prince harry and meghan markle's baby boy born today. >> this little thing is absolutely to die for so i'm just over the moon. >> nbc news senior international correspondent kooeir simmons jos us from windsor. still no name for him yet. what's the story there? >> reporter: hey, leon, little bit of good news to take your attention away from all the politics over there. the birth took place in the early hours of this morning, 7 pounds, 3 ounces, we dnanot know a e. prince harry was asked specifically have you got a name yet? he admitted that meghan was past her due date so they had a few more days at st to think of something, but we're not sure even whether they knew that -- whether they were having a boy or a girl before the birth, so they are still thinking of c wh toall him. we are still, of course, waiting for a picture. from what harrysaid, it sounds

like, and he's made this pretcl in his statements over the past few weeks, s itnds like they will have me family time before maybe in a couple of days ey allow us to see their newborn baby. the queen, by the way, as well as other senior royals, members of diana's family, were inform about the birth before it was made public. meghan's mom, doria, was there af prince harry ourse there for the birth itself. he emerged in a way that only prince harry can, aid, i just don't know how you women dwhat you do. >> yeah, we heard that. so, keir, there was a lot of talk about whether the baby would be born at the hospital or their private residence so it appears the babwas born at ho home. >> reporter: yeah, seems like it. we haven't been able to confirm that completely, but wwere told in the statement that doria, meghan's mom, is there at the cottage just past the

beautiful windsor castle behind me there so it l soundse eghan got her wish and she was able to have a home birth, which is, of course, what she wanted. so, it seems like eve thing has june perfectly and from the smile on prince harry's face, he -- he certainly seems to think so. >> all right. keir, take care. >> porter: you bet. so much more. coming u at 7:00 tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. the royal baby's arrival set social media on fire today. >> wel of course. lots of people reacting to the news and here with just a few of the responses on twitter fromim prminister theresa may, congratulations to the duke and duchess of sussex on the arrival of their baby boy. wishing you all theest at this happy time. >> former first lady michelle obama sent her well wishes saying, congratulations, meghan and harry, barack and i are so

thrilled for both of you and n't wait to me him. >> ellen degeneres also weighed in saying the royal baby is here, the baby is seventh in line to the h throne, wh crazy because right now, i'm seventh in line for the key-making kiosk at my grocery store. >>hat's ellen. llthat's e. >> somehow just not quite the same. our coverage of the royal baby just getting started. stay tuned. kit hoover from "access" there join us live with more celebrity reaction. closer to thome, new a 4:00, a smoky fire at a plant nursery could be seen in the skies earlier this afternoon. chopper 4 was above the scene at bell nursery as the flames there roared in a storage building. the buildinguihoused eqent, fertilizer, and pesticides. roads in the area had to be o closed d. bell nursery is a plant supplier to local home depot stores. no one was injured. right now, still no sign of an suv that plunged into the potomac near roosevelt island late last night. a news4 camera was there as

search and recovery cews returned today. coast guard chopping searching by air while a metro police boat combed the area. the witness says they do not know whether there was anyone e. insid the man accused of killing two young fairfax county residents more than two years ago is back behind bars. >> 22-year-old kadesh and johanna were found dead in 2016. julie carrie has more. >> after two years and nearly six months, justice day has arrived. efforts that literally span the globe has ledsackseat to fairfax county. >> rporter: alongside the fbi and justice department partners announcing the arrest. the bodies of hanak and kadesh were found inb late dec

2016. also shot to death, her body found in a backya in burke. within days, detectives identified the killer. >> as soon as that connection its made, he was already wheels up out of the un states. >> reporter: the distance did not deter investigators. they built their case and indicted him in march of 2017. department of justice office of international affairs began to negotiate with ethiopian authorities to convince them to take the accused killer into custody to allow him to be extradited. it's been big news in ethiopia, first when he was arrested, then returned to the u.s. >> if criminals attempt to run rom their crimes, we will work tirelessly to bring them to justice no matter where they t to hide and no matter how many years it make take. >> reporter: we spoke off camera to relatives of both victims but they deined comment.

we've got some breaking news on a murder case we've been working for months. prince georges county police ys a man foundad at a bus stop was actually murdered in college park and now an arrest lice have three suspects. currently one is custody. he is 18-year-old juan riviera ingless investigatore looking for two other suspectsnow. they say they were involved in the murder of 25-year-old francisco de la cruz. his body was fnd near a bus stop on old georgetown road back in february. news4's amy cho is working this story and she'll have moreat 5:00. a man suspected of trying to set fire to the national archives building in d.c. is under arrest. the news4 i-team's scott macfarlane was the first to tell you about this surprising case last month. scott joins us now with the update only on 4. scott. >> reporter: hey, pat, his na is jacob wallace. aju grand ry has just indicted him and according to court

ilings from feder investigators, he set a gasoline can on fire in d.c. th feds say he initially admitted doing so, saying he was trying to get the government's attention, then they y he began denying it. that fire inflicted little a damage but it potential threat to a building that holds original copies of the u.s. clnstitution and the dearation of independence.ec archive sity tells us they tried to douse the flames themselves but the fire was too big and o hot so they had d.c. fire crews do so.o nttorney or contact information is immediately available for jacob wallace but the court dockets show no history of criminal activity by nm i d.c. the feds and their paperwork says wallace called them from a safeway on wisconsin avenue tom ad the crime. they say they found him sitting on a park bench outside the white house. in theoo news rm, i'm scott macfarlane. pat, back to you. >> scott, thank you. storm te4 is monitoring another chance for rain later this week. cet's go to storm team4 doug in

the storm ter. i don't know about your yard but my yard needs no more rain. >> we got aot of rain yesterday, pat, very rainy sunday for sure. today we saw cloud cover give away to sunshine in what has become a very nice afternoon. current temperatures at 78 degrees right now, a beautiful day,ll along the midatlantic, 78, d.c.that's actually the warmest temperature in the area right now, 78 d.c., we're at 73 in richmond, 57 right now in hagerstown, 77 down toward i roanoke but's nice when we're the warmest on the map. now, as we move into the day tomorrow, i think we get even warmer o there as high temperatures get into the 80s.ca today you see what's happening. we saw the cloud cover early. the wider view, not showing many storms. we've got one in the great lakes and we've got another one back to the west. believe it or not, this one will have an impact on our weather coming wednesd and thursday. clouds move back in and yeah, so do the chances of showers.we ll talk more about that. i'll show youpe what to ex the rest of the week and we're talking another wet friday, everybody. see you back here in a minute. >> we could have predicted that

one, as y just did. thanks, doug. president trump's ex-lawyer and fixer michael cohen is now in prison, surveying serving a sentence. cohen arrived at the federal or prison nth of new york city just before noon. earlierer th earlier this morning, though, cohen spoke to the media outside of his manhattan apartment and took one final shot at the president, saying that he looks forward to the day when he can, quote, share the truth. cen haalso condemned what he called xeno phobia, injustice and lies at the helm of our country. democrats firing the next salvo in the war over the mueller report as it ntinues to intensify. the house judiciary committee has scheduled a wednesday vote to hold attornegeneral william barr in contempt of congress. barr missed a deadline this morning to provide coness with an unredacted version of that report. robert mueller is also scheduled to testify to the house judiciary committee next week, and this weekend, president trump changed his initial comments, saying that he now thinks that robert muellti should not.

a couple of hours fromnow, tiger woods will mark another special moment in his career. tiger will be at the white hous this evening to receive the presidential medal of freedom. it's the nation's highest civilian honor. w tigerds is the 33rd athlete to receive the medal and only the 4th golfer. he won the masters last month, his first major victory in more than a decade. we'll have the presentation live tonight on news4 at 6:00. escalating tensions overseas with iran. >> still ahead here, the new action the trump administration now is calling a clear and unmistakable message to iran. plus, it's teacher appreciation week. all week, we are celebrating our local educators. see our sweet surprise at a fairfax high school. dragons, castles, and coffee? the mistake that stole t scenehe

boy, how about that spectacular mayweather we've got outside right now. but there's still rain in the forecast. doug's back in two minutes to tell us when that's going to get here. news4 is working for your health with this consumer alert. tyson foods is expanding its recall of frozen chicken strips that may be contaminated. there are six reports of people finding metal in their chicken. the ready to eat products have a use-by s between october 1 of 2019 through march 7th of

2020. if you have any of this, you should throw it away or return wh to the store where you got it. >> it comes to teacher pay, d.c. is one of the highest-paying school districts in the nation. that's according to the latest rankings by the national education véa/çassociation. d.c. ranks fourth, earning an average $76,000 per teacher. maryland teachers cme in 8th, making more $69,000. virginia teachers were further back in the pack, they ca in at 32nd with an average salary of $52,000. highest paid teacher in the nation,they work in new york. lowest paid teachers work in mississippi. teachers should be celebrated year round for the wo a they do during teacher appreciation week, we are capturing some moments of thanks for our area educators. >> a tommy mcfly, as you can see, is with us now with a fairfax county surprise you witnessed today. >> absolutely. so t for the last probably years, my co-host, kelly, and i have delivered thousands of georgetown cupcakestll around beltway to teachers and todaya a news4 camer tagged

along at fairfax high school for th sweet surprise. >> it's absolutely special to be recognized. we have ataff of over 250, and every day, we're showing up here for those nice when somebody in the community acallyecognizes the hard work that the fairfax high school staff and teachers do every single day >> i re ly appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. >> what's the hardest job is making sure that you reach every single student and adapt those daily experiences ankelessons to ma their expeence at fairfax hi school unique and adapted to each student. >>ac tehers, lunchroom staff, janitors, all educators are nd amazing ahey're so inspiring. who was that teach rer for you? >> christine moegen, my european and western civ history teacher, >> mine was mrs. pugh, sixth grade. >> how about you?

>> miss virus, my kindergarten teacher and s could have told me to shut up and sit down and she actually embracesed my en outspokss and here we are. >> you did a great job. we still can't get him to shit down and shut up. thanks, tommy. we're celebrating our amazing teachers all week long. tomorrow, news4's molette green will be in montgomery county. >> you can forget your mother's birthday but you'll never forget your favorite teacher of or your worst. >> that too. >> that's a whole other segment. >> thanks,my t turning now to the weather, which is making us smile today. >> yeah. >> so nice to dry out, doug. >> you know, yeah, loved yesterday. >> oh, you did. >> yeah, ton of rain yesterday. and -- >> you and the ducks. >> all the games were cancelled yesterday, i had a day to do nothing. >> y stayed home. >> you had a day of rest. >> exactly right, pat. the way it's supposed to be.

yeah, it was quite nice yesterday but yeah, it's eabeautiful across the atoday, plenty of sunshine and yeah, we really are drying out from yet another couple of wet days out there and itiooks l we've got more later this week. so enjoy what we have right no at sunshine really looking nice and not just the sunshine but we're on the mild side, warm side of today, high temperatures sitting at 78 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 7 miles per hour, so just nice everywhere and it's going to be pretty nice tomorrow toopportunity to get out there and do some yard work, i think you could do that. 72 degrees right now, cu winchester, peper, 69, notice again, d.c. the warmest on the map right now, tied with baltimore, baltimore also co ng in at 78. no rain. we're not going to see any chances of rain today or tomorrow. it will start to increase a little bit ondnesday, really increase on thursday and especially into the day oai friday ag for the seventh consecutive friday with rain. yeah, we are expecting that. now, we had some cloud cover earlier, making its way on through here, you can see the clouds off to the east moving

from north to south as our storm system is just off the coast there butback to the west tracking a couple more storms. none of these are really going to affect us but what they're going to cont cue to do, you see where this frontal boundary is back toward chicago, look at the temperatures, once again, chicagoack towards denver, that's where the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s, all 70s and 80s down to the south and we do have that warm air that's going to move in across our region during the day tomorrow so high temperatures tomorrow, w mer than they'veen across the area today, 10 degrees above average, much warmer, partly sunny, low humidity, doesn't get a whole lot better than what we're going to see tomorrow but this is the average high temperature for late june, not may so we've been on the warm side of things but i'm taking a look at the rest of may, at least the next two weeks, i think we're going to go on the other side ois, at least a little bit, much cooler than average on wednesday and thursday. we've got a system that's going to come in a little bit more of a northeast flow, know what that does for us, that gives us that cooler weather, gives us the cloud cover on wednesday and

thursday,an't rule out a shower on wednesday but i think most of us dry. best chance of rain overnight wednesday night into early y, thursdaome shower activity there and just plain stormy on friday with a high temperaturex of 79. could see acouple of strong storms. it inot too strong of a system, but it does look like friday and look at this. a very wet sunday, potentially, into monday. once again, the average high temperature in the mid 70s and a lot of this time b going to below that. now tomorrow, well above that mid 70s, high of 84 tomorrow, but then we're stuck in the 60s d low 70s pretty much for the next 10 days. that's okay. we don't need any more of these super hot months. >> we can take our time with that. we'll take 70 next week. >> we're cool with that. still ahead te met gala, we're finding outn who could be sporting some of the night's best looks out there. plus it's the royal baby craze, k hooverom "access" joins us live as we wait to find out baby sussex's name. and fast fashion and its

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tv picked up daytime emmys on sunday. ellen degeneres snagged the talk show entertainment category, she beat out last year's winner, the talk, and kathie lee went out swinging. she and hoda f won outstanding informative talk show hosts. all right, let's get back to the royals now. prince harry says he is over the moon with the arrival of his first son with meghan markle. >> and hollywood's overjoyed as well. as you know, she's a former actress with a lot of famous frends out there. kit hoover joins us now. kit, we would imagine you're over the moon out there in hollywood too. >> oh, pat and leon,irst of all, you just nailed it, her coming from hollywood, please let them name this baby boy e'le or w looking at quinoa. wouldn't that be good? >> or avocado. >> yeah, good one, leon. some scoop for y'all, though. our royal insider is saying it could have been a home birth f you think about it, harry came out and did the

announcement outside of windsor and he's made note that a lot of time the hospital staff can talk or whatever, they're really keeping this quiet. it will be a couple days before we know the name and get a glimpse of meghan. please let him have red hair, that's all i ask. >> that would be so sweet. >> you want to talk about the met gala. it's tonight's wildest night n fashion inew york. this is fantastic. lady gaga gave us a little clue of what we can expect fry, her. >> okaaga. whoo. gaga, this side, right here, let's get some love over here, gaga. >> look at that. she went old school in this tiered marc jacob minidress, rocking that fascinator and the niest purse i've ever seen. however, her shoes were ginormous, so the theme tonight is camp note on fashion. what in the world does that mean? not for me. i think it will be a lot of feathers, a lot of fancy stuff, here's some bummer news.ca sara jes parker and pregnant blake lively are not going to be

there and they're t ones that i always look to see what they're going to wear. taylor swift has been seen in london so she's not there. be but here's the good news. kim kardashian, kendall jenner, cardi b., miley, gisele, priyanka. scott evans is not going to be there but he's with us. w >> you knowhat else is with us? these bangs. >> i got bangs cut. >> she just sassy. >> yeah. >> what do y'all think? >> we love it. >> thanks for bringing that up. you know what? i knew something was different about you, couldn't put my finger on it. >> i noticed it right off the bat. >> pat, back me. i look great at the studio because we have a team that does it. this weekend home, i was a mess. you got to have a proper brush and there's a whole thing. >> she'sissing a couple key tools but we'll get her set up this weekend. >> banging. >> you guys, speaking of met gala, ieard that katy perry is going to be wearing mosquino, ae

chandelthat is 48 inches wide. >> look at somebody coming in hot. pat and leon, don't we bring you all the scoop. oh, he just drops the micon that one. >> i dropped the mic. >> he did. >> all the school that report and we do love the hairdo, kit, it's great. >> thanks so much, pat. >> rock it, girl. go ahead. >> bye, guys. >> see you later. heated battle over expanding one of our area's busiest highways. >> coming up,hat maryland's governor is now saying about a plan to widen road ins

let's get3dupç you all caug with four things to know. >> the anticipation has been building for weeks but today, prince harry and meghan markle's baby is finallyere. don't know a whole lot but we do know it's a boy. harry says mom and son are doing great and that he is over the moon. now we'll have to wait to see the couple's first child, expected in a couple of days. expected in a couple of hourshere, a special honor for p tiger woodesident trump's going to present him with the medal of freedom at the white s house. it'e nation's highest civilian honor. woods is the 33rd athlete to receive the award and we'll show you thateremony live on news4 at 6:00. the man accused of killing two young fairfax county residents more than two years ago is back behind bars on u.s.

soil. kades and -- both dead in the summer of 2016. the suspect extradited from ethiopia, fled just days after the murders. an arrest made in connection with a body that was found in bethesda back in february. prince georges county police say the victim was killed in age colle park home before being left at a bus stop. 18-yeaold juan riviera ingles is in custody. they're looking for two other suspects now. thee murder appeared to be th result of a dpoomestic dispute. now to politics. ssesident trump's administration is sending a mee to iran with warships. >> this as house democrats escalate their battle with attorney general william barr over the mueller report and president trump's formerey attornnd fixer, michael cohen,e hads off to prison. >> jennifer johnson joinss now to break it all down. s reporter: the trump administration iputting iran on notice with a show of military force.

escalating tensions as the u.s. sends a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the mideast in a clearmessage to iran. john bolton stating the united states is not seeking war with the iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to an. attac nbc news has lear ed recent intelligence showed iran and its proxies are repositioning for possible attacks against u.s. forces and interests in the region. tensions are also rising here at home as the house judiciary committee schedules a wednesday vote to hold attorney general william barr in contem for not handing over special counsel m robert ueller's full, unredacted russia report. committee chair jerry nadler tating the redacted versi edund disturbing evidence that president trump gaugengaged in obstruction at the highest levels. >> there still m remainsch to be told and i look forward to the day that i can share the truth. >> reporter: investigations of the trump organization, trump

inaugural committee, and others are still pending. >> mueller laid out 14cases that are ongoing, 12 of which are redacted. we can, i think, safely assume that many of them are in the southern district of new york and will touch on things that michael cohen might know about. >> reporter: cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after g pleadinguilty to tax evasion, campaign financeiolations and lying to congress, all while working for donald trump. meanwhile, house democrats are still trying to get robert mueller himself to testify this month. omething the president says he shouldn't do. live on capitol hill, i'm jennifer johnson. back to you, pat and leon. >> thank you, jennifer. a formerme hoss d.c. high school football player charged with killing his girlfriend faced a judge today. >> we first told you about jamal eaks last year. the young man is accused of murdering 18-year-old sanai floyd. >> prosecutors say speaks tried to cover up the crime. prince georgesounty bureau chief tracie wilkins is live

with reaction from the suspect's mother. acee. >> reporter: we've also talked with the mother of the victim in this case as well. today in court, prince georges county judge decided to hold speaks without bond, saying tha he is a danger to the community. now, jamal speaks is facing a number of charges, including first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. police say speaks shot floyd and tried to cover it up by placing the gun floyd first made headlines when he was kicked off the football team in d.c. because they tuld no verify his address. he said he was homeless. today, his crying mother said she can't believe her sonill be in jail instead of graduating in a few weeks. >> my child was sitting in jail, supposed to graduate next month and go to the prom. i just paid f senior pictures. y'all want a picture of his graduation? because they have them plastered

all over the news like he's some criminal. he's not. that's my baby. i always been there for my .ild. always >> reporter: a family spokesperson released a stanement saying we have g from heartbreak to angry in one breath. jamal should not be the only one charged. they all had something to do with her death in that house. tampering with evidence from waiting to call the police to planting the gun in her hand, he didn't act alone. that is the family of ms. floyd who was killed, according to charging documents, she was shot in the back of the head and police are saying that that was a wound that she uld not have inflicted on herself. reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins. >> thank you. an update on a story we've been following for the past few days, the luiten county teacher who sent a racy photo of herself to some of her students and solicited sex from two of them has accepted a plea deal.

allison briel pled guilty ton ibuting to the delinquency of a minor, sentenced to a year spended tion and a sentence of three years in jail. she was a marketing teacher at loudoun county high school. morning and night, weak dek or weekend, maryland highways are congested. maryland's governor is pushg a plan to widen roads in our area to alleviate the congestion but dt everyone is on boarith this. nicole jacobs explains the controversy and the governor's response: >> reporterrush hour on any given road in the dmv. >> almost constant traffic. >> reporter: can be a nightmare. >> 270 for me, the traffic is congestive. >> reporter: just ask anyone who travels the bw parkway or interstate 270. >> traffic in maryland is pretty bad. the beltway, 270. it's not good. >> reporter: but a $9 billion proposal to alleviate all of phis congestionitched by governor larry hogan, is raising

eyebrows and tension. >> this proposal has been managed like the runaway bus in the movie, "speed." it's our job to slow it down. >> reporter: a packed quickly planned meeting held at the silver springs civic center on sunday showshe scope of the frustration and word of the governor's plan to widen parts of 270 and the bw parkway while also adding tolls s ispreading. >> that's a bunch of crap. we may enough taxes as it is around here. >> reporter: governor hogan fired back, he called the meeting a roadkillle rah and released a statement reading, these anti-congestion relief activists show no regard for the hundreds of thousands of marylanders stuck in soul-crushing congestion. maryld has outgr itself, says some commuters, wondering how they'll adjust and where they'll put everything. >> they're tryingto build up to be able to, you know, make more

space for more people, but our nfrastructure's kind of old now. >> reporter: nicole jacobs, news4. from the roads to t racetrack, kentucky derby drama. >> coming up, what it the preakness, not far from our backyard. and they may seem like great deals but there's a high cost to fast fashion. startling statistics about the growing pollution problem sparked by shopping. interesting, and our temperature trend next couple days average high is now 73. tomorrow, way above that, then a couple of cool days right in the middle of the week.i think we've heard this before, before going back up as we head towards the end of the week with a chance of storms. i'll show you w ch dayhas the i'll show you w ch dayhas the best you knchow whenu you'rs nd that perfect spring dress at that "oh, yeah" price? yes! that's yes for less. in score the latest spr dresses at 20% to 60% off department store prices, every day. at ross. yes for less.

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clng to charity and then wear it longer. g> just by wearin your clothes for nine months longer it can reduce your carbon footprint for that garment by 30%. >> now, green, the companies that are working to repurpose old clothing, they makbe firs for mattresses, pillows and insulation. nbc4 is working for you with in depth coverage of our changing climate and how it's affecting you. find out more by goingto the nbc washington app and searching for changing climate. >> 66 garments a year, is that high or low to you? >> i keep my clothes for decades, so, even if i don't wear them, they're just all in the close et. >> i'm the samething. >> that's not my issue. >> and i'm betting guys aren't the big problem here. prably going to get in trouble for saying that. >> now we go with the sex thing? okay. it's a woman thing. i guess it depeds on who shops the most. >> and who do you think that aght be? you want to taketab at that

one? >> apparently not guys, according to you. >> i wouldn't bet on that. >> i just told you i keep mine for decade. >> you're a special case, i tell you what. >> maybe so. well, we'll all be buying something or many of us will be for mother's day. it's less than a week ago, can you believe it already? so if you haven't shopped already, it's time for you to shop to get that gift. >> all right, and a new survey out done by brand keys, this survey says that people are going to be spending more this year. overall spending expected to be up 4% this year with the average person spendg more than $230 for mom. men will spend a little more than women for theirgift. >> the most popular gift for moms is still a nice mother's t day brunch, gift that gained the most popularity this year is a trip to the spa. yes. more than 65% of people sid they were buying a spa day for mom and that's up more than 10% from last year. >> you don't have to worry abouh t gift decomposing in a laft fill somewhere. >> don't have to recycle it either. >> there you go. all right, a warning forn

sers in prince georges county, a woman offering to pick up the mail but she had something else in mind. >> how this simpleavor led to thousands of dollars stolen. plus news4 is working forou y in the community. meet the volunteers out there working to keep our city clean and green. even dragon queens need their caffeine fix. we're getting to the bottom of that surprise addition. >> i heard about that. i want to see if i can see itin aga. that's a good one. out there right now, plenty of sunshine but the clouds coming back in, the rain chances coming back in later this week, w

the dow jones industrials rallied for a stunning comeback y. the dow was down almost 500 points in morning trading after the president threatened to hiko tariffs chinese imports. but then, cnbc reported that a

chinese delegation will still be traveli to the u.s. for negotiations this week, helping the market make a comeback. when the closing bell rang, the dowas down just 66 points to close on the day at 26,438. we are working for you with a warning about how easilyls crimican defraud el elderly people. today, prince georges county announced the indictment of a of er and son team accused stealing thousands from an elderly woman. susan hogan's in the news room n explai how this scam worked. >> leon, this all started innocently enough, prosecutors say terrance and barbara stevens were asked to pick up the mail for a neighbor. that neighbor was 93 years old and was in the process of moving to an assisted living facility. the stevens were supposed to give the mail to a relative of that elderly woman. they delivered some of the mail, they're accud of not delivering all of the mail. prosecutors believe the stevens used bank statements to get account information and then

stole thousands of dollars from the elderly woman to pay their own bills. the state's attorney says she's making the case publicof in hop etting victims of similar crimes to come forward. >> let it be known that our office will prosecute to the fullest extent anyone who takes advantage of an elderly person, an individual with disabilities, and others who they may deem to be vulnerable. >> now, we've learned the stevens are now both charged with theft and cspiracy. back to you. >> boy, oh boy, with friends like that. thank you, susan. pat? >> nbc4 is rooted in the community. keeping it green and keeping it clean. thaat residents in a northeast d.c. neighborhood are doing, working with nonprofits, they are helping to grow a healthy, sustainable community. at this northeast d.c. community garden, it's all hands in dirt,

even little hands pitch in. >> tell me what you know about gardening. >> i know that you, like, have,k .ike, me the soil corre it can't have rocks in it. >> reporter: these volunteers are pouring their hearts and sweat into keeping this corner clean and green. organizers of this community clean-up call it code green and it has its roots in a community-wide coalition. the clition includes the green scheme, aroup working primarily in wards 7 and 8 to end food insecurity by grning theden into a classroom. >> our mission is to definitely end some very important things going on in d.c., like food apartheid and food deserts. >>rt we par with the local schools around here and we bring them down tom teach the how to garden, teach them how to harvest t food and teach them how to cook it. s, another group, rooftop ro helps feed underserved communities by providing jobs, building and maintaining

sustainable landscapes. >> seeing how your food is grown, where it comes to from, and food's ally something that united states us all. >> reporter: but this goes farther than feeding andin cleup this community. it's connecting generations from seniors who go to a center just across the street to youngsters who use a nearby playground and ball field. >> i grew and we want to show you how our nbc4 garden is growing in templh hills, se pictures taken on

saturday, we've already harvested spinach and kale, yes, leon, and we want to show you some of the folks gardening with us over the weekend, some new folks joined us along with hill crest elementary students and we have to thank our master gardr, esther mitchell, there in the middle. >> looks great. came up pretty quickly. >> thanks to rainne and suns >> wow, i mean, you really saw that -- the explosion we've seen just over theast couple of weeks if you've got a yard. i mowed my yard five days ago, it's already ready to be mowed again. >> i believe it. i don't think our yard has ever looked better. the azaleas are out. everythingigis green rht before the heat comes in and burns everything up. >> exactly right. we're not too far from that. this is the most beautiful time, we think, in our area. parts of spring as we head into some of the warmer months into summer right now, beautiful day. i want to show you some pictures. you want tog see someth that's, to me, this is beautiful, but not for people out there in omaha. look at this.

this is a tornadoic cell. watch this torna form right here. here it comes. boom. right through lincoln, nebraska, this is right through the lincoln, nebraska, area last night, a tornado did come through that area, some amazing footage there of that tornado just quickly popping down, not a very strong torno but it doesn't take one to produce some damage. you can see the damage it did here in the lincoln, nebraska, area last night. so many different time lapses of that and we're getting so many fantastic pictures and videos nowadays of storms just becausee of all the tnology we've got out there. now, here's a beautiful shot on our area, plenty of sunshine, blueskies, few clouds, but gorgeous weather, 78 degrees, winds, not much at all, 77 degrees n at 7:00,e, nice, and nice. it's going to be a really nice evening if you're thinking about getting dinner outside, no problem r that at all after yesterday, just another soaker of a day. today, though, simply gorgeous as we headff o the week. 75 right now inleesburg, campus

springs, annapolis at 69, bowie not reporting right now but around that 73-degree mark in your area too. your weather headlines, a warm one for tormorrow, really warm, 10 degrees warmer than that. clouds in cooler weather on wednesday so this comes back into play, again, wednesday and thursday with that northeast flow and then heavy rain and storms later this week. we're talking about friday, really, as the day i think we see the heaviest storm and maybe sunday the heaviest rain. no rain out there right now. storm team4 radar is dry but you don't have to go too far to see what's happening. more storms back here towards nebraska, storms juhe south of incoln area, north of kans city, a frontal boundary that's keeping cooler air, much cooler air just to the north, much warmer air to the south and we're going to tap>c in on that warmer air tomorrow. speaking of that, how about the kids at the bus storo tomor sunrise at 6:04, 75 degrees at recess, a perfect day to get out there for recess, 84 degrees by

the time we're picking up the kids. get them out of the house. no video games tomorrow, tell thd, doug sai no video games tomorrow. get them out of the house. 70 on wednesday. 71 on thursday, so we've got ea cooler wther, we've got clouds, we've got some shower activity on thursday, the chance of storms really comes in ona friday with igh of 79. right now, saturday looking pretty good. i'm a little worried saturday we could see some shower activity, but right now, i'm trying to keep it dry before we have a bigger storm comes in on sunday and into monday. that one could be another soaker so yeah, looks like just like this pasteweek wher we had friday and sunday as the rainmakers, looks like we could do it again this week as well. >> so we understand that today's a special day for birthday? >> yes, it is. thank you very much. >> chocolate cupcake for you. >> thank you. i love chocolate cupcakes. how did you know i >>ust took a guess. >> wow. >> it's because we saw your daughter walking around the news room. >yshe's not here for m birthday. she's here because nobody dyuld -- i didn't have any to take care of her.

all right. good. i made my wish. cherything's great. thank you so muor that. i appreciate that. >> are you going to break the anti-carb pledge for today. >> no. yeah, maybe. we had a story earlier on cudakes and i said if i a cup take today,d i woult a ku cupcake. >> the wish comes true. all right, doug. >> 30 years old. to all right. that's somethingee but so is this. you've got to check this out because i know you're a g.o.t.. g spoiler alert. if you haven't watched goim ofn thro put your tv on mute. >> fans aren't talking about the death of the second dragon today or the surprise at kings landing. >> it's the revelation that the northern kngdom of winterfell apparently has a starbucks. during a celebration scene, you see it here, a coffee cup prominently sitting there on the table. >> oops. nothing gets byf "game o thrones" fans. they've en having a field d with this on social media. >> somebody joked about hbo spending two years and milliols of drs on an episode and no

one watches the coffee cup. >> no one caught he. >> t amazing thing about this is, i'm not sure this -- again, this is seven seasons, right? that's happened before. in a "game of thronesepisode, that has happened before and it was also a starbucks cup. we got to look that up just to make sure. but it has ha kened. >> wew what they drink. >> exactly. g. as if starbucks needed more help advertisin >> that's a free commercial there. that was a tall because they didn't have gran or venti. >> a second dragon died? oh my gosh. >> you blew it. >> thanthyou. >> and fell off the roller coaster. it was terrible, wendy. >> sorry. >> bad. or i hope that volume's still down at home f lot of you. >> and by the way, doug, did holly say, hey, h honey,py birthday, you got the kids. >> pretty much. >> guess what you're gemying. >> daughter is eating the cupcake right now behind you. >> good daddy. you get them for theday. >> we got a busy afternoonng comi up on this monday and

unfortunate twist in a lesson about inclusion and diversity in thekp worce. >> this was a, oh, oops, department of housing and urban development turned to a it might d video o have been a film back then, to make a point. but the employees say it wasn't the rightanne. d our megan fitzgerald joins us now to explain the controversy at 5:00 tonight. plus those fitness trackers, they're everywhemore than 40% of americans use them. >> but for some, it comes with a painful side effect. doreen joins us to explain the best and safest way to wear on now we have to worry about that. i had the fortune of sitting down one-on-one to speak to billie jean king, how she's nspiring a new generation of athletes right here in washington. we'll tell you why. >> it was great. i was there watching him talk to her. >> we had a god time. >> all right, bet you were a fan boy, huh? >> right on. >> big time. >> all ri

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thursday. friday! what's happening here? nothing. [ screaming ] the most exciting twomi utes in sports will go down as one of the most controversial. >> that's for sure. an interference call reversed the outcome of saturday's race.cky derby >> jay gray has more on the thllout. >> 're off in the kentucky derby. >> reporter: 48 hours later and for some, the kentuckyiserby still n't over. the owners of post time favorite aximum security challenging a

decision by race stewards that kept their horse out of the winn winner's circle. >> i think this is something ig that's b enough that the entire racing world is looking at this and i think they deserve an opportunity to really know what was going >> maximum security continues to lead the way. >> reporter: the chaos. >> on the far turn. >> reporter: sloppy, muddy track. >> they're into the stretch. >> reporter: the situation, even more muddled at the finish line. >> maximum security wins the kentucky derby. >> reporter: not so fast. >> there is an objection that has been posted on the boards. >> reporter: race officials reviewing video and interviewed jockeys for more than 20 minutes before ruling mags maximum security drifted wide. >> the horse tt crossed the line first has been disqualified. >> reporter: instead, country house, a 65 to 1 long shot gets the garland of roses nearly

$2 million in winnings, and a spot in sports racing history. >> i never even -- nobody wins -- you don't -- i don't win the derby. i don't know anyone that'son the derby. this isn't something that happens to people that i know. >> reporter: after an ending that's never happened in the 145 years of this iconic race. jay gray, nbc news. >> and now at 5:00, justice for the families of twooung murder victims. >> this has been two years in the making, the two fairfax county residents found murdered in december of 2016 just days before christmas. >> police say the suspect fled to ethiopia. he wasct indi for that crime three months later and now after more thantwo years on the run, he's behind bars on u.s. soil. >> after two years and nearly six months, justice day has arrived. >> our northern virginia bureau chief, julie ca