those sales. >> i propose that the tax revenue will be reinvested in affordable housing. >> reporter: in the past when the district government considered legalizing sales recreational marijuana, the mayor and council members were warned even holng public hearings would violate the federal ban and could be illegal. >> but we will not wait. we cannot wait.ct we must a now to show that we [q> serious. it has always been our opinion, rachel,hat the council has the legal authority to proceed with hearings and that continues to be our view. >> reporter: council chairman says he will hold public hearings on the mayor's proposal but cautioned citizens should not get their hopes up because congress continues to prohib from leg lating in this area. ituation thatlous swigz th citizens may possess but it's illegal to buy it. thanks, under the proposal, you'd have

to be 21 to purchase recreational marijuana. it would be tack at17%. home delivery would be allowed and public use would be allowed in hookah lounges and dispense of representatives will support her efforts andnot renew the ban in the nextbudget. mark segraves, news 4. >> for clarification, this is recreational use. you can buy medical marijua if you have a medical card from the medical dispensaries in dirict. may bowses p troposalhe also contains a provision that would sale therd reco of people who are convicted of most marijuana laws. that ould make iteasier for them to apply for jobs or for a lo or a lease. a young lifeu'll remember cut short by vguniolence in d.c. will live on through a foundation gded byher mother and her sister. these girls are the first to

carry on makiyah wilson's name. this mentoring program m for the first time last night. the adults and older girls hope to create a sisterhood that will empower young women to be active in their communities. named for makiyah wilson. she was killed by a stray bullet on her way to get ice cram last july. she was just 10.le seven peop have been arrested and charged in her death. one day after the shooting on a college campus in north carolina, police arrest a steddent who threateno carry out a shooting spree at west virginia university. wh ties toarea. what's a little bit of pain on the ground? for some residents in partsof the area, it means an awful lot. i'mda am tuss and i'll tell you about new safety improvements that have come tone dangerous section. is your kid online? the local company helping

rents and children connect. susan hogan reports on how it's making it easier to be a part of your child's online >>life. and our eyes are on the sky as we have doug and amelia tracking the severe storms that are around our region this afternoon.

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. storm team 4 is tracking our chances of some severe weather for the rest of the eve wng. that'st's moving through right now. doug is back in just a couple minutes with the forecast to see how fast this is is going to move out. cars that blow through stop signs, deadly crashes. it doesn't sound like a street you'd want to live on, right? neighbors in an area of southeast d.c. say it's part of daily ffe them. our transportation reporter adam tuss is live along 16th street southeast where some have gone as far as painting their own crosswalks. how bad ad it, m? >> i'll tell you what.

take a look here. this is that crosswalk you're talking about. the people that painte it, this community is simply fed up when it comes to something like this, you know the situation has gotten bad. they sve this isn't the end of it. they're demanding more action from the city. >> yes, i'm mad, because i know what it means when people in the veighborhood tell the goment that their leaders do not care about us. >> ronald thompson, who lives here along 16th street in southeast d.c. almost fee helpless. he's been calling for safety improvements along this section of road for months. even as we speak, cars blow through stop signs right behind us. >> it's an issue of people running these stop signs. >> keep in mind, they wereust put in after this c deadlysh easter day where a man from new york was crushed by a car after it was slammed into by another vac that ran a stop sign. >> it's not just this street. it's alabama avenue, mississippi avenue, southern avenue, eastern

avenue, central avenue. it's something that's small. painting every crosswalk that is not painted that is fading away. >> ronald has made some head way. tod crews out here installing some new signs and making changes. in the time since ronald started making these claims, this crosswalk was painted byr ron ad th was painted by the d.c. department of transportation and these pedestrian crossing signs also were put in by the city. all changes ron says he approves of, but he'd still like to see more. >> put your money and your actions where your mouth is, because we're doing it. peoplare painting crosswalks. >> vdot tells us no one should be pating crosswalks, because that could unintentionally paint a hazard. those kind of markings wll be removed. at least for now ronald's crosswalk stands, a symbol this community is demanding safer

streets. vdot tells hus if youe an issue with a crosswalk, you want to see one, report it to 311. that is the way to dot. tha but this community just said they could not wait any longer or safety changes to come to this corridor. back to you. >> you can really feel that guy. we get his aggravatio you know what? he did a nice job of painting that's also an example of how much care -- how much he cares. look at that. tt's making quite a statement in so many ways. thank you, adam. >> good for them. that tragedy there, but they had to do something. starting at 8:00, you'll have to take a different roud ne -- road near the kennedyce nter. it will be closed from virginia avenue to i-66. this area will also be closed to bicyclists and pedestans starting at "f" street. so if you're headed around this

area, you're going to be detoured. the closure will c allowws to install a new pedestrian bridge over rock creek and potomac park ay which is going to be pretty darn cool. work should wrap up, by the way, on t 14th. boy, what a wild a behind the wheel it was today. >> and i think i saw a witch on a bicycle go by in the air just a second ago. it looks like it's that bad. >> it's nasty. what we're looking at behind us, these are the storms that have pushed off into prince george's county, anne arundel county, fairfax county as w'sl. ltake a look at the radar. you see where these storms are. theaviest of which coming through parts of southern maryland, northern virginia, right along i-95. if you liv in and around the city of fairw tax, dotowards cliffton, as well as southern prince george's county, you're seeing these storms. here's one of the heavier storms over towards annapolis. along the bay bridge. look at this. a lot of very hvy rain.

that's the biggest factor we've got now. this is just south of fairfax. here's the belt way. so you know this is right around mt. vernon, springfield, woodbridg woodbridge. not a severe thundetorm warning, but strong storm nonetheless. very heavy rainfall. we could see some flooding. watch out in that area. here's the thunderstorm right now close to shady side. southern portions of anne un arundel co, extreme northern calvert county. this is moving across the bay. then farther south, here's cspotsylvania county,y of fredericksburg. this is south and east. this is where we did have a severe thunderstorm warning a little bit earlier. look at all the lightning associated with this. this is right along 522. we're not done just yet. it is trying to make its way out of here. i'm thinking the southern zone

down aroundck frederiurg, you've got a couple hours left of ts. here's more storminess back towards the west and another area of storm from st. louis down towards memphis. tornadoatch into thisrea. we've got the unsettled we her here over the next couple of days. high today, we did get to about 85 earlier. now sitting at 70. winds out of the east at 6 miles an hour with that thunderstorm in the area. as we move on through the 8:00 hour, notice most them still well south of d.c. in through parts of southern maryland. i think down around fredericksburg, we can shift this south. kind of sitting there right on through 10:00, 11:00, i think we could see flooding in those areas. tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., just shower activity around, but watch what happens by noon. looks like most of usare dry by noon. most of tomorrow afternoon looks

dry. 3:00, just scattered thunderstorm activity. i do not expect widespread storms like we've seen today. 5:00, more thunderstorm activity in parts of the area. watch how it fizzles out by around 10:30. we're watching another round move through. we may be able to squeak it in. games tomorrow could be a problem. we'll see more rain tomorrow. high temperatures tomorrow back to 85. 81 degrees on your saturd. on sunday. i think sunday is the best day for rain. we're going to see significant rain early in the day on sunday. if you have games sunday, not looking good. 77 on monday. the rest of the 10-day forecast and what to expect over the next couple of days rain wise. amelia joins knee 20 minutes. >> you're full of good news over there. >> monday is beautiful, guys. monday. >> yeah, monday. it's so nice to commute on a sunny day. >> most of saturday looks good. >> just go.

go. coming up, employees forced to the floor as robbers use a pickup truck as a battering ram. ahead at 5:00, what's different about this latest atm smash and grab frm grab. and a father's search for answers after histo son is shot death outside s home. hi>>

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venezuela's embattled leader nicolas maduro says the time to fight has come. marching through t streets of caracas today. he addressed the country aft days of dmemonstrations. juan guaido is attempting to lead an overthrow, but troops have clashed with demonstrators. maduro has accused the u.s. of seding in an attempted coup, but the white hou which recognizes guaido as the rightful leader as accused cuba and russia propping up maduro. we also saw protests here in the district. this is what it looked like earlier at thezu veneelan embas -- embassy in georgetown. the secret service made three arrests as demonstrators both for and against the maduro regime gathered and at times

shouting outside. president trump and the first lady taking part in a national day of prayer service at the rose garden today. ♪ >> more than 100 faith leaders of the synqjjtut in california that was ed ethtack last saturday. lo a member of the congregation when a gunm opened fire during services. my life has changed forever, but it changed so i could make change and i could hel others learn how to be strong, how to be mighty andtall. >> we will fight with all our strength and everything that we have in our bodies to defeat anti-semitism, to end the attacks on the jewish people, and to conqr all forms of persecution, intolerance, and hate. t president trump also offered his prayers to victims of thehu sri lankah bombings on

easter sunday and the new ealand mosque attacks that occurred last month. it's a crime spree that's lasted for weeks. and shows no sign of slowing. coming up, we' have the latest in a series of the smash and grab robberies targeting atms at the loca 7/11. >> and a warning to pet owners. david culver reports on the attacks by coyotes tat are happening in a virginia neighborhood. plus only on 4 tonight, a journey to justice for a man accused and clead of trying to accused and clead of trying to kill a prince george's county

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track the strong storms we have out there across our areain if you live in leesburg or frederick or montgomery county, you're done. the area of rain now is down to the south, including areas around southern anne arundel county, southern prince george's county, fairfax county and prince william county. right now really uer the gun here, a lot of very heavy rain right along i-95. a mess of an evening rush for sure in those. areas we'll have lightning associated with this. this is all moving off to the east. heads up around waldorf.to another s down here for spotsylvania county severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:45. much more on what to expect and what it mean to your friday and your weekend. see you bac here in 15 minutes. >> still a lot going on out there. doug, thk you. a prince george's county man sworry he was innocent of tg to kill a police officer.

>>or now a prince gee's county jury has vindicated him. kevin snead exonerated after spending two years fighting for justice. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins updates the story you saw only on news 4. >> i just wanted to prove my innocence. >> reporter: kevin snead said that for the last two years his fight for justice has caused depression and a loss of hope. >> i feel like theis system going to work against me regardless. >> reporter: the trouble began during araffic stop. in a police report, a prince george's county police officer said he stopped kevin for a broken taillight and because w the a robbery in the immediate vicinity the previous night, he said kevin accelerated during the stop.ic the off reported he jumped into the driver's side window because he feared the driver had a gun. but the officer's report also said that after searching the vehicle, no guns or drugs were found. kevin was still charged with attempted murder of an officer. >> they told me no bond and they

told me what i was actually charged wit i said just let me go. >> reporter: kevin received bruises that day. he says he was beaten by the rresting officer. eventually they reduced his charges to second degree assault and disorderly conduct. he wasffered alea with no jail time if he admitted some guilt. remething kevin consided for fear of possibly going tojail. >> i will be a fool to take it and then they play with my life. >> we felt h like didn't even want to leave. >> reporter: kevin's mother got help from a group called life after relief. they got black lives matter nd involved a soon kevin had a defense team. >> we were able to do support and get black lives matter suppot fund and get him away didn'tblic defenders who have his best interest. >> after a two-day trial, a jury found sneed not guilty on all

charges. he had the end of h too many defendants can't access. >> some people are forced to take the plea deals in which often times they're pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit. >> reporter: kevin says this outcome is a second chance. >> if you did not do anything or wrong, fight f your life state's attorney tells nbc 4 this is a case she inherited from the previous state's attorn o. she wentto say, quote, when he received this case, we determined the case had merit. we thought it was appropriatepro ecute with reduced charges. we respect the jury's verdict. the prince george's county police department did not respond to our request for comment this evening. well, the atm thieves have struck again, but this time they were successful. they got away with the cash and the machine. this happened in montgomery county on tech road in cal verton just off columbia pike. police say they drove a pickup into the front of a 7/11.te

investigators us two people dressed in black hood ies, went in first, forced witnesses to the ground, loaded the atm into the back of the truck and off they went. >> i come here every morning, man. to see that, that's ridiculous. >> even inal bmore, but i'm surprised to see it hit here. >> this has almost been a trend in montgomery county and prince george's county. even in the district. police believe some of these atm thefts or attempted thefts are connected. >> they've had a lot of practice. a great kid whod worked h and someone with a lot of friends. that's how a man described his son today as he and police try to figure out why someone shot and killed him. the victim a former university of maryland athlete murdered nearly two years ago. our news 4 chris gordon has our story.

>> he's going to be daily missed. he was not only my son, he was my friend, my companion. >> reporr: michael presto heart is broken. h n,estosowas gunned down in frt ometheir family ho in kettering on easter sunday. his father heard the shots and ran outside. >> i didn't see anybody. by the time i got outside, whoever diit, they had ran off. >> reporter: he tells me his son had no enemies. now prince george's county e detectives ar asking anyone whog knows anythibout marcell preston's muer to give them a call. marcell preston was a track star at largo high school winning the 500 meters at the vginia tech invitational in 2014. >> if they catch me, i 's going to wear them out. >> reporter: preston was highly recruited. after tting an asociesociate's degree, he went to the university of maryland. upon hearing of preston's death,

the maryland coach iued a statement saying we will remember hise perseverancnd spirit and our thoughts go out to his family and friends. >> t put that maryland uniform on, to be able to run for his home state, i could see the happiness in him when he achieved that. >> reporter: marcell preston's family issy making final preparations for his funeral which will be held tomorrow. reporting frome' prince geo county, chris gordon, news 4. a west virginia university freshman isn custody accused of threatening to carry out a shooting spree. court documents say the student who's 21 and from columbia, adryland. he m the threat in a facebook chat and said he planned to then take his own life. the person he talked with shared the messages with police. police later found the same messages in the suspect's deleted messages. when officers went to arrest him, they did not find any weapons, but they felt they had sufficient reason to take

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well, pet ordinary persowners i county are going to want to pay getention. >> coyotes are tarng their pets. david culver headed out to where residentsay at least three dogs were snatched and killed. >> reporter: this cell phone video of 12-yr-old chipper, small but feisty, part of the family his owners say. the family did not want to go on camera, but tell me one night early march chip her briefly gone outside. his owner out there with him. e noticed two coyotes like these also in her yard. >> the next thing she knew, she heard the dog acros the street in the woods. >> the neighbor explains how quickly the animals snatched chipper. his owner could not keep up. >> it was found t next dayn the playground by the beelementy school kids. >> can you imagine those small children making that disturbing find? we should point out that we've

reached out to fairfax county police. y work with animal control. they tell us they have not verified any coyotes attacking pets in this area. however, neighbors say that since chipper's death in early march, there have been at least two other similarcks on small dogs. >> over by the mason district par their dog was taken out of his back -- its fenced in back yard and dragged into the park. >> reporter: another resident sent mo this au recording. a neighbor says's it a coyote howling. dog owners at a nearby dog park surprised to hear of the deadly encounters, determined to keep their canines a bit closer. >> i mean, you've got to keep a watch out. you can't let the dogs out for too long outside, especially at night. >> reporter: residents hoping more can be done to keep other t owners fromsuffering the same loss. inairfax county, david culver, news 4. >> that's messed up. >> wildlife experts stress there are things that you can do to

help prevent a conflict or a confrontati wh a coyote. >> cover your trash cans. cover your cpost pile. do not feed your animalsou tside. don't store the pet food outside because that attracts the al anim those coyotes. coming up next, kids be smarter and safer by tracking their photos, their pos and text messages. >> sticks around for this one. susan hogan reports on the local cpany making itsia litofe b.e a plus here's the latest check on storm team 4 radar. continuing to track heavy rain in parts of prince william, fairfax, charles and prince george's county. this could lead to isolated flooding. strong l be the biggest gusty winds. gusty winds. doug and i will let youn expecto that is 10 degrees above average for this time of year.

not eomething you wouldect that many days above average, but we just came off an extremely warm april. looks like we've got thatay for moo. well, we know the trees are popping out there. they're critical to our environment. they clean the air and prote ourinking water too. in these days after arbor day, several local jurisdictions are giving trees some love. loudon county celebrating withoa contest. residents are submitting pictures of their favorite trees and tellingtlus a l bit about them. the county hopes to raise environmental awareness. >> the cause of the environment issues, trees can do a lot to mitigate environmental coeyerns. can filter pollutants. they can provide for aesthetics. they can clean our water. a lot of the requirements we have for life, trees canes addr. >> nbc is committed to reporting on climate change. we have a series of sto es on its impact on our health and our

lives. search climate change in our nbc washingt app. we have breaking news. the sex crazed peacock who has been causing that ruckus in loudon county has been captured. you remember chip. earlier this week we told you chip flew the coop because he was looking for some action. several people have been dloclo to catching chip. he's been out there about a week justom screeching froof tops and just reeating cat food and making a mess of loudon cnty. now "the washington post" reports that chip was finally captured today five miles from his farm after his owner brought in a female peacock which is called a pea hen and don't you p know, ch is -- chip has a soft spot for the ladies. >> more than one. >> it took a couple of bthem, they finally wrangled chip. they finally wrangled chip. >> now he's wearing an orange geico makes it easy to get help when you need it.

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all of you. > reporter: you know th saying it's better to give than to receive? that's how janice lives her life and gloria too. both their sons served in the marines. sergeant michael heedy junior and capssin j melton iii. >> my son said mom, i want to go change the world and make a difference and do something that will bring god glory. >> michael and jesse never met. both were hit by bombs in afghanistan and both lost their lives. >> jesse was a live when they got to him. the marine that got to him told me he said please tell my family i'm sorry and i love them. >> reporter: but through t pain, these moms have found purpose. they met through the group gold star mothers doing volunteer work fore vrans and sending care packages to troops overseas. >> that is who is importan our veterans and our fallen. >> i know he would not want me sitting around crying all day. >> reporter: they do a lot of driving tovolunteer for veterans. they learned geico was giving free cars to deserving people,

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well, we are in weather alerode right good evening everyone, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. the threat of severe weather may be gone, but some of us are still in for heavy rain, maybe even floodisg. doug tracking the slow moving storms. we're also staying on top o brews. a high school freshman found dead over the weekend. we're working to confirm the connection to a gruesome murder near the chain bridge. and baltimore's mayor is out. katherine pugh resigned butno d make the announcement rself. pictures of a cloud in anne arundel county. part of the lines of storms that sparked warnings all across our area. >> it's been a wild one, folks.o those srms brought heavy rain at times. the storm team 4x4 there driving through it in d.c. and montgomery county. >> let's get right to doug kammerer and find out what is

still out there and what's still ahead for us tonight. doug. >> we still have some very heavy rain into parts