shafritz de zoysa. the parents sent a letter saying in part he was passionate about learning. he adored his friends, and hbl was incredi excited about returning to sidwell friends this coming school year. we are beyond sorry not to get the opportunity to welcome kieran to the middle school. the impt of the attacks felt all across the area including over in frederick. >> i think the first feeling sense of shock. >> reporter: the father grew up there. his mother was at easter vigil mass when she suffered a head injury. >> i got in tou with my mom s assh je uswats not responding t question. ju crying and crying. father s pereiraaid he had been home a few months ago helping celebrate his 150th anniversary. >> i'mot even prepared to accept the fact a simple place like that cld go to so much tension and violence. >> reporter: he says he knows pl many of the p who died in

the attack and is still waiting to hear who else's life was lost. back at sidwell friends, students are also mourning loss. the school says they'll have grief counselors for the students tomorrow. anhe principal here at sidwell friends said they also plan to meet with theer fifth grad tomorrow to talk about this tragedy. >> such a sad time for those kids and teachers as well. e now to th latest, they had today. blast it's still the middle of the night there where curfew has been imposed. members of the fbi and interpol e trenelp wh t investigation. the officials received attacks on possible churches nearly two weeks ago. officials in that country say they never expected anything of that magnitude. they're blaming a small islamic group. given the coordination of these attacks authorities believe they had help a from outside terror network. keep is here for all the latest as this story develops.

an update on breaking news that we brought you at 4:00. thecleanup now complete on the outer loop where that dump truck had goverturned spill its load of dirt on two lanes between allentown road and route 4. the truck hasow been righted. crews have managed to move most of the dirt off the road. 30 residents of an apartment complex in centerville looking for a new place to stay. they are also mourning the death of a neighbor. that man died when this fire erupted at the building on beet circle. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live some are crediting their neighbors for saving their live, jules. that was quite an inferno. >> that's right. look what happened right now. work crews just left after spending the last few hours putting this fence up around the burned up building. firers investigatotill don't know what caused the flames to start a little bit before 1:00

this morning. the man who died lived in that second floor unit and the neighbors say if it hadn't been for others here shouting and knocking on doors, things could have been far worse. he is what he saw when rushed home from work after a frightening call from his brother. >> he gave me a call to tell me our home is on fire. >> reporter: his sister got the call too. >> my mom called everything is gone. there is fire in the apartment. i just started leaving and crying and rushed to her. >> reporter: this is what the apartment looks like today. blackened. everything destroyed buthe mother and son inside made it out alive thanks to a k neighbor whocked on the door. this brother opened up. >> hened and he saw the flames coming from the window. >> reporter: he dragged his mofeer to sa, then helped dscue aabled child across the hallway. the family heartbroken to see the destruction and to learn the

neighbor who lived upstairs didn't survive. >> everythings gone. >> reporter: but she's here and she's fine. >> our family is safe. we thank god. >> these things can be made again, but not a life. >> reporter: just look at the vio that was captured after he, too, got a knock on his door and fled from an adjoining apartment. >> i came downstairs and the entire side of the billing was bright. that's when i called 911. >> reporter: residentsn the unit that didn't catch fire but are covered with soot trying to salvage belongings before they, toor too, are forced out. we got a look inside. in all 13 apartments now offse limits becauf fire or smoke damage. now i just got an update from apartment management and they tell m everyoneho was displaced by this fire is going to be relocated either in this apartment complex or another one that they control nearby. and red cross, they were also on

hand here in the middle of the nightit helping out w vouchers so folks could get clothes and other things they need in the wake of this emergency situation. jim, back to you in the studio. >> a lot of people stepping up to tlp. now a story you'll only see here on news 4. tonight a major redi is planned for part of downtown d.c. that will impact how you get around and where you can park. the area being impacted i a section of "k" street between 12th and 21st streets. news 4 mark segraves broke thiss story onial media this afternoon. he joins us now live on "k" street with more on the mayor's big plans here. ark. >> reporter: gooevening, jim. gone will be the service lanes on both sides of "k" street. to make room for dedicated bus lanes. it's a very busy stretch of road. the 11 blocks of "k" street northwest. from 12th street to 21st street. 28,000hi vehicles use t part of "k" street every day.

an additional 4000 bus passengers also share this road. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is proposing a complete redesign. this is how the new "k" street will look. >> the concept we're looking at now will include bikess acility and also safer pedestrian intersections along the entire corridor from 12th to 20th. >> reporte the plan iso eliminate the service roads on both sides of the "k" street as well as much if want all of the metered street parking. >> that's kind ofti frustra to hear because it's already hard enough to get parking in this area. sometimes i rely on the little side road todet a goo space. that will be difficult, but the city has trouble with parking as is alread not too surprised. >> reporter: instead of the service road and street parking, there will be drop-off andup pick zones for ride sharing and taxis as well as deliveries like this stretch of main avenue near the new ward.ic there's no ency there, so the parking makes it very confusing for drivers. the turn lane having the service

lanes being a part of that makes it particularly precarious for pedestrians, but also very confusing for drivers. > reporter: another major change? buses will be given their own dedicated lanes down the center of "k" street. right now the average bus speed along this route is 3 to 5 miles r hour. the new dedicated pus lanes will increase bus speeds by 30%. >>us if my ride is faster, i'm good. i'm good with it. >> reporter: the $120 million plan still needs to be approved by the d.c. council. it would take four years to complete. wendy, back to you. >> mark segraves. thank you, mark. as you start thinking about that summer road trip, the state of maryland has a serious reminder for everyone in the car. buckle your seat belt. put down the phone. today st. mary calvert, charles co aty launched safety campaign, the buckle up phone down tiinitiave. that includes extra patrols and

ads on billboards, digital and social media spots. >> on maryland roads if everyone uses their seat belt we can save approximately 46 lives every year. >> marylandui law does req everyone in the car to bele buckd up. you can get an $83 fine for breaking that law. and you face a fine of up to $160 if you're using your handheld cell phone when you are driving. >> don't do it. the supreme court is set toup te case that could have big implications for federal funding and representation in congress. that has to do with the trura administon wanting to include a question on the 2020 census about citizenship. this is important because census result decide how many congressional representatives each state will get. ha also plays big part in calculating wt size of the pie local governments get for many federal programs.

critics argue what citizenship question would make immigrants less likely to respond to the census leading to a miscount. the aclu says an analysis by it is census bureau estimated nearly 6% of house holes wre noncitizens live would not respond. in a country our size, that adds up to about 6.5 million people. we should get their decion metime in late june. >> also the high court is taking np an issue that could lead to a landmark decisio relating to discrimination. this has to do with civil rigs ws that prohibit -- justices will be hearing from two people who sayhey were fired from their jobs for their sexual o orientation. they will also be hearing from a transgender woman who says she was let go after disclosing her plan to transition from one j d

gender to the next to her employer. arguments in these cases are expected this fall. we,oping to ride the momentum of this week's huge win, the caps are back atto it again ght. >> with a chance to kick carolina out of the playoffs and advance to the next round. >> it's not going to be easy, folks. down in raleigh. >> that's why we find sherree burruss. what's the mood in the arena? >> well, the arena is kind of quiet getting ready for puck to drop. in the dressing room the capitals feeling confident they can get a win in game six tonight because throughout this series we've seen them play better hockey. their game steadily improving. of the five games sor, fa saturday was the best game washington clobbering the canes. backstrom scoring two of the team's six holtby, he stopped everyono the

argest playoff shut out win i franchise history, laying out nte for victory and hoping it can be repeated here tonight. ac if we'd all look b at last game and all the things that we did, just doing that again. from start to finish i thought we played a very solid game and did exactly what we were supposed to do. i think if we just look back a last game and do i again for 60 more minutes, that. >> that's the kind of hockey we want to play. the energy and work ethic is something we need to have. epefully thexecution is there and the rest will fall. >> game three was at the bottom fornds here game four we started to make a little bit of a push and got to some more areas of our game than we liked. and then game five was -- has been our best and then we need to at the very least be thatd commit to tonight. >> referee: and the capitals knowing they need start fast.

so far the home team has scored the first goal going on to win. coming up at 6:00, how washington plans to snap their two-game losing streak in this building. back to you. >> srree burruss, we are rooting back home. for years neighbors have complained about this dangerous intersection and tonight there is demand for answers as we see some new video, awful video of a crash that ended with the death of a who was just walking by. also a local middle school employee arrestedor child abuse. what wutre learning abo allegations made by two students to school officials. only on news 4, adam tuss explaining tro's plan to transit e greenest agency in country. huge for metro and our area. the temperature 73. sunshine and a beaiful afternoon. afternoon. just h long willow

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this next story includes some video you might find disturbing. a man walking the sidewalk killed when t cars collided near 16th and "d" streets. this showings the impact and because of the nature we're just showing you part of it. this evening we're hearing from people who live nearby and saw is all go down. news 4's meagan fitzgerald has th i story. >>as crying.

it was really sad. >> her and her husband are still vi sblyken up by what happens steps away from their home in the afternoon on easter sunday. >> very, very sad and very unfortunate, particularly on the day of the resurrection. >> he was just walking. it could happen to anyone. >> reporter: the home surveillance camera captured it all. on the upper left-hand side of the screen, you'll see abdul se was walking down 15th. seconds later and on the right-hand you can see a silver car speeding down the street blowing through a stop sign colliding with another vehicle and slamming into seck. meanwhile neighbors rushed to the screen desperately trying to help flip that car back on its wheel. >> he didn't even stop. not even slowing down. >>eporter: less than 24 hours his family arrived on scene to see for themselves where their son was killed. was in town visiting a friend

for the. holiday he graduated from college and had dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer. ne thbors are calling on city to do something about what they call a dangerous intersection. i'd like to see them improve traffic safety, whether it's adding stop signs. >> reporter: mealdn fitzgera news 4. we've gotten word from vdot. plans are under way to install speedps bum and two additional stop signs at that intersection. 21-year-old us the driver of the silver car has been charged with second degree murder. we're going to take a closer look at our changing climate as we celebra earth day. one of the largest contributors to how gas emissions from from our cars. that's how metro comes into play. adam truss is showing us the transit agency wts to become the greatest mass transportation system in our country. >> reporter: a mixture of iron, muck, and water isn't exactly

what you envision when you think of the metro system, but it is climate change in action. and it's part of a larger mission trot mets now taking on to cut its energy use in carb footprint. a plan so involved it could be the equivalent of taking 35,000 cars off the road per year. >> every person is affected by climate change and so this is something that we put a focus on. >> reporter: more on that in a second. let's look at the overall picture of transportation in the environment. from planes to trains to cars, the travel choices mee every day do have a dect impact on thela pnet. cars account for nearly/5 of all emissions. your p-- all of that is going straight into theos atmere. so what can you do about it? leave the keys at home for

>> every metro trip uses 40% less green house gases than if you were to drive in a car all by yourself. >> reporter: aside from helping take cars off the road, metro is trolling outhe first energy action plan released todayhn eart day. it takes a lot of energy to power all those trains and buses. this is a serious internal checkup to see how metro can cus it energy consumption. >> it's as simple as changing light bulbs. we are changing every single light bulb in the system. >> some other strategies capturing and storing the energy when trains break using more solar ls, buying electric buses, even looking at more efficient busnd boarding a payment systems to cut down on idling. metro has to handle a ton of rain and ground water. >> think of the metro system as a huge french drain forhe region. there's a lot of water coming in. certainly this past year we had a lot of water i the region.

once that water gets into metro's property, metro then has to treat it and that water has to go back intont the environme clean. >> reporter: almost 1.5 million llons a day. >> i think the agent as a whole is looking at sustainability as something that is not only important hereut to the entire region. >> this is all part of a stories you'll see here on news after nbc nightly news we have a special. we're taking a deep dive looking at how our changing climate is affecting your mily, your wallet, your food, how you travel, and so much more. you're going to be really surprised. that's tonight at 7:30. >> we're looking forward to that. we've been talking about how nasa wants to put a man back on mtheoon. well, that's still a few years off, but in just a few months you'll be able to get a closer look at the suit worn by neal armstrong, the "first man" to set foot on the moon. the smithsonian plans to display

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doug's back. he's brought more great weather with him. yeah. >> down in florida, i really like the 80s. in i'm bring them back. we got the 80s tomorrow. we've got 70s today. that's pretty nice. 73 degrees and sunshine. that's a nice spring day. tomorrow feeling more like summer. i think we'll get more into the 80s. right now take a look outside. a lot more green out there. yeah, for sure. w you know whare talking about. tree pollen extremely high as all the leaves a coming outf the trees. current temperature the 73. winds out of the northwest at 12 miles an hour. mix of csuuds and but lots of sunshine this afternoon. it really has been a very nice start to the workweek.

71 in martinsburg. just about everybody into the 70s today. average high is 69. so we're a little bit above average. the next couple days our average starts to as above 70 we get closer to may and closer to some of the summer months, june, july and august. the radar not much to show as far as the rain is concerned. we have showers to the north and east. they're moving down across parts of the eastern shore and this is why. not what's happening here, but the same storm that caused tornadoes earlier into friday and into some storminess during the weekend as well now out to the east. here's the storm right here.ar you can cle see that center of circulation right. there rain, nasty conditions around boston. yoer towards hartford, over towards new , even philadelphia. those showers staying to our east and rotating bac out to sea. a lot more cloud cover closer to the chesapeake out towards ther west ad the appalachians. no problem out there at all. plenty of sunshine. here's our next storm ming its way through minneapolis down

towards santa fe. ahead of this is where the warm air is. 85 st. louis. 82 degrees right now in nashville. 81 in atlanta. that warmer air moves our way tomorrow. that's why i'm going for high temperature into the 80s. look to the now h. nerk only 59. we've got a storm system around our area. that storm gets out and here comes some nicer weather. looking like a perfect looking tuesday. nowckhis cannot sti around all that much. we've actually got a storm system that's going to be coming through tomorrow night. out ahead of it,ery nice for recess. for kids tomorrow. sunrise at 6:21. getting at the bus stop arod 57 degrees. down to 77. maybe an isolated shower wednesday.be could shower late ktuesday into wednesday. 72 on friday. good chance of showers on friday. maybe even a rumble of thunder or two as another cold front moves through. that sets the stage for the weekend. that weekend forecast for you and the rest of the 10-day

recast coming up. >> sounds good. a week ago, it was a week ago, fire gutted the notre dame cathedral and today the roads around it are reopening. so why are protesters part of the crowd showing upo see what's left? a former charles county school eesloyee is arrd and charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student. i'll tell you more about it coming up on news 4. and hopping mad. the story behind the brawling bunny in this video that has gone viral gone viral >>unny b switch to fios to get incredible entertainment delivered to your home onk. 100% fiber-optic networ you'll get the fastest internet available an d fios tv one with 4k capability

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>> announcer: you're wa 4hing news at 5:00. a look at some of our top stories. sidwell friends mourning the loss of i one ofts students, kieran shafritz de zoysa killed in that easter sunday bombing in sri lanka. the 50 grader was studying overseas and was expected to return d to thetrict this fall. >> only on news 4, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is proposing a complete redesign of "k" street. we'll have more on that. first neigors credit neighbors for keeping a deadly centerville fire from being even worse. one manea is d and several families are without homes after the early morning fire here on bent tree circle. some who live in this building they were alerted to the fire by

their neighbors pounding on their doors. >> are you ready for a complete redesign of "k" street downtown? mayor what the district is proposing. it would eliminate those confusing service roads as well as most of the metered parking between 12th d 21st street. instead there would be dropoff and pickup zones for ride sharing and taxis, dedic lanes would go right down the center. >> it is confusing down there. this is long overdue. tonight at 5:30, parents of students attended a local middle school are reading a jarring letter from the child's principal. >> the message that the middle school community is explaining that a former eloyee faces pe charges. news 4 derrick ward reports on what the school system says t about suspect's background check. >> reporter:ld 23-year-onthony williams h williams has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree rape after a student came forward and said williams i madeppropriate

statements to her. that was in january. police immediately began an investigation. >> specifically several months ago and that information cam to light and then the sheriff's office went through the due diligence. >> reporter: a school spokesperson says as soon as thi allegas were made, williams was removed from the school. he was put in an administrative post where he would have no contt with young people. he didn't stay there long. within two weeks he quit his job as an instructional assistant. by then another female student has come forward with allegations of having inappropriate contact with williams. sto dschool officials stresse he was not a teacher. he was responsible for monitoring students who were part of in-school detention. >> we were not aware of any of the allegations taking place inside of the schools or on s l school property. these contacts were made on school property. >> reporter: williams' identity and the charges werein made pubc

letter from the principal to parents. a spokespson tells us background investigations are done on any potential school employee before he or she is hired and that he passed all of those checks. derrick ward, news 4. >> parent are asked to contact theif shers office if they or their children know of any misconduct by school employees. a tragic easter morning crash leaves a little girl dead and two other children hurt. the c ver county sheriff's office tells us children were in a go-cart that tipped over on golf club drive around yesterday morning in dunkirk. investigators talked to witnesses at this scene, but they want people to call if they saw a go cart in the area. >>ev you n know when someone else was driving by and may have seen something. were they on the road rlier, anything like that? >> the 11-year-old girl driving the go cart died at the hospital. police say she was from dunkirk.

a 7-year-old boy was injured. so was a 12-year-old girl from frederick. wendy. firefighters in three states are honoring a marine who was killed by a roaide bomb in afghanistan. christopher slutman volunteered as a firefighter in prince george's county. also worked as a full-time firefighter in new yorky. cit news 4 drew wilder is in the bronx where mourners pay tribute to a man who gave his life for his country. >> reporter: staff sergeant christopher slutman's casket is here inside the funeral home, but it has a been incredibly moving day as the former u.s. marine, new york cityr firefighte and prince george's county volunteer firefighter were brought across three states back here to the bronx. an american hero came home today from dover air force base up the new jersey turn bike. first responders saluting along the way. >> bring an honor to one of our fallen brothers. personally it's causing me to

chokeup. >> reporter: across the george washington bridge and into the bronx. >> gives a chance to give something back to someoneho dedicated his life. >> reporter: christopher slutman passed ladder company 27 one last time. his most recent post of 15 years of fdny service. the husband and father of three girls was killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan on april 8th with two other marine including robert hendricks of locust valley. >> just chills to my body. chills. >> i can't imagi the grief and the sense of loss that his family must feel. and my heart bleeds for them. >> reporter: the marine's remains arrived at the funeral home with family following, brothersnd sisters remembering. >> marines never die. they just fade awr:. >> reporte staff sergeant christopher slutman came aome

today american hero. staff sergeant slutman services begins onhursday with vistation here in the bronx. then there will be a funeral service on frreay and his ins will be brought to arlington national cemetery where he will be laid on rest on tuesday. drew wileder news 4. the streets surrounding notre dame and paris are once again filled with residents and tourists. they scaled back the perimeter put in place after last week's devastating fire. parts of it will remain clos d, but thatn't stop from walking up to get photographs. demonstrators also gathered for te reopening. they point to $1 billion in y'nations raised in 24 hours. the countrs poorest also need a roof. on this earth day you may be thinking about what you need to throw out. just ahead, there is a new way to make sure your recycling efforts do not backfire. plus a woman sent to the

hospital after a tig pounces while she's cleaning its enclosure. what we're now learning about her condition. . and for the workweek, we're looking dry with the best chance of rain coming on friday. that being e said, wve clear skies in the forecast tonight. you can go out and potentially catch a meteor shower. i'm going to have more on that plus latestn the o

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. nothing sweet about this easter bun in orlando. forget laying eggs. this guy was laying heyakers. just wait for it. there we go. wait for, it. go bunny, go. >> he's gng to town. >> go, bunny, go. here's why this rabbit is a good samaritan. go, bunny, go. he was jusut dressed as a rabbit. >> here comes the cop. >> trying to enjoy his easter sunday when all of a sudden he saw a womanit fighting a man. a man fighting with a woman. nd he thought the woman needed some help. so it was a rabbit rescue. he went over and as you saw, he straightened everything out and then he kind of had to work off someteam there. >> did you say wabbit rescue? >> that's my new happy place. we asked the guy say why he was in a bunny outfit and they

said no. when they interviewed him, they didn't ask him that because it's orlando. >> it's florida. >> why wouldn't he be. >> closer to home we have a different kind of easter adition. >> one more classier. the monday after the holiday in this town always includes rolling eggs on the white house lawn. p thousands ofple turned out on the south lawn once again today. it's one of the biggest social events at the white house dating back to 1878. this year's event included two new additions including a gam of hop scotch named for first lady melania trump be best campaign. and at the national zoo there was a lot of fun there today because the annual family day fell on earth day. visitors were treated to not only the egg hunts and live music, they got to meet scientists who were working to protect wildlife. it goes back to a time when

african-americans were not welcome at the white house egg roll, so they went to the zoo. >> the kansas zookeeper attacked by a tiger this weekend is out of intensive care now. she'shotill in theital, though, and her family is asking for privacy. that tiger attacked the zoo inside aturday morning his outdoor habitat. several zoo visitors saw the attack. the 7-year-old male tiger will not be euthanized, but th swrzo is looking at whether anyd changes nee to be made. when we come right back, the local professor using hip hopmu c andulture to both educate and empower his students. creating a reusdule pro from your glass at home. i'm going to show you how jerusalem di surisdiction

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northerte virginia was and recycling officials are hoping to shatter your old glass recycling habits.t for mosocal jurisdictions, gone are the days of tossing the glass containers out on the curb with the rest of your recycling. as our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is about to show you, there are now ways

to guarantee that your grass is turned into a reusable product. >> the big purple can. it is hard to f miss andor good reason. officials in alexandria, arlington, fairfax and princewi iam hoping you will separate your glass a at home drop it off here. a peak inside shows just three weeks into the program and residents are clearly using it. >> we know this is not as convenie a as your bint your house, but if people are committed to the environment and doing the right thing. >> reporr: recently the cost to transport glass have soared. add to thare inced starndards from china and india. all of that making -- so where does the glass in these purple cans go? >> it's being taken to an facility i fairfax county where it is being properly recycled. >> reporter:hae headed to facility where we met big blue. the glass is pulverized starting out in this hopper.

then it separates the bottle caps and other metals. the paper ls are removed. the glass continues up ultimately raining down into two separate bins. then result. >> you've got some fine sand like material. s out.s the other product thatc pebble like glass. and they have already had success using this in a recent project right here in fairfax county. >> these pipe projects, now you can use the recycled glassnd it does as great of a job as stone. we've got a good thing here. we're going to recycle it.'r we going to use it right here in our region. if it comes to i-95 we will get it recycled. >> reporter: but it starts wu at home doing a little extra. that can prevent the gla from ending up here in a landfill and instead serve a renewed purpose. in fairfax county, david culver, news 4. >> that's great. >> it real is. >> all right, doug, lot of

blue skies. >> lot of blue skies. that's a great piece by david culver. i'm excited to see your piece tonight on the changing climate that's airint 7:30. wendy has a great piece on the chesapeake bay. >> and the oyster pop police station and the change in the climate can change that harvest. >> we're starting to tackle that we've got a great special tonight at 7:30. and y o got to go a boat too. then there's that on a sunny day. out there we'ret looking a a beautiful day. sunshine, high temperatures in the low 70s. right now a ba -- abundant sunshine. notice the leaves on the trees. 73 degrees the current temperature. dropng to the 60s by around 9:00. a really nice evening if you're thinking about getting outside. maybe doing a little barbecue on the back porch. 73 degrees rightviow in rocklle. 68 in annapolis. little cooler right there along the water.

up towards baltimore coming in at 72 degrees. average high 69. a little bit above that. we will take that all day long. nothing on the radar right now. there has been some showers up around philadelphia from the storm that came through our area on friday. for us it's given us very nice weather. new york at only 5 degrees. philadelphia at 65. 67 rather cloudy and rather ro showery ad ocean city. the rest of our area spectacular. because of the nice weather and the warmer temperatures and the rain that we'veseen, we've seen an explosion the last couple of days as far as allergies are concerned. tonight it's about the meteor shower. it's not like grab the popcorn, but you might see one tonight. >> it is going to be comfortable out there, so we had the live meteor shower which is going to peak tonight. the good thing about this meteor shower, you don't have to look in any specific location.

you just need to go outside preferably in a dark area versus city lights. just put your head up to the sky and maybe catch a meteor or two out there. re's the thing. moonlight is going to be an issue. the best time to head out is actually going to be tonight just before versus the sun comes up tomorrow morning. typically that's the better time because that's when we see more meteors, but withhat moonlight, it's not looking too great out there. as doug was saying, we could see about 10 to0 perhour. tomorrow is going to be great for getting out in the lawn and garden. we start off at 57. w lunchtimere at 75. plenty of sunshine and a high temperature of 82.ts the expre getting in on earth day today as well. plants are essenti l they say foe on earth providing us food, medicine and oxygen. they want you to celebrate this earth day with a planting project. and speaking of plants and the trees out there, we have to p bring u the allergy report. jim is a fellowr. sufferere

trees coming in high. mold, weeds and grasses coming in low. part of what we're seeing with these alleatgies, kins, because the dutch word, you look like cat tails i guess? not so much to me. i learned that word today. >> those cowe raining on us, that's actually a betterin th for silent sufferers. wh they're on the ground they don't have the ability to do that anymore. i'm going to go find a vacuum now. >> thanks.t' because tha my space too. come on, man. 82 degrees in d.c. tomorrow 77. olated shower on wednesday. 74 on thursday. but really not bad as far as weather is concerned. a little breeze oh wednesday. but breezier on friday with a storm system coming on through. that's going to give us a good chance of rain. 60% chance of showers off and on. 72 degree there is. 69 on saturday. a little below average on saturday. the average high will be into the low 70s. next week, though, let's just go

back into the 80s. how about 87 on tuesday? we're talking some heat. >> let's do it. >> summer like heat makingy. it our wa keeping your kid's focus in the classroom, especially when it's 80 degrees outside, not easy. one local professor is combining ucation with his passion for hip nicole jacobs reports from the universi of columbia. >> dr. peter ford, aka professor lyrical has a unique way with words. he started to dabble with that in grade school. >> a friend and i had a littleg two-man p with just drums and just vocals, it lends itself to what i've been doing. >> he grew up outside of boston, recorded several albums, but still had one dream he had not yet fulfilled. >> the dream for meoi wasn't d rap. being an educator was -- my mindset was crazy, i can't tell people i want to do that. >> but he told h people and

accomplished it receiving an undergraduate degree in business, a graduate degree in math and a doctorate in higher d ucation. he had one goal left. >> how can we get educators to break that wall or barrier or divide. >> for him breaking the divide was bridging the gap and spreading his flow in the classroom. which has led him to the university of d.c. >> the fit for me wasn't forcing rap into the classroom. it was just beings. who i wa >> so he uses hip hopulture to teach compound interest, for example, by replacing a banker with a rapper. >> it might be the salary that a rapper has been ableaf to se by banking a portion of his money over time to put his kids to coll e in 20years. >> his special way of generating more interest in numbers by equating the to something more familiar. >> geometry beautiful, math makes it musical. >> and to think this initial rap predicting where he could go and him he could be would lead

all over the country mer of his loves. rap and math. nicole jacobs. news 4. >> he's on to something. for students in fairfax county, the lights went skpoout peaceful sounds fill the room at groveton elementary school. don't adjust your sets. students experienced a sound bath this morning. that's aie meditation expernce using the series of titan singing bowls. this is the first time a local school has participated in this kind of meditation. >> it was magical, powerful. the children, the students from kindergarten to sixthinrade were awe and wonder when they heard theso ds. you could feel this ppable stillness. >> i almost fell asleep when i did it.

it just brings the inner peace and i really love today. >> who doesn't want inner peace when you're teaching hundreds of youngsters at that age. the group the runs the program is planning to bring this experience to other fairfax schools in the future. pretty cool. there is new pain at the pump for drivers. >> the cost of filling up is on the rise, folks. ahead at 5:00,se the white hou pocy that could dliri

the car uses a lot of gas, you may beti hur. experts are predicting we'll be paying $3 a gallon. nbc's jay gray explains that's behi rising prices. >> reporter: a forgiving country six months to wean themselves, th white house is pushing to completely cut off the flow of oil from iran telling major importers when waivers expire early next month, if they continue to buy iranian crude they will face stiff sanctions. >> the goal remains simple. to deprive the outlaw regime t the funt is used to stabilize the midte eas and incentivize iran to behave like a normal country. >> reporter: the move comes tharly a year after the u.s. dropped out of iran nuclear deat. the adminn now hoping to force iranian leaders to negotiate a new dealld that wou cover nuclear activities as well as the country's ballistic missile program. with gas prices already climbing

because of the costly switch to summer blend, some analysts warn tightening the world supply of crude could drive fuel costs to $3 a gallon or more. >> so it's really going to be a factor of crude oil prices. >> reporter: crude prices spiked with the announcement. u.s. leaders say they've reached out to other oil producing nationto try and keep the market stable. >> both the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united arab emirate have assured they will ensure an appropriate supply for the markets. >> reporter: with the summer travel season about to shift into high gear. jay gray, nbc news. a terroriac att across the globe on easter sunday hits home for washington. >> hello, everybody. there were hundreds killed at those suicide bombings in sri lanka and we know a local fifth grader is among theead. we're getting reaction to the devastating news at his school. plus democrats divided over

their next move after the mueller report. new tonight calls for one former trump aide who spilled for the special counsel toesfy before congress. and disturbing video of a deadly crash over the weekend and the driver who police say just walked away from the scene. >> announcer: nuews 4 at 6:00 starts now. i> here in washington sidwell friends school in mourning tonight. the school lost a student to the devastating easter sunday attacks in sri lanka. >> a fifth grader was among the 300 people killed. news 4 aimee cho was live forws not the school with how the student is being remembered tonight. >> reporter: jim, just a heartbreaking loss for this school. kieran schahafritz de zoysaas studying there but was planning on returning. eople killed the in the attack. nearly 300 lives lost in easter day