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traffic tracking the roads for us. stormeam 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts with a tap -- i think i said tas much -- >> ioing to say, where you going with that? >> what's on tap -- >> there you go -- >> what i was trying to say. not that you have a keg tapped in back or anything.t that's not whaauren would do. >> i think we should just do the weather. >> i thought you were going with tap dancing. didn't know we were pushing to tap and keg. i see where your head aep's at.p ha monday. still rolling in from the weekend i assume. we're taking the weather and rolling it through the week because it wasul beautif out there. monday, tuesday, today, tomorrow, gorgeous. starting off on a cloudy note bending on your location, but the sun coming up in two hours. seems like so long from now. in the shenandoah valley, pe chilly, ttures in the 40s. syria, in the 50s. wendave mild coions. we'll have breeze as we continue through the morning. not looking at bad.
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winds gusting to 20 miles per hour. it w only be with us through the morning. temperatures looking good throughout the day today. again, just a little bit above normal for this time ofar. really nothing to complain about. we'll have sunshine out there. especially by this afternoon. if you have cloud cover, that will dissipate as we go through the day. more rain chances this week comi s up. we'llw you the roads with melissa. good morning. good morning, lauren. camp springs here northbound branch avenue before allentown road had the left side blocked by a crash. that's a brand-new accident that just popped up here. inner loop, outer loop, nice and clear. earlier problem outer loop at georgia with a medical emergency is also between. that is helpful, as well. as we take a look here at 66, ofairfax county parkway the beltway, 66 miles per hour, getting you there in nine minutes inbound. outbound, no majors delay same situation northbound/southbound on 270 nothing in your way there. aaron? >> thank you. 4:31. we're staying on respect to
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of breaking news in fairfax county -- on top of breaking news in fairfax county. one person is dead following a ewo-alarm apartment fire. >> the fir was on bent tree circle in the centreville area. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. developing this morning, nearly 300 pefole are died owing terror attacks in st lanka tha shocked the world on easter sunday. >> six simultaneous explosions went off at three churches and three hotels yesterday morning. at least 50 people were killed in one church that was packed with easter worshippers. more than 500 have been hurt. police are blaming it on religiousex emists. no international group has claimed responsibility. >> there was a lotexplosion. just to check, i climbed up to the rooftop. one kilomet away, we could see smoke, white smoke coming out. at that precise moment there was a helicopter doing a fly-by.
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>> we've learned there are ca several amerins among the dead. there may have been advanced warning about the attacks, as well. the sri lanka police chief got an alert ten days ago saying go suicide-s planned to attack prominent searchers. the search continues for a man who shot two people at a church. we have an update on the shooting at a funeraln maryland. the sheriff' officeeleased this photo of the mano have been involved. it happened at the funeral for trevor frasier. theheriff said it happened after an argument at the funeral service. two people were shot. both victims are expected to survive. the suspect left the scene before emts arrived. this morning the search continues for a man accused of woman after she got off of a montgomery county bus. this happened late saturday on watkins mil road near montgomery village middle school. otthe victim says she g off the ride-on bus and noticed aid man
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following her. she ran, but the plan caught her. she says -- the man caugh ther. she says man knocked her down, dragged her into a grassy area, and raped her. it was less than two years ago in october of 2017 when a man raped iwaoman the same area after she got off the boss. policesed dna to make a composite steps. no one was - composite sketch. no one was arrested. hundreds of people this weekend honoredel aved cyclist. he was hit and killed by someone driving a stillen minivan on florida avenue inrinidad on friday. yesterday bikers blocked florida avenue for an hour as they held a vigil for salavesh. they also placed a ghost bike to mark his roadside femme. >> he was an advocate because he wanted everybodi. to be safe on our -- everybody to be safe on our roads. >> we want to stand alongside
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the community and grieve this loss of a friend of many of ours. >> the driver of the stolen van is charged with second-degree murder and unauthorized use of a motor vencle. ibaltimore, the cause of a partial csx train derailment is under investigation. this happened last night around 10:00 near paka street and hollands ferry road in the southwestern part of the city. baltimore fire officials say four cars derailed and at least one was leaking fuel. there were no injuries reported. no evacuationseither. it's 4:35 on this monday morning. here's a look at your other top hbstories. neigs jumped into action to help six people including two children and a pedestrian after a crash on easter sunday in southeast d.c. this is a sook at thene at 16th and v streets. neighbors tell us that intersection is known to be dangerous, and they are calli for some type of action from local leaders. rescue crews saved an armed robber c from a submerging in
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the potomac river. the dramatic scene unfolded around 6:30 lastni t. the suspect walked into a busy in arlington, pulled a gun, stole cash, and drove off. he led police on a chase but crashed into the potomac river at the gw parky at i-395. that suspect isol now in pice custody. today house democrats will discuss the next steps after special counsel robert mueller's russia report was released last week. and that includes possiblehm impeact proceedings president trump for possible obruction of justice in this investigation. more on the story coming up from ciws4's trapotts on capitol hill. today president trump and the first lady will host the annual easter egg roll at the white house. more than 14,000 hard-boiled eggs are hand dyed for this event which folks from all 50 states attend. a portion of the egg roll tickets distributed to the military families as well as public schools in d.c., maryland, and virginia. justin finch will be live at the
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white house coming up at 6:00 a.m. tonight the capitals could secure their stop in the stanley cup playoffs. a win tonight means they will move on, fingers crossed. if they py anything like they good game five, we ha odds. they put on their best performance of the series saturday shutting caught carolina 6-0. how about that, braden holtby? he will have to continue without star t.j. oshee. 's out indefinitely with a fractured collar bone. oshie had surgery yesterday. the average healing time for that injury is about six to t weeks. you know what, the crowds were chanting, oshie, oshie, oshie. loud enough for him and chanting for tsp who was brought in. the crowd office their feet. excited. >> lots to cheer for still. >> for sure. >> keep the team hyped up and ready to win. >> the puck drops at 7:00. sharree burruss will have the updates all afternoon and after
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the game at newscast at 11:00. >> the caps have yet to win in north carolina this series if they choose, game seven will be here on saturday. >> taking on the new york islanders next. 4:38 now. we have some new video of a river rescue. a driver stranded in her suv saved by strangeerts. more of thisideo and the story behind it just ahead. celebrating earth day, the freebies you can score by doing your part to save the environment today. and on this earth day, a reminder for you, news4'srk wog 4 you with an in-depth look at the changing climate. a special report about how it's impacting yo details how the changes affect your family, your money, your health, and your daily commute. tune in tonight. >>
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e whave new images this morning showing good samaritans fscuing a manm the occoquan river. yesterday two men were fishing in the river when their boat capsized. one man waslible to c out quickly, the other was swept away by the quick current and was struggling against the water. three men on a nearby foot bridge climbed down the rocks and offered large tree limbs for the man to grab hold of. they were vent able to pull him to -- eventually able to pull him to safety. e good threatening they w
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there. in philadelphia, a driver is lucky to be alive after her suv plunged into a river. >> this was caught on ecamera. you see people swimming out to the car. witnesses could hear the women banging on the window from inside of the suv. witnesses ud a tire iron to get her out. people on a row boat rushed over with life preservers. nobody was seriously hurt. >> wow. and wve got the 141st easter egg roll at the white house starting all day today. 7:30, all the way until 6:30 this evening. again, a little breezy this morning. a perfect day out there. might want of to the kiddos in a light jacket this morning. they can shed it by this afternoon with low 70s. rain chances on the way increasing through the
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back new with a look at how thousands spent e ter sunday. here's a look at one of the services held at the washington national cathedral yesterday
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morning. >> former archbishop of washington, cardinal donald wuerl, celebrated sses at two of defeats's catholic churches. he met with parishioners at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception in northeast and at the chedral of st. matthew the apostle in northwest. alfred street baptist church moved into a bigger spa to accommodate the crowds. after a sunrise service at an alexandria church more were at the sports complex in defeats. >> a lot of people come out for eastnd suay. >> for sure. this week lawmakers return to capitol hill after the easter holiday. house democrats will discuss the next steps to take after the release of the mueller report. that includes possible impeachment proceedings. >> news4's tracie potts joins us live now with more on this. tell usut abo this conference call for democrats today. >> reporter: they're planning strategy on it. where do they go next, what are the next steps and digging into this. we know that they're split on s impeachme democrats
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think that, yes, it's something that they should pursue. others say without republicans on board it's just a big waste of time. that it's never going to happen. so moving forward, step one is to get that full report which they've subpoenaed for may 1st. today a sma group of lawmakers will see everything in the mueller report except the secret grand jury information. so they're getting there, b it's not clear that they're ever going to see that part of it. they have, as i said, subpoenaed that. the other thing that'sng happeni is lawmakers want to talk to somepeated. attorney general william barr, he's in next week. robert mueller, they've asked for him by the 23rd of may. and nowon mcghan, the former white house counsel who spoke with the mueller team and got wrapped up in all of t he tried to oppose the president on some of the things he wanted to do to slow the investigation. >> all right. tracie potts on the hill. thank you. this week a familiar name ij expected ton the growing list of democrats vying for presidt. advisers to former vice
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president joe biden are finalizing plans to launch the campaign in the coming days. the exact timing of the anational endowment is still a matter of discussion. that's according to officials who spoke to nbc news. biden acknowledged that he was o all but certa get into the ra n. ew surveillance video shows the moment a w womanas dragged after getting her hand stuck in a san francisco light rail train's door. we should warn you that some oa you m find this video disturbing. in the corner of the screen you see theetoman g her hand stuck in the closing door and fall on to the tracksnder the train. the woman did survive. authorities say an alarm is supposed to go off when something is stuck in the doors. investigators say it malfunctioned here california public utilities immission willnvestigate the system.d president pin to another video you may be seeing in your socia feeds. wewa do want to rn you it may be disturbing. it showsro a bward county florida sheriff's deputy body slamming and theeating a
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student. this happened last thursday as students in tamarack were gathered outside of the mcdonald's after rumors that a fight was going to happen. the fight never occurred. the deputies who body slam -- deputyho body slammed the student wrote that he felt threatened by the large d.crow he's been placed on restricted administrative assignme. an update to a story we brought you as breaking news on friday. police sayt could take months to determine what caused a deadly crash that killed four people. they're focusing on speed. this was the scene onad sheriff ron capitol heights all morning on friday. police say a chevy tahoeli fed several times after slamming into a utility pole. officers believe the driver may have been able to pass another car when this happened. kiat driver and everyone in the car was ed. we're told they were not wearing seat belts. parents, here is your chance to trade in your child's car safety seat.to startingy, target is
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hosting its car seat trade-in event. it will last through may 4th. target will accept any used car seat, even damaged 1-800- and in exchange willag -- dam ones, and in exchange will give you a $20 coupon off a stroller or baby gear. target has recycled half a million car seats. i thought you were going to say target is going to let you trade in your child. >> did i leave a word out? >> no, just me hearing things. most ofs had a beautiful weekend of weather. some people are still stuck cleaning up from friday's rnado in forecast. the ef0 moved through a four-miletretch of reston friday night. winds of up to 70 miles per hour took down industries and power lines. locals tell us they had to think quickly when they heard the warnings from storm team 4. >> had discussed it before. we've got two boys, and we have the fire evacuation plan.
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i grew up knowing get to the lowest spot in the house. get to bathtub if you have to. >> all the power should be back on at this point. tornado warnings were also issued in montgomery county friday ght. serious weather there. >> that was a busy night. i was watching from home. thathing -- you could tell on the radar we were trying to read radar, and you could tell that tas a tornado. i mean, i was -- a tornado signature in i've seen one. and amea called it air. and lo and behold it was a tornado. i'm glad everybody was safe. good thing is we don't have a lot of severe weather this week. >> like the way it sounds. >> right? a few rain chances, but doesn't look like much coming our way. current temperatures out therew no 40s and 50s. it's mild. reallyot that bad way to start a monday. temperatures are going to go right on up. and by the time we get to the morning, f th temperatures will be in the 60s. again, if you want to head outside, maybe eat lunch outside, going to be breezy this morning.
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but then bithe afternoon we'll have more sunshine and warmer temperatures. in fact, we're headed into the low to mid 70s for highs today. look at this, in the low 80s by the time we head into your tuesday. back in the mid 70s into the forecast on wednesday. rain chances through the end of the week. again, our average for this time of year, 69 degrees. as far as your monday outlook goes, a-okay on the commute. could be sunshine delays, breezy. then more clouds in places this morning than this afternoon. clearing this afternoon. outdoor lunch, go it the wind will be settling down by that time. it's going to be a 10 to 20 mile-per-hour wind. not that bad. evening workout, dry, comfortable out there.ag ain, no rain out there. we're not seeing any rain on the radar right now. there's a little stemff to the eastern seaboard. that's n going to impact us. we are dry throughout the miavatlantic. treling today, yankee stadium be a-okay. low mid 70s for highs today. breezy this morning, becoming
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more sunny this afternoon. if you're headed to a watch party tonight, caps, caps, caps, listen, hopefully we begin this win. if you're celebrating after, we can hopefully get the wind, temperatures in the 70s to falling through the 60 again, not too bad out there. for tomorrow, temperatures in the low 80s. then we get to wednesday, thursday, friday, that's when we have the small chances of rain coming our way.at temperes stay just above normal. next weekend looking fantastic, as well. then rain chances to start early next week. all right. let's go ahead and look tr roads. good mornin bethesda, outer loop before river road, right shoulder blocked by a disabled vehicle. not seeing any delay on the maps. that's a very good ing. rest of the beltway is looking fine. earlier issue has disapered. thcamp springs, norund branch avenue before allentown road, the left side blocked by an accident. owe rest of the routes into town and out of t are looking fine oight now at least.
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270 southbound the spur, going 66iles per hour. gets threw in 27 minutes. hopefully the volume stays light with some kids still off of school for spring break. 66 and 95, nothing in your way. guys? >> thanks. yikes. i'm glad you're reading this one. >> if you're eating breakfast, you might want to take a break. easter sunday traffic near seattle stalled because a truck carrying human waste crashed anp led it all over the busy highway. >> heavens. >> authorities say the driver of the truck femme asleep behind the -- fell asleep behd the wheel. the person suffered just minor injuries. cleanup of the scuff caused four-mile back -- >> stop it. stop it. stop it. >> caused a four-mile backup. it's all over the highway, wasn't backed up. if you procrastinated heading to the gas pump, you may need a few extra dollars this morning.
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prices are on the rise nationwide. much an average of nearly 13 cents since last week. >> gross. >> i'm a -y13r-old boy deep down inside. according to aaa, in d.c. you'll gallonaverage of $2.93 a for regular. that's up from $2.39 a month ago. -- $2 fnt.79 a month ago. in virginia, you'll pay $2.at 9 a gallon, up from$2.39 a month ago. this is on average. keep in mind, in maryland and virginia, those are avera s for the state. our area tends to be higher with the average price for a gallon in fairfax county up to $2.81 this morning. 4:55. there will be free rides to those with an annual membership can use bikes up to 30 minutes today onli. to get in on the deal, riders can case load the app and ent the code earth day 19. so far this year riertds have
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completed nearly 700,s.0 trip >> wow. >> taking public transportation. other modes that -- rather than a car. helpful to -- >> i'ven thinking about the bike share thing. i haven't been on a bike in so long. >> me, too. i will definitely mess up traffic and kill myself in the process. i will not do that to the public. are there still a few easter next your back yard after the hunts yesterday? >> the easter bunny put a spin on a hunt down in the florida keys. a dive captain wearing a bunny suitlu pnged off a boat to hide eggs off of key largo. only in florida. snorkelers try to find them on the sandy bottom. he also handed toegs younger swim -- handed eggs to younger swimmers. those who received golden eggs got baskets of goodies. a dastating crash sent people to the hospital. the people in the neighborhood
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were not surprised. they're calling on the city to icks the dangerous stretch of road. a deadly shooting left a teen dead last week. police are learning more and want your help to find a killer. the latest is coming up on news4 today at 5:00.
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a coordinated attack targeting churches on easter nosunday. w nearly 300 people are dead in sri lanka. he latest on the search for answers. an armed robbery in w arlington endsith an suv sinking into the potomac. re on the police pursuit that ended in the water. and a maryland carnival had to shut down early as police were called when swarms of teenagers turned violent. more on there arsts. it is 5:00 a.m. yone, i'm ng, ev aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us on this monday. we had a beautiful easter sund weekend. and now it looks like the weather will stick around. >> wind gujust have to get thro chilly morning. malt malt with more. >> let -- melissa mollet with more. >> let's start with lauren ricketts. hello. >> hello, guys. the weekend was absolutely gorgeous out there. we had a little bit of a breeze. all in

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