he was a foot from the fhooter, and instead o running the opposite direction he ran toward it. >> today, students saved by a classmate's quick action. details about the school shooting victim hailed as a hero and the teenage gunman who took him down -- he took down. plus, saying good-bye to sunshine as the rain returns. we'll fill you in on the forecast and what to expect as we move toward the weekend. thanks, kraft, for the gift of nothing. >> oh, my. a generous mother' day offer. kraft mac and cheese offering to foot your baby sitting bill this weekend. how to take u advantage of that. first at 4:30, live look at this thursday. almost to friday. you are goi to want to dig the umbrella out of your closet car today. you will need it this weekend. chuck says that's for sure. we believe chuck. >> ready for it. >> good morning, everyyae. i'm eun . >> i'm aaron gilchrest. let's head over to storm team 4

meteorologist chuck bell before we check the commute with melissa mollet. what do we ne toknow? >> grab the umbrella for sure. it's had a chance to dry out, but over the next four days there's at least a chance of rain each and every day. this morning, really ai hit-and-miss chances between now and lunchtime. i'm optimistic afternoon activities will be dry. tomorrow, a dry start and wet finish. same story for saay. mainly dry for the first part of saturday and may stay dry all the way up to 5:00, 6:00 saturday afternoon befor rain moves in. sunday, rain pretty much all day for mother's day. that won't make me very popular at all. rain near charlottesvie this morning. it's doing its best to try and lift back to the north. chance t to keep a rain for the early parts of the day today. temperatures are mild. we're in the 50s and low 60sdao get your y going. and once we get a f peeks of afternoon, to the

temperatures should jump to the r 70s. up a closer look at the rain amount on mother's day coming up in a few minutes., for nowver to a mom of three. >> yes. yes, yes, yes. oxon hill northbound indian heaw hig, diverted to kirby hill road. crashes blocking all northbound lanes. they're waiting on a tow truck. should be out of the way soon. a little bit of a slowdown. they are pushing you around its ou can get by it. 270 northbound, southbound, no worries there. as we look at the beltway, upper marlboro, the outer loop ramp to southbound 4, pennsylvania avenue, ramp is blocked by a work zonee on th outer loop ramp to pennsylvania avenue. 95 and maryland, southbound here, 69 miles per hour going tu get y there in ten minutes. aaron? >> all right. thank you. 4:32 now. and here are the top stories ki we're worng on for you this morning. >> ernight weearned of another local victimilled in the bombings in sri lan on easter. chelsea decamanato worked for

the u.s. department commerce. she was an international program specialist in sri lanka on assignment. the secretary of commerce wilbur ross says she ssed away on saturday from her injuries. the bombings killed 258 people and wounded hundreds more. two people were arrested during a demonstration that turned violent at the venezuelas embsy in georgetown. d.c. police briefly shut down 30th and m streets a t theyied to get the angry crowd under control. antiwar groups supporting the embattled socialist president nicolas maduro areccupying the building. the protesters outside support z u.s.-reco president juan guaido. also overnight montgomery county police are investigating a homicide in silver spring. a man was found b justefore 11:00 last night on piney branch road. officers s the body showed signs of trauma. this morning we're still working to learn his name and whether police have any supects. the house judiciary committee voted along party lines to recommend the house find attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for not releasing the full mueller

report to congress. the vote came after president trp asserted executive privilege to prevent the redacted portions of the report from being given to congress. the full house could vote as n early asxt week. the rock creek parkway will shut down in a matter of hours. traffic will be stopped in both directionst 8:00 tonight, and the road will stay closed until tuesday morning. workers are installing a pedestrian bridge over the road connecting t kennedy center. the manhunt continues for a fugitive who ran om police and crashed his car twice. u.s. marshals are trying to track down victor charles johnson. helso goes by victor jackson and is wanted on a parole violation. he crashed his car twice yesterday trying to get away from police. he bailed out near the bw parkway in cheverly and ran into the woods. we are learning new details about the men suspected in a string of atm thefts in our region. police say the men in this viden may be coted to as many as 18 robberies and attempted robberies i the past year.

police arrested d'andre jackson, janara highet, and elmer burns from d.c. they went into a the 7-elevennd sprayed black paint on surveillance cameras and prepared to steal the atm. police had the place staked out. when the suspects moved in, so did they. it ended with a crash on the beltway in greenbelt. the trio are charged in three cases so far. it's beenar three years since a deadly explosion devastated the flower branch apartments in silver spring. investigators natural gas leak caused the explosion there. seven people died. angry residents say gas leaks at the apartment complex are still a problem. last night they gathered with makey and local leaders to a call to action. one tenant says he reported smelling gas in the basement of a building there. the advocacyroup casa de maryland said washington gas did not fix the issue for more than

20 days. >> we want to have a county where tenants feel safe in their own homes and where their concerns are being heard. >> i can't imagine how traumatic it must be to live here. our residents have the right to go to sleepvery night knowing that they're going to wake up. >> washington gas says it has fixed several minor leaks in th recent mon the company says if a resident smells gas, that person should call 911 and then call the gas company. nearly tenm students f johns hopkins university in baltimore will not face charges after taking part in a month-long sit-i at the university. in early april, students peacefully took over garland hall on campus. ey demanded the university cancel plans to create a private university police force and end its contracts with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. things escalated may 1st when protesters forced the evacuation of students and staff from garland hall, theuniversity's main administration building, and chained the doors. a university spokesperson said keeping garland hall locked was

problematic, and police had to intervene. it's 4:36. coming up, it's a beloved family heirloom used for decades for weddings. last week we told you it went missing in the mail. this morning, we have an update you won't want to miss. smart speakers made just for kids promise to protect their p vacy. this morning, amazon is facing new allatio of spying. ns

golden state warriors fans are holding their breath this morning. reigning nba finals mvp kevin durant left with a calf strain. it happened during game five of the western conference semifinals against the houston rockets. maybe he limping a little there. at, prince george's county native made a shot to extend the warriors' lead in the third quarter. he start limping. durant immediately went to the locker room for an evaluation and did not return to court. the warriors won the game.

we're expecting to learn more bout his condition and chances of continuing post season later today. today the 2018 world series champions theboston red sox will meet president trump at the white house. >> not everyone will be going, . though sever players including the manager, alex korea, say that they will skip the afternoon ceremony. coup correa is set at the way the president hashe treated t u.s. island territory in the aftermath of hurricane maria. it was a late night for the red sox. theysent into extra inning with the baltimore o boston won 2-1 in 12 innings. that's a long game. chuck? >> sure was. if you're already starting to think about maybe going to the beach for the weekend, friday, saturday, and sunday, there's a chance for rain each one of those three days, though no total washouts for your friday or saturday plans. issunday at the beach in trouble. sunday here at home may also be filled with raindrops.

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4:4 ew, a warning for parents. according to a complaint to be filed with fedal regulators,

amazon is improperly recording and then preserving conversations of kids through its echo dot kids devices. cory smith at the live desk with more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, these little devices are so convenient. but regulators wonder exactly how much they are listening to you. according to thewall street journal," a coalition of privacy and child advocacy groups is behind this complaint. this is what the amazon echo dot kid devices look like. the complaint weboe talking aut alleges that amazon is storing theda te in thelo c even after parents actively try to delete it. a spokesperson for amazonays the company is compliance with federal privacy laws and that its privacy polies are disclosed on the website for all to see. remeanwhile, lawmakersow calling on the ftc to investigate these findings. back to you. >> all right. thank you. hitting dent trump is the campaign trail rallying his base in florida as the battle betwdn the white house an congress jesk gates. >> the republican -- escalates.

>> the republican-controlled senate and democratically-controlled house are seeking information. tracie potts on the hill with more.he what are t committees looking for here?le >> reporter: s start with the republicans because that's w. a source telling nbc that the senateee judiciary committ controlled by republicans has subpoenaed donald ump jr. they want to bring him in to talk about his meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign and what he knew about the effort to build trump tower in russia. michael cohen went to prison for lying over that, saying that it last much longer into the caepaign than h originally said. and he said he briefed the prident's son ten times even though donald trump jr. had previously testified that he didn't know much about it. so that's the republicans. andemocrats, of course, wt to get their hands on that full, un-redacted, not blacked out, mueller report. and now they have held the attorney genal, william barr, in contempt of congress for notg

provithat report. it's not a final vote. it still has to go to the full house. but the president says thatwi h l now exert executive privilege so they can't see nything. the report, theunderlying evidence, nothing,as this attempt to hold the attorney general in contempt moves forward. we don't know when that vote will happen. >> all right. tracie potts on the hill. thank you. it's 4:46. this morning we're learning new details about a deadly colorado school shooting and thee tegers at the center of it. two students are in custody accused of shooting nine of their classmates. witnesses say there would have been more victims if it weren't for kendrick casteel. the 18-year-old charged at one of the gunmen preventing him from killing more his father says he feels pride and pain that his son died helping others. >> gfng to have a lot o guilt for a long time by raising a

good individual. and his actions are heroic, but the consequences are steep. >> so heartbreaking. police say thewo gunmen are in custody. an 18-year-old appeared in court yesterday. the judge will decide whether thebe 16-year-old will charged an adult during a hearing tomorrow. that community has dealt with so much. just very s. >> a horrifying discovery at a home in one of the most affluent communities in the country. police and atf agents seized more than 1,000 guns from a house in los angeles. you can see huge piles of pistols and rifles in the driveway. investigators catalog thr findings, and a police spokesperson said it was the result of a joint lapd and atf investigation into illegalinun traffick we're told an anonymous tip led investigators to the home. ne person was arrested on state weapons arges. a reunion just in time for a couple's big day. a priceless heirloomhe vanis while being shipped from texas

to maryland. but the family didn't give up on it. they came to news4 hoping to get tthe word ou about a lost dress sword. it's been used in several family weddings since 1918. they use it to cut the cake. after the story aired, u.p.s. promised to use additional resources to find it, and of course the sword turned up. >> hmm. >> today it will be hand delivered to the couple in time to cut another wedding cake. >> that is fantastic news. really happy for them. >> yeah. it is a special kind of show taking place high i the y. for the first time in more thane a deca, the blue angels and thunderbirds will perform together. >> it is happening tndis week at joint base andrews. news4's chris gordon talked to u organizers ab what it takes to put on this spectacular show. >> report: the navy's blue angels arrive at joint base andrews, putting on a show in the sky. the air force thunderbirds arrived on monday for this weekend's show. >> first time in about 12 years that the blue angels and the air

force thunderbirds have gotten to fly together at the same show. we're excitedto show what both services can do, as arll as lefrom eerch other and try and -- from each other and try and make each other better. >> it's a mission ando a sh a show for the spectators and a mission for us to continue to do al phenomena job representing the navy and marine corps and the 800,000 men and women that we represent. >> the engines, the way they fly, it -- may hair stands on the back of my it's awesome. >> reporter: the show is free d open to the public on saturday and sunday. reporting from andrews, chris gordon, news4. >> if you haven't been to the air show in person, it is awesome to see. >> amazing. hope the weather ho >> yeah. i want to thank the nderful ople at nasa for inviting me to speak at the administration's asian american and pacific islanderheritage month celebration yesterday. my thanks to crystal moten and steve chi and daphne doute re

hosni mubar-- douter, for putting on the east rising lion against group. incredible. have you ever seen the dancing lions? >> not up close. >> even with the masks,hey can show emotion which is really o col. and a big shout out to ournd frieeresa holloway who watches every morning. she works at nasa headquarters in southwest and sent out the invitation for me to > speak. >ce. >> like everything else nasa does, top-notch vent. >> i bet. >> of course. they literal are -- literally are rocket scientists. >> yes. very cool. outdoor activities today, maybe a little hit and miss forp raindrtoday. especially early. i think the afternoon plans may be relatively unscathed by the e ather. unfortunately i've had to muff up the rain chances for the weekend. right now with a cloudy sky overhead, washington national

airport is sitting at 62 degrees. still have that persistent east wind for now. that wind willo turn t the southwest later on today, and that will scour this wedge of cool, moist air out, of here allowing a nice recovery later in the day. for now, it's all abt the clouds. 59 in gaithersburg. 64 in quantico. 57 in winchester. and you can see there is a ndttle area of light rain here west of richmo just not too far from charlottesville. this is doing its best to lift in our general direction. wewill keep a chance for raindrops here early on today. later on this afternoon, things prove just a bit. here's future weather. again, the computer models are not having a very good handle on this rain in central virginia t. i'm not too confident in the way this is being presented. later in the day today, i think it will turn around and get a little bit of sunshine in here. for tomorrow, wel start out dry. rain chances increase as a weather front rolls in late tomorrow evening. saturday morning, really the

first half to three quarters of your saturday plans likely to not get rained on. by 8:00 saturday night, the rain's moving in. and i've moved ouran rain chce on sunday up to 100%. it will rain most if not all of your sunday plans. sorry about that for all your mother's d activities. indoor brunch required this year. then on monday, that rain hanging around through the morning commute before w dry back out. next chance for some bright, sunny weather here, doesn't arrive until tuesday and wednesday of next week. that seems like a long ways away to me. >> that does seem li a long time to wait for a little bit of sunshine. oxon hill northbound indian head highway, shut down near kirby hill. are you pushed off to kirby hill livingston. the crash blocking the ne northbound la it should be out of the way soon. gierg -- just reopened, i'm hearing. gaithersburg, northbound 270 copper road, rate liight line b.

the outbound ramp is blocked., 66irfax county parkway to the beltway, 62ur miles per ho gets you this in nine minutes. >> thank you. ow. it's 4:53 right how's this for a cross-country adventure? traveling on a trail that will stretch almost 4,000 miles across the u.s. for the first time in history, that could be a reality. here's what it could look like -- it's called the great american rail trail. it will ultimately connect he country on one seamless path using a series of existing trails and gaps. from washington state to right here in the district, while it will take years to complete, advocates say it will also allow americans to safely see the country from a whole new perspective. >> super cool. >> yeah. >> i wonder how many days it would take me to walk the whole way. >> more than days. >> right. years. the people m kraft have a very special gift for moms this year. they're picking up the tab for the ysbabter. kraft says it will reimburse

$50,000 worth of babysitter bills as ao mother's day gift t moms all over the country. all you need to do is get a re bipt from theysitter and submit it to kraftmothersdayaway.com. lot of times all momsor suppt time to herself. ongoing. evme insist that mother's day should be about erybody get together and share the day with me. pll the kids and everything, cancel your ns. other moms are like, i want t be bymyself. be in a darkroom. everybody get out. there's two schools of thought. >> where do you fall? >> do with my kids. i want them to spend tme with me -- yes, while i can. before they leave me forever.>> they get older and life takes over. you'll survive. nurses are the gluehat holds particular a patient's health care journey -- holds together a patient's remember . journey >> molette green stopped by prince george's county hospital center to say tnk you to the outstanding group of nurses there. >> thank you so much. appreciated.d to be

we work tirelessly. sometimes we don't get breaks. if feels good to have somebody cay thank you. thank you so mu >> news4 treated the nurses there at prince george's hospital center to frozen custard. a smoke token to say thanks for all they do. i spent time in the hospital a few years ago. and the stuff the nurses have to put up dwith, the har work that they do, the hours and hors on end that they work to make sure people are recovering and doing well i the hospital, itally is -- >> they do therunt of the work. i remember having my th babies at georgetown university hospital. the nurses were the ones who made sure i didn't fall apart. >> exactly. do so much more than physical care. it's also teacher appreciation week.as mollet h paid visits to schools all over. terday she stopped at garfield preparatorycounty southeast. later she will ben the move again. >> she'll be live at eisenhower middle school in laurel. that's coming up at 5:00.

stick around for that. a rhode island chool district has changed its policy after being accused of lunch shaming students. warrick public schools announced sunday that students with unpaid balances on their lunch accounts would receive a sunflower seed, butter andh, jelly s until the balance was paid. that sparked nationwide backlash. after a meeng, the school board scrapped the idea and will look for a more balanced way to collect the money. the district says more than tu 1,600nts owe $77,000 in unpaid lunches. >> several local business ownerf have red to pay thebalance down. they were turned away for that. i don't understand why they wouldn't cept that -- >> yeah. >> and really, the huny kids, it's not their fault. >> yeah. but -- i don't know how the schools can besthandle the situation. >> there is no easy answer, for sure. 4:56. ahead, why your dna may be the secret to losing weight. and a protester jotside of a ty embassy ends with arrest. is this our new car?

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erhold attorney g william barr in contempt. all this while donald trump jr. now faces a subpoena of his own. >> and could the trick to losing weight be hiding in your dna? we're showing you the new way people are dropping the pounds. good morning, everyone. welcome to your thursday. i'm eun yam. >> i' aaron gilchrest. it's 5:00 a.m. we begin with a check on the recast and the commute, of course. melissa mollet is standing by. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell on his birthday. happy birthday to you, ch k. >> 64 years old -- >> what? >> you are just so wrong for that -- >> is that wrong? >> totally wrong. >> 52's bad enough. 64 -- if i'm still waking up at 1:30 in the morning when i'm 64 come to work, something's gone terribly wrong with my retirement plans. what do you need to know about the weather? e tracking a chance of rain for the first part of the day.

i think most of