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tonight at 6:00, cameras catch the horrifying sight of a jet engulfed if flames. dozens dead after this fiery accident inrussia. authorities have discovered the bodies of two men in aic helter crash. we want to give you a live look another our camera in reston. we have new advisories in northern virginia now in efct. good evening. breaking news right off the top we have this dramatic video capturing an area disaster in
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progress. if you'll take a look behind me. this pilot of this russian jet landing the plane with the back half of itly complete engulfed in flames. now we are learning dozens of people did not urvive. the flight had just taken off from an airport north of moscow when something went horribly wrong. sarah harmon has more on the faful flight. >> reporter: a horrific scene on a moscow airport unrunway as a passenger plane asbecame a fire ball. it's believed to hold ople. it was on its way from moscow to the northern russian city when it made an emergencyla ing. the back of the plane trailingb llowing clouds of smoke engulfed in flames. some ugc posted on social media, passengers can be scene fleeing from the planeir clutching t belongings.
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i have statement fromthe airport where the plane took off. they said this plane took off just after 6:00 p.m. from moscow. after take off the crew reported a malfunction and decided to return to the airport of departure. the airport says the passenger liner made a hard landing on the runway after which a fire occurred. they go onto say they are providing psychological counselling services for some of the survivors. lso emergency services as the investigation into what exactly happened on that plane that turned it into a fire ball continues. >> we have been digging to get you more information about the jet involved. the plane is largely used in russia as a replacement for out date ed soviet aircraft. airlines in other countries liks mexico e it as well.
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we'll continue following this story. yocan open our app for more wetails. take a turn to our weather. storm team 4 is tracking rain. newdvisories are in effect. seems like we've had a pretty steady flow of rain for much of the day mp. >> yeah. no wonder we hadh the flas flood warnings earlier in the day and probably folks still seeing localizedd floog with the rain coming down now. the flash flood watch is no longer in effect. the areas in green that you're seeing now, a lot of these are flood warnings for streams especial down here until 11:15 p.m. flooding will be an issue even after the rain has passedon. let's get a look at the radar right now. here you can see where the tail end, our friends back wst along
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i-81 starting to get some reprieve there as the rain continues to scoot northeast. as we head through the overnight hours and drying, w looking to the week ahead. i'll let you know the warm up on the wayand lookt our rain chances for the week tocome. thank you. unity an reflection tonight at the washington national cathedral. an interfaith service remembered the more than 250 people murdered during a terror atck on easter sunda amy is live outside the cathedral with more on this evening'semotional service. amy. >> reporter: hundreds of people dra brave the rain. people of all faiths cming together. i spoke to people who attended today's service. they said what about the traged
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people who lost their lives were praying in a place of worship. they were studying abroad in sri lanka. his father said he dreamed of being a neurosurgeon. he was one of the hundreds of victims honored. there's been a number of vigils during the past two weeks. one woman said she's gone to almost every vigil. >> i've been going to every single one as much as possible. it's a very sad day for us. >> it's just solidarity. we don't want this to happen anywhere in the world. that's the reason to come in the church where everybody was represented. >> reporter: >> reporter: i also spoken to the sri lankan ambassador. he says they are a resilient
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people and trying to support each other as much as possible. >> thank you.nd federal a local investigators are workingto night to figure out why a helicopter went down killing two men in the cbaesapeake it crashed yesterday. the pilot, charles knight and o matt clark b died. investigators recovered their bodies last night. t the two victims were in the small yellow held keicopter. a dramaticac about from president trump. he saysle robert muel should not testify before congress. mr. trump tweeting today that mr.ou mueller shldn't testify adding quote, no redos for the dems. be aid that decision wou up to the attorney general.ll mr. m did not find any be
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conspiracy een the trump campaign and the russians. however, his report established ten cases o potential obstruction ofju ice. ouse democrats have set a tentative date of may 15th for mr. mueller to testify. pple packed a town hall meeting. they want to put the brakes to widen be beltway. reveal what is the best way to deal with the awful congestion. since frida night the district haseen a half dozen shootings. one of themilled a teen. what we're learning about this latest kind of up tick of violence in our area. check yourez frers tonight. some of the most popular frozen some of the most popular frozen food items are being recalled. you know when you're at ross
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a rash of violence in the district overnight. police working several shootings in the span of a few hours and now we' learning a teenager was killed. d.c. police say 18-year-old coplin was shot and killed in sthwest d.c. this was 9:00 last night. we're told he died at the hospital. then p abouoabtwo hours later another teen was shot. he was rushed to the hospital and holice sayis condition has stabilized. d.c. police also working two other shootings. sostar no arre in any of those
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case a political battle to fill the open chairman is about to intensify. currently republicans hold a majority of theix seat toon the board. all eight seats are up for re-election. before you mad the sunay dinner plans, you might wantto check your freezer. tyson foods. they are recalling almost 12on milli pounds of chicken strips because they could be contamina contaminated. the food safety and inspection services know of six complaints from people who found pieces of metal in their food. the frozen products have used by dates of october 1st of 2019 h through marc 7th of 2020. if you have one of these bags, throw it away or take it back to
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toll lanes. on twitter the governor call the event a road kill rally. we break down the plan. >> reporter: a cacity crowd jammed into the civic buildings. >> this was standing room only. >> reporter: they were thereus becae of the crowding on the beltway. the governor'sop als to alleviate it. a 9 billion dollar public and private project that wouldeiden maryland section oelthe ay and set up toll lanes. >> there has been managed like the run away bus inhe movie speed. it's our job to slow it down. >> reporter: among the concern, out dated.avement is >> it ignores the shifts of a population that wants ma transit, walkable as well as environment tally friendly modes ofrt transion.
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>> reporter: several dozen homeowners nearth e beltway andl 270 lose their home and green space. >> i want to make sure we have an environmental impact study. >> reporter: the governor who monitored a live speed of the town hall meeting which he referred to as road kill rally issued a statement in defense. fewer idling cars means less carbon emissions. >> that's sure unti more traffic comes and in time the roads will become congested again. >> this. is the time to engage they are rushing ahead with this. >> the governor said his plan is the only really serious l soion. he said quote, these anti-congestion relief activists show no regard for the hundreds of thousands of marylanders stuck in soul crushing congestion, end quote. we have a warng for you about a robocal scam dubbed as
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now. notice how i was just talking about our friends along i-81 in winchester, clark county. every one there starting to dry out. showers right now in the beltway up to frederick and pushing farther east. let's zoom in south where they are picking up some really heavy stuff. how's it going down inth sourn maryland. here are the flood warnings i was talking about. even though we're not seeing a lot of rain back west, the streams still overflowing. this one until 11:15.
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notice how the bulk has moved out. showers maybe lingering, popping up. ryshing ahead in time, 8:00 a.m., still ve cloudy out there. dry none anything eltheless. i think i'm going to be hopeful and sae we could see sunshin breaking out tomorrow evening. as far as the rain out look goes, u can getthe car washed. go ahead. f go it. monday, tuesday, wednesd, we're dry. thursday we'll start to see thee rain chan increase. scatted showers and our threat foretorms mov in. as far as the top of the workweek goes, you are looking at a dry and peaceful start. planning out your monday, temperatures will start in the 50s. we'lbe much warmer than today. we're headed to the mid-70s. tornado warng morning you may be wake up to a bit of a.m. fog there. that should burn off throughout the day. i'll spend some time with it. there's a lot of different
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things going on here. dry to start the week. if you look at these numbers, tuesday, i like tuesday. low 80s. warm. that's where we'll see most of thesunshine on tuesday. it's really going to feel like a summer's day on tuesday. we move to the end of the week and that's when we're atrakts g i -- attracting our chance for showers and storms. we'll have to see if any of those storms turn strong to severe. ng off ike we're star next weekend dry. >> very nice. we'llt.ake i bryce harper and the phils bryce harper and the phils spoilly geico makes it easy to get help when you need it.
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the rain not only putting a damper on the day but sporting event on the east coast. the rv 400 cancelled. the nationals game start time was thatened but the game starting on time. looking to take the series from the .phillys sanchez on the mound. one out away of getting o of
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bases loaded but the rookie jake knoll can't make the play at first. sanchez strikes out nine but leads after two and two-thirds throwing 108 pitches. a native of hawaii and riding away in the dug out. he slips and falls. bryce harper doing more than just okay. harper rips one into right, an rbi single. all runs in the sixth inning. the nats fall 7-1. we want to end on a happy note. why not show you a cute little girl playing in the rain. marnsz fu martinez fully aware errors were a big problem.
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>> we can't give teams 30, 31 outs. got to catch the ball. got to make plays. we didn't hit good but that doesn't mean we can't go out there and catch the baseball and get out. the nationals road trip continues. on the way for a three game series against the brewers. another nail biter between toronto and 76ers. leonard had something to say about that and so did jimmy butler. butler loses the handle.ts it back and throws it up ast shock clock winding down. butler with 29 points and 11 rebounds. steps back, knocks do the jumper giving them a four-point lead. leonard not done.
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fans going bananas. a game high 39 points. raptors even the series at two with a 101-96 win. game 6 between the stars and blues. dallas fans hoping their team ends it today. doesn't score but shot trickles past. dallas evens it at one. second period here. here comes the blues. hescores. just gets enough of it. the blues back in the lead, 2-1. in the third, scary moments for dallas. winding up the shot. his shot hits goalie ben bishop. he goes down. the goal tender down in pain.
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he stayed in before allowing another goal. then heads to the dressing roomr blues fo a game 7. they win it, 4-1. in the final week of preparation for saturday's bout is here for ift. a prince george county native holds multiple boxing titles. he's putting that on the line at george mason this coming saturday against his opponent who says heard will have tb ring his lunch pail.s >> it wa a time i was doing it for to stay active. oti was playing a l of sports and i didn't do so well. amateurs is like college football when you do well.on ce you turned professional you get picked up. i didn't do so well. i didn't seesyself a a world champion. i knew if i took it serious, maybe it could take me somewhere. my mother gave me till the age of 25 to see i could take the sports somewhere and at the age
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of 26 i became world champion. >> you can catch more at 11:00. one final note, maryland lacrosse loses in the championship. >> thank you so very much. at's news for now. thank you for joining us. nightly news is next. at you again for news 4 11:00. good night, everybody. everyone's got to listen to mom.
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balanceus.org breaking news tonight -- horror on the nway as a plane crashes in russia. the jetliner engulfed in flames during an emergency landing in moscow. as desperate passengers escape down emergency slides, dozens are feared dead, including children. outrage and confusion after a making disqualification at the kentucky derby. with millions of dollars at stake, maximum security loses his crown in a controversialcall. what his owner is saying toght. a new reversal from president trump. why he now says special counsel robert mueller should not testify before congress. the dramatic moments in florida afte a plane slides off the

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