>> announcer: news for "today" starts now. tornado confirmed. weather officials say a twister touched down in reston last night. the damage, prett easy to spot. news 4's derrick ward is live on the scene. officers in mourning. more than 15ft years a someone shot him on the job a montgomery cop has died. the leg sis acy he leaves behin and teen shot several times in his own home. new des on this disturbing investigatioel as we wcome you in on this saturday, the 20th of april, 2019. good mning to you, i'm david

culver. a lo of you dealing with the hope of d out after some heavy rain that we saw come through yesterday. it w a busy one for storm team 4 especially lauryn ricketts. i hesitate to say hello i know you haven't slept .much you and smomara tracking those storms. this, in fact, was a twister that touched down in caused a lot of ta damage in reston. >> absolutely. a plethora of tornado warnings out there. this one actually spawned a tornado and even amelia who said on-air, that is a tornado right there. we could see the hook the velocities and we knew. shortly thereafter, about 11:00 p.m. last night ishen the national weather service, hey, yeah, absolutely a tornado. back this up a little. bear with me a second. back this up a little bit

because i want to show you where that tornadotxactly was p right there in the reston area. we were watching this late last night coming right tthrough. ng is, radar is very close to. reston in sterling, virginia. as that rolled through, about 00, thatid spawn a tornado, a spall one. they're going out to do the deeo today. and a weather alert, flood warnings out there. my m:c's falling a little bit. look at this rotation right here. area of low pressure right here. we're going to continue to see showers. seeing showers in southern maryland off to the eastern shore now as the last gaspon of our main system flows to the north. the low pressure, upper level low will spawn showers gthng ugh the remainder of the weekend. however, i believe we can get henshine. temperatures in t60s out there. that's now. easter forecast in detail and

time out anymoreor showers f the weekend in a little bit. >> all right, lauryn, check in then. meantime, the severe storms from overnight, caused damage in the region. several trees toppling over on to streets poses threats for drivers. and live in reston, derrick ward, what are you checking out this morning? >> reporter: on center drive in reston. answering a call if a treealls in reston does it make a sound? indeed it does. look at this one. that tornado, confirmed it touched down here in reston. this tree, quite old, you can see from the size of it, but no match for the wind that whipped through here. take a look. this is the damage that it did. this truck. now, did that tree make a sound? indeed it did. luckily, no one around to hear it. the folks who live nearby had heeded warnings and got to i

health perp poking out heads just in time tha see wt's happening. hearing from the other than of this car, it was quite breathtaking. take a look. >> we were in the living room watching tornado. got the tornado warning from y'all and had just run down to thebasemented when we heard tree crack, and we sat there for a bit and then decided to run wtside. well, took a loosaw the tree fall. >> reporter: so those warnings are indd something to heeded. this is proof of that. again, no one injured, no one in the truck. no estimate on the damage caused around the area as those trees went down like this one did. i guess this homeowner is feeling lucky despite the look ofthings. reporting for news 4, back ta yto you. >> and cleanup trying to saw down the trees, some noise there. appreciate the report. wasn't just in reston.

arby damage visible in herndon as well. just one of the trees that came crashing down along fort lee street last night.ts several stree in our area may be covered with branches. a warning if you're headed out driving through parts of the commonwealth this morning. give yourself extra time on the roads and take it easy. severe weather left destruction in its wake destroying a home in franklin county, virginia, yet near roanoke. you can see the roof gone, along with one entire side of the home. the woman who lives here said she hid in the basement and nun nearby, a fl cloud. no word of a tornado touchdown ther just yetiout obvly a lot of damage done. destruction claimed four lives and caused widespread power outages. multiple reports of tornadoes touching down in misssippi and several other southern states. powerful winds snapped trees,

destroyed homes, flipped over cars. in texas, surveillance video, about to see it here. caht the moment, a lightning strike hit a tree tearing through a hofe. ahea the easter holiday weekend, thousands of flights canceled and hundreds more delayed. more showers could be comind before the e of the wrnd as lauryn told us. stay ahead of the system with the hour-by-hour forecast. this is the time to keep close to that nbc washington app pushing out's kbrup dat the upds through there. 6:06 the time. a police officer shot and paralyzed 15 years ago. we've learned now he passed away. conducting a traffic stop in silver spring in 2003. terrence green a teen at the time, opened fire o forcingi

olinger to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. a true hero wh thrived and helping others. so far no services announced. the gun violence in d.c. continues to tick upwards. this time a 16-year-old shot to death inside his own home. this in northwest. it happened yet afternoon around 3:00 on princeton place. we're told someone on the street ard the shots and flagged down a passing d.c. police officer who happened to be patrolling the neighborhood. first responders then found the shooting victim, who was taken to the hospital and later died. >> a few people were in the hate he time. there was a couple peoplets oue the home. we brought all them down to be interviewed. >> the victim was shot several time. police say the house he was shot was his home. new dame details on a trag crash in the district. he pushed for improved bike safety in the city. the surveillance shows a stolen

minivan speeding down florida avenue northeast moments before the crash. 54-year-old david salavishas killed. robert jr. behind the wheel. little lot control on florida avenue on 12th street, went through a red light hit another car and then the biker. those who use this street say it's not safe. >> never felt safe on florida avenue. ke with tuss actually s him a few years back. him here taking about sharing the road with cyclist. little, meantime is charged with murdd-degree four people lost their nan awful crash in capital heights. we brought you this story where it happen thursday night. rince george county police say this car lost control and slammed into a utility pole. 35-year-old driver and his

three passengers, all in their 20s, alldi . speed likely played a major factor here. >> t passengers from the back seat area were ejected from the vehicle. please -- please - wear your seat belts. please, slow down. obey the laws. >> it could be months before police wrap up this investigation. they're looking for any witnesses to help determine the cause of the crash. 6:09, your time on this saturday. many of us remember well where we were 20 years ago today. it is the day tha forever changed how this country looks at school safety. now,wo decades later, the survivors look back on the columb

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two gunman stormed columbine high school in colorado. last night that community, still synonymous with school sogotings came ther to mark the somber anniversary. nbc's joe fryer spoke with families and victims still coping with the trauma of that day. yearsorter: even after 20 columbine is a heavy word wit a stigma not just attached to,it but anchored. >> when there is another school tragedy, which just rips at our hearts every time we see that, the w columbine will be brought up. d's a columbine-like massacre. >> reporter: theirghter was one of columbine's 13 victims. 12 students, one teacher,ave sanders, who ran to the cafeteria and toldon every to flee sacrificing his life to save others. >> his legacy will go on forever, bavause he s hundreds of kids who will then have children who will have hildren, who will have children. >> reporter: daughter connie

sanders still cherishes what her father said before dieing. gtell myls i love them. >> and i truly believe if he was given a choice, he would have still made the same choice to save all of those students. the only thing i have to say is, my goodness, we love him, too. >> reporter: the scars of columbine can only be seen on ose who survived. sean graves shot six times and left paral fedm the waist down, and defied doctors' odds walkinta across the s to get his diploma. >> it's a reminder how precious life is. >> reporter: today he's still walking and paying tribute to those who didn't survive, like his friend dan name etched in the columbine memorial. after 20 year, the pain is still otthere. >> ioing to say that i'm over it, because i will never be over it, but i don't want to focus on the darkside. >> reporter: it's why graves and so many hers here chooseso focus on somethingve positi

take lauren townsend the family. she loved animals so they create add foundation to hp wildlife. >> this is an amazingly strong, loving community, and columbine, that word "columbine" should mean that. united. >> reporter: look in the dictionary, you'll see the word columbine is defined at dove-like. they hope this april 20th delivers peace.jo fryer, nbc news, littleton, colorado. back her athome, 6:14 is your time. a live look outside. a violent night of weather.s lauryn rickett tracking a wet forecast ahead. we'll check in with her right we'll check in with her right after this.

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you might not think a stolen bike would rise t the top of a police report. when spots county shieriffs delooked eper, they realized how important this was to a man. >> reporter: doi a lot of walking lately in nice and nasty weather. his walk to work up to two hours reach way anduires walking the shoulder of route 1. >> i was thinking, i don't really live tha a farway from somebody going 60 miles an hour. there's no coming back from that. >> reporter: a far easier and safer trek which they used to

petal to work. when he returned from a task, hisike was gone. >> the loss, i saw the gate was open. >> reporter: where the story take as twist. when the spotsylvania sheriff's deputies got word of the stolen bike, they not only just took a stan report they started to askuestions and wanted to know mark a little more and understand why exactly he needed his bike. >> just being around him and talking to him lifts you up as a ecrson. >> reporter: esplly when they learned all mark's been through. 15 years ago his father of three young girls slammed into a ee. e crash nearlym.illed hi >> catapulted me back 20 feet and i shattered my right hip there. >> reporter: three months in a coma expected to never talk let alone walk again. faith. elied on his >> that touched our hearts.ly. no matter what he continued to work, continuedo try and

strive on. >> reporter: on thursday deputies teamed up with walmart and decided to surprises him at work. >> greeted him, presented him with a buy cribicycle and he wa overjoyed. >> christmas came half a year early. >> reporter: an easter gift. he pudly showed us his bike and shared his new commute time. >> actually yesterday i got home in 20 minutes on the bike. yep. >> proud of. that the generous deputies gave mark a gift card to walmart. more proof the kind of guy we'de ing with here. mark says he's going to use that card to buy them a thank you gift. we love mark cunningham. a cool guy. yesterday he said i feel bad we're having to share your story when it's raining out. he goes, favorite kind of weather. just so positive. thing's ever negative. >> a great outlook on life. >> quite a taste of his fav ite

weather. yesterday you dealt with that. any sleep? >> probably 12 hours last four days. >> doing great. >> well, thankyou. it's interesting, of course, you know, all the weather breaks loose as we only have two meteorologist and sora, chuck and doug are on vacation. listen, this is what we do and we love to do it. of course,ince we love to do it watching the storms keeping you safe working for you. thank goodness oust herer earli than forecast. i'll say it. thank goodness. thought maybe thed stick around until 2:00, 3:00. it packed a punch you know in a lot of portions of our area. this is the storm system pushing away from the area. we have a frontal system just off the coastline right now and that is a cloud deck associated with it. look at all of these storm scouts out there. all the storm reports we've had. again, coming down thrnngh here,

fu clouds in the red down south of richmond and unconfirmed reports at this time. weather service will have to go out there and survey the damage tf see i these were actually tornados or funnel clouds that touched the ground. at least reports they think either radar indicated or somebody sawthem. emergency management officials spotters on the ground saw again, watching those. we have one right around fairfax, around reston. and elseunere, derstorm, wind damage, wind gusts over severe criteria. right now s noere weather. thank goodness. showers continue to push through the area specifically east of i-95 at the stormsontinue to roll up the eastern seaboard. so if you're in southern maryland off to the eastern shore, you'll continue to the see showers out there.os for the m part weakening and moving out t sea. an area of low pressure. look at this rotation. this was helping the storms move so slow, because what was happening, getting all the moistu. they were tilting back towards this area of low pressure.

that's why we thought we'd have more flooding out there but we didn't have that. that goodses in. hanging out, get the car washed, chances of showers dueo low pressure sitting off to the north and west meandering through there through tomorrow. showers this morning. becoming fairly windy today with insts up to about 30 miles an hour but the wds are out of the south. fairly mild. already mild now. temperatures in the 60s. top ow in mid-70s and more sutehine this afoon. again, some of the heavier rain scooting up and out of here. olated showers through the morning. clearing, sunshine later this afternoon. go partly cloudy to mostly sunny, may a few showers back around tonight as that area of low pressure starts to make its way and move up out of here. we will kee a chance for some showers. maybe around sunrise services tomorrow, but definitely around during the afternoon.hi i t about anytime, could see

spotty showers around for your easter. a little cooler easter. temperatures in the low to mid-60s but the wind not quite as bad and chances of rain showers into wednesday, thursday and friday. temperatures staying a little above normal this week. we have more news right after this. this. see you then.

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officers rescued three people from a burning car wreck earlier this month in new jersey. goodness. >> yeah. the officers here rushed in to save the victims with one fo officer's u even catching on fir briefly during this rescue. two people were seriously burned. they're expected to survive, but etty crazy video there. >> goodness. look at that. >> yeah. all right. sad news here. this is involving singer adele. i love adele. she and her husband separated. herep rsentatives confirming the breakup just yesterday. most people did not know the two were married until about two years ago when mentioning her husband in one of hernc accepta speeches at the grammys. the couple have a son together. adele's husband simon konecki is founder of an eco-friendly brand of bottled water in europe.fu hopey whenever she goes through something pretty tough, her music is rockin'. >> i was thinking that. how selfish is that? >> it's true.

cathartic for her, i think. >> you're right. so, well, best of luck to her. guy, the weather is -- alaska worse than ourself. in alaska worse than oursy' because there still finding a way outside to have fun. look at this. >> incredible. icing traditid calle the slush cup going on more than 40 years. >> i don't know if i'dump in water. >> me either. e goal, simple. have to check out whether or not you're able to ski acrosswa the r without -- sinking. he did it. show off. look at that. without poles, too. >> oh! >> well- >> i was gone in march, early march, 9th and 10th. this is what i -- i wasn't doing it. watching something like this. they do this aroundhe east coast when the close ski resorts. doesn't look at fun. the pool is rman-made andeally small. >> that's a bananauit on. looks like a good time. the best way to take advantage of freezing temperatures. something we fortunately are not

dealing with here. >> thank goodness. i can say for 100% we're not talking about snow in the next ten day. >> look at that sky. >> right over reston. that's our rest camera now. tornado cnfirmed i reston late last night. talk more about that. derrick ward is on the scene. talking about conditions for the eaer

>> announc: "news4 today" starts now. hey there. welcome back in to "news4 today" on this 20th of april 19. good morning to you. i'm david culver. you c b seeind me the sky is much calmer this saturday morning. you'll be lucky to catch anye sunshine bef noon today. lauryn ricketts andto the srm team 4 weather center elebrating easter, of course passover under way. the question, a celebrations going to be kept indoors this weekend? what do you think? >> i'm thinking we are seeing some sunshine later on this afternoon, but to be times, david, this weekend we'll have periods of some light showers passing through the oigion. it's g to not be a complete washout this weekend, but we are going to have showers. at times, yeah, you may have to go inside. not the prettiest of mornings. look at that. the sunrise, just upon us. can't see t sun,though. as i said and as, david going to be lucky if you see it right beforenoon. take a look. these are theortorm rep that we had from yesterday.

oh, yeah. a couple funnel clouds and tornadoes, unconfirmed a this point until the national weather goes out and confirms that. looking at tornado activity we saw overnigh and yesterday evening. one confirmed tornado was in reston here in our area. we continue to see rain showers lifting to the east of us. again, most of this is ending throughout the area, but it you're anywhere east of ndi-95 particularly the eastern shore a better chance of seeing rain show hs. everybody a chance for a late, spotty shower until noon at least. temperatures start to go up a little. low to mid-70s today. more sunshine later this afternoo talk about rain showers for your easter and let you know when we have rain next on the horizon. that's coming up. ,>> lauryn looking forward to that. abo you mentioned the severe weatherovernight specifically that confirmed tornado in reston. several trees toppled on tore sts causing issues for several drivers in that area. d news 4rick ward is checking out the region this morning.

specifically in reston where that damage is still left behind. rrick, i can't see you but assume you're seeing some damage? >> reporter: yeah. we are. what you're looking ats actually a birdseye view of the tree. thetreetop if it was upright but brought down to earth by the high winds we've talked about. we don't know if ts i tornado damage but it's indicative of the wind that blew here through. what you are actuallyseeing, spiderweb, intricate spiderweb completely intact in these upper bows of this tree showing you the ntricacy of nacture and damage that can be done. this is what it looked like when this tree came down. it came down on a car. no one was in it but that pickup truck was pretty much totaled. you can see the roof was goneha and t tree firmly on top of it. darcy spencer spoke to the homeowner of the house that's

nearby. they were actuallyt in i their house seeking shelter when tees tr came down. from what we hear, it was ite the expe >>ud snly i hear this enormous crack, snap, and that was the tree. right here. so -- as soon as i heard that i ran back inside the house and said, okay. this isn't a joke. let's all get under cover. we took the dogsnd went into the little crawl space. >> reporter: and so now we're looking at what's left of the tree. it's been mostly cut up, but these are the upper branches and upper trunk of that tree. u see how massive it is. the homeowner talked how fortunate he felt despite losing the car.if he tree went the other way, a lot more could have happened. strong winds last night. as the sun rises this is what folks will see all over the area. li in reston, derrick ward for news 4. >> you're right. that spiderweb, pretty telling.

estruction for some becomes home for others. pretty cool. check in later this morning. destruction not only isolated to that part of reston, virginia. also in the commonwealth, franklin county nearroanoke. the destruction left behind after the storms moved through. the roof on that home gone along with one entire side of the house. the woman who lives here said she hid in the basement, and nearby,. this a funnel cloud one man was able to get video of. no confirmation of a tornado touching down there just yet but a lot of damage left behind. and lauryn ricketts tells us, more storms through the rest of the weekend. a great time, you have power and are connected to get the nbc washington app. our digital team and storm team 4 meteorologist, pushing out all the updates. it was a casekehat rocd our region. a montgomer county police officer shot and paralyzed on duty more than 15 years agve now we' learned officer kyle

oli olinger passed way. he was t conducting affic stop in silver spring in 2003. terrence green a teenager at the time, opened fire forcing olinger to spend the rest of hli fexh in a whee pwheelchair. he was described as a true hero who thrived in helping others. so far services have been announced. the gun violence in d.c. continues to ticrd s. this time a 16-year-old was shot to death inside his home in it happened yesterday afternoon around 3:00 on princeton place. we're told someone on the street ard the shots flagged down a passing police officer who happened to be patrolling the neighborhood. horst responders sd up and found the shooting victim, taken to the hospital and later died. >> there were a few people in the home at the time. there was a couple people outside the home. we brought all of them down to be interviewed. >> the victim, shot several times, police say hapned to be

in his own home. that's where the shooting took place. president trump feels overcation, but the fight the special counsel's report is probably jus starting. yesterday house judiciary chairman jerry nadler issued a subpoena for the full unredacted report and all underlying documents. the justice documents calls the subpoena premature and ss unnecey. house and senate democrats rejected an offer from the attorney general to allow high-ranking members access to a version of the report with fewer redactions. the white house says democrats will never be happy. >> this is never going to stop. gave them an unredacted report all the tax returns, unredacted as well, hti would sll want el something . >> meanwhile, the mueller report is renewing impeachment talks by some progressive democrats, but so farc democrati leadership is not pushing for that. the debate continues tomorrow morning on "meet the pressk chdd speaks with house judiciary chairman jerry nadler

and rudy giuliani. the president'sattorney. "meet the press," catch it right here on nbc 4. starts at 10:30 in the morning. marijuana remain as hot topic around here. yesterday advocates gathered in washington to send message to congress at a national cannabis festival. lding panels on a range of marijuana-related issues like the war on drug, federal legalization and what a legal cannabis industry could mean for the environment. maryland congressman jamie raskin joined lawmakers and journalists and otmmrs at that . >> i'm sorry to say that congress is way behind the states here. more than 30 states have now deiminalized or legalized marijuana, or apted medical rijuana programs. >> the fourth annual festival is set up for today at rfk stadium. gates open atit noon w ludacris well. jbizmarkie as

> and two carolina hurricanes and losr of a sta player. oshie was hurt after this hit in the late third period of thursday night's game. coach riordan says he'll be out for some time. game five at capital one arena watch it right here on nbc 4. we'll get you ready with caps fre pregame and face-off at 8:00. and reaction on news 4 at 11:00. 6:39 your time. al revered part ofar the howd university campus has become a rest room for some neighborhood dogs. students do not want to see it happening on the private school's campus, but some residents say it's a common green space. you'll hear more fm both you'll hear more fm both des, next on "news4 today."

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at the heart of howard university's campus you'll find a sacred grassy area known as he yard." students and staff feel this safe space is not respected by some in the neighborhood who want to use it f theirdogs. here's news 4's mega meagan fitzgerald. >> reporter: this ares more and more trendy over the last two decades. >> love it. awesomeodneighbor >> reporter: recently some neighbors started walking their dogs n howarduniversity's campus. >> i remember theirst time i saw it it was at the sigma tree. >> a guy with a small dog, brought his dog up to the tree and that little dog started, like -- you know, doing his business on the tree. >> reporter: the yard is more

than just place where students like to hang out. [ bells toll ] these trees represent an important part of black history. they honor the black sororities and fraternities that have done and continue to do important work for their community. >> i have seen people going on howard's campus. what's the most important thing is that people be aware of things that have been there before them. >> come on, girls. >> reporter: we've talked to a lot of dog walkers and owners who say they're respectful of the private university. others see it as an open space and say, they don't see signs walking g them from their dogs, but many students and surrounding homeowners are hoping people think twice before animals to ir relieve themselves on the yard. >> ion't really see why with all of these other great green spacese have people need to use those. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> meagan reached out to howard university in hopes of getting a

statement. the president said he recently reached out t the local councilwoman to talk more about dog walkers onhe campus. you can see outside a cloudy start after a rough night of weather. lauryn ricketts tracking your easter and passover forecast just ahead. we've got the "t

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up to new york and what they're working on. sheinelle jones and peter alexander starting by. good morning. >> good morning to you. coming up on a saturday morning here on "today" a holiday weekend washout as tens of millions are under a flash flood wash from indiana to new england as a st-moving system moves east leaving behind a path of destruction. dylan is live with lookhat to expect. >> and a lot of weather hitting the d.c. area. also ahead, 20 year it'sfter a community in colorado was thrust into the nationatl spoht we commemorate the lives lost. up all that and more coming on the "today" showed about 15 minutes from now. time now, 6:47 on this saturday morning. lanning to head to services tomorrow morning, but a lot less people are going to church on a regular basis. last year only half of adults said they belonged to a church. 20 years ago 70% of adults were members of a congregation. a gallup poll says one in five adults have no religious a affiliation found catholics

are moving away from the church more than protesans. >> sometimes god has to let you go through it to remind you you can get through it. >> reporr: it's good friday here and this baptist church is alive. these worshippers are among the 50% of adults who belong to a church. while this congregation grows, a gallup poll shows those who belong to a church is on the decline. saddens, not surprised by the numbers. >> an american religion marred in financial and ethical scandal. doesn't surprise me people have lost faith in the institution of these religious organizations. >> reporter: the decline is generational. millennials are much less likely an older americans to pray or attend church regularly and recent scandals pushed some away. >> this ice laer tory environm

is not transparent, doesn't administer outside the wall was of the church and millennials are looking for what you do, not at you say. >> reporter: that same poll found a number of adults with no affiliation has riz ton 19% causing a ripplffect across many faith. fewerns parishioners mea less giving. some struggling to find clergy. >> i'm pretty clear, shame on the church. we have let people down, is the honest answer. >> reporter: the associate dean at the theological seminary and many times struggled with her faith but hung on to her belief in god. concerned about the decline, she sees it as an opportunity. >> it's a call for those who believe deeply in a god who's lovivi and forging to go out in the world andodel that. >> reporting for news 4. recently we spoke with we-known pastor t.d. jakes abt easter who says the

resurrection message is a relevant one who foes experiencing tough loss challenging your physical or mental well-being. the messages to benefit from tos worsts or pressures in our lives. >> at some point in your life you're going to go through physical, emotional, psychological stress, pressure. doesn't have to be something you put your finger on. the times themselves construct a certain amount of pressure, but when the pressure is over, pain always leaves a gift behind, and when the pain recedes and the room clears there's always a gift of purpose or power or tenacity that makes us stronger or wiser or better than we were before. >>ou can watch pat lawson's news' entire half hr interview. a conversation with bishop t.d. jakes on news 4 your sunday beginning at 5:30 easter sunday morning. >> all right.

easter sunday a obviously big time. passover started at sundown last night. a lot ofolks have outdoor weekend plans. what areou thinking? >> a few passing showers, not a washout. not severe weather like last night. that's good news. f again,rly mild today. then a little cooler tomorrow. we're going to trade some of the inds weweather with the have today. breezy out there as we go through the day today. winds picking u after 8:00 or 9:00. take a look out there now. that doesn't look -- oh, yeah. cars are moving. i was going to say, brightened up quite a bit. we did! that could be also our camera out ther but i thought maybe this was an old picture. you see cs moving there. brightenin sky. n came up about 20 minutes ago. ouoking at some improving conditions through the day. now, a few rain showers off to the east through eastern maryland right now. just clipping southern maryland and the northern neck. they'll continue to trend to the east, i think, but a chance of

showers out th oe. these bubbles right there, storm reports. these confirmed over the last 24 hos. a lot of these are thunderstorm wind damage with trees doan. you c see the red ones. those are funnel clouds. national weathas service h to go investigate those, some blue. wind gusts over 57 miles an hour in a lot of places. heavier in shower rain to the east of i-95 and light stuff out and about the fgion. area oow pressure hanging out right ther this is what created the ys slow-moving stem yesterday. this is slowly going to move through our area, through the weekend. again, it's just going to perpetuate chances of showers throughout the area. temperatures in the 60s now. stay in the 60s and top out low to mid-70s as we continue through the day. it's fairly mild as you walk out the door early this morning. again,ow shs, but becoming sunny and breezy. winds out of the south helping boost that temperature into the low to mid-70s. could have a fews rain shower later on tonight but again i believe we'll have lots of dry time outy.here to

as we go into maybe a watch party, oh, yeah. ps playing tonight. we will have sunshine. again, a passing shower, spotty that nbc ybe washington app with you, but winds settle down heading into the overnight. rain showers pushing out of the area. spotty stuff throughout the area. clearing off to the west throughout the afternoon and evening and another chance of passing shors continuing into tonight and through the day tomorrow even could, have a few showers. sunrise service, a little wet and easter egg hunt a little damp and then showers possibly as we go through the day tomorrow. easter. for your easter weekend outlook sun comes up about 6:25. again, going to be cool tomorrow. temperatures in the low to mid-60s but no wind tomorrow. sunshine monday and tuesday. another chance of rain owers me mid next week.

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two gunmen opened fire inside of columbine high school in littlen, colorado. the vigil held last night, and much more on this somber anniversary, next on "today." crews will be cleaning up the dage after a tornado touched down in reston. severe storms swept through o region overnight. be sure to give yourself extra time out there on the roadshi t morning. lauryn, thinking also more showers this weekend? >> yes. especially east of i-95 this morng and all have scattered showers here and there throughout the morning, but then more showers around for tomorrow. not a washt. >> good to know. you and i hang around t fheor ♪ you know reliable support when you have it, and that dependability is what we want to give our customers. at comcast, it's my job to constantly monitor our network. prevent problems, and to help provide the most reliable service possible.

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