migrant marathon des-- 26.2 mile marathon. a man was hit by a man high four months to the job ere. today fitzgerald will be pushed all 26.2 miles by a fellow agent in a special wheelchair. >> garrett gives me the motivation. a talk strategy, we work as team to get through tough times. >> fitzgerald is raising money in the boston marathon for the journey forward foundation. a recent race here in d.c. fell o short expectations literally. last week's cherry blossom ten-mile run wasn't ten miles after all. >> uh-oh. our partners at wtop report a

turnaround in west potomac park was short. the error actually investigation gates what were thought to be record times. see, now we kn of course it's a record me. you're not running ten miles. that was including the new record for american for the fast ever ten-miler ever d if you run the race, you can have your results reviewed but you must smit a request o line by the end of the month. a bummer. >> i don't think it's one of those qualifiers but a lot of times they'reor qualifiers other things -- >> the boston marathon. people asked about the weather. upper 40s, rain from the same system, and winds up to 50 miles per hour for thatthoston maon. not a good day. >> good luck. >> the system is moving on up and out to t east coast. there's an area of low pressure moving out of our area. it's going to pass up by new york and then continue to move up toward the canadian maritimes. just on the east coast. so it'sysaking them with it, and it's taking it quickly through the area. we did have rain, two rounds. one last night where we had a

tornado warningn frederick county, maryland. six. we were dealing with this throughout the overght, as well. several tornado warnings overnight, especially in lvert, n maryland, prince george's, and st. mary's county had those tornado warnings. good news is, no more tornado warnings. no more severy thunderstorm warnings. this is now over for us. thankgoodness. it probably woke you up earlier -- a couple of hours ago i should say. we at looking a a few light shows down here through the southern maryland area in st. mary's county. onis willnue to push all through the area. what canou expect for your monday? the severe weather is over. we could have power outages from winds. we're going to see gusts as the storm moves out of the areare a highure moves in. those competing pressures, now we'll have winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour in this areas in ea, in the brown. if you're not in the advised

area, you're still going to have gusts up to 40, 45 miles per hour. as you make your way to work, watch forowned trees, ponded roads, road spray. you will probably need the wipers even though we rain out there. gusts up to 15 miles per hour. tomorrow we're dry as we g sunshine. temperatures right now, about as good as we'll get. be spent in day wil the upper 50s and lower 60s. this is what you can expect as you go through the morning. temperatures are going to fall. it's going to feel brisk those winds. even with temperatures in the 50s. our nextho chance ofrs will be on wednesday. a few light showers, a 30% chance. we have a cha of showers into friday. and unfortunately through the weekend we will have some showers, as well. that's for easter. let's talk about the roads with melissa. good morning. >> good morning, lauren. bowie, 197 and old laurel bowie road. root -- road shut down in both directions. same at croom.

crashes here high water might be causing delays headed into town. kettering, southbound 2 07 2 at watt tinspark -- watkins park, tree down. 66, 95 no major problems. suitland parkway at firth sterli flashing lights. and at manning, dark tffic lights. power outages, as well. aaro >> all right. thank you. 4:55. christians around the world gin holy week with palm sunday. here in washington, cardinal donald wuerleb cting mass at st. matthew's cathedral yesterday. palm sunday commemorates geez' entry into jerusalem before being on the cross. this marks the beginning of the holiest time of year for the aschristians which ends onr when they celebrate jesus'ies are rakz. local meyer -- jesus' resurrection. aoyal mayor defends himself in court.

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pounding rain, strong wind even a few tornado warnings. monday morning has arrived. the severe weather many of us saw overnight appears to be moving on. we may not be completely out of the woods just yet. just cing up on 5:00 a.m. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we remn in weather alert mode this morning. a threat of strong wind gusts remains. >> you may find branches and leaves on the road. give yourself plenty of time. melissa mollet has a check on the commute and road close. >> let's begin with lnren ricketts for chuck bell. what are you seeing out igthere? >> now not seeing a lot. that's good news felt last night, yeah, this radar was lighting up over the region. we are still weather alert. but not because we're going to continue tsee a severe weather threat in terms of rain. now we havee'he winds to

do. you see the rain that would through, we had a few tornado warnings, no tornado watches or warnings. again, the severe thrt for the region is now over. we arefe looking at light showers through st. mary's county and also through the northern shenandoah valley. here it is south of j. mortgage? sloond. that continues to move off to the eastern shore shore. eastern shore got the pursuant to of it int the l hour of what moved through the area. so they're dealing with the we're weather now. but nothing like we were dealing with during the overnight anymore for our 65 degrees is the temperature now. that's about as good as it's going to get. that's theaytime high. temperatures most of the dame in the upper 50s and lower 60s. so again, winds are going to be picking up as we go through the morning. wind advisories in place for some of the we'll talk about that and more storms on the ten-they forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. first, melissa mollet has a check of the roads. >>good morning. ood morning. brand-new slowdown in silver spring. southbound georgia avenue at assembly