taking a stand. and time to shine. a local mom creates a dance program for her daughter. >> and helps other children with downs syndrome find their inner groove. >> announcer:t news 4 a 4:00 begins with breaking news. that breaking news right off the top this afternoon, immigration agents lob bombshell at the prince george's county detention center. >> u.s. immigration and customs enforcement said two suspects now accused much in a gang execution were released from jail more than a year ago when they should have been kept detained. jim, unpack this one for us. >> there is a lottown pa to unp. it contains the two ms-13 gang suspects accused of murdering the 14-year-old girl. back in may of last year prince george's county police took jose

f fuentes into -- it filed a detainer with the prince un george's co department of corrections because neither suspect were in the country legally. the department of corrections did not follow that detainer, instead releasing both suspects on an unknown date. and without notifying immigration officials. fast forward a year and now both young men are suspected in the d brutal mu of 14-year-old ariana funes diaz. i.c.e. released a statement that says these individual had demonstrated violent criminal fore and because they were released in spite of the lawful detainer, they weed afford an opportunity to take a life. i.c.e. is now trying to detain these two suspects again th are back in custody in prince george's county and we have reached out to the prince george's county department of corrections. as soon as we get a response,

we'll bring it to you live on the air and on our nbc washington app. leon and pat, back to you. >> an unfortunate set of circumstances there, jim. thank yo more breaking news now in the case of d.c.'s most notorious drug kingpin. federal prosecutors now say they will not ask for the immediate release of rafael edmond. that coming during an unprecedented hearing today to reduce his sentence. edmond is currently serving life without parole. back in the 1980s hehe ran largest deadliest drug network in our city. in 1997 edmond flipped and began helping law enforcement. for that they belie s heuld be released from prison early, but they still have not said when that should be. pro-abortion rights activists are demonstrating across the country today in the wake of new state laws banning mostbo aions. >> protesters gathered in front of the supreme court on what's being called a national dayf

action. protests wheni mississipp judge hears a challenge to one of those laws. wendy rieger will have more on that in a moment. >> derrick ward is live at the supreme court with new reaction from protesters there. derrick. n. reporter: good afterno as you can see, there are folks gathered here in front of the supreme court. they are here for different reasons. they're here marvel at one of the branches of government, one of the three branches of american government. quite a different crowd than was here earli and something that we'll probably be seeing more of in coming days as one of the nation's most contentious issues comes ahead. also 's expected the issue will be decided inside thepr sue court and outside they're not waiting to argue against anti-abortion rights activists. >> you can see everything coming down the pike, so many things being rolled back, so many rights being rolled back.

i saw it coming. >> these people don't get it. their thinking is immature on the long-term problems. >> she says the legislation that came from alabama and other places doesn't account for the deeper issues at hand. >> i don't think that a lot of people here are thinking about the long-term consequences of women that end up with ptsd from experiences of insist, rape. >> she realizes some of those laws are crafted to be particularly harsh, to hasten the legal showdown. she says in the meantime theue conses are still troubling. >> my god, where is your emhthy? >> i tk it's important to show support for other women for our rights. >> reporter: pat and le, as you said, there were protests all over the country today. we checked in with some of those and we'll have that com g up later on news 4. right now we're live in front of the supreme court. derrick ward, news 4.

back to you. and our team coverage continues now with a look at the fight over another abortion law that recently passed in mississippi. >> a judge heard a challenge to that law today. wendy rieger is keeping an eye on that from the live desk. >> you know, it sounds like the judge may rule in favor of the abortion righat visit. we are still waiting on that decision. mississippi's governor signed this bill into law in march and the state's only abortion clinic immediately sued. this law bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected which is at about six weeks. the only exception is if a woman's health is in jeopardy. there is no exception for rape or incest. the samerijudge h this case struck down a previous version of this law last year which banned abortions at 15 weeks. during arguments thmorning, that judge said six weeks less than 15.

and the law, quoting now, smacks o defyiance to this court. back to you, leon. >> thanks, wendy. from one hot button issue to another one. one that nearly took down the governor of virginia. tomorrow we're going to learn the answer to a key question. how did a racist photo appear on governor ralph northam's college yearbook page? it shows a man in black face next to a man in ku klux klan koegting. it was in the university of virginia medical school 1980 year back. it brought calls foram north resignation. first he apologized for the photo, then he came back and denied being in. the school authorized an independent investigation to find out what happened and the results of that investigation are being revealed tomorrow iorning. julie carey is gong to be there and we will have coverage right here on news 4 at 4:00.an a m injured during the

white supremacist rally from charlottesville is n suing several white nationalist groups connected with those evebis. g burke was injured by the car that plowed through a crowdli kil heather heyer two years ago. he is suing the driver, james fields, along with several other white nationalist leaders.he burke says came to charlottesville to incite violence. washington catholic have a new leader. wi wilton dis gregory. predecessor resigned late last year following a summer scandal. gregory addressinghe church crisis in his first homily as arch bishop. joining us from the basilica from the immaculate conception. >> reporter: you had some of the highest leadership in the churc here the united states filling in the basilica behind me.

you hadgh eiu.s. cardinals, some 50 bishops from across the country and other parts of the world, in fact, and then you had roughly 300 priests all here to celebrate this new beginning. but it also comes as they're dealing with thoch allenging times that you mentioned. archbishop wilton grail re on the alter, there hes holding a mandate from pope francis. the holy father officially installing the archbishop as washington's new catholic lead are. the installation of a new archbishop is supposed to be a celebration, a joyous occasion. while theranwas updeet tone, -- upbeat tone, it takes place in scandal accused of sexually abusing minors. those gathered here today strongly praising wilton for his toadership. he then set the for how he plans to shepard.

>> the exampthat i wish to set forth for you is that of a man filled with the faith, hope, and joy of knowing jesus christ is in the boat. i want to be a welcoming shepherd who laughs with you whenever we can, who cries with you whenever we must, and who honestly confesses his faults and failings before you when i not when they are revealed. >> those perhaps there are the most powerful words from the archbishop. when he comes forward with them, pushing for transparency, that's the promise he's making and perhaps that will be what is needed to heal this fractured

faithful. >> transparency could be the curth i'm sure 're quite happy to hear those words. we've noted already how gregory is washington's first african-a what did you notice there in the pews and from the alter that may have highlighted the diversity that he hopes to speak to? >> reporter: an incredibly diverse gathering in there what was interesting was not only the emphasis on his being the first rican-american rchbishop here, but also the use of spanish. his speaking to the latino audience and the gathering there. he used his first opening prayer, in fact, was in spanish for the mass and one of the readings was done in spanish, so it created ave bilingual e. >> the dawn ever a new era there in the catholic church in this archdiocese. check back with you later on. by now you've heardbout that crazy inspiring story, the billionaire investor who some college grads the surprise of a lifetime. >> robert smith told the morehouse college grads he was

paying off all of their student debt. today we're heing from one of those students who lives right here in the washington area. >> news 4 cory smith is in the newsroom with that story for us. cory, tell us about this. >> reporter: i absolutely love thisstory. student debt being at an all-time high, you cannotun derscore how big of a deal this is for all these young men. billionaire investor robert smith giving the commencement sech and he just drops a bombshell telling the nearly 400 graduates his family would provide a grant to payoff theira student ln. this gift could reach anat estimed $40 million, but to soml loca grads, the inspiration smith has provided to the class of 2019 is absolutely priceless. what that does for me and other students is really just allows us to live the mission that morehouse college has preached to us so dearly,

disciplined minds and lead lives of leadership. >> it does come with one condition, but it's rooted in the morehouse tradition. all these graduates must simply pay it forward. i'll tell you how quinton plans to do just that. >> pay it forward and more quickly too. >> we can't wait to see how they pay it forward.k than you, cory. now, fromna tores to flooding. >> new video a little later on of some dramatic water rescues happening today out west. we're live withfihe thand look at the recovery. tond those ss still ongoing in the center part of the country. big time snow back to the west. more tos possible in parts of missouri, even parts of st. louis under a tornado watch. i'll show you what all this means for us and our weather i the next few days as we head closer to memorial day weekend. tommy mcfly is continuing his mission to help you master your grill skills ahead of summer. he's got a trip for you to

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impress when barbecuing stea hot off the grill. >> today is all about grilling steak. you are the steak mastnd a you brought quite the fred flintstonecuts here. >> this is a tomahawk rib eye, prime and dry ageso you can see all this muscular fat with the big bone on it. it has a lo of flavor. it looks goo >> how do you get prepped to do something like this? >> i like to add a ltle bit of olive oil. this is just enough that i can get it all over your pant. >> perfect. >> at then i'd like to a little bit of salt. hopefully that will blow all over exactly as planned. >>ittle windy day on the plaza. >> a little bit of pepper. >> how to grill outside. >> to be honest with you, you've got to really season thisthing. all,really want -- first of when you season it, you're hoping to take some of the moisture out on the outside so

that you really get that crust. so go at it. don't worry about it because you've got a lot of meat to cover. this is a little dustith some chili, some ancho chilies that we dehydrate inouse and turn into wonderful chili powder. we don't like to season with a ddt of heat. we like to a heat on the side. you make your perfect little tortilla, then we add t but here it's more about the overall flavor. ou don't want -- >> i'm with you. salt is okay for me. ngappreciate you goi into it slowly. how long do you put the rub on it? overnight? a couple hour thing? >> i wouldn't do it overnight because i think it willure and you don't want a big piece. what you want is a really nice

perfectlseason ds, so about half an hour, 20 minutes before you hithe grill. >> let's do it. let's get this on the grill and see how we grill up the tomahawk steak. >> that's a lot of steak. >> i want some of that. >> the work really does begin way before you hit the grill. coming up, chef victor will show us how to grill to perfection. >> saving some for us. once again we miss out. >> i've really learnt. a lo yesterday we had the ribs. i always cook mine too fast apparently. i'm trying to put mine 15 to 20 minutes and they're saying an hour and a half to two hours. >> you have to take the membrane off. >> you already knew, that but pat and i were, like, the membrane? so today i perfect grilling weather. >> today is amazing. i got out and mowed the lawn thing.the entire

i'm pushing the lawn mower up the hill going i'm not sweating at all. this is really nice. what a differencee from wher we were yesterday. our first 90 yesterday and today right now we're sitting at 70 degrees. but we're it 90 here the east toast. take a look a where my brother lives. my brother lives in colorado springs. >> is that today? >> that was yesterday. nearly 10 inches of snow at their house out there in colorado. my brother texted me going what the -- n >> spring isot there yet, right? >> exactly right. they were just in the 70s and now the snow all up and down the front range. denver today the high temperature so far, 35. that would be the cigdest hh temperature ever in denver on may 21st. te said a lot ofhe cars in the neighborho just sitting on the side. people had to get out and abandon their cars. not here.e you can i've got some mic problems. you hear that? i've got some wind issues going on he r out thereight now.

we're sitting at 71 p winds out of the northwest at 15 miles an really just a gorgeous afternoon. 72 in frederick. 73 culpeper. 72 huntingtown. 15 to 20 degrees cooler than where we were not guilty on the radar now. we don't expect to see anything. he storm sz witself way back toe west. still snowing in parts of have do and we sti tornado watches around st. louis, down on parts of arkansas. look at what this did yesterday. 26 different tornado reports. texas, oklahoma, into missouri d kansas. 26 reports even moreover the last couple of days. we'll get more during the day today. te good news is we hav not heard of many injuries out of this outbreak, so that's good news there. how about these tperatures? 71 here. 57 buffalo. 90, 91 degrees in nashville and the heat will try to work itswa back our way. it's going to come the big way

next week, but over the next couple of days forus we'll start to go up a little bit. tomorrow another beautiful day after a fairly cool overnight. we're going start off on the cool side. many of you in the low 50s. 87, we go right back into the 80s. f 86 onday, 87 on saturday. slight chance of shower, maybe a thunderstorm on thursday. most of us remain on the dry side. all in all we'll have much more on your memorial day weekend. it's looking really nice. friday, you know it, i'll be live from ocean city. >> go ahead and rub it in. >> o the board walk with some beautiful weather. >> sucking it. >> right next to the thrashers is where i'm going to be. >> of course. wouldn't want to miss that. >> it's my favorite. >> thanks, doug. >> news 4 is working for youn the community. coming up next, molette green meets up with a team of local high school sports champs and who they credit with their success and their talk about the plans for the future. also a major retailer announces plan to rent its cloes to you.

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lacrosse school -- >> molette green has the story. >> i'm on campus here with the regional champions. { cheering } >> what a wi ay to end the seas. i am going to talk to the team support first and ask about how all of this feels to you guys? >> it just feels great. we finally got a chance to make history and bring a reional championship to our school. >> it's a blessing. how many are seniors? raise your hands. and can i shout out naomi and layla who the team managers worked really hard keeping them all in check here. so where are they going? they're going plac s. whereu going? >> morgan state university. >> the morgan state university. >> salisbury universe. >> marco state university. >> moving down the line.

>> howard university. >> coach,u thank yor everything. >> shout out to their catch. >> bowie state university. >>un bowie stateersity. >> university of maryland. >> prince george's county college. >> i'm undecided. >> but he has a choice. marcus, let's celebrate. >> come on, marcus. >> okay. that is going to do it for bowie high school. we're going to be back this year back to you.right? >> you can tell they're head over heels, can't you? >> and obviously they've got a lot to celebrate. that's great. all that talent staying close to home. love seeing that. tomorrow molette is helping you gt ready for memorial day with the ultimate crab feast. >> what you need to know before you pick up that bushel tomorow news 4 today.

well, the last straw. a popularer groc store chain ditching some of its plastic and packaging. consumer reporter susan hogan has the scoopnext. and the threat of tornadoes sti up today in parts of the south. we'll take you live to the bulls eye and the severe weather outbreak. >> first a j

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4:30, let's get you caught up with four things to know. a short time ago we learned two suspects accused in a gang execution in prince george's county had been released from custody more than a year ago. u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement says the prince george's county department ofct correns did not follow an i.c.e. detainer. the suspects are now back in custody accuse ds d of killing 14-year-old girl in riverdale earlier this month. federal prosecutors say they will not ask for the immediate release of drug kingpin raedmon for running the large drug network back in the0'80s. in 1997 he flipped and has be helping law enforcement ever since and for that they believe he deserves a reduced sentence.r a montgomcounty man will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting two senior ctizens. marlin alexander pled guilty to

those attacks in 2010 and 2011. prosecutors say he raped one of his victi twice. authorities identified him last year. we're told this is thest conviction in maryland based on a genealogy kit. news 4 pat collins will have details about that just ahead on news 4 at 5:00. abortion rights advocates across t t countrying to the streets in several cities protesting the new laws that restrict abon access or make it illegal in many cases. those protests are part of a natioal day of action advocating against efforts to overturn r overturn roe versus wade. >> reporter: more than 40 years after the supreme court decision which made abortion legal, people who support abortion rights find themselves in a renewed battle. >> before roe versuswade, thousands of people died every

year because they didn't have access to safeor ons and that could happen again. >> reporter: a wave of new state laws which restrict or even ban abor abortion spurs people in cities across the country. >> when our freedom is under attack, whatdo we do? stand up. >> reporter: pitting people who say t h government no role to their reproductive decisions. >> the government doesn't know v what you been through. for them to dictate what you can do is not right. >> reporter: against those who believe abortion is murder. it's been a contentious topic for decades. opponents think the supreme court might now be poised to overturn roe versus wade. polls showe most peo support legal abortion. >> we're here to say enough is enough. we're oing to fight skpu we're

goi -- you and we're going to win. >> reporter: a fight which will continue to play out in statehouse, courthoused the streets for months to come. nbc news, new york. >>pl> anas r meant its clothesu as another says it's closing up shop. the change is coming to your whole foods market this summer. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with this retail roundup. susan. >> pat, a lot to cover day, so let's get right to it. fat new clothing rental service, it comesom the company that owns anthropolo, for $88 a month you'll be able to borrow six items from the etailer as well as more than 100 third-party brands and one of a kind vintage designs. the service will launch this summer. in case you missed it late sterday, dress barnays it will close all 650 stores nationwide. we're stilling to learn the specifics on the timing of this

wind down and while all stores are operating normal for now, using gift cards and making any returns you have as soon as possible. >> now to a change coming to whole foods stores. the company says it will ditch plastic straws beginning in july. paper straws will now be offeree at thstore's coffee bar, juice bar and cafe. plastic straws will be available to people with disabilities, though. whole foods has also switched to smaller produce bags and will soon use bags of rotisserien chicke instead of hard plastic containers. these are expected to reduce an estimated 800,000 pounds of plastic every year. >> thank you, susan. we've got some breaking news just coming in here. it's time for the nation's growing opioid crisis. the smithsonian says itll no longer seek donations from any

member of the sackler family. they have a controlling interest in purdue pharma. you may recognize that nam t it's on gallery on the national mall. they donated more than 1,000 works of art. that donation agreement requires the name to be on the building in perpetuity. arthur sackler decide before oxycontin was approved for sale a local mom creates a dance team for her daughter with downs syndrome. >> stillhead, a look at the inspiring community she created f for other young people with zakt. plus why e-cigarettes are so hard to quit. ao yesterday m than 25 tornadoes were reported in parts of texas, oklahoma, kansas, and missouri, but more so than severe storms, it was the heavy rainfall that led to flooding ntd flash flooding as our

temperatures coue to warm, these rainfall events are becoming wetter. i'm going to have more on why verlander: since wwi, more than 645,000 men and women have given thefr lives to defend our dom. that's almost 16 of these stadiums. by wearing a poppy, we're honoring someone's parent. we're remembering someone's child. we're paying tribute to someone's best friend. ♪ vo: this memorial day weekend, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. visit thhousaa poppy wall of r this friday through sunday on the national mall.

new research shows how addictive e-cigarettes can be and it turns out the majority of people who use them want to quit. researchers from rut gers university studied national data involving 1,700 e-cigarette users. they found that more than 60 %

saidhey wanted to quit while 16% planned to quit in the next month. many admit to using the same strategies used for quitting traditional cigarettes like nicotine replacement products and patches as well as counseling. a new concern about young people and their cholesterol levels. f researchers found only kids and teens have ideal levels. a quarter of young people were in the high range. high levels can lead to heart disease later in life. the research published in the f journal othe american medical association did have one good takeaway. cholesterol levels have improved overall. it's recommended that kids co e cholesterol levels are checked at 9 and 11. news 4 is connuing to cover the impacts of our changing climate. >> there's new evidence when we moreain now, we're getting rain than ever before. amelia draper is here with a look at why.

>> what's happening is we have warmer temperatures. it holds more moisture.ee when we these rainfall events, more rain is falling. we're able to work with more rain in the atmosphere. climate central ran numbers. you can see this trend line here is clear. it is going up.is what th graphic is showing you are the average events of where we see an inch of rain or more in event over the yeerars from 1950 to 2018. this is where we're seeing an inch or more of rainfall. last year washington, d.c. broke the record forer the numb of days where we had rain of an inch or greater. the old record setback in about 1890 of 21 days. the record we set last year was 23. even more arming is this graphic, which shows 2 inch of rainfall or greater on days compared to average from 1950 going up to 2018. now, this really shows an inc iase, so how thispacts

us? think to events like ellicott city where we talk about a one in five year flood or one in 1,000 year flood. as we get these events whereai more r is falling out of the clouds, we'll see the events of the one a 1,000 year flood maybe become one in 500 year flood and we could see that one ine year flood increase by two to three times by the later part of the century if we don't cut down on our green house gas emissions. that's how we're going to see the impact, how we're already seeing the impact here in our area. those rainfall events are getting wetter leading to more flooding, which is costing our country billions of dollars in i damage t year alone. us you don't have to convince something is going on. we're learning a lesson every friday. >> 15 of the last 20 fridays have had rain. >> warmer and wetter. >> here we go. >> thanks, amelia. next we take yo live to ground zero of this week's

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back now with a live look outside. we are about 20 degrees cooler right now than we were at thi time yesterday. >> it's nice. doug and amelia are back when we heat up again. ritht now, ugh, the southern flames already battered by storms facing even more severe weather. >> at least a dozen tornadoes have already touched down and another round could be on the way. >> some of the worst of it has been in okhoma where you can see floodwaters also continue to rise. >> why it's a mess out j .he gray. he's live in dale, oklahoma. tell us about the scene there.

>> leon and pat, the wind picking up. to be nding in what used the middle of someone's home. this kind of devastation, it really stretches across not only oklahoma, but the entire strike zone with the potential for more severe weather over the next 24 hours. it started over the weekend. and the assaulty mother nature continues right nowacross the plains. >> sirens going off. heed the warning, folks. >> reporte tornadoes and flooding rains targeting millions. oklahoma is the flash point witt morehan a dozen confirmed twisters ripping apart homes anu inesses, downing power lines, splitting and uprooting ees. >> i just thank god we're all okay. >> lisa watson describes the moment a tornado hit her neighborhood. >> we were in bed and the alarms were going off.

so my husband and me, the first thing would be to get the kids and make sure they're okay and e that we got t in the hallway. we huddled together. >> some didn't have time to hide. a homeowner pulledet to safy after he was pinned as a tree crashed through his roof. in other areas it's the flooding threatening homes and lives. teams working to grab this woman, clinging to the branches of the a tree. there have been too many rescuea to count this point. first responders already stretched to their limits with more severe weather inecthe forast. you know, when you see those rescuesnd then you take a look at the devastation, it's incredible to think there have been no reports of any lives lost or even serious injuries from the storm. pat, leon, doug, b. k to you >> that is amazing. >> it really is. >> and i think part of that goes to the forecasting.

tethis has been forec for days, if not weeks. we were looking at this last week. this is something that you mighv h had this on your radar out there saying hey, jay, we're going to need you out in oklahoma> ext week. >or sure. back here at home, will any of the weather you're seeing in the midwest affect >> it is. it's going to bring our temperatures back up and give us a chance of a thunderstorm on thursday. thursday should be a dry day, just a scattering of showers, ma te a thunderstorm inhe afternoon. it's all connected to this monster storm which continues to spin in the parliament of the . country take a look at this storm right here. it's back towards kansas city.. torndo wch . nver after picking up more ow than they have, this is the biggest snowstorm they've seen in bdenver in nearly 45 years i the month of may. incredible the amount of snow

they saw in denver, the flooding that we saw, and now that whole strm system moves off. what else do we have?it yesterday we0 and we had a tropical storm develop yesterday. it's now a tropical depression. you can see it right there. see that little circulation? this is bermuda. it is now a tropical depression not expected to be much, but it is the first named storm of the season. the name was andrea.e out th for us, well, we've got some high clouds streaming on in. these high clouds are even fro the storm going off toward the west. current temperature 71. dropping through the 60s. 65 :0 9 a really nice night, but it is going to get kind of cool by tomorrow morning. here's the current numbers, though. 70 gaithersburg. 70 camp springs and 71 in dulles. just about a perfect spring day. this is what we would have expected early may. this is also the type of allergies we would expect. i mowed thegrass today and now you're telling me grass pollen is high. >> yeah. so were otu bred by the

grass or not at all? >> absolutely. >> the grass has been running igh. trees still running moderate. this time of year we're seeing that tree pollen go down with mold spores coming in low. the pollen report similar to what we were sing yesterday. as you get out and about on your wednesday, make sure to enjoy the comfortable air once again. today we are running a little bit below average. tomorrow we're right at average at 77 degrees. enjoy that unless you love the 80s, because the 80s are back thursday, friday, saturday. yeah, sunday we're flirting with 90 degrees out there. here's your memorial day weekend forecast out there on saturday. it's hot, the humidity isng buildihroughout the day. maybe an isolated thunderstorm later in the day, but most if not all of your saturday is c lookingmpletely dry. on sunday about a 30% chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. otherwise it is warm, it is humid with the temperature around 90 degrees. memorial day unfortunately we do have the best chance for some

showers and thunderstormsut b plenty of dry time with the high temperature of 86. if you're openi up your pool or heading to the community pool, i think saturday and sunday are looking really nice. memoriaday maybe a little bit iffy. doug, i think we would still head to the pool i it wass going on memorial day. just earlier in the day. >> absolutely. it's a greatpportunity to download the nbc washington app, because there you can check the ldar. you telhere those storms are going and there's future radar on there. 87 on thursday after another beauorful day tomw. 86 friday. 87 on saturday. as amelia mentioned, the hot day, that's sunday at 90 degrees. the beach's forecast even look great. yes, i will be down in ocean city, maryland on friday. it.know kicking off memorial day with our first back yard weather of the season. we'll be down there all afternoon. i can't wait. you're coming down to ocean city, meet me down there at thrashers. next week we had 90s next week, but now it looks like the front will be closer to us.

that means a little bit cooler with a better chance of showers. the amazing tng about that front, we could be in the upper 90s just down to the south. talking some of the hottest temperatures ever i places like georgia and south carolina, well over 100 degrees. some of that heat could try and mo our way. we'll wait and see how warm we get. we don't want to see any of that up here. >> no. we do want to see this. the viral picture of the day. i this from our area. >> this is really something. this cute little girl, her name is lovey hope duncan. she decided to hig five a harriet tubman mural in cambridge, maryland. >> this was just finished yesterday. he was trying to paint tubman reaching out and trying to escape her owners. >> what a powerful image. >> for me it calls to mine the

shot of the little girl in the portrait gallery. >> with michelle obama? sure. >> this is sort of the same thing. this little kid looking forward and this person from the past reaching out. >> and an automatic coection. >> does she know the gravity. that's the amazing part. the innocence there. maybe she doesn't, but we all know the real mean. >> well, it's on the internet, sohe'll learn later. >> i think the mural itself is st spell binding. it is so beautiful. that is the first time i was seeing it. we need to do a story on that artist. anthe little girl. dramatic. wow. and that's in cambridge. that's a reason to go on or about there just to see that. > t philanthropist who paid off the student debt of the morehouse college graduating ju class, we love this story.

>> we are hearing from a man of our area who is part that very class. >> i'm, like, man, this guy was all the w in the back. he was struggling all four years. >> they ca't stop smiling. news 4 cory smith is going to bring us their story tonight. oi> also a news 4 i-team investigation is g to reveal that there are dozens of car break-ins happing every da in our area. >> and coming up tonight at 5:00, investigative reporter scott macfarlane shows you the f tope things thieves are targeting and what you can do so you don't become a victim. >> dozens a da n youver want to wake up to that. anyway, we'll be seeing in justi a few tes at the top of the fi.

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to orrow a dance troop will perform with an gramar. >> they aren't letting downs syndrome get in the way of doing some great things. ♪ >> inside the rehearsal room, the only thing t brighterhan these dancers futures may be the smiles on their faces.

>> i have a daughter with downs syndrome. in mitch shell is one of the inspirations for the dance. the mom wanted to give the with downs syndrome the chance to shine. >> they're to s what they can do and not expect that they can't. it's such an amazing wonderful and real, truly authentic experience. >> i love dancing a i like parties. that's myhi big >> the group has been hard at work getting ready for the gala. their moves will help raise money for research on downs syndrome and if you ask the dancers what they're most excited about. >> i'm excited about andy gramar. >> but beyond mastering these moves, another goal of the group, forming lifelong friendships. >> people want to meet you.

they want to encourage you. they want you to be included. >> they're going to come out and knock it outf the park. i have no question. >> look inside. you gotyour inner groove? >> finding that inner groove and including everyone along the way. in potomac, aimee cho, news 4. and we start the hour with a bombshell from federal immigration agents. >> they are blaming local corrections officials for giving two suspected ms-13 gang members the opportunity t kill a 14-year-old girl. s 4 leon harris is at the live desk to explain. leon. >> well, wendy and jim, this claim involves two ms-13 gang s suspecto are now accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl and then dumping her by in a creek. that happened earlier this month. i.c.e. said that back in may of last year prince george's county police had two in custody for

attempted murder but i.c.e. filed a detainer with the department of corrections because both of those suspectsin were he country illegally. but i.c.e. says the department of corrections did not follow that detaier instruction. instead releasing both suspects on an unknown date and without notifying immigration officials. now, fast forward to a year later and now both young men are suspected in the brutal murder of 14-year-old ariana diaz. i.c.e. released a statement that reads in part these had demonstrated violent bd havior aney were afforded an opportunity to take a life. i.c.e. is now trying to detain these twon, suspects agai both of them back in custody in prince george's county. we reached out to the unty department of corrections and as soon as we get a response, we'll bring it to you on an update here on air and in the nbc