the day is here. in a few hours the latest version of the mueller report will be made public. who's going to see it first? cities are trying to stop the violence along southern eefd. this morning policre looking for a suspect in yet another deadly shooting. and we are getting a new look at a familiar crime. thieves crashing a truck to get to an atm. >> wow. >> more on the strange cases that may be connected. good morning, everyone. thanks for joi ng us on a thursday.

i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green in for aaron this morning. you light want tove that heavy jacket at home today. the temperatures are going to go up and up this morning. >> can't wait. let's take a live look outside. it is 56 degreesut oside on this day. not bad. melissa mollet is following the commute in the first 4 traffic. let's get things started off eith storm team 4's lauren ricketts for morn what we're calling a hot thursday. >> hot thursday. i like it. absolutely. it's going to feel more like summer out there, especially by this afternoon. mild out theo. similar t yesterday morning although we have a few sprinkles out there r now. 56 degrees, the temperature now. inds will eventually in out of the south -- come out of the south. that's going to help boost the humanity -- boost the humidity. more sunshine, as well. temperatures, look at at, by 9:00 a.m. in the 60s. temperatures going up. again, a few sprinkles out there early this morning. we're seeing this, not a lot hitting the ground, but a little bit of it hitting the ground

right now. we will have sprinkles ug throut the morning hours. dunshine and humidity later on today. hen we're taking a look at severe weather for this second part of the friday. mainly friday afternoon. this is all coming our way. we'll time it out for you for the holiday weekend and may have changes. to your easter day forecast coming up in a few minutes. first, let's talk to melissa. good morning. >> hi, lauren. taking a look at the roads, we have this car off the roadway still in great falls. this is georgetown pike at snn bruck, police are trying to help. left side here blocked by a disabledreehicle. the onse is there, as well. if you're headed out soon, you might see that. laurel, bw parkway, 198, lanes blocked by a work zone in each i ction. 66 here, fairfax county parkway to the beltwayre gets you the in nine minutes. >> thank yo> >>fter weeks of twaiting,

attorney general will release ro rrt mueller'seport into russia's interference in20 the election. >> the v redactedsion will be after congress sometime 11:00 a.m., and that has some lawmakers upset. news4's justin finch is live on capitol hill this morning with more on why they're so upset. justin, good morning. >> reporter: molette, eun, good morning. that's right, the countdown h begun. we are just hours away from the release of that redacted mueller report. and attorney sneral bill bar i set to have a press conference this morning, and already that'g settinff fireworks here on capitol hill. it's set to start at 9:30 this morning. the attorney general set to unpack his take on that controversial report. that number is close to 400 pages. you might recall last month he did release a fourage summary of his findings that concluded noer conclusions w mayor daley as to whether theresident obstructed justice per the investigation. democrats are calling on barr to

cancel the conference, causing him of trying to control the herrative here. we'll get t report -- members of congress will -- between 11:00 a.m. and noon today. but soon we could also see hearings onephist including perhaps special counsel robert mueller being called here to capitol hill to a testifwell. back out live, as for when the rest of us couldee that report, perhaps sometime later in the day. oe public will have access to a redacted report the special counsel's website. democrats, of course, want a full o versionf that report. so look for the white house and members of congress to have a tug-of-war with this for the next few years as we get close to the elections in 2020. back to you. >> justin finch, live for us. thank you. 5:04. to the presidential race. former virginia governor terry mcauliffe says he's not throwing his hatn the ring. he talked to kwis cuomo about the -- chris cuomoey about not seek the democratic race for

president. he said he will campaign for those running for the genal assembly. mcauliffe says he knows he could have beaten president trump like a, quote, rented mule, end quote. he refused to ge a straight answer as whether he would run for governor again. this morning, d.c. police are searching for the man who gunned down a worker justin tryg to do his job. the shooting happened on southern avenue southeast yesterday afternoon. news4's drew wilder is live atua police headqers now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. question here at mpdqu heters about who the shooter is d police't think that the shooter and the victim worked together. they actually think it's possible that the shooter went to the victim's work site looking for him, knowing he would be there to kill him. this video shows exactly where that happened. this was along the 5100 blocksof hern avenue, right there along the d.c./prince george's county line. the victim, whose name hasn't been released, was a contractor working h a paving job when

was shot and killed at about 4:30 wednesday. >> i heard the young man that was shot today was also some of theeople that was standing outside jobs. that's very unfortunate because he was trying to do something positive. >> reporter: police have not shared any suspect description. now safety right there along the d.c.-prince george's line has been a bger focus for both jurisdictions. today another killer is on the loose there. reporting live in npd headquarters, drew wilder, news4. >> just awful. thank you. 5:06. an update to the deadly shooting in germantown we t yesterday.t we're hearing from the heartbroken family of the 18-year-old man who died in the shooting. tray dawns was the parking lot on curry powder lane when gunfire erupted. it is unclear what sparked the shooting. three others were hurt. dawkins' family says he dreamed of graduating from montgomery college and going into business with his older brother. >> and he didn't deserve to die

that way because he wasn't the type of kid that would just go out here and hurt people or anything like that. he always tried to help. and -- and he tried to set an example for a lot of these young kids. >> montgomercounty police say the shooting was not random:happening to y, the first defense witness in bethesda tunnel house murder trial is set to take the stand. the prosecution rested its case yesterday. daniel beckwit is accused of depraved heart murder. he led a 21 -- he let a 21-year-old die when a fire broke out in the tunnels beneath his home. he hired kafra to help him dig a doomsday bunker. today's witness worked in the tunnel before kafra was hired. the man many known as the so-called american taliban will be out of prison soon. john walker lindh is accused of

helping the taliban after the september 11th atta os. he's getti of prison next month. he will be on probation for three years and will be required to have mental health tanatment his internet access . restricted this morning we're seeing surveillanceideo from that attempted atm theft at a 7-eleven in mat. rainier. look closely, the pickup backs up into the store to 'tis the atm inside. one try did not do it so they did it again. then the robbers pulled and pushed the a.m. machine trying -- atm machine trying to loado t on t the truck. no success. this was the fourth such incident in prince george's county in just over a month. pat collins spoke with prince george's county police. they think the crimes are connected. >> reporter: it all happened on wednesday. >> they all happened on wednesday. >> reporter: why? >> we're not sure at this point. that's under investigation. we're not sure if there's a reason to that, or if it's just coincidence. we te not sure, buthat's something we'll be looking into.

>> here's another look at the surveillance footage here. prince george's county police sayhe thieves actually waited follow police left -- waited until police left the area to do the crime. we're told the store clerk was sauf sauflted during ththis. ey are lookingnto similar atm-related crimes. a mancr desibed as emotionally disturbed was st. ted outside of patrick's cathedral in new york city. he tried to walk into the church with two cans of gas, lighterui and two extended butane lighters. a security guard was able to stop him before entering thend church a turned the man over to police. he told officials he was trying to cut through the church because his car ran out of gas. investigators checked his vehicle coulde was not out of gas. >> that incident in new york comes days after the devastating fire at the notre dame cathedral in paris. cathedral construction workers and security staff have been interviewed. investigators are trying to determine if the first fire ng rm sensor was wor

properly. it was 23 minutes before a second alarm went off on monday. by that time the fire was out of control. today the national cathedral will ring the bell in solidarity with. notre dame 5:10. new details this morning in a disturbing sexua assault in sterling. last week a woman woke up to a man she did not know inside of her apartment on north duke drive. he was touching her. the loudoun county sheriff's office released this sketch of the man they believe is responsible. he's described as about 20 years old with dark, curly enhair. wh the woman woke up the man an off. surveillance video of new england patriots owner robert kraft allegedly paying for and receiving sexual favors during a visit to a florida day spa will now be made public. various media outlets have been fighting for the release of the video in court. the video is from surveillance cameras placed inside the spas in mid-january are a key part of the prosecution's cas against

kraft and 24 other men. he was arrested and charged as parts of a sweeping investigation into a prostitution ring. attorneys for kraft call the state's attorney's decision to release the tapes an,quote, extraordinary and alarming development. the tapes will likely be out by e end of the month. kraft denies any wrongdoing. switching gears to the caps. back on the ice hatonight. >> ts right. >> defending the cup. that's what they have to do after that devastating loss. >> ugly. >> to the carolina hurricanes in gave three. timeo shift momentum. >> they lead the series, up 2-1. game four is back in raleigh with fans here at home enjoying the game allog ther. there is a vwing party tonight at capital one arena. puck drops at 7:00. admission is free via the x connections, but rsvp at washcaps.com. those reservationsr tickets,

so-called tickets if qukly. >> yeah. i bet. >> a lot of people want to watch. >> and there will be peoplein call out sick tomorrow. uh-huh okay. it's 5:11. a diver who helped save a soccea team ted in a cave innd timberland es up needing -- tie lahailand ends up needing rescue himself. >> find out those who helped him from his fate. later -- >> it's getting warmer. what to know when you dig the bike out. we're working 4 you to keep you and your kids safe. we're also workin 4 for i terms of weather. storms headed our way. not for today but tomorrow is weather alert. when this line of storms canim ct ourpi

zza. >> totally understandable. >> i say give him all the pizza pies he n eat. 5:15. constant exposure to media coverage of a trauma may be bad for your mental health. more than 4,000 people were

studied for three years between the 2013 boston marathon and 2016 orldo pulse nightclub shooting. researchers say when people became distressed following the ated media exposure, they were more likely to have heightened anxiebo aut future violent events. as a result they were also more likely to tune in for the next trauma whi would then lea to more stress. >> i understand how tha could happen. >> people need to seek professional help if they fall into the difficult cycle. last may, major flooding i caused damage ellicott city and killed a man. now the second phase of the safe and sound plan i released to prevent another disaster. the five proposals include demolishing at least four buildings. ball says w thisl create

companyerts, norsing -- cullverts, forng floodwater out of downtown. there will be a meeting to decide which plan will be chosen. ellicott cityd in in 2016 killed two people. >> they have to do something. every time it rain and as people should, they bece alert of the situation and petrified of it. >> right. >> andnderstandably so given the last two floods that they've had. unfortunately, they're probably going to have to do something with that andh demolis building. we've got some heavy rain tomorrow. listen, we are talking about flooding.ev tomorrow ing, a lot of this will happen into the overnight into saturday morning. we're working 4 for. 're planning to be here during the overnight hours friday into saturday to keep you alert of the situation. noty onl do we have possibly big storms, but damaging winds and

also flooding. and even isolated tornadoes. g it'sng to be like that monday morning threat again. we're working 4 you. tune in to us. the calm before the storm, temperatures in the 50s and 40s. we are ptty much dry. we have a few isolated showers. grab the sunglasses because tyou'll need them laters evening. sunshine later this afternoon and into the evening. sun not going downntil after 7:00. again, temperatures mild when you walk outside. we have a few sprinkles especially forth. a lot of this not hitting the ground. we'll keep a chance of drizzle and sprinkles. this is coming our way. impacting a good portion of the united states. severe weather throu the deep south. the severe weather chance willh continue tough the deep south and move in as we get into your .rid not today. temperatures headed to around 80 by this afternoon.

humid, sunny, brieezy. mid 70s. we weather alert because of the rain. we have sharowers out there tomorrow morning. the bulk of the system is coming after 2:00 p.m. in you're traveling, i believe there's going to be widespread delays. not only in our area but across the eastern seaboard into the deep south. we are going to have a line of storms that role through the area binging r --l through the area bringing winds and flash flooding and flooding, a major concern. we heado int the midnight hour, looking at rain leading into your saturday moing. heavy rain and winds and a tornado possible. daowers for satur and sunday, unfortunately i had to put them back for the easter sunday. mostly cloudy on easter. we'll have the tenay forecast a bit. let's talk traffic with melissa. good morning. >> hi, brand-new problem on 395. as you're headed inbound, northbound 395 after king street, take a look at this. that's the vehicle iside the roads. you're having to g around only

on the right. perhaps first responders just arrived. once ty arrive it will be slower through the spot. georgetown pike at innsbruck, slow to the bw paupway. coming we'll look at news, weather, and traffic.

welcome back at 5:23. with the weather warming up and the weekend fast g,approach it's time to look to events that get your kids off the screen. >> get them outside. what gets the heart pumping better than a bike ride? melissa mollet joining us with the best way to stay safe out tthere. that's key, right? >> that's the key. we walk you true getting you bike properly prepped. once you're on the road, there are rules you and your kids need to follow to stay safe. w that we've prepped our wheels, it's time to get smart. travis evans owns just riding alg bicycle shop in laytonsville. he says safety srts with your gear. make sure your helmets are bright, reflective, perhaps add

a light. that hello mitt isn't something you want to be a hand-me-dosu. >> uly the shelf life of a helmet is three to four years. >> reporter: avoid the big box store bike assembly. >> a lot of the times they aren't assembled correctly to begin with. sometimes they need full tune-ups. >> reporter: hling a little one? for baby seats, evans likes ailers best. >> the lower center of gravity. if the bike falls, the trailer is going to stay upright or maybe jus lean a little bit. >> reporter: just learning? >> you do not want training wheels to be flat on the ground, okay. you want there to be some rock. >> reporter: the most important thing an teach kids is knowing where to ride, how to be safe when riding. >> this could be your child's first vehicle. and they must know the rules of the road. >> i look both ways before ist cross the et. i always keep my helmet on.

i have a bell to make sure people get out of t way if i'm coming. >> reporter: also, know the signals. >> right turn, left turn,ow slg. >> reporter: and what to expect from bikers. >> riding on the road,un you r into a loteo of pe that really don't pay attention to you. >> reporter: a reminder for drivers -- give cyclists at least three feet on the road. for more information on how to get your bike ready for spring and safety rules, head to nbcwashington.com or check out the nbc washington app. guys? >> those were the cutest kids in that piece. >> i was goingo say- >> i don't know where we founde th. >> really smart, too. >> yes, thank you. 5:25. coming up, she was the d.c. woman kig.ed while joggin now her fiance is opening up about the 26.2-mile tribute he just made in her thhonor. e touching story ahead at 5:30. lauren? and we are taking a look at some sprinkles out there right now. not everybody's seeing them. but light showers out there this

anmorning. hot humid this afternoon. feeling more like summer, and summertime thunderstorms tomorrow. we're weather alert for your friday. latest coming up.

5:29 t on thisrsday morning. thanks for joining us as we get you started. it is hard to tell before the sunrises, butbet is going to a nice day outside. >> that pictures looks gothic, but trust us, it's going to be good. >> good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >>'m molette green in for aaron ts morning. enjoy the nice weather because we'll have a wet holiday weekend. >> lauren ricketts is here with the forecast. before we check with melissa mollet for your first 4 traffic. lauren, a nice, warm day today. >> not too bad out ere. especially by this afternoon. we've got a few showers. you said it looked gothic, you're righ we've gotze, as well. could be create something low visibility. for the most par the skouds will clour out -- clouds will scour out. g lookind for the second half of your thursday. it's a mild start since the

clouds are with us this morning. 56 in the district. 46 for my friends in winchester. 54 in frederick. 5 in culpeper right now. as you wake up, the temperatures are moving right on up.a few sprinkles, so you may have sprinkles on your windshield this morning. we're drier, breezy, and humid by this afternoon. temperatures right around 80 degrees. and there's the sprinkleli ng up right to the west of i-81. we're going to talk about the chance of severe weather that we haveoming up tomorrow. again, a wetter start to the weekend -- a wet start to the weekend. 'll time it out coming up. let's time out the commute with melissa. good morning. >> good morning, lauren. still have a problem northbound 395 aing street. this vehicle, you s it is sideways. you sort of see thehehadow . right now everybody just getting by on the right side. looks like we have response now on the scene with those flashing lights. in graduate falls, georgetown pike at innsbruck, a car off the

roadway. outeloop, inner loop, nohe matter wre you're headed, we're in good condition both ways. 295 second looking good. 5:31. today is the day the attorney general will release the much-anticipated mueller report into russian election interference and whether president trump obstructed jjustice. >> wt hours from seeing the report. some democrats are already upset about the process. justin finch live onapitol hill to explain. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the mueller report now two years the making has had a lot of build-up here. and now members of congres are calling to see all of it. and they're going to be upset because william barr is said to release a redacted form of the report today. first he'll call a press conference at 9:30 this morning before releasing the redted version to congress. last month you might recall he also released a four-page

summary in which he said the oueller report f no conclusion about the president's involvement in obstruction. now among house democrats, many are calling on barr to cancel that press conference. they're also accing him of giving cover to the white house and the president. house judiciary committee jerry na explain idea they're saying this. >> central concern here is that the attorney generalr is not allowing the facts of the report to speak for themselves but is trying to baken the narrative about the report to the benefit of the white house. ol course, he's doing this just before the hay weekend. so it's extraordinarily difficult for anybody to react. >> reporter: and so our timeline for today is this -- members of congress get the report between 11:00 a.m. and noochbn. after that the public will get access on line.ts the democraant full access to the report and say they are willing to fight to get it.

we're live in capol hill, justin finc ws4. >> thank you. this morning, virginia state police are warning parents about this man. 33-year-old schuyler stewart karato. he's accused of using social media sites such as facebook ant tickk to find his victims. he establishes a friendship with 1children between and 13 and asks them for nude photos. investigators are workingddo identify aional victims after finding hundreds of screen shots featuring child pornography. police say he goes by the name of tony karato on social media. they're asking anyone who may have had contact with him to come forward. ts morning, a local music teacher is facing abuse charges involving his young students. fairfax county police say two victims have come forward ef accusingey cummins of having inappropriate contact with them for years.cu mmins is a private music teacher and the founder of virginia music adventures which

was located until recently in this annandale home. he also owns two huntington learning centers in tyson 's anl at springfi police want to hear from parents concerned their children may have had inapopriate contact with cummins. >> t aeat of violence that pt nearly half a million students out of schisl yesterday over. but thehe investigation into young woman who was allegedly targeting denver area schools continues this morning. sol pais was found dead yesterday about45 miles from denver. the 18-year-old was reportedly obsessed with the columbine school shooting. she was considered armed and dangerous after traveling to colorado from florida earlier this wee ahead of the 20th anniversary of the deadly school shooting.ha schools canceled classes as a precaution yesterday will be open today. it's 5:34. here's a look at our other top stories -- police say a man they describe as emotionally disturbed outsidef st.

patrick's cathedral in new york city, he tried to walk in with nearly four gallons of s,ga lighter fluid, and back to y lighters. a security guard stopped him before he enter the church. he said he was trying to cut through the church because his car ran out of gas. investigators say his car was not out of gas. today 259:00 p.m. -- 2:00 p.m., the nationalathedral will ring the bell in solidarity with the notreame cathedral in paris. thhu massive blaze will st down the cathedral for up to six years. investigators are trying to determine if the first fire alarm sensor was properly working. it was 23 minutes before ala second a went off on monday. by that time, the fire was out control. the loudoun county sheriff's office released this sketch of a suspect in a sexual assault. lasteek a woman said she woke up to a man she did not know inside of her sterling ching ent, and he was t her. he is described as 20 years old with dark, curly hair. when the woman woke up, the man

ofn a 7-eleven store clerk is injured in prince george's county. police are searching for serial atm robbers. this is surveillance video of an attempted smash and grab early yesterday morning in mt. rainier. police say this is the fourth such crime in the county in just over a month. all of them on wednesdays. police tell news4 they believe the crimes are connected. many you remember the tragic story of wendy martinez who was killed by a stranger while jogging near logan circle last year. shd been out running because she was training for the boston marathon. this pt monday,er fiance ran that race. this is video of daniel hincopie reaching the ten-miar mr and hugging wendy's family. he carried a sign that read, "love wins, wendy wins." daniel said while he may have been physically running by himself. he wasn't alone. >> a pnt in the race when it was really tough.

actual i don't know, one of my muscles was starting to feel pain. i look at the sky, and i saw wendy. and i just felt her presence everywhere. >> by runninghe race, daniel was also raising funds for the z wendy martine legacy project. you can find moreor infmation about the foundation on our nbc washington app. 5:37. this mning a health warning in maryland. a third case of measles has been reported. e state's health department says the public may have been exposed t the virus in parts of baltimore county. an isoected p was in sunday.lle on you can see the locations on t screen. keep in mind those most at risk are people who have not vaccinated. this is one of hundreds of cases in this latest outbreak across the country. it's 5:37. the caps are back on the ice tonight, defending the stanley cup. they are focused on shifting momeum after that devastating

loss to the colina hurricanes in gave three. they were shut out. right now, the caps still lead theseries. they're up 2-1. >> good. >> game four is back in raleigh. fans here at home can enjoy the game all together. >> absolutely. there's that viewing party going on tonight at capital one arena. doors open at 6:30. nbc 4 is your home for the hurricanes and caps game five on saturday. at's at 8 pla:00 p.m. we'll get you ready and sharree burruss will have thest poame reaction on news4 at 11:00. exciting. >> oh, can't wait. >> yeah. >> let's wrap it up with game inve. comup, beware of bear. whoa. where an n -- where in a oura this furry animal was spotted roaming this week. yikes. good thursdayin mo this week we've been sharing tips on how to make your credit card work for you. >> we aret talking restaur rewards today. what if we told you that you can actually earn cash while eating out? >> makes those dinner bills

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new viout of gainesville. that is a bear coming out from behind the tree. >> that is not good >> outor a late-night stroll in the gainesville area. this is the timeea of y black bears are waking up from hibernation. guess what -- they're hungry. animal control experts s you should put away anything in your yard that make smell like food to a bear. that could be anything. that could be you. you need to stay away and keep all the doors closed. >> how do we do ithis? >>on't know. that's a big bear. summer isn't even here yet, but

if you're looking ahead to football season, it is time to mark your calendars. we're all skins fans here. >> okay. the redskins have releaseddu thr sche last night. they did this. the highlights -- beginning with an opening game against the eagles., okay's going to be happening up in philly september 8th. our home opener is against thew cos. >> uh-huh. >> coming up the following weekend. >> then tom brady and his super bowl champions, patriots come to fedex. wah, wah, wah. that'sctober 6th. they will face off against the vikings on october 24th. the skins don't play on thanksgiving this year. they will traffic to take on the chckers. a tough sule december 8th. this is in the nbc washington app. an interesting season. we're long-suffering fans. long, lou . ow, we'll always be true burlingttrue burgundy and gold. >> i want to go to the super bowl. we're redskins fans. we're going to the super bowl.

hail. no hail out there today. maybe small hail tomorrow. there's my tnsition. a few sprinkles out there. we've got super bowl ambitions. all right. we've also got more on the way. timingalk more about the on this before the holiday weekend because it'frhitting on iday. that's coming up.

in the day ahead, all eyes are on the attorney general as o is expected to release a redacted versionf special counsel robert mueller's report. >> members of congress have been asking for the highly anticipated document. news4's tracie potts live onto capihill. are white house staffers concerned they will be outedis

threport, and what should we look for here? >> reporter: yeah in terms o outing white house staffers, that has been a concern. there are people like former chief of staff reince priebus, former special counsel for the white house don mcghan, who spent a lot of time talking to the mueller team and will what they say be identified with them in this report, we don't know. t we know they spent lot of time of behind closed doors with the mueller team. the other thing is what is the report going to tell us? t"there's a "washington p report out saying it may not be as heavily redacted as people think. l it may behtly redacted. so not as much information taken out which could tell us things like why the mueller team't couldn come to a conclusion on obstruction of justice. repoedly because there were concerns about the president's motives. and it wasn't clear in some cases what the motives were. and also their analysis of his tweets, his private statements, his conduct, all coming outn the report today.

judge. op thank you. torchlths a develing story out of north korea. the company test fired a new type of tactical guided weapon.a north korean lder kim jong-un observed the testing. the "associated press" could not independently verify north korea's claims. a bal wstic missile testld jeopardize theks diplomatic tal to denuclearize the north. the north also demanded secretary of state mike pompeo be removed fromuclear negotiations. president trump has met twice with the north korean leader, but talks dheing t last nuclear summit fell through. the u.s. naval academy in annapolis will begin banning people who are transgender starting in 2020. the defense department confirmed the change to the "capital gazette." the change is part of the trump administration's new policy that bans transgender people from serving openly. right now,he naval academy accepts transgender students and retains midshipmen who transition to another gender. democtic presidential

hopeful beto o'rourke has wrapped up a two-day campaign swing throu virginia. o'rourke made nine stops in two days. nbc news caught up with him in fredericksburg when he was asked where he sfantands on calls for governor northam to resign over the blackface scandal. >> i think it should be up to the citizens of virginia to make the decision. in the wake of the revelations about his actions in the past, i said i thoughttt was bes that he step down. but ultimately, again, that's going to be decided by the people of the commonwealth. >> a racist turned up in his schoolyearbook. he says it's not him in the photo and has resisted calls to step down. a d.c. contract worker is dead follong a shooting on southern avenue in southeast. the victim was working on a paving job on the road yesterday. at 4's drew wilder is live police headquarters with more.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the question this morning --ho is this shooter. you mentioned the victim was a . contractor police don't think that the killer was working with the victim, but they think it's possible that the killer went thereobo the site knowing the victim would be there, looking for him to kill him. if you look at this video, we'll show you where this happened. this is in the 5100 block of southern avenue. right there along the d.c.-prince george's county line. the victim whose name has been released yet was contractor working on a paving job when he was shot and killed wednesday. police have not shared any suspect description. safety there along the d.c.-prince george's line, has been a bigger focus for both jurisdictions. again this morning, police h oe a kille the loose that they are still looking for. if you have ination, reach out to d.c. police. reporting live from police headquarters, drew wilder, news4. >> thank you. 's nice to be able to tell

you that one of our working 4 th community segments issies are plating across the -- segments is resonating across the country. remember then hidde halo project? 100,000 was doepnated to howard iversity. yesterday the check was given to students who couldn't graduate because of outstanding balances. the chuff continues -- church continues to ask you to pay it forward. in any way you can, help someone in need. i love seeing that on such a big stage. >> and guess what,ou brought that project to light. so thank you so much, molette. and that church doing such great work. impactful work. >> good work. i'm always looking for stories like that to be able to feature. keep them coming, and then, you know, you -- >> i know. so lucky. all right, ms. lauren ricketts -- >> 80 degrees.

not bad. you all traveling for easter? >> no. thank goodness. >> good because i think the roads could be a mess tomorrow especially tomorrow evening. travel concerns onfriday, not only on the roadways but up in the air. this system is coming from us, from the soutow it's right n stretching. i'll show you in a second, it's stretching from chicago back down to the southernmost part of onxas. it's going to cnue to move to the east pretty slowly. we are going to have travel concerns. hnd i do believe there's going to be delays witflights, especially tomorrow afternoon. and depending on where your location is, there could be travel concerns outside of the d.c. area. possible, ng absolutely around the area. that's our main concern. winds are secondary to that. both of them are going to be possible fortomorrow. and that means power outages. is it going to be a washout the ekend? no -- this weekend? no, but there are rain ances. for an easter egg hunt or brunch, it's going to be wet. first let's talk about the temperatures now. it's mild, in the 50s. a little haze, sprinkle activity

out there now. the next 12 hours, we are warming up. we'll get sunshine. we'll get some breezy conditions that will tuptick humidity. it's going to be dry and hot with temperatures around 80 degrees. again, a few sprinkles out there now. not a l of this touching the ground. but rain is touching the ground and storms all the way from chicago down to houston. again, hat is moving to the east and knocking on our doorstep by tomorrow afternoon. today, 80 degrees. agn,t will be breezy this afternoon. mid 0s fortomorrow. we are weather alert for tomorrow. let's take a look. we have a severe thunderstorm risk. we're in the slight area for d.c. level one. md level two out of five, five being thet for severe weather. that's a high -- enhanced alert. as far as we go for your friday, a few sprinkles in the morning. through the day, rain comes in. heavy in, heavy storms moving through the area.

damaging winds. and this is mainly going to be the second half of your friday ading into your saturday. again, we'll be watching that. as far as the ten-day outlook ie concer into support, lingering showers -- into saturday, lingering showers. lingering showers on sunday. a chance for more storms as we get through mid next we. to traffic and good morning, melissa. >> good morning, lauren. takinglo a ok, chopper 4 is headed to a problem on 395. 4.'ll use the lens on chopper pretty amazing really. can zoom for abo 5.5 miles to look in on 395. here's why. this is the issue. er king nd 395 a street. this welcome is side its ways this morning. everybody has to stay right to get around it. causing a lot of devil rays. l takek at this. major delays, inbound 395 here as you're approaching kings. the entire area is slow. georgetown pike at innsbruck, car off the roadway. beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no matter where you're going, where you'reomoming fr everything is looking nice and open and clear here right now.

delays on the yellow line. both directions, signal problem there at mt. vernon square. not bad on 66, 270, 495 all behaving themselves. listen to wtop when you hochup yoar. a massive metro shutdown is around the corner, and it's going to last all summer. every station on the blue and yellow lines south of reagan national airport will bese clo starting memorial day weekend until labor day. metro says it needs to repair crumbling concrete platforms. metro is planning enhanced shuttle bus between the stations. alexandria says more hov restrictions will go into effect le streets and water taxes will be calto help. good morning, i'm at cnbc headquarters. carl's junior will have a

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and stopping the violence along southern avenue. police are looking for the suspect in another deadly shooting. we are getting a new look at a familiare. crim thieves crashing a truck to get he an atm. more on strange cases that may be connected. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green in for aaron gilchrest this morning. you might want to leave the jacket at home today. the temperatures are getting turned up. >> turned up? all right. that's how it'soing to be today. >> yeah. >> a live look, 56 degrees this morning for your commute. and melissa mollet is tracking conditions this morning and your first 4 traffic. >> let's start things off witor stm team 4's lauren ricketts for more on the turned-united states temperats-- turned-up temperatures. >> i like that. the temperatures will be around 80 degrees today. our average