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

washington app. protesters are rallying at statehouses across the country. they're calling out state lawmaker whose have pushed through that restrictive abortion law in recent weeks. news 4 derrick ward joins us from the supreme courtter peaking with women from our air. derrick. >> reporter: there was a strong local representation at that rally and of course you can see a differe crowd on the steps of the supreme court now, but we should expect to see more of those crowds that were here earlier as this most contentious issue starts to come to a head. be it a street corner in arlington or on the steps of the highest court in the land. a waveof anti-abortion rights laws and state legislatures has stirred up a tide of counter protests not likely to wane until the matter is settled by law, if then.

hundreds of pro-abortion rights advocates rallied at the supreme court. the reasons for comi range from principle to pe ional. >>ad this happen to me when i was young. somebody fought for me, so i had that right. i have to fight for the people that are going to come after me. >> her son speaks to how she intends to her voice heard. >> it's real a woman's issue and a human issue for me. i'm a 17-year-old girl who lives in the area and i feel like as much as i can get up and fight for the rights i believe in i should. >> reporter: meanwhile about a dozen abortion rights advocates showed up in arlington. smaller in numuar, but eq in commitment. >> we're looking at loss of human rights on a scale we haven't seen before. >> reporter: some of those say the anti-abortion right decions go way back before the 1973 roe v. wade decision.

>> in those days contra accecep were harder to get but those interested in pushing that arest intere in banning that too. >> reporter: we can expect to see some more of those opinions and passions as this issue continues and willontinue for ite some time. live at the u.s. supreme court. back to you. >> a lot of passion there. and washington's new catholic lead ser officially taking over this evening. church leaders from across the country flocking to d.c. for ths illation mass of archbishop wilton gregory. eightrd caals, 50 bush shishops roughly 300 priests all celebrating this new beginning and it comes as church leaders are trying to heal from that recent scandal. news 4 david culver outside the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception in northeast. how did the archbishop or did he address the recent troubles?

>> reporter: he sure did, wendy. in fact, he likened it using his homily, which is really his first moment to speak from his own words and he likened it to the holygospel,he holy scripture and saying the church right now is troubled waters. he said that's what they're trying to traverse. he said that is what exactly we're dealing with in this moment. we have been tsed about by an unusually turbulent moment inur o own faith journeys recently and for far too long. waves of unsettling revelations have caused even the hardiest amon us to grow and perhaps even at times to want to panic. >> archbishop wilton gregory urging those gathered to put their faith not necessarily in human leadership but in god. from the alter he helped a mandate that came down from pope

francis heimself oicially installing him as washington's new catholic leader. >> i want to be a becoming shepherd who laughs with you whenever we can, who cries with youhenever we must. and who honestly confesses his faults and failings before you when i commit them. it when they are revealed. >> david, curious if gregory addressed the resignation of cardinal weurl orhe accusations against the ex-cardinal m?ccarrick did he bring up the predecessors? did.porter: he he addressed the weurl situation. the church is looking at these two situations very differently. they lok at ex-cardinal

theodore mccarrick as somebody who has ben defrocked. he really has lost all respect within the church. weurl hasmaintained a lot of dignity here. he was on the alter. he was a major part of this installation ceremony and yet he now departs still feeling a lot of support and a lot of praise even though folks here often have said he did not do enough to stop so-called predator priests. for now his retirement seems to be in high praise. >> david culver at the basilica for what is a huge day foric catholin our area. thank you, david. he was one of the most notorious drug kingpins in our region linked to as many as 30 murders. now rayful edmond life without parole for his crimes, but federal prosecutors want that to change. they say edmond should be released from prison because of his health as an informant. ts not graves rep everybody agrees. >> it was the mid 1980s.

the crack cocaine epidemic was fueling the rising murder rate. a murder rate which doubled in just one year as rayful edmond oversaw one of the biggest drug operations in the country. based in northst d.c. taking in millions of dollars each week according to law cials who said edmond was linked to as many as 30 murders. edmond was never convicted of any murders, but was sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for druges charg but according to court filings by the same prosecutor's office that put him in prison, edmond has spent much of his time in prison helping put other drug .alers behind bars for that cooperation prosecutors say he should have his sentence reduced. edmons cooperation has ranged from assisting in the conviction of extremely violent individuals to assisting in the conviction of ongoing narcoracs tfficking tossisting in institution of prison reforms. today d.c.'s attorney general

went before a judge to convince theudge that d.c.'s attorney general should be allowed to testify at any hearing on edmond's possible release. >> the rayful edmond enterprise is a notorious enterprise and i think it's important that the court did what it did to really seek the input of district residents. >> edmond's moer and sister were both in the courtroom today. edmond appeared via video conference. his attorney said it's time for the formerg dealer to be set free. >> over the last 20 years, what we can publicly say, what is public is that mr. edmond has tried to make amends. he's cooperat with the federal government for two decades and provided so much information that the federal government deemed it necessary to tell the courtbethat he should released early. >> the attorney general plans on having public forums to get input from citizens as to what

he should tell the court. as for edmond, if the judge does decide to reduce his sentence to time served, he still owes the state of pennsylvania 30 years in prison for selling drugs while he wasja in l. they wi that still has to be rectified, so it would be a long time before he ever sees the light of day. >> mark segraves. mark, thank you. ginia morrow eastern v medical school will discuss findingin a review into governor ralph north haam'ge that included that racist photo. an independent law firm looked into the photo and how it wound up on northam's page. staffers from the 1984year back have disagreed whether it may have been placed there mistakenly. governor northam apologize d bu later admitted to being in the picture and darkening his face on a separate occasion. once he was someone who said

she would neverport trump. now ken cuccinelli appears to be joining the trump administration. nbc ns hasearned that cuccinelli could beamed to an immigration position within homeland security as soon as this week. cuccinelli who served as a.g. underrn goveor bob mcdonald's donald r -- macdonald. he introduced a bill that would end birthright citizenship for kids born in the united states to undocumented immigrants. for the second time, the houseudicial committee faced an empty chair at the witness table. former white house counsel don mcgahn following the white house directive to ignore a congressional subpoena. it comes as a growing number of democrats say a push for impeachment is no longer if but when. leon harris is following it all back in the newsroom. >> because of things like that empty chair herring today, impehment is expected to come

up tomorrow when nancy pelosi holds a closed door meeting to discuss on the ongoing the tigations and administration's efforts to stonewall them. dast night some house judiciary democrats pushe for moving ahead with an inquiry their idea being doing that would give them more legal standing to get documents and interviews. leadership not quite there yet. that includes the judiciary cha jerry nadler who today said their subpoenas are not optional. nadler tried to bat down the assertion that don mcgahn had immunity saying that's not supported by any judicial ruling. he said they will go to court if required to get mcgahn to testify. this afternoon nadler also issued two subpoenas to former chief of staff and white house mmunications director hope hicks. we'll see what happens going on forward. jim, wendy,ac bk to you. >> leon, thank you. wesl, here' the tradition that never gets old. the iconic blue angels soaring above annapolis earlier today.

check them out. they're doing test flights as part of commissioning week, gettingeady for friday's t graduatioe naval academy. >> the team of pilots showing off their skills in ara choed show. that is always impressive. t we'reold they'll be doing another show tomorrow a that will mean that the 450 bridge over the severn river closed for the o middthe day. he spread terror by targeting elderly women who were living alone. the sentence for a rapist responsible for a series of violent attacks. and the entir student debt of a graduating class paid off. by that philanthropist e. billiona tonight we'll hear from a local student who is benefiting from this very generous gift. >> it's a form of liberation. >> now that they don't have the student loan debt, they don't have to defer their dream. and hot off the grill tonight, tommy mcfly shares pro

tips on how to wow when yostre cooking k. temperatures today about 20r degrees coolhan where we were yesterday at this time. 71 degrees with sunshine. what does that mean as we head towards the end of t week and memorial day

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4. this was a hard landing here at frederick airport in maryland. take a look. the small plane flipped on its nose right there smtock dab that runway. two people were inside. they were not injured. tmergency crews are checking out the plane righnow. we'll have more as it comes in. wendy. ll, morehouse college grads are still basking in the surprise announcement that their udent loan debt is going to be all paid for. today news 4's cory smith spoke to a local morehouse graduate about this generous gift from this billionaire investor. >> i feel likei've been awake for three days. >> quinton returns to his anacostia neighborhood a college graduate. he left morehouse in atlanta with a bachelor of arts in english, lifelong friends and -- >> no debt. what more can i ask for? >> all courtesy of billionaire investor robert smith who after speaking with students turned his sunday commencement speech into the surprise of a lifetime.

>> my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> in a matter of five seconds s it went from everybody sitting there to shouting. i was sitting in the fifth row, so as far as me, it was oh my eosh, it was huge. >> as for thproud parents in the aatience. >> wdid he just say? then we scream. >> for you to see another parent or another family be absolved of this financial debt was just so gratifying. >> in aninstant, the debt of nearly 400 students was set to be paid in full. while the money matters, you inspiration. rice >> the same way education is meant to spire, he inspired all even the ones not in the class. >> the money does come with one condition. oy it forward. quinton's welln his way. he'll be back in the classroom in a few weeks teaching middle

school. >> it really just allows us to live the mission that morehouse college has preached to us so dearly, to develop wit disciplined minds and lead lives of leadership. >> this ending could not have been a better start. cory smith, news 4. o>> well, this comes as the country's student debt crisis is at an all-time high. last year nearly 70% of students had to take out loans. in total american college grads now own more than $1.5 trilliong the aver debt, more than $28,000, but for students of historically black colleges, it's 32% higher. there's also a gender gap. female students have an average of $700 more student debt than their male students. our country has more tn

440,000 children who are living in foster care. sesame street is once again working to show those kids that families can come in all varieties. the show introduced a new muppet named carly who is friendswith elmo. of course she is. carly liv with for now her foster parents. her fos mer mom explains to elmo they're keeping little carly safe until her mother can care for her again. and while they don't know when n that's go to be, carly always has a place with them. >> that's great. we're working for you this week getting tips from some of the best chefs in our region to ake sure your summer barbecue stands out. last hour news 4 tommy mcfly seasoned up some steak. now it's time to see how it turned out hot off the grill. >> so you don't want to splash this at high heat for avery long time because it will char

on the outside and not really cook on the inside. you're going to want to get a good sear on it, maybe take it off the rally high heat and let it get to temperature. we pre-grilled a little bit these reay nice tomatoes to advance the process a bit.sh grilled red onions. while we're making our steak, what we like to do is grill our vegetables and start with little garlic. then we kind of puree it. tomatoes, onions, charred jalapenos. then we make our own salsa. >> what can you use to make that happen? >> a food processor or really fast knives. i like to char my limes too that go right intohe salsa as well. it's the most important thing is to get a good quality piece of meat. go to a really good butcher enop. >> how much more eve to go to the butcher, to go to the

local butcher? >> it's really not. it's more about time. people are much more ineed eight eggs and let me grab a steak. so iorhink it'sabout taking that extra moment to go get a good quality piece of meat. >> how would you finish out this giant tomahawk? >> you want tor get you tomahawk off the grill. we're going to go ahead and slice it down. this is not a wellne cooking steak. the investment is pretty big foo it e well done. it's too thick andt's just not going to be what you expect out of a good quality piece of meat. if you want a well done steak, buy a filet mignon. or don't do it. >> yes, please. >> well, chef victor also says to let the steak rest instead og

diviight in just like i do just for a few minutes when you take it off the grill. tommy's hot off the grill series continues tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00 with a national harbor favorite w shares som tips and the best kinds of fish to make it home. that's hot off the grill tomorrow at 4:00 and 5:00. this is the most importt you n do and also the easiest to be safe inur car. making sure teenagers buckle up. and we've got a warming trend on the way. trend on the way. will we hit 9for the holid0 ay

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that canadian air made things for pleasant around here. to canada. e >> it depends on which part of canada you're tauting abo. today's air is beautiful. the sky is nice and blue. it doesn't get like this too often. we've seen temperatures yesterday at 0. today we're at 70. what a difference a day makes. right now we've got the high clouds that moved back in. t currentperatures in the 71 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles an hour. a little gusty from time to time. it's actually raet chill in the area. we're at 73 annapolis, 73 over towards huntingtown, 73 as well. much cooler across our region, but still

very nice. the average high today still sfefb. as far as the radar is concerned, no rain. however, look what's happening back to the quewest. here's the tornado watching in through parts of missouri. one tornado warning. the storm continues to bring snow on the back side of it. colorado springs picking up close 10 inches of snow around what's called monument hill area. i lived out there for a while. it's a crazy thing, this much snow late in the season. look at the tornadoes. 26 different tornado reports from texas all the way through oklahoma, kansas and missouri. a couple more earlier today as e . so that system finally beginning to wind down, but the threat not quite over yet. flooding has also been a major impact. for us that storm is going to bring the warm air back our way 88 righow in atlanta. that warmer air is going to come

back across our region.rr tomo a very nice day temperature wise. another beautiful day. just about perfect. starting off on a little cool note, though, for the kiddie at the bus stop. just know that it's going to be on the cool side. i don't think jackets will be required, but we're talking temperatures in the 50s. 76 for a high. 87 on your thursday. 40% chance of shower or thunderstorm. most of the area dry. 86 on friday. as we iad into memor day weekend. 87 coming up on saturday. you know i'm heading to ocean ecity on friday for th kickoff, the unofficial start of summer. back yard weather, our 50 one of the season. we'll talk about the rest of memorial day weekend. that forecast for you as temperatures get closer to 90. i'll show it to you, 5:45. gone in 60 seconds. coming up, the news 4 i-team investigas recent smash and grab thefts from cars and what you should not be leaving in your vehicles that attracts thieves. >> plus the first conviction in maryland based on a genealogy kit. how police track down aal seri

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women protesti calling out state lawmakers who pushed through bills severelyri resting access to abortion. a flagship rally was held outside the u.s. supreme court that featured several 2020 presidential candidates. washington's new catholic leader officially taking over today. church leaders across the untry came to washington for the installation mass of archbishop wilt gregory. the archbishopromises to bring healing, transparency to the church. >> federal srosecutors they will notsk a for immediate release of drug kingpin rayful edmond. he is currently serving life stthout patrol for running d.c.'s large drug network back in the '80s.99 in 1edmond flipped and has been helping law enforcement ever since. for that they believe he deserves a reduced seutence. orities are calling it the first of its kind in maryland. a serial rapist is sentenced. h conviction based on a genealogy kit.

the man in thy case pled guilt to assaulting at least two women in montgomery county. >> prosecutors say he preyed on some our community's most vulnerable. pat collins joins us with new information on this case. >> reporter: it appears some distant relatives of this guy submitted their dna to one of those family search sites. police got that information and it led them t right the suspect. 40-year-old marlin michaelal ander, sentenced to life in jail today. the crime, rape. the victim, senior citizens. marlin michael alexander. family man by d. serial rapisty night. his target, senior women. one 86ears old. she wrote a poem about what

happened. she called it hell. >> t time was hell. i did not think i believed in you, but now ido. you made the choice to prey on elderly women knowing they could not defend themselves. >> reporter: the other victim, 68 years old. he raped her in her home in june of0. 201 then he returned toape her again in january, 2011. she was very vocal about getting this rapist caught. >> i am determined to do everything i can to see to it this arrogant little twerp doesn't get away with it. >> reporter: both victims lived in germantown. both lived across the street from each other. both victims now deceased. alexander identified through a nealogy report that located three distant relatives.

fter that investigators got busy. >> all that technology, all that science is useless unless it's in the hands the right investigators who have the knowledge and the skill and ability to use that information to help protect the community. >> reporter: according to court focuments, on alexander's laptop, police nd numerous pictures of elderly women in pornographic and sexua positions. now, alexander's first assault was back in 2000 seven. the victim there25 a year-old woman. she fought him off. he ran away. turns out she was a d.c. cop. after that they say alexander focused on senior citizens. people he could control. jim, back to. >> such a disturbing story. pat, thank you. we've got new details revealed today about the choke

ho death of a new york city man. an officer involved in the deady confrontation now admits he exaggerated the charges against eric garner. the news came during testimony today in the police disciplinary try of the officer. he's accused of putting garner in a banned choke hold that led to his death. garner waseing arrested for selling loose untaxed cigarettes. arrest papers filed at the time accused gardner of selling as many as 10,000 untagged cigarettes. they testified garner had less than 100 cigarettes on a prince george's county animal control officer may have saved a food's deliveryffice shooting the american bulldog that had viciously attacked him. prince george's bureau chief julie carey speaking to the

victim. > a dog inside of the house attacked him. he has more than 60 stitches and staples. he only speaks chinese. his son translates over the phone what happened to his dad. >> the dog was running out of d the house an pushed my father down to the floor. >> reporter: prince george's county police say the american bulldog bit his neck and face multiple times chewed off half of his rht ear. >> hi earis being attacked by the bite. his ear is losing half part his right ear. >> reporter: police and animal control were called to the house. according prince george's county galice, the dog to lunch at the animal control officer. that's when the police officer shot and killed the dog. >> ao him to something with

that dog. >> his next door neighbor says he was confronted by that same dog weeks agod arned the owner of the animal's aggressive behavior. he started keeping a stick by the door after that. >> it charged me one night after came out of the car and all the way up here, so the husband called him and he came in. >> i spoke with the homeowner briefly. he admitted it was his dog who attacked, but dealined to sp on camera or comment any further. >> i feel so angry about the owner. >> reporter: it's going to be up to anima control to decide whether the family that owns the dog will face any charges. that investigation is ongoing. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> he was delivering for the china taste restaant andas been working there for eight months. we contacted the restaurant for comment. they denied that any of their drivers was ever attacked. he says he zndoesn't know how hs going to pay for his medical bills. a new effort to keep teenagers safe behind the wheel.

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our local driveways and along our neighborhood street curves. the news 4 i-team investigation reveals dozens of car break-ins happening every day in our area. investigative reporter scott macfarlaneshows you what thieves are targeting and what police want you to do right now. >> it's a crime that can take lesthan 60 seconds and can ruin your whole week. >> it's consistent in my part of the neighborhood. we are having break-ins every night. >> near her home, denise said it's happen not just once or even twice. >> i've had probably eight break-ins myself last year. >> eight in your car? >> yeah. >> all on the same sidro thugh the passenger window while parkedb. along the cur >> what are they taking out of your car? >> that's what i'm trying to figure out. they're taking change. they've taken quarters. they're taking electronics. >> securitycamera footage shows some of the techniques thieves

use in the district. pulling up alongside a smashing in the back window. checking for unlocked car door late at night.in even break the window on a >> it's about getting the property as quickly as possible. >> d.c. police commander duncan medley says car break-ins really have no pattern. this looks like someshopping bags. >> it's easy to spot the potential target while walking dound thestrict. we saw 270 car break-ins just in december. >> this one has a lot of items r in the ca that if you're just walking by you can probably see from a few feet away. >> tens of thousands of items stolen from the district in 2018. >> we've seen people that literally will go in andhe ty'll have a device with some kind of punt device, break a window and take the item that's right there on the seat. that can be done in less than a minute. >> the i-team wanted to know what are the crooks targeting. weaw the police list, the most comm plea stolen items.

we found the things you're leaving behind in the car, the things catching the eyes of the thieves. >> the things that might surprise you, papers and documents. >> if people see they can gain access in your car, they might be looking at your personal items to find out more about your identity, other ways to target you. >> clothes which are so often hung along the back window. number three most reported stolen item, computer hardware. like that work laptop. coming in at number two, other portable electronics. >> this one i could look right here and see the bag right in front o the floorboard. >> it didn't take long to spot the number one item. purses and backpacks. almost 6,000 in just one year, twice as many as it is second most commonly reported item. >> the reason they're most commonly targeted, it's a quick break. a quick bag of the handle. and thaen then they can rifle t

it later. ke ing everything out ofsight, change and charging cords. >> it also just takes one trusn wheu're living in the community, you want to trust. >> hoping that ninth break-in never comes. >> wow. those are some numbers. the items reportedn stole from vehicles in the district, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. severe storms battering the sohern plains yet again tonight, at least dozen tornadoes have already touched down ripping apart homes and more could be on the way. that's not the only threat. these storms are also bringing floing ins. some of the worst of it in oklahoma. eams had to save one woman clinging to the branches of a tree. emergency crews say there have been too many rescues toount. incredibly there have been no serious injuries. farther north that same system bringing snow to california. look at this.

you can see the ground is covered. this is the town of elizabeth. some places in higher elevations saw up to 8 inches of snow on may 20th and 21st. >> unbelievable. is this typical? r >> howe is that? >> very rare for colorado to get snow like that. this is the biggest storm they've seen in 45 years in the month of mthy. t's a big deal. they actually setheir coldest high temperature ever. only 35 that's the oldest and that goes back to 1870. the torns, we expect that this time of year. the flooding, we expect that. this year ismuch, much worse. let's take a look and show you how things are. our area, no problem. you see this whole storm still spinning. parts of colorado, nebraska, south dakota,the severe lines

coming through. tornado a watches warnings into missouri. right here just to the west of y kansas ci, that's one big area we're the other storm i was watching earlier, this right here, see this spin? that's actually tropical depression now.ye terday it was casubtro storm andrea, the first storm of the season. t isng movi closer towards bermuda. no thunderstorm activity around the center. that storm is not doing all that well, which is some good newss. for speaking of good news, a beautiful day. plenty of sunshine w lking around and maybe driving with the top down, the woins down. 71 degrees. temperatures dropping through the 60s to about 60 by 11. waking up tomorrow morning to some cool numbers. many of y w wille up to around 50. don't expect this cooler weather to last all that long. we're going up ain as w w make our toward the memorial day weekend. that we kind of want.

>> we want itoro be warm f the unofficial start of summer. if you love this uncomfortably cool weather, you'lroenjoy tomor a little bit warmer, but we're right on track. average high of 77. that will be our temperature for wednesday. the 80s return thursday, friday and saturday. by sunday we hit 90 degrees. if we do hit 90 on sunday, it will be our second 90 degree day this year. we hit 90 yesterday. a big change out there today being about 20 grees cooler. as we look to the holiday weekend, here's what you can expect. humidity builds, but it's mainly dry. not completely dry. only about 20% chance that we see an isolated shower or er thundorm. no worries on saturday. on sunday there's about a 30% chance for some late day showers and thunderstorms. otherwise, it's hot. then hot and muggy on memorial day. a few showers and thunderstorms, about 40%. nothing to cancel plans over. if you're escaping town heading

to our beaches, temperatures will mainly be in the mid to upper 70s. the ocean temperaturedefinitely a little bit chilly out there. we're only talking about an ocean temperature of about 62 to 64 rght now. >> i will be in ocean city this weekend and i have a pool at the hotel. 62 is too cool for me. the kids might get in. 66 degrees tomorrow. 87 on thursday. again, 40% chance of showers. look at the heat building ie to d to upper 80s. 90 degrees on sunday. still warm and humid on monday with a chance of storms. a little cooler thursday and then watching this area right heex here, n week we could be into the 70s or well into the 90s. we'll have more on that as we get closer. tomorrow looking great and the weekend not bad at all. is it possible to love your pet to death? d a woman'sing fish for her

dogs is raising moral and legal questions. >> the woman wanted to spend eternity with herest friend but there was one problem. >> doreen gentzler is in the newsroom with more on this story. >> hi, j and wendy. one big problem. the dog was still alive, but her owner had died leaving specific instructions bind in her will that she'd be buried with her dog. we'll tell you more about this case from chesterfield, virginia and how they had the dog down to fulfill her final wishes. that came against the wishes of thelocal animal shelter and president of the funeral director's association says it's illegal. what happened? we'll see you in a few minutes withhat story on news 4

we are just a few days away from the summer long shutdown on metro's blue and yellow lines. every station south of reagan national airport is going to be closed for platform now commuters are getting creative. transportation reporter adam tuss shows us how some plato get around these closures. >> if you're one of the tens of housands that are going to be affected by this shutdown and you haven't started to make your alternate travel plans, it's getting late in the me. this is coming just a few days away. one of the good pieces of

information is new flood lines e is coming h specifically along the 395 corridor. take a look at this map. the et an idea of where flood lines are being set up. in the afternoon you can pick up the slug lines at 19th, 14th and madison. that is certainly good news as you look for travel choices. just a few days to go and take a listen to how this shutdown is already impacting people's lives. >> the blue and yellow shutdown, that's my place of employment and'm not doing it. i'm just not. >> are you saying you left your job because of the shutdown? >> yes, i did. >> not everyone can do what she did. if you are affected,d you do nee to have a plan. >> so you have a combination of riders and drivers who wants to drive during this shutdown. >> collide has put together new slugging options. he says it's easy if you want to give it a try and it's >>free. f you're driving, we are

having or renting lines at franconia springfield and landmark mall. yis easy t it's easy to find the writer. >> more travel choices coming as the shutdown draws closer. along 395, adam tuss, news 4. the new national fight over rtion rights is here and today we heard the backlash. good evening. i'm doreen legen i'm jim handly. now at 6:00 women all over the country respoat to new s laws aimed at reversing the division in roe versus waid. a new twist in a local gang murder. and debt fee. one billionaire's gift to an entire graduating class. tonight we hear from a local grad who says he fels >> it really is a relief on so many people. when i tell you the magnitude,

i'm still comprehending. today women across the country rallied in defense of their right to abortion. pushing back against a flurry of new state laws restricting or even outright banning the procedure. >> backers oe new laws have made clear their goal is to argue their case before the supre that is exactly where one of today's largest demonstrations >> derrick ward was there and he joins us live with more. derrick. >> reporter: we have a much more sedate scene outside the supreme court no but during that protest passions ran the gamut. be it a street corner in arlington or on the steps of the highest court in the land. a wave of anti-abortion laws in the state legislature have stirred up a tide of counter