good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for waking up with us on a friday. we'll get right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, and we'h check in wit melissa mollet. >> can you hear me and see me right now. do you like what i have next to me? the box of kfc you said i looked like. >> you know, what don't let these guys -- >> it all blends together. >> don'tsh you wt were real? >> excellent. >> i do wish it were real. >> we could eat click -- chickea right out int 4:30. >> i feel bad for people at home who are up. time for ching -- chicken. things have settled overnight. lingering raindrops across northern west virginia, far western marylad. another wave of low pressure well to the west now. that appropriatelises another high -- promises another chance for high rain today. i don't think the coverage or wi intensity be matched from yesterday. nonetheless, rumbles of thunder and any individual storm could

pack quite a punch. temperatures in the 60s. 64 in prince george's county. 63 in winchester. 68 in arlington. future weather here shows a building up of clouds by noontime. andhit-and-miss rain showers that linger into the evening. then another chance showers between 8:00 and 10:00. the dog-walking forecast, a cute tip -- anothereason -- q-tip. another reason to unemployment --ip >> who names their child q-tip? >> i love -tip, and there's been a donation to the human rescue alliance to add to your family. temperatures in the 1980s. i wish that chicken were ready. >> we've got a take from yesterday, we'd be set. from laurel, 198, only thing getting by the paving.

it looks aan lot better th it did before. you probably can still commit to northbound bw parkway. northbound 270 before middlebrook lane, two left lanes getting by the work zone. northbound at randall circle, a crash blocking the right side. h that's beennging around for a while. northeast, southbound 270 at benning, right lane is blocked. a big pothole and a couple of cars have been damaged this morning. a warning for you. aaron? >> all right. thank you. it is 4:32. breaking news in prince george's county. firefighters responded to a fire at a church. >> our cory smith is at the live desk. >> we're getting pictures from the volunteer fire department showing the fe in the church's steeple. there you see all the way at the top. this happened just before midnight. prince george's county fire telling us it'sappening at the new life baptist church on central avenue in capitol heights. no juries have been reported. -- no injuries have been

reported. the new life baptist church may sound familiar. molette green was there a few weeks ago for the "in the community" segment. the church worked to put on a frefood market for needy families. the church wanted to make sure families were able to enjoy the easter holiday. a sad morning in the church. thankfully firefighters stopping it before it spread. no injuries reported. back to you. >> all right. thank you. this morning, dozens f seniors are staying in shelters nfter a fire ripped through their ft. washion senior home. the fire started in the attic of the center building in the development yesterday afternoon. residents heard a loud bang and smelled smo g. prinrge's county firefighters with the help of staff of a nearby church lped move tenants to safety. some believehe building was hit by lightning. firefighters have. confirm -- firefighters have not confirmed that yet. we're hopingo learn more

about a high school student's death. the principal sent out information about the death of the student who was reported missing friday. the letter said his remains were found in the district over the weekend. police have not officially tonnected the student's death the mutilated body that was found in a wooded area near the bridge. police suspect gangs may have been involved and are asking parents to keep an eye on kids. >> i have cameras around my house to be safe. i'm cautious of what i let them do and go. >> d.c. police have not been ab b to identify they damaged.it was so badly an 8-year-old girl is in the hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a car in laurel. the incippnt ed yesterday morning on shoreline boulevard. police say the driver later called and turned himlf in, explaining that he did stop but left when the little girl ran off. we're told the driver will still be chargedwitheaving the scene of an accident.

we're learning details about the latest atm robbery in the area. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday. two suspects in a truck smashed through the front window of a 7-eleven onech road in silver spring and stole the atm. right before that happened, two people dressed in black went into th store and forced the workers to the ground. there have been at least sixatm robberies at7-elevens around the area in the last two months. it's believed so are connected. 4:35. time for a check of your top stories this morning. police say a group of teens tried to rob a woman at her home in soueast shington. the group followed hero her apartment and threatened her. you can see they pushed their way into thend building continued to threaten her. police say one of the woman's s relativeran the kids off. no one was hurt. house democrats areed up and raising the stakes. bc news is reporting they're planning to skip speaking to attorney general william barr ht and go straig to special counsel robert mueller. this comes after barr skipped

testifying to congress yesterday. minutes.this in a few baltimore has a new mayor this morning. katherine pugh resigned yesterday. former city council president jack young was acting in the role but now has become the permanent mayor. pugh is currently caught up in a scandal and multiple investigations into sales of her self-published children'sbooks. d.c. mayor mural bowser has un-- muriel bowser has introduced legislation that would legalize selling marijuany as as next year despite a tsngressional ban. right now residen can grow and possess small amounts of majuana but cannot legally purchase it. the congressional ban expires next >>ear. 4:36. for metro riders, there will be a preview of this summer's closures. the stations will shut down for more than three months to

replace crumbling platforms. that is right stag may 25th -- starting may 25th. rock creek and potomac parkway will be shut down at kennedy center starting this thursday. throad will stay closed until early next tuesday. detour signs will be set up for drivers. this closure is so workers cans inl parts of a new pedestrian bridge over the parkway. if you have tickets to ake nnedy trnter event, officials say you should budget ex time to get there. >> 'yeah. itgoing to be tough to get around. 34:7. coming up, a scare in the air when a bounce house nearly blow away with people inside. the new video and the story behind it. plus, an update on that runaway peacock on the prowl in a local town. you'll want to stick around for this one. stay with us. >> reporter: one tank of gas got us all the way here. assateague lighthouse. 360-degree views, 175 steps we

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neighbors in one community t believes coyo are targeting their pets. yikes. northern virginia bureau id reporter dav culver headed out s t lake barcroft community where residents at least three dogs were snatched and killed. >> reporter: cell phone video of 12-year-old chipper, small but festy, part of the family his owners say. >> show them how you dance. >> reporter: the faly did not want to go on camera but tell me one night in early march chipper had briefly gone outside. his owner out the with him. and shemits toed two coyotes like these also in her yard. >> she heard the dog across the street in the woods. it was found the next day on the playground by the belvidere elementary school kids. ink thi it was the kindergarten class. >> reporter: can you imagine the small children making that disturbing find? we've reached out to fairfax county police. they workith animal control. they tell us they have notr veied any coyotes attacking pets in this area. however, neighbors say that since chipper's death in early ,

marchere have been at least two other similar attacks on small dogs. ridents here hoping more can be done to keep other pet owners from suffering the same loss. >> kit -- >> reporter: in fairfax county, david culver, news4. >> that's terrible. especialla small dog-- you have to keep watching them. you wouldn't think that coyotes would be this close in, but we've seen bears, fokz, xes, thl ry. didn't you see ao cyote your lf? >> it wwolf. it was big and spooky, i think it was a wolf. vincent saw it, too. >> 12:42. chuck? >> maybe 2000 are drinking the same -- maybe you two are drinking the thing. i think your saturday will start out dry. if you have outdoor plans, the f first haf saturday will be the driest part. rain becoming more likely by saturday evening. sunday morning for sure on the rainy side.ho

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welcome back. good morning. this morning, the fight over the special cosel's appearance is heating up. some taking it a step farther when it comes to the attorney general and the report.or >> nbc news r they want to go straight to the srce, robert mueller. chris pollone now withmore. good morning. >> reporter: good and that's right, previously the house judiciary committee was negotiating withe justice department to compel robert mueller to speak about his tion and report to

them. now we've learned that they are negotiating with representatives for robert mueller directly. an interesting twist, an end-around if you will by congressional democrats as the staroff continues -- as the white house continues to put up roadblocks for investigation after the report is released and congressional democrats continue to pursue the investigation that's they want to conduct. it all follows a somewhat wild and bizarre day yesterday.yo u remember attorney general bill barr didn't show up for his judiciary committee appearance yealerday. some cled it a side show or, you know, a show that the decrats put on there with an empty chair. now the judiciary committee chairman is thre thing contempt -- threatening contempt charges against the ratorney genel if he doesn't turn over the entire mueller repor and the evidence over the next couple of days. charges likeag thatnst an attorney general, we've seen it before with eric holder, don't

carry much weight. however, itould almost guarantee that the fight to get the report and underlying evidence released w through a lengthy fight in the court system. guys? >> chris pollone live for us on c hill. thank you. 4:47 right now. and facebook is taking stand. yesterday company officials htnounced they've banned a group of far rig media personalities from the social network and instagram. that includes alex jones and milo yanopolous. louis farrakhan has also been banned. facebook is doing more to eliminate hate speech on its platforms. here's something to think about before making your next dinner. the cdc is reminding people do not wash raw chicken before cooking itra chicken is contaminated with bacteria including salmonella, and washing it can spread it around the kitchen. makes sense. this goes against what most of d our mothers arandmothers told us about cooking.

to prevent food poisoning, place raw chicken in as dispo bag before putting it in the shopping cart or refrigerator. i do do it. they provide the veggie bags. wash your hands with soapy, warm water after handling raw chicken. designate a serate cutting board for raw chicken. cook it until the internalpe temrature is 165 degrees fahrenheit. i think this is why so ma people overcook chtken. you wan to make sure you'rehe killin bacteria. > i have never cooked it -- it's always dry. where do you put t thermometer? thighween the leg and t -- the thigh and the breast, when you roast a chicken. >> i men't do that. on now. >> it's an experimentt aimed a removing some of d.c.'s mst detested pests. this is where i turn away because i can't look at video of rats. >it's costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. this morning,sc jodie r and the i-team show how the city is taking a gamble on what could

be a groundbreaking treatment to rid the district of rats. >> reporter: it's an unusual plan aimed at finally winning d.c.'s rat race. birth control for rodents. >> pretty brazen. >> reporter: restaurant owner scott bennett says he's all for the city trying new treatments. >> bring it on. >> reporter: the alley behind his adams-morgan restaurant is one of severalround the district that's part of a new o six-mnth experiment. >> whot >> rep: city crews are filling boxes with a product called contra pest. >> the sweet tasting liquid, and they drink it, and they become 'sable to reproduce. >> reporter: itnever been tested on this kind of scale across a major city. but with complaints on the rise, the healthdepartment's girard brown says it's worth trying. >> i think thisill becostly gal. it affidavits $300 ly cost gamble. it costs $300.

>> we get the question, why would i use birthontrol in a rat? >> reporter: the company behind it says it's a humane solution. and they will continue if the city sees a drop in births in the alleys. >> we will be more excited if we determine that it's successful. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 5:00 and 11:00,h see other cities who tried the product had to say about it and why some of them are no longer using it.he jodie fleisc news4 team. >> i'm interested to see that since i livein the district. >> yeah. >> and i would love to see anythingtshat would get the ra -- the rats in d.c. are scary.ar they as big as my arm, and they will come up and ask you for your >>lunch. or take it. >> seriously. we have an update on the seductive peacock wreaking havoc in loudoun county. >> heatf's been d. chip flew the coop -- ikchip, le

casanova or something -- >>e your barry white voice. >> looking for a mate. several people had been close to catching the bird but he kept taking a into the trees. the promiscuous peacock wasfi lly captured yesterday five miles from his home. his owner brought in some female pea hen aa hens as they arnown lure him down. >> plyg dness! -- my goodness. that is not okay. you're going to put the pea hens out for bait? time. works every >> nature, eun, it's how this happens. >> i hope issue that okay. >> they're . they already -- they're already part of the same family. >> they know him. >> they know him. >> they know clip. chip. have to -- know >> we've toe get the forecast rainyesterday? >> a couple of rounds of even had a couple ofy. severe thunderstorm warnings right during the peak of the afternooe andvening rush home from workd school. hopefully everybody dodged the

drops successfully. to make i, we managed it back into the house with five minutes to spar i told everyone at the dog park, i'm leaving. >> you're leaving, everybod should be leaving. >> when the weatherman leaves the dog parks, everyone else scatters, as well. >> 100%. >> 67 degrees now in washington 60 atlles airport. 64 in frederiksburg. 63 in beautiful montgomery county this morning. 63 also in beautiful thurmont, maryland on, a friday. almost a little hint of summer mugginess out there. temperatures way above average and it will be another toasty warm day today with temperatures well up into the low and mid 80s before another chance forsome understorms gets going later in the day. 85 the high today. a slightlyorraine chance and a -- lower rain chance and intensity th the storms today. i would have the umbrella ready just in case. the wave of low pressure has eyes on our weekend forecast fo ununately. the first series of raindrops, winchester, front rol, in is

headed toward hagerstown. northern frederick county could get a couple of drops the next hour or two. later on in the day, only a narjinal chance for an -- marginal chance for a severe isolated storm or two. the chance is for the most part during the daytime hours across northern maryland. there's likely to be another chance of thunderstorms comingu thro during the later parts of the evening. your weekend is also in trouble. it may start dry on your saturday morning, but rain becoming likely later on in the day saturday. sunday, definitely the rainier half of the weekend. in fact, most if not all of your sunday could be rained out. beautiful weather, of course, for monday and tuesday. and temperaturestaying well above average, deep into next week. let's go to first 4 traffic. good morning. inner loop ramp to northbound 95 had a vehicle spun out on the left side of tro . right now not seeing mu impact, but you might if you're headed out soon. washington, southbound 295 aftei ben road. brand-new problem there. crash reported.t, southeouthbound minnesota

avenue at randall circle, still a crash blocking the right side of the road. in laurel, northbound bw parkway near 198, right lane is the only thing getting by the paving there. you see a little blip on thesc een. a little bit of a delay. if you want to take 95 instead, might be a little bit better. 270 southbound, 70 to the spur. 67 miles per hour. nice and open. going to take you n27 mies. aaron? >> thank you. 4:54 now. new show shows terrifying moments at a high school in washington state. >> a strong gust of wind picked up an inflatable bounce house. you see it there turn over. and carried it hundreds of feet down a football field. officials say five students were inside at the time and were d.jur witnesses say strong winds flipped the bounce house at least 20 feet off the ground. >> all five students inside were injured. school officials are trying to figure out whether the bounce house was properly secured to the ground. >> this is not the first time we've seen something like this. to take the proper a sad morning for "star

ws" fans across the world. the man who played the lovable asaracter known as chewbacca passed away. peter mayhew was cast by george lucas toplay the giant wookie in the original trilogy in the 1970s. the 7'3" actor reprised the role in sequence like "revenge of the signatu sith" and "the force awakens." he guided his successor to take over the role. his family was by his side when he passed in texas.as he w 74 years old. >> iconic character. got him -- number 1,500. >> they count everything in major league baseball, all the stats. thi one is big. nationals ace steven strasburg reported out 1,5 hit-and-run last night.re he ach -- 1,500 last night. he reached the moment came the

night they fired the coach. no secret the team is struggling. the bullpen was a problem earlier. now injuries are keeping starters including ryan d zimmerman uan soto off the field. you read the names -- we need -- >> the big ones. >> can't win without them.sp ially withoutno you kw world health organizatiwh who who went to a different city. last night local women made it pretty far in a pageant. >> cordelia crenshaw made it to the top ten. if my book she shld have won e-year-old thing. she was amaze and has an incredible story. we told you earlier. crenshaw was once in foster care and now works for the d.c. child and family services agency. >> miss maryland also made the top ten. thety towson universi student is originally fro severn, maryland. >> when all was said and done, it was miss north carolina who t took homehe crown. she will represent the u.s. at

miss universe later this morning. at 27 she is the oldest woman ever crow asmiss usa. congratulations. ea gorgeous. still aheaes cases continue to pop up acrossthe country. it's so bin one new york county the issue is heading to court. plus, out on the street. a group of local seniors forced out of their homes after the building caught fire. what investigators think may have caused this issue.

happening now, caught in the ct. a groupof teens force their way inside a local woman's home. what happened that made them take off running. marijuanamomentum. d.c.'s mayor prepares to fight for recreational marijuana, but will she have to take on all of congress to get it done? capitol hill is often the scene of gridlock, but has it officially gone to the birds? en got enough s to have bo jangles chicken. >> what caused the feathers to fly between democrats and republican republicans. that wle episode never gets old. i could watch that video all esy. >> when it com to fried chicken, people get serious about what brands they eat. >> i wish i had some. good morning, eryone, it's 5:00 a.m., i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. cet's begin with a check of the forecast and mute. melissa mollet is standing by with a