news 4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news is appening in prince george's county. prosecutors expected to provide a major update in the case against a mother suspected in a drunk driving crash that killed five children and ahean. >> t wreck happened the day before the super bowl on route 301. sources at the time told news 4 the driver, dominique ylor, had a blood alcohol level of more than twice maryland's legal li limit. prince george's county is about to hold a news conference at the courthouse. news 4 meagan fitzgerald is ncthere. dibly everyone accounted for after this massive fire rippednc through a pri george's apartment complex this morning. >> they had only moments to escape. some could only sit and watch as flames engulfed everything they owned. >> the flames erupted at the

barona in landover hills. tracee wilkins live with the split second decision a man had to make for his child. >> reporter: look how steephi ts is and you can see how high it is to the third floor. that is where the father had to drop his child, from the third to the second story and then down to the ground wheres neighborere able to pick this kid up and helped save this baby's life. this was an unbelievable a situation here as i stand here, exactly what start thd fire is still under investigation. as the fire bghned throu this garden style apartment in landover hills, families inside were forced to make quick decisions so save live. >> there was fire everywhere. you couldn't use the stairways. >> the families their bal connies. he climbed from the third to the

second floor and told his we to drop th bane down tby down t. amazingly the 9 mon old was not hard. >> after a lot of contemplation i threw him down and i went back up f my wife. >> what were you thinking when you had to drop the baby? >> nothing in that moment. i justanted him to be safe. we didn't even think of anything at that moment. we just need the baby to be saf beforeuld think about ourselves. >> reporter: the fire started around 3:30 this morning and quickly spread from ground apartment throughout the building according to fire officials. stories e a number of here of neighbors saving one another before fire crews arrived. >> the neighbor was kicking down the door. when i came outside, i could see all the smoke coming from the roof. >> reporter: it's amazing that no lives were lost and no one was seriously injured, including this 9 month old. it's something no one here is taking for granted.

eearly 30 people have been displaced here w are told by prince george's officials. i spoke with the redross a few minutes ago. they are still working to figure out if they need to open a shelter. hey're serving dinner to families still here on the ground, but as it stands, it's going to be a while before these folks are able to get back into their homes. i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thankfully they got out of hurt. and no one was thank you, tracee. a quiet nghborhood shattered by violence leaving a mother and father with serious injuries. they were stabbed inside their home on sweet pea court this morning. police say the suspect is their own son. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in the neighborhood this afternoon where detectives have spent much of this day. david, what do we know about this? >> well, pat, several hours into this investigation here wed are an detectives are still on scene. they've got the tape up here.

it's aay breezy d down there, that's the focus, that row home. investigators going in and out continuing the on-scene investigation. as as far as the parents are concerned, police tell me late today they are in stableio cond as for their son, he is in custody. they were able to track him down thafrp thanks to a tip. a warm breeze along sweet peaur just along morning glory road. it is here police say morning terror played t. >> have you seen anything like this before? >> no, i have not. this is the first. >> reporter: maria berman lived in the community for 30 years, raised her kids here andid consers herself the neighborhood watch. >> i know who's coming and going, but this was truly a surprise. >> reporter: around 7:00 in the morning, police got the call. a double stabbing inside this >>town home. eporter: after officers got inside, they found two people with upper body injuries. they rendered aid. fire and and rescuert transpo those individuals to area hospital they are currently at this point

in stable condition. >> reporter: the victims, a wife. an >> this is very unlike our neighborhood to have yellow tape around it and so many cars. i'm just feeling heartfelt sympathy for these people. >> reporter: neighbors, three of their adult children live with them. >> i'm a little shocked about the yellow tape and i hope they're okay. they are pleasant people. >> reporter:olice say the couple's son are behind the attack. investigators on scene much ofd tues knocking on doors, trying to understand what led up to this disturbing crime. police say the couple's son is in custody at this hour. i asked them how they were able to tra d himn. they said shortly after this incident somebody on scene noticed him getting into a vehicle. noticed the vehicle he was tting into and the direction he was headed. they then called in virginia state police who pulled him over, pat. >> reporter: an incredible story. thank you, davidul cr. reporting live. leon. >> pat, nearly three years after

a deadly explosion in silver spring, we got some answers today about what caused the blast. seven people died. more than 50 others hurt in this incident. news 4 darcy spencer live in silver springs. darcy. >> reporter: leon, you're rightt reside have been waiting for a very long time for answers. today they finally found out what caused this deadly blast. after a nearly three year investigation, the ntsb has determined that probable cause of a n deadlyural gas explosion at the flower branch apartments in silver spring. investigators determined that a mercury service regulator, a piece of equipment that regulates gas pressure failed and it was not connected to a vent pipe as it'supposed to be. that allowed gas to build up in the apartment billing gas meter room leading to the blast that killed sev people in august of 2016. >> if the line is proper connected, we would not have had

this explosion, because the gas would have just vented to the ned to do. it is des >> the ntsb also concluded the blast could have potentially been prevented. there were several gas odor reports made to property management, but maintenance poaff didn't fine any odor. firefighters resed to a gas odor complaint just weeks before the explosion. but they contd not get io the meter room because the lock hada been ced and the key they had access to didn't work. their readings around the door to the room didn't detect any problems. the washington gas did not receive any calls about the gas leak. >> there were many missed opportunities here and that's ere tragic thing. calls w made. people were thinking they were making the right calls to point out the gas issue. and those calls were not acted on properly. >> washington gas did issue a statement late this afternoon basically disputing the findings

of the ntsb. they said they do not believe this was caused by faulty equipment. leon, back to you. >> thank you, darcy. darcy spencer reporting live. today is the national day of mourning in sri lanka where the death toll from easter sunday error attacks now stands at 321. scores of victims were buried today. isis is now claiming responsibility for the coordinated suicide bombings, but the sri lankan government is blaming a small local group of islamic fundamentalists. 40 people are under arrest, but explosives are still at large. as christians around the world mourn the lives lost in sri lanka, more than 10,0,000 catholics gathered here in washington. participants prayed for the victim of the terror attacks. acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney was among those who attended. the prayer brefast started

back in 2004. we have been expecting this but today we are learning when joe biden will officially announce his run for president. biden plans to make his announcement on thursday. an announcement expected to be done in the form of an online video on that morning. he's been expected to appea at a union event in pittsburgh and then follow that up with travel. breaking news now from chicago. new devopments inhe desperate searchor a 5-year-old boy andrew friend has been missing since last week. his parents have had a troubled past, but they are speaking out saying they had nothing to do with his disappearance. scott macfarlane is at the live desk. what have we learned about this, scott? >> we expect a news conference before 5:00 p.m. the mother of andrew friend is denying she knows anything about one disappearance of her 5-year-old s andrew was last seen wednesday night at his home in crystal lake. thutside chicago. the next morning he was gone. nd community spent the wee searching for the little boy. police canines own picked up his

scent inside the home suggesting he was not kidnapped. andrew grew up in a troubled home. he was put into foster care a few yearsago. he was born with opioids in his system. he returned home and parents were accused o neglect last year but they were cleared of any wrongdoing. since andrew disappeared, his little brother was also removed from that home. >> thank you, scott. some new allegations ofme harass against a major jewelry store chain. "the new york times" reported the allegations against signet. th companiey owns dozens -- unequal pay and harassment against women. th company issued a statement saying it does not comment about pending litigation, but it defetsed i records saying signet is a leader fer gender

diveity. a gas leak blocks the way for the white house now under control. a 10-story building under construction was the source of that leak. that's in the00 7 block of 15th street northwest. firefighters evacuated all of the buildings on the even numbered side of the block there and ventilated the impacted buildings. washington gas excavated the street, dug it up to stop the leak and readings hav dropped to normal levels and no injurs were reported. flowers and con doleedolenc still poung in to the sri lankan embassy. >> how they're remembering young boy that was killed there. plus new things you need to be aware of the next time you take your family to kings dominion. >> ised to love kings dominion, the rebel yell, the grizzly, the

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back now with a look at our current temperatures. take a look at those. feels a lot like summer out there. doug will join nus a couple minutes with how long these warm summer-like temperatures will last and our next chance for some rain. among the hundreds of lives lost during the easter sunday terror attack in sri lanka was a

young student from here in washington. >> now the boy's father is remembering his son and all of the love and promise the 11-year-old was filled with. >> news 4 aimee cho is live at the embassy ofka sri l in northwest washington with the very latest. >> leon, pat, there is so much grief here at the sri lankan embassy. the flag is at half staff. there are fngwers l out front. even with all the loss they have experienced, their ambassador today tellss 's also weeping for america, for all of the americans killed in the attack and thatncludes a fifth grader from d.c. just 11 years s old, adent at sidwell friends school. w studying abroad at sri lanka. on easter morning he washiith mom and grandma at a breakfast buffet when one of the suicide bombers attacked. his mom and grandma survived. he did not. >> the terrorists have no idea who they were killing. >> alswrn dexander h is father.

>> reporter: he said his son had dreams of being a neuro surgdn. >> he woul inspire everyone around him to their best because of his motivation was always to help other people h >> reporter: says kieran was studying mandarin and was the type of person who liked to make flash cards for fun. >> what a wonderful boy he was. what joy he brought to my life, to our lives. he was a very special young man. very special. >> reporter: we want kieran's story to be known that he was going to be -- he was going to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >> reporter: and over at the sri lankan embassy, aoom full of lo flowers and condolence books to remember kieran and all the other lives lost. y plan to y said t leave the condolence books out for another three days for anyone else who wants to stop by

and leave a message of sympathy. such a heartbreaking loss. thanks so muche teath toll in the easter sunday bombings continues to climb. you can read about the victims and stories posted n on the washington app. just search sri lanka. closer to home now, the next time you go togs kin dominion park, you have to pass through a metal detector before you gate on "the favourite" ride. people often forget to take their cell phones out before they get on the rides and phones can sliput and then people sometimes get hit on the ground by those phones. the park is placing metal detectors at the beginning of each ride to remind visitors to stash the phones somewhere safe before getting in. th's a good way to ruin your scooby doo ride. >> my brother hated roller coasters. i took him onkooby doo. we rode that eight times.

after that he loved it. >> how about doing it again. give us another 80 degree today. we'll be close tomorrow. not quite as warm. not as beautiful day as we had today, but another good one. teheeratures were in t low 80s and continue to be outsidew.ight no speaking of outside right now, t let's look ode right now. there it is. some clouds, som shower activity. no showers here, but just to the north outthere. righ now you can see plenty of suhine around our area. current temperatures in 80 degrees. winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. 80 in d.c. look at these numbers. 84 in leesburg. 83 in gaithersburg. 85 culpeper. 83 huntington. why is d.c. cooler? t is right off that water there. that south wind coming right off the potomac cooling us. now down to 80. muchm warmer away fro the water. 84 down around fredericksburg. it really is a spectacular afternoon. it feels much more like t first week of june than the

third week of april. how about that? feeling more like summer. nothing around our area currently. just to the north, this is a cold front right there. this is making its kway across parts of new england. this is the storm system that came through friday, saturday, sunday, monday, now tuesday.on taking a l time to get out. this one is going to be moving that storm, but it's going to give our area to the north, frederick, hagerstown, martinsburg, you have a chance tonight.er that front comes through the area and moves -- as it moves through, we're going to be watching more cloud cover, maybe a chance of showers tomorrow. another storm to the west makes its way on to here. most of tomorrow is looking goodse look at the numbers. you see where the cold front is. right there. near 80 in lexington. it was 80 in chicago yesterday. now we've got 80s. they've got 60. we will see slightly cooler numbers come in. not really for tomorrow.

tomorrow high of 77. still a very nice day. i really think wednesday islo ing great. it's tomorrow night into thuray wsdthae're watch tomorro 77 as're picking up the kids. a really nice day for the kids to get out to school. onhursday temperatures drop uppe60s to around 70. showers early on thursday and late on thursday, but most of the day dry. that's something we'll be taking a look at. amelia will be joining me to take a little bit of a look. friday could be a washout. upwards of an inch of rain expected.t what does thaean for the rest of the weekend? showing you saturday, 69 and sunny. not bad. we'll show you the rest of that 10-day forecast. see you back here a 4:45. >> thanks, doug. news 4's molette green is for on her cueto get fquest tof spring. >> cryo for

spring. highly recommended by my trainer. what's it all about? check it out. >> how long did she last in sub zero temps? find out tomorrow on news 4 today. but first i'm susan hogan with a working 4 you consumer alert. the action taken today against a local company accused of

now to a consumer alert. the local company that was upposed to help make families dreams come true has been ordered to stop doing business. >> the maryland attorney general's office says the company took thousands of dollars from people who wanted to have a baby and never deliver the services promised. consumer reporter susan han rking for you with the details. >> heartbreaking story. i'll tell yo the consumer product -- the consumer protection division is suing t surrogacy group llcic whh had an office in annapoli a judge has ordered the business to cease operations pending a hearing init circu court next week. here's what w know. the company's website shows i locati annapolis, florida, and new york. we called all three of those offices today, but none numbers worked. the company promised to help connect custors with

surrogates and arrange legal a other support services.or the attney general's office says the company's owner violated maryland's consumer protection act by taking mon d never providing these services. according to court documents, glosser collected an initialym pat of 12 to $20,000 from stomers plus additional payments throughout the entire process totaling as much as $50,000. this money was supposed to be held in escrow accounts but investigators say glosser used f the money his own personal use instead. the complaint says glosser lied to his customers about where the money was being held by, quote, providing consumers with false account statements or otherwise instructed them that their funds had been used to pay the cost of s.their surrogacy proces many of these families have had to abandon their dream of having a baby because of all of the

moneyost to glosser. they simply cannot afford to start this process all over agitn. and in an to calling today, we also want to let you know weid email him as well, but we have not heard back anything. >> wow.as >> how long h this been going on? how long has he been getting away with it? >> we're still finding out. in the court documents, it's been going on for a while, but it's all coming to a head. the phon aren't even ringing. it starts to go and they just cut off. we called all three office, emailed him as well. >> it's kind of heartbreaking. >> yeah. >> out of the money and then to have no child. >> thank you, susan. new rearch about your changing climate. >> amelia draper is coming up next to break down which parts of our area could be affected most quickly by the warming trend across the nation. court the supreme appears likely to allow questions about citizenship on the 2020 census. l

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let's get back to the breaking news we started off this hthr with at top of the news cast. >> a mother just indicted in a

drunk driving crash that killed five children. scott macfarlane has the latest from the live desk. scott. >> pat and leon, that woman facing 12 criminal charges. they say she was driving with a blood alcohol level of .116. that's twice the legal limit. five people died in that crash. two of them were her children. dominique trail dominique taylor facing six charges of vehicular manslaughter and six counts of jhicular mom side. the chargest announced. patnd on, back to you. >> thank you, scott. back now with the supreme court and the biggest case that will be heard this session. >> today the justices heard arguments over a question that could appear on the 2020 cens form asking if the person is a citizen of the united states. >> critics of the question say it's another move by the president to crack down on undocumentedimmigrants. >> government lawyers argue they

need that data to enforce civil rights laws. >> blayne alexander was inside the court during arguments. >> now she is outside as she is joining us live with the latest on story. hey, blayne. >> pat and leon, this question is not completely new to the u.s. census. it's been there before, butsn i ha been on the main form since 1950. now the trump administrion is working to bring it back. it's a supreme court showdown over a single question. can the trump administration ask a person's citizenship. 18 states are fighting to remove that question saying it would scare undocumented immigrants away from participating in the census together. in fact, the government estimates as many as 6.5 million people would not fill out the form. aning the population count that decides federal dollars for things like roads and schools could be skewed. >> it was so severely damaged, the accuracy of the census, that six states are at risk of losing a seat in the house of representatives.

>> reporter: but the trump administration argues the information is needed to help enforce the voting r hts act. >> we want to know who is in this country and i think as a sovereign nation we have that right. >> reporter: inside the court, the justices clearly sprit. justice sotomayor calling it a solution in search of a problem, but justice brett kavanaugh noting the united nations recommendations the question, one common in other questions. >> the accurate data you'll get t that there f might be a very small, small number of people who refuse to respond. >> my community is severely affected by the lack of resources and if this question does deter people, i c only see my community falling apart. >> reporter: today the court seemed poised to let the question remain the census. their decision expected by late june. pat, there is a rush to hand downdehat court sion. that's because the government needs ame time to prince the

census forms for next year's count. >> thank you, blayne. president trump will be a guest of the queen of england in june. buckingham palace says the president will attend a state dinner with queen elizabeth and about 100 other people. mr. trump had tea with thest qun lauly while in britain for a meeting with the prime minister. this time he and the first lady will stay at o of the queen's palaces. the early je visit will also include a stop in france. marking 75 years since d-day. on this side of the pond, two words exciting and sarify g terrifying at the sam time. game seven. win and advance or lose and the thought of going back-to-back is complete horrible. dave has a look at what the team is saying ahead of tomorrow's big day. game seven causes a lot of heartburn. ut you might as well throw

all the cliches. do or die, must win, all that's true. it's aboutit commnt, something that was missing on a consistent basis last night. we recognize the uniforms, but the team on the ice did not look like t capitals. instead of closing out the hurricanes on the road in game six, capitals stumbled in a 5-2 loss and now a game seven here in d.c. this series has been about home ice. home team has won every game in this round. a tren td the capitals hopes continue tomorrow. coach todd reirden is confident. >> wheat i'm looking forward to is the most heightened sense of urgency and desperation, first elimination game we've had from ou team. looking for us to get to washington capital hockey which weaw a taste of in game five, but i expect nothing but that and more in game sen. >> the capitals have a bad history in game seven in the

playoffs, but they are the defensing stanley cup champions. now they have to act like it. >> don't tell me. tell them. that's what we want to say. all right, man. we'll see you in a bit. from the caps changing fortune to our changing climate. we are starting an initiative to cover more stories about climate change and how it impacts you everha day. >> ts right. we have a new sec of nbc washington devoted to that content. just dogo there and search changing climate. amelia draper is here with new data onmi warng temperatures here in the washington area. amelia. >> well, pat, climate central analyzed not only our city, maryland, and virginia, but 242 cities across the country and they found out that since 1970 almost 100% of the 242 cities that they looked at have warmed. why since 1970? well, they take that year because that is the year that

earth day started. yesterdayayas earth d how did our area stack up? washington has warmed a degree 1970.half since maryland warming the most at just over 2.5 degrees since 1970. virginia warming just over 2 degrees since 1970. i think chuck bell put this really well. you say 2 degrees. what does that really matter? think about when you have a fever. typically the tempeture of 98.6, when you have a fever that's running about 100 degrees, you feel terrible. similar with our climate. the united states overall since 1970 has warmed 2.5 degrees. out of all the sstates, alaska i warming the fastest at over 4 degrees. that's because the arctic is warming twice as fast as the f st oe world. the southwest, arizona, and new mexico is also showing impressive warmth out there. d.c. i think is liegly not warming as quickly to maryland and virginia because of the

urban heat island eesffect. all of the cement. vietnam set the warmestat tempere ever of 110 degrees. >> that's a little uncomfortable. >> absolutely. i have to agree. >> thanks amelia. well, it's only spring, but the sun is already pretty strong. >> that's right. we're working for your help and helping prlp heg you protect your skin. why the fda is taking a look at some sunscreen ingredients. >> plus an art gallery that goes above andbe nd. how is giving people with disabi

we're inmu the comnity today with a celebration for a beloved octopus. the 17-foot tall shade creature octoclock. >> today he was moved from on top of the city's clock tower to e tacoma children's school. >> he is now sitting on top of the shed in the school playground. students won a community contest and they were all the for today's celebration. >> he's pretty cute. well, we are already getting some prettyotunny days. you should know, though, that federal health officials are looking into some of the sunscreens that we're all going to be using in the months to come. >> they may order active ingredients to be lifted on thee front of th conveyor rather

than the fine print in the back. >> and they're checking the safety of the ingredits because chemicals can be absorbed into your skin. but whether that's a problem is debated.ng >> the fda is doing their job. they are trying to keep ussive, bau giv -- -- us safe. >> dermatologists recommend we use sunscreen of at least spf 30 every single day. a 24 immediately man comes forward as the winner of that $768 million power ball jackpot. >>why is it he's smiling? what he says he's going to do first with his hugein winngs. here's a look at your rain outlook. we're dry out there tomorrow, but some scattered showers a impacting thea on thursday with widespread rain on friday, but it's all about the timing. doug and i are

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if you are just joining us, let's gets you caught up. breaking news in prince george's county. an update geagainst a mother suspecd in a driving crash. ominique taylor has been indicted on 12 charges including vehicular manslaughter. itzgerald will provide us a live update in 15 minutes. a prince george's county man tossed his 9 month old baby boy from a balcony into the arms of ighbors during a raging artment fire this morning. the baby is going to fine. the fire ripped through the v verona apartments. onead to be treated for smoke inhalation. the red cross is now helping those victims. a coupleke attacd this

morning. the victim's son is the suspect. a couple were fnd with stab wounds this morning. neighbors say the police have been called to that home at least twice in recent months. federal investigators say a piece of faulty gas equipment caused the deadly explosion at the flower branch apartments in silver spring back in 2016. the blast killed seven people and injured more than 60 others. the ntsb says residents also made calls to the fire department in the weeks leading up to the blast. firefighters couldn't get into the meter room because the lock had been changed. a gorgeous day today out there. can keep this on a loop. >> looking at this picture, we've seen an explosion of green in the past couple weeks. in the matter of aonth. look at that picture. you'll notice everything out there is green. the trees with the leaves on them, the grasshat is really, really green right now. that's going to continue. this part, though, see that

righthere? >> y. >> that's good news. >> can we keep that? >> we like that. let's tak l ak and show you what's happening outside now. as we look at the next couple of days, temperature wise sitting at 80 degrees. 69 by 11:00. temperatures droppi but man, it is going to be a great night tonight. i notice that green grass to my neighbors, if you're watchin righnow, i will have my lawn mowed. most likely tomorrow. the past week it's like this big out there in front. yes, i will get to it. i promise. 84 leesburg. 8240 belvoir. 72 in annapolis. always cool along the water. 83 degrees in gaithersburg. just a gorgeous afternoon. low humidity. nothing but sunshine out there except for up to the north. no rain around our area. to the have to do is g north and you see this storm, thunderstorm activity coming through. nothing too strong. thunderstorm activity moving through. that front moving our way.e we h chance for shower

activity. most of the area is dry. we're dry here. notice by around 10:00, 11:00, we see some shower activity around hagerstown, close to martinsburg, back towards winchester before that kind ofe s it moves on through. that front will lead to a few clouds early tomorrow and then tomorrow afternoon another prettyice day that front kind of lingers, though, into the day thursday. eventually into friday another storm moves ouray. we're talking about more chances of rain tomorrow night into the day on thursday. >> absolutely. starting off with future weather thursday mning at 6:00 a.m. for all of the early risers. some potentially showers already out there, otherwise plenty of clouds. thursday morning commute could be impacted by light rain. look at what happens after 8:00, 10:00 a.m. we're mainly dry throughout the entire day, but plent of clouds here. then maybe some more rain moves in for your thursday night. here we are at 7:00 p.m. into the 9:00 hour. high temperature on thursday of 70 d rees with plenty of clouds. the chance for showers during

the early morning hours and again during the evening hours. having lunch outdoors on thursday, you're looking great. because i think it's going to bd completelyry at that point. seasonable as far as the temperatures go. now, as far as the pollen rort goes, today the trees continue to come in high. old, weeds and grasses all coming in low. doug, not only do we have some shower chances isolated out there tonight, again, early and la on thursday, but the best chance of rain this week is on friday. ncd that cha of rain will likely bring down that tree pollen count at least for saturday. >> friday the numbers go up. sfe 77 tomorrow. thursday, more clouds, chance of showers early and late. chance of rain pretty much all day friday. we'll have to keep this going up here, probably %, 80% chance of rain on friday. 69 degrees on saturday. saturday looking pretty good. sunday a chance of afternoon showers, bute most of th day dry

there too. then look at next week. we get back into the 70s. monday and tuesday looking goodt and to 80s as we make our way into the middle of next week which just happens to be the first couple of days of may.so yeah, may rightd arohe corner. chance of thunderstorm activity there as well. >> we like it. >> still green here. still blue there. >> picture perfect. >> thank you, doug. you've got to check this out. this is a really cool story. >> speaking ofy st pictures, an gallery in d.c. is doing more than displaying art. >> they're giving people with disabilities a platform to showcase their talents and provide them wit an opportunity to be entrepreneurs. >> erika gonzalez has the story of the arts gallery and the artists. >> this is shaun payne. >> i'm more comfortable with acrylic paints ands canva boards. orter: he's an artist and

working on a new piece. >> my specialty is fashion, mostly women's footwear. this piece is called trumpet heels. >> reporter: he has big dreams of become a famous shoe designer. >> it makes me happy because i'm on my way to becoming a superstar. >> reporter: and he says art enables is the steppingstone to that big dream. >> art ee system an art gallery and supported employment program for adult visual artists with disabilities. our entire mission is to help these artists bill a career in arts and earn income rom their art sales. >> reporter: about 40 different artists work out of the gallery in northeast d.c. some work one day a week. some work five. >> this is my drawer right here. >> reporter: since 2001, art enables hasold more than a million dollars by artists just

like shawn. >> for the artist in our studio, for many of them, their art is their primary form of expression. >> reporter: the gallery is in the midst of a spring show. whatever your ta es, there's plenty of pieces for sale. i bought one of my own. >> this piece is dedicated to you. reporter: thank you. i am honored. aside from being a stellar artist, he is also a viewer that is from texas. >> i designed t cowboy boots with the replica and the texas state flag, news 4 logo. s >> reporter: i he hit the nail right on the head. from oing to purchase thi you. >> okay. >> they say art is subjective. i think we can all agree what's in this studio is priceless. >> i will treat it with great care. thank you so very much. can i give you ahu thank you so very much. i really appreciated it.

you are a super talented artist. >> please ush -- pleasure meeti you in person. >> that is so cool and the pieces are great. >> shaun, if you're watching those boots are at her desk right now. she has that picture right there at her desk. perfect. if you'd like to learn more about art enables, including how to support the mission, buying art workisr viting the gallery, you'll find all of the information you need in our nbc app.ngt just search arts enabled. >> it's amazing where you find talent. you can find talent anywhere you look. >> i love that he wants to do shoes. that's pretty neat. >> take him where he wants to go. >> exactly.o let'so the newsroom. find out what's coming up at 5:00. >> we could fill ups newsroom with shoes of everybody, shaun. >> also whatnk i this interesting is they are so talented, they've sold a million dollars worth of art. that's a huge statement of the

kind of talent that is in that room. >> absolutely. coming up, a consumer alert about a safety issue that affects millions of drivers. >> susan hogan explains the widening investigation into a new iue involving air bags. also we're tracking the new developments in that bizarre case involving a millionaire charged with accusing a man digging tunnels under his house. > also the challenge that someone has seen go viral as we head into the summer months. >> it's all about getting fit, folks. we'll join you in just a few on news 4 at 5:00. >> you got it. keep it righ tyo

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. well, a power ball mystery is over. after more than three weeks and hiding, today we met a young man from wisconsin who won the third largest jacot in u.s. history. >> the 24-year-old says he's just a normal guy with 70$700 million in his pocket. jay gray explains nothing about his kid's life is going to be normal. >> for wisthe newest multimill n multimillionaire nothing seems pal. he wokeith five power ball tickets in his wallet. he didn't check the winning

aynumbers until the after the drawing. >> i go through them and i think it washe third ticket i did win $4 and i was super excited about that. then i saw that first number. gdn't think anythin of it. >> reporter: he got to his fifth and final ticket. >> looked at it oneumr at a time. >> reporter: all six numbers matched. >> it was amazing. my heart started racing. blood my blood felt warm. i screamed for about five or ten minutes. >> rorter: two days later he quit his job and spent the next three week putting together a financial and legal team. as he claimed the third largest jackpot in u.s. history, more than8 $76 million, franco didn't talk much about how he plans to spend it. he'll give some of his winnings to charity, help family members. >> i'm not sure what the next chapter is going to bring for my life. >>orter: the winning ticket gives him plenty of options. jay gray, nbc news. right now at 5:00, mother

indicted. >> when you make decisions on the roadway and have t tragedy as a result, our office has no choice but to seek justice. >> what the officers say about a drunk driver in a crash that killed five children. a cal oity errors. the new information about what led to the explosion that leveled a local apartment building. and making their case. the closing argumtots from ateys in a twisted case involving a remillionaire, sec tunnels and an alleged murder. we're going to start with breaking news in prince george's county. >> just announced in the last hour, a mother indicted on 12 charges in a deadly drunk driving crash. >>ive children died in the car crash on route 301 in bie. this was in early february. a 23-year-old man who was a passenger in the car died a few

days later. >> meagan fitzgeralds live for us in upper morarlboro with breaking details. >> reporter: jim and wendy, we just heard from state's attorney saying that a grand jury just returned an indictment on the driver of that car, dinique taylor, after police meticulously combed through and gather c evidence in thise. we understand that the driver of this car, dominique taylor, had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit. an entire community came together to mourn the loss of five young children uheer t age of 15 who were killed in an early morning crash on february 2nd. two of the children in the car were dominique taylor's. she was the sole survivor and driver of the car. police say she was drunk while driving on route 301 when she veered off the road, colliding into trees. taylor's