video. he follows her into the building. then into the elevator. he tries to steal her purse. but it didn't stop there. the man forces his way into her apartment and rips her off big time. how long was he in your apartment? >> it was -- i mean, it felt like a lifetime, but i want to say it was n more than two minutes. >> reporter: we call her sandy. for obvious reasons, we're not revealing her identity or place where she lives. today i tald to herho by. >> i really hope they catch him more than anything to give me piece of mind just because he obviously knows where i live. it still terrifies me to think that maybe he'll come back. >> reporter: that ride sre bber made off with a rolex watch worth $14,000. anothe rolex watch another

$11,000. a louis vuitton wallet and all her credit cards, enough credit cards to go on a high dollar shopping spree. sandra says thisegan downtown on the "u" seet corridor. it was saturday, march 30th, 00 friends. sheaid she thought she'd call for a ride share.hiteedanulledp. ea w got in. and off they went to her apartment. there she says the driver followed her into thedi buil. into that elevator and then into her apartment. >> it's been three weeks and horrifying you have no idea. especially being alone. >> reporter: yet anotherwa ing. before you get into a ride share car, make sure you know the dr er's name. make sure you note the tag number on the car. make sure that driver is for

real. in this inance, theoman said when the driver pulled up, he didn't know her destination. that's a big red flag. most ride share drivers should know where you're going. if theydon't, that's a sign to back off and maybe call for another car. wendy, back to you. >> and the other one, because south carolina with much worse consequences, the uber says ask the driver what your name is. say what's my name, because the iver not only knows where you're going, but knows your name. if they don't, don't get in that car. boy, that was anightening. thyou, pat. lyft is launching new safety measures to protect riders anning to run continuous criminal background checks on their drivers. instead of just doinghem once a year. any driver who does not pass the annual check and then thein contus screening would be barred from driving.

the ride share company will require both a valids driver' license and an up to date photo of your face to prevent potential identity fraud and uber begans continuou background checks as well last year. re> now we turnover sa overseas the notame cathedral is bringing people together by the thousands. a vigil is still going on atr this hou and today we learn priceless relics like the crown of thorns won by jesus among of the works being transferred to the louvre where they will be assessed and stored. first responders remain on hand and it could be a couple of days bere they can remove some of the larger pieces o art that are still inside. our sister station in new york has traveled to paris and has todas latest. >> reporter: the sound of hope echoing in the streets of paris te today.

hundreds of people coming from all corners singing tether as they converge on notre dame for a candle light vigil. a city showing its strength after a fire that stunned the world, including so many from the tri state. she teaches french at a high school in new jersey, but france is her native home. notre dame a symbol of national pride. >> it was a very busy day of sightseeing. notre dame was our last stop. >> reporter: they were on a class trip to visit notre dame yeerday, took pictures of the famous woi famous windows and art and left about 6:20. half hour later their relatives started calling them about a fire. >> i had my phone in my hand ady to film, but when i actually saw t i didndid, i did realize how big the fire was. >> we were all emotional. we were crying,ac hugging other. it was very surreal.

>> reporter: the students went waback inside because it too upsetting. one chaperone stayed and captured this incredible video of thepire toppling. >> we could have beenthere. >> reporter: these students are sad and relieved the had left the cathedral just before the fire started. l we were ery thank okay, but in that moment, it was very chaotic. the emotions were so high. >> reporter: today as french es officials ad the damage left by the fire at notre dame, the destruction seemed overwhelming. experts are grappling with the next steps needed to restore paris's iconicfr cathedral. ch leaders are vowing to do whatever it takes. >> translator: we now have to act. and we will act. and we will succeed. >> reporter: before the fire, ulere was an susfccun es toh raise enough funds to repai notre dame. now after this devastating fire,

the families and companies have alread pledged more than $550 million to restore the cathedral to its glory.rt repog from paris, nbc news. and a live look now at that vigil taking place outside the cathedral this evening. presidt macron says he wants the cathedral rebuilt in five years, but restoration experts and architects agree itould take decades. we go from something uplifting to something disappointing. a child screaming in pain aboard a school s. that is the picture painted by court documents just filed in prince william county court. tonight a school bus attendant ing the driver are f charges for this julie carey is live to explain why both are facing charges. jules. >> reporter: wendy, these are the court documents detailing the allegations against that

school bus attendant. they say on three separate ocsions in january he assaulted this 12-year-old special needstudent. and the school bus driver, she's charged, too, because police say she kept on driving even as that child cried out for help. school buses that carry special needs ohildren have notnly a driver but a bus attendant to watch over the children as they ride to and from school. this bus attendant, 52-year-old kelly rucker, is facing three felony child abuse charges for what happened on a bus in late january. a bus carrying mostly autistic students. he's accused of assaulting one of them inspect court documents say bus security camera videoht caug rucker grabbing a 12-year-old boy in an aggressive manner to try to restrain him from updisron. when that failed, rucker would deliberately close-hand punch the victim in the back of the head. the victim reportedly asked for help from the other children and, quote, screamed in pain throughout the duration of the

encounter. >> unfortunately we had an adult that was on the bus, the bus driver in particular, who wast n adulho witnessed the assault and could have taken action to prevent them and to report the matter to authorities, either the police or other school ie authorit and that didn't happen. >> reporter: the bus driver is also charged with child to stepment for failing in to help the child. and she also allegedly never alerted school officials about what was happening aboard her bus. now, i asked school officials about the three month gap between when the incident occurred and when police started investigating just last week. they declined to answer that question but did tell me both the bus attendant and driver were removed from bus duty back in january and kept from any contact with children. they say now with these charges, both of them have been placed on leave and if they are found guilty of felonies, both will be automatically dismissed. back to you in the studio. >> the parents must be

julie carey, thank you. family, friends and fellow lawmakers said goodbye today to one of the best known names in all of maryland politics. speaker mike busch will be remembered as the longest serving speaker in history. he was first and foremost a husband and he was a father. newscy 4 dar spencer is in annapos tonight to share the sights and sounds from his fa funeral. darcy? apparently we'll ghetto that story in a bit. we don't have her right now. darcy, can you hear us? we apologize. we will have that story. we're having technical issues right now. we'll be right back right

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a major safety milestone for the commuter rail system. it is now using a new safy system called positive train control. drail systems aroun the country have been told by the feder government to get the system up and running. adaransportation reporter tuss tells us, it could be the difference in a dangerous scenario -- if a dangerous scenario devops on the tracks. >> reporter: this is aic signt safety milestone, one you hope that never actually neededre >> people a human, obviously. they make mistakes. this is to catch things that an

engineer may not catch. >> reporter: for example, going too fast around a curve or two twains on the same track. even workers ahead on the positive train control is a safety layer that takes over to prevent these incidents. doug allen is the head of vre. >> with technology, the system will override and slow trains down or stop trains asar necessy. >> reporter: you may remember that awful deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia a few years ago. that train was going over 100 miles an hour around a curve, something that never should have haened and never would have happened if positive train control had been a in placet the time. both amtrak and m.r.c have been working. metro has a similar smaller type of system in place. vre riders don't love the idea of a computer taking over. >> i think it's a good utnews, b it has to be designed and engineered really >> reporter: others happy with the safety upgrade.

>> the alternative is to sit on 95 and all those crazy drivers, so it's the best way to go. >> reporter: make no mistake, with vre, this is a big step forward. when you think of vre, you might not think of major commuter rail systems. it actually is. th largest in the largest country and now a new safety layer built into the ride. in alexandria, adam tuss. news 4. the news 4 i-team following the installation on the m.a.r.c. rail system. it's up and running on the camden and brunswick lines, but the test is still ongoing on tpo pular penn line. you can watch more by visiting our nbc washington app. road repairs that started today could require crews to temporarily shut down a very busy highway in fairfax county. we're talking about route 50 here, fair oaks mall. an underground pipe that

carrying storm water beneath the road has become corroded. now part of the road is starting to sag. our news reports they may close to install a permanent replacement pipe. v dot is also looking into a way to make repair work like that to be safer for crews and drivers. they'll be deploys rumble strips to work zone on two lane roads during the day. the idea is that the sound will give crews a heads up ofco ng vehicles. and give drivers another signal to slow down. accidents in work zones last year left more than 1,2 injured andilled nine people including some drivers. >> they were the first on the scene last june inhe t deadly wood row wilson crash. they were honored today for thr efforts. that fiery crash you may recall

engulfed several vehicles, left three workers dangling beneath the bridge. the people honorede today wer the first fire, ems and police officers to arrive working together to save as many people as they could. this recognition is the highest honor given to a group byin the pr george's county fire department. >> it represents all the guys out there that are out grinding every day in public safety or any kind of service environment. they go to work every day and do the same thing we're doing. it wouldn't happen withheny group of guys. we happen to be the ones work. >> one person was killed in the crash. it was the driver of the traor trailer that lost control hitting another vehicle. back tow tohe farewell for one of the most well known names in all of maryland politics. house speaker me busch remembered as the longest serving speaker in late history, but he was first and foremost a husban and dad. darcy spencer has our story now.

>> reporter: a final goodbye for a titan of maryland politics, respected by lawmakers onh b sides of the aisle. mike busch remembered by colleagues, wife and friends. his daughters were among those who speak. >> he was my coach, my and my besti buddy. love you, dad. thank you for everything. >> reporter: his fily waited to receive his casket outside st. newman's church in annapolis. it arrived following a procession from the statehouse where he served aspeaker since ll03. mourners wereed to pay their respects inside the capital for the last two days. >> mike was a visionary. he was passionate, principled, he was inclusive and becse he was neither from baltimore nor the d.c. metro area, he was able to really b a statewide leader.

>> reporter: he was credited wi pushing through a fast agenda, but he was remembered mostly for his roles outside the statehouse. a husband, fathr,, teache coach and mentor. senate president mike miller, who's battling prostate cancer, said it's a sad day. >> a great leader for the state ofry mand. he was from anne arundel county, played football here, was a star and then became a star in rpolitics. >>orter: miller journined the governor in giving the flag to is wife, a symbol of the state he served and loved so much. tnow tha busch's funeral is over, the search for the next speaker of the house can begin here in annapolis. wendy, back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. the coast guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns, making a hit list of top democrats and journalists, he wants to be let out of federal custody.

in februar audge said that prosutors had two weeks to charge christopher hassan with teor offenses, but that hasn't happened. hassan's attorney says prosecutors don't expect to seek any charges beyond t ones for firearms and for drugs. so they want his bail to be reviewed. he remainsen activ duty until the case against him is resolved. a church is looking to build a new home because of a growing congregation, but some are leading a fight to stop that new building. plus big changesing in your forecast. amelia tells us when you're going to want to have that umbrella handy. umbrella handy. a beautiful shot

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a joins us and we can hear a difference in your voice from yesterday. it'still blowing out tlhere, thepoll len. >> tree spore system continuing to come in high. i stocked up on the allergy medication hoping to sound a little bit better out there today. what a beautiful after on after plenty of cloudiness this morning. m saw those clouds diminish around theday hours. now the sunshine is out and temperatures flirting with that 70 degree mark. check it out on the bottom

right-hand corner of your screen. 69 degrees. there is a chance for a few showers out there tomorrow. but most if not all of your day is going to be mainly dry. the best chance for a shower is going to be during the morning and midday hours for the area north of waston with a frontal system. everybody is warm out there on thursday. when i say warm, i mean near 80 degrees. already declaring a weather alert on friday. i'm see some very heavy rainfall. the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms in the forecast. here's your evenglanner. right now we're at 69 degrees. clear skies out there. we're going to have increasing clouds overnight, but still o plen sunshine at 7:00 p.m. with temperature around 67. by 9:00 p.m., we drop to around 63 degrees. by 11:00 we're at a school 62. tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature of 70. this is in the d.c. metro'rrea. if you south of the metro area, low 70s. if you're north of the metro area, mid to upper 60s.

i postedhat temperature you can expect tomorrow in your town on my facebook and twitter pages just now. at the bus stop, 53 cool degrees with the sunrise time at 6:29. maybe an isolated shower, but recess go to be outside. now, as we look to thursday, it's warm. 80 degrees for a high. we're running a good 10, almost 15 degrees abonormal. we will start off with cloudiness and have sunshine developing throughout the day on thursday very similar to today. friday again it's going to be a storm team 4 weather alert day. a really powerful system moves thro ih the area and think the best chance for severe weather and heavy rainfall is between 2:00 p.m. on friday afternoon through 2:00 a.m. on saturday. so very similar to what we saw sundayight into early monday morning. the biggest threat i am seeing, heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding concerns and some strong justy damaging winds. the winds are kind of setp

where i can't rule out an isolated weak tornado as well. you do want to keep that in mind as you pn your dinner plans on friday. saturday errands, maybe an isolated shower. for easter sunday, you want a sweater for the easter egg hunt in the morning hours and we'll see the high temperatures kind of cooling from the workweek on into the weekend. i'll have more othe weekend forecast, what you can expect saturday and easter sunday coming up at 5:50. >> we look forward to that. an nbc news investigation turns up some new troubles for facebook. the company's ceo was oanning to d with your personal data. large crowds of people gathering tight at the notre dame cathedral. continuing coverage as crews begin to assess the scope of the adamage. woman's estranged husband and her family held hostage. her husband holds them hostage after breaking into theom h how police got there in time to not everybody can be a winner like aldi. their products have won over 400 awards for quality.

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fire broke out, the sense of silience remains and that's where people have been gathering, many inghong. rit now notre dame remains under permanent surveillance. the t prosecutor says there will be a long and extensive investigation into yesterday's devastating fire. earlier we got a look at somethf damage. the cathedral's roof and central spire destroyed. i'm sure you've seen that. many of the relics have been spared, including crown of thorns and the organ. lthough it's not clear in the organ sustained water damage. the 800-year-oldn woode beams can't be replaced. experts say they believe that the french president's goal of rebuildingt in five years is not realistic. they say it could take decades. but a number of wealthy reentrepreneurs and fh companies have pledged hundreds of millions of euros toward that effort to make it happen. and inhe meantime, much of the

art work is going to be housed and restored in the louvre. thai they've got their work cut out for them. >> thanks, leon. some somber moments today on the sam pcampus of virginia tec they remember the victims of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. 32 students and faculty members lost their lives when a man opened fire on the 1 campus years ago today. this morning a large crowd gathered at a memorial on campus laying a kreegt awreath and hol moment of silence. they also held blood drives in memory of the victims and survivors from that day. a home invaded. a family heldostage. this in montgomery county. a germantown man is facing multiple charges, that includes five counts of attempted murder. news 4 mark segraves broke this story on social media and he hospitals this all started with a forced and failed marriage.

>> reporter: it was yesterday afternoon at thi i house antown. the very day zion and his wife were due in court for a hearing on a protective order. police say the 29-year-old germantown man broke in with a gun and a knife and threatened to kill his wife and her familya including15-year-old boy. according to charging documents, was upset about his failed marriage and was prepared to die in a shootout with police. it started last summer when he asked his girlfriend to marry ehim. after h refused, he shot himself in a failed suicide attempt on july 3rd. after that according to police he threatened to kill his girlfriend's family if she didn't marry him. on september 14th the coupled harrie at the courthouse. they kept t marriage a secret for months until last month when fearing for her safety she told her family they were secretly married.

three days later a judge issued a protective order requiring him to stay away. according to his wife, he violated that order at least two times. the wife and her family moved hoping he wouldn't find them, but on april 15th, he did find them and in. according to police, he came prepared with duct tape and five sets of handcicfs. when pole arrived, they found him chokingis wife with a ife to her throat. >> he had mengtioned tt to the smily that if the police came he was going tohoot the police and kill the family. >> reporter: according to police they arrived just in time to avoid a tgedy. in germantown, mark segraves. >> he also had four bottles of a white liquid he said was poison. a hazmat team removed the liquid. it is still being tested. no one was seriously injured during this incident. he is expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow. n>> a second person has now b

diagnosed with measles in maryland. the state department of health tell it is us this person controcted the virus f the person with the first confirmed case. now, both people got the virus in an area where an obreak outside of maryland. there's no evidence that the virus is spreading here. measles is preventable with the mmr vaccine. there is skepticism in baimore this evenings part of the grand stand at pinnacle race course ismed unsafe. an engineering firm finds the oldest section of the aging structure cannot support the thousands of spectators who would be sitting there duringxt nemonths's preakness. leaders are questioning the ming of this report. the city is fighting to keep the iconic horse race in baltimore and ere track's o say it is too old. the preakness should move to laurel park. well, the caps may have lost tohe hurricanes, but what

everybody isalking about, alex ovechkin's fight. it doesn't happen often. as sherree burruss wants, the knockout has started a war of word between the team. >> there's two versions going around. >> i see it as t willing combatants. >> we don't know what was said, but what we do know is last night' fight is sparking verbal jabs mostly by the hurricanes. in hocke it's custom for one player to ask do you want to go. what it looks like happened here. gloves were dropped.uc not mh later so was andre. >> i get it, but in the heat of it you see it a littlet. differen i'm still bothered by it. >> one player won the fight and one player lost the fight. it's aays been my stance to not talk negatively about

another team's player. >> he's directly in front of me help he's wobbly still. he cannot get up. his hands are shaking. >> i'm not a big fighterai he s you want to go, so i okay.e's uy get 't want to see a hurt. >> it's tough to see those. that's the worst part of it that you see when guys get hurt. that's always tough to see. >> no further punishment for ovie. meanwhile so ve meanwhile he was taken to the hospital and vaultevaluated for concussion and expts to miss game four. >> just asking. that's fighting words. game four is in raleigh thursday. you can watch theame at 7:00 on nbc sports wash>gton. >> coming up, a life saving drug now available to students at a local university. ahead at 5:00, why epipens are

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. and welcome back on this tuesday evening. tomorrow on your wednesday there's a small chance for an isolated shower, especially north of washington. we're dry on thursday and then friday it's going to be a storm team 4 weather alert day with some heavy rain and strong thunderstorms inrehe fost. i'm going to have more on the impact on friday, plus how it impacts the holiday weekend coming up in about 15 minutes. we have a consumer alert. it's about chips ahoy. the company is recalling some of those cookies because of, quote, unexpected solidified ingredient that got in there. we don't know wha that unexpected solidified ingredient is. they're not saying.he but do say it could make you sick. this involves 13 ounce packages. the sell b date or best by date is september of this year. if you've got a package, throw it out or take it back for a

refund. now to an nbc news exclusive investigation. now dumocuments revealing facebk used your data as a bargaining chip. according to more than 4,000 pages of leaked documents, o markuckerberg discussed ways to sell user date it. documents from 2012 show zuckerberg wanted to figure out, mote, the realarket value of user data. ultimately facebook says it never sold data, but it did trade information w other companies. in response to that nbc news investigation, facebook says, quote, the sets of documents by design tells only one side of the story and omits important context. since 2015 facook has made a greater push to addre privacy issues by cutting off broad access to data. an easter surprise for young patits and their families in a loudon hospital. the east er bun and the sheriff and his deputies all popped in

to cheer their day. >> this is the third year thate we've b part of the easter bunny foundation. what we try to do is go out and welcome the new children as well as trying to make the daysref the child that are here because they're sick. >> the annual event is made possible by the bank of clark county and the easte bunny foundation. very sweet. >> an early visit. > as the weather warms up, you might be temped to get out on the bike. ohead at 5:00, what you should do s you're ride doesn't end with an injury or worse. love thy neighbor? it depends how big their house is or in this case their churn. we'reack with theattle to build in bowie. tomorrow on news 4 today, we're checking in with a local church just ahead of good friday. molette green will be live in prince george's county talking to organizers about how they're preparing to feed hundreds ofmi faes. find out how you can be a part of the goodriday food f th

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neighborhoods on board here. news 4 cory smith is live in upper marlboro to explain why. cory. >> reporter: well, jim, we're here at the county administration building where the county just wrapped up a hearg on the water and sewer plant. i'm sure you're wondering what water and sewer has to do with church. a new in order for this project to go forward, the county has to make sure the water and sewer can handle a big facility. sidents who live nearby say the answer to that question is no. there's a old adage that says th church is nothe building, it's the people. that may be true, but the redeemed church of god needs a muigger building to house a lot more people and they want to build it on this piece of proper. >> the community based church will bring good things to that area. >> reporter: some residents in nearby estates have no love to vacant church on this piece of land in bowie. derek plumber is among them. >> developments like is not what

we decided we wanted. >> reporter: they have issues with infrastructure. >> we want a church the sizef a grocery store. >> reporter: fears of traffic and concerns over what he calls a lack of transparency from the developer. they have to look at the physical impact, the economic impact, the undue burden to taxpayers. >> reporter: the man behind theh ch plans believes all those issues can be addressed before even one speck of dirt is turned. the pastors that the congregation of church of good victory temple has simply outgrown its building. they need more parking, a biggef spac the children's department and a church that can holdup to 2,000 pple. reaching a compromise will be hard. the pastor says he's praying on it. when asked whether he's willing to move his church to a

different sight -- now regardless of whether the c nty does indeed change its sewer plan, this project still has to move through a lot of bureaucracy here in prince george's county. this fightro is far f over. back to you. >> thank you, cory. metro is starting work few weeks on the new canopy over the north saentrance to the dupt circle station. they have taken a beating from rain, snow, ice since they oped back in 1977. this is what that canopy is going to look like. very space agey. when it is finished, it will have more than 200 individual glass panels.at the installn is expected to be finished by early next year.r that wnts a selfie. for nd a new option tone metro riders in fairfax county. chopper 4 flying over the newly completed bri completed bike trail. a ribbon cutting ceremony today eight years after that trial was first thought of. it's a halfile trail.

it's going to allow bicyclists and pedestrians from communities in tyson to have direct access to the silver line. >> good for them. speaking of v, as the weath conditions to warm up, more and more people will be hitting those bike y trails. if're not prepared, the ride even end with an injury or worse. this week we're working for you to keep your family safe. melissa has the four things to know before you take the bike out on the road. >> i think we're all already more that warmer weath to stick around, but is your bike? we hit the road at a local bike shop to show you how to get yr bike and your own properly prepped for spring. at just riding along bicyc shop in maryland, spring can be a busy time for tune-ups. owner travis evans knows. he's been in the business for 30 years. >> the weather is getting nicer.

>> here are four things to know to make sure your bikes are ready. check the tires but not just for air. >> if the bike has been out in thshed or the garage, tires can degrade over time. >> then try the bounce test to make sure nothing is loose. >> the chain's not flopping around. and i also want to just pick it up and pedal it. makeure that the brakes work. make sure everything is tight. >> and it may soundll si but make sure the bike still fits. >> children's bicycles go by wheel size and adult bicycles gf byrame size. >> a 12-inch bike works for 2 to 4-year-old. 16 inchesor a 4 to 6-year-old and 20 inch for kids 7 to 9. while you can do most of these checks yourself -- >> your average person isn't going to know what torch to tighten things to. just take it to your local bike shop. >> m checks are free or you get a tune-up for about $20.

perhaps the most important shing. >> the bicycle i a vehicle, not a toy. this could be your child's first vehicle. they must know the rules of the road. >> getting the bike ready is one thing. getting your childeady for the ride is something else. coming up on thursday, we're looking at how toou talk to kids about bike safety. again, that's coming up on thursday on news 4 today. absolutely life changing is how wounded veterans describe the soldier ride. the opening ceremony is tomorrow in annapolis. today the riders were f their bikes. last year 1,200 wound warriors participated. >> the wounded warrior project in general, i wouldn't be where i am today. >> the team will also vis with the president and first lady at the white house on thursday

morning. >> wanve seen so m of them every fall at the marine corp marathon. it's impressive. >> it really is. how is the weather looking? it was gorgeous today. but for the rest of the week we've got some change. >> tomorrow is going to be okay. we'll havey p to mostly cloudy skies. on thursday we're going to have high temperatures near 80 degrees. >> all right. >> yeah. nice and warm out there on your thursday. friday i've already declared friday to be a weather alert day with some heavy rain and song toevere thunderstorms potentially impacting the area. what i'm showing you now are our currentre temperatu out there. we're flirting with 70 degrees here in washington. 70 in leesburg. frederick coming a in 68. here's your pollen report for today. mold spores back down to low. yesterday they were coming in high. trees, though, continue to run high. weeds and grasses running low today. you fd that on my facebook and twitter pages. here's a look at your planner

for tomorrow. we start off at a cool 53 degrees. you probably want to grab the light jacket. we'll have again partly to mostly cloud skies throughout the day. isolated showers possible during the morning and midday hours. what that omeans, most us stay dry. a few of us dealing with some light rain. the best chance of rain tomorrow s going to be north o washington. as we head on into the afternoon and evening hours, i'm seeing dry conditions for everybody, but plenty of clouds out there with the high temperature near 70. it's comfortable out about. if you're headingout, you probably want long sleeves as that increasing cloud cover feels so much better when you have beautiful sunshine. here's a look at your actual high temperature tomorrow. we're going to see a pretty big difference from north to south. the d.c. metro area is warming into the upper 60s. south of washington warms into the low 70s. eas like fredericksburg and culpeper, north of the metro area you're on the cool side with high tperatures tomorrow oernl only in the mid to low 60s.

wnow on thursday start off the clouds, we have increasing sunshine and thursday i the day where you make plans outdoors after work with the high temperature around 80 degrees. just spectacular. friday, again, heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. the timeline actually is favoring 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon until about 2:00 a.m. on saturday. then maybe some lingering showers out there saturday morning a 8:00 a.m. with the temperature of 64. as the day wears on we're looking mainly dry. once we hit the evening hours, i can't rule out an isolated shower. saturday breezy with highs in the 60s and mainly cloudy skies. 8:00 a.m. a temperature of 51. 5:00 it's pleasant with a highf temperature1 out there. here's your storm team 4 10-day forecast. friday is a weather alert day.

easter weekend not bad. easter sunday is looking pretty nice right now keeping it dry. then next week kind of unsettled. of course knits april and april showers bring may flowers, guys. >> amelia, thank you. food allergies are on the rice. >> one in ery ten adults have them. just ahead, thehanges at a local university. it couldneelp when someo

the university of maryland is adding an extra layer prof te -- of protection in its dinin hall in places where students eat. >> good allergies are on the rice.il 32 mlion americans or one in ten adults and one children have them. it's the reason dr. david mcbride and colleen wright riva of the university of maryland worked with lawmakers. in october house bill 1473 passed allowin universities in the state to carry epipens, a life-saving drug. this week they're being installed next to the aed device in the dinin halls on campus. >> we have about 100 students who have self-identified with allergie some not serious, others life threatening. that number is a little smaller th the national average, so we think there are others who have either not shared theirle alrgies or don't know they llergies. the epipen gives us a layer of

otect. >> when a student opens the door, it will have a sound that alerts someone is in trouble. >> it's ver easy to administer and we've trained our staff to be able to use epipens in the event a student prevents with a food allergy. >> the university keeps themed inbout food allergies with plenty of signage and literature on the psissue. >> i've had friends that have had allergic reaction in foodon and we have time to get to one. now they have access to get to. >> according to food allergy research anded ation, every three monts someone has to besh rued to the e.r. for a food allergy reaction. >> it cane quite rapid, so early in a reaction is extremely important. >> news 4 at 6:00 is next with

jim and doreen. it is holy week and tonight e is hope for resurrection at the notreame cathedral in paris. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. now at 6:00, the french president vows toft rebuild aer the devastating fire. tonight prayers and singing in the streets of paris. we're learning the cathedral building is not completely safe yet. > here at home a ride share ripoff. a woman shares her story with news 4 about getting int the wrong car. the driver took her home, then he took her stuff.ou how y can protect yourself. and nerves at the white house tonight over the special counsel report not from the president, but from staffers who are about to have their answers for robert mueller made public. french president e mmmanuel

macron said it is his country's duty to ruild notre dame. >> he wants theni icoc cathedral rebuilt in five years. parts of the building still unstable, though, after that devastating fire. >> here is a look at the before an the after photo. the image on the right shows notre dame today. that spire we saw come crashing down is gone. entire roof.ly t >> last night at 11:00 we showed you the first imagese insid the nave of the cathedral. today the videoho stained glass windows intact and you can see that large holeverhead there. the ceiling and roof are gone. >> the argument facts inside the cathedral areaf se. transported to the louvre today r safekeeping. but there's concern tonight about shoring up and protecting what's left of the cathedral itself. nbc's richard engeco begins our rage in