breaking news d adly crash in charles county has closed several lanes on route 5. >> naleordtown road is blocked thorn. we'll get to -- blocked this morning. we'll get to melissa mollet. o and then to chuck bell. melissa, what du have? >> good morning. inbound, northbound 5, leonardtown road at huckleberry drive. all northbound lanes are shut ow d important for everybody coming into town this morning. that's because of the fatal crash investigation. we just got off the phone with c pol they are telling us it was a two vehicle, head-on collision. two people killed. another being transported. the inbound situation is causing the problem for people. into town and out of town, 66 and 95, no complaints there this morning. outer loop of the beltway, the ramp to southbound pennsylvanian avue, we industrial that ramp blocked by the work ne. and i want to show you this camera again. i was looking for some oers

here. really theoggiest spot, area with the most fog this morning, that stretch of 270 through clarksburg andgermantown. chuck, it really is dense out there in spots. down to under a mile in money locations. keep the low beams on and lights down. temperatures starting off mostly in the 50s in the suburbs. there's a dense fog advisory fm basically irfax, arlington, washington and prince george's county northbound here. you see visibility's now under a mile from fredeylck, mard, to the panhandle of west virginia. much of northern virginia right here into the city. a little better visibility atna interonal airport, but under a mile from joint base andrews up to the naval academy in annapolis. temperatures as i mentioned, in mostly the 50s. 55 manassas and lorton. 54 esburg, 56 degrees in germantown this morning. rain chances are coming back later on in the day. those raindrops near pittsburgh now, that's part ofha a front t will be sliding our direction later in the day. a dry start this morning. with daytime heting, and it

will be much warmer, likely to have showers and thunderstorms bowing up b 3ween0 and 7:00. today's high, though, a very wa 87 degrees. closer look at the next ten days coming up in a few. back to the news. >> thank you. 4:32. we're learning new details about a gun scare at a local high school. prince william police say the 16-year-old who brought a gun to hilton higschool may be onnected to the shooting of a 17-year-old in dale city last rtek. >> no one was when the gun went off in a classroom tuesday afternoon. paren say it took hours for school officials to realize a gun had gone off. >> two hours if they were -- sings it hareened, they we literally walking around the school as if nothing it happened. how do we prevent this? do the kids need to be, you know, do they have to have backpacks in the school? you know, obviously it was concealed in a backpack. >> police sources say not getting a lot of information

from stutonts contributed the delay in finding the gun. in fact, many students reported seeing the gun earlier but did not report it until after the gun went off.me nwhile, police are investigating two sim assaults on women in centreville. it happened on the same day. was april 18th. a woman was walking on a path along braddock at sully station drive. a man grabbed her from behinds, touched her inappropriately, and ran away. later that day, a similar attack happened to another woman apt a park onwalney road. walk or run only in areashat you're familiar with, police advise. we've learned the names two of people accusedin a smash-and-grab robbery in the district. d.c. police say taquan neil and devontae brooks are wanted for stealing designer handba several thousands of dollars. surveiapance video cred the thieves smashing the display glass in the consignment store in dupont cik.le last wee you can see them grabbing the handbags. police are asking for information that leads to an

arrest. 4:34. here's a look at our other top stories -- two people have been named suspects in a deadly stabbing. jada smith and xavier culbreath, both 18. police beeve they're sponsible for a tabbing that left a man dead near the potomac toavenue metro sp last weekend. if you see thm, call police. the man suspecte of going on a shooting ram wage at the -- rampage at the university of north carolina charlotte will make his first courtap earance.e trystan ter fired multiple shots inside a classroom tuesday killing two and injuring four others. meanwhile, police are investigating another deadly shooting at an off-campus apartment complex last night. the victim there was not a student. we're told there was no threat to campus. a family's outraged after their first grader was called the "n" word and threatened at a d.c. school. this happenedt horace mann elementary on tuesday. michael eric dyson said 6-year-old max was running to

lunch whenst another ent called him the "n" word and threatened to shoot him. the school system says the allegations are under investigation. attorney general william barr will not attends a house mi judiciary comtee committee -- will not attends a house judiciary committee meeting. barr did testify before a committee yesterday. news4's tracie pts will join us in a few minutes from capitol hill with the latest. residents from texas to michigan are dealing with a massive storm. the system has produced more than two dozen tornadoes along with heavy rain andl. hai and millions of people are in its dangerous path. officials say a man and woman have been killed in separate d storm-rencidents in oklahoma. 4:35. today the fairfax county school board is set todi approve funng for the next school year. included in the ns for some of the money are sensors for motorized partitions. the issue came up after the death of ahird grader last

year. with motion sensors on the partitions, the walls will will stop if an object or person comes in contact with them. if approved, the county will install the sensors over the summer. ya maki wilson's young life was cut short by gun violence in d.c. remembered through foundation guided by her mother and sister. cory smith is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: good morning. the foundation is cled makiyah scouts, and it's meant to empower young girls like her. these are the first to carry on makiyah wilson's name through the program. the mentoring is meant -- excuse me, the mentoring program met for the first tlast night. leaders hope to create sisterhood that will empower the young women to be active in their communities. news4 spoke with makiyah's mother about how the foundation honors her little girl. >> keep her name alive. i want to do it in a way that i ink shoe would want done. that was the biggest thin she always wanted to help, always wanted to give back.

>> reporter: here's picturesttf lile makiyah. she was killed by a strayullet on her way to get ice cream last july. seven people have been arrested and charged in the death. makiyah was 10 years old. and makiyah scouts is for girls ages 8 to 13. a great way to honor that little girl. back to you. >> thank you. it is 4:37.co ming up, outbreak expanding. more cases of measles reported in public places. what to know to make sure you are protected from infection. plus, a carnegie -- transformed into a technology dream. details on the new apple store about to open in our area. first, a look at what we have tomorrow here on "news4 today" -- >> reporter: fasten our seat belts, and let's go. where you can go on one tank of gas.

well, here's an unlikely scene. check out this swarm of bees on a car in fairfax county. yikes. >>ethought that was somng else. >> firefighters in west annandale were actually called out to the scene. one of the firefighters was a hobbyist beekeeper. what are the chances? he ssaid these beearms are usually docile and won't sting you. why don't i believe that? >> who's going to test that out? >> yeah. they are full of honey and saving energy to build a new home. if you encounter a similar situation, google your local bee group, call or e-mail to alert them.ar a swm. i don't believe there is a hobbyist bee keeper and a firefight >> let's find that guy's name him.all say hello to the classof 2023. it was a huge d full of cheers and smiles across the country. >> yesterday was signing day

where many students steinly decided where -- students decid where they wanto go to college. they had a celebration to honor all the seniors headed to higher education. we talked to one senior whoas accepted to 21 schools. >> whoa! >> it was a tough choice for daylon waters. in the end she chose georgetown. >> always been a school that's been close to my heart since it's also close to home. my mom would always take me to the basketball games. it was the first sool i had a connection with. >> some of the other schools she was accepted to included howard university, george washiton, d the univrsity of maryland. wow. georgetown's lucky to have her. >> that's right. congratulations to everybody. start writing those ethics, mom. that will be -- those checks, mom. that will be $200,000. yikes. ngratulations to her. all right. visibility down under a mle in many spots. be on the lookout for some thick fashion here first thing -- thick fog here first thing this morning. be ready for a warm and humid

one. likely to have a rain delay with thunderstorms. i think they'll be able to get the game all the way to completion. the ten-day forecast coming up. and aoulosure on inb 5. talking about leonardtown road and huckleberry drive. lane shut down because of a southbound is getting by. plus, it's a family heirloom that's been used for generations of weddings. this morning, though, the sword is lost after a shipping fiasche the storyad.

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in my jnsonville commercial, we open up in the forest. i'm out in the wild eating my breakfast. s and all ofden, raccoon come up and asked me, "are those bigger patties?" i said, "yep."wo comes in and says, "wow, that's a lot of sausage." and we had a good laugh about that. (laughing) johnsonville breakfast sausage has 15% larger patties. fits on a biscuit. i'm cory lith at theve desk with breaking news. yet another attempted atm robbery is under investigation. this time it's happening in

silver spring where we've learned a 7-eleven just off columbia pike was hit overnight. we'll take a live picture. the news4 crew just getting to e the sce we're told at least two thieves smashed into the front of the store with a pickup truck. you can see the damage there. now whether or not actually got away with the atmin mach is not clear. news4's justin finch will have a live report at 5:00 a.m. this is at least the sixth atm heist in our area since march. aaron, eun, back to you. >> thank you. 15 before the hour now. the president and first lady attended a dinner ahead of the national prayer -- da ofprayer today. more than 100 people from faiths all over the world were at the white house last night. >> the president led the group in morning for people targeted by violence and hate because of their religion. >> violence and terrorism against people of allfa hs must end, and it must end now. [ applause ]

>> the president extended his sympathies to muslim victims of the christchurch shisotings. chtians killed in the sri lanka bombings and three historically black churches targeted by aro isnis isnist -- arsonists. e.ere will be a national day of prayer servic the house judiciary committee may be interviewing an empty chair today. attorney general william barr said he ll not be at today's meeting where house democrats plan to have an attorney question him on his handling ofi the spe counsel investigation. >> the justice department said that would be inappropriate, and then bar sa he would not show up. this comes after heavy criticism of his summary of the special counsel report and his remarks to congress on wednesday. >> everyone can decide for themselves. there's an election in 18 months. that's a very democratic proutss. we're o of it. we have to stop using the criminal justice process as a political weapon. >> democrats are calling for barr to resign and are still

demanding to see the un-redacted version of these special counl's report. >> for more on toda,s meeting here is news4's tracie potts live from capitol hil good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so the attorney genehel of t united states could be looking at a subpoena if he's a no-show, as we expect, as his has said. that minute seat starting --at th empty seat starting at 9:00 a.m. this morning. attorneys say he may be afraid of the pointed questions. the justice department said that's not what he signed up for, he's happy to talk to lawmakers. we'll see how it plays out after what turned out to be ant tious hearing with barr defending himself against calls to resign and questions about the memo that came outust the night before outlining objections by special counsel robert mueller to the summary that he had provided to congress on the russia investigation. he answeredot a of questions about, left some, democrats say.

unanswered we won't get them today because he's goi to be a no-show. back to you. >> tracie potts one hill. thank you. the threat of the measles throughout o spread the country. now fears are growing that som the most popular be hot spots for the spread of this virus. hundreds packed this amc theater in orange county, california,ve or the weekend to see the "avengers: end game" movie. now the health depend confirms a asles patient was among those at a midnight showing. we've also learned a female crew member on a ship owned by the church of scientology has the measles. the ship is under quarantine docked at the caribbean island of st. lucia. how do you know whether you've been vaccinated? doctors have advice. >> prove your vaccination by accessing your health care records. if there's uncertainty, some blood tests can be done to prove your vaccination. >> if you're still unsure when you received the measles vaccine, you can get a booster to y increaseour protection

against the virus. a lab experiment exploded in a classroom at the university of maryland. 17 people had to be hospitalized to be checked out. a chemical reaction caught fire wednesday. officials aren't oe where. the chemical and engineering building had to be evacuated. we're working to find out when the building will reopen. new this mor hng, wagese not kept up with housing costs in ourarea. according to a new city stu -- new study, most can barely afford a third of the homes for sale in d.c. currently theedian list price in the greater d.c. area is more than $434,000, up 1.15% from a year ago. here's what workers making th local median wage can afford -- teachers can afford 32% of available homes,nd that number's lower for first responders at 26.5%, while restaurant workers can onlyaf

ford 1.5% of the available homes. living in washington, d.cex is very ensive, especially in certain neighborhoods. >> it's only going to get moresi expenve as people buy more expense homes and prices keep going up. sentiment and love behind family air loheirlooms c be difficult to explain. >> for example, manafort people just see sword -- many people just see a sword. but others see a priceless family heirloom that's missing. we take you on a search for the last sword. >> reporter: this navy dress sworothas sliced a of sugar in the last century. >> every generation have had pictures of their wedding cake with the sword. f>> reporter: michelle'samily has cut every wedding ce with this sword for four generations, and it started with this man. >> a pistol. >> reporter: the navy man known for serving both world warts, he ut his cake in 1918. last month the sword was called

back into service.er >> my sist is getting married in june. and the sword has been lost. >> reporter: a family member shipped it via u.p.s. mid-apri p.s. reported it missing, then on tuesday, this e-mail. >> we're attempting to verify the package location. >> reporter: u.p.s. closed the claim, ended the search without finding the sword, and offered the family $200. - you feel like u.p.s. has done enough to try t >> no, we do not. >> reporter: news4 reached out to u.p.s. about the lost sword. u.p.s. says it will continue to investigate even adding na additiol resources to try to locate theor lost swd. drew wilder, news4. >> the problem with thisind of thing is you can't put a pri tag on history and memories and thetion that this sword family.ght to the >> so often in these instances, once it's lost ind shipping, luck. >> i really hope they can find it. so sad. the family said up an e-mail account where people ca information about the missing sword. hopefully it shows up somewhere. >> we'll put a link in the nbc

washington app, search "sword." it's going to be spectacurar. a majo transformation of one of washington's most historic buildings is almost complete. apple it says will open its flagship store inse d.c.'s carnegie library next saturday,h may 11t. the company will share the space in mt. vernon square with a new d.c. history center. a six-week festival with local artists is planned as part of the grand ong rethe. andrew carnegie originally donated ihe buildingn 1903. interesting. >> it is going to be -- a gorgeous building. be interesting to see how many people swarm around it when it opens. >> i'm worried. >> what it's going do to traffic? >> we live a barely ten-minute fwrauk there. let's say that my -- walk from there. and let's say that my better half has an "apple addiction." >> robert has the same issue. >> may need a whole line in the budget for apple store .visits yikes. all loudy skies, with day yesterday. have a fewls luckythat saw

a peek or two of sunshin on the whole, the cloudsheld on tight yesterday. t t we are well into the month of may, tempe tures will start to improve a bit. a lot of fog outside early this morning. in fact, a dense fog advisory until 9 claolin kaepernick that includes fairfax -- 9:00inthat ludes fairfax county, arlington, frederick, to the mason dixon line. down to under a mile visibility in ts. temperatures mostly in the 50s to around 60. 61 in fredericksburg a washington. 58 in gaithersburg now. 60 in charlestown, west virginia. so your forecast then for today -- once the fog gives way, sunshine will break out probably around 9:00, 10:00 this morning. it tlln very warm and a bit humid by early may standards. and there is a likelihood of some thunderstormtoday between 3:00 and 8:00. an even higher chance for rain tomorrow. nfortunately, pretty high chances for rain both days over thereeekend as this aa of stormess finally com our

way. i do think the tail end of the weekend may have some promise to be dry later on in t day sunday. but much of sunday morning is going to be lost to raindrops.in today's ra coming to us from parts of ohio and pennsylvania. here's the future weather -- this is echigh-resolution fort model. a bubbling up of rain and thunderstorms between 2: and 4:00 coming east of the blue ridge and coming riht through the heart of the city here during the evening commute. take your umbrella with you todayth those derstorms will be around again, 3:00 to 8:00 or so, after about 8:00 things will settle nicely. a you canays track the storms on our nbc washington app. we have a full interactive radar feature. you can find and follow me on my social media packages. theic to, warm, humid, stormy today and tomorrow. off and on rain chances through a big c nk of yourweekend. of course it will beunny and beautiful on monday. good morning, memorialissa. >> of course when we're -- melissa. >> of course when we're done with the weekend.>> northbound bryantown at

huckleberry drive, we have a lane open northbound. the southbound latinas getting by on sie right e. this is a find crash investigation. hopefully this s reopensoon as folks really start kicking into the morn commute. silver spring, colesville at franklin avenue, crash there. forestville, the ramp to pennsylvania blocked by the work zone. frederick, southbound 270 beforw buckpike, left lane getting by. it's very foggy through the area so be careful. sghies. >> thank you. 4:55. ky derby will be a race to watch this weekend. just two days before the so-called greatest two minutes in sports, the front-runner is out of theg. runnin omaha beach has beened sidelin flowing with a respiratory issue. he had a 4-odds heading into saturday's big run. tht also means that the hall of fame jockey who wontr the le crown last year is out, too. derby coverage begins at 30 on saturday here on nbc4. today is england's princess

charlotte's 4th birthday. buckingham palace released threp newrtraits of william and kate's little girl. the duchess of cambridge is an amateur photogrher and took ese portraits herself. adorable. it's been a big year for charlotte. not only has she been attending preschool but she's been a bridesmaid three times. adorable. > good news for chick-fil-a lovers. d.c.'s first freestanding chick-fil-a is open. it's at the dakota shopping centerment you know where the -- center. you know where it i >> i do know where it is. >> in chick-fil-a tradition, dozens camped out forha a cce for free chick-fil-a for a year. >> my son plays baseball near ehere. so now th costco -- i have a whole plan. yeah. i need to costco today. i'm not going. it's going be a mad house. >> i like that costco, too. >>ill ahead, how one local city is enlisting its bartenders and bouncers to help keep the peace. following a deadly crash

this week on the gw parkway, two local leaders call for a planned study on safety to begin right away. the national parks service says not so fast.

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handling of the mueller and reects not one but two demsdemam we'll tell you why. come to school with a gun and shoot my grandson. >> after a local first grader faces lacist language and -- racist language and violence, his grandfather demands >>ction. what may seem like a simple post on social media may be all a crook needs to make you a victim. the informationou're unknowingly giving away when sharing photos on line. good morning, everyone, i'm yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. it is 5:00 m. we want to begin with a check on the forecast and commute. melissa mollet standing by with the first 4 traffic. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the forecast for today. didn't warm up too much yesterday. >> not at all. a colossal crash on the forecast for high temperatures. thought it would be close to