could see storms as well. timing out the rain chances through the holiday weekend. >> summer means more time in the sun. good for the nes but bad for the skin. one of the most common cancers for women is melanoma. working to protect your family. >>s4 begins with breaking news. >> we come on the era this hour with a couple of breaking active, including a very situation unfolding in fairfax county right now. >> police saar they e searching for a possible body i the woods. police are calling it north hill park and not saying much more. headed to the scene tory t ayou update to date throughout the afternoon. one northbound lane of i-270 is closed because of this. a trash truck caught fire. you can s whole lot of trash on the ground.

crews working to clean that up. good news is no one was hurt in the fire. >> after months of ti investigaon, independent investigation, we don't have any answers in the virginia governor black ftoce pho scandal. >> a team hired by the school spent four months trying to determine who w on the racist yearbook page and w was in that to begin with. they said they found no evidence it was placed on the page by mista and they can'tetermine the origin of the photo. it's a controversy that brought esignation.ortham's some are renewing that demand in the wake of this report. virginia bureau chief, julie carey was in norfolk as those findings were revealed. >> reporter: this is they rbook photo that continues to cast a shadow on governor ralph northam and 36e pag investigation report fails to answer the pressing question. is the governor in either the black face orlan costume.

>> we could not conclusivelyrm dee the identity of either individual depicted in the photograph. >> reporter: wh a right wing group exposed the photo, the governor apologid to african-americans but then later said he did not believe it was him although bhe woreack face once to imitate michael jackson and they pressed him why he &háhp &hc% was him in the photo. >> he decided initially to go with the apology opposed to the outright denial. that, you will see in the report, was a surprise to many of his staff. >> reporter: given his denial they sought to find out if the photo could have been placed on the page in error. >> we have no reason do believe they were mistaken. >> reporter: the reports findings doing little to change the mi of this naacp lieder who continues to call for the

goi around and reiognre apologizing. he's on an apology tour. if you did nothing wron that was you, why are you apologizing? >> reporter: the governor released a statement i am not in the racist offensive photo. i know and understand in ely february and my spoons for them have caused hurt for many for that, i am sorry. in norfolk, virginia, julie, carey news4. >> if you'd like to seeit, we put that full rep tt onhe nbc washington app. go check it out. >> at 4:30, tayl a will bring the reaction she's hearing from the community. we are following more breaking news in the district, another brazen shooting. >> a man gunnedown near the elementary school. >> this is happening near savoie elementary in anacostia.

>> that's where we find pat with the details. >> reporter: leon, it was fast and furious. let me tell you how it went down. this is mlk avenue and about midway down talbot street a guy ets out of an suv. he's the gunman. shot after shot is fired. the man is hit numerous times.o he falls t the pavement. the gunman gets back into the suv and off he goes. sounds of sirens. sounds of sorrow. sounds of anger. >> we don't need deadodies on the street like it's so much trash. >> reporter: another daytime murder in our city. a man gunned down and left to die in the roadway.

it happened at the intersection of talbert street and shannon placese southeast cloo the savoy elementary school, locked down. phillip is a community organizer. he's had an office on this street more than 25s. year >> it's constant around here. the violence, the shootings, right there on shannon place. i have worked here in 25 years, there have been three people who have been kied over here. >> reporter: let me tell you something. look over there. security cmeras on that building there. security cameras on this uilding here. security cameras back on savoy elementary school and a number of security cameras on the home down there on shannon place. a policere harvesting all that video, hoping that video will

lead them to theiller in this case. pat, back to you. >> pat, do you know if the officials at the school took any precautions to protect the kids? >> reporter: oh, yes.oo the sch was on lockdown. they have a school resource officer.e in fact, i w around there, pat. they put police tape around the school to prevent anyone from going in or anyone from going out. there was a heavy police presence all afternoon at the school until the kids were allowed to leave safely.ol >> pat cns at the scene. thank you, pat. montgomery county police may soon have a new encitiz towards revealing its policies and practices. council members creating a bill for a police advising commission in the deadly police shooting of rort white in silver spring. that officer was cleared of any wrongdoing. ifhis bill passes, they could start with reviewing the white officer saying the "n" word

after stopping oome menside the sier spring mcdonald this month. they won't have disciplinary powers. the prince george's county department of corrections is defending itself a bombshell accusation of federal immigration agents. i.c.e. is blaming theettion center for giving two ms 13 gang members the opportunity to kill a 14-year-old girl. jail officials say that's not true. prince george's county tracee wilkins live in upper marlboro. tracee. >> reporter: the jail made a comment today, the director of the jail made a comment today, making corrections to that press release put out bysi i yesterday and explaining what happened a year ago when that young man was released from this jail. at the end of the day they were following the direction of maryland's attorney general and also the law. the details behind the violent murder of 14-year-old arianna funes diaz were already

shocking. police say she was lured into the woods in riverdale and her body chopped into pieces by three others. teenage 16-year-old and 17-year-old both members were charge in her murder along with a female. they killed her because they shout she would tell police bout the robbery the day before. yesterday, another shock in the gruesome case, i.c.e. released a statement saying two of the accused killers were charged with attempted murder nearly a year ago, held in prince george's county jailand released into the publicithout i.c.e. being contacted although they requested the teens be detained. today, the prince george's department of corrections explained why that happened. >> it's basically a violation of the fourth amendment of the constitution to hold someone without due p and a warrant. on warrants, we'll hold you as

long as we can. that's what we've told i.c.e. in the past. if they really wanteb somy, get us a warrant and we'll hold them for them. corrections the that were made here, ponce was atver held here escobar was. it was escobar released from the jail here. ponce was held by the state of marylandnd its juvenile facility in shelton hamm. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. in college park we just learned police are investigatin a man's death as a homicide. around 6:00 this morning they fou a man unresponsive on rhode island avenue near the siversity of maryland. he had somert of hand trauma and the victim has not been identified. we are learning about a crashhat killed a wol man on

i-66 early this morning -- yesterday morning, rather. -year-old randi cockerville of sterling, virginia, died after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer. police say it sparked a small fire tuesday morning. the parked truck didn't have its lights on and the drive was sleeping in the cab. he wasn't injured. the crash is still under investigation. tempers flaring the white house today between president trump and nancy pelosi, a power struggle playing ut just minutes before a planned meeting. >> we believe no one is above the law including the president of the united states ande believe the president of the united states was engaged in a cover-up. in a coverp. that was the nature. >> there you heard it, that comment outraging the president who then abruptly cut short his infrastructure meeting with democratic leaders. minutes later, the president held an impromptu news

conference blasting pelosi's accusations. >> instead of walking inhappily into a meeting, i walk in to look at people tha have just said i was doing a cover-up. sidon't do cover-ups. >> the predent said there will not be any infrastructure negotiations until congressional investigations of him end. a growing number of house democrats are calling to begin impeachment proceedings, although pelosi supports continuin with those investigations. new video this afternoonof vere weather damage in the southern plains. floodarnings are stillup there, and the system that triggered this now moving east. amelia. >> in our area we could have scattered thunderstorms later in iggestening hour and the concerns rain and gusty winds and maybe a bit of hail. the latest withat future wer after the break. before we get to that, how about this? hot off the grill, tomm mcfly getting you ready for summer

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grill fish at home, what are things people hould be aware of when they take it on. >> first, get the freshest fish you can. grocery stores not so much. you want t buy from a local seafood market or something like that. make sure it's good quality, smells good, clean. bring it home, cook it as soon as possible. >> reporter: good smelling fish doesn't smell like fish. >> if it smells like fish it's bad fish. pull it out of your refrigerator 10 or 15 minutes beforehand to let it come to room temperature. y,that wa it will cook a little quicker and keep it from drying out. we will take seasoning salt we use at the walrus. kosher salt,hili fla, orange and fennel. if you just have salt & pepper at home, that's fine, too. >> walrus being a local restaunt at national harbor, are yoou sing local fish? >> we use a great company called congressional seafood and source

the best fish from the a chesapea around the world. we get deliveries daily. >> reporter: how do we at home source local fresh fish? >> those at the wharf are great, wholesale foods. if you talk tothe guys behind tnt cou they sound like they can talk about fish, usually a good reputable fish.if >> reporter: you go to the fish market and say give me a starter fish, what do you get? >> swordfish and salmon is super easier to grill. once you'reomfortable go with the sea bass and then super comfortable with the skin on with nice and crispy >> reporter: leave it to the pros at the walrus that's right. come down to us.>> eporter: great. let's hit the grill. >> all right.ve you to graduate to the fish with the skin. >> yeah. swordfish is easiest because it doesn't have any skin. i've been doing that for some time and my life loves salmo

the trickier one. the trick sometimes skinside fist or skin side second, th because of cut you get j you can get it either way. once you get it figured out, awesome. >> keep it here for more pro tips on fish. >> coming up at "news4 today," they will show you how to keep it from falling apart and get the perfect grill marks at the restaurants. >> the best thing about grilling fish, it's out of the house, noi st up the house. doesn't smell great when it smells like fish inside your house, my opinion. >> and anybody'spinion. >> we're talking about grillinge this end. we're good for satrday. how bout sunday? good for saturday and should be good for sunday. monday is looking good. even if we are dealing with a storm, it's just that, a storm movinthrough the area. not dealing with a washout saturday, sunday or monday.

tomorrow, warmer. we're at0 degrees right now tomorrow. at 87, a good 1ee degr warmer with humidity back. and gathered storms in the lateo afternn and evening hours. we have me storm chances, plenty of dry time. nothing to cancel or change your plans over. right now at 70 degrees, a look at your evening planner. we will gain a fewgr des at 8:20, i have been loving,ion about you. by 9:00 p.m., down to 68, comfortably cool out there and taking the dog out for the last time, a temperature of about 65. the white here is cloud potential. a few clouds out there tomorrow morning. i can't rule out an isolated hower tomorrow morning as the warm front lifts through the area and why we're so much wmer overall. in the afternoon hour, a tricky forecast, chance for thunderstorms to develop and one

of those days if the storms do develop they could really pack a punch. here's 0 4:0m. moving to 6:00 p.m., the rain and bright colors showing up scattered showers between 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. here's 7:00 erm., thundorms out there may be causing issues with after school sports for the kiddos and 8:00, a chance for t nderstorms or heavyin moving through the area. the storm prediction center is thinking the best chance for severe storms tomorrow is north of washington and enhanced area in pennsylvania d mason dixon line. southern maryland, northern virginia, a strong chance of storms out there. and in virginia, 30-40%. if you're getting out of town heading to the beach thisek weend. looking nice. sunday.saturday, but not the water, highs in the

upper 70s on thosdays. the 10-day forecast is coming up at 4:45. and tomorrow is a d you're weather ready and you might make it through thursday. 83 with a nice breeze. 85 on saturday. our second 90 of the year happens on sunday. a high of 91 and l chance forte day showers and thunderstorms. more on the holiday weekend cing up at 4:45. >> all right. thank you. if you take advantage of those temperatures and go outdoors and maybe hit the beach, we're working for your health withips to protect your skin. the four things a local st dermatologiays you can do to lessen the sun's damage. plus, have you seen this? a wild ride. a local man will expla

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may is skin cancer awareness month. today, we're working with you for a local warning th a skin

dermatologistics expert. >> find out what a burn actually does toyour skinnd how to protect yoursf in the sun. >> hello. >> good to see you. >> we stopped in to see dr. adam friedman. just as the rays are revving up, the highest uv index the next two months. the damage caused by uva rays, silent killer don't care about skin color, gender or even age. >> because there's a genetic component to it we do see it in kids often. one of the most common cancers in women between 26 and 35 is actually melanoma. >> reporter: and estimated 1 in 5 americans will develop skin cancer melanoma and rates are going up. how to protect yourself. the number one thing you do to protect your skin, limit your exposure to the sun. move out of the anny spot into the shade. if you have to be outside, limit when you go outside to when the sun is not at its strongest. the sun istrongest from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the

afternoon. >> next, cover up. >> if you have a sheer shirt, probably not that much protection. the coverage for clothing depends how tight the clothes are. i tell my patients go higherwhs you put about a quarter of it on, the delusion, you still areetween 30 and 50. >> there's really not price difference between 15 or 5r 70? >> reporter: finally -- >> the big rule of thumb is, if you're ever worried, not sure, ask an expert, don't ask dr. google. >> don't ask dr. google. >> good advice. >> thank you, chuck. >> at 5:00, doreen gensler will brea down the specific ingredients you should be looking for in your sunscreen. we have a favorite summer tradition. time for crab feast, folks. doing a taste test and the local crab supply shaping upfor the season. live pictures from the bay

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if you're just joins at 4:29, four things to know, breaking news coming out of fairfax county. police are looking for ay in woods behind an apartment

complex behind arlington drive. they're not saying much. some marie stone will bring us an update a little bit later. also breaking right now, all lanes of i-270 back open after a trash truck caught fire on montrose road, earlier thisft noon. you can see a lot of trash spilled onto the roadway. no one got hurt in the fire. someone shot and killed a man near the elementary school in the district today. the victim gunned down at s talberteet southeast near savoy. they're hoping surveillance video may have captured it on tape. a racist photo from goveor northam's yearbook page, we don't know if he is the governor or who is in that photo. they could not determine the rson in black-and-white face

or klu klux clothing. they said there is no evence the photo was a mistake and can't determine the origin of that photo. >> let's talk about that mystery and the reaction surrounding it. as you can imagine, reactions of the northam photo boo is pouring in. >> findings rerberating well beyond the commonwealth. taylor is here with today's talk around town. lines rstand your phone lit up when the report came out today. >> our listeners were really puzzled. they could not comeup with an answer in this case. with the technology we heavy today, facial recognition. remember, we can take a 5-year-old picture and age enhance it by 10, 15 years, why couldn't they do? that our listeners aren't shocked, just disappointed like melanie out of centreville. >> caller: i have mixed emotions about that. it made no sense to me initially he owned up to it, he

apologized. when people didn't respond the way he wanted themo, t like forgiving and moving forward he then retrakted and said, oh, t no,it wasn' me. >> investigators said they couldn't determine from the law firm, couldn't deter how the picture got into thek. yea they said there's novidence it was some mistake or some sort of prank. what is your lis snersaying about that? >> just very questionable the whole inveytigation. th're not confident with the instigators, not confide with the outcome and to be honest more now than ever our listeners are saying they want the governor to resign andps perha another investigative team with better eerience and better resources to come innd simply answer the question. when wepened up phone lines and asked people about the outcome,erek ofalexander said what so many of our listeners said after hearing the results. >> it's absolutely ludicrous, they know that's him.

they know that's him. there's no way in the world they can say they can't determine. they know that's him. >> well, that the governor me out and issued a statement today, once again, saying was not him in the phote let mead a bit of his statement here. i know and understand the events of early february and my response to them haveaused hurt for many virginians. for that, i am sorry. once again, he apologizes, t saying i wasn't him in the photo. the statemt, is that likely to change any minds out there? >> our listeners de him to go.t this investigatio has more questions than answered. they're not satisfied at all. likely won't be. we'll see. it gives you something to talk about. >> yes, it does. u.eps me busy. >> thank yo >> thanks, taylo >> we have a link to the full photo investigation. you can also find governo

northam's full statement on their findings. a minor fender-bender turned into a terrifying ride through the streets of d.c. on the hood of a taxicab. today, we're hearing from the man clinging to that cab for dear life. footage only on 4. >> hey. where the police at! >> this is eric chandler screaming able to pull out his cell phone and actually recorded this child ride while he was holding on. he was re-ended by this cab driver last thursday. when he tried to exchange nf insurance imation the cab driver tried to take off. police say the driver accelerated and knocked chandler on the hood of the cab and the cabbie drove with him on the hood several blocks. >> my accident turned into the wildest thing i could eer imagined. i feel blessed to be here. it could have went any number of way i could have lost my life.

>> thee cabbi was charged with leving the scene of the accident and reckless driving. he didn't want to talk but said it was an accident. >> managed he held onto his phone. >> asian and heritage month. last night,ane was there. >> recognizing sherry lee and three scientists for their achievements in em work. >> learn more about this and others, search asian-american heritage. turning now to traffic, a fit 4 traffic alert. abo major shutdown is a to clog local roads. adam is looking behind the closure. a local nfl player looking for love and getting a little flak how he's doing it. tomorro and sunday, we have

scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast on monday memoal day and maybe an isolated thundershower. what does that mean? what does

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we are working for you in the community, helping you plan the menu for this memorial day weekend. there is nothing like maryland crab to kickhe off unofficial start to summer.

going for thelt uate crab feast. >> reporter: up early making our own crab feaste bef this holiday weekend kicks into gear. are we ready? we have eaten nearly four doze crabs with my crew at the bethesda crab house, one of the dest spots in this area and mr. lee is the general manager with theul handf left. four things you need to know about the crabs, we know they're more pricier over the holiday weekend. this is the official or unofficial kickoff of summer, right? the males e usually what -- >> they have more meat than the females. >> they have more meat than the females. i like the females. who likes the female crabs here? and we can expect the male crab population, we know it's up but close to september, october, that's when they're generally bigger? >> they're bigger than the maryland product. the maryland product

is not as big as i like them to be. the gulf supersedes it and has the quality and size you're looking for. >> reporter: you have mostly gulf crabs we've been eating, usually less sweet than the maryland crabs. but they're all delicious, right, guys? >> oh, yeah! >> eat up this holiday ekend if you want crabs, this is one of the places to come. back to you. >> now, you know it's summer. >> she was sitting here salivating. you couldn't see it but she was cracking over theesk. >> tasting it. storm team 4 is tracking a few chances for rain over the weekend. pop-up storms possible. >> you hear these terms all the time. amelia draper i here to explain the difference between isolated, scattered and widespread showers. >>le there, leon. let's start with isolated. let's start with 10 people.

what we mean is that one or two people are only going to be eealing with rain. those two peo likely sitting at home saying, i thought it was supposed to be dry unfortunately, you saw the rain. the other eight people stayed completely dry. as we moved to scattered, take 10 more folks out there. what we mean, 4-6 people are going to be dealing with rain. if you're not seeing the rain,a you probably saying, where's the rain? i saw amelia and doug talking aboutt. why me? why did i have to get the rain when other people are staying dry. wh we say widespread, most are getting rain. 8-10 people are getting rain and hopefully at that point everybody has their umbrella handy. isolated, small chance, 20%, scattered 40%, widespread and 70 to 100%, guys. >> now we get it.

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back now at 4:45 a look at our current temperatures, a little warmer than expected but not the heat. in two minus from amelia. changes to a local roadway. >> helen wang was killed in a car crash lst thursday turning onto kellogg mill road. >> last night, the board of v supervisorsed to shut down a popular boat ramp and parking lot uil safety changes are made there. this came after students made a passionate emotional plea. dividend culver joins us from

the newsroom. david. >> you don't a often hearut students, kids going to a board of supervisors meeting. th was the case last night. several were there wearing yellow shirts to honor helen wang, her favorite color. their friend and classmate, helen, was celebrating her birthday last thursday. after a visit to a local lake, she turned from a boat ramp to a local roadway and a truck crashed into her and she passed away. the emotion poud out. >> my name is alexis. and -- >> and i am thankful we are having this conversation. but i am disappointed it's happening under these conditions. >> i would be willing to ev go out myself a clear the vegetation.

i think something has to be done before another one of our friends is taken tooon s >> imagine sitting through those emotional pleas from those young ple. the board was clearly moved to give vdot the time to move the trees and make the roadway safer, they voted to immediately shut down the roadway and parking lot. they said there are more road changes they want to see done. david culver,>>ews4. urning now to the weather and what we're looking at tonight and in the morning. >> really nice outhere tonight. morning islecomfortab. tomorrow afternoon, if you like heat and humidity, you will be loving it. >> well, we do. >> you will be loving it. in addition t heat and hidity, a few scattered showers and thunderstorms out there. a little later in the day tomorrow. the chance is 30-40%. right nown the mid-70s. 70 in washington, 70 in nd frederick leesburg and manassas.

picture perfect. our average high, 77. we're below a normal today below normal yesterday. here's your temperature trend. tomorrow, 10 degrees above average high in the upper 80s. and saturday and sunday, it's going to definitely be hot out there. as we look at your pollen report, trees and grass coming spores weed and mold for today. 10 degrees above normal. we start off the day comfortable. 61 degrees, maybe an isolated shower tomorrow morning. by lunchtime we're warmer already than our high today at 78 degrees. we noticed the heat and humidity tomorrow afternoon, with etattered showers and thunderstorms,en 4:00 and 9:00 p.m. those storms could be on the strong to severe side, havy rain, gusty winds the biggest concerns. doug and i will both be here

tomorrow tracki the latest. you look at the weekend in the pool outlook opening up your pool or headed to the community pool really looking good. saturday keeping it dry. 30% chance of storms sunday. i would still head to the pool. little chance you have to get out. hot and muggy,rfect pool weather. for the most part, it's warm and humid out there. a look at tt forecast. saturday, high of 85. sunday, high of 91re degs. and saturday and sunday, look like the best chance for thunderstorms is sunday. monday, maybe an isolated thunderstorms but the new models keeping us mainly dry for memorial day with high temperature of 87 degrees. we're above normal tomorrow. friday and saturday, low to mid 80s. pretty comfortable. temperatures still running above normal. i have to say, friday is

fantastic, nice breeze out there, absolutely gorgeous. we look to sunday and monday, a few isolated thunderstorms especially sunday. after that, look t at 90s tuesday, wednesday and thursday, we have the chance of warming to the low 90s, humid condition as hll. >> theeat is on. >> it is on. >> for those of us who love it. speaking oflove, let's talk about this nfl player out looking for love. >> he's looking. ravens tight end, hurst, thinks he might have found her but let her ge away. >> he said he saw his dream girl sundanvnight from jacksoille to baltimore on a spirit airlines. as he got off the plane, a fan came up to talk to him and he never got to ask her for her number. >> he did what most guys do, took to twitter. to the gorgeous tall brunette on my flight to baltimore, you walk incredibly fast but here's

hopingou have twitter. >> there have been a response to about 4,000 people. he will be incredibly nddisappointed if he fi out she's married. >> exactly. how could a guy with an nfl salary fly spirit airlines to begin with. >> oh! >> come on now! >> got to be a glutton for punishment. >> love is in the air. coming up at 5, a busy afternoon on this hump day, if you will. could be a sign of improving chesapeake day and potomac phiver. >> dols have returned for the summer and now scientists want someto help name a couple cit in our waterways. also, from lotions to gels to sprays to fix, why you cannot always count on that nuspf er listed on the bottle when it comes to protecting your skin. >> wait until you hear how much youave to use. >> at "hand it to handly," i get

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storm team tracking he for the holiday weekend, when it's also going feel nice andy. mugg next at 5:00. >> surfboards, skis and bicycles can now ride foress on american airlines. they're cutting the cost of checking oversized sports gear, musical instrumentsti effecly. before, you'd have to shell out 150 bucks to shell those. now, passengers will pay the price of a regular checked bag, 30 bucks. any gear weighing more than 50 pounds will still cost you 150 bucks. metro's massive shutdown is just the days away. >> joining us with more on the

last minute preparations before the big project. adam. >> reporter: that's right, leon. today, we heard pretty candid cart from people in the state they're in. it is not safe to keephe tse stations open past this weekend and why the work is about to start and about to get intense. by now you should know about this shutdown. >> from the 17th to the 28th it will be shut down. >> it will be a long period, though. >> reporter: let's talk about the why this is happening. platforms all along the blue and yellow lines are essentially going to be completely rebuilt.u spend any a of time here, you will see why it's necessary. a lot of times you're on these y platforms, evething seems normal. once you get a look undernea these platforms what's going on down there and see these rows

and rows of joists holding it up you see a bigger problem. >> it is a risk each and every day we have people crowding on those platforms. while it could be best said the best time to have done this work is at some point in the peace. the second best time to do it ih absol now. >> reporter: can metro guarantee they can get allthis work done by early september? >> i will remind everyone come separate 8th, we will still be doing work out there bu the service will resume. you will still see work throughout the platforms. >> reporter: the riders say they have faith and will grin and bear it. >> no worry at all. >> reporter: no? >> they had a fast track and it was well synchronized, no shuttle buses. it may add 20 minutes to myte commu but it's perfectly fine. >> reporter: now, it's time to sset down to businend get to

work. we'll see how it goes, startinge this wee into next week. we've been talking about express shuttle buses running, water taxis running, all towards of new transportation options, detailing it next hour at 5:00. >> it will be rough going, isn't it, adam? >> it wdll. hings we have never seen before. thanks, adam. >> you can check the nbc on washingt app for much more information. >> goodvening. we begin with that breaking ne at 5:00, out of fairfax countyi where are searching for a body in the woods. >> this is in an apartment complex in an area policealled northfield park. >> that's right. a lot of activity we have been monitoring over the past two i want to show you video. you will see dense woods in the area of the mt. vernon square apartment complex off arlington

drive. investigators aren't saying a lotd they arrive there after getting information about a possible body. our crew on the scene capturing this. officers going back and forth from that wooded area to their cars. there's no word yet on what if anything they have found. i can tell you some mar stone is headed to that scene right now. you can be sure he will give us an update as soon as he gets there. we will check back in with him. >> thank you, dav the mystery who is on the racist photograph of virginia ralph northam's facebook page is only deepening. the team hired by the medical school spent four months trying to determine who was in that picture on ralph northam's yearbook page and how it got on there. they say thereby unableo identify the people in this picture. they find no evidencehehoto was placed on the page in error and they cannot determine the

origin of the picture. julie carey says the lack of conclusive information leadsa ican-american leaders to conflicting reactions.te >> repor: a team of attorneys from a premiere law firm hired to get to the racist photo on governor northam's facebook page. after 52 interviews and scouring records, they still don't know who was dressed as the black facer klans man. >> we don't know. >> when it initially surfaced february 4th, the governor apologized speaking to african-american leaders. and the next day said it was not him though he once wore black face to imitate michael jackson.