breaking right now, rescue crews searching cor a in the potomac. on scene and in the water, we're live with the invest ation. tonight, a cracked

windshld diverts a las vegas flight back to dulles. what united airlines is saying about they. emergenc and russia's state news agency says an american citizen was among the dozens of people killed in this fiery i landing moscow. >> news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking ne b. >> weegin with that breaking news as a c has plunged into thepo mac river. good evening, i'm erika gonzalez. this is happening atlt roosevei nd where multiple first responders are on the scene. evening so there this and i know it's dark butean you anything? if so, what is it? and what have authorities be able to tell you to this point? >> as you can see there's a huge rescue operati going on here at roosevelt island and first responders are trying to find the suv that went into the water right there behinde about an hour ago. take a look.n you ca see some boats, the u.s. coast guard is here. there's also divers underwater.

several witnees say they saw the suv go in about an hour ago but first responders say they have not yet been able to find the suv. it is apparently completely under water. the potomac river is obviously a hu body of water so a lot of cover.ory to it doesn't help that it isy extremelark out here but lots of first responders out here doing everything they can to locate that suv. we have seen the boats going ck and forth. op seems very methodically there's a helicter above. more helicopters getting ready to go in. also boats and life jackets ready to be deployed.o they als have medics standing by waiting to help if they're able to find anybody in that car. it's pretty chill out her so you can only imagine how cold it is in that water as the search for t u suvnder water continues. >> all right, thank you very we'll sure to check back in bemuch. with you. we got new information tonight about this unimaginable scene

playing out at an airport in russia. a plane erupting into a fire ball. more than half of the people on the flight wouldot make it out alive and now russian state n is ision says an ameri among the dead. the flight was returning to the airport north of moscow after the crew reported a mhanical problem. nbc's sarah harmon has more. >> a horrific scene on a moscow airport runway today as a passenger plane became a fire ball. th a passenger plane believed to hold 78 people according to russian media. it was on its way from moscow to the northern russian city when it made an emergency landing. the back of the plane tiling billowing clouds of smoke engulfed in flames. some posted on social media, passengers can be seen fleeing from the plane clutching their

belongings. he i do have a statement from the airport w the plane took off. they said this plane took off just after:00 p.m. from moscow and after take off the crew reported a malfunction and decided to return to the airport of departure. they made a hard landing on the run way after which a fire occurred. they're providing psychological counseli f servicesor some of the svivors and also of course emergency services as the investigation into what eedctly happen on that plane that turned it into a fire ball continues. >> a trip to las vegas from dullesnternational made an unexpected return to theto airpt ght. we'll show you video from flight aware. th shows the path that the flight was taking this evening. the pilot noticed a cracked windshield. the plane looped back toward

dulles. you nighted released a statement saying quote 45 minutesr in the ai the pilot noticed an issue with the windshield. the flight returned to dulles withoutnt incide united transferred passengers to another flight to las vegas. it is unclear what csed the windshield to crack in the first place. >> turning to your forecast it'w a very weekend for most of us but most of the rain has finally moved out of the area. what's in store f the start to york work week? wouldn't we like to know. talk to us. >> i got good news. we are d looking to kick off your work week. it's going to be a pretty nice work week. feeling more like summer than ng spri right now looking at the radar you can see, it's hard to believe all the rain with us earlier moved out of here. still a few sprinkles to the north and west but for the most part everyone is dry. we're going to stay that way. here's the big picture. the system is out of here.

temperatures tonight dropping into the 50s. stick around and we'll talk about that summer-like warmth on the way. >> new thisvening police are investigating after a murder of a woman was found dead in an apartment.d concerneamily members are the ones that dialled 911 asking police to go check on her and whener offic got to the apartment they wound the woman dead inside. her namen't released only that she was 36 years old. policere still trying to put together what happened. ing a teenagelea was killed in this. police say 18-year-old was shot and killed on stanton road in southeast d.c. this was about 9:00.

we were told that he died at the hospital. about two hours later anoth w teenas shot and he was rushed to tol hospital and pice say ilize.ndition has st d.c. police also working two other shootings. >> a somber mier of the 250 people murdered in terror attacks on easter sunday in sri lanka. hundreds packed the washington national cathedral for an interfaith servic t one of victims was a fifth grader at sidwell frenlds iends d.c. he was studying abroad in s sri lanka at the time. one woman said she has done her best t try toake it to as many as possible. >> i have been going to every single one as much as possible. ye. it's a very sad day for us because sri lanka went through

30 years of terrorism and ten years of peace and now it's back. >> news 4 spoke with theba amador after the tragedy happened he said sri lankans are a resilient people supporting one anothes much as possible. >> the house intelligence chair is firing back at president trump after the president reversed course and said that robert mueller shouldn't testify before congress. congressman adam schiff said muellewill testify because the american people deserve the truth. the president tweeted a couple of a hourser house democrats announced a tentative may 15th date for mr. mueller's testimony. democrats want more information on the russia >>vestigation. ll he has to do is sit there and read any of the 448 and it is absolutely st deing. there's no upside for donald trump in bob mueller appearing. >> that's where we are and i don't know that we're going to learn any more by another hou

vestigation. >> friday the president said mueller's testimony is up to his attorney general. torney general william barr says he has no objection. barr faces a deadline tomorrow to give house democrats the unredacted mueller repoou. >> tgh talk and rising tensions tonight beten the u.s. and iran. the u.s. is deploying the uss abriham lincoln carer strike group and bomber task force to the u.s. central command region. national security adviser ambassador john bolton is putting iran on notice. bolton says any attacku. on interests or the interests of our allies will be met with, quote, unrelentingforce. end quote. new tonight, an outbreak of deadly violence this weekend in israel. the israeli militarye said mor than 400 rockets have been launched from gaza into israel but the leader of hamas says they are, quote, notnterested in a new war with isra. explosions have lit up the guy.

there are mounting deaths on both sides here. mage to israeli and palestinian homes, extensive. israel launched air strikes fray after two israeli soldiers were wounded by sniper fire along the gaza border. the violence escalated saturday when dozens of rockets were fired from gaza intoisrael. >> upset homeowners want to put road blocks in front of a highway widening plant. they don't lik ryland's proposal to expand i-270 in the be beltway. hear the criticism and the governor's response to all of this. >> a controversial call endede thentucky derby that you saw right here on news 4. the finish had everybody talking. find out if fans agreed with the decision. is meghan markle about toive birth? is the little bundle of joy already here? so many questions. that's not the right video. but we do know this, the world is eagerly awaiting this new royal baby.

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>>hat res operation is still going on here where the suv went into the water. they tell me they found tire tracks leading into the potomac river over there. they also talked to a witness thatlaims they saw that suv go in. d.c. fire tells me they have been using sonar to try to find the suv and mapping the currents to try to find out if it might have floated down the river. at this point it's been over an hourince the vehicle first wentin. at some point they'll have to change thism operation fro search and rescue to search and recover. there's a huge operation funderway trying toind the vehicle. there's boats. the u.s. coast guard is here. there's drivers in the war. they're trying to mapcu the ent and trying to locate that vehicle. it's obviously a huge body of water and completely under water. and no sign of it yet. i have to tell you, it's very hechilly out . you can only imagine how cold that water is as this search

operation continue erica. >> i'm trying to picture that area in my mind. it is very rare that we talk and roosevelt island much less the car going into the water there. is this by the parking lot there? is this really close to the road? does it sound like this car may have hit something or run off the road or what's close to you there? >> good question, erica. we're right here the parking lot. i want to show you here where all theirst responders staged their operation. and tn if you take look off this way you can also see a bridge over that way. it's not clear where he car would have originated from that it was able to get into the water. we were just talking to d.c. fire about this. the spokesperson was telling us that it was kind of unfortunate that the road is so near the water that these are things that are likely to happen, you know?

there's roads near the water and unfortunately they do see fairly often with situations like>> th. we'll look for any developments online. we appreciate it. thank you, aimee. >> shock at churchills down when gamblers found out that maximum security that crossed the finish line first was disqualified. never in the history of that derby has a winner been disqualified for interference. sounds like a football term. now we learned that the owners of maximum security and country course are not committed to running at the preakness. >> maximum security winshe kentucky derby. >> the run for the roses turned thorney moments after maximum

ahead y crossed the wire of 18 other horses in the biggest race of the year when jockeying for positios common in a field this large. >> there's an objection on the board. >> after a delay, they t disqualified apparent winner for interference. you can see it right fhere f thst time in 145 kentucky derbies. the crowd shocked. >> the horses were effected by the interference therefore we unanimously disqualified number one. that meant a 65-1 long shot country house claimed top prize returning handse pay outs to anybody willing to bet on him. >> it's bittersweet. it would be lying if i said it was any different. >> but they called it the most egregious disqualification. >> the president tweeted only in these days of political correctness could such an

overturn recall. >> it's not the kind of feel good story the derby usually produces. the sport deals with sagging popularity and nearly two dozen horse fatalities at a california track this winter. >> it's not the best timing to have that happen but it's the safest thing for the horses and for the jockeys to make sure that the t riders knowy have to maintain a straight course no matter the quality of the trac >>ay fans touring the stables largely agreed with the stewards. >> i have no regrets on how they called it. >> i had money bet on maximum security. so a little bit upset. >> just a little bit. that was ron mott reportin esp reports maximum security's disqualification cost betters some $9 million. only 1% of bets predicted tha country house would win. today people got a chance to weigh in on a plan that could ease traffic jams on the belt way and i-270. it was standing room only at the

silver springs civic building. the $9 billion public and private project would expand parts of the beltway and i-270 in maryland and add toll lanes. critics want to hit pause on the plan until more studies are done on this. his plan is the only solution. he said, quote, these anti-congestion relief activists show no regard for the hundred of thousands of marylanders stuck in soul crushing congestion, healled it. end quote. >> all right. let's take a look at the start of the work week. it finally loo le we are drying out just in time f your ride into the office. >> not for the weekend. >> we are going to be drying things. we're already dry out there. a few sprinkles to the west but things are looking up at least for the top of the week. so any of that t greent you're

seeing in loudon county that's not rain dropping. so flood warnings, even though the rain is out of here, some remain under flood warning especial down toward further south and then you go outwest. winchester out toward clark county you're all still under the flood warning until midnight. we could see goverflowf streams out toward fairfax county and prince william county but the rain threat is out of here. that flash flooding threat that we had earlier today is done. pe for the kids at the bus stop tomorrow the temtures will be in the mid 50s. a little on the cool side. at least a hoodie sweater and if you are g ng to bedriving, patchy fog so watch out for the t kiddos standing a the bus stop.

we do start off in the mid 50s and we have a good run at seeing sunshine breaking through a little bito closer t that evening sunset. when is the best day to do dining outside? i prefer wednesday. temperatures will be in the 70s. it will be comfortable out there. a gd mix ofun and clouds so a nice day to sit outside and eat lch and dinner. you can go for monday. we're dry monday, tuesday and you'll have a nice stint of dry weather ahead of you where you don't have to contend with any rain. so get the car washed tomorrow. as far as the worst day to forget the allergy medication that will be tuesday. you'll notice on the ten day, just looking at the next couple of days, it's a numbers day for the top of the week.re

we a tracking our showers and storms thursday and friday. keeping a close eye on friday in turn ny of those storm strong to severe. >> thank you so much. still ahead, local lacrosse teams ready to dance. plus it was a grand day throughout baseball but nowhere

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and the phillies take a 2-0 iad. he makest three in a row. a shot to left center. his fifth of the season and he is surfing celebration but didn't end sowell. nats on the board. in the 6th. more problems. the philly pitcher lays down the bunt. a miscommunicationin allow another philly run o comein. they take a 3-1 lead and later you know this guy, bryce harper up with two on and two out. takes it into right. they score 5 in the 6th and beat e >>nationals. pinch hitting with the bases

loaded. >> in e big ten women's lacrosse title game at baltimore. brandy griffin going top shelf here. down 4-2 playing catch up this entire game. wi catsnd scoring five straight goals up 6 at the break. the largest halftime deficit since 2007. >> one of her three and 16-11. get the numberne seed. they'll host the winner of james madison a week from today. >> and the men's lacrosse bracket also announced the georgetown hoyas will visit the yale bulldogs. that's saturday at 2:30. second straight tourney

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you never know when they're going to come, do you? >> when the baby does come, he or she won't automatically get l e. the future royal will be known baby sussex and we'll have to see what they decide to name him or her. >> these are live pictures coming in of the potomac. you have d.c. fire and the coast guard there on the scene both in the water searching f an suv that is believed to have gone into the water. into the water. lo forok

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