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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 80. even i thought for sured fricksburg would get into
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the 80s yesterday. never made it. on y 70 forthe high yesterday in the washington area. richmond, virginia, down to d i-95,egrees yesterday. the warm air is coming back today. i promise you that. clouds and fog outside early this morning. sibility down under a mile in many spots. after a foggy start, it will be a warm afternoon. the evening commute could be hit by raindrops today. there's the dense fog advisory for basically the northern half of the viewing area. visibilitydo to zero in the shenandoah valley. be careful, keep your speeds down. temperatures are in the 50s for most, near 60. not a cold start but cloudy and foggy and damp. the dog-walking forecast, lotus, 4-year-old dog available through the humane rescue alliance. nd out how to add low us to your home. and dog walking weather, cool and cloudy but dry this mornghg
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and throubout noontime. the evening walks could be dodging the drops. good morning, melissa. good mor taking a look at the roads here. bryantown, still have a problem. here's what's happening -- northbound 5 at huckleberry drive, a fatal crash investigation. right now, northbound still shut down as you can see by the line here. the purple colorment two-way traffic is getting through, you're just not going to be in the northbound lanes. silver spring, lesville at franklin, an accident there. taking a live look, 270 at clarksburg road. 270 corridor is really foggy. just be careful and remember to u those low beams. inner loop, outeloop, don't have any complaints. taking a look here again at 270 southbound before buckeystown pike, left lane is t only thing getting by the work zone. that's a late clearinge.ork zon and at the fairfax county
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parkway,ix minutes. it happened again, robbers smashed through the front window of a sechb lo-- a sechbl7-en lo steal the atm machine. >> what happened. >> good morning. first, we are hearing from sources here at the sce that in this case, the 7-eleven smash and grab, that thieves were able to actually make off with the machine. you see the damage they left in doing so. ook at the front end, it's smashed. we're told that at least two thieves in a pickup backed their way inside of this 7-eleven her on techroad, they got out and got the machine. they were able to flee. the good news, the staff were not hurt es the pr this is the 7-eleven off the 12200 block of tech road of the columbia spike in the silver spring -- columbia pike in silver spring area.
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we've been keeping count in the area, seen quite a few. this would make at least the sixth in the area since march 13th. you might recall that we had at least four in prince george's county ovst the pa month and change and one in northeast d.c. that was just last friday rsre. this appo be the first in this rash of 7-eleven thefts here in montgomery county.s and a you look live here, another business here that will have to be shut down for some time as crews restore the front of the store. the police looking for a pickup said to be older in make and model that got away with the machine. on l bring you more details air and our nbc washington app as they come in to us. live in silver spring, justin finch, news back to you. >> thank you. an african-american scholar and professor is demanding change he says his grandson was called the "n" word and threatened with violence. >> this allegedly happened
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tuesday at horace mann elementary school in deet d.c. michael aaron dyson said 6-year-old max was going to lunch when another student called h the "n" word and threatened to shoot him. a police rdort was find a letter went to parents. dyson says this isn't the first time something like this happened at school. >> what do you do systematically, what are the nutritional mechanisms that can be put in place to address the situation and raise the consciousness so young people and staff are aware? >> the d.c. school system said the allegations are under investigation. words of conce from parents at a prince wichiam county sool. a gun went off in a classroom at hylt n high school. some are wondering if enough is being done to keep students safe. the student broughtea the wpon to show his friends. parents said it was two hours before police and officials realized a gun habeen red. while no one was hurt, parents
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say that wasted time could have been the difference betwee life and death. coming up, le wnhat the parents say can be done to improve safety. students at uncle to chart are still -- at unc in charlotte are still dealing with what happened athe t school. owo students were killed. witnesses say hell tackled the gunman as then shooter ope fire in the classroom. police arrested the suspect within minutes after arriving. four other people were hurt last night another deadly one person was killed in an pus. off-campus apartment mplex. it has no affiliation to unc charlotte. d>> the house judiciary committee will h discussion of william barr's handling of
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the mueller report, but tell take place without william barr. phe attorney general said she would not show uor the hearing. democrats who control the committee had planned to allow a lawyer to question barr. the justice department argued that would be inappropriate. democrats held their ground.s aa result the attorney general says he will not appear today. after barr announced he would not appear on capitol hill today, thecommittee chairman, congressman jerry nadler, accused barr of being, quote, terrified of facing a skilled attorney. >> this would have been the secrd day the attorney geneal faced tough questions. yesterd he answered questions related to the mueller report and his conversations with thei wh house. >> has the president or anyone at the white house asked or suggested that you open an invesgation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. >> the president or anybody else? >> seems you'd remember something like that and be able to tell us. >> i don't know -- i wouldn't say suggested -- >> lihinted? >> i don't know. >> during the same line of estionin questioning, senator harris
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asked barr if he had reviewed the evidence collected by mueller before making hisn decisainst pursuing obstruction charges against the president. barr said he hadn't.e thustice department said it will not comply with a subpoena to hand over the un-redacted mueller report. t that means committee is o likely t begin contempt procdings against him. history was made in annapolis. not in the way we expected. awmakers elected new speaker of the house, we knew that much. baltimore county delegate adrien joins is the first woman and first african-american to hold the role. at this time yesterday she wasn't even a candidate for the job. baltimore city delegate maggie mcintosh and prince george's county delegate derek davis was battling for the position. in an effort to unite the democratic party, both drped out. jones takes over the party held for 16years by mike bush who
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dimod last th. safety is a top priority for the fairfax county school board. today the it'set to make a major decision involving the motorized partition that's too the life of a student last year. news4'sta m health is live with loils. -- news4's megan mcgrath is live with details. >> reporter: the goal is to make sure this never happens again. the school board is expected to dip into the reserve fund to get thesafety improvements underway faster. it was may of last year when third grader wesley lapicky was killed by a motorized partition at franconia elementary school. he was helping a teacher operate it when he was caught between the wall and the partition. don't the board is expected to free up $600,000 to install safety sensors to existing motorized partitions in the ys school stem. the sensors would detect the presence of a person in the danger zone and stop the motor. the school board is expected to
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vote to shift money from the reserve fund so the rk could be done this summer. >> we will be retrofitting 127 moveable walls to ensure that we have motion sensors sothat if an object or a person comes in contacts, it will stop. >> reporter: this money if approved would be used to retrofit existing partitions at schools. all new partition going in will be already equipped with those safety sensors. back to you.he >> mental al >> megan grath, thank you. residents from texas to michigan are dealing with al poweorm. >> that system has already produced tornadoes, heavy rain and hail, leaving behind a lot of damage. cory smith at the live desk with more. cory? >> reporter: good morning. the damage is quite extensive. we are talking about a violent system that continues toarch
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across nation's midsection. millions of people are in its path. here is some of the video of the damage. eather service saying more than two dozen tornadoes have touched down across fives. stat the threat is not over. residents in the path are not only dealing with the damage but as you can see, the raw emotions that come with losing everything. >> still sick to my stomach. it's hard to believe that moth nature can tear stuff up like this. >> it's a w the up to my steps, and it's coming in. >> waterways inar deborn heights are overflowinov the gnor has been asked to declare a state of emergency. officials telling us that a man and woman have been killed in separate storm-related incidents in oklahoma, as back to you. >> than>you. >> new this morning, the national parks service says it will not move up its timelineaf forty changes on the southern end of the george washington parkway.
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earlier this week a bad crash killed a taxi driver and left three other people seriously hurt. virginia representative don beyer has joined the chorus of lawmakers saying the road is nd dangerouseeds updates immediately. e parks service isurrently gathering crash data on that road. next month it will begin holding meetings to get input from the community on how to improve it. safety ratings are important when buying a car or stroller, a now there safety label for bars and restaurants. the arlington restaurant initiative is a program that trains restaurant and bar employees on how to deal with sexual assault cases, crowd control, and other safety emgencies. 30 the city's 400 bars and restaurants take part in the . progr recent statistics show violent crime in arlington was down in 2018, but drinkenness is still a problem. > ahead, an unusual move by the mayor to stop crime in the district. >> what she's proposing and why
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not everyone's on board. plus, for the first time in 20 yearva renoions have been made to the white house bowling alley. we'll take you iside for a lock. how about the weather, chuck bell? off to a stormy start. warm and stormy. i'll show you future weather coming up. if you're wondering about the weekend, unfortunately, high rain chances this weekend. most likely time wor rainll be about sundown on saturday to about lunchtime on sunday. again, we'll show you future r and talk rain chance odr later t
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welcome back. this morning d.c. mayor muriel bowser has a new plan curb crime. >> as mark sea graves reports, it includes an unusual step that not everye thinks will work.
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>> reporter: surrounded by d.c. police commandf, st mayor bowser announced her plan to reduce crime over the summer. >> part of the iltiative wil involve sending more officers nto neighborhoods that are experiencing higher violent -- volumes of violent crime. >> this summeil deeps w focus on high crim neighborhoods mostly east of the river. >> we are laser focused on violent crime before it h pens. >>reporter: part of the laser focus is on the 55 murders so far tis year. the mayor has taken the unusual step of sitting face to face with deaths to have them brief her on eachti investigan. >> i want to be able to go into every community and let them know that i'm concerned about the violence happening in the community. let families know that we are concerned for their loved ones and what happened, why the violence happened and how we're going to bring people to justice. >> reporter: in he district,
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mark seagraves, news4. theic.s. capitol p chief is retiring. matthew erderosa took over three years ago after serving 30 years in law enforcement. he was chief when a gunman opened fire in alexandria at a republican party baseball practice in 2017. in a letter to the capitol policeboard, he said one of the proudest days of my life was when i was sworn in as chief of police. congratulations. it has been around since the nixon administration, and now the white house bowling alley has undergone a facelift. melania trump oversaw the renovations there. you see the logo for her "be best" moniker on the flat screens. new viraling along wi a fresh interior. this is the first big change since the clinton administration. the first lady invited children of the secret service to break in the new bowling alley. looks fun. 5:17. let's check in with chuck bell
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and see what's in store. >> fogginess and cloudiness first thing on your thursday m orning. it will turn into a very warm afternoon. the 80-degree weather which was here two days ago is coming back. just to the southyesterday. mostly 50s into 60. the thing to worry about is the fog. visibility down to under a mile in par of the shenandoah valley. zero visibility at winchester international mirport. tes at international airportment only a half mile at here.aval academy be careful, keep your speeds down as you drive into work and school. temperatures mid to upper 50s across much of nortrn virginia. 61 now in washington. 56 in prince george's county. your hourly planner takes the clouds and the fogout, brings the sunshine back and allows temperatures to jump into the 80s today. but there's a likelihood of some hunderstorms coming in between
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3:00 and 8:00. rain chance 40%, but more for a tiny opportunity. this line of showers moving into western west virginia now. that's our rain chance for later woday. here's future ther's handling of it. boom, thunderstorms bubbling up there around 2:00 or 3:00 along the blue ridge there near front royal and coming right on to i-95 just in time to snarl the evening commute. it's a 4:00 public game today, as well, bndween the nats a the cardinals. if you're going to the ballpark for the game, you may want to have the poncho with you. there's pro bly going be a rain delay or two rain delays. they should be able to get the game to completion. headed to nats ballpark, good likelihood that you'll get rained on at least for a brief period. there's the forecast mid 80s and afternoon storms today and tomorrow. showers likely later in the day on saturday and sunday, startint ou raining for sure. the rain should be tapering off
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mid to late sunday afternoon. the ten-day forecast in the next half hour. for now, time for traffic. good morning. taking a look at bryantown, northbound 5 at huckleberry drive, still have a closure because of the fatal crash investigation. two-way traffic. running northbound, southbound, inbound, outbound, using only the southbounes. you can see the closure there in purpose. spring, colesville -- in purple. silver spring, colesville, the system is hanging around. inner loop, outer loop. no problems on the beltway. 270, clarksburg road, want to show this because of the fog. be careful and use the low beams if you're headed out through the section soon. oakton, westbound 66 after nutley, right side is blocked by a disabled vehicle. overall, 66 looks good. same situation northbound and southbnd. ou
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welcome back. many of you love p sharinghotos with your friends and family on cial media. >> as consumer reporter susan hogan explains, you may be shing a lot more personal information than you think.ep >> rorter: take a look at this photoment you see boy sitting at a table playing with a bowl and a spoon. there's not much else you can tell by looking at it.
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but if you download the file, you get much more information. the picture was taken using an iphone 5 at 4:08 p.m. on june 28th, 2015 in norwalk, connecticut. in fact, we know the location down to the exact gps coordinates. >> when you take a photo with am digital caa or phone, details about things like when,he wre, and how the image are created are captured and stored automatically in the file in exif data, short for exchangeable image file format. pd that information travels with thehoto wherever you send it, whether you'reti posng on line or sharing it with a friend in a text. >> reporter: "consumer reports" says data can be very useful. if you store them in google photos or icloud foughtows it allows you to sear by date and location. buyou may want to remove the location data before sharing on social media. while other users won't be able
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to access the data, the social media companies can. >> we spoke to the popular s,social media companie and they all told us that exif data isn't used for advertising purposes. some companies like facebook and twitter do say they use exif data foryt analics and other business purposes.or >> repr: remember, exif data typically travels with photos that you text or e-mail. keep thatin mind when you're sharing. want to learn how to remove the exif data from your photos?tr we have insuctions from "consumer reports" on our nbc washington app. just search "photo acpriv" back to you. >> could be worth the extra steps. really want to make sure that you are protected, especially n.th small childre >> i've used that -- someone m sente a photo and i was able to figure out where they live based on t -- not for p nefarious urposes. i sent flowers. i sent flowers. >> okay. i'll give you my address then. my flowers. now 5:25. coming up, from a d.c. landmark
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to an lamb icon, a -- an app icon, a tech giant about to open a historic building. we'll tell you about the granted opening events that are around the corner chuck? the allergy report, grass and tree pollen remain in the high range. weeds and mold spores are low. what about some raindrops to clear the plen out ofhe air? well, for better or worse, our rain chances are increasing as we get closer to the weekend. the ten-day forest coming up. >> reporte another week, another overnight 7-eleven atm ea.sh and grab here in our as you look live at the investigation going on underway, we are here live, too, telling you where this hppened and who and what police are looking for this morni here on "news4 ng
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a gun goes off inside a school. why some students say it was not an accident and the other crime it could be connected to. buying a home is getting harder. a study shows which jobs will have the toughest timeuying in
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our area. and -- >> we have used it in every family wedding for four you can't put a price on the 100 years plus of memories. >> a family heirloom gs missing. the desperate search for a shipping disaster weeks before a wedding. first to the breaking news at 5:30. for the sixth time since march, police in our area are investigating an attempted atm robbery. the latest target was a september 11t 7-eleven -- was a 7-eleven ssre in silver pring. we'll bring you a live report. good morning, i eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. maybe pull out the short sleeve aou get dressed. going to feel a lot like summer outside. chuck bell with the forecast and melissa mollet with the roads. l still aittle cool to start, though, right?h, >> yea cool, cloudy, foggy the first thing this morning.ra
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no in. you don'tut need to worry a rain this morning. it will rain on your afternoon plans. your thursday morning is off to just a cloudyd foggy start. there's the view over international airport. you can normally see the whole air trafficontrol tower. now barely seeing the dim lights there because of the fog. dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. that does include arlington county where the airport is, the district, prince george's county, fairfax county, and everywhere north of there up to the mason dixon line. visibility under a milethrough much of the shenandoah valley. northern parts of montgomery leesburg,d up north of as well. be careful for the fog this morning. it will make it even harder to see th bkids at thes stop. keep the speeds down. cool, perfect morning if you're a runner. this is one of the greatest m springnings for running. nice cool and cloudy outside. those after-work runs could be hit by raindrops. thunderstorms are going to start to develop between 2:00 and 3:00. rain is likely going to hitstt leapart of the evening
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commute. more rain chances tomorrow and the weekend. details on that and the timing coming up in a few. now to melissa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. brand new problem on the beltway, outer loop of the dulles toll road. right lane is blocked. sounds like a bale of hay in the roadway. that will slow you down felt hopefully they get that out of the way soon. i know tncre are a bu of jokes there, we'll prove on. northbound 5 at huckleberry drive, two-way traffic using the uthbound lanes. northbound shut down because of a crash investigation there. silver spring, northbound colesville at franklin avenue do have that accident still hanging around. and oakton, westbound 66 after nutley, the right side blocked by the disabled vehicle. arthbound 95 and virginia as youroach woodbridge, going about 40 miles per hour inbound on 66 looking just fine. aaron? >> thank you. 5:32. back to the breaking news.h smasd grab, a scene we've seen play out at 7-elevens all over the area in the last two months. >> this morning, it seems to have happened again. robbers have smashed through the
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front window of a 7-eleven in montgomery county coulding too take an atm -- looking to take an atm. justin inch in is outside of the store with more. good morning.oo >> reporter: morning. it does seem as almost every week we're telling you about another one of these. this timeit's montgomery county at this sle7-eleven off the colitbia pike. a first stop for a lot of commuters. today they'll have to go somewhere else. montgomery county police telling us this happened just after 3:15 or so this morning. andhat at least two thieves were inside of a pickup that plowed through the front of the 7-eleven store. they were able, we now hear from sources here on scene, to make i off w the atm. the good news here is that clerks inside were not ht. this is not the first time we've seen in our area. the first here in montgomernt cou this is a 7-eleven off the 12200 block of tech road in the silver
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spring area.y last fridat was a 7-eleven on south dakota avenue in northeast. asd before that w april 17th in mt. rainier. april 10th in upper marlboro. park. 27th in college and on march 13th in west lanham hills. those four you are seeing happened on wednesdays in prince george's county from april to march. as we come back out live, police are continuing to put together as many details as possible. in this case, it's unclear if this is tied to the others we told you abut. we now count six at least here in our area. of course, a big concern, not nly for police but for staff who work at the stores who fear they could be in danger working overnight when things seem to happen. live here in montgomery tounty, backyou. >> i know they're still investigating, but i'm curious, a lot of the slechts have surveillance cameras that capture good bits of the
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break-ins. do we know if this store had video that can look at? l >> reporter:ely so. they do have cameras inside. people we spoke with on scene, investigators say there's still a lot to weigh here. not only cameras inside but possibly cameras outside in the shopping plaza, too, that have more angles to draw upon to make sure they have a good ideapif what the up looks like and who may have been inside, as well. back to you. >> a busy retail and business district. thank you. we're learning details about a gun scare at alocal high school. prince william police say the 16-year-old who brought the gun to hylton high school may be connected to the shootingf a 17-year-old in dale city la week. >> no one was hurt when the gun went off in a classroom tuesday afternoon. but parents say it took hours for officials to realize a gun hadon off. >> the sense that it happened, they were rurally walking around
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the school as if nothing had happened. how do we prevent this? do the kids need to be -- do they have to have backpacks in the school in obviously it was concealed in a back ck. >> part of the reasoning behind the delay and resolving it immediately is officials did not get a lot of information from many reported seeing the teen's gun earlier in the day but only reported to staff afte theun went off. the plan suspected of a shooting rampage at the university of neighborhood forecast charlotte will make his first courtppearance today. 22-year-old trystan terrell fired multiple shots inside a tu classrosday killing two and injuring four others. meanwhile, police are investigating another deadly shooting at an off-campustm ent complex last night. the victim there was not a student. we're told there was no threat to the campus. attorney general william barr will not attend a house judiciary committee committee today to talk about his handling
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of the mueller port. democrats who control the committee planned having a lawyer question barr. barr did testifyre a committee yesterday. newss s tracie pottwill join us in a few minutes from capitol hill with the latest. a family is outraged after their first grade was called the "n"ord at harass mann loophole. michael aaron dyson said his grandson was going to lunch when another studente called him th "n" word and threatened to shoot him. the d.c. school system is investigating. two teens name suspects in a deadly stabbing. this is jada smith and xavier culbreath. both a 18-years-old. olice believe they've are responsible for a standing that killed a -- stabbing that killed a man near a metro stop last weekend. you recognize them or see them, call police. it's 5:37. this morning we're learning the names two people accused in a smash-and-grab robbery in the district. take a look at thesepictures.
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d.c. police say taquan neil and ivonte brooks are wanted for stealing itemsncluding handbags worth several thousands of dollars. video captured them smashing the glass in the consignment store in dupont circle last week. you can see they're grabbing the bags. police are asking for metth n arrest.t leads to police are investigating two similar assaults on a woman in centreville on -- women i should say. this happened on the same day. on april 18th a woman was walking a path at braddock near sully station. a man grabbed her, touched her ay.ppropriately, and run later -- and ran away. later, a similar attack happened at a park on walney road. police are investigating, but they say to walk or run only ia ahat you're familiar with. coming up, outbreak expanded. more cases of measles reported in public places. what to know make sure you'reot ted from infunction. the carnegie library
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transformed into a technology dream. details on the new apple store about to open in our area. here's a look at what we have tomrownen4 today." >> reporter: fasten our seat belts and let's go. where you can go on one tank of gas. watch us live friday.
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welcome back. the sentiment and love behind some family heirlooms can be difficult to explain to people. >> for example, most people simply see a sword in this picture. a local family sees generations of special memories. in world war i sword has cut every family cake since 1918. it's gone missing. a family member shipped it to
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the area using u.p.s. thiseek the familyreceived an e-mail saying the package was lost,nd a u.p.s. was closing the claim.ed >> they offer us aery insignificant monetary, you know, compensation for it. >> reporter: $100? >> $200 they said. again, you can't put a price on the 100 years plus of esmemori >> u.p.s. said despite the claim being closed, the company will continue to investigate and maybe find this missing package. >> i hope it shows up somewhere and the person who gets it has the mind to return it. >> you can't put a price on that stuff. headed to the nats game to y. playing the st. louis cardinals, 4:00 game. an earlier start time for the game. and there's a likelihood of least one rain delay. keep that in mind. it will be warm and humid. more rain chances tomorrow bo
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k e weekend. a complete chec the ten-day forecast.
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15 before the o'hare now. the president and first lady attended a dinner ahead of the national day of prayer 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 peopet targ by violence and hate because of their religion. >>iolence and terrorism faiths people of all must end, and it must end now. [ applause ]
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d the president extende his sympathies to muslim victims of the christchurch ootings. christians killed in the sri lanka bombings and threeto hisrically black churches thrgeted by arsonists. the president and e first lady are scheduled to attend a national day of prayer service. the hi ways judiciary committee may be interviewing an empty chair today. attorney general william barr said he will not be at today's meeting where house democrats plan to have anorney question him on his handling of the special counsel investigation. >> the justice department said that would be inappropriate and then barr said he wouldn't show up. this all comes after heavyci critism 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 very democratic process. we're out of it. we have to stop using the criminal justice process as apo litical weapon. >> democrats are calling barr to resign and are stillor demanding to see the un-redactf
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version o the special counsel's report. for more on the hearing, ws4's tracie potts is live on h capitolill. >> reporter: good morning. temperatures trying to figurewh out to do with the empty chair and the empty hands because theydon't have that report. they could poland barr in contempt of congress for not a.elivering on a subpoen they could issue a subpoena to try to compel his testimony. we'll stay tuned and see what happens when at hearing without barr gets underway in just over three hours. senate , before the committee yesterday he spent time trying to explain the memo from special counsel mueller, taking issue with how the mueller report was being portrayed to congress. barr said that his summary was not inaccurate but admitted that he really had not taken a look at any of the evidence behind the report before he decided not charge the president with obstruction of justice. back to you. >> tracie potts for us this
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morningap on citol hill. tracie, thank you. it's 5:47.th threat of measles continues to sroead thughout the country. now fears a growing that some of the most popular venues could be hot spots for the spread of the virus. hundreds packed this amc theater in orange county, california, over the weekend to see the "avengers: end game" movie. now theealth department confirms a measles patient was among those adding midnight showing. we've also learned a female crew member on a ship owned by the church of scientology has the measles. that ship is underua qntine docked at thebe carib 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 u accine, yocan get a booste
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to increase your protection against the measles. makiyah wilson's young life was cut short by gun violence in the district. now she's being remembered through a foundhion guided by mother and sister. >> reporter: good morning. the foundation is called makiyah scouts, and it's meant to empower young girls like her. these are the first to carry on mouiyah wilson's name thrgh the program. they met for the first time last night. leaders hope to create a sisterhood that will empowme the young woto be active in their communities. news4 spoke with makiyah's mother abut how the foundation honors her little girl. >> i want to keep her name alive, but i want to do it in a way that i think shoe would want done. that was the biggest thing, she always wanted to help, always wanted to give bac >> reporter: here's pictures little makiyah. she was killed by a stray bu et on her way to get ice cream last july. seven people have been arrested and charged in the death. makiyah was 10 years old.co
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and makiyah ss is for girls ages 8 to 13. a great way to honor that little girl. back to you. >> nice idea. thank you. 's 5:50. safety i a top priority for theu fairfax cy school board. >> today it's set to make a major decision involving the motorized partitions that ook the life of a third grader last year. news4's mental health is liver with details. good morning. -- news4's megan mcgrath is live with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. itas a tragic accident, and the goal is to make sure it never happens again. tonight the fairfax county school board is expected to vote to shift money in order to make safety improvements happen faster. it was may ofast year when third grader wesley lapicky was killed by a notarized partition. he was a helping teacher operate it when he was caught between e partition and the wall tonight the board is expected to free up moneyo install safety
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senso to existing motorized partitions in e school system. the sensors would detect the presence of a person in the danger zone and stopot the mr. if the board votes in favor of shifting the money from the re ervefund, the work would be done this summer.th e work would get underway this summer. h they wouldn'te to wait for the next budget to begin in july to get the process going. >> i have never spoken directly to the tfamily, i want them to know that we at fairfax county will not allow this to happen to another child. >> reporter: and 127 existing motorized partitions would be retrofitted. now for partitions, new ones being installed now, they will already come with the safety sensors. back to you. >> all right. important changes coming up. megan mcgrath live in fairfax, thank you. 5:51. let's turn to stormeam 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a hot day on tap.
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>> it is. cots warmer weather ming. we ivia question -- have ever had a freeze in the month ay may here in washington? >> i'm going to s no that. >> have we ever been 100 or higher? >>'m going to say yes to that. >> you're 50/50. the hottest may day on ecord, 99 degrees. just sort of 10t hat was may 31st, 1991. and our coldest morning of the month of may on record predates international airport even, 33o ay 11th, 1906. almost 11 inches in the early 1950s. we have a chance of rain. got to get through the fog this morning first. dense fog advisory until 9:00 in the morning from the washington metro area northbound to the shenandoah valley and the pennlvania border. temperaturewise, it's cool and comfortable outside this morning. perfect morning to get outside for a long bike ride or long walk or run. but just know this -- showers and storms will be bubbling up this afternoon. it's going to get toasty warm. 87 degrees is the forecast high
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for today. e.at's a warm one for su here's future weather now at 5:00 in the afternoon. thunderstorms will have bloomed in the warm and humid air mass outside. and i do suspect that there will be thunderstorms on thei even commute. those will fade away after about 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. over.ll be quiet another chance of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. so there's your hour-by-hour planner then for today. 50s and fog this morning. 87 and thunderstorms later on in the afternoon. a repeat performance tomorrow, andetty high rain chances, especially the second half of your saturday and first half hour of your sunday. drier weather ces back for monday and tuesday. now to first 4 traffic. melissa? good morning, a couple of new problems. 66 westbound after the roosevelt bridge had the right side blocked by a crash. 70 in frederick, eastbound after 270, brand-new acciden camp springs, inner loop after branch avenue, a crash reported. not really affectinge beltway
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too much. neither is this, outer loop at the toll road, right lane blocked by a bale of ha bryantown, a closure northbound, inbound 5 at huckleberry dre. two-way traffic using the southbound lane. you are getting through, but this is a fatal crash investigation from out 2:29 this morning. it is still hanging around. silver spring, northbound colesville at franklin heavy, that accident is still there. 270 at clarksburg, you see how foggy it is around ton. 66 after nutley, right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. no major delays on your roadways when you're talng about those travel times. guys? >> thank you. >> reporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. a numb of young adults say they're saving up to buy a home. bank america found people between 18 and 25 say they plan to be homeowners in the next five years. to reach their goal, they would rather use $5,000 to save for a
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down payment than on a dream wedding or to go shopping or even on a vacation. about half say starting a family is a top reason for buying a house. with your cnbc morning business rept, i'm frank lland. >> thank you. looking at the home market in our area, oh, it istough. a new study shows that most of our teachers, first responders, and restaura workers can barely afford one-third of the homes for sale in d.c. the median price is more than $434,00 that is u1.15% from a year ago. teachers can only afford 32% of the avanlhomes. that -- available homes. that percentage is lower for some at 26.5%or first responders. a major transformation of one of washington's most historic buildings is almost mp cote. apple says it will open its
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flagship store inside d.c.'s carnegie library next saturday, may 11th. the tech company will share the ace at mt. vernon square with a new d.c. history center. a six-week alstival with loc artists is planned as part of the grand opening there. andrew carnegie originally donated the building to the in 1903. still ahead, how a local county is enlisting its bartenders and bouncers to keep th peace. following a crash on the gw parkway, two leaders call for a planned study on safety to begih riaway. but it may not happen. we'll tell you why. stay with us.
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happening now on "news4 today," a capitol grilling. the atrney defends his handling of the mueller orr last night he rejected not one but two demands from house at democr we'll tell you why. retrieved his father's gun and come back to school and shoot my grandson. >> after a local first grader fa les racistnguage in a elolent threat at school, his grandfather, a wknown scholar and professor, demands action. and what ses like a simple post on social media may be all
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a crook needs to make you a victim. the information you'ren knowingly giving away whensh ring photos on line. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrest. it is 6:00.m. we want to begin with a check of the forecast and outliommute. messa mollet standing by with the first 4 traffic. >> we begin with meteorologist chuck bell and our forecast. how's it looking, ouck? >> to a very foggy start here first thing this morning. this is going to hang around for another two or three hours or so. so plan on a foggy start. the 80-degree weather that we enjoyed the day before yesterday is coming bac most areas will be in the mid 80s this afternoon. warm, very humid, as well. as a result, understormse likely to bubble up after about 3:00 today. the evening commute could well be hit by raindrops. take the umbrella on the way out the door. the thickest of the fog is for hethe most part in northern half of the viewing area. northern montgomery county, only .3 mile

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