>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. breaking overnight. four people stabbed at a montgomery county shopping center. this morning, who police are ng to track down. then they walked inside, headed to the high-end goods and wait untilou hear how much these guys walked out with. plus, the thieves strike again. would-be burglars crash another truck into a 7-eleven and once again fail at t getting atm out of the store leaving behind a mess to clean up. why police are alarmed by the increasing number of these crimes. as we welcome y in this saturday morning, 27th of april, 2019. thanks for joig ning us.

this, looking better than yesterday. intense rain and wind that hit our area. the rain since moved out of the area today, but we are still in for quite a windy saturday. lauryn ricketts tracking it all from the storm 4 weather center. >> we're going to have wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour anr considg the rain we just saw on the screen, we're talking about some power outages likely as well, because the ground is sosaturated. it is weather alert. i came inside from outside, a obviousl it was pretty breezy out there. a lot of things going on. getting into the spring. weekend kind ofts ev kids' soccer games this morning. we have 5ks, 10ks, the parkway and gw classic. a ten it is going to be little on the brick sidsisk . sun coming up in about 20 minutes. full sunshine datoy. that is good.

not much of a wind gust going on but it isbrisk. mid-50s. strong wind gusts and low windchills throughout the day. see the wind gusts now blowing already at 20 miles an hour. wind advisory until 3:00. not everybody, most of us, until 3:00 p.m. but after that, still going to be breezy. just just not in the advise criteria. talk about the rest of the weekend and rain before the weekend is over and come that' comingp in a bit. >> check in with you then. 6:02. someone stabbing four people overnight at village center. we know some sort of gathering was going on any other the time wh s thetabbings happened. vestigators say they might know who is behind the attack, but right now little information is comes out. they have not yet relea d details about a possible suspect. also working to get an update the victims' conditions. to the district now where

police there find a man wounded inside a car. this was in northwest. now officers are trying to find two other men who they believe are connected to the shooting. the car's back window, that you're about to see, shattered from what aears to be a gunshot. it is parked feet away from dunbar high school near first and end streets. someone targeted the victim last night. no word how he's doing at this hour. aing shoulding mash and grab inside one of the areasest known upscare csignment stores. surveillance cameras rolling, capturing a lot of anyees. erday afternoon around 3:00. four men dressed in hooded sweatshirts walking u the stairs of the consigncent nter. one shatters a showcase with a hammer and grab three expensive handbags. customers in there at the time were terrified. suspects cased the area and

after the crime somebodied the front door and a photo catches them hopping into that getaway car. >> scariest part is we heard a bang and thought it was a gun. >> the store is discombobulated. we need that put back together. >> no one hurt. total number of items stoling, is worths 3ds 6,000. the owner celebrated three years in business and says it's the like this anything ever happened. this morning, d.c. police releasing new pictures of a man who could be connected to a ride share robbery. last week a woman tells us she mistakenly got into a man's c after a night out. thought it was a ride share. instead of dropping her off and leavingrer the dri followed her into her bethesda apartment building,ra ging her bag with credit cards inside. a different man later used thec s in arlington and landover.

you know who either man is police want to hear from you. af band o atm thieves striking again. by our account, at least the ninth time this happened in three months. thursday bght's heian the way that they all have so far pap stolen truck there.as ng through the window of a 7-eleven. this time, it's the store on south dakota avenue inhe nortt. unlike the previous smash and grabs, this time the group got violent attacking employees inside the store. >> once inside, they forced two employees to the ground. robbed them of their personal property. >> setimes the thieves get away with the atm. this time, that did not happen. police found three of the atms stolen in past robberies on fire in an empty lotge in prince ges county. an update this morning on an investigation into a montgomery county police-involved shooting from back in january. earlier in the year officer

christopher le point sho and killed this man suspected of an attempted robbery in silver spring. yesterday it announced the investigation found the officer's actions were juorified. the r states on january 16th he walked into the bb&t bank and claim aed a bomb was i his ckpack. a panic button pressed alerting authorities. the suspect ran out of the bank demanding he stop.tted him when he did not, the officer firedal sever shots. he was later -- he was hit and later passed away. officers found he had no explosives on him. > fairfax city police investigating a case of unlawful filming it happened at a local gym. according to court documents a man changing clothes on planet fitness noticed a phone sticking ouch a nearby gym bag and the phone seemedo be recording. the man got a fits in center employee and confronted the

the n who came back to get bag and initially denies they were his belongings, and thenok tooff. police have identified him as a former doctor who was convicted in 2015 of sexuallylt assaug patients at a manassas medical practice. fairfax city police have not yet filedarchs. uva is basking in the glow of its first-evn' basketball championship but its title celebrations will not include a white house visit. coach tony bennett sent this tweet declining an invitation. bennett cited scheduling issues. the star hunter retweeted and added, no thanks, trump. quote/unquote. the third year in a row since trump took office the champions have skipped a white house visit. working for your health this morning with an update on the measles outbreak. hundreds of california college students are quarantined

following possible exposure on two campuses. ucla, quarantine, lasts up to 48 hours unless the person proves they have been vaccinated. the cdc reports nea70y cases across 22 states have beenrt repo. when it comes to organ transplant surgery, time is one of the most critical factors's a team in maryland is t working improve that with its recent success delivering an organ by drone. this is a joint eort between the umd medical center and the university of clark school of epg ne engineering. they create add copter able to hold up to ten pounds and monitor the organ while in flight. last week theyed transport a kidney three miles across baltimore where a surgeon successfully transplant it to a patient in need. >> with innovations like drone technology we will be able to

have organ demand upon shipment. safer for recover teams. >> flights areiv relaty limited now but the team hopes to expand the distance and speed of delivery. working for you with a weekend traffic warning. part of route 50 in virginia is closed so that crews can perform some emergency construction. all lanes of eastbound route 50 near fair oaks mall closed ovnight. remaining shut down until late tomorrow. drivers should follow the detour signs put up there. expect delays in the area. traffic on route 50 westbound, we're told, will not be impacted. > music, art and love. it is the festival happening today in northern virgin . coming up after the break, a specia preview of one love when you're confident

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the silver tone swing band. >> on saturday night, there's a event called "turn on your lights" whichns apportunity for everyone to gather together at the pavilion and they're going to be given globes, which will lightd up, an that is a representative of your individual light, that w when come together as a community, that we all share our lights together. >> reporter: and artsy. >> during one love i'm putting on a demonstration at 11:30 on saturday at the candy factory. part ofemhe dstration is giving a brief history and show how i m makey paint and how i use it. >> reporter: another highlight tonight, chasing light, a show never seen in virginia, and lots of music. lots of music. ♪ and you are the sun you are the sun ♪

>> a lot of talent there. the full schedule of events is in the nbc washington op. searchne love manassas. >> 6:14 is the time. a live look oside on this saturday. a breezy start but a storm team 4 weather alert day. lauryn ricketts tracking what could be stron o gusts wind coming through our area. eck in with her right after this.

now to our changing climate series. e all know human activity is a major cause but we can be part of the solution. this horning news leon harris speaks with local inspiring others to make a difference. >> reporter: it's one of the biggest i festivals d.c. throwing tens of thousands of people and some of the biggest names in music. take a closer look. this party is really a call to action. >> how are you making it cool and active to be engaved about environmental issues? p have tol together or we're going to pull apart. >> reporter: together the man behind the festival, working to redefine cool. >> especially yetting youth active, their hands dirty, its make you care more about the environment. >> reporter: the fruits of their labor sprouting up in urban community gardens across bustling parts of our city. >> you're not talking about just moving piles of dirt. >> it's bigger than that. >> saving the earth through this

process about turning environmentalism and healthy living into something that's cool. >> yeah. >> seems like a tall task? >> it'snot, because when i do it andou do it and he does it and she does it and they get their friends to do it and it creates tipping points is when the change happens. >> reporter: part of that change is reaching millennials through social media. the co-founder daryl perkins developed an app called chip in encouraging people to volunteer and earning points towards gift cards and music tickets. with help from organizations like green scheme, they're making a difference. and inspiring everyone to get involved. >> you can't make a mistake in this garden's these are learning gardens. we don't get mad in a kid plants the cabbage too close to the lettuce. it's okay. long as you see it develop and can make more informed decision about what you eat. >> one of the big things to hel the planet, go a day without meat or a meal without meat. something small, enough people

do it, it make as differenr:. >> reportehifting the culture towards health, wellness and sustainability. not jus a here butround the globe. >> you have a small pot, throw a rock in there, you know, ripples go on. throw a bolder in, big ripples come out. we want to throw a bolder in the status quo of the pond and create as much impacts possible. >> reporter: they can't do it alone. >> i want to take care of the little planet we have and it's going to take everybody do to it. >> reporter: protect are our planet for future generations. >> looking forward to the future, takingare of our kids' kids and take care ofur little blue planet and it starts with us. ain't going to be on anybody bus ut. got to sta with us railro. >> reporter: changing the world, one small plant at a time. >> leon harris reporting. broccoli city festival at fedex field started later. wraps up later today. performances from childish

gambino and lil wayne. those who headed out yesterday, dealt with rough weather t. was bady. yesterda 187 wind reports just around, not our area, butmihroughout the le part of the atlantic. >> thinking wind's an issue today, maybe outages because of >> i think -- yes. so saturated on the ground from the rain from yesterday and gusts up to 50 miles an hour. pretty tough. >> remnants of that system leaving our area. seeing repercussions of that in terms's strong wind gusts. wind advisories in place and they'll be in place until about 3:00 this afternoon. we are, again, looking at wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. as we go into the day today, it's not going to be that bad in terms of sky cover but, yeah. got the winds just going to be brutal out there. i know we valuate of things going on out there this morning. talk about them. leon talking about broccoli city. yeah. at least we're not going to have downpours like yesterday, but we have rain in the forecast. beautiful view this morning. sun coming up right now.

gorgeous out there. look at the winddvisory. t everybody in this wind advisory get to until 3:00 this afternoon. even after 3:00, we' still going to see winds that are going to be breezy. they're just not in the advisory criteria. again, expect winds, 20 to 30 miles an hour. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. tree damage, branches down. especially were the winds rocking and rolling. the strongest winds through this morning. unfortunately. when we usually have a lot of things going on. you can see wind gusts there. beautiful vw out there. goodness. all sunshine out there today. temperatures will be warming right into the upper 60s for daytime highs today. of course, go thewinds. going to feel a little brisk out there. not only this morning but also through the day today. 69 our high today. again, plenty of sunshine. asouds inc late. say after out, probably after a sun goes down. won't notice them throughout the day today. showers.ll have rain no rain showers throughout the morning. looking good.

as far as your weekend outlook is concerned a couple things going on. any a.m. sporting games with kiddos this morning, 30s and 40s. bring a jacket. need gloves standing on sidelines watching them play. sar'ves. broccoli fest, 12:30, windy and cool. hopefully can button down some tents down tre same with the gw parkw classic. blustery and windy out there. gusts up to about 40, 50 miles an hour getting underway this morning. gins at 8:00 for that race. and gusts up to 50 miles an hour calm after 3:00 but still see gusts up to 30 miles a hour. breeze doesn't go anywhere. gusts up to 25 miles an hour. in.h the clouds move late rain showers pushing into the area. continuing to see light rain showers on andff the at least the first part of the daywr ping up after 3:00 and we start to dry out. temperatures tomorrow are in the low 70s for daytime highs.

so again -- oh, no. did the morning show the other day. listen, talking about the ten-day forecast. maybe that's next. fingers crossed. i don't. it's not stormy. when i was doing the morning show filling in for

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hey there. welcome back in to "news4 today" this saturday 27th f april 2019. good morning. i'm david culver. tooking live behind me, the sun is startinome out. that means the skies are clear. especially when you compare it to what we saw yesterday. here's a liv look. you can see union station there. a breeze as you look at american flag there. it's going to be strong winds we're expecting today. yesterday we saw heavy rain move in. that caused quite aow dour and messed up plans for a lot of folks planning outdoor events. today you're thinking, just the wind, lauryn ricketts, it's going to>> linger. yes, i do. anybody with outside events, david, they have tents, definitely going to need to lock them down with sandbags or what have you, whatever they can do. weight those tents down, because we'll have winds that will be so gusty, take the tents up and over. also, bring downome trees. i do believe we could have power outage it's due to the saturated

ground as well. beautiful morning right now. sun is up. weather alert this full sunshine today but wind advisory in place out there. temperatures will warm. actually warm into the 60sor daytime highs today. close to 70 degrees, but it coul feel a little on the chilly side out there. gusts up to about 50 miles an hour. then even after 3:00, still going to see pretty breezy conditions. r temperaturesht now, mid-50s. feels like mid-50s and brisk out there. as we go through the mornin rm up rather quickly, but gusts up to 40. then up to 50. winds only increasing. strongest winds through tar first p of the day. got rain before this day is over. talk about when that is coming to your neighborhood iit ae bit. >> lauryn, check in then. 6:32 only on this morning, a shocki ining sm and grab caught on camera,f robbed o several thousands dollars o worth handbags isterday.

surveillance clear. thieves may have a tough time hiding from police. >> reporter: take a look at this exclusive surveillance video knewconsignment store dupont circle. four men dressed in dark colored hooded sweatshirts walk up the stairs. suddenly one shatters a display case with a hammer and theyb quickly grahree expensive handbags leaving employees and the store mascot winnie the dog in fear. >> very scary. >> reporter: this employee tells me the men robbed the place:0 around 30 stealing three hermes handbags. total value, $36,000. >> the stairiest part we heard a bang and thought it was a gun. >> the store is kind of discombobulated we need it put back together. >> reporter: the store owner says she just celebrated 33 years in business. >> this is the first time anything like this happened to us. >> reporter: first time? >> first time in 33 years. >> repter: she tells me an hour before the robbery the suspects cased the joint showing

their faces on camera. look at these photos. after the robbery, they smashed the front door and this photo captures them hopping in the getaway car. police collect evidence -- and interview witnesses -- >> dirt on their hands when they ran down and i think ao some blood here. >> reporter: everyone hopes they catch the crooks. >> the police are doing their job. i have faith i the d.c. pd, that they will find these guys. >> reporter: the good news, no one injured. the owner willave to replace this daisplay case with new glass.ze if you recognihe thieves shown on only 4 video, contact d.c. police. inorthwest d.c., shomari one, news 4. a manhunt is underway this morning f a suspects arsonist who started a fire outside the nationalarchives. the crime caught on video. you saw it first on the nbc washington app. a man in black walking away from outside the archives. a short time later notice an

orange glow. that is from the flames. there it it is right there. police say that the man ignited a gas can, security could not stop the flames.al theyd the fire department and they were able to put it out before it spread into the building. a wider image shows the man making his escape. there he is right there. the archives is home to american treasures and hosts tens of thousands of visitors every year. the building the public museumc ed just two hours before all this happened. >> somebody could have really gotten hurt. the building could have gotten significant damage, if the fire wasn't put out so kwik quickly. we have very important documents in the building. obviously a fire isal detrime to that. >> the archives released still photos of the gas can used and we see some of the burnam de along the marble there on the building. the fed says they're still looking for the person who ignited the flames and hopingip for t from you the public. d.c. police find a man wounded inside a car in

northwest and right now officers ar searching for two other men who they believe might be connected to this shooting. the car's back window here is shattered from what appears to a gunshot. it is parked feet away from dunbar high school. someone targeted the victim last night. no word this morning how that n is doing. this morning, d.c. police releasing new pictus of a man who could be connected to a rid share robbery. last week a woman telling news 4 that she mistakenly got into a man's car after a nig out in d.c.'s u street corridor. thinki thinking was a ride share, the driver followed her io her bethesda apartment building. grabbed her bag inside with credit cards. police say a different man then later used tho credit cards at stores in arlington and landover. these are pichores from t stores. if you know either man, police want to hear from you. af band o atm thieves

stri anggain by our account, this is the ninth time this happened in just three months. thursday night's heist began the way they all do. smashing a stolen truck through the window of a 7-eleven. now, this time it's the store on south dakotae avenu in northeast, d.c.li the previous smash and grabs, this time the group attacked employees in the store. >> once inside, they forced two employees to the ground. they robbed them of their personal property. >> sometimes the thieves get away with the atm. this time, that was not the case. police found three of the atms stolen in past robberies on fire in anmpty parking lot in prince georges county. happening today at reagan national airport. a large emergency drill going to be held there to prepare for a possible disaster. so today's drill involve as simulated crash on the runway. the government requires drills like this every three years to keep agencies prepared.

don't be alarm if you're out there and see smoke, fire and a lot of police and firefighters. that is all for this drill. a new program that provides hope to at-risk girls is gaining steam in northernirginia called "she believes inme" adressing many physical emotional issues of girls 7 to 12. later today , a chance to drop n on one. >> "sme believes in me" is an organization for teens dealing with trauma or povert teaching them skills. >> meeting in herndon. other schools are taking notice and hoping to start the program as well. >> the same girls are coming that we're building and what'sg happenow is, it's spreading throughout the community. we're having a lot of other schools asking to come onboard with "she believes me" to have their girls t exposed this as well. >> so far the programs have been "she's healthy" helping girls

address needs and become their best selves and "she's lucky" helping girled understand and celebrate the caring people in their lives. from 10:00 until noon, "she's creative" held. girls experience self-expression through art and the program needs. help adult volunteers and financial partners. r more information serve she believes in me in the nbc washington app. 6:39 is yourtime. redskins might have picked up the biggest steal selecting a newte quarack. hardly new to the d.c. area. up next, hear from the folks in maryland ready to welcome dwayne haskins ba home.ck

the of in wil draftp wraps u in nashville later today not before the redskins pick up a few more plays. they drafted dwayne haskins from

ohio state and a defensive end the mississippi state in first round. they did not have a second round pick but last night drafted one of haskins ohi ste teammates a wide receiver in the third round. redskins have half a dozen selections left to make today ir the final thrnds of the draft. now, before dwayne haskins was setting big 10 passing and scores records he played high school football right here in potomac. haskins even hadch a wat party in gaithersburg rather than watching the draft from nashville. news 4 chris gordon has reaction for folks who know him welar an excited to welcome him home. >> haskinsac ss the middle. touchdown! quarterback dwayne haskins winning waves at ohio state made him a heisman finalist and here at bulis high school haskins developed his football skill h after family moved here from new jersey. >> more ivy league than a rh pose. we have good football but also

great academics and great arts and haskins family had a daughter tamia a great artist in terms of acting and singi and wanted a school to complement both of them. >> reporter: dwayne haskins led the bulldogs to three college championships and his footballs coach say he saw haskins commitment to success way back in ninth grade. >> i remember vividly being out here on this field and practic s and have to be off the field at 6:00 he's throwing routes 7:30 at night. >> reporter: dwayne haskins picture hangs on the wall of the bulis athletic building, the trophy, player of the year 2015 is on display. he will be inducted into thes buli hall of fame after his pro career ends. >> having a chance to watch him grow and develop as both a student, a scholar and athlete, something wvalue here at bul lis. the scholar/athlete model.

>> a >>. an reporter: and plenty of redskins happyee to s him return home. reporting for news 4. can't wait for football, head over for the red white spring game. the terps taking the field first time with head coach michael locksley. after the agame, sixund for a lacrosse doubleheader with both men's and women's teams taking on johns the first 500 stands at the stadium get a free t-shirt buty also may need a wind breaker if headed out there today. lauryn ricketts is tracking strong gusts making they're way throug the

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after the measles outbak. and movie madness. millions of fans flock to theahers today as final film of the "avengers" franchise hits the big screen breaking box office records. >> and david captivating watchers around the d.c. area. back to you, brother. >> nicest thing. my nickname in high school. >> captain america? >> yeah. it wasn't at all. far from . >> i kind of believed that today. >> i might have bought that yeah. i was like third string on the tennis team. >> okay. fine. >> that's all right. >> look at you now. look at you now. >> thank you. yeah. appreciate that. take you back to high school. mine at least. gonzaga high schoolers unveiling an exhibit dedicated to a painful past chronicling slaves in the past. a claim to move forward today. i was fortunate enough to talk to the student behind this incredible research when i went

backo my alma mater just >> reporter: gonzaga students and staff assembling story boards some might hide from but . z these students >> it's our history. >> these seniors, part of a group of seven students signed up for the project two years ago. >> set aside all the fun side over the summer and focused on something that was important for not just me but the whole school. >> reporter: no course credit provided. their own h done on time combing through primary counts, revealing gonzaga, used to be known as the wasngton seminary and once part of georgetown relied heavily on enslaved labor. >> the fact it's uncomfortable makes all the more important we're looking into this now. >> reporter: in 2016ow georget university and its jesuit leadership revealed its own connection to slavery. a few months later apologizing to the living descendants of slaves sold to keep the

university running. >> the history is not easy. much of it is ugly. we haven't sugar coated it. >> reporter: this gonzaga history teacherhaprovoked wt was gonzaga's play in this. it turned persal. >> you started to fee a connection to these slaves as you track them. >> reporter: studentsfi identifd ve slaves who worked at the school. one of them, gabriel. >> i think waive s from the start gabriel feels like our first gonzaga brother. we talk about the brotherhood here and it's powerful. >> that way we kind of are his family, people remembering him, trying to resrect him from the books of history. >> reporter: a shadowed history on display. one that students hope will lead to a brighter future. incredible research there. the students will be back on i street this weekend putting

finishes touches on that hibit. it's going to be on display in the students' commons the next several weeks. 6:51 isou y time. lauryn ricketts joining me at the desk. storm team 4 weather alert day. think it's going to be windy?in >> defely windy. windy when we came in this morning. >> yeah. >> with that system exiting t area another system coming in bringing rain showers overnight. breezy, brisk, blustery conditions with us throughout the weekend. weather alert, dav was saying, because of that fact. so weather alert, main story today, the winds. inly dry until late tonight. then we have a few light rain showers. but, again, gusts up to 50 miles an hour and how saturated the ground is, definitely t power outages. dry tomorrow. going to keep a rain chancen in the first part of the day amorrow and still breezy throughout the day well. those winds are kicking up now. seeing gusts up to about 33 miles an hour.

hagerstown 17. gaithersburg and it's on the windy side. wind advisory in place for most of the are until 3:00 p.m. gusts up to 50 miles an hour and branches down out there. current temperatures out there now, it's not too bad. you factor in the wind, of course, feels a little on the brisk side. 40s and 50she out t now. as we wake up this morning, again, continuing to see gusts an hour but50 miles all sunshine out there. temperatures in the low 60s this morning. top out in the upper 60s. daytime highs today. a few mow clouds building in later tonight. windsho settle throug it's afternoon. after 2:00, wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour as opposed to 60 miles an hour. that system that moved through yesterday e up thet coast. high pressure in charge a little bit. weekend outlook, georgetown house tour. brisk but dry. don't have to worry about umbrellas. same with broccoli fest. hopefully button down,atten

down, take the tents down a little. dave's laughing at me. batten down the hatches. i knew ial forgot h of that statement. gw parkway classic, same with them. ifteou have nts, go ahead and make sureou're weighting those down because it will be so bluster you out there. forecast, windy, by this afternoon, even though the advisory expires at 3:00, breezy, wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour. through the daytomorrow, still gusts up to 25 miles an hour en and thain showers. light stuff rolling in after 10:00. the first p dt of theay tomorrow tapering through early orafternoon and get me sunshine later on tomorrow afternoon. temperatures tomorrow warmer. in the low 70s. then we sli a little into monday. monday's temperature, mid-60s. we soar into the 80s by the time weo head int tuesday. light rain chances wednesday, then more rain chances thursday and friday. looks like right now we're geng to bry for next weekend.

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