sri lanka in shock after bombs ripped through easter celebrations at churches across the country, killing nearly 300 people. now there is new scrutiny, whether the governmentould have prevented the attacks. plus -- >> there is nothingrong with taking information from russians. i probably wouldn't. i would have advised don't do it. >>resident trump's attorney kicking up a new controversy while defending his boss in the wake of theueller report. >> a dark chapter in the history. w slave owners turned the

bible into propeganta. o the erly hills goes dogs with pampered pooches. early today starts now. >> good minute morning. >> easter sunday celebrations were marred upfortun ely by deadly attacks in sri lanka after bombs tore apart three churches and three luxury hotels in the surrounding areas. two more were also report 290 people have been killed with several americans now among those dead. the entire world has been reeling from theac att in france. the eiffel tower went dark to honor the victims of the attacks. matt bradley is in paris with the latest. what is the latest in the investigation ae who might hav done this? >> richard, what we are hearing is that 24 people have been arrested in sri lanka as that massive dragnet engulfs the

entire country. perpetratorsor the is not without danger. three police officers were killed in what is thought to be a suici bombing as they tried to arrest the suspects. sri lanka is definitely not out of danger yet. there were two attacks that came hours after the first six. authorities are expecting possibly more. the state department i warning that they remain vulnerable to attacks by extremists. that's why the government has taken measures to tamp down further threats. they had a curfew that has been lifted, but they made the step of clamping down on social media networks including what's app, facebook,st and inagram. that's partly because of a history of social networks that has been inspired not just from sri lanka, b south asia. the country is still reeling

from nearly three decades of unusual , but what is is it was deadly and horrifying. christians were almost nevere involvnd almost never targeted. even though the government seems to be focusing the blame and scrutiny on homegrown local islamist groups, people are confused as to why they are suddenly deciding to attack christians and. foreigners >> matt bradley, thank you for that report. >> president trump is back in the this morning and on offensive in the wake of the mueller port. he railed against the investigation on twitter, tweeting about it five times on easter sunday. calling it the worst and most rrupt political witch hunt in the history of the united states. meanwhile, a small group ofl lawmakers w get their first look at the copy of the report with far fewer redactions. ranking members of the house and

senate judiciary committees will get to see everything outside of grand jury information. tracy, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. decrats are still trying to subpoena the fuel mueller report by may 1, including all the secret grand jury information. they are trying to get their strategy together.ti a mee is happening today. house speaker nancy pelosi is pulling to figure o the next steps here. they want to hear from the attorney general, william barr. he is set to testify next week. nay want to hear from the special counsel by may 23rd and after the report, former white house counsel, don mcgahn. epublicans say it's time to move on. then there was an interesting exchange with the president's attorney over the weekend, talking about the power of thes ecial counsel. >> it doesn't matter whether it

was an underlying crime. it's ilobstruction. >> when did mueller become god. hillary clinton was guilty. she didhe crush t cell phones. >> you are saying whoade mueller god. now you are declaring whether she was guilty or not. >> rudy giuliani saying there was thing illegal or wrong with taking information from russians during the campaign, referring to the trump tower meeting where several campaign officials met with theussian wyer. marley? >> thank you. >> now to a tiger at the topeka zoo back on deiplay after b involved in a frighteni 10-minute long attack on its long time handler. >> with a human, he did what a he will not be edeuthaniz. for him, life is somewhat normal. >> this pp what haed.

their lead trainer entered the exhibit for normal housekeeping and that the tiger should not have been in there at that time. the woman suffered cuts to head, neck, back, and arm and is recovering after surgery. the azoo's policies procedures under review to keep people and the animals safe. >> the search for a missing 5-year-old fromhe chicago area is turning into a growing mystery for investigators. aj friend vanished last week, but there is no evidence showing he has been abducteds and his parents have stopped cooperating with investigators. >> community prayers the missing 5-year-old. >> the boys so many called aj was lasteen wednesday night at the family home outside of chic o. the nextmorning, he was gone. a massive search for aj continued throughout the weekend,ut police say k-9s

have only picked up his scent inside the family home, indicating he was not ob ducted. aj's mom in tears last week as her lawyer said she was innocent. >> are miss cunniham doesn't know what happened to aj and had nothing to do with the disappearance. >> aj's father was questioned saturday, pleading for histt lile boy's return. >> i justant my son to come home. >> aj had a troubled fe. in 2013 he was put in foster care with opiates in his system. in 2015 he was returned home, but trouble for the family again in 2018 when his parents were investigated for neglect and later hear mother for neglect and abe. ey were later cleared. since the disappearance, the state removed his brother from the home and h mom is seven months pregnant accorng to her attorney. >> tam leitner, thank you.

>> the leader of a group that is detaining migrants at the u.s. border is in custody himself.rr lay mitchell hopkins is expected in court after fthorities arrested him for being a convictedon in possession of a firearm. the 69-year-old leads united constitutional patriots. members held migrants in new mexico before turning them over to border patrol. >> we're turn to the deadly weather wreaking havoc in one of the most isolated countries. iran has seen two weeks of rain and flooding that killed at least 76 people and cost $2 billion in damage. we have the story from iran. >> not seen in iran and living memory. opening the floodgates of a crisis affecting some 2 million people.

the deluge hittingos a 4.5 thousand cities. 9,000 miles of roads. soldiers, clerics and volunteers clear rubble and distribute supplies.mass evacuations forcif iran's poorest people to seek shelter. this man and his wife have middle to start with and now left with nothing except the clothes on theirback. this looks like a lake, but it's a villageow swalled by the floods and all the farmlands submerged by rain. this woman sws us theremains of her house that her family spent a lifetime of savings to build. her caught the dramatic moment it was washed away on his cell phone. the familiar blame game between the enemies. they blamed sanctions and secretary pompeo accuse authorities of mismanagement,

leaving desperate and depressed residents for better days to come. nbc news,ou swest iran. >> car rivers are rising so hig canada, hundreds of troops have been deployed to assist. more than 1,000 homes have been flooded and at least one woman has died. her car ran into a sinkhole. floodwaters washed away the road sending her into a stream. they fear additional risk as waters continue to fill the streets. >> severe weather to kickoff the week. good morning, bill. >> the huge storm gave us the rainfall in theth norst and northern new england in quebec combined with the snow moment. let'so move the area of this week. not too bad, but late tonight, thunderstorms are brewing in north texas. as we go through tuesday,

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never thouliving over here in mexico. >> their new home is nothing like the chicago neighborhood where they lived until geronimo got deported. he came illegally as a teen and stayed some 30 years. his wife and girls are u.s. citizens. their van still has illinois plates. >> i miss m family. i miss my home. my whole life is over there. >> you understand the law is the law. that's tough to accept. >> yes. >> as t u.s. deports hundreds of thousands of immigrants, an untold numbe of mixed status families must decide whether to separate or stay together. includingundreds of thousands of u.s. citizen children. neither the u.s. or mexican government keeps tracke of hom children follow a deported relative here. activists sayug that's a he part of the problem. the arican citizenre

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good morning.on i'm aar gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. ahead on "news4 today," the death toll is still rising. nearly 300 people have died in the easter sunda bombings in sri lanka. >> arrests have been made, but investigators are sti looking for answers after this coordinated terror attack. >> l plus, ak at your earth day forecast w >>ve got some nice conditionsut there to start, but we have rain this

a coordinated attack targeting churches on easter nd suay. now nearly 300 people are dead in sri lanka. the latest in the search for answers.

an armed robbery in arlington ends with an suv sinking into tma potoc. more on the police pursuit that ended in the water. a maryland carnival had to shut down early, and the call to police wn swarms of teenagers turned violent. more on the arrests coming up. it is 4:00 a.m. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. for "news4joining us today." boy, did we have a beautiful easter sunday after the overrain. we're hoping it sticks around for another day. >> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roads in first 4 traffic. >> first, let's check in with storm team 4 lauren ricketts in for chuck bell with the monda forecast. >> good morning. it was a beautiful easter yesterday morning. conditions, a e few clouds moved in yesterday evening. even a few people had some isolated showers out dere. we are this morning, just waiting for the sunom to ce up. t two to be another at le hours before the sun comes up

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