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abortion law in the country. it makes it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion at any stage of pregnancy unless the fe mother's s at risk. and there are no exemptions for cas of rape and incest. the goal is to challenge roe v. wade protections in the supreme court. news4's leon harris is working for you on what could happen if abortion laws are eve ually left up to the state. >> this is an ongoing debate here. abortion lawsn d.c., maryland and virginia, they're all different. so let's start with d.c. and see w things are shaping up there. d.c. has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country. abortions don't require a licensed physician and they don't ha to be performed by a

doctor in a hospital. maryland, however, a bit more restrictive. there women have protected access to the procedure, but it's required to be performed by licensed doctors, and at least one parent or guardian has to be made aware before a minor has an abortion in virginia. that's the most restrictive area in our region. we have limited access to abortion in virginia. women are required to wait a full day after counseling beforg havi an abortion, and many in the pro-choice community think that adding restrictions is a way to deter the procedure. pro-choice organizations now trying to make sure that they get candidates in office this november to removese the kinds of roadblocks. a we h -- an election this year that actually creates a prorihoice majoty in the general assembly. we can move quickly to actually shore t up the rigabortion. >> now you mayec rl the

political firestorm at the beginning of the year during an attempt to loos restrictions on late-term abortions. we will likely see that flare up again, because it's expected to car into virginia the election this fall with the ultimate goal of getting somehow, some way, some time to the supreme court. doreen, back to you. >> thank you, leon.w tom president trump says he'll unveil what he's calling ai sweep new e migration plan. now senior whituse officials say there are six issues here. some of them include moving the u.s. from afamily-based system to one based on merit. this plan would also include a civics test for all applicants. border funding is at the top of the list, but the number of green cards issued would stay the same. the legislation is likely to die in the democratic controlled house before it ever reaches the senate. you may have seen a lot of bicyclists on the streets of d.c. tonight, but you probably didn't hear them. >> yeah, they were riding in

silence onight. many with a solemn purpose to honorll cyclists k by motor vehicles in our area. the ride of silence happens every year in the month of may throughout the world. >> only on news4, jackie bensen spoke to the friends of the five cyclists killed in d.c. over the past year. >> they rolled down pennsylvania avenue northwest after riding ten miles through city streets. ending with a bike down moment of silence in front of the wilson building, solemn faces. the ride of silence takes place every year on the third wednesday in may. it is always a grassroots effort. >> aemonstration that cyclists have a right to the roadway. and we are here and this is our road too. >> this ride capped a deadly 12 mons for bicyclists in the

district. five pple were killed in collisions withh motor veicles, among them 19-year-old malik habib. last june h was hit by a tour bus on h street northeast after his bike tire got caught in the streetcar track. then just last month, long-time d.c. bike advocate dave salibush, 54, was struck and killed by a speeding stolen van as he rode his bike. >> the community has beenh throug much this year. we've lost friends. people have lost loved ones. i was telling you earlier i keep thinking o ct of thener of my eye, i keep thinking i see dave at every bike eve i goto. >> d.c. councilmember charles allen has introduced a bill that would fast track the infrastructurehanges needed to make biking and walking safer in the district. jackie ilson building, bensen, news4. love them or hate them, those scooters you see all around town are popping up

around the globe. eight-time olympic champion usain bolt just unveiled his brand of electriccooters in paris today. bolt says the scooters are improved for improved comfort and longevity thanks to foot rests for better stability. some 15,000 electric scooters are aeteady on the stre in paris, and that city estimate there's could be 40,000 of them by the end of the year. over.ey've taken a lot of drivers breaking the law at a particularly tricky traffic circle in our area. it's happening at clarendon circ t, which isechnically not even a circle.re there a changes being made to make it safer, which means you can longer turn left from washington boulevard to wilson boulevard, and from washington to clarend boulevard. drivers tell us they're totally confused and frustrated by the changes. dangerous. it's always chaotic. >> you know, once the project is

complete, it will bclear. it will definitely be more clear to everyone how the intersection works. >> now this project is expected to be finished in the fall.en until just be sure you're right when you're making your lefts through this intersection. a judge redud charges to simple assault today against four men. they had a physical confrontation with some d.c. police officers yesterday, but cell phone video shows one offic shoving one of the men. it happened on w street in southeast. the officer flapped the man's cell phone out of his hand and pushed him. witnesses recorded so of what happened, but we don't have start-to-finish video of this incident. the police union says officers ere to investigate complaints about criminal activity. >> there is a line that you cross when you walk within an inch of the fofficer'sce and put your finger in his face and walk behind officers that are armed. >> the cops, they coming up aggressive. >> according to court documents, someone intentionally bumped an

officer, acting like they were going to take a swing at him. court records show that one woman slapped an officer othe arm. >> a newly elected northern virginia state lawmaker says he's getting harassed because he's muslim. at a recent town hall, an audience member asked dr. brahim samira if he would enforce sharia law while in office. the islamic law forms part of islamic tradition, but he has himself ma controversial comments in the past. he apologized for what many called anti-semitic remarks when he was in college, but sam myra says he won't back down against religious bigotry. >> everybody that wants to come and ask whatever they want about policy is more than welcome to do so. t those that will come and discriminate against me based on my background, they're going to alce a reaction from me where i'm going to c it out where it is. >> the anti-defamation league says since 2016, they have seen

a dramatic spike in hate crimes. the fbi says many of them are due to religion. a new proposal is putting pressure on phone companies tos op those annoying robocalls. >> we get them every dayever night. the s.e.c. wants to pull out all the stops to prevent the 163 llion robocalls americans get, many of which are scams. the agency wants the service providers t analyze if the call you're about to get is legitimate before your phone rings. the change would go into effect this summer. >> we want to pull out all the stops to make sure the consumers can finally sit down at the dinner table with some peace of mind knowing that if the phone rings, it is in fact a legitimate call. >> next month the fec plans to vote on ifk carriers can bloc spam calls by default. currently, you have to request tools like apps to weed out those unwanted calls. > a huge milestone for the make a wish midatlantic chapter tonight. the organization just granted

its wish number 10,000, and we were honored to be there to see it. it was for a local 10-year-old turned movie producer and director. mason bronner got his own red carpet experience for the world premiere of his action film "the fallet the uptown theater. bronner stopped yesterday to tell about how he created the film while battling cancer at children's hospital. ourns congratulatio >> he was rocking that top hat there. news4 is always working for you. and tonight our team was recognized for it. nbc4 and telemundo 44 nominated for a combined 67awmmy ds this year. >> are you guys having fun? are you guys having fun? everybody is nervous. >> telemundo 44 was one of the hosts at tonight'sle ceation. in northwest d.c., the winners will be announced next month. we have a full list of nominees

right now in nbc washington app. just search emmys. next at 11:00, a scan the sky caught on camera. >> yeah, check this out. a helicopter goes down in the neme place where captain sully landed his pla on the water a decade ago. the prices of thousands of a everyday ite about to go up. working for you wityo what should buy now before the new tariffs kick in, and it could save you hundreds. and the heat is on, doug. >> yeah, at least it's coming, jim. another great day tomorrow, but then the warm air really starts to move in. i'll show you what i'm talking about and just how warm we bet. we'reack in few minutes. a

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out-of-controlhelicopter there as it crashed into the hudson river today on manhattan's west side. a l witness' celhone showed the chopper slamming into the water. pilot eric morales was the only one on board. he had just taken off and was trying to reposition his er aircraft aftrefueling. he deployed flotation vices. some debris hit a person on shore, but they're expected to be okay. orales had minor cuts to his hands. a new york waterway ferry rescued him. >> wow. the price you pay about to go up on thousands of everyday products. many you may be using right now. before president trump's new tariffs on china kick in, nbc's evin tibbles explains what you should think about buying now to save money. >> here at the checkout counter, you'll feel the bite, even on your daily bread. >> you che't escape tariffs on anything you buy. >> reporta: how does that you feel? >> a little ne wous. >>ll have to sacrifice a

little bit to be better in the . en >> reporter: for or against inhem, busses nationwide seeking to preserve the bottom line without scaring away clientele. >> we've heard increases as high as 15, maybe 20% coming soon. >> reporter: these tariffs could soon hit your pocketbooks on a wide variety of items. in fact, each american family can expect pa an extra $767 a year on items used every single day, from appliances like air conditioners, vacuu and stoves, to beds, pill low, even baby cribs. clothing and accessories will also cost more, along with toiletry,including shampoo, toilet paper and makeup. so those hunting for a new ac this summer -- >> my a iice now come in soon. >> i don't necessarily think you should stock up on things like shampoo for months and months. but what you can do is be very strategic about lage items that ou're buying. there actually could be a huge price differential between buying somethinga m in korea

and china. >> while american drugs are exempt from tariffs, the american hospital association says hospital expenses could spike as much as $160 million a year, whh could ultimately get passed down to paients. and with no progress in sight, the higher price tags may feel like a bitter pill to swallow. kevin tibbles, nbc news, libertyville, illinois. hen you go to a nationals game, the second best contest to watch is those giant presidents. every fourth inning, the rushmore four race from center field tofirst base. i got a chance to give it a tryd anearned it's a lot harder than it looks. yeah, as part of our hand at the ndley series, i suited up as the 12-foot abe lincoln. didn't fall, bu even with a head start, thomas, teddy and george blpa right st me. 20 to 25 competitors were picked from invitation only tryouts

each season.i' just having flashbacks of that nightmare day. it was cooking inside that costume. even marathoners have a to h time hauling around a 50-pound head on their shoulders. >> your forms good. but your time was just a little slow. >> that was in fast motion. >> that thing is 50 pounds, you said? >> yeah, right on your shoulders. >> that's got to ht. >> it does. ,well get your baseball gloves and caps ready. bc4 and our sister station telemundo 44 are partnering with the washington nationals for weather day at nats park tomorrow. doug kamerer will throw out the first pitch for the game against toe nets, and then you'll want to tune in "new4 at 4":00. doug will revealing the official storm team 4 summer forecast. how stormy will it be this season? more about hurricanes and how many 90-degree days will we et? doug has the answer to all those questions, and more, thursday afternoon right here on news4.

and you're pretty pumped abou the weather day. >> it's such an excitingevent. we're going get to speak to 3,000, 4,000 kids tomorrow. i think that's probably the best thing for us. gting to throw out the first pitch in front of millions of crowds all over the world. it's incredible. >> you were ready for it, though. >> iam. everybody is you have to bring the heat. >> don't blow it. >> trust me, i'm bringing the heat. last year was okay. d i't want to be made fun of, because trust me, that will happen with this crew. let me show you what's happening out there right now. looking really nice right now. just a beautiful night. temperature of 64 degrees. winds out of the south 5 miles per hour. but realy, just a great night. temperatures in the 50s area wide. g. manassas. 53 gaithersbur wake up to upper 40s, low 50s for the most part tomorrow morning. so a cool start. but not as chilly as it's been. on the radar, no rain to talk ane're not going see much. about. however, look what's happening here. just to the north.

watching this boundary right here. that's going to try to bring down a couple of showers in overnight towards the early morning hours. so that's something i'm tracking for you. but other than, that that's the only real chance during the day tomorrow. most of us dry. look at the high temperatures. high of 76 in d.c. around or a little above average. but the real warm air has been west.to the that's the warm air that's going to start to move across the country. we've been on the cool side. the great lakes, the northeast ry cool. snow the last couple of days. and then for us, just on the cool side for sure. the warmth back to the west, ano it's going all move our way. and this pattern is going to stick around for the better part of a week to two weeks. and we'realking some real big-time heat here as we make our way towards the weekend and into next week. first off tomorrow, thouol, the schous at the bus stop, maybe a few showers early, especially in the northern zone. temperature 56 in the city. 68by recess. 77, really nice weather. an isolated shower can't be ruled out tomorrow afternoon. a really a great day, and great day down there at nats park, if you want to come down

for that 105 game.5 7degrees. 84 on your friday. chance of an afternoon storm. but only about a 30% chance of that. we could see ao stronger st with this heat. 85 on saturday. 89 degrees on sunday. that's the summer-like heat i'm talking about. o and still the warm side on monday with a high temperature of 86. tuesday, beautiful day with a high of 77, and look at all next week. dry and hot. we start to get into the 90s as we head toward memorial day weekend. i reall think as of right now, it's still early but could change. it look likes thatould become our first heatwave friday, a saturday, sund probably into memorial day day too. that's the way the pattern is shaping up. if we're going to have a memorial day, y want it warm so you can head to the pool, beaches. >> cooking out. all that goo'stuff. >> i be in ocean city. backyard weather. >> you get around, doug. >> he does. >> i do. get some sleep tonight. all right. coming up, the nationals, well, they end their slide as patrick

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this is the xfinity sports desk. > we all know this season for the natss been more disappointi than getting underwear as a gift when you're a kid. but one bright spot so far has been the $140 million off-ason pickup patrick corbin. he is top five i strikeouts, opponents,atting average and top ten in e.r.a. will doug's first pitch bepa trick corbinesque? we'll see. i like this shot. a cool little shot here. turner on rehab, hopefully back soon. got it going early. anthony rendon, kind of. it's a ground roll double. that brings in adam eaton.e thats played three in the first. that's how we do it in the

third. victor robles adds a dish deep to left center, and as we say in chinese, it's asian pacific heritage month. got to get that shout out.he robles with team leading eighth home run this season. the nattys up 4-1. that's all corbin needed. he was dealing. the slider nearly unhittab. 11 ks, has allowed just one run in hisast 15 innings. and the nationals with a 5-1 win over the mets. t oriing on the yankees. game two of their doubleheader. the yankees took gameone in the third. man on for luke voigt. this one deep. not the wall. dj lemahieu weighed in. can we get him? nope, nope, nope. he is safe. the yankees up ne. inth the four, torres, he had two home runs in the first one. and what do we a saygain i

chinese? yeah, on the tip of your tongue. third home run of the day. get this. eight home runs this season. six against baltimore. nkees with the win. north of the border, ben olsen and d.c. united visiting toronto fc. united in the middle of a three games in six days. the offense unfortunely not there tonight.nk thally bill hameed was . indeed the huge stop. and then saved bythe crossbar. take another look at this one. the initial save and then whoops, yes. b sometimter to be lucky than good. united and torontolay to a 0-0 draw. oext up on the road houst saturday. talk some hoops. game one of the eastern conference finals. raptors and bucks. kawhi leonard and gannnis tetokounmpo. normally the stars not late in this one. fourth quarter, bust up three. raptors can't hit. here comes milwaukee. pass ahead to malcolm, you remember him from virginia. he threes it down. 15 off the bench for brogs.

bubs up by five. under two minutes. one-point game. kick out to brook lopez? yes. brook dropping the three. it kind of works. i support that. bucks get their first conference finals win since 2001. they beat therapt, to 108-100. i can't wait until your first pitch. by the way -- >> that's the worst, that's the worst feeling. >> no pressure or anything. >> no pressure or anything.

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