friday as if thursday wasn't busy enough. >> it's been a busy week. melissa mollet will have the traffic warning. rst to the storm team 4 forecast with storm team 4 t,teorologist lauren ricketts. and a warm star lauren. >> it is mild. you'reteright. eratures in the 60s and even in the 70s in spots. we have a littl bit of cloud cover out there. i think as we wake up this om morning, sun cing up just now, we areours from going to have a few peeks of it is quickly going to be overtake with clouds. 68 degrees, reagan national airport. dropping through the 7:00 a.m. hour. passing showers possible after about 8:00 a.m. that's not going to be the real deal. the real deal comes later on this afternoon. 're going to have multiple rm rounds of sto headed our way. no rain out there early this morning. guess what, look what's coming our way. and there's the cloud deck entering west virginia and movingthrough. ain, if we get any sunshine it will be quickly overtake weekend cloud cover. this storm is headed our way. it's already packed a punch or some of our friends throughout

the middle part of the united states and over to the eastern board is. if you're traveling, travel nightmares possible throughout the day. we'll time out the rain, talk ebout the severe weather cha and what to expect in your neighborhood. first, let's talk about what to expect on the roadways. melissa? >> thank you. northbound 295 at suitld parkway, single lane is getting by the work zone. the beltway is nice and clear. rlier work is between. good news there. taking a lootook at the top of beltway, everything in and out is all right. laurel before 198, left lane getting by the work zone. live look, 66 east of 123, eastbound and westbouice and tear. eun? >>nk you. back now to that breaking news in prince george's county. four people died in this crash on sheriff road and capitol heights. chopper 4 w there around 10:45 last night. on the ground, first responders tried to recopeople from the mangle -- rescue people from t mangled white suv.

eorge's county police say it crossed the center of the road and slammed into a utility pole. a man and woman were thrown from the suv. another man and woman were trapped inside. owl four died. the impact also cook down that utity -- took down that utility pole and plier nes. sheriff road is back open. also developing, d.c. police investigatorhog a sotingso in utheast -- investigating a shooting in northeast. thatappened last night on eli place, not farhe from t ft. dupont ice rink. when officers arrived, they found two juveniles shot, both are expectedo t okay. now to our other major story this morning. president trump callingal speci counsel robert mueller's report vindication. >> however, house democrats do not agree. they are calling for mueller to testify before congress. attorney generalilliam barr released a redacted report yesterday, and he is set to testify next month. >> soere are four things to know about the report -- president trump panicked when he learned the appointment ofse special corobert mueller. now the report says the president sought the removal of

mueller, discouraged witness was cooperating with prosecutors, and prodded aides to mislead the public on his behalf. >> mueller outlines at least ten instances of possibleob ruction. the special counsel declined to prosecute trump for obstruction of justice, but mueller did not exonerate him. he left it to congress to de deci. >> the special counsel inveigations concluded that neither the president nor his team printerfered. ident trump called the entire thing a hoax. he says he hopes a simioar investig doesn't happen to a future president. coming up at 4:45 this morning, we check in with tracie potts as we continuezeo analy the mueller report. it is court day for the rged with structor c attempted arson at st. patrick's cathedral in new york city. nypd says mark lamperello allegedly tried walking in wednesday while carrying two gasoline cans andighter uid. just hours after that, police say lamporello had booked a

one-way flight to italy. law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell our sister stationn new york that he was also arrested days prior to this at a new jersey church. supreme cou security was ramped up at the national cathedral. thisorning we're learning more on the cozy of the fire at the notre dame. it's believed an lending trickal short-- electrical short circuit may have sparked the blaze. investigators have made an initial assessment of the cathedral, but it's too dangerou app to do a full examination. this is one of the hoe least periods of the year -- lowliest periodsf the year. pope francis washed the feet of paioners during a service. this was at a prison outside of rome. the service re-enacts the biblical story of christ washing the feet of his disciples and is

dmeant toonstrate humbleness toward others. on this good friday, pope si francis is preding over the way of the cross processn at rome's cathedral. he will lead easter sunday in square.er's >> always a powerful image to see the pope washing feet every single year at this time. the memorissage is amazing. >> h more than others have gone out of the way to show that. defending the cup is getting hard. a rough start as the hurricanes scored within the first minute. the caps lost. now it's tiedt two games each. adding insult to injury, the caps will have to win at least game fifa without t.j. oshie. this was terrible. >> yeah. oshie was pushed into the boards and suffered some upper body injury. we don'tis know what it et. he seemed to be holding his wrist. he left for x-rays. the oead coach says he'll b

for a while. some believe it was a dirty play. the team captain alex ovechkin says that you should be the judge. >> i was on theice, you know. i watched it and sawha w happened there. if you think it's not a great play, you have to watch the game. >> right now there's no timeline on oshie's return. coach r hrdon says hees to give an update ois condition later today. the caps will have to rally for game five tomorrow here on home ice. hope that helps. you can watch the preshow here on nbc 4 followed by the game at 8:00. game six back in raleigh monday. he w down for a while, and he hit him from behtnds. i thoug it was a dirty play. i'm a little biased. >> this series has shown fisticuffs already for sure. >> here we go. 4:36. coming up, gluten free. it is a promise you see on men use everywhere.

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4: t. lee a live look. we made it. we are in weather alert mode. a powerful storm system is heading our way right now. >> doesn't look like it. take a look at the radar. we're going to be seeing a lot of that green moving our way, especially during the evening commute and overnight. lauren ricketts is here tracking the latest on the storms. we're going to check in with her ,n just a few minutes. but yeah got to be prepared later today. >> and there's a political storm brewing after the attorney edacted released a sersion of special counsel

robert mueller' report into assian meddling. the white housend the president's allies are claiming completelyvindication. democrats are saying not so fast. they want to know more. they are calling for mueller to tey before congress, and they want an un-redacted report. to help sort this out, tracie potts is live on capitol hill. >> yeah. and what are some of the key findings in this report, what did mueller leave for congress to decide, as well? >> reporter: sure. so big finding. russia tried to interfere in the election. we already knew that. there's a lot of detail on how that happened. did anyone in the u.s. including the trump campaign collude with them? no according to mueller. at about obstruction of justice. that was a big question, as well. that's the one that was inconclusive. we have as you see, a lot of detail. some of it redacted on at least ten incidents that the mueller team looke at where theya thought there was obstruction but could not determine the intent. in part because he never said.

in part because the justice department decided and mueller agreed that you can't indict a sitting esident. so they bumped that over to congress. they left that for congress decide, and democrats are planning to pick up where mueller left off. they do want him to testify. the attorney general says he won't block that. he has no problem. we tonight know when oroo how s it might happen. they're going to continue to paush for the full report even though we know a few lawmakers will get a look atth everyg in that report except the secret grand jury information. >> all right. tracie potts.ive for us thank you. also on capitol hill, senate mitch mcconnell says he wants to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products. he will introduce a bill to raise it from to 21 years old. it will cover products including vaping devices.re mcconnell repnts kentucky. state leads the nation with 34% of cancers tied direct three smoking. 95% of adult smokers began using

tobacco products before they turned 21. uber ise unveiling s new safety features. this comes after the murder of a south carolina college student back in march. samantha josephson entered a car she thought was her ride share. the driver allegedly killed her. now, uber executives have shifted their focus to more safety features. here's how they work. when you open the app, there's a reminder banner at the bottom that prompts you to check your ri every time. that means three things. the license plate, car details, and the picture of yourer driv company officials say they're doing everything they can to make sure safety of the passenger is their first priority. >> there's no question that i think there's a business imperative to making sure that we are being safe. but i do think one of the important things for the company as a cultural norm is to do the right thingio per >> reporter: executives say the first rule before getting into

the driver who they are there to pick up. i try to match up the driver, as well. >> 100%. an update to the metro shutdown that's going to last all summer. metro is already extending the project even before it starts. the platform improvement project closures will now go past labor day. line ue and yellow stations will close starting memorial day weeesnd. it appli to all of the stations south of reagan national airport. they need to repair crumbling concrete platforms including the braddock road station. they will make sure they comply with the americans with disabilities act. the closu s last through september i 8th. thisgoing to be a big headache. start planning now. d.c. chef jose andres successa ar-- jose jaaanders ap

on tv with jimmy fallon. >> they enjoyed wine out of a pa n -- i hope i said that right -- glass wine pitcher from spain. ey got messy there. >> right. >> hey -- >> you have to have a lot of practice to, you know, aim so it doesn' spill. fallon's about fun. can i say this, i stopped jose andres in the airport to ask a n random questioor a news report. he talked to me for like ten minutes. great guy. >> he has fedf millions o people -- >> incredible -- >> -- in destructed area over the course of his career. incredible. >> i love him. i'd love to meet him one day. a great guy. let's talk about the storms. we're weather alert for today. wee.ave clouds out ther and we could have a few peeks of sunshine. as we go through the morning, don't let that fool you. clouds will be rling in. and we've got a couple of waves of rain headed our way. i think these are going to be the times that we'll see them. 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. round of rain are going to be

moving through the area. at any te these could create flooding concerns and damaging winds. another round of rain for about 8:00 to 3:00 a.m. one to three inches of rain possible. gusts up and over 15 miles per hour possible. even an isolated area of flooding. do not try to cross them. we have so many wer rescue be careful. i think flash flooding and flooding are going to be a huge vereat as we continue into the afternoon and e into the overnight. curren temperatures out there now, in the zf. it's fairly ld. fairly humid out there. temperatures will top out in the low to mid 70s today despite the cloud cover. we are getting plethora of moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico. it's rolling into the mid-elantic. we'r tapping into that moisture. and once we get that moisture around there, it's got to go somewhere. it's going to hit the ground ang hit theund in terms of rain. again, we do have some peeks of sun this morning. maybe a possible shower before

noon. showers andhunderstorms moving in after 2:00 p.m. pretty much sticking with us until the overnight hours. nothing coming out there right now. but this is what's coming our way. and this system crawling. again, we are seeing severe weather coming up through atlanta into western north carolina now. flash flood watch in effect until 5 one saturday because w could have one to three inches n areawide, i thinkoi here's gng to be even more in localspots. friday risk.re thunderstorm this is out offive. first level is marginal. i second levels slight. then we get enhanced and moderate. once you get to moderate, you are definitely going to have some severe weather. in fact, we are going to have a good chance of severe weather across the area with damaging winds being the primary threat. tornadoes being the secondary threat. so a few isolated showers out there this morning. after lunchtime we start to see rain.eavy again, rounds of rain coming our way. as we go into after 6:00 p.m., we are more rain. this will be the initial fin

line that comes through. it's going to be moving slowly across the area. doesn't clear it until we get into the middle part of the overnight. a few showers around for your saturday. and unfortunately, a few showers around for sunday. heavy rains and winds. isolated tornado threat. even in the mix. a mealia -- amelia and sarra will be here tonigck. i'll be baomorrow morning. let's talk about traffic with melissa. >> good morning, lauren. first 4 traffic alert here because of a potential closure in capitol heights. sheriff between addison and cabin branch, we have a road closures in there. this is because of a fatal crash from the investigation, a pole and wires down. here's what's closed -- just the eastbound lanes between cedar sights and cypress, a couple of blocksstthere. weund lanes are open this morning. as we zoom back out taking ath look at things happening. southbound bw parkway beforean 198, left l is getting by that work zone. as you look at the beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no issues.ad weome earlier problems on

the beltway, all of that's cleared out of the way. adam? >> thank you so much. dave thomas circle, yeah. the mere name is enough to give tens of thousands of commuters the .chills the intersection of new york avenue and florida avenue in northeast widely regarded as perhapse the worst interion in the area. i was there yesterday and learned about the big changes coming down theli ne. ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the sounds of dave thomas circle. [ horns ] while wendy's may have some secret recipes, it's no secret that this intersection where florida and new york avenues meet 1st street in northeast doesn't have many fans. >> every day, 20 minutes or more to get past two lights. every single day, ten years. changes pattern around tshlgs doesn't work, nothing helps. it's terrible. >> reporter: pretty bad, right? >> the bane of my ex>>tence. eporter: harsh words for a harsh intersection.

we'll walk around -- you see t intersection, it's doing its thing. this is completely clogged up. these people here are frustrated. how bad is it? >> it's always bad. >> always bad? >> awful. >> reporter: one of the worst you've seen? >> actually the worst. >> reporter: the worst intersection -- >> i drive through here every rsy to get to 50. >> reporter: the and something needs to be done and something is going to be done. >> we're taking the wendy's out of the intersection. that means the turning movements into and out of the intersection will go away. we can more closely align florida avenue in particular. >> reporter: ddot will have member meetings and believes it can be reconfigured within the next four years. [ horn ] >> how frustrating, your blood ilstarts to bo. you're sitting ndthere, a then you don't want to get stuck if the light changes, but you want to make it because you've been there for 15 minutes. >> i'm kind of going to be sad

to see it go. >> stop that -- >>hen i don't have my itersection to get reaction from. a mess there. hes let' take a look as a maryland family has a unique waf spending time together. and they've gotten pattty good it. >> it's called sport stacking. soon they're going to be headed to spain to compete in the championships. there's such a thing. these are three generations of cup stackers in kingsville. ?ou know what we're talking about here deanna, her son and mother will represent part of team usa in the world sport championship. it's theirfirm international competition but they've competed across the country. >> i love it. i love traveling. i love being ableo compete with something that my son cand with me. i'm not the type of person that's going to play baseball ot ll or anything like it. g d rather be indoors stack cups. >> okay. the championship is in a couple of weeks in spain. we wish the all thebest. the competitions will include individual rounds, doubles, and a relay. >> can they do that when they

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four peopl dead in a late-night crash at several busy roads in prince george's county. the report is out. some saying the president is off the hook while others demand the full,reedacted rt. we're dilling through the atails. the capsre limping back to d.c.th e team drops another road game and may have to go the rest of he playoffs without one of their best players. we need a home game win badly at this point. >> poor t.j. >> feeling bad for him. really like a rough hit. good rning, everyone. i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us on a busy friday. >> i'm adam tuss. u might have guessed aaron has the day off. heavy rain, not taking the day off. could spoil the ptetty warm eratures that we've got going. it looks calm and tranquil but that's going to change. already 66 degrees outside. >> pretty mild out there. some very heavy rain is heading