"news 4 today" starts now. >> fire in the district. three people were struck, right by two d.c. schools now police are looking toind the people who pulled the trigger. >> the president spent the week touting a plan for immigration, rning he's weighing in on the swirling fight over abortion rights and turning into a fight for 2020. >> and the horses made it around the track just fine at the preakness stakes bu the same can't be said for the jockeys. >> that poor guy. >> right out of the gate, number nine. >> hey, 6:00 on the dot, on this sunday morning. good morning to you early risers out there.m adam i'm y

yest day, bike de in. hopefully do the same today? >> little steamy too. humidity creeping in, lauryn, didou notice that? >> i did notice that. you'll notice it more today compared to yesterday, guys. yes. we have a lot of and we also have maybe our first 90 degree day that we're going to e across the area as we head through this afternoon. we have two days of some pretty good heat, th he'soing to be building across the area. once we get the heat, we get tho srms. so we could see a few r thunderstoms, saw a few last night. delet's look outsinow. hazy out there now from our ive tower camera. sun just coming of 10 minutes ago. we're looking at some haziness, little cloud cover out there. i think we'll have a good deal of sunshine out there today. it is mild. those temperatures are in the 60s now. 65 here in d.c. 67 at quantico marine base. e temperatures are fairl mild now and we'll see the

temperature go right on . we hadgh w.u have morete on this outmi little bit. >> lauryn, thank you. following breaking news this morning, a major mess on the beltway could impact drive in montgomery cllnty. >> aanes on the outer loop shut down now. this is because of an overnight crash involving multiple tractor trailers. this is right where ithappened. all outer loop traffic is being georgetown road. police say the crash did end up spilling some fuel the road there. the inner loop is not affected in that area. we do have pictures from the scene. look here now, not clear when this part of the beltway is going pe reo we're working to learn if any of the vehicles were involved or if anyone else was hurt. once we do that, we'll post the latest on our nbc washington app. developing this morning, a violent day in northeast d.c.pl

three p were shot and one ended up dead. last night gunshots were fired at t-street and summit place. that's directly in frontof mckinley high school and langly elementary school. two men and one woman were hit. one man was kiland. the wom suffered life injuries.ng the other victim is expected to survive. officers say they're looking for three to four men who are in a white van. a memorial put up in a bike safetyadvocate's honor is destroyed by speeding driver, unbelievable. it happened yesterday morning on florida avenue and 12th street. that ghost bike was t in memorial of dave salovesh who was hit and killed by a truck. a speeding car hit it and took off. friends arer gieving yet again, so soon after losing him. >> one person that we want to tell about this is dave, you know. makes me feel so angry. makes me feel like i was sad for him because ilost my friend.

>> the driver who hit the ghost bike got out and away. police say they have not been able to find that person. the woman who careened into a maryland restaurant killing a boy scout leader will spend the next year in jail. cameras captured the violent moment of impact. the driver vernelle robinson slammed her car into babe's boys tavern in 2017. the73-year-old commissioner isiah pugh died of his injuries a week later. washington post says a judge sentenced robinson on friday. prosecutors said she was speeding at the time. her lawyers claim the car accelerated suddenly and they plan to appeal. a driver may lose a finger after an unfortunate accident while changing a tire on the beltway. here's what happened. the man was driving a trailer, hauling landscaping equipment yesterday. he was on the inner loop near rockville pike in bethesda when he got out to change the tire, a

fire department spokesperson tells us the jack he was using betweenpinning his hand the tire and the wheel well. rescue crews were able to lift the trailer, rushed m to the emergency room, but his thumb may have to be amputated. >> turn our attention to politics now. from the white house, the president is distancing himself from some of the controversial abortion laws that are being passed in several states around the country. a seriesf late night tweets by the president laid out his position. president trump saying i am strongly pro life with three exceptions. the same position take by ronald reagan. he went on to brag about more than ra100 new fede judges he also appointed to the end and court justices and said republicans have to stick together in 2020otto prect what he called hard fought gains for life. >> rublican congressman breaks from his party and accuses

president trump of impeachable conduct. justin amash fired off a series of tweets yesterday. the michigan malr said he read the mueller report and there is evidence the president obstructed justice. he said trumpould have been indicted if he was not the presi. amash stopped short ofng calli for impeachment proceedings. >> now to the i latestn decision 2020. democratic presidential candidate joe biden is calling for less anger and morethco pret n. that message ronated at a rally in philadelphia yesterday. political analysts say pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin are must win states. president trump won all three of them in 2016, but while calling foronity, mr. biden didn't h back on the current president. >> the american people want a president to add to our division, lead with clifrnched fists, a closed hand they don't need hme, got president donald trump.

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you might be able to enjoy today. but it might be a little more teamy, so fyi, heading into summer. >> we're out there on the soccer field yesterday with the kiddos, and it washot. it was hot. i think -- >> i thought it was perfect. wasn't too hot, wasn't too cold. >> i think we can classify as this as getting kind of hot. >> those temperatures out there, i was in the sun yesterday and it was aittle on the warm side. riding a bike or doing something like that wasn't bad. i think today if you're out for a bike ride, out for a jog, you're going feel more heat. and humidity. ere use it wasn't all that humi. we have the haze out andtodacl ds this teates out tthere now in e 60s across the board. it is a little onid the mild

out there. don't need a jacket or anything. you might want tobr grab the la on the way out. plenty of sunshine totart your day. it is going to be hot and humid and hot and humid pretty quickly. by the time we get to the noon hour, temperatures are in the 80s. we'll top out around 90 degrees. then storms that will be developing this afternoon. asar as sunday outlook, cutting the grass, muggy but dry out there. sunday dinner, stor stms setoda storms last night. on the radar. temperatures falling through the 80s and we'll haveorto watch the storm chance. we have a 40 to 50% chance of seeing orms.

some of those could be severe. five levels of this, marginal being number one.ha slight ce being number two. and then it u goes to three more levels from there.re so we'in level two of five of see something severe weather later on this afterno's. so l time it out for you. you can see, after 2:00, that's when we sorst mainthese.il, thr rnht.a somezefog during the overnig hours and another chance for showers and ms thunderstoromorrow afternoon. by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, wlooki inoking b look at the temperatures, 70s, low humidity for tuesday and wednesday. in the 80s thursday and friday. memorial day weekend is dry. >> hitting the 90s. >> open up the pools. >> n kidding. >> reporter's notebook is up next. >> good torning. i'm lawson expanding its

investigation into the d. n nt se, you may recall, a psychiatric patient escaped through ceiling tiles in a shower. in another case, a man overdosed and was discovered dead in a parked car where his h bodyad been for more than a day.s tt macfarlane is here with susan hogan. you told us last week the oversight committee was planning to hold hearings next month because there are so many ng ongoi problems there. we have some idea about the questions they're likely to ask. what are somef those questions? >> the questions they laid o for the medical center in advance of the june hearing, the house oversightco mmittee, a bunch of questions abo reports news 4 has filere the is concerns about a psychiatric patien escaping the psycatric ward,hat shouldn't happen. patient found dead in the parking lot by a tirelave, not by va staff, a day o two after

the man died, thdn shoul't happen. but also a patie who committed suicide after he was asking to be admitted to the psychiatric rd, but was not admitted to the psychiatric ward. these are incidents that happened. every medical centerin america has incidents, adverse events with the medical system calls them. these are different. thesere unique. according to members of congress now they nveed to be inigated further. >> there have been so many problems, long-term at the facility. are the questions that this committee will look at and the issue that it will look atte limi to these cases? >> no. congressional committees never can limit tyemselves to an focused topic. congressional hearings tend to be sprawling, whoever is asking questions next, they have a different perspecti as to what is important. they're goith to start wi those incidents and ask what they have to ask. without equivocation, the medical center has been troubled for years now. and a lot of things that have to be addressed. >> thereew say n medical directogand he's tac lot of the problems. how rs heesponding to this

inquiry? >> he will have to make a formal response. hasn't he's been speaking with us very transparently and says that fixing the medicalcenter this size, it is the flag ship of tht u.s. deparment of veterans affairs, enorus, has tens of thousands of patients each year, f fixing a medical center of this size takes yrs,not kweweeks. >> there rim promare improvemen says has been made. what are some changes you've been able to observe? >there is always a rick of pi o ri picking up an infection there. they say they have made inroads. sterile yrocessing. t had problems with that as well. they think they made good fixes there. more of the retail level whichpe ase cat walk half a mo can't l.ix sme of t parki

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there.ve for eryone so tired of these, i've been working, doing stories on robocalls for years. so this is really the fit time that basically giving the phone carriers the green light to just automatically opt us in no matter what. >> so the theory is this would stop the number, could stop the numbers from popping up on your. caller i.efore they hit your phone. >so we all have the phone we rings, see an area code that looks familiar, so this would so -- they're also trying to work on thatl. as wel because that is one of theth ings that just -- when it tricks you into believing this up on itat youphone call that so i now, congressheavily on th trying to sayha ne do different than se i propoo

difference? and the meantime, as consumers, while we wait for all of this to happen, and i do truly believe that things are going to gettt,e are us at we can do is e docall riod. >> scott, are theegators oun this thaner >> why aren't they doing >> there is a number of federal laws about this as well. there are attorneys who filed on behchanges. ti, hoping that atad, examer reduct th changes will

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nt door if you heauthorization. permission somewhere for certain ri time. issue is east two recent esca s escape en cases, the who escaped are accused of murder. one case the man who escaped is accused of murdering a woman a few n hours after returning to hope village. these escapes are not without consequences. >> who is responsible for following them, keeping up with back?nd getting th >> the people who are suing hope village over one of these homicides, on behalf of the victim's wife, would ell you there are a lot of people in charge, contractor that runs hope village, private contractor, contracted by the feds, by the u.s. department of justice, a also the d.c. department of corrections has oversight because of the unique way the districts its own government. and all of them are being ned, sathey all fail when this

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brick walls and security apparatus. they are concerned about thats outside, langston place in southeast, and people made arguments that that isot a terribly safe neighborhood from which to walk to and from, money in your oc tey sayffult to stayt trouble. but we hearfromho residents. >> itis a toughut an alert for you they're about this. hackers continue to find a way intor children's smart toys and gadgets, posing s aerious risk to their identity. some toys recalled. tell us what every parent needs to know about this. >> scott and i both have kids, both connected, 14-year-old and you have littler ones. you want give them access to these toys because they are in some cases extremely educational. what you find is these toys are

just connected to your router, connected to th whatever they're putting out there can be hacked and has been hacked in the past. there was a recall in europe not too long ago from smart watches signed for children, and then we did atory of, gosh, a couple of years ago, o v-tech toys and the millions that were hacked as well. so it isut there, it is prif le prevalent and you have to be on top of it. >> a couple of things thatpa nts can do. >> number one, lie. absolutely lie. as you know, you sgn up for these things, you put a in. fe name. a fa birthday. sever you have tore if they'reng doesn't rea t end the day. orever you put out t going to be -- ind exposed.at l ye how about l >> rubiks basics.

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the woman suedinjuries. dominate the headlines with co gruesomeurders and attacks, victimizing some of the youngest members of our community. news 4's erika gonzalez has reaction from one of the areas leading experts on the infamous ms-13 gang and the hold on our area. >> reporter: a 14-year-old girl is latest victim of the notorious ms-13 gang. that according to police. the body of the girl was found in a creek in riverdale, police say she endured a horrific death, allegedly killed with a baseball bat and a machete. three teens are now facing murder tonight on news 4 at 11:00, we sit downith t police learn about the gang and its ins

old. >> starting the process.ok you lot them, it is like the innocence, may notnow right from wrong, but the gang knows that. so they'll take that for their benefit. >> reporter: also we talk about the rolerents can play in protecting ourids and our communities from the ms-13 gangs. we hope you'll stay tuned for my sit-down interview tonight at 11:00. eri gonzalez, news 4. a new report claims president trump may be preparing to pardon several members of thl mary, including those convicted of war crimes. the news comes from the new york times. officials told the paper that the trumpion men ory.seed to makerdo the requestsncde a blackwater security contractor who shot dozens of unarmed

iraqis in 2007 as well as the case of a group of marines charged with urinating on dead taliban fighters. earlier this tmonth, presid trump pardoned an army lieutenant convicted of killing an iraqi during an interrogation. a republican congressman has broken from his party and is accusing president trump of impeachable conduct. justin amash fired off a series of tweets yesterday. the michigan lawmaker said that id read the mueller report and that there is ece the president did obstruct justice. he also said trump would have been indicted if he was not the president. amash stopped short of clling for impeachment proceedings, though. and, of course, tune in to "meet the press" on nbc 4 this morning. one of the democratic front-runners bernie sanders will join chuck todd for an exclusive interview. that starts at 10:30, right after "news 4 today." and this orning, a staff member from a montgomery county edgh school is in trouble for his alleg actions during a

graduation party. the principal of quince orchard high school sent a letter home to parents. on thursday, the employee went to a graduation party where studen openly consumed alcohol and played drinking games. the principal says theri apte actions have been taken, and that the police are e invold. talk about a close call. a california man lucky to be i alve after he was sphered by a tripod that crashed through his windshield. this happened on thursday. it was smashed by the yellow steel tripod thrown into traffic as the van passedn ur an overpass. the man in the passenger seed had a partially punctured lung and broken ribs but is expected be okay. the california highway patrol says they have arrested someone, they're pursuing an attempted murder charge. my goodness. >> wow. pretty scary moments for tourists right in the heart of new york city. an electronic billboard sparked into flames in times square.

cell phone video captured the hectic scene yesterday afternoon. you can see flames shoeing from th side of the sign. firefighters say the billboard wasagot damed and no one nearby was hurt. he's one of the best college football players to come out of the univerity of virginia. now after 11 season in the nfl, chris long is calling it quits. also philadelphia eagle. the standoutsive end made it official yesterday, saying i parti put my heart and soul into every minute of it, gratitude and love to those who lifted me up. long ended his career with the philadelphia eagles. he won two super bowls and finished with 333 total tackles and that guy, by the way, is an all around good guy. he donated his salary one year to public schook s. great guy. >> that is a good guy. it was a safe to g ferend

yesterd color tan to ev nt hadpsnd na ali. 20 miles of cosed roads aro that's what hundreds of cyclists got to experience at the fourth annd.c. bike ride. riders from all over the country took in breathtaking views of the city as they pedaled along the course. event focused ond bicycling living a more active lifestyle.r >> you he the bikes and the freewheeling and the chitter chatter and music, people playing local go go music. i appreciate that. h is nice. nice to be outere without all the taxis anduf oodth nbiv4 was.

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m much moesictive abortion law. see more on the oning moderator o "me the press" chucktodd. chuck, obviously we saw this week alabama passing one of the strictest, you know, as it relates to abortion, in the country. making no exception for rape or incest. the president tweeting that hes

thinkat there should be an exception made for that. what impact is this going to have on the 2020 race and alsois what he overall consensus or feeling that republicans have on topic? >> look, it is funny, i would divide republicans in talf. nk elected republicans are very nervous about this, they're very cautious, that's why you heard i would say tepid remarks if you will about the alabama law, whether it is the president, whether it is house republican leader kevinar mccy. the activists are very excited to see an opportunity here. alabama and missouri didn't just happen in isolatn. this is a movement in the last four or five years, you see heart beat bills ying to move down the number of when you abortion from 24 weeks. now at 18 in some states. you see the 12 or the 6. it is this incremental push in the hopes of the activists to

get the supreme urt to review roe when you look at 2020, and you h look at left side of the supme court, and the age of the left side of the supreme court, roe v. wade is on the ballot. i think more so than ever before. and frankly throw in abama, because even though it is not a sng state, it is home to st important senate race in the country in o 2020, dug jones the democrat there trying to a win ll term. does this give him a chance and control in the united states senate. i don't know in the democratsbo want artion to be this high up on the 2020 onagenda. know if republicans want it to be, but here it is. >> it could be the central focal point. >> i still think nothing tops trump. trump is the central issue of the 2020 campaign. but ang the issues underneath the umbrlaof trump, abortion may be one or two rather than five or six. >>et's talk about the people trying to knock off the

president. it seems like every day -- >> the words 2020, people thought that was a goal, a numerical goal of how many candidates they can get in the race. >> how are they going to stand out here? the democratic party itself with all of these candidates here, they're so different. there is so many different -- >> you know, it is funny, that's the -- there is a new book out about how we're sod iton ce tching the samech to argumento be made h this sort of choice, paralysis and a lot of people going -- i just want to get rid of donald trump if you're a democratic voter, and so you gravitate to the names you know.th e is a theory, the case here, in th same way that this helped donald trp, in 2016, that the bigger e field, harder it was for anybody else to stand out to contrasthe tmselves with trump. could we be seeing the makings

of that now? i will say this, i think i got joe biden pundit whiplash, no ch cnce, now youan't stop him, we still haven'thad a debate, still hasn't been on the recving end of a single attack ad. but everybody sort of keep their powder dry. that said, i do think one of the dangeh of examining tis race is being trapped in the past. this is a unique situveion. we n had a president like donald trump. and perhaps we'll never have a democratic nominationite like this one. maybe this is just biden's moment in a unique way. >> you have one of the candidates on thetohow ay. >> probably hurt the most by the joe biden entry. bernie sanders. >> we'll tune in for that. thank you very much for that insight and remind, see that interview with berniend "meet the press," comes up right here on news 4 today at 10:30 this morning. chuck, thank you very mh. >> thank you. chances are you probably have not heard of dipg, a terrible cancer t strikes

children. >> that's why friday was designated dipg awareness day in maryland varks haylan maryland, virginia, and 29 other states. >> northern virginia bureau chiefie jul caray has the story. >> reporter: maddie hartman is a kindergartner who loves to dance. and she loves music. is was maddie today with the help of her dad telling us about her favorite foods. >> mchitle. >> repo: ck i a few was suddenly robbed of the ability to dance, of her normal speech. her day care called to say maddie had fallen ill. >> i got to my daughter had dipg, an deadly type of tumor that attackse brain stem.

maddie's mom creating this phot pid progression. th steroids a toll.nobo knows ao i didn't k dipg until we were in the hospital and the situation quickly googling dipg to out what it was. >> reporter: now the hartmans are joining an effort tot a spotlight on the cancer on dipg awareness day. first designated in 2016 in maryland, when the family of a bethesda boy began the push to educate more people. may 17th, th daychael passed away. frustrating to his parents and maddie's, the fact that treatment hasn't really advanced in the decade since di was named. their goal -- >> so we can get people talking and getting funding into it to try it advance the research. >> reporter: but the main focus for ma's dad, mom and stepdad, bringing joy to her life. >> you good?. >> yeah >> okay. >> reporter: there was the make-a-wish foundation trip to disney. maddie has fun showing off her nail polish.

and there was a dding, she married her sweetheart fromay d care. >> he's your boyfriend what is he? >> my best friend. >> your best friend? we're blessed eve day that we wake up and maddie is still progressing and doing wel and that is our hope and our plan to continue to make every day as imaginable and amaze as possible. >> reporter: julie caray, news 4. >> we're all pulling for her. this weekend, a special surpre r maddie, the rock solid foundation created a special splayground for her andet up a barbecu for friends and family yesterday. on may 26th, a fund-raising run in maddie's honor will be held at the westfield montgomery mall in bethesda. her parents hope her story leads to more funding for this rare type of cancer. want to switch gears and throw over to lauryn ricketts with a look at the weather. >> we have hazy conditions out there now. look at that, on cue.

i dialed that one up. just for you. just for you. >> appreciate that. >> yeah, we got some hazy conditions out there now. we have storms possible this afternoon. we had storms last nybht. not every saw them. we saw them. nd a couple of places, realize we have a storm right where i live. that is right. about four iinhes of rain my car. so that's all right. it happens once a year. it is going to be hot and humid as we continue through your monday. and then temperatures and humidity drop by tuesday. temperatures out there now, 60s in annapolis, 70 degrees. so over the next seven hours, temperatures moving right into the mid to upper 80s. temperatures will top out in the low 90s for daytime highs todda. sunoutlook, a lot of things going on. at home, cutting the grass, there could be storms this afternoon. same thing for sunday dinner. headed to the market this morning, not that bad. we have d.c. 101'sre. there could be a few

atadam tussan i gin to be down in boston,rl agton area, fest., during quarter we'll be on the stage from 12:00 to 6:00. hot. hot for that. 91 degrees. we'll see you there down in arlington from2:00 to 6:00. 91 for today. it is going to be warm. sunshine early. i think we have a good deal of sunshine early before thetorms roll in after 2:00. so we had storms last night that rolled through the area. pretty strong storms as well. may have woken you up nnagames, takingn the temper80 ithe 70 keep an eye to the sky, because any dtorm that we see could be really strong. weo have a chance, a slight chance. this is level two ou of five. five being the highest chance. slight chance to see some strong storms later on this afternoon.y gu winds would be the main threat. watch how these blow up after

2:00. 1:30 looking good. 2:00, 00, here is the storms that are rolling through. lots of rain, and, again, gustyl winds co have small hail. but we'll take that chance through the evening. i'm going to keep a lingering shower into the overnight as well. temperatures back in the mid-80s tomorrow. we'll have another chance for showers, possibly a few thy derstorms. besday, wednesday,teeraturesdro thursday. ut right now i have the memorial day weekend looking dry. fingers crossed that will stay put with that forecast. put with that forecast. you uf

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actually saw some pools that were starting to be opened too. we're just a week away fromme orial day. >> summer. it feels that way. >> i'm fine with that. >> i am too. shovel anyer have to snow again. >> let's not have snow ever. that would be nice. >> we have much more ahead on "news 4 today" coming up. >>urncluding an ho by hour look at yourer er iforecast wi lauryn ricketts. stay with us.

"news 4 today" starnow. shots fired in the district. three people were struck by two d.c. schools. now powoce are ing to find the people who pulled the trigger. >> the president spent the week touting a plan for immigration, but this morning he's weighing in on the swirlinger fight ov abortion rights. and turning it into a fight for 2020. >> and the horses made it around the track just fine at the preakness stakes, but they can't say the same for the jockeys. >> that's dramain the horse racing worlnothis year. kidding. guy. oor >> want to welcome youn, 7:00 on this sunday morning. thank you for being s th us. let't this day started. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm mean fitzgerald. nice live at the capitol, clear seinging.ow it. >> those temperatures g gh arou0

lheat and co the that, ou heat >> i thought you said last hour you weren't fine with that, you didn't want -- >> i said you need some hairspray today. that's all i was saying. >> what day don't i need hairspray. listen, you'll need yi hairsenf you use a lot of you're going to need even more it is hazy. lthat. it is hazy out there right now. and we're going to continue to see those up. not that here, but humi degrees we have some storms ts im after 2:00, we'll have a cor mobut en by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, temperatures drop, humidity

ayops, looking good as we t of l weekend, i have thatont. my >> th one woman were hit here. one man was actually killed. the woman suffered life threatening injuries. that other victim is expected to survive. and officers say they're looking for three to four men who were in a white van. meantime, want to tell you about this story, a memorial put up in a bike safety advocate's honor has been destroyed by a speeding driver. happened yesterday on florida avenue and 12th street. that ghost bike was put in place in memorial of dave salovesh, hit and killed by a truck. the white bicycle served as a stark roadside reminder of what ed to dave. that's until a speeding car actually hit it and yet again, s soon>> one person

makes me feelry es feel like i was sad because i lost my friend. >> the driver who hitst the gho bike got out and ran away. hve not been river o find> the woman who cra her lle robinson slammed car into babe's boy's tavern in upper marlboro in 2017.-yr-old a weys a j on friday.ti, her plan to driveray lose a finger after an unfortunate accident while changing a tire on the . beltway the man was driving a trailer haulingla scaping equipment yesterday.

he was on the inner loop near rockville pike in bethesda when he got out of the car to change the tir cringeworthy, pinning histween rescuers tried to lift the trailer, they rushed him to the hospital. but it looks like he might lose his thumb. turn our attention to controv xceptions.und the country right rape, incest and mother. ronald reagan. than 100 new judges, federal judges, that he's appointed and two supreme court justices. then saying republicans have to stick together in 2020 to ty and conduce called hard

he said he read the ev t he also sabeen indicted if he we president. amash stopped short of calling for impeachment proceedings. the latest on decision 2020 no democratic prcaidential ndidate joe biden calling for less anger and more unity in the upcoming presidential election. that message resonated at a rally in philadelphia yesterday. political analysts say pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin are must win states. president trump won all three of those in 2016. but whilecaing for unity, he didn't back down, talking about the current president. >> the american people want a president to add to our division, lead with a lynched fist, closed hand, they don't need me. they got president donald trump. >> democratic presidential candidate senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders also campaigning yesterday, warren spoke to vots in new hampshire while sanders rallieder supports

in georgia. and, of course, later this morning, the other front-runner for the democratic nomination bernie sanders will join chuck todd for an exclusiventerview on "meet the press." that's all going to start here at 10:30 here after "news 4 today." keep it here. a memorable start to the preakness stakes. take a look. >> they're off in the tad launched the jockey at the srt. >> the horm. it was war of the will that it is hard to imagine thegoa in.c event . yesterday. this was at and national families with

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welcome back. 7:10. you hate to find one of your windshields with those pink slpa ing tickets. what if a citizen rather than a city worker put it there? what if? >> here in d.c., legislation would allow somesi redents to issue tickets for violations. nicole jacobs explains how this is going to work. >> reporter: on the streets of d.c., where a rainy day adds to the messy hustle and bustle, but what if you add to this equation more hands giving more tickets?

>> i think it is a great idea. >> reporter: it is all part of the citizen safety enforcement pilot program aimed at targeting safety problems in the district. >> an app that the city would develop where they would be able to take a picture, have to be time stashed, have to the violation, and then the person who had parked a illegal created the hazard and the risk would then get a ticket in the mail. >> reporter: councilman charles allen of ward 6 proposed it to coincide with vision zero enhancementam omnibus d act of 2019. >> we don't have enough enforcement officers out there. e'll oftentimes see a vehicle that is blocking a fire hydrant, a cross walk, a bike lane, and by the time youctually call, have somebody show 3 up it minutes to an hour later and that car is long gone. >> reporter: but the pilot does come with opposition fromhe everyday person. >> that is a little weird with me to h everyday people policing each other. >> reporter: initially just ten

people from each ward would be trained to ticket. >> reinforce what drivers, bikers and scooter people that, you know what, you're a moving ehicle. andu need to be -- pay attention to people on the sidewalk. >> reporter: councilman allen says this is one of ma proposals, and while it is a ways down the road from a vote, he's hopeful with it, the district will see an increase in transportation safety. councilman allen says other cities tried similar pilots, so oulnot be first of its kind, but he also saystime for being able to safely. n ticket. asve see hadou enwi the proposen and nicole said it would allow up to ten residents in each ward to a becomeuthorized to issue tickets. l>> for now, atst it app not be to give outike zone

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anwe mentioned the l were closed. we got word that all lanes are back open by old georgetown road. that's good news. >> that's right. look behind us, they're off to the races as they often are. you see them racing at the tional home games. those racing presidents who do a lot more than run around, we had a back story for you. >> they're pretty good with the chicken dance. but running with the gia is harder than it looks. you know who we sent out there, jim handly found out first hand in this week's hand it to handily. wn reporter: they're knoas the rushmore four and they live to race during every fourth inning. every year byn invitatio only, 20 to 25 competitors are picked from tstryou to run throughout the season as an orsized president. the runners are from all walks. what does it take? what do you look for to be a strong racing president? >> not about the spe so much. that can be taught. but it is about the charisma,

you know, understanding the costume itself and big movements. and, you know, little bit of showboating setimes doesn't hurt. >> reporter: i suited up to audition as abe. youwould understand if he had a big head, he boasts the winningest record, topping 200 victories at nates park. these are abe's pants? the real abestincolnd at 6'4" this one stands at 12 feet. yon is 50raunni >> stfalling. if you that m ground. >> reporter: once they get, you. after a time for dry run. mark.

ete 40-yard dash, or try. >> get set, go! >> nice job, teddy. 6.23. abe, ready? go! and stop. 13.35. >> reporter: teddy set the pace and the bar. >> want to show abe how to get back up? right back up. boom. >> reporter: with max scherzer's eyes looking down on us, it was time to do the race fans see from center feld sencenter fiel. abe gets a head start and ends eating their dust. >> turn two is where it gets dicey. once you get past that turn, straightaway for the most part. >> score! george, he's your winner! >> when abe comes off, you are e dched. you take the noggin and your neck and your shoulders, that's where you feel it. on the long summer days, heat is the biggest challenge.

they can ben costume for five to six hours. the easiest part of being a president, the victory pose. whether it is deserved or not. >> think it smells in there? >> sure. >> how do they wash them? >> maybe not. >> febreze, maybe. >> we had a weather day on thursday. i was hecklg teddy. i was at the game where he won years ago. >> that started a curse y >> i said should have never won and i felt bad about that. >> did you get to deliver the lineup card thisweek? >> yes. >> come on. >> it looked fun. >> itmas aweso what were you doing? >> we were working. >> working for you. >> it wasgreat. it was fun. the weather was great. it was warm out there. we saw screech and i was just thinllng he was out there a day and it was hot.

we started in the morning and continued -- speaking of hot in costume. >> got to stay hydrated. >> water. people stay hydrated with water today. we have got temperatures that are going to be moving to right around 90 degrees. that's the first time we have seen 90 degres this year. not only are we 90, a weso have humidity in place as well. sit let's look out, hazy. you see it. it is going to continue to be humid and muggy throughout the day today. i think a lot of people -- i of 't have a pool, but a lo friends i see on facebook. always good to know somebody with a pool. always good to knowebody with a boat or anything like that. i don't know anybody with a boat. that's what i'm told. wake up weather, you wake up, temperatures in the 60s now. we're going to continue to make it around 70 by 9:00 a.m. this doorning. we ave some stronger storms possible today. anytime after 2:00 or 3:00. hot and humid today, and tomherow. and t we have temperatures

and humidity that d willrop by tuesday. now, current temperatures out there now,d. not ba fairly mild. but it is a little on the sticky side. we're headed to 91 degrees today. any storms that develop this afternoon could be a little on the strong side. if you're cuttingth grass, sunday dinner, farmers market will.e fine anything this morning will be fine. this afternoon, keep an eye to the sky. now, nothing going on right now. we did have storms that passed through overnight last night. we have a frontal system that will sweep through late tomorrow. and itris way back out hee in the midwest. going tov continue to m through here. and that's going to take away the heat and the humidity as we get into your tuesday. not until then. going to feel like summer for the next two days. slight risksf stormtoday. that's level two out of five. 5 being the highest risk we would se we have a chance for some stronger storms today. and heavy rain and damaging winds, really the main decline. maybe hail, not thinking a tornado threat.

dry and clear. plenty of sunshine through he early afternoon. and then we'll start to see these storms develop. and some of those can pack a punch.t leading into overnight, we'll keep a chance of lingering showers. few showers around for tomorrow as well. maybe a thundertorm, mperatures in the upper 80s. temperatures come down as we head into monday night. tuesday, wednesday, looking good. i did put a chance of rain on thursday. other thg that, we're lookin good all the way to memorial day weekend. keep your fingers crossed. this forecast stays on track for mim

welcome back. it has bn abusy month for the royal family. first, prince harry and meghan's new baby. now another royal wedding. harry returned to windsor castle chapel where he married meghan markle a year ago. hett aded the wedding of his relative gabriela windsor. her father is queen elizabeth's cousin, whorh makes it even m complicated for me to follow the royal hierarc c. ian't follow it. it seems there has been a competition for everything nowadays. > case in point, the world beard and mustache championship. check this out. the competition wasesterday in belgium. whoa. competitors from around the world proudly displayed their extravagant facial hairstyles. >> hundreds of -- >> braids. >> hundreds of these guys. hariry men.

a man from the united states didn't leave empty handed. he won third place freestyle full beard category. how do they even do that? if you want to see all the action in person, the next competition will be in new zealand in 2021.nd >> ki of freaky. >> wow. >> i don't know a ut that. even if you don't wch "game of thrones ," youbl proba heard the big finale is tonight. >> whether it the darkness and the battle of winterfell or the way some characters died at king's landing, more than 1 million fans signed a petition on thchange.org. ey're calling for a final season do-over. hat's right. they wantit to be redone. cte creators of the petition say they don't expe remake, but wanted to send a message to hbo and to the show's creator. complaints or not, a new survey

suggests more than 27million people plan to call in sick, show up late or work from home so they can catch tonighs finale. can you believe it? >> what do i you call sick for? >> set your dvr. i >> just watcht and go to bed afterwards. >> might be a late night whoknows. don't know. i don't watch it. i'm intrigued. >> i've nver seen an episode, sothing against it. i'm sure it i great show. never seen it. look, want to take a live look outside at this 7:27 on g.is sunday morn looks look a warm day. summer is going to feel like itr >> sh and flip-flops. >> we'll be back with the rest of our workweek forecast. stay with us.

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4 today" starts now. >> 7:30un on this sy morning. thank you for being with us. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. a clear start to the day.al a little warm. >> yeah. >> check in with lauryn ricketth to find out rest of our day is looking like. >> what are you giggl ing at? >> i was excited that neither one you've guys the last hour, you were talking about you've never seen game of thrones. i haven't either. we're the o tlyee people. >> are we the only three people on the planet that have never watched an episode? >> i thinkso. i think people kiwill call in sk

tomorrow. >> firstthing we agree on. >> we can agree it will be hot today. >> there you go. second thing. twe're absolutely righ on that. listen, temperatures right around 90 degrees today. that's the first time we're going to head to 90 this year. get ready for that heat.m torow, another hot day as well. not only do we have the heat, we have the humidity. look, it is hazy out there now. that haze is going to continue throughout the remain der of th morning. by 8:00 a.m., the tem eratures come up a degree. it is hazy, hot and humid. teeratures by noon already in the low 80s. 91 will be our daytime high da to i think we'll have plenty of sunshine, early, a lot of things going on out there today. we have d.c. 101's kerfuffle. we have quarter fest in arlington, adam tuss and i will be in cene later on this afternoon. i have a forecast for all of the events in case you're out and about, a lot of people out and t

about, be have some storms. some of those could be strong this afternoon. we'll time those out for you and look the weekend.l day >> lauryn, thank you very much. we're following breaking news in northeast d.c. now. police say a child was shot at an illegal event at a rec center. officers were called to the rec cent 14th street just before 1:00hismorning. they found the juvenile who had been shot and about twot cangs. i want to tell you about anothernt viole day in the d.c. neighborhood. gunshots rang out at t-street and summit place in front of mckinley high school and langley elementary school. two men and one woman were hit by the bullets. one man was killed. the woman suffeed life threatening injuries. the other victim is expected to survive. offi frs say they're lookingor three to four men who were in a white van.ng >> iolence continues to dominate the headlines with

gruesome murders and attacks, victimizinsome of the youngest members of our tycommuni. erika gonzalez has reactn from one of the area'seading experts on the infamous ms-13 gang andld the hon our area. >> reporter: a 14-year-old girl is the latest victim of the notorious ms-13 gang. that according to police. the body of the girl was found in a creek in riverdale. police say she endured a horrific death allegedly killed with a baseball bat and a machete. three teens are now facing murder charges. tonight, on ne 4 11:00, we sit down with the same police sergeant who once took us to learn about the gang and its ties to our area.u' seen in our area -ms gang members as young as 9 years old? >> starting the process. you look at them, it isthe innocence. may not know right fro wrong, but the gang knows that, so

they'll take thator their benefit. >> reporter: also tonight, we talk about the role patierents play in protecting our kids and communities from the ms-13 gang. we hope you'll stay tuned for my sit down interview tonight at 11 :00. erika gonzalez, news 4. new this morning, a new report claims president trump fay be preparing to pardon several members o the military accused of convicted or -- convicted of war crimes. the news comes from "the new york times." according to the times, some of the i requestsnclude a blackwater security contractor who shot dozens of unarmed iraqis in el07 as wl as the case of a group of marines charged with urinating on dead taliban fighters.ea ier this month, president trump pardoned an army lieutenant convicted of k lling an iraqiuring an interrogatiin

errogation. >> republican congressman has broken from his party usd is accing president trump of impeachable conduct. justin amash fired off ari sees of tweets yesterday. the michigan lawmaker says he read the fullr muelleeport and there is evidence the president did obstruct justice. he also said trump would have been indicted if he was not the president. amash stopped short of calling for impeachment proceedings, though. tune in for "meet the press" on nbc 4 this morning. one of the democratic front-runners, bernie sanders, will join chuck todd for an exclusive interview. that starts at 10:30 right aft "news 4 today." a staff member from a montgomery county high school is in trouble for his alleged actionsng a graduation party. the principal of quince orchard high school sent a letter home to parents saying o thursday the employee went to a graduation party, where students openly consumed alcoholand played drinking games. the principal says appropriate action has been taken and that the police are involved. time is 7:36.

talk about a close call. california man lucky to be alive after he was speared by a tripod that was thrown through his windshield. take a look. this happened on thursday. my goodness. van's shield was smashed by a yellow steel tripod thrown into traffic as the van passed under an overpass. the man in the passenger seed had a partially punctured lung and broken ribs but he'll be okay. they have arrested someone and they're pursuing an attempted murder charge. yikes. >> wow. meanwhile, some pretty scary moments for tourists right in theeart of new york city. electronic billboard sparked into flames in times square. of course, cell phone videos were rolling, capturing the hectic scene yesterday afternoon. you can see flames shooting from the side of the sign. firefighters say the building was not damaged and no one nearby was hurt. >> never a dull moment in the g apple. he's one of the best college football players to come out of the university of virginia.

and now after 11 seasons ihe nfl, chris long is calling it quits. the standout defensive end made it official on twitter yesterday saying in part, i put my heart t and soul every minute of it, gratitude and love to those who lifted me up. long ended his career with philelphia eagles, he won back-to-back super bowls and finished with 333 total tackles. he was a good player and good guy. it is the first new treatment for severe depression, years of doctors sayingthat it enrks fast. >> doreen gtzler has reaction from two mothers who say this new medication actually helped save their life. >> reporter: an old drug is giving patients new hope in the fight against depression. doctors call ketamin a game changer because it can work within hours, compared to all o theer antidepressants which can take weeks to kick in, if those who have used it say the treatment dramatically improved their lives. free.feel

i look forward to waking up every day. i look forward to life, look forward to the f>ture. > reporter: ketamine has been around for years, used safely an as an an stet niesthetic in the openg room. it also has been abused as a special drug known as secial k. doctors say when given in low doseages, it is safe. coming up, you'll hear from a local psychiatrist who took part in clinical trials for hy ketamine she says this drug is different from anything elsea avae. doreen gentzler, news 4. ahead onhe "news 4 today," t i-team uncovers dozens of inmates escaping from a local halfway house each year and somo those inmates say the facility is set up to fail. a closer look at the probl

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investigation is raisingq uestions about one of our area oldest halfway houses. >> it says it is designed to help inmates nearing the end of their sentence find jobs in new futures. hey can only leave with approval and must return when told. but, a review by scote macfarlanand the i-team shows something is happening when many of the men leave the front door. >> reporter: thiswi is how ie sharp describe his granddaughter, the girl he helped raise from childhood. >> joy. >> reporter: joy that turned to heart break. when she was i murderedn december 2017. >>odhy would someby want to hurt her. >> reporter: known as kk to her friends, police s someone shot her multiple times and stuffed er body in the trunk of her car before setting the vehicle on fire. police have charged three men in the killing. the i-team learned at least one ecof the suspts shouldn't have been out on the streets at all.

the i-team learned marcel vines, a man th a history, signed out of this halfway house on the day of her murder and did not return as required. federal authorities consider that an escape. do you find it at all concerning that one of the men arrested for this escaped the halfway house thatay d? >> first time i hear of that. >> reporter: that halfway house is called hope village. it is a place they're sent just before they're given their full release from custody. they can onlyor leave f work with approval and are required to come right back. when we started to look at hope village, with more than 200 residents, we found that an alarming pattern. we found marcel vines is not the only person to have escaped hope village recently. far from it. our investigation found about is0 people from th halfway house go awol each year. hope village holds 3% of

america's federal halfway house inmates, we found it accounts for about 10% of the escapes. >> there have been episobs ore where people have walked away and committed crimes. >> reporter: attorney c.j. gideon represents the family of a man killed in june. police say dominic vicei murdered his former boss with at hatch his widow filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. though many of theen who leave hope village do return, they have convicted three dozen on escaped charges. ea you look back at your docket over the last y or two, dozens of people, does that nincern the justice department? >> it is concer and that's one of the reasons why we're so active about prosecuting these cases. >> reporter: it is a halfway house, not a prison, so by design there are no cells there, it is easy to move in and out, which we discovered when we went there seeking comment from

management. were able to open the front door, which is unlocked. >> very unsafe. >> reporter: rodney bird is a convicted drug dealer who served the final weeks of his sentence at hope village. he says manypeople do try to leave because of problems inside hope village and they find the community outside unsafe. >> they're fighting the neighborhood at the end. it is bad. >> reporter: in a recent escape case in court, a federal judge acknowledged well documented out hope village, crime in the vicinity of the facility, and issues with security. >>eless village. >> reporter: hopeless? >> hopeless village. >> reporter: hope village officials defended the facility at a communityeting earlier this month. so that citizens can return. >> reporter: they declined an interview with the i-team, giving a written statement saying it takes public safety and the accountability of our rur returning citizens very seriously, it tracks and var

pfize the r ifies its residents' whereabouts carisse lewis' family says there is no consolation. the escapee accused of killing her goes on trial later this rtear. >> repoer: what would you tell her? >> i love her. i'm sorry this happened to her.v i wish i couldbeen there. >> marcel vines hasot yet entered a plea in her death. domenica nshili pleaded guilty. the bureau of prisons tells news 4 it tracks performance of halfway houses, but says those details are confidential. >> feds will decide whether to renew the contract when it expires this fall. live look outside, 7:46 on

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rescuers pulled tw men to safety. >> the rescue s unusual, but this is a busy time of year when these kinds of swift water ea rescue tms spring into action around here. mark seagraves went out in the water with those rescuers just hours after they saved those men. >> cchopper 4ught the scene as the swift water resghe team brouthe two men to safety. >> they were inh toug shape. one was aum traic injury. >> reporter: after that early morning rescue, the swift water team was on the potomac river for training exercises, on these rapids above great falls. >> it can be treacherous. >> reporter: so treacherous, think lie prone a the boat captain navigates the current >> trying to distribute the weight a little bit. t kind of get weight to the front of the boat so gets the boat up >> reporter: while the river is scenic, looks cn be deceiving. >> the water, while it may look calm on the surface, it is very turbulent and very dangerous. it is also very cold still. it is water temperatures only in

the 50 degrees, 55 degrees, which can lead toth hyrmia very quickly. >> reporter: captain mike stream has safety tips for anyone headed out on the river for some fun. >> kayak withsomebody. make sure somebody knows where you're going, when you're expected to be back. >> reporter: for those of you hiking -- >> hydrate. we run a lot of heatelated illnesses. even though it is 70 degrees and beautiful. >> reporter: these teams train once or twice a month, not just during the spring and summertime, but all year long, in all types of conditions. in the winter, it is rescues in water. several years ago, they had to rescue drivers from a massive water man break river road. but the most dangerous rescues they runh are e. at great falls. >> you want toope it is not what you're dispatched for. it could be very difficult, very dangerous to get somebody out o there. >> reporter: mark seaaves, news 4. n>lo itks deceiving. >> think you ca step in there and the current tak you away.

>> we got trails in a lot of places that go down to the water. got to be careful. when you have big rains, you can see it, all that water coming down. >> so many times. and not tt specifically, but so manyimes i s videos of people starting to drive into a little bit of water and then it is, like -- car is swept away. listen, not a lot of ater today. we could have some heavy downpours, but i don't think everybody is going to see that we'll have storms out there today. i don't think everybody is going to see the storms. temperatures now in the 60s.um hazid out there, but feeling like summer. summertime in may. temperatures right around 90 grees today. t is going to feel like summer. and we're going to have summertime thunderstorms later on. we'll get plenty s ofshine up until then. that will build the instability and the heat because91degrees, that's where we top out. storms this afternoon could be strong after about 2:00 or 3:00.

nothing happening on the radar now. you walk out this morning, and you're going to see some wet pavement and especially if you're in northern virginia. i noticed that when i walked out this morning, the top off my jeep last night. now four inches of water in my je s. we have motorms coming our way, frontal system will be moving our way monday night. that's that rain back off to the midwest. once that front scoots through here, the heat and humidity will scoot away with it. we have quarter fest in we'll be emceeing that at noon. going into 6:00 p.m. tonight. we could have scattered storms, or adam's part, not my part. join us in arlington. kerfuffle d.c., beginning tod ge some storms. that starts at 4:00. old glory rugby out at catholic university, mid and storms. and the game of thrones watch party, foggy, wet roads, a

chance of storms. headed out to the nationals against the bbies, emperatures falling through the ors. could have a s chance. keep an eye to the sky. light risk for severe weather in our area, level two out of five. could see some storms and what we would see would be heavy rain and some damaging winds with small hail. we do have a chance for showerso and ss tomorrow. temperatures upper 80s. then that frontal system comes through that i showed you in the midwest. our temperatures dropped from midweek, few showers on thursday. right now, memorial day weekend, dry. keep your fingers crossed. keep your fingers crossed. hopefully keep that dry for next

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