you can see the path anoo suv tk before slamming into a utility pole. all four peopl inside were killed. the crash just feet from homes. heard.ighbors saw and and we are watchg for severe weather. ater on this afternoon, not only in our area, but encompassing the entire eastern seaboa. we have a busy afternoon. iather alert day and we'll talk about the timingyour neighborhood coming up. and new this morning, a top democrat subpoenas theull unredacted mueller report. the new deadline set.

>> announcer: "news4 midday" startsnow. good friday morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. and we begin with a deadly storm system that has plowed through the southeast and headed our way. heavy rain caused major flooding in louisiana. crews rescued people from their cars, trapped in the rising water yesterday. strong winds knocking down a tree and it landed on a mobile home just alabama, killing one person. another person died while driving in the storm in mississippi. this morning it also caused problems for commuters in atlanta. >> and in just a few hours we uld see the rain move into the washington area. lauryn joins us on this weather alert day. get us caut up onhat to expect. >> expect severe weather into the afternoon. this is entirely headed to our neighborod, righthrough the mid-atlantic. if you are traveling, i am concerne for you if you are headed south out of the d.c.

area and into the carolinas. for our area, the main thing is going to be flooding. we are going to have flash flooding and possibly flooding out there. ry aging winds come secon but again, we have our entire area andn a flash flood watch. national weather service extended this through southern maryland. you were not in this with the morning show but they have expanded that throughout our entire region. pockets of heavy rain, one to three inchesotal. and i do believe there could be isolated spots that get more than 3 inches. already seeing isolated showers south of i-66 went lou ray and warrenton. but look at what is coming. ongoing tornado warning south of roanoke but this line will continue to lift to the north an east and we'll time it out for you into the afternoon and evening and let you know what to expect coming up in about 15 minutes. >> thanks, lauryn. we're tracking a deloping ory right now in capitol heights where a horrific crash claimed the lives of four

people. a carlamming into a utility pole. >> on sheriff road where justin finch joins us live w oh more the crash investigation. justin? >> reporter: erika, pat, this stretch has been busy here from late last night and into the early morning fromga investitors here on the crashcene t pepco crews working to restore the downed power line that came down hat crash. in the end, an awfully sad story. a crash s lost here in just days before the holidays. late thursday night, a gruesome sight. the end of ant apparen single-vehicle wreck, hard to tellut this is an suv on the ide after plowing into a utility pole. in spa she tells us she heard the wreck and it wasar ing and loud and soon after she saw the f

sh of emergency lights from her window. next door her neighbor heard it and came out for a closer look. he said itooked as if one was trapped. >> the firemen had to go down from -- i guess it would be the passenger side down in to get -he driver who was trapped inside of the -ehind the steering wheel. >> reporter: overnight and into the morning, pepco crews worked to replace that broken pole and restore. power prince george's county police tell news4 there were four people inside of the suv, two men and two women, all killed. it appea investigators note that the suv was traveling westbound on the 5800 block of sheriff road andomehow lost control. crossing into the eastbound lanes, popping c theb and even taking down mailboxes and more before striking that utility pole. a man and woman were ejected, police say, and as a go-to route twin the district of maryland, neighbors are used to traffic

and sadly awful accidents. >> we've had, i would say, a accidents.car when they happen, they're usually very bad. because people are traveling too fast. >> reporter: and you are looking live at where this gruesome crash came to an end last night and thereou could see the down mailboxes, a tree down. debris as well as fencing too, , agaihis is the impact of that crash and where it came to a rest yesterday at this hour. we're still awaiting updates of the names of the four victims. we could tell you jared ward b will at the press conference at police headquarters at about 12:30 this afternoon when the news comes out. weould tell you members of the vikes' family have been here at crash scene and did not want to talk to usea or app on camera. they say at this time they're still trying to process, understandably, losing at least one of them, their granddaughter just days before the easter

holiday. we're live in capitol heights. i'm justin finch,k inside to you. >> just horrible. thank you. new thisin morn scary moments for some residents in sterling, virnia. th loudoun county sheriff said someone fired a gun at a townhouse before 2:00 this eorning. the townhos located on grand central square near magnolia. three residts were inside and no ones with injured. adding to the concern, though, the loudoun county sheriff is still investigating a simil accident that happened april 6th in ashburn. it is unclear if the cases are relaoud. a y man just starting his career was gunned down in hislen burnie maryland apartment complex and now his death is raising questions about potential warning signs involving his suspected killer. on monday morning police say 22-year-old tariq hudson was headed to work when his neighbor, 53-year-old james vern beck shot and killed him near the stairwell.

court documents show this wasn't the first tim the two had a confrontation. just two months ago hudson tried to get a peace order on the suspect after telling a judge that he was threatened for hisn life ahe judge denied the request claiming there wasn't enough proof. now family members and friends are devastated and left with so many unanswered questions. >> he's t model child that every parent would want. we couldn't wrap our around why, why, why. >> after an hours-long standoff vern beck was arrested and faced several charges including first and second-degree murder. this morning we are still working toearn more about a suspected rder-suicide in northern virginia. yesterday afternoon a relative found the body of a woman inside of a home on brighton way in staffordounty. deputies later found the body of a man. they haven't been identified yet but police say the pair were middle-aged and investigators believe they wereh botshot. new this morning, a day

after the release of the redacted version of the special counsel report, house judiciary chair jerry nadler just issued a subpoena for the full report ad theunderlying evidence. as nbc's peter alexander reports, the white house is hoping to turn the tege. >> repor president trump arriving in florida, trying to turn the page following the release of robert mueller redacted report. >> game over, folks. now it's back to wor:. >> reportehile mueller raopped short of criminal wrongdoing, democ are seizing on the unflattering portrait he paints of president trump's conduct. >> the facts now established by this report are damning. whether they could or should have resulted in the ind ttment ofhe president or people ar ndhim, they are damning. >> reporter: mueller reveals the president's reaction in the oval office nearly two years ago when he first lea about the appointment of a special counsel. writing, based on notes from an official in the room, that he

umped back in his chair and said, oh, md, go this is terrible. this is the end of my esidency, i'm f'd. the report's most damaging details on obstruction of justice and the prident's repeated efforts to sabotage the through white house aides but mueller fames at least ten current and former administration officials or associates who defied the president's orders. among them, white house counsel don mcgahn who resisted the president's order to remove mueller, deciding he would rather resign than participate in another saturdayight massacre. accordinre to the rt, president trump asked his former campaignanager, cory lieu and owski to tell jeff sessions to announce the investigation was unfair to the president. lewandowski never delivered that message. thler's bottom line, if we had confidence that e president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. president trump pushing back on twit

i had the right to end the whole witch hunt if i wand. everyone, in wuding mueller if ited. i chose not to. the report also outlined a sweeping and systemic effortss ru to promote mr. trump's candidacy laying numerous contacted with the campaign and russians before and after the elecon but mueller found insufficient evidence to prove the president or any other american conspired or coordinated with russia in 2016. a conclusion emphasized by william barr. l >> that is something that all americans can and should be grateful to have confirmed. >>hat was peter alexander reporting. despite president trump 's insistence that the special counsel report exonerate him, he's back on twitter calling it, quote, the crazy mueller report. and he uses profanity to refer to some of the statements in the report. the caps left d.c.g rid high on a two-game winning

streak. but they are coming home with a series tied and now despera for a win. >> carolina hurricanes pulled off a 2-1 victory last night. but the caps may have lost more than just that game. news4 sherree burruss in north carolina with more. >> reporter: capitals fans waking up concerns this morning. the series tied at 2-2 heading back to drk and washington without one of the star players. in the second period, ovechkin ties the game at 1-1, giving washington life and less than a minute in the period, b braden holtby and the canes win 2-1. >> it is for all of us, we can hope and one guy will make a alvor score a go. you have to go out there and play your game.an if you don't wt to do it, don't play. >> reporter: in the third period this scary moment, t.j. oshiecr ashing into the boards and leaves the game taken to get

x-rays, bigger than the loss, the capitals are without one of the most important players a defenseless player that was quite a distance from the boards, it is an extremely dangerous play and he will not be with us our team for a while. >> game five is back at capal one arena on saturday where the ompitals are desperate for a win. fr raleigh, sherree burruss, news4 sports. and disappointment felt at national harbor. they showed the game for free on the big screen there. national harbor said it will ofo have a free screening game five tomorrow. so if you are at home and you could watch the game right here on nbc4, our special caps pregame coverag starts at 7:30 and then face-off for game five at 8:00. and we'll have full analysis after the game on nbc4 at 11:00. >> a lot of finger crossing and nail-biting. >> youbet. a mother ticketed for her toddler's potd -- potty break failure. and one of the most hated intersections in our area. thela p for changes at dave

thomas circle are finally here. wh is being done to keep you moving. and some new information about -hat may have cause t eaused the hug

we are learning new information about the possible cause of monday'sir f at the cathedral of notre dame. a french judicial police official tells the associated press investigators believe an electrical short circuit may have srked the fire. that official also said investigators have made an initial assessment of the structure but that it is still just too dangerous at this point do a full examination. courage and determination are two words being used to describe the firefighters who responded to the fire. this is a look at the sale held yesterday in paris honoring

them. french president macron told the firefighters, they will receive a medal of honor for their heroic work and just give us all soti perspec on this, the red cross of paris said the firefighters created a human chain to give some of christianity's most prized items -- to save them. it took the firefighter than 14 hours to contain that massive blaze. happening today, there isoa big r closure in the district. part of rock creek parkway will be closed starting tonight and through mondaye morning. thlosure will not only affect drivers but runners and cyclists as well. icole jacobs is live in northwest with that story. nicole? >> reporter: erika, the road closuresre for good reason. as the kennedy center aims to provide the public with direct access to the kennedy center, the national mall and the roosevelt bridge, but with easter services and show this ie weekend, t timing is a bit compromising. >> as if the intersection of

virginia avenu and rock creek parkway isn't confusing enough at peak hours of the day, sidewalk that way, don't enter here, road closed. now the kennedy center is alerting everyone of another hiccup. beginning tonight at 8:00 m., rock creek, potomac parkway and rock creek trail will close starting at virginia avenue. pedestrians and bicyclists wl take virginia avenue and 23rd street down to the lincoln memorial. drivers coming into the districn from theth will detour at virginia avenue. and from the south, drivers will take interstate 66, practically bypassing this corner store altogether. >> it will affect this gas station right here because of the major -- the roads, the major roads to get to here. >> reporter: crews are bringing in materials for a new pedestrian bridge over rock creekot and pomac parkway as part of the kennedy center reach expansion. >> it is a good reason to shut

the roads down, like they're to. because of safety. >> reporter: again, the closures begin tonight at 8:00 p.m. and they run through monday morng at 5:30.o back t you. >> nicole, tnk you so much. dave thomas circle. the mere name is enough to give tens of thousands of commuters the chills. we're talking about the intersection of new york and florida avenue in northeast. in the area where the wendy's is. you know where i'm talking about. it is widely regarded as the worst intersection in our area. but as transportationeporter adam tuss tells us, tonight the circle's daysre likely numbered. >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the sounds of dave thomas circle. [ horn honking ] >> reporter: while wendy's may have a secret recipe, it is no secret that this intersection where floridand a new york avenue meet first street in northeast doesn't have many

fans. >> every day, 20 minutes or more to get past two lights. every single day. ten years. they change patterns around and it doesn't work. nothing helped. it is terrible. i hate it. >> it is pretty bad. >> it is the bane of my existence. >> reporter: harsh words for a harsh intersection. take a walk around. you could see the intersection is doing its thing. this thing is completely clogged up. these people here are frustrated, how bad is it? >> it's always bad. awful. >> one of the worst intersections you've seen. >> the worst. and i drive here every dayge to to 50. >> there you go. the worst. and something needs to be done and something will be done. we do have some goodri news. dist department of transportation is moving fast to make big changes. >> can you say for certain that something will happen there? >> it is reflecting in ther' ma budget that we intend to do that reconstruction. >> reporter: and sources say the city'sg just waitin an appraisal for the wendy's and t land negotiate a sale. the mayor has put $35 million in

her budget to change this area. >> well we teing out the wendy's out of the intersection that means that the turning movement into and out of the intersection will go away so we cod more closely align floridaue avenn particular. >> reporter: and d-dot will have public meetings about changing the intersection soon. and believes that all of it could be completely reconfigured within the next four years. at dave thomas circle in northeast, adam tuss, nbc4. the district islso pected to make a major announcement about the k. street corridor next week. potty trains could be a stressful time for any parent but a georgia's toddler accident landed his mom in court. j brookes was 37 weeks pregnant when she had to go to court to contest a disorderly conduct citation. she got the ticket after her toddler failed to make it inside of the gas station bathroom. son ased to cover up her he went into the parking lot --

went in the parking lot but that caught the attention of a local deputy who gave her a ticket. >> and i was like, hold on -- and he's like no, i got to pee. no, i have to pull off and i'm about to pee my pants. his pants are down so obviously he to go. >> what is a mother to do? she has pleaded not guilty and hoping this is all before that little guy becomes a big brother. >> come on, now. >> aticket? is that necessary. all right. weather a rt. winds,flooding, rains and even an isolated tornado are possible today. so coming up, lauryn gets us ready for whatou c be a rough afternoon. >> and it is the passover and easter weekend. a look at world.nces around th e

i'm leon harris. our kids spend so much time in

front of screens theseay d so it is important that they get exposed to programs to teach them about physical, nutritional and mental health. for a decade thes grassroot project has been focusing on empowering young people in d.c. to make healthy choices and in every aspect of their lives. they do it by incorporating physical activy and college athletes. >> what they were most concerned about is decision-make and the life skills around this nutrition physical education topic so iffo only teach the science, we don't teach the life skills that impac whathat science is telling us. >> don't miss the story coming upn tonight's harris' heroes tonight on news4 at 4:00. >> and we have confirmed capture at 4:28 central as the international space station and sig nuss are over northeast france. >> very cool. look at this. a spacecraft made it to the international space station this morning. the spacecraft owned by northrop

grumman on the virginia eastern shore and on board is more than 7500 pounds of equipment and supplies, including crew food and clothing. i guess space walk gear and even mice and robots. >> they can make it up into space.ab how t that. >> conducted all of those experiments up there. meanwhile, back here in our' area, w bracing for a wallop of a storm. >> are you heading anywhere this afternoon? >> back home. >> yeah. good. >> h we'll bee. >> good.e because whave got some severe weather not only around our area. i'm very concerned about anybody traveling south intonaorth caroli and south carolina. because they're threat is larger than our threat. not only f torrential downpours and damaging winds but a heck of a tornado threat through the north carolina area right alongi-81 and along i-95. but for us, back at home, this is what we're expecting. this is a massive system. rounds of heavy rain.

now it will start after 2:00il p.m. and continue until about 3:00 a.m. so rounds of rain will push through the area. athin that rain embedded in there, could hav isolated tornado. definitely could have damaging straight line winds and one to three inches of rain possible. the flash flood watch is now been extended to include the mtreme southernyland and northern neck. again, for the pockets of heavy rain we could have locally higher amounts of rain here in our area. so heavy rain is the main threat along with flooding. blinding torrential downpours if you get caught in a storm and you are driving. the secondary to that are the damaging winul. cod gust up to over 50, 60 miles per hour and again a small threat of tornado. i don't think hail will be a big thing -- threat for us. taking a look at radar. a few isolated showers now.r foe next hour or two. and then all of this is coming our way. so this is going to be moving into our region. ere were already tornadorn waings around roanoke but eavy rain entering weste

carolina. an area of low pressure and that will give showers for the saturday and sunday. because thing will move slow. but what happens is as this is moving to the north and ea is kind of rotating to try to rotate back around this low. so that is why it is moving so slowly. and it is kind of coming negatively tilted. that is what we call it as it is moving around that low. so as this is moving up to the north and east, it is almost slowin t down andt is why we'll see this heavy rain threat. not only that, but we have a lot of moisture out there. it is all transporting in from the gulf of mexico. so heavy downpours possible. strongtorms possible. heavy rain and widespread rain. the risk we've got one and twoo of five stages. third is enhanced, fourth is moderate and five is high for severe thunderstorms. so we're at levels one and two. timing, i'llo talk time it out in youror neighbod. that is coming up in about

11:35. >> lauryn, thank you. metro isin pla a shutdown that will last through the summer. >> why the transit system is aly starts. and check your ride every time. the new uber safety campaign and why some are questioni hey, it's me, thursday. look, i neveulwanted to be the popar day. hey look, it's thursday! but in this place, it's just getting out of hand! hey thursday! popularity has always been friday's daing, and if friy finds out about this whole scene,

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 midday." back now at 11:30. with a somber tribute in oklahoma city, a largerowd gathered in 168 seconds of silence, one for each person killed 2years agohen a truck bomb destroyed a federal building in the city. among the victims, 15 cldren. that blast also injured nearly 700 others. the man behind the attack, which remains teadliest act of domestic terror on u.s. soil was executed back in 2001. today is good friday.

a day that many christians commemorate as the day jesus was crucified. >> pope francis will preside over several sacred services at st. peter'sas bica and washed the feet of prisoners during a service at a prison outside of vime. the serce re-enacts the story of christ washing the feet of his disciples and meant to demonstrate humility toward others. pope francis will hold easter sunday service in st. peter's scare. an update to that metrown shut that will last through the summer. itro is already extending the project before even begins. the platform improvement project closures will now go past labor day. six blue and yellow lineil stations w close starting memorial day weekend. this applies to all of the stations south o reagan national airport. metro needs concrete platforms including braddock road andl crews wix

the platforms so comply with the americans for disabilities act. the closures will last through the 8th of september. uber's top security officer is unveilingy the new saf features coming to your phone app. this comes after the murder of a college student in south carolina. explains. hanie gosk >> reporter: university of south carolina student samantha josephson got into a car she thoughthe ordered from uber. it wasn't. the driver allegedly killed her. in the wake of that tragedy, the iversity and uber announcing a new partnership. focused on safety. >> every time someone uses a ride share service they should op before entering the vehicle skand a the driver plainly, what is my name. >> reporter: and on uber app, a new alert system. here is how the safety features work. you open up the app's normally would and right away there is a reminder, a banner at the bottom that saiderheck your ride ev

time. that means three things. license plate, the car details, and the picture of your driver. >> two por safety reminders before the car arrives. >> hi, who are you here to pick up? >> uber forestephanie. >> there are stories about fake uber drivers. should uber have been more pro-active sooner. well, stephanie, you'll never hear me say that we have done enough on safety. it is my commitment, it the commitment of the entire company. >> reporter: the new safety measures come as rber getsdy to go public. >> there is no question that i think there is a business imperative toe making sur that we are being safe. but i do think one of the important north stars for our company, it is a ultural norm is to do the right thing period. >> reporter: the message is simple, check yourride, always. stephanie gosk, nbc news, san francisco. all imght. it is te to do a little spring cleaning. it is national clean out your c mediinet day.

and dr. johnoliday is here to explain why a little bit of lives.work could save good morning and thank you for joining us. talk to me about first of how unused medicine isg contributin to the opioid epidemic here in the united states. > to the amazing statistics, 70,000 people died of drug i overdoses 2017. most of them from opioids. so you have surgeryupnd you end with a few pills and you leave in yourab medicine cet and the kids and family members and looking at your house through real estate agents get the drugs and 70% p of theple that get drugs become addicted to the opioids because they misuse them and they are diverted and then they can't afford to git pills and they go on the street andet heroin and get overdosend die. it is a sad story and a lot of statistics. >> and a serious problem. >> in addition to the numbers, if you'v lost a son or a daughter or whomo ever t drug overdoses and deaths, even more so it is important to clean out your medice binet. >> and this is also more than an

issue just about the opioid epidemic but it is also about afety in your house first and foremost with young children for instance. >> 60,000 kids go to emergency rooms underage five every yea most of it is for drugs and other things that they get exposed to and get. poisoned >> so how can we safely clean out our medicine cabinets of things that we are no longer using, no longer needing and don't want to be a risk or hazardo something tentice somebody to go in tre and get something that is obviously -- was.ere are a number of i twice a year the dea hosts a take-back day and it isn aevery day problem and people won't get into the car and do something at home so we had an idea when you get flowers as packet and when you get a drug you get a packet and you put that in the prescription vile with the leftover drugs and add water and this packet contains a powder which is safe and add water to the pills, with a powder and

ecake it up and then in a minute it bomes a gel from which ty can't be distracted. throw it in the trash. so this is a site of use disposal and it gets them flected and away from the medicine cabinet so they are no longer abusednd they won't pollute. >> i was going to say, because then i guess people would have the question tf is it just same thing for me to flush them down the sink or the toilet? this has a different approach to it > amazingly, the fish in the chesapeake and et cetera -- even the musselsn the pugent sound are contaminated and it is poison and overdose and death. get the drugs out medicine cabinet and go to disposerx.com but get rid it at the site of use. >> doctor, thank you, we appreciate your time and effort on this important campaign. back over>>o you. all right. well we have storms moving closer to the washington area. coming up, lauryn lets us know

how much our weather will improve over the holi

we are working for your health. congress will consider raising the national smoking age to 21. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to induce the legislation next month. it will cover all tobacco products including vaping devices. mcconnell said vaping pose the moster sus threat to middle school and teenagers and right >ow the national smoking age is 18. >>nd working with your health for tips for allergy sufferers. health expts say this allergy season could be a bad one. and for the roughly 50 million americans are nasal allergies, the battle has already begun. i don't need to tell you that. a huge swath of the country is already experiencing high pollen coun.

one local allergist tells nbc4 he's been busy over the past few weeks and has recommendations foow cutting d on your symptoms. >> remember that you are not windows openp with this time of the year. you like to go running after work, relax and help you a lot and when you come home, rinse your nose from the pollen and with any other saline solution from the pharmacist. >> doctors recommend getting allergy tests now so you know what you are allergic to and how to treat it. with all of the rain that we'reg, gettin will it wash away the pollen. >> it will. yeah. >>e have to do to do that. especially for people easter egg hunt and the white house easter egg roll and this will get rid of the pollen. >> we are talking so much rain that it could cause flooding in some areas and when we talk that much rain, i get a little nervous for places like ellicott

h ty, that have issues w flooding. is this going to be an issue for most of our area? >>bs aolutely. widespread. unfortunately. inand i think flood is one of the main concerns that we're going to see locally here in our . flooding and flash flooding wits pretty srms that are going to be rolling through the region. and what will happen is a storm will roll by and then you might get areak and then another one is going to rollan by. d then you get a break. and then another one will roll by. and we call that training storms where it continues to roll over the same region over and over and over again. and that is why we saw the flooding last year withla pces like ellicott city. now, again, if you are in ellicott city,li sten, we do have flash flood watches up but we have flash flood watches throughout the area so be vigilant. do not drive across any floed roadways, please. this is the time where we get into those high water and swift water rescues. we do have a few isolated showers out there right now. and that is the case as we go over the next couple of hours. this is all coming our way slowly.

a lot of moisture rolling in from the deep south. so w lhave aot of moisture and doesn't have anywhere to go except down to the ground and oing to get we're some of the heavy rains but since it is slow-moving, it ist going take a while to get here. upper level area of low pressure just sitting over the ohio and tennessee valley. that is going to continue to bring rain chances to our area throughout the week and even after this main line gets through the area. main line through the area is not until late, late tonight and into the overnig. so time it out. a few showers out there now. after 2:00, here comes the heavy rain. and that heavy rain will continue to push through the region, 3:00, 4:00 might hit a lull m in thedle part of the evening and then more rain moving through and the red and yellow, that is very heavy rain. even at 9:00 we have heavy rain and 10:30 some rain and continuing through midnight tonight and it is finallyin mov out of here after 3:00 a.m. amelia will be with us tonight and we'll overlap and then about 1:00, 2:00, i come in and

overlap with amelia. so somebody will be here and check our social media and we'll be on air if we need to if any warnings warrant that. so we'll talk about the ten-day forecast in a little bit. >> all right. thanks, lauryn. is my food safe? ele results of a new study on food ld gluten free that may have you asking that question. plus see something, say sothing. it is helping animal control officers save animals in need. how people acrosour areaan s

cases of animalruelty and neglect are common in rural and urban areas and there are signs to be on the lookout for and should. >> our melissa mollet spoke about a recent rescue of dogs because somebody spoke up. >> reporter: these were rescued from a home in northeast suspected animal cruelty. the rescue was part of a rescue

alliance investigation that started with anonymous tip. dan from the human roouk alliance is here with more on what you could do if you witalss anim cruelty. so good morning. thank you for being here. before we get into the serious part of this and kind of warning people and telling people to look out for, who is this guy who is very sweet and i can tell really loves treats. >> this is tiger. tiger is about 2 years old and also from a cruelty case. he's in foster home right now. but he is available for adoption. >> and what can you tell us about his situation? >> well, tiger was removed from an apartment after we received anotr tip. he was left behind after an eviction and had been lefthe t for quite sometime. when we got him he was extremely under-weight so it is a couple of months andn his road to recovery. >> you said he's gained a lot of weight. >> he looks way better than he did before. >> now sadly, i hear that and i think how could anybody ever do that, as i think our viewers hear that and think how on

earth. but this happens. ings like this happen all of the time. how can somebody like myself kind of recognize animal cruelty? what do we need to look for or listen for? ho stly, just need to speak up when you see things that you don't think are right. it doesn't have to be something that is dogfighting or an animal being beaten to death or something that extreme. our officers go to great lengths to not only remove animals from cruel situations but also help animal owners do aetter job of taking care of their animals. so really if you see something and you're like, that is not really the w that animal should be taken care of, whatever the case may be, just call us and we can go out and assesselt and either h the people or figure out what needs to be done in that situation. >> and i said, what can they -- listen and they were -- he was

no doubt barking for a long time and yelling for help. what can we do with a dog in a hot car. i call the jurisdiction where i is that the correct thing to do? >> yes. those situations on a hot day can become letl for the animal very quickly. o any time you see something like that, call the human rescue alliance or the police. communicate with each other all of the time. we'll get an officer out there as quickly as possible to assess >> is the best way to thit. report any suspect add bruce or a dog in a car, calling is the best way? >> yes. exactly. we have -- obviously m is available 24/7 and we -- we havs offi- >> i don't know if we could get him. he wants a belly rub. our dispatchers man the phones 24/7 so we have someonenkround. >> tyou, dan. and tiger who loves belly rubs and treats is availableor adoption.

>> yep. >> a lot of other stuff available as well. you have dogs -- >> dogs, cats, turtles, guinea pigs. you name it, we got it. >> thank you so much. so for pet adoption and more on that, remember we have our clear the shelters event. that is in august. that will be a huge event and go to our nbc washington app. tiger, thank you for being here, very approprte name after the masters win for tiger woods. >> thank you. >> so we'll remember this guy. guys. we have breaking news right now. f part ofrida avenue in northeast d.c. is closed because of a crash. >> chris gordon is live on he scene wit the very latest on what is happened there. chris? >> reporter: a bicyclist has been killed here on florida avenue. traffic closed in the 1100 block. you see a white police cruiser on the sidewalk justeyond that is the car believed responsible, a white suv. d.c. fire tell us that the suv

struck the cyclist killing them and then continued on to that tree, crashing into the tree. driver suffering injures and transported with nonlife-threatening injuries. and d.c. police and fire are on the scene and investigators trying to determine if speed, drugs or alcohol played any part in this fatal crash killing a cyclist about two weeks from the university in northeast washington. that is the latest from the scene. back to y. >> thank you, chris. we are working for you this morning. with new information that may be disturbing to people with seous gluten allergies. here is doreen glentler with the findings of an alarming new study. many of the foods labelled gluten free may not be. it was published in a journal found more than 3 of restau foods labelled gluten free still contain some gluten. the worst offeers, pizza and

pasta. more than half the samples tested had gluten in them. fast food restaurants were much more likely to have gluten inei samples than sitdown restaurants were.an no restaurant names were used in the study. some have questioned the results because some study authors have connections to the device that is used to test the samples. the celiac disease foundationy saying the may have been more likely to test foods they suspected were contaminated potentially resulting in a larger proportion of foods testing positive. still, the foundation said the study is evidence of challenges for people who need to maintain a strict gluten-free diet. right now the good friday free market is open in prince yorge's county. molette green tol about this amazing community effort on wednesday. new life worship center in capitol heights is distributing 50,000 pounds of food for families in need this easter

weekend. anybody in need can go by the church and pick ups. grocerie they have enough food to feed 1200 families. >> that is good news. >> yes, it is. well,m fro great easter cause to a great easter view. >> coming up, we'll help you get ready formhe weekend rosu

no matter t weather, there is a chance to see a whole lot of ice this weekend. all of it indoors.

>> nbc4 tom yik my fly fills us in on events for your weekend. this weekend it is all caps, all the time. game five returns on saturday. 8:00, whether youre watching it in capitol one arena or at home or taking to the streets, make sure you rock the red. in other icynews, disney nature penguins is released. now it is a docu-style up beat film about penguins and what tear life is like in their natural habitat. >> maybe steve is nothe most punctual partner but the belly of fish makes up. >> and fun fact, if you buy siekt tickets for opening weekend they'll make donation to the wildlife national wet work. >> ben bailey is bringing the comedy at the loft. >> that is the name o it. ruth crist steakhouse, so crist is eher the property of ruth or an adjectivend i don't get either one.

>> and on sunday if you are looking for a special easter sunday service, check out the sunrise service on th steps of lincoln memorial, it has been going on for years. they stay it startst 6:30 and people get there way before sunrise to get a spot. i'm tommy mcfly and that is your weather on "news4 midday." >> thank you, tommy. let's get an update on the storms and all of the rain headed for us. lauryn? >> isolated showers roll through the region.ar now here w looking at today. isolated showers. but the main teteat gng in here after about 2:00 p.m. and we will continue to see it push in here, waves of ain, heavy rain will continue throughout the afternoon. throughout the evening. throughout the overnight. andin aga amelia draper and somara and myself will be here tonight and into tomorrow morneg. so we'll bith you. but flooding the main concern an o small threata tornado.

into the weekend, isolated showers through saturday. it is windy by the time we get to sunday f showers out there. but it is going to be chilly. the temperatures in the low 60s on sunday. monday looking good. more rain mid next week but again, keep it here. we'll cut in all day if anything happens download the nbc washington app. amelia and somara will be here double-teaming, 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 and 11:00 and then i come in and meet amelia at about 1:00 a.m. to keep you safe. so could you hit us up on social media but also keep it here on channel 4. >> we appreciate the dedication. thank you, ma'am. and that is "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. we're back on the air first at 4:00. but get news and weather updates any time with our nbc washington app. have a great day and good friday. friday. >> we'll see youater. l d

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