right now it's a storm team 4 weather.lert day a watch in effect for parts of our reg op. we will take a closer look at the potential impact. a bicyclist fighting for her life after what investigators believe it was a hit-and-run. tonight, montgomery county police trying to track down it the driver who forced the woman off the road. and president trump goes on the attack after a gop congresan bucks his party. the raging debate over impeachment heating up. >> all right. so sunny skies f some of you. potential severe weather for others. good evening. i'm erika gonzalez. we are in weather alert mo

tonight because of the strong storms threatening parts of our rion. storm team 4 meteorologist samarrae theodor joins us. >> a thunderstorm warning has been issued for areas throughout our area. if you live in pink, it's fair game for mother nature and you're under a severe thunderstorm watch. washington county, frederick, berkeley, clark, all under that severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 p.m. hail andeavy rain, damaging winds, things we've already seen, and we could see for the areas shaded in pink, but right now bigger picture shows we've been quiet and unscathed in the washington, d.c. metro area. headed farther north, this is a track we're tracking in washington county. an area where they have seen

copious amounts of rain today, golf-ball sized hail, and this storm is continuing to move northeast at 40 miles per hour, so it will be crossing that pennsylvania-maryland border just north of hagerstown. we're in for a long ride. especially for our friends north and west of the district.u i will give more timing and details on this storm as well as a look at your monday. we could be talking more rain again. erika. >> all right. thank you. meanwhile, police are searching for the driver of an suv that may have caused a bike rider to crash in montgomery county. that cyclist is now in critical condition. her friends say she was riding with a group on river road near old river road in poolsville yesterday morning. that's when they say a driver started honking the horn, swerving towards riders. the woman slammed on her brakes, lost control and crashed. the driver of the suv never stopped. the victim has several injuries including a fractured skull and pelvis. officers are investigating this

incident as a hit and run. a waldorf man is dead after being hit while walking along crane highway prince george's county. 26-year-old adrianne harris was walking in the median along crane highway near rosariville road just before 5:00 ts rning when a driver hit him. that driver thought he had hit a deer and instead of calling police called onstar. more than half an hour later state troopers responded to a call about harrison's body in e median. they say neither the driver nor theother person in the car were impaired. we have new details tonight on a deadlyhooting that we brought you as breaking news last night at 11:00. d.c. police identified the victim today as jonathan hernandez. officers found hernan az and second man shot on t street in northeast. tly in front of mckinley high school and langley elementary school. the second man shot, we are told, he'll survive. police say three to four men

were seen drivingway from the scene in a white van. so far no arrests have been made. president trump went on a twitter tirade today against a member of his own party. republican congressman justin amash says the president engaged in impeachable conduct. the lawmaker also said evidence in thell mue report suggests that the president obstructed justice. nbc's jennifer johnson with theo ngressman bucking his own party. ep>> reporter: michigan rlican congressman justin amarks now the first republican to say president trump engaged in impeachable conduct, for trying to obstruct robert mueller's russia investn. amash arguing on twitter that attorney general william barrer delibely misrepresented mueller's report and president trump's actions meet the threshold for impeachment. democrats backing him up. >> i think it's aatershed moment. i think justin amash coming on board means that there is now bipartisan support for really understanding the seriousness of what is in the mueller report.

>> he showed more courage thana other republican in the house or senate. but what may be pushing us in theirection of impeachment in any event has less to do with justin amash and for do with the fact that the administration is engaging in a maximum obstructionism campaign. >> the president fired back on twitr calling amash a total lightweight and a loser. republicans say amash a has been frequent critic of the president and often votes with house democrats. others doubt there's enough edence to go forward with impeachment proceedings. >> i respect him. i think it's a courageous statement, but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice you just don't have are the elements. >> reporter: roreey ased a statement last month saying he was sickened by the president's actions. amash says he came to his final conclusion after reading mueller's entire redacted russia report. jennifer johnson, nbc news. washington. republican national committee chairwoman rona mcdaniel said, qute, it was sad

to see congressman amash parroting the democrat talking pusnts on rsia, end'd end quote. george washington university welcomed the "today" show savannah thrie as commencement speaker. what savannah admitted aut her own graduation and the advice she offered to the class of 2019 and why graduates at one georgia college have about 40 million asons to thank their smmencement

the "today" show's savannah guthrie with simple advice for ate graduates george washington university. she was the commencement speaker for the class of 2019. guthrie said she didn't remember the spe ers atth her graduions, including her law school graduation at nearby georgetown. doe told the new graduates that even if they 't remember what she said ytoday, the should remember how they fevit. >> my is really simple, think big for yourself and thena just h in that general direction. whether you arrive at the alide destination is not even the point. the point is to be ambitious for your life and then just try. >> that's good stuff there. guthrie was also awar an honorary doctorate degree in public service but g.w. a commencementer s at morehouse college stu ed the class of 2019. billionaire robert f. smith did mo than give them advice for a

successful fure. he started their future debt-free. >>e're going to put a little fuel. this is my class, 219. and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> i'm sure everybody looked around at each other and said did we -- did that just snap did we just hear him say that. it's coing him about $40 million. smith encouraged the new grads to ensurey that ever class has the same opportunity going forward. morehouse is a historically black college in atlanta, ge orgia. all right. on 's better than a cookout a day like today? how about a cookt doing good in the community. the annual big brown getdown took play in anacostia today. it pairs sdents with mentors to givethem advice. are the students get opportunities for internships and scholarships the goal of the cookout, celebrating culture and looking ahead to the future. >> want to connect young people

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the watch is for everybody. big picture shows how we're dry. not even under a watch in the d.c. metro area higher pressure. we head north and west which is where we're seeing a lot more of the action there. e severe thunderstorm warning is pushing out of washington county, but he had south of claire springs, another storm is on the way. there goes the koerng and we're going to be seeing lots of lightning andav hey rain very shortly move farther north of hagerstown and crossing over 65 there. big picture show it's not just us. aheot of folks across t country are getting hammered right now with showers, storms, even some tornado warnings sparked further north us. the cold front back west drives through tomorrow which gives us another chance at some wet weather for your my. timing is out this evening, notice at 8:00 p.m. that line does try and scooch a little

farther east. the good news is that the fire and the punch behind these storms from the daytime heating, look t theme stamp, 10:00 p.m. tells us, okay, these storms might be pushing cser to loudoun county and possibly even the district tonight, but they shouldn't be on the severe side. may be a little strong and we'll start to see things calm down after sunset. moving forward into monday. notice how we're dry. 11:00 a.m. and waking up to present of sunshine. today is a lot like tstay. ing dry for many of us for monday afternoon with a small chance at a shower and thunderstorm popping up. highs today. only made it to 86 degrees in washington, d.c., but you head a little farther not, montgomery county, some areas in the upper 80s and around 90 degrees and 92 in fredericksburg, maryland and the heat being felt across much of the mid-atlantic and northeast. heading back to school and work tomorrow, the heat sticks w th us. mid-80s, still feeling very humid and muggy out there. that storm chance about 20% to w 30% tomorr afternoon. your storm team 4 ten-day

outlook does show that we have some cooler and drier conditions on the way. tuesday, plenty of sunshine and temperatures back down to the 70s, but it's that time of year. spring is duking it out with summer is, and oh, yeah. we're going to see some heat moving back into play at the end of the week. >> how about that. more 70s until wednesday after this stretch of the ten-day. thank you very m >> coming up in sports, not your average hockey game. we're going to tell you about the good cause that had veterans the good cause that had veterans and

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get ready for the most highly anticipated series finale on television tonight. that's game three against the chicago cubs coming up on "sunday night baseball," not ton could be fused with the series finale of "game of thrones." baltimore oriolesans will be home to watch whatever series they want after pling an afternoon game today so let's see the orioles and cleveland. it will be a great time, dad sad. not so much, burrhis was a bright spot. bottom of the first, carlos ez gonzal blasting one to center and wilkerson makes a great track on the warning track and

the run scores on the sac fly. there ofre a lot runs for the inans today, ten of them, in fact, but just one homer. carlos santana takesy jeffre rodriguez deep in the fourth. 1/3 guez's outing lasted 3 giving you have four runs and four walks and the day belonged to cleveland starter shane bieber. top of the ninth. one out away from a complete game shutout.av chris d goes down swinging ending the game. is a strikeout totalhe as t indyarns shut out os so-0. baltimore will welcome the yankees to town beginning tomorrow. ll right. guys. baby shark, hope i don't get that stuck into your head. if i do, apologize. game five sharks and st. louis. this was all st. louis. blues jmp on top early 1-0. second period more from st. louis. tarasenko's shot is stopped, but

the rebound, it goes trying schwartz who beats martin jones. just look at this. jones, he could probably get assist on this one, sends it right to schwartz. he finesse with the second hat trick of the playoffs and the blu shutout thesharks 5-0 and take a 2-2 series lead. they can close it out in st. louis on tuesday. all right. this weekend some veterans ntroduced and reconnected with the game of hockey thanks to the beltway warriors. the game was played on arme fors day, a day to pay tribute to those who serve o country. $25,000 was donated to the rriors and the friendly good ition all for a cause. >> you're going to see a lot of bad skating and falling down, a few goals and gng to besn some hockey. >> those guys over there won't beclean. they will be chipping and hooking and slashing and will even try to hitou us. ynow, we'll be able to give

it right back to them. they were the toughest guys out there in the field and we can match them there on the house. >> i think you'll see a lot of camaraderie and a lot of brotherhood and a lot of family interaction because these guys, regardless of what branch of the services that we serve in, we all know that we serve for the one purpose and that's for our country. >> one, two, three. >> the separation for service is chalannging because the commd riff establishing a military ut sun like anywhere else in the world, but hockey locker veom and on the ice is some place that's ry familiar to us because it represents and is very similar to military unit, so that's why it's important for us to do that. >> whether it's ice hockey or whether it's, you know, wheelchair, rugby, whatever it i s, these disabled vets need thed camarie, and this gives them an opportunity to come out and have that sense of caraderie. that's what they left n the military and this replaces some of that. >> a lot of us suff from post-traumatic stress disorder, some of us suffer other

injuries, and when this gets tough, it's --sy it's ea to confide in some of these guys on the ice and being out on the ic with them makes a whole big difference in our life. >> yeah. if they win tonight, it's because they hate the troops. >> real can't come back from that, but if th win it's because we're just better. >> love seeing them have a good time. tomorrow the first chance to see the 2019 washington redskins for organized team activities and before with the guys take the field i caught up with espn redskins reporter john kine telling us what he expects from the latest newest quarterback, dwayne haskins. >> i taed to him at mini camp h and comment was let's use the nextonth to see where duane is at and sehe how can fully jump into this competition. where is he at? ise a true contender for right now, orngs this goi to be

something where they have toore a bit m patient? that's what the next month for him trying to figure out where duane fits into that. that's why i would think itld wou be case keenum because he's a healthy veteran because we'll seend that's what i think would happen. >> one redskins fan told us it's the "game of thrones" post-show so we'll see me on "sports final" with john kiem. >> thanks so much. and thank you for joining us. that's the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next and we'll see you again at 11:00.

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