1: now at more toll lanes coming to the area. the plan for were virginia could also have impact on maryland drivers. new t hope forhose sufferine fromession in the form of a

drug that's been around for years. and a change in the local church community. d.c. gets a w archbishop and he's making history. we begin tonight with a violent night ahead in the southern plains after a major outbreak of tornados today. the national weather service is warning of a rare d particularly dangerous situation two funnel clouds side by side near oklahoma city. >> tornado! >> from texaso nebraska, 85 reported tornados since friday, 31 of those confirmed leaving a trail of destructiln. >> of this on the anniversary of the massive tornado, an ef-5 that ripped through moore oklahoma in 2013 kills 24 people. >> one concern overnight is flooding now.

>> it's been flash flooding has been a concern throughout the day. the tornado threat has been lessenedhe by tse storms as they're making their way into the oklahoma now. still watches however. notice the entire state of oklahoma was under a tornado watch a little bit earlier. itloas been aled to expire, and they did not put up a new wtch. we haveatches in texas, flash flood warnings in oklahoma city. very goodnews for that area. for us we saw aro fntal boundary move through. a couple showers camerethrough. befothat front came through, it was hot. hottest temperature we've seen so far this year. look behind the front. only in the 70s. that's the kind of air we're talking about for tomorrow. whatpe to ex temperature-wise and what to expect later this week and memorial day weekend. i've got more in a bit. thank you.

it's no secret. traffic is a nightmare in northern virginia and v dot is looking at extending the lanes from tysons to the legion bridge. v dot discussed more of its proposal that could impact your commute. >> talk about gridlock. evening rush hour on the beltway. >> it'sfr strating. >> from the tysons area in virginia to the american legioni memorial be. >> it makes me feel like i'm going nowhere. >> this woman is tired of the endless traffic. >> it takes a long time to get from point a to point b. and it's almost like i have to plan around it. >> vdot has a plan, make three miles of new i-495 express lanes oa each direction from the dullest toll r interchange to the maryland line near the american legion memorial drive. >> a have positive outlook on

that. i think it will help traffic keep moving. >> tonight vdot hosted ang meeti to tell people about the plan. marty says it will affect his neighborhood. >> if you're making it wider, you're putting it into places where people has homes. >> we do not anticipate having any total residentia relocations or commercial relocations. >> what about infringing on peoples' property? >> we will have to take sawe right ay. we don't have those numbers tonight. >> micky hopes the traffic eases one day. >> something needs to be done. >> you're now looking the lanes leading to the american legion memorial bridge where a lot of the traffic is occurring right now. vdot environmental assessment completedpected to be in the fall. that's when they'll have a public hearing to hear mre from the community.

sharmari stone. should notorious kingpin be released early. he helped fuel d.c.'s crack epidemic in the '80s. >> i was here at the courthouse back i1996 when ray was brought here the from a federal prison. that time was the beginning of the type ofth cooperation has led to this sentence reduction commendation. tomorrow, he will appear either by phone or video conference. >> if you would have told me e back then that wuld still be talking about this now, i would have told you you've got to be kidding e. this was just aal done de >> those words from the d.c. police officer who went under cover with the organization of

so-called drug kingpin ray edmunds in the0 1s. even after conviction he continued to broker drugs behind bars. it is edmunds t cooperationt began at that time. that's the basis for the u.s. attorney's sentencing reductione recomation. the filing resulted in a hearing for tuesday said the cooperation, quote, ranged from assisting in the conviction of extremely violent individuals to assisting in conviction of ongoing narcotics trafficking to assisting in the institution of prison reforms. >> reporter: now, according to court documents, the jud ordered federal prosecutors to brief him on how to obtain the victim impact statements that are permitted wihen a sentence reduction is being considered. 30 years later, many of t victims are dead. other victims were newborns, newborn babies, dozens of them born during this time to crack-addicted mothers who simply left them at the hospital. live at u.s. dtrict court.

>> jackie thank you. the fight over roe v. wade is intensifying as another state inches closer to banning abortion after six weeks with no exemptions. now abortion rights groups are trying to take back the t spotlighth a nationwide protest. leonwi joins us more on what's happening tomorrow. >> quite a bit going on. abortion rights activists are calling for aof day action against those bans ch t they want to make sure women have the ability to decide what's right for their own bodies. so, people are planning to turn out in state houses across all 50 states, groups like planned parentho say abortion should be left up to the pregnant person and not politicians. women will be turning out at state after state pushes new restrictive abortion laws. next up, louisiana, which could ban them as early as six weeks in the pregnancy with noxc etions for rape or incest. here's what planned parenthood

said. >> people are risi up to defend womens' rights and fundamental freedoms and we want everyone to join us. o there ar 400 events being planned in all 50 states, in d.c., in puerto rico.ki >> sp of d.c., women from dozens of groups like march fron women emily's list are coming together at the sproupre coet. they'll bhere at noon. the supreme court is where many lawmakers are getting these to land in an attempt to overturn roe v. wade. rica, back to you. jim. >>hanks so much. a phony psychologist preying on local families. news4 has learned that more than 30 families have contacted week. since last that's when we first reported that sharonda avery was practicing as a psychologist even though she had no college

degree. she's facing 11ch arges. it began in 2012 when she was fired last year after clients became suspicious prompting the investigation. avery worked for a medical practice called pediatric partners for attention and learning. erica. >> a massachusetts man is charged with sexually assaulting the teenager who sat next to him on a flight to dallas international airport. the news4 scott mcfarlan uncovered court documents on the latest airborne sexual assault on a local flight. >> the fbi affidavit reviewed by news4 is a diffilt thing to read. it says george logan assaulted the 16-year-old. he began my touching the girl's knee, thenbegan sexually grouping her, placing a blanket over her leg, making it

fficult for others to see him. the affidavit says the victim was quietly crying with tears streaming down her face. the man denies the accusations. he's in court friday for allegation. this is not the first such allegation on a local flight. at least four other sexual assault cases aboard flights to dallas or ragan national since 2013. the fbi has posted warning signs which say sexual assaults aboard flights are federal crimes. the fbi d.c. field office has an airport liaison team agents assigned to handle the crimes. sir yogann's case will be prosecuted. >> tomorrow a big day for d.c. catholics. archbishop wilten gregory will

become the 7th archbishop. >> and the first african. he'll be installed at the shrine of the immaculate con semgs in washingn. he has served 14 years as archbishop inatlanta. he's succeeding cardinal donald wall who retired last fall. we've learned that ex-white house counsel don mcgahn will not testify before the house judiciary committee.ye his law sent a letter tonight saying he will respect the wishes of president trump to defy the subpoena. mcgahn is a key witness in the investigation. they argue of power issue.tion tonight you're gog to see a little piece of news4 on late night tv. our ns4 mug is going to make an appearance on seth myers' desk. it'sright after "the tonight

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since the '60s but it's also been abused as a party drug known as special k. doctors says when it' given in low dosages in a controlled medical setting, it's safe. it is to be used in conjunction with an antidepressant medication. it may not be fully covered by depression, at lst not yet. >> if you or someone you know is suffering from depression or thoughts of suicide, there is help out there. we posted linksn our website. just search "changing minds." doug is here talking about weather. tonight we're talking about moore, oklahoma. six years ago news4 was there in the after math of what was a massive tornado that ripped through that area. we spent several days there in moore telling the stories of survivors and just hearing them out, how they had made it to

safety and also unfortunately telling some of the stories of those thatat community had lost -- 24 to be exact, manych dren in those numbers. and what we were seeing there, you know, it looked like a lumbar yard in some cases. >> yeah, just all flat t >> and in other cases almost like a junkyard wherear c were smashed and compacted. and it was just incredible to think that mher nature and her full force could do that with wind. >> that was an ef-5 tornado with winds up to 212-miles-per-hour. that was the worry today. this was the strongest language i've seen them in oklahoma use talking about long track tornados in that area. the good news we did not see that happen today. i've seen 17 tornados. that's a lot tornados for one day. but so far i have not seen much -- there is one house that did get destroyed, however nobody hurt inthere.

i have not heard any injuries. that is a huge thing. we're not done yet though. you take a look at the map here. you see couple areas the in yellow, one around the dallas area.o this is close ablean still under a tornado watch. numerous warnings. this was the greatest threat for tornados. look how all the thunderstorms came together. that's a good thing. you do not want theerated becoming isolated super cells. the biggest threat still a lower tornado threat, but still flash flooding is a bigger threat. look what's happening. look at denver,re colorado. to 6 inches of snow for them today on thek bside, may 20th, severe weather here, snow back towardhe west. you can see numerous tornado warnings in parts of texas. now a brand-new tornado watch is open for oklahoma city waiting to see if thes organized cells

in dallas are going to start to fire off. for us we had a cold front come through, brought showeruple ru rumbles of thunder. we are looking at a nice night. 90 d.c., 92 annapolis. that's the warmest weather we've seen so far this year although yesterday felt warm because it was more humid on our sunday. currently we're beautiful. rlly nice night. the rest of the region starting to fall into m so of the 60, 68 degrees in winchester. i think many areas will wake up to the upper 50, low 60s, so great start to tuesday. want to show you something else. here we are with the cold front movins through. thiis a tropical storm. so, we've got snow, we've got tornados, and a tropicalstorm. this is andrea. it's going to move very close to bermuda, but it is expected to dissipate and not become all that strong. so, that one's moving out.

how about today for weather, just amazing.s. 75 degree nice and comfortable. look at the forecast here. 78, beautiful on wednesday too. and then the heat moves back ini just in for the end of the week and memorial day weekend. temperatures in the mid-80s thursday a friday,light chance of shower or storm on sunday. better chance sunday and monday but not a wash out. these are typical afternoon thunderstorms. near 90 on sunday. memorial dayooksood. we do get into big time cooking. >> coming up, the red skins lose a potential star on defense. dave has the latest on ru

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ring with the draft pick, dwayne haskins, great story, having fun at the jefferson memorial. en we get on the field and it gets a little tricky here.st op, enough already. including two arterbacks with broken legs in two seasons, the red skins have played 52 players reserve. doug thinks it's a curse. today was organized team activity. sere was suppo to be no contact and reportedly there was not. >> this is worse than your typical case of the mondays. all that optimism that comes with the first day of otas dashed in just the first few minutes of practice. this was linebacker ruben foster's reaction after stepping on a teammate's foot and hurting his left knee. the immediately down on ground in visible pain and frustration. an early loss for a player the

red skins believe had so much promise. >> we've had bad luck over here the last couple of years but this one takes the cake. the this was a noncontact drill and there was really no contact involved in it. he just landed funny. so -- but we have to move on. >> the quarterback battle begins at red skins park. case keenum and dwayne haskins, little did they know they're going to be battling for the same job. >> just speaking the same language. that's what you've got to do. t coaches all speak the same language and i don't. so,erying to be on the s page with them. >> keenum not so much a mentor ashey're both trying to learn the system. sherry burke, news4 sports. look at this. somebody is having fun at max

sherzer's expense. look at these guys. patrick not having much fun. center.rt stop deep to he's on it but can't make the play. they looked at it, called the home run. you see it goes over the line. mets 1-0 lead. few batters later, pete alonzo at the pte. rookie with 14 home runs, make that 15. alonzo with the solo shot. patrick allows four runs in five innings. they like to rally in the 8th. this is going to set it. that's going to drop. anthony has been getting onas gets to come home and score rbi single were soto. gets within a run. they rally but don't get the run. hey, the orioles host the

yankees. get back in it in the 9th. tied a 7. kidding me? gary sanchez launches this to left. that's a three-run homer for schez. orioles waste a five-run lead and lose 10-7.ll and lose 10-7.ll just cae johnny

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with some beautiful pictures, sun set at the world war ii emori memorial thisening. >> thanks for joining us.

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