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 of our area.

mostly south of 50 and south of 66 right along i-95 in northern virginia. take a look where the rain is. you see it over the past two hours coming right on through the d.c. metro area bringingve heavy rainfall. we had a couple of severe xjñ trees down lnudon county, montgomery county, prince george's county, even in the district saw a couple of trees down too. as wis watch th storm, this was the one that caused the severe thunderstorm warning. this one right here is the one i'm watching right now cing into prince george's county. southe southe southern prince george's count all of charles county. also around mt. vernon, very heavy rain associated with this. you mayee some minor flooding, especially street flooding, so watch out in those areas. right along 301 dn towards waldorf and down around here, that's big time storm with very heavy rainfall, lightning and o thunder t another one, look at all the lightning with this one. south of fredericksburg, in throughpotsylvania county. another chance of storms over the next couple of days.

one of which your weekend days could be a little bt more of a washout. i'll show y whichne. i'm back in ten minutes. >> doug, thank you. now to some breaking news. a lot of parents and students concerned this evening. a body found here= district may be that of a missing ninth grader from frederick, maryland. p the boy's school says in a letter toarents that the boy was found dead in d.c. this past weekend. the only body foundhis we know about was in some woods near the chain bridge. >> news 4 darcy spencer is in frederick r us with a look at why police haven't been able to reveal an i.d. just yet. darcy. >> reporter: jim, we are here at the high school in frederick county where the principal of the school had the very difficult task today of informing parents and students about this death. students found out via the morning announcement they had lost one of their classmates.

we found out one of his familyb memrs reported him missing nearly one week ago. there are concerns that a body found near the chain bridge in may have day evening some connection to the death of a high school student in frederick county. he school sent home a letter alerting parentsabout the death of a freshman emerson sanchez. >> it is sad. i know a lot of stuff happens everywhere, so i try co teep my eyp -- k eye on her. >> a family member filed a missing persons report. he had not been seen or heard from since about 60 p.m. that day. the student's remains were found in d.c. over the weekend. some parents were alarmed. >>ve cameras all up around my house just to be safe and i'm very cautious of emat i let th do and where they go. >> reporter: police have not officially connected the student's death to the crime at chain bridge. a body was found in a wooded e. area ther police say the victim's hand had been cut off and he had traumatic injuries to his head and neck. the police chief says it's too

soon to identify the victim because his injuries were so severe. the students were told about emerson's death during mning announcements. >> i'm very sad to hear that this happened in ouroc l school here. >> at the murder scene, there re blue and white bags tied tos. tree the colors of the ms 13 gang. sources told news 4 a machete type weapon was us in the crime. the principal says there's no reason to believe the boy's ath had any connection to the school. parents and students are still trying to figure out what this means for their safety. one student told me that this udent hadn't gone here to this high school for very lon just for a matter of months. they believe that he was from el salvador. they also told me that many students took advantage of the grief counselors who were on hand here today. jim, back you. >> very tough day for that school community. darcy spencer. darcy, thank you.

well, after days out of the public eye, we now know she is out. breaking owing that news out of baltimore tonight where mayor katherine pugh just z ho leon harris is following the story. why didn't the mayor make the nouncement herself? >> jim, that's a pretty big question at this point. it was katherine pugh's lawyer who actually gave the press conference where he read a very brief statement from the now former mayor announcing her resignation. take a look. >> i am sorryrm for the ha that i have caused the image of the city of baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor. baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward. >> if you blinked, youd misse it. that was about him. the whole thing was over and done with in a matter ofmi utes. the attorney didn't even take questions. pugh is accused of receiving roughly $800,000 from a hospital network and others that did business with the city of

baltimore for copies of her healthy holly children's books. pugh hasn't been seenceublicly sin early april. that's when she went on leave for pneumonia treatment. since then the fbi raided her two homes and her office and yet still no sign of pu w. lastk three of her staffers who were also on leave were fired by the acting mayor jack young. in the mayor's statement today she wished him luck.og governor h also released the statement saying this was the right decision for baltimore. back to you.n >> leon, thayou. now to the barr fight between democrats and the white house that is rejecting oversight from congress. tonight that includes the president's attorney general. william barr. heho refused to up for a congressional hearing today because of a disagreement with house democrats over theormat. the democrats wanted to use committee attorneys for some of the questions for mr. barr. oepublicans used a similar format t question christine

blasey ford during the confirmationaring for supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. th py called todayn inappropriate. blayne alexander is tracking that battle and many more tonight. blayne. >> reporter: doreen, we saw a lot of things inside that hearing room today. several momts of political posturing. even a pukt bucket of fried chi. one thing we did not see the attorney general. tha h disagreement overow the hearing would play out. no secret there's been bad bloor between thesident's department of justice and how democrats. tod that went to a whole new level. inside today's house judiciary e committ hearing, a seat reserved for attorn general william barr standing empty. >> he has failed the men and women of the department of justice by placing the needs of the president over the fair administration ofc justi he has even failed to show up today. >> reporter: barr did not attend after democrats insisted he answer questions from committee lawyers, not just lawmakers. >> we're not getting that opportunity today because the

stunt and the circus continues t er here. >> reporter: iomes as the justice department in a letter refused to comply with a subpoena from the committee to turnover the full eunrcted mueller report. democrats now threatening to hold barr8ágx contempt. >> it was painful and disgraceful to see the nation's top cop abandon his responsibility. >> reporter: today speaker nancy pelosi slamming barr for what he omld congress last month about concerns from se members of special counsel robert mueller's team over the attorney general's four-page summary. >> he lied to congress. if anybody else id that, i would be considered a crime. >> reporter: the justice department firing back calling her ws,ds reckles irresponsible, a false. white house lawyer emmet flood in an april letbaer to just obtained by nbc news blasting mueller's report saying it includes political statements. today from president trump during a service for national day of >> how do you go through those

witch hunts and everything else? you know what we do, mike? we just do it, right? and we think about god. >> reporter: taking a familiar swipe at the investigation. tand let's get back the house judiciary committee. there is one area where the mmittee's top democrat and top republican can actually agree and that'sbo that they th want to see mueller teify before their committee. jim, it's something they are working to solidify for m 15th. back to you. >> sta tuned. blaine, thanks so much. one of the striking f takeawaysrom the atrney general's senate testimony was how he appeared to be dismissive of special counsel mueller. their professional relationship goes back 30 years. >> let me also sayhat bob mueller is the equivalent of the u.s. a orney. he exercising the powers of the attorney general subject to the supervision of the attorney general. his work concludedn he sent his report to thene attory general. at that point pfs my baby.

,i said bob what's with the letter? why don't you just pick up the phone and call me if there's an issue? this letter was an extraordinary act. a career prosecutor ruking the attorney general of the united states. >> i don't consider bob at this stage a career prosecutor. he's had a career as a prosecutor. >> well, he was a very eminent prosecutor. >> he was the head of the fbi for 12ea y. the letter is a bit snitty and i think it was probably writtenby one of his staff people. >> now, snitty by the way is defined as, quote, disagreeably ill-tempered. we're still waing for mueller's testimony to find out if the concerns go beyond being in a snit. the former georgetown university tennis coach connected to the college admissions scandal is selling his house in maryland. his name is gordon ernst and he

just listed his home for nearly $2 billion. he is accused of accepting nearly $3 million in bribes. he cas notched since 2017. just yesterday nbc news reported the admissions scandal could be expanding. nt secutors have already s letters to more parents informing them that they are und investigation. sources close to the inquiry say ew indictments could drop in a matter of weeks. high young loudon county school teacher is accused of indecent liberties with three of her male students. >>is all briel taught marketing back in august of 2017. she's 25 and accused owi contac three of her students, ages 16 and 17. documents accuse briel of sending a picture of herself in a thong to those teenage boys and soliciting sex from two of them. briel has been on leave sincemb

nover and is suspended without pay now. she is currently fee on bail. e arraignment is set fo tomorrow. it's already legal to grow and use small amounts of marijuana in d.c. in your ow home. >> but you can't sell it. at least right now. mayor muriel bowser wants to change all that. up nxt at 6:00, mark segravese xplains why today's proposal is still far from realitygh some neibors complaining about pedestrian safety have taken to painting their own crosswalk. ourdsadam tuss f out what vdot has to say about it. on yo mark, get set, as we get ready for the kentucky derby and the preakness.ar why mand is looking at new rules to protect racehorses. we're talking severe weather earlier. one real strong storm in through charles county, southern prince george's county. you what happens with this storm and the next set that this storm and the next set that cos in tomorrow and your

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mayor muriel wser is ready to take on congress over the sale of recreational marijuana. >> today she announced alan to begin selling recreational pot as early as next year dpite that congressional ban. as news 4 mark segraves reports, the city is not backing down. >> but we will not wait. we cannot wait. we must act now to show that w are serious. >> reporter: while it's legal to smoke it, because of a congressionl budget provision, it's illegal to sell recreational marijuana in the district. atday mayor muriel bowser proposed legisln that would allow for the sale of recreational pot and would also

allow the district to tax those sales. >> i propose that the tax revenue will be reinvested in affordable housing. >> reporter: in the past when the d.c. government considered legalizing sales o recreational pot, the mayor and council members were warned even holding public hearings could violate the federal ban and could be illegal. >> it has always been our opinion, rachel, that the council had the legal ahority to proceed with hearings and that continues to be our view. >> council chairman w says hel hold public hearings on the mayor's proposal but cautioned citizens should not get their hopes up yet becaungress continues to prohibit us from legislating in this area. it's a ridiculous situation, he writes, that citizens may possess small quantities of cannabis, but it's illegal to buy it. thanks, congress. under bowser's proposal, you'd have to be 21 years old to purchase recreational marijuana. it would be tacked at 17

home delivery would be allowedb ulic use would be allowed at hookah lounges and dispensaries. it also contains a proposal that would automatically sale the records of convicted of most mar marijuana laws. >> automatic record stealing will allow residents to more easily apply for jobs, take out loans, find employment, and complete housing and rental applications. >> reporter: in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> now, the congressional ban x expires in 2020. shosh e hopes they will not renew the ban in the next budget. maryland horse racing officials are meeting to consider stricter safety rules for thet. spor scott macfarlane is in our newsroom with more information. >> doreen, just weeks before the preakness they were deliberating better testing of horses before they race year round.

news 4 has learnedhe maryland racing commission meets today to consider at least two new safety rules. the firs would require two veterinarians to check any hors scheduled torace but has not raced in the prior month. the second rule would require a full review of medical records of horses before they race. not just treatment records. other safety rules werens ered back in 2013 after there was a quick series ever deaths of horses early that year in maryland. a state official tells us this new rule or set of rules are not beingcaonsidered bese of any recent death of spikes in maryland nor by the headlines in california where h dozense broken down and died in the past two years. the preakness is just weeks away. attention across the nation now returns to horse racing and that racere suf from terrible headlines three years ago with two hses broke down on the same day. preakness day. in the newsroom, i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >> all right, sc tt. thank you. while we're talking horse racing, this is also kentucky n

derby weeked here on nbc. the mo exciting two minutes in sports happens saturday. there's a new favorite. after the horse omaha beach had to be scratched yesterday because of a breathing problem, game winner now "the favourite" 9-2 odds. one other horse dealing with an injury and they have to scratch tomorrow as well. coverage of the kentucky derby, the first leg of horse racing's triple crown starts saturday at 2:30 here on nbc 4. >> exciting two minutes, but hours of buildup. and cocktail. >> but fun to watch, all the fashions and everythin got a littleng somethi for everybody. so we're not out of the woods yet with the stormy weather, are we? a lot of us are. some of us are no so the south, definity not. getting a lot of phone calls from montgomery county, from d.c. i had a woman call from georgetown. what am i supposed to do? i have dinner plans at0. 7:0

you're fine. the nationals have been delayed. they are now starting that game at 6:30 down there at nats park. again, the rain is trying to move on out of here. it's having a tough time getting out of the belt way. you see what i'm talking about. we've got rain through parts of southeast right now. the heaviest rain through charles county, throh prince george's county, over towards northern anne arundel and northern calvert county. you see the heaviest rain he e. i want to zoom in. again, looking at waldorf and clinton, maryland, around brandy wine, very heavy rain. how about around alexandria? see if i can go up to southeast d.c. here? rain moving back in to nts park. i wonder if they're going to maybe delay that a little bit longer. rain is trying to move back in. down so the south, we're still looking at heavy rain around route 2. heads up around thatreeg. south of fredericksburg along 95, 95 just a mess. the heaviest rain down around the beaver dam area. a lot of people talking about

the roadways too. the roads are just a mess, especially around i-95. this is one area of rain that's making its way through. another band and then another back to the west. we still have some unsettled weather the next couple of day . y your friday and saturday looking better. r,speaking of bette look at the tower cam shot. you've got the cloud cover off in the distance. we continue to see the clouds making theiray through. see if this comes up theht rig way. current temperatures at 71. winds out of the southst at 5 miles an hour. thunderstorms just south and east of the city. they're going to continue to be south. from d.c. soug wathward, we sti have a chance for rain.re frick county, loudon county, virginia, up towards martinsburg. you're dry, but ifou're toward the bay, you may see some more showers through the night. tomorrow morning might get someh more to north. maybe areas of fog tonight. then by noon tomorrow we break

t sunshine, some clouds but some sunshine. afternoon storms will be far and few between. not like today where there was a line. we have a couple of storms out ere. those give way to clearing skies. eventually another round of showers tomorrow. yes, we will see rain, but it scattered. 73 sunday. now, sunday morning i think the best chance for just plain rain and then monday, tuesday, a wednesd of next week, looking fantastic. i like that. that's june weather, by the way in may. >> that's somethin to look forward to. thank you, doug. we've got a warning tonight for you petovers out there. we're following up on reports of attacks in virginia by coyotes. >> david culver explains what you need to know before you start sending your dog or c outside. i'm adam tuss. the community crying for

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it's come toth . people living in southeast washington are so fed up with unsafe drivers, they're actually taking matters into their own hands painting their own crosswalks on to the roads. s our transportation reporter adam tuss found out, they can no longer wait for safety changes from the city. gl y >> yes, i'm mad because i know what it means when people in the neighborhood feel that government, their leaders do not care about us. >> ronald thompson who lives here along 16th street in southeast d.c. almost feels helpless. he's been callingfor safety improvement along this section of road for months. even as we spk, cars blow through stop signs rightehind us. >> it's an issue of people

running these stop signs. >> reporter: keep in mine, these are stop signs that were just put in after this deadly crash easter day. where a man from new york was crushed by a carsfter it was mmed into by another vehicle that ran a stop sign. ronald says he also sees plenty of drivers from maryland and virginia cutting through at a high rate of speed. >> it's not just this street. it's ward alabama avenue, mississippi avenue, southern avenue,ea ner . and it's something as small as painting every crosswalk that is not painted, that is fadedaw . >> reporter: ronald has made some head way. today crews out here installing new signs and making changes. in the time since ronald started making these claims, this crosswalk was painted byron and his friend. this crosswaas painted by the d.c. department of transportation. these pedestrian crossing signs also we put in by the city.

all changes that ron says he approves of but he would still le to see more. yo put your money and your actions where ur mouth is, because we're doing it. people are pating crosswalks. >> vdot tells us no one should be painting crosswalks anywhere because that couldnt unientionally create a hazard. those kinds of markings will be removed. however, at least for now, rona's crosswalk stands. a symbol this community is demanding safer streets. in southeast,us adam s, news 4. >> who can blame him? i think itooks pretty good. i know whatvdo it't's point . is >> good for him for speaking out. coming up at 6:30, a former college athlete kled on easter sunday. his father talking to news 4. >> i don't understand what's going on. i don't uerstand why this happened. i just know he's going to be missed.

tips to protect your smaller pets from what's lurking in the woods. >> i would want to know if it's my dog that something is out there taking wdogs. >> wouldn't? plus we're in weather alert mode. doug is trackinghat's left of the storms and g

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still tracking the showers and heavy rain into parts of southern marylatd. waing something else now too. got a new shower developing right in here around manassas. this isng interesti it doesn't look like much, right? this is the boundary right here. we could see f a more pop up in our western zone. north of this i think you're fine. in through parts of maryland, montgomery county, ferick and

loudon county, i think you're okay. south of 66 and south of 50, you may see more shors and storms developing. right now the heaviest is in hrough calvert -- still into parts of d.c. we'll continue to watch these storms as they move on out and show you what it means for friday and the weekend. >> all right, doug. thank . yo we've got a warning now for pet owners. people in fairfax county think some coyotes are on the prowl. >> this is pretty frightening. northern virginia reporter david culver headed out to the lake bar croft community where residents say a least three dogs were snatched and killed. r >>orter: the harmony of nature. these woods home to all sorts of creatures and border this neighborhood. some residents say that lurking in the trees, coyotes targeting small dogs. >> we're aware of at least

three. >> michelle is neighbor with one of the families who lost their t, 12-year-old chipper. >> can you dcace? you dance? come on. >> reporter: the family did not want to go on camera, but tell me one night in early march chipper had gone outside. his owner out there with him and she noticed two coyotest like se also in her yard. >> she heard the dogs across the street in the woods. michelle said that schoolchildren found chipper lying lifeless here the next day. we should point out the rs neighbosay since chipper's death which early march, there have been at least two other dogs attacked in this area. it is unsettling for other dog owners, especially with smaller canines like chase. >> you have to keep a watch out. >> reporter: while they have not verified any attacks, last mayi on a slar story, fairfax county police offered this. >> there are things you can do to help prevent a conflict or a confrontation with a coyote such as covering your trash cans,

making sure your compost piles are conred. do feed your animals outside. don't store pet food outside. if you hava fruittree in your yard, make sure you pick up any fallen or ripen fruit. >> something is ting these dogs and that's pretty scary. >> scary and tragic for pet owners coping with a sudden violent loss. in fairf county, david culver, news 4. >> poor little guy there. hey, we are learning more tonight about a deadly crash in earles county. lawnforcement sources confied the man who survived and apparently caused the crash is a former u.s. capitol police officer. maryland state police tell us the 57-year-old was t going wrong way along route 5 this morning. latsen who retired from the capitol police force in 2016 collided with another car. the driver that car, timothy n

markecide at the scene. you can still see the streaks in the median whrae the csh occurred. policeavell us alcohol may h been a factor in this crash. it's happened again, atm thieves have targeted another e7/11. this tn montgomery county. this time they did get away with the cash machine. police tell us two people wearing black hoies we into the store along tech road in calverton before a third person drove a pickup truck through store front. they loaded the atm into the back of the truck and took off. >> come hervery morning, man. to see that, that's ridiculous. >> a couple of them from this county and even in baltimore, but i'm surprised to see it here. >> since the start of 2019, we've seen successful and unsucce unsuccessful attempts. police believe the same group

may be behind at ast several of these cases. >> they've been getting a lot of practice. disappointment tus to outrage in montgomery county over proposed cuts to school rams. pr among the cu s, aoir instructor at rockville high school and a band teachert northwood highscheduled to become part-time. wtop reports parents voiced concerns. last month's meeting successfully reversed plans to make cuts to theog music prram at springbrook high school. it's been almost two weeks and a father says he has no idey w someone would have killed his son. the victim a former college athlete murdered outside his family's home. so far investigators haven't revealed a possible motive or suspect in the case. chris gordon reports from prince george's county. >> reporter: shots rang out here easter sunday. 22-year-old marcell preston was gunned down right outside his

family home in kettering,la maryd. >> i heard gunshots. i ran outside. i saw he was on the ground. i went over to him and just held him. he was breathing. trying to breathe. i held m. at that point he didn't make it. >> reporter: his father tells me his sonad no enemies as far as he knew. >> my son lived a prosperous life 22 years. you can't take away what he did, how he touched peoples lives for those years. >> marcell preston ran track for largo high school wnning the 500 meters at the virginia tech invitational in 2014. >> i know if they catch me, it's going to wear them out. >> reporter: preston was highly recruited after getting an associate's degree, he went to f the university maryland. upon hearing of preston's death, the maryland coach issued a statement saying we will

member his perseverance and spirit and our thoughts go out to his family and friends. there came a time that marcell o presto his father he wanted to leave school and follow his passion, his love o cars. this his prized possession. >> he basically just wanted to get hself a job, be an upstanding citizen and just be a normal kid. he wasn't after stardom. f reporter: now hisily is asking for help. asking anyone who has informpion that might hel solve this murder to give police a call. reporting from prince george's county, chris gordon, news 4. and we've got a new severe thunderstormwarning. this is for calvert county and st. mary's county in southern maryland. this goes until 7:15. again, calvert county, st. mary's county. winds gusting upwards of 60 miles an hour.

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y388py y16fy president trump g to easeation is mov dfety rules adopted after the worst offshore oillling za disaster in u.s.istory. the deep water hoenzon happ in april of 2010.11 were killed when the drilling rigod expl. it unleashed an oil spill that took months to cap. 4 million barrels of poured into the gulf of mexico. now the interior department is eartng rules thatin to the procedures and inspections for offshore oil rigs. cbs is closing nearly 50 of its stores around the country and that includes just one here in the d.c. area. news 4 cameras were here as crews cleaned out the pharmacy

today right by the man da darin oriental hotel. the locations were all struggling and that the cuts represent only about 1% of their stores across thebv÷d country. the drugstore chain is workng to shift more of its retail presence toward health care services. the long journey to justice for a man who says he was falsely accused of trying to kill a police officer. tracee wilkins has the story you'll only see on news 4. why he feels vindicated, but says other in his shoes are not so lucky. and i'm still tracking these storms. the heaviest right here. look ate this littl bow. that shows some heavy winds possibly right around calvert county and parts of st. mary county as well, right ang the river here heading towards calvert beach. look at these. new showers developing around oarlington. aner right over manassas. we want to see how these develop the rest of the night and i'll the rest of the night and i'll let you knowha it m we

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take a loo at some of our top stories. a body found near chain bridge in d.c. mayie be td to the death of a high school student in frederick, county. today the high school principal announced the ath of freshman emerson sanchez. his remains were found in d.c.,h but theye not yet identified them as the remains found near chain bridge. the mayor of baltimore h resigned. she's been the focus of state and federal investigations. pugh is accused ofiv receg roughly$800,000 from organizations that do business with the city f copies of her healthy holly children's books.

>> attorney general william barr refused to testify before the house judiciary committee bemeuse of the disagreent with democrats over the format. this would have been his firce appearansince the release of the redacted version of the mueller report. the justice department also informed the committee they will not comply with a subpoena for the full unredacted report. it's been a journey to justice for a man in prince george'county. >> a jury found kevin sneed not guilty of attempting to kill a police officer. sneed said he was innocent all long. >> tracee wilkins has an update to this story you saw first on news 4. >> i feel like the system was going to work against me regardless. >> reporter: kevin sneed's inouble began during a traffic stop. the police rert a prince george's county police officer said he stopped kevin for a asoken taillight. because there w robbery in the immediate vicinity the previous night.

kevin accelerated during the stop. the officer reported he jumped into the driver's side window beuse he feared the driver had a gun. 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 z. >> they toll me d me no bond ant i was actually charged with, i said let me >>go. reporter: kevin received bruises. he was beaten by the arrestingf ofr. eventually the state's attorney reduced his charges to second degree assault and disorderly conduct. he was offered a plea with no jail tim anif he admitted guilt. it was something he considered b decided not to do. >> at the end of the day i would a fool t take it and then they play with my life. >> reporter: kevin's mother got lp from an activist group called life after release. they got black lives matter d.c. involved and soon kevin had a new defense team. >> we were able to do a support

and get black lives matter supportund for kevin's defense and get him away fromublic defender whose didn't have his best interest. >> reporter: after a two day trial, a jury found sneed not guilty. he had the kind of hlp too many defendants can't access. >> some are forced to take the plea deals in which often times they're guilty of crimes they did not permit. >> this outcome is a second chu nce. >> yodid not do anything rong. fight for yourlife. >> tracee wilkins, news 4. prince george's county police department did n respond to our request for comment. sta's attorney tellsews 4 that this is a case she inherited from the previous state's attorney. she went on to say, quote, when we received this case, we determined the case had merit. we tought it was appriate to prosecute with reduced charges. we respect the jury's verdict. i wish mr. sneed and his family

the b>t. doug, we're getting some s reportof some lightning strik and we're checking them out now. wehad some pretty heavy weather ll through. >> one of the lightning strikes hit very close to our studio today. ight here, maybe even in our parkingt. lightning still going on down to thesouth. a lot of people out of the woods. others still in this big time. stll have that severe thunderstorm warning right now for calvert county and st. mary's county take a look at the radar. yonocan see h and west of washington, no problems. you're not seeing anything i montgomery county, frederick, howard. you're all good there. this is where the action is. all into southern maryound. ee these storms down in parts of calvert county.is ths the strongest storm coming through huntington. this area moving right across the bay now. this one does have a warning associated with it. here is route 2. this is going through frederick. that's where you're seeing the thunder and lightning.

down through mechanicsville in through st. mary's county. down around 235. just to the north, light rain but still raining. on the shady side, area, right alng 301. seeing that as well. another rain shower. the nationals start their game at 6:30. here it is nats park. more rain going to come right over nats park. exandria a pretty good downpour right thugh downtown. even some shower activityack towards manassas. we're not done quite yet.nd south of 66 a 50. that's going to stay with us for the next couple of hours. here's the next round tomorrow. then we get into some more unselgt unselu unsettled weather through the nexyocouple days. u've got clearing skies here. how about looking off to the west? d a completelyfferent scenario? the dark skies. the rain continues just down to the south and east of the district. 70 degrees right now.gh after a h today in the mid 80s. i do think we get there again

tomorrow. here's the future weather. here's 8:00. once again, d.c. southward, best chance to see some rain. evenhrough 11:00 tonight. tomorrow morning some shower activity around. not a washout of a day. as a matter of fact, i expect a lot of dryme tomorrow. here's noon. maybe take a lunch outside. on the ugh it will be hot side. once again going for highs in the 80s. here's a storm up here. not a lot, though. most of us dry on friday right on into friday eveninry i think evedy starts to get in on the action as another front moves through tomorrow night. here's 10:30. notice the line coming on th if you're out and about tomorrow evening, you may need the umbrella. that's the best time to see it. dry. of your friday is how about saturday? well, saturday, yeah, i think most of saturday is dry. i just had somebody call asking about a wedding on saturday night. they've got cocktails. they want it do it outside betwe 6:00 and 8:00. right now i think you're okay. stay with me. we'rewatching that very

closely, because we do think the rain comes in overnight saturday into early sunday. sunday might be at washou at least the early part of the day. we'll be seeing that as well. 77 on monday. then look at next week. monday, tuesday, wednesday, looking fantastic. now, not as fantastic as this. >very nice. >> we've got a rainbow and the pot of gold is right on the tarm tarmac. how about that? >> pretty cool. >> let's head overhere now. thank you, doug. coming up, the nats, steven strasgurg chasin some histo

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this is the xfinity sports desk. the lay overthere of the plane again. they're playing the cardinals "b" team as you said after three lisses. >> it's been a ttle rough. the rain added on top of that, maybe not the best day to be out at the ballpark.

for those fans who made it that were eager tohe see t nationals nd cardinals. they had waitog do. 2 1/2 hours. it delayed this afternoon'sga me. tip your cap to those national fans that stuck around through the delay. nats trying to end their three-game skid. steven strasburg on the bump. the very next batter, jerko, not much luck for him either. strikes out. strasburg with a one, two, three inning to start. this gamein the second inning and scoreless. so steven strasburg closing ino ome history tonight. strasburg is five strikeouts away from 1,500 for his career. he will become the secon i to reach history that mark. when he does, second only to hall of famer randy johnson. that's pretty good company to keep. well, we have some sad aws

involvin former capital. skin involvedohn er sk a serious car accident. his former agent saying he was severely injured in the accident. big john as fans knew him. played eight seasons with the capitals with his last om appearanceng in 2014. everyone hoping for the best for him and his family. well, d.c. united is trying to come together to be that ppreally unstoable team at home again this son. in their second year at audi field, the black and red are struggling. satury they play united who knocked us out last season. hoping to give their fans utsomething to cheer abo this weekend. united has been struggling. th black and red scoreless in their last 280 minutes at home. more than three games this

season. w1 which is a shock considering last year theye 12-2-1.ru d krks unit dc united and wants to turn things around against the columbus crew. it's been a littlebit and we expect to protect the fieldd send our fans home happy. we'll be aggressive inwe what do and try to get to three points. it's a familiar teamthat we irst saw. they'll bring the best punch this weekend and so will we. t>> the redskins taking the field. he team previously held strength and conditioning workouts. now they're on the field and ony guy to keepr eye on, running back derrius guice. he suffered a torn acl in last year's preseason robbing him of his rookie queer. guice looking strong and ready to gohere.

the team will also hold their rookie mini camp may 10th through the 12th. it will be our first chance to see dwayne haskins and montez sweat in theurgundy and gold. a crazy night for one fan at the dodgers/giants game. going to catch the foul ball. check this out. oh, no. >> oh my goodness. >> the good hws, he the foul ball. so you see here, down goes -- i'm assuming those are garlic fries. look, he goes to get more food because he's still hungry. wouldn't you know, the next inning. what? >> he goes for another. this time he lost his pizza slice. look at this. he loses his pizza. you know what, you just have to get the ball. doen wor don't worry about eating the rest of the game.

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. breaking news breaking news t, a stunning turn for an infamous terror plot ngleader. he was sentenced to life in prison for threatening to bomb the w york city subways but can be set free in days. what he did to earn freedom. one of the biggest flips on the warn terror. the hot seat is set and william barr refuses to show for round two and the house speaker unloads. >> the attorney general for the united states of america was not telling the truth to the congress of the united states.at th a crime. >> democrats threatening to hold him in contempt, republicans calling it a circus andhy one congressman came to the hearing with a et of chicken. new alarm over that cruise ship packed with passengers quarantined a