rain showers, slight stuff, after 9:00. continuing with that overnight through at least tst part of tomorrow. dry monday and tuesday. david? >> lauryn, don't go far. we'll mo> good rning, weekend washout. severe storms slamming the east coast overnight, affecting millions of americans from north carolina to massachusetts. tornadoes,od ferocious flos and hail the size of quarters causing chaos on the ground. st some of the wor devastation we have seen. the storm snarling air traffic, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. and it'sbout to go from bad to worse, another major storm moving entooe into the mi the country set to drop as much as a half a foot of snow today. the president welcomes

japanese leader shinzo abe, we're live at the white house. and mum's the word as t world awts the birth of baby sussex, why theecrecy is sending stress waves among the british press. today is saturday, april 27th, 2019. hey, i'm mike rocket and this is my 35th time at the "today" show. >> we're here toitelp mom wh her bucket list. "today" show check. >> girls weekend. >> no husbands, no kids, it's my 40th. >> good morning, new orleans. we traveled from tennessee fory toda >> "today" show's littlest fan. >> look at , we're on tv. >>ood morning, welcome back to "today" on this saturday

morning. >> just got to meet some of those nice folks toda big birthday party, there they are in the corner. the boston crowd in there enjoying themselves this morning. we wish her a very happy birthday. >> have to sa on the way in, dylan, i saw huge trees on top of cars over by central park. >> the weather has been ridiculous. >> we're going to starth the forecast. we begin with today's news. it is the next major storm quickly iaking way to the plains and midwest as the northeast picks up pieces from some violent weatherccurring overnight. dylan is here with that again. this is real storms and some snow. we have snow to talk about too but the storms have been oaffecting a good portionthe country, that new storm that we're talking about, bringing up to 6 inches of snow today to the midwest, and that does come a the northeast deals with the mess that was left behind from a different storm system that wreaked havoc overnight. >> the storms were intense, driving damaging winds, uprooting trees and bringing

down power lines across the mid atlantic. hail the size of quarters in the rtheast, flooding in ohio, and thunder outside newk. yor sometimes catching people off guard. >> o>> my lord. like these beachgoers in , virginiahis twitter user describing the scene, one minute it was nice and the next minute it felt like a hurricane. 900 flights canceled in the u.s. friday and more than 5,000 delayed. the south still picking up the pieces after theio vnt storm system moved through. >> some of the worst devastation that we have seen to be concentrated. >> reporter: tornadoes flattening homes, snapping power lines and trees. what's different about this year's tornado season is that so called tornado alley has been unusually quiet. instead, the south has seen the brunt of the damage. this week, there were at least eight confirmed tornadoes in louisiana alone. a deadly system carving a path of destruction across several states. is that storm system is

continuing to affect new england right now with the heaviest of the rainn through dow east maine. that will be the case through the morning and then we'll start to see it slowly move east as we afternoon.e once this storm moves through, we are going to see winds gust up to abouter 50 milesour on the backside of it. we have wind advisories in effect for 13 million people. we are going to see all of this rain continue to move to the ast in addition to this nex round of rain moving through the midwest. heavy rain falling through iowa right now. this will move into northeril nois, and we also have the snow that temperatures are cold enough to support a bit of a snowstorm. we have winter storm warniors in effect water loo, madison, and chicago right now, and we are going to see this whole event turn into a snowstorm as we go into this evening, as the colder air gets wrapped in. that means snow for chicago t later ons evening and tonight. this will move through michigan, through parts of ohio, and even bring some of that snow to new york, especially off lake erie, and lake ontario. we are going to see a

significantfmount o snow through northeastern iowa, through northern illinois, southern wisconsin, and also through southern michigan c whe weld end up with a widespread 2 to 4 inches of snow, and we could see some isolated higher amounts closer to about 6 inches just to the north of chicago. peter. >> dylan, thank you. turning to politics the president is set to play golf and talk trade with japan's leader as washington, d.c. prepares for tonight's white house correspondence dinner which president trump will skip for the third year in a row. nbc's hans nickel is hols is at white house. >> reporter: we'll have the chance to see if the press has an opportunity to ask president trump post" report that rod rosenstein, thett deputy aorney general pleaded with the president for his job last september. the crux of the post reporting is that rosenstein told trump that he gave mueller then investigatio credibility and that he could quote land the plane. the question is dide promise

trump a specific outcome, because we now know what that outcome is. no criminal conspiracy on collusion in the mueller trepo, andn rosenstein told william barr, and the two of them looked concluded ence and they shouldn't bring any obstruction of justice charges. the president has been airing his grievance with theueller report, he claims that it vindicates him but amounted to an, attempted coup hesed that language yesterday at the nra and talked about it being a disgrace to our icountry, hurt our country in the oval office with prime minister abe yesterday. as you mentioned, it is blustery in washington, the sun is out. the preside is going to hit the links with abe and off to green bay with a rally in a state he won20 in , wisconsin, while much of the press corps at the white house correspondence dinner. another night of counter programming. >> hans, thank you. now to the battle lines being drawn as we speak between the former vice president joe

biden and the prident, two the trading bars, nbc's garrett haake is many las vegas this morning with the late -- in las vegathis morning with the latest. >> reporter: it's been an interesting 48 hours for joe biden, the former vice president and president trading snark, a going backnd forth about their relative youth and vigor. in his felstision interview yesterday joe biden faced two issues thatld couog his campaign as it continues. h first hisandling of anita hill and the clarence thomas mconfirmation hearing fro all of those years ago, his not quite apology apology seeming to be hosts te enough for the of the program. that's an issue that could come back up. and biden's interactions with women over years, some that made them iuncomfortable a topic on the program. biden says he knows this is something he has to do a better job of being aware of better headline for the former vice president in the afternoon, he raised $6.3 miion in his first 24 hours in the race.

why does that matter? it shows that he can keep up with the on lean fundraising juggernauts ofer bernie sand and beto o'rourke. he is in the race to stay, and it.ill have the money to do speaking of o'rourke he'll be one of six democratic candates, courting union voters in a state where the union vote is a very big deal. biden will not be here of course but his presenceill beelt. that's a big part of his constituency. those union voters, we are settling in for a lonusy crowded democratic primary now with the vice president officially the in field. >> that e. for sur garrett, thank you. there's much more to get to thisluorning incding fifteen people, si of them children killed in ve lan ka durisri lan. security forces say militants set off three bombs in the hideout. new video shows one of the suspected easter sunday bombers checking en checking into a hotel before

blowing up the restaurant. more than 250 people were killed in coordinated explosions. turmoil inside the nra has boost intthe open. executive wayne lapeer, the long time fe of the national rifle association has been asked to gn resiy the nr a's president, oliver north, members will discuss the dispute today at the nra annual meeting in indianapolis while regulators talk about polling the gun group's tax exempt status. how about a little weekend morning boost. i think it's time for that. a cartoon character slightly out of character. take a look at 2-year-old ely running to say hi to disney's stitch, of lee lilo andh. sti when emily falls, the blue aliens takes one too. it's all hugs and no tears in an instagrafall, so does stitch. g. for him. and another check of the weather with dylan. >> can't help but miss these

girls in the corner here. [ cheers ] so, what are you doing here celebrating? >> birthday! >> all for you? >> kind of. >> celebrate with our moms back there. >> so much fun. you guys are a little quieter than the girls. yes? >> and we're in forth grade. park school. >> park school in -- >> just outside of boston. yeah. and this is the best birthday ever. right? >> yes. >> yeah. >> clearly. let's take a look what's gng on across the country, and we are going to see heavier rain wathrough io transition to snow especially across northeastern iowa. we're going to see snow take over in chicago, too. we could end up with about two, up to six inches of springtime snow in that area. new england, lose the rain, but windy and blustery. southeast, nice and mild. snow working into upstate new york and behind that frontal system it doesn't warm up all

that much. temperatures only in the 40s across parts of the great lakes on sunday. that's a look at the wther across the country. now here's a peek out your window. out our window we just have a breeze out there.l that wind wile gusting up to about 50 miles an hour today. weather alert. could be power outages givenow saturated the ground is especially with the rain from yesterday. dry, plenty of sunshine out there today but, of course, blustery. after 9:00 tonight, that's when we start to see a few light showers moving in and keep a chance of a fewight showers through the first part of tomorrow, but a wind advisory in place until about 3:00 p.m. brisk out there all day. and there's a baby on a mission this morning. your daughter is five months old. >> she is three months olwe e trying to do all 50 states by five months. >> i'm 37, i've done 49. >> almost there. >> w >> hawaii. >> got to go. >> i've be trying to work it into a story. >> 8,400 miles to get here

today. >> that's fantastic. good luck and safes. travel >> follow evelyn's explorers. >> you can go to hawaii together. >> i think so. >> cross that off the list. >> still ahead, the world on baby watch, as the british tabloids grow more and more frustrated. we are back after this. and i recently had hi, ia heart attack. it changed my life.or and i recently had but i'm a surviv.ck. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it's for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study, brilinta worked better than plavix. brilinta reduced the chance of having another heart attack... ...or dying from one. don't stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor, since stopping is too soon increaur risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and en death. brilin may cause bruising or blee, or serious, sometimes fatal bleeding.

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born. >> it's nearly as british as tea and scones, anxiously awaiting the arrival of a royal baby. the duchess of sussex who hasn't attended a royal engagement in more than a month is thought to be due any day now. radio silence from the couple on eir plans, not a due date, not even a hospital. the only thing that is clear, they won't be followingya recen ro tradition, presenting the baby to the world hours after birth. royal reporters not happy. >> there's a huge amount of interest on both sides of oe atlantic this royal birth, and i think there's disappointment that we won't have that big nationalmoment, you could say international moment now with the arrival of the baby. >> some see an american duchess intent on doi thingser own way, others a prince with a strained relationship with the press. >> particularly for prince h harley who bad memories of being brought up in the public gaze with princess diana,

besieged by paparazzi, he will want to protect his family's privacy a much as possible. >> and rumors of a b riftetween prince harry and his older brother prince p william. toch things up, william and kate paid their first visit to the new home on sunday says royal reporter chris ship. >> they took with them a house warming present and wentr aroun a meeting. you can call it a clear the air meeting i some respects. >> it's unclear what started the feud. with harry and meghan due to become a mom and dad any day now, it's as good a moment as any to patch up hard feelings in the royal family. >> betting on a royal baby is big business. the nation h put its none on this baby being a girl called diana. nothing is for sure. as you know, meghan and harry are often good for a surprise. >> thank y, dylan, and i have

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lengths to avoid spoilers, including one teacher who posted this note outside his classroom, telling students not to discuss anything about the movie anywhere near his classroom. if they do, he'll make them wish thanos snapped them in half. i do recommend seeing the last movie, infinity war before end game, if you just want to catch up so you feel like you're in the right p yce and know enough going into end game. i think that will kind of catch you up on the gist of it. don't forget, willie, tomorrow, will be sitting one on one with jeremy renner who plays hawk eye. that's tomorrow o sunday. >> he couldn't say too much about themovie. >> not really at yl, especiall when we interviewed him. >> we have pop start. >> so much to get to on pop start. put on your 90s best, and brenda wah is coming back to beverly hills 902. shan shannen doherty has signed on. the original cas was getting

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>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. > breaking overnight. four people stabbed at a montgomery county shopping center. this morning, who police are trying to track down. then they walked inside, headed to the high-end goods and wait until you hear how much these guys walked out with. plus, the thieves strike ain. would-be burglars crash another truck into a 7-eleven and once again fail at getting the atm out of the store leaving behind a mess to clean up. why police are alarmed by the increasing number of these types of crimes. as we welcome you in this saturday morning, 27th.f april, 2019 good morning to you. i'm david culver. we appreciatyou being with us. things looking a bit you head out. especially compared to this. friday. intense rain and wind that hit our area. the rain since moved out of the ary, but lauryn ricketts says

theof lingering part the storm system is likely gusts of wind? >> absolutely. moving up the eastern seaboard another system is moving into our area.ly actual getting the backlash of that in terms of pretty strong i s. you know it's already breezy if you've been outside or just looking out your window. wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. look at radar show you where the system was. that system passed through the area. you can see. man, nice line of storms. i was driving down i-95 trying to time it out during yesterday afternoon. left my apartment at 1: didn't arrive innd rich until a little before 6:00 p.m. brut brutal. up and down the mid-atlantic. i feel your pain if you were traveling yesterday. wind advisory, until 3:00 on saturday, this afternoon, not for everybody, but even if you're not in this advisory, it's still going to be windy there. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. that is the criteria and threshold for the advise ea.

ain, even though this expires at 3:00, this afternoon, gusts still up to about 30 miles an hour. still breezy later this afternoon and brisk and blustery but we have rain before the day ends. whenhat's coming and when you can expect it coming up. at 8:31, following breaking news this moin this hmeappenedg.ght.ehdrner th of now have not released information when it omes to a possible suspect and we're working to get ann update o the victim's condition and when we get it we'll pass ion and officials want drivers in p bnce george's county to road. on the a new initiative beginning today. good morning. what's this all about? >> reporter: good morning. we're at the southern regional technology and recreation center in fort washington pup seend behie a big state trooper vehicle getting a what it's all

about. all about the beginning of the summer drivi season's with me now state's attorney asia brayboy. portant to start now. called the drive focus sober and safe campaign? >> absolutelyig this cam is about saving lives. you know, today starts the kickoff of prom season in prince george's county and we wall all our promgoers to be safe, get piece.me in one >> reporter: this comes in the wake of high-profile crashes in the county ey sort of embody everything that this title talks about? >> yes. we want people to drivefocused. keep their eyes on the road. don't look at your phones. and drive sober. don't drive impaired. don't drink and drive. sounds simple. a lot of people forget or don't at hier to that and then drive safe. make sure you're paying attention to the speed limit and wearing the appropriate safety restraints, your seat belts and car seats for young children. these seem like basic things.

seems like everyone should know it. hon left any, a lot of people are driving in an unsafe manner and it's causing deaths here in prince george's county and really around the region. my job, prosecute at-fault drivers and try to suggest this for families but we know the real justice for those families would be to have their loved ones with them. >> reporter: indeed. what do people need to know what this is all about? >> today we're having a drive ocus sober and safe kickoff of our campaign. it's for everyone in the family, down here at balk road. today student performances and hear from individuals who lost loved ones due to at-fault drivers and also hear from someone who was convicted of drunk driving that resulted in a death. so we think that it's important to send the message in many different ways and that's what we're doing here today. we have our state troopers with us. prince george's county police

here. live demonstrations. a panel of experts will talk prosecute thesegow from h we o,ou know, how the bodies are all-ned and also, you know, e'll h a comprehensive event today andpe hoveryone will join us. >> nuts and bolts telling you implications not just immediate. live at the southern regional technology and recreation center in fort washington. derrick ward, back to you. >> derrick, thanks. appening today at reagan national airport a large emergency drill held all to prepare for a possible disaster. toy's drill will involve a simulated crash on the runway. the government requires drills like this every three years. 's to keep all agencies involved prepared. don't be alarmed if y see smoke, fire and hear a lot of police and firefighters at the f rport today. this is all part othat drill. a shockin smash-and-grab inside one of the a basest known upscale consignment stores. surveillance cameras were rolling and captured a lot of

angles on this crime. this was yesterday afternoon around 3:00. see four men dressed in dark walking uphe stairs of gasendi consignment. one shatters showcase with a hammer. about to see had here and they grab three expensive handbags. meanwhile, customers are in there. hours before thery robbe the suspect cased the area then smashed the front do, and this photo catches them h ping into the getaway car. >> scariest park we heard a bang and thought it was a gun. >> the store is discombobulated. we need that put back together. >> no one got hurt. total number of items olen is $36,000. th other than celebrated 33 years in business and ys it's the first time anything like this ever happened this morning, d.c. police releasing new pictures of a man

who could be concted to a ride are robbery. last week a woman tells us she mistakenly got into a man's car after a night out in d.c.'s corrid. she thoughts it was a ride share. instead of dropping her off and leaving her the driver followed her into her bethesda apartment building, grabbing her bag with credit cards inside. police then say a different man later used the credit cardsn arlington and landover. these are pictures from those stores. if you know eitherntan, police o hear from you. and back in january a shooting. earlear this y officer christopher le pointe shot and kicked this man. suspected after an -- suspected of an attempted rockery in silver spring. yesterday it was announced that the investigation found the officer's actioniewere justifd. the report states back on january 16th, he walked into the bb&t bank on wayne avenue.

claimed a bomb was in his backpack. a panic button pressed alerting the suspect ran out of the bank and an officer spotted him demanding he stop. when he did not, the officer fired several shs. he was hit and later died. ficers found he had no explosives on him. >> to fairfax city now. police are investigating a case of unlawf filming at a local gym. according to court documents a man changing clothes on planes fitnnoticed a phone sticking ouch a nearby gym bag and the phone seemed to be recording.e than got a fitness center employee and confronted the person who came back to get the bag and he initially denied they were his belongitos and then he off. police have identified him as a former doctor who was convicted in 2015 of sexually ensaulting pa at a manassas medical practice. fairfax city says they have not yet filed charges in this case. uva is basking in the glow of its first-ever men's

basketball championship but its title celebrations will not include a visit to the white house. coach tony bennett sent this tweet declining an invitation. bennett cited scheduling iues. but star deandre hunter retweetedhe announcement and added -- "no thanks, trump." the third year in a row since trump took office the champions of the ncaa championship have skipped a visit. > working for your health this roads closed. eastbound route 50 near fair oaks mall shut down last night. remained closed until late tomorrow. driving in that area, expect to follow detour signs and a lot of delays. traffic on route 50 westbound, we're told, will not be impacted. music, art and love. its the festival happening today in nthern virginia. coming up right here on "news4 today" right after the break, a

special preview of one love manassas.

a celebration o life wit arts. a second day of o love manassas is about to begin. a lot on tap for today, too.ie we have a prevfor you. ♪ you are onlyng waiti for the this to arrive ♪ >> reporter: one love manassas features filming, photography rad music. many events intective. >> encompassing 9:00 to two on saturday a great free event free books, public readings for the children. >> the center of the arts hosting the virginia museum of fine arts mobile in the back of the parking lot the entire weekend. >> i want to tell you about a dance event that we're hosting

at the center for the arts on teturday from 7:00 to 10:30 p.m. it's appropr entitled "love to swing" featuring live music by the silver tone swing band. >> on saturday night, there's an event called "turn on your light, " which is an opportunity for everyone to gather togethere at tavilion and they're going to be given globes, which will light up, and that is a representative of your n dividual light, that whe come together as a community, that we all share our lights together. >> reporter: and artsy. >> during one love i'm putting on a demonstration a11:30 on saturday at the ndy factory. andhe part of t demonstration is owing to b give arief history of this and also sh how i make my paint and how i use it. >> reporter: another highlight tonight "chasing light," a show never seen beforerg in viia. and lots of music. lots of music. ♪ and you are the sun

you are the sun ♪ so the full schedule o events is in our nbc wphington apf you want to check it out search one love manassas. time, 8:43. a live look outside on this saturday. a beautiful start, but it's going to be windy out there. so windy that it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. we've got lauryn ricketts tracking the gusts in your area.

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welcome back. now to our changing climate series. we all know human activity is a major cause, but we can also be ngrt of the solution. this morni news 4 leon harris speaks with local groups inspiring others to make a difference. ♪ >> reporter: it's one of the biggest festivals in d.c. some of the biggest names in music. take a closer look. this party is really a call to acon. >> how are we making it cool to be active and engaved. cool to be engaved about environmental issues. we haveulo pl together or we'll pull apart. >> reporter: togethe the man behind the festival working to make it cool. >> getting hands dirty, makes 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 jusi moving piles. >> it's bigger than that. >> saving the earth through this process about turning environmtalism and healthy living into something that's cool. >> yeah. >> that seems like it's a pretty tall task there? >> it's not, because when i do it and you do it and he does it and she does it and ey get their friends to do it and it creates these tipping points, that's when the change happe. >> 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 festival tickets. with help from organizations ch like greene, they're making a difference.ev and inspiring eryone to get involved. >> you can't make a mistake in this garden. these are learning gardens. we don't get mad in a kid plants the cabbage too close to the lettuce. it's okay. as long as you see it develop and y can make a more informed decision about what you eat. >> one of the big things to help

the planet, go a day without meat or a meal without meat. something small, enough people do it, it makes a difference. >> reporter: shifting the culture towards health, wellness and sustainability. not ju here but around the globe. >> you have a small pot, throw a rock in there, you know, ripples go on. t yoow a bolder in, there big ripples come out we want to throw a bolder in the status quo of this pond and create as much impact as possible. t >> reporter:hey can't do it alone. >> i want to take care of the little blue planet we have and it's going to take everybody to do it. >> reporter: protect are our planet for future generations. >> looking forward to the c future, takingare of our kids' kids and take care of our little blue planet and it starts with us. dyn't going to be on anybo bus but us. got to start with us. >> rd,orter: changing the worl one small plant at a time. >> the festival started yesterday. wraps up later today.

performances from childish gambino and lil wayne. yesterday a downpour. bmx event going on raising moneo a new track for veterans. >> awesome. >> can't have rain, i'm told. thinking part of this system will be wind, though >> all wind. all wind. i do believe some rain showers are coming in not until after 9:00 or 10:00. they're not riding bikes. right? double check. i don't know. think about that. sounds le a really cool event. gw parkway classiet georgn housing tours tons of stuff going . put us in weather alert, because of all the stuff going on out there today. if you had anev t, yard sales you're doing, well, probably should have already started.e make sur you're going ahead and weigh down any tents out there. the wind will take it away. it's beautiful. look howreen everything is out there. >> yeah. looks nice. >> it's beautiful. overlooking reagan national now.rt right

just gorgeous. plenty of sunshine throughout the day today. blue coskies. of se, weather alert because the main story today is the wind. dealing with windy wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour throughout the day today. a few light showers late tonight. the winds die down as soon as the showers move in, 9:00 or 10:00 and a chance for showers into the day morrow. tomorrow's still breezy despite the fact we're going to really not have an advisory tomorrow. we have to have an advisory when the criteria warrants it and right now it does with wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. strongest winds this morning. then gradually die down as we gg thro the afternoon. still, it's going to be breezy this afternoon. windor adv in effect until 3:00 p.m. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. another thing, could have tree damage. branchesown and power outages given the rain from yesterday. current temperatures right now in the 50s. you know it feels cooler than

that, though, because of the strong winds out there. 69 is whe we're headed today. again, plenty of sunshine out there. cloudstart to move in, but not until aboutr 7:00 8:00 tonight when we see rain showers move in. most light and during the tovernight. buprom. if you're headed 0 ut to prom, oh, the kids getting ready for that. listen, we've gotreezy conditions for pictures early in the evening. as they go out to dinner, winds die down. maybe an isolated shower late tonight but temperatures falling through the 50s and 60s. far as your future weather is l concerned,k at this. a few light showers here and there heading into the overnight. even tomorrow morning. a few light showers. not a waout. a few out there. maybe through the afternoon. light shower coming through but rapidly clearing by tomorrow evening. 73 the daytime high tomorrow despite the clouds we'll have out there a despite a little rain. 73 tomorrow. then we head into the 60s by monday. soar into the 80s by tuesday.

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all righ prince harry and meghamarkle avoiding the spotlight getting ready for arrival of their first child, but we're learning something about the new roy. ba

>> all right. so we know their future title, david. >> okay. >> if it's a boy, the title earl of dunbarton. a girl, she'll be ladyou mnt batten windsor, and no idea what the titles mean. >> can you imagine called on in class with that title? interesting. don't couee on sg meghan outside tl hospita wit new baby like seen in past royal baby arrivals. also, no due date announced. keeping quiet. >> got to be close. i feel she's beenregnant two years. >> they're very private about it. >> should be. good for them. >> these guys, probablyetter at a summer vacation than you are. check out that. incredible. >> always wanted to see one of these in person. aur sng competition in australia. see it there, too. they've had the biggest waves they've seen in decades. now, this is bells beach, if you've watched "point break" before, that sounds mifaliar. >> i don't, david hasn't seen it.

watch that keeanu receives movie. loved it. >> and the competition is set to wrap up in few weeks. >> a boogie board. ooh. wipeout. >> my boogie bourdy is phenomenal but i max out in two-foot waves. biggest story of the morning. call it biggest of the week. can you hear it? shov l it. e.ylor swift rewlelooeseasing a single called dropped friday morning. you okay? >> i'm fine. >> you're not a taylor fan? come on. first single from her new album a follow-up to the one nooubt lauryn owns. "reputation." >> breaking news. taylor swift performing the new ang wednesday night the billboard music awards which you can watch right here on nbc 4.

even if you're not a taylor swift fan, toon in. mo tune in. more than her. >> you're really selling it. taylor, i'm with ya. with you. take us outside. what's out>> there? alk about the weather a second. beautiful. it is windy out there. can't see the trees moving from this vantage point, but, listen, we have windy conditions. main story out there today. alert.r walk you through it. we have rain before the weekend ends. that's coming up right after is.

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>> announcer: starts now. y" hey there. welcome back in to "news4 today" on this saturday. 27th of april od19. morning. i'm david culver. good news, rain, heavy rain we saw yesterday downpours atme tis and strong winds, those have moved all out. except lauryn ricketts saying winds probably lingering a while longer? >> yes. pretty breezy conditions throughout the weekend, david.in and w up to 50 miles an hour. also why there's a wind advisory in effect pretty much the entire area until about 3:00. areas east and south of that not in there but breezy. wits gus from 30 to 50 miles an hour throughout the day today but beautiful outside. we have full sunshine out there. just absolutely gorgeous conditions. a lot of events going on. unfortunately, we have wind that will make a it feelittle

colder than it actually is. eznd advisory for these areas. you guys still b in fredericksburg. not in criteria for wind advisory. have to have t winds up 50 miles an hour to be in that territory. withnd saturated , we could have trees downnd definitelwn branchs do. batten down hatches. temperature s near 60. winds out of t west at about 60. conditions. before the weekend is over talk about rain shers in little bit. >> thank you. 9:02 this saturday. happening today at reagan national airport a large emergency drill held there to prepare for a possible disaster. today's drill involves ala simud crash on the runway. the government requires drills

like this every three years to keep agencies prepared for a f al disaster. don't be alarmed iu're out there and see smoke, fire and a lot of police and firefiters. at the airport today. again, this is only a drill. t o prince george's county. officials want you to keep three things in mind while driving. focused, stay sober and be safe. part of a new initiative kicking f today. news 4 derrick ward is live in fort washington. what's it all about? >> reportell, tell you, it's about what those three things are that you said here. sjust about commonse and being safe on the road. also about what you see behind me. maryland state trooper mobile breath testing dui enforcement vehicle. don't want to troe a trip thh that vehicle under most circumstances but today you might have a chance to do it in the form of a demonstration. l about encouraging people to drive focused, sober and safe. beginning with the summer driving season. pr season is coming up.

all of those things become vitally important. they are always important, but now with more people on r thed for different reasons, they become more important and again have seen high-profile cases in this area tha have focused on those three factors with sometimes sad and deadly tcomes. what they want to do here today is give people a chance to see what's behind all of these things thaou they're advising y to do on the road and what happens if you don't. as we hear from the prin george's county board member. >> responsible for prosecuting drivers and evaluating cases i personally meet with family whose have lost loved ones. tough meetings. we know the drivers often - time - they don't intend to kill anyone. but when you make dangerous decisions on the roadway and people are seriouslynjured or killed my office has to choice but to seek justice and hold you accountable. >> reporter: a little hard to

ar there. what she is saying is she sees the effects of this every day in her office, she ande the peopl she works with sometimes have to prosecute these cases. an effort to acquaied with the system so they don't end up in it. performances done and t wking to fose have been through this on both sides of what can happen if you don't adhere to the rules. here at theouthern regional technology center. derrick ward, back to you. >> unfortasately, often c that end up on our newscast. appreciate it. rrick ward reporting live. 9:05 only on news 4 this crning, a shocking smash-and-grab allght on camera. one of the areas best known consignment stores robbed of sevelal thousand dol worth of handbags yesterday. shomari stone shows us surveillance is clear and thieves may have a tough time hiding from police.

>> reporter: take a look at this exclusive surveillance video from secon consignment near dupont circle. four men dressed in dark colored hooded sweatshirts walk up the stairs. suddenly one shatter as display case with a hammer and grab three expensive handbags. customers in there at the time are terrified. suspects cased ta and after the crime smashed 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 n. >> the store is discombobulated. we're going to need to have it put back together. >> reporter: the store owner just celebrated 33 years in business. >> this is the first time anything like this has happened to us. >> reporter: first >>time? irst time in 33 years. >> reporter: she tells me an hour before the robbery the suspects cased the joint showing thr faces on camera. take a look at these photos. after the robbery, they smashed

the frontoor and this photo captures them hopping in the getaway car. while police collect evidence -- and interview witnesses -- >> dirt on their hands when they ran down and i think also some ood here. >> reporter: everyone hopes they catch the crooks. >> the police are dng their job. i have faith in the d.c. p.d. they will find these guys. >> reporter: good news, no one injured. the owner has to replace this display case with new glass. if you recognize the thieves on video, contact d.c. police. reporting for news 4. a manhunt isn under way the district for a suspects the arsonist who started a fire outside the national archives. this crime also caught on video. you saw it first in our nbc washington app. see the man in blackng walki away from outside the archives. short time later see this here.

the orange glow. right of your screen. orom flames. the police rep says the man ignited a gas can. security couldn't stop the flames and consulted the fire department and the fire was put out before sprendi inspreading building. a wider image. t show man making his escape. home to american treasures hosting tens of thousands of visitors every the public museum closed two hours before all of this happened. >> somebody could have really gotten hurt. the building could have gotten significant damage, the fire wasn't put out so quickly. we have very important documents in the building. obviously a fire is detrimental to that. >> the archives releasing these stillf photos ohe gas can used here, and we see some of the burn damage along the marble there on the building. the fed says they're still looking for the person who ignited the flames andoping for tips from you. d.c. police find a man wounded inside a car in northwest and right now officers are searching for two other men

who they believe are connected to this shooting. the car'back window here is shattered. here it is right here. it is feet away from dunbar high school near first and n streets. police tell us someone targe ld the victimast night. no word this morning how that person is doing at this hour. a band of atm thieves striki again by our count, the ninth hit in three months. theirs night's heist began he way most have. smashing a siglen truck, r there, through the window of a 7-eleven. this time it's the store on south dakota avenue in northeast. unlike the previous smash-and-grabs this time the group attacked employees in the ste. >> once inside, they forced two employground. they robbed them of their personal property. >> sometimes the thieves get away with the atm. this time they did not. police found three of the as stolen in past robberies on fir

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the nfl draft wraps up in nashville later today not before the redski players. a few more the team drafted quarterback

dwne haskins from ohio state and a defensive end from mississippi state in the first round. they did not have a se round pick but last night drafted one of haskins ohio state teammates a wide receiver in the third round. the redskins have half a dozen selections left to make today in the final three rounds of the draft. before dwayne haskins was setting big 10 passing and scoring records, he played high school football right here in potomac. haskins even had a watch party in gaithersburg rather than watching the draft from nashville. news 4 chris gordon has reaction from folks who know him well and are excited to welcome him home. >> haskins across the middle. touchdown! q>> reporter:rterback dwayne haskins winning ways at ohio state madefi him a heisman list and here at bulis high school haskins developed his football skills after his family moved here from new jersey. >> we are more like ivy league than a powerhouse.

we have good football but also grtst academics and great ar and the haskins' family had a daughter tamia, a great artist in terms of acting and singing, and they wanted a school to complement both of them. >> reporter: dwayne haskins led the bulis bulldogs to three college championshlls. his footba coach says he saw haskins commitment to success way back e in ninth gra >> i can remember vividly being out on this field and practice would end and we'd have to be off the field at 6:00 and he's still out hine throwg routes at 7:30 at night. >> reporter: dwayne haskins picture hangs on the waller h and he won player of the year, the trophy, on display. he will be inducted into the bulis hall f ofe after his pro career ends. >> watching him grow and develop s a student, scholar and athlete, something we value here

at bulis. the scholar athlete ordel. >> repr: plenty of redskins fans are here at bulis happy to see quesdwayne haskins return h. reporting for news 4. > if you can't wait for some football, head over to college park for the red white spring game. at maryland stadium. the terps taking the field first time with head coach michael locksley. after the game, stick around for a lacrosse double header with both the men's and women's team takes on johns hopkins. the first 500 fans at the stadium get a free t-shirt. you may want to put on a few more layers. heading out there, it's nice but windy. strong gusts of wind. 4 strong it is a storm tea weather alert day. lauryn ric gusts right aftese r

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rs reporter: these seen je 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 fom not juste but the whole school. >> reporter: no course credit provided. all research done on their own time involving summer and after-school trips to georgetown university, combing through primary document revealing gone saug szaga gonzaga, used to be own as the washington seminary and once part of georgetown relied heavily on enslaved labor. >> the fact it's uncomfortable makes it all the more important we're looking into this now. >> reporter: in 2016 georgetowni university and 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. >> this history is not easy. much of its ugly. we haven't sugar coated it. >> rorter: this gonzaga history teacher provoked what was gonzaga's tie to slavery? he suggested the students uncover th answer.

>> architects tell us ph.d. level work >> you start to feel a connection to these slaves as you track them after hours and hours.te >> repor students identified five slaves who worked at the school. one of them, gabriel. >> i think we've said from the start gabriel feels like our first gonzaga brother. we talk about the brotherhood he at gonzaga and it's very powerful. >> in that way we kind of are his family. people remembering h, trying to resurrect him from the books r history. >>eporter: a shadowed history on display. one that students hope will lead to a brighter future. the students will be back on i utting thes weekend finishing touches on that exhibit. it's going to be on display, lauryn, in the students' commons, where obviously all the students pass through and they'll keep in o display several weeks. incredible the level of research that went toof and site at the university. when i was there we weren't doing ph.d. level -- at least i wasn't.

incredible. >> it's awesome. wh y didou graduate? >> several years ago. freshmen when i was a senior. >> cool they're doing at. >> very neat. for folks headed out and about today, from the inside looking out, stunning, if you look behind us. >> beautiful absolsely gorgeou out there but we got the wind. >> strong wind, to >> very strong wind. with the rain yesterday, i do believe there could be power outages. >> saturated ground there. >> watch that. definitely tree branches down. out and about today, bring layers. especially early this morning. temperatures in the 50s now. feels on the brick sibrisk side. .eautiful view at reagan national airport radar, not seeing much. nice conditions as we continue through the morning. no clouds or rain out there. just some sunshine and blue skies, but got this wind gusting up to 50 miles an 'lur. we have potential to gust up to 50 miles an hour. stronges winds between now and about 1:00 or so.

then start to settle down. but goingra to be veryal slowdown of those winds. i really don't think they'll die off until after about 9:00 p.m. the wind i advisory effect until 3:00. doesn't mean wind goes light at 3:00. just we mov out of that criteria, that threshold to have an advisory out there. up to 50 miles an hour. again, tree damage. i talked about that. not everybody in the wind advisory, southern maryland, around the fredericksburg stafford spotsylvania area, still breezy. winds not quite as strong. we have tempetures in the 50s now. feeling brisk out there now. over the next 12 hours full sunshine. beautiful out there. temperatures into the upper 60s. again, windy. conditions down to breezy conditions. after 9:00, winds calm down. that's also when the clouds move in. a few isolated showers as we head after 9:00, 10:00 tonight and into the overnight. upper 60s for daytime highs today. showers later tonight. far as your weekend outlook is

concerned, we'll be dry. georgetown looking good, house tours. brisk. broccoli festival, lots of rain yesterday. no rain out there today. just windy. on the cool side but dry. umd spring football game. yeah. layers and sunglasses, because we will have bright sun. maybe gardening out there for this weekend. this is from the maryfield gardening center. deer making a meal o of your garden, probably in a lot of 9 area, try planning peies, iris and spring color, deer typically leave these plants alone.u thank yo for that tip. temperature temperatures low 70s. garden out there today. rain showers at least a chance for them. light stuff, through the first part of the morning and breezy tomorrow. 2k3wu679 gusts up to 25es mil an hour. inart futurecast at:00 a.m. nothing rolling isolated showers overnight and through date tomorrow tapering

off by mid-day tomorrow. and clear skying sunday night into monday. monday not looking too bad. not a washout. upper 60s today. lower 70s tomorrow. 80s tuesday. humid. could have an isolated shower early tuesday morning rain chances increase headinghrough tth

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naal airport this morning. out and about near the airport, a heads up. may see commotion.fi fireters, a simulated crash on the runway. >> oh. >> smoke, sirens. don't worry. thisaul part of an emergency drill. they do this every few years so as to keep the agencies involved in a response like that prepared and make sure they know what to do. don't feel like you need to call 911 if you see that going on. as weiv look l outside a beautiful start to the saturday. >> yes. gorgeous out there. can'in see w from that vantage point but the wind gusting, potentially up to 50s mile an hour throughout the day. breezy this ing. heading out, out overnight after 9:00o 10:00, maybe smallla umbrel tomorrow night. first half the day rain chances. >> back with that? >> with adam tuss. >> will n

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