of the evening hours. we'll have to see -- could see showers overnight tonight. all these dots are damage reports. 68-mile-per-hour winds with this storm. it is along route 50 and toward calvert county. so heads up there. ledge ard leonard town, watch out there. and you see this whole line, it t me from the same line t spawned the tornadoes. here it is yesterday afternoon into missouri. it moves all the way across through the ohio valley and then watch out how it just starts to develop right along the area and comes right through our region as well. an incredible line of thunderstorms moving through our area earlier and still south and east. >> you said yesterday it would hit and boy, did it. we're getting a look at some of the damage coming in right

now. >> strong windshave caused a giant tree to fall in bethesda. >> look at the side of that thing. this is on hollands drive not too far from the beltway. jackie bensen is there. everybody okay? >> reporter: yes, but a frightening sgeshs f ing experience for a teen inside home alone. she said that she was inside, thelights went out, she tried to figure it out and at some point realized that something was very wrong. here is how s describes it. >> i walked downstairs and i saw the window and i thought it was a fire and i looked rto theht and then there is the tree fell. and i just freaked out. i called my dad and i was like whereyo are are you coming? and i realized that he was too far so i called 911.

>> reporter: and again, very frightening experience forg tha yo woman. she is safe, her parents are here with. luckily as youcan see from chopper 4 above us, the tree did not cause much harm to that house. the homeowner told h wh and his wife moved here a year ago, there were three large trees on t ir property, she said i'm not moving in until those trees are gone. and luckily today the house spared. also they said it does not appear to be a lot of damage to their vehicles parked in front of the house. so right now a cleanup operation here. and as you mentioned, we are told this neighborhood where we are just off of old georgetown road does not have you power. jackie, thankyou. we just got off the phone with airport officials and we're told that the water pressure has dropped in dulles as the storms are passing through the area.

officials aren't sure if the storms were the cause. we're making some calls and we'll update you as soon as we earn more. we'll continue our coverage through this hour, but make sure that you have our nbc washingto. and here in the distrt, a disturbing situation in anarea neighborhood. now police want you to take a close look at this guy in these surveillance photographs. he is suected in two violence attacks on women in their own homes. the victims in each case raped and ro ed. just a couple days apart. both of the crim along irving street. let's get to chris gordon, he is live in mtpleasant, talk about a neighborhood on edge there. >> reporter: that is true. police are handing out these flyers with a picture of the suspect in these sexual assault and brglaries that is truly terrorizing the mt. pleasant

neighborhood. two sexual assaults in two daysn attacks women who live just a couple doors aparthe re onner i think ha think eirving street northwest. >> the safety of my children and wife comes first. and yeah, that is very alarming. >> reporter: the police chief says that the same man is believed responsible for both sexual assaults. >> this is the type of caseat is very disturbing to a community to have somebody entering their home, a sexual predator, assaulting women.> porter: police say the attacker broke through basement window, removing an air conditioning unit in one case and a screen in the other. this man is a neighbor of the woman who was assaulted tuesday morning. he didn't want his identity revealed fearing that the attacker could return. >> yes, i saw his fa

and he was -- he got money from me, took her upstairs, went outk the bac taking her bicycle. >> reporter: police canssed passing outthese flyers with pictures. the owner of golden scissors hair salon says police need to increase patrol here in the mount pleasant neighborhood.ve >> he o work walk around the street, stop by in the business so tat they -- sometimes we call an emergency 911 and they say we going to be there and they never come. >> reporter: tonight d.c. police are offering a00 $1,0 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the maf responsible these crimes. that is the latest live in mt. pleasant. back to you. >> chris, thank you so very uch. now we go to aer to that you will story you will see only on news 4. cracks have formed in sections of the world war ii memorial and

require immediate attention. the cracks are a scar on a national memorial just in time for memorial day weekend.or >> repr: this memorial is so crowded and so large, difficult to see any one thing when you arrive here. but once you find this crack on the atlantic side of the memorial, you realize it is large and it is growing. this memorial day weekend, crowds are building in one of the most visitedor memls. 5 million people a year here. >> we want to see our great monuments, great people that e sacrificso many years to keep going and be aul beautif place to come and remember. >> reporter: this site is just 15 years old, but showing some age. a 20 foot crack has formed on the main pillar. and several other cracks have surfaced.

they are not a safetyha ard. nothing at risk of falling. but it must be fixed. >> the concern of course ism ing sure people who come to these memorials find them cared for and presented in a way that is respectful to the men itor hon >> reporter: but no time tooinl tab -- table for the repair and no cost estimate. the problem is large enough that congress has been briefed.tablet estimate. the problem is large enough that congress has been briefed.for t estimate. the problem is large enough that congress has been briefed. a sin committee saubcommittee s needs damage before further dad age. and wor ii heros deserve a memorial without blemish. >> we have to preserve it. makes no sense to build it and let it go toleshamb >> reporter: the park service will start work how to figure out how to repa the cracks. scott macfarlane, news 4.

national pa service says an endowment was created before the memorial opened to pay for any structure all pairs. stepping down as chair of the metro board. jack evans had sent business proposals offering his experience as met rro board cha. every vans did not say that this is reled to the probe, only thait was time for a new board chair. more federal funding could be on the way for metro. today senators from maryland and virginia introduced a new bill that would provide at least $1.5 billion over the next ten years. the same commitment congress made ten years ago, but this year that money runs out. so honor it, and the government would continue to provide $150 million a yearas it has been.

but it also includes an additional $50 million a year if metro meets certain safety requirements. disturbing discovery in a fairfax county park today, a bed was found in north hill park. police began searching the area yesterday when they got a tip that there might be human remains there. and even though they don't know who it is, they already suspect this death is gangel rted. julie carey is joining us live where investigate are tors continue the work this evening. >> reporter: police chief came here ld us there is a high proibl probability that this a gang related.

officers making trips in and out of dense words. they got a tip that led them here and a disy.rbing discover >> we developed intelligence that led us to the discovery of human remains here today. there is a high probability that this is gang reted. >> reporter: we asked whether it could be that of a missing 16-year-old last seen april 22 believed to be in danger. but police don't know yet if the victim is male or female. they credit the mount vernon's recent neinitiative with gettin the tip. over a 90 day period, officers, bike patrols and gang detectiv work the neighborhoods where gang activity is the highest. we captured thii vo during a

similar patrol. >> and one of the major goals is to develop the intelligence. we want to know who was here, where they came om, whether they are here because they are anxious associa an associate of a criminal gang. >> reporter: and it is also meant to build positive relationships with residents to encourage them to turn to police if they think something is wrong. that isinxactly what happened this case. >> either we can prevent something like this from happening or when something like this does happen, we have the resources and the intel to go back and say hey, that person was last seen with this person, we need to focus on these folks to find out what happened. >> reporter: and i can still see police up the street. they will guard the scene tonight and i'm told that they will still be there collecting evidence pbably all day tomorrow. maybe even into the weekend. back to you in the studio. >> julie, thank you. it has been almost a year

since the murder of 10-year-old makah wilson. and 2k5wortoday word of new are arrests and police say they are connected to another murder. a consumer investigation tonight leads to a change in the law. susan hogan explains the new rules to protect you when you move. from president to pickup quarterback? the surprise for kids at an after school program when barack obama dropped in. plusw tinning their way to the top. twin sisters earn a special honor. and coming up, we'll introduce you to t valedictorian for bowie high school and valedictorian for bowie high school. you are not seeing double. their story, next. and we still have a severe thunderstorm warningor st. ry's county until 5:30. the storm out of the d.c. metro area, but as they move through,

we saw lot of damage. for instance in southeast washington, we have reports of trees down. shomari stone will be joining us there live. but first, a solemn weekend tradition. >> president trump and the first lady placed a wreath and flags at arlington national cemetery. a flag will be placed at every gravesite. ioe tradit

the strong storms really packed punch. rees and power lines are down. lots of neighborhoods now cleaning up. you can see there how that tree came right on top of that car. doesn't like anybody s in the car, but a close call. twin sisters from prince george's county who have shared everything will should not be sharing the stage as co-val co-valedictori co-valedictorians. they say the honor came as a shock. now they aee getting their es in order. and tracee wilkins has their

story. >> reporter: this is the valedictorian bowie high school class of 2019. and this is also value diedictv. the twins have the highest gpa in the school. >> just a reall crazy coincidence. >> we just took all the same classes and got good gades. >> reporter: and they play tennis, doubles of course. but the news of the two way gpa tie exceeded eventheir expectations. >> yeahthinking that it is great and then we got scheduled as co-valedictorian. >> reporter: and the twinning doesn't stop there. they went to prom together and the girls have scholarships for

college, of course they are going to the same school. >> university of maryland college park and majoring in chemical engineering. >> and i'll be studying mechanical engineering. >> these girls also have eachot her with the service hours. they have over 60 each. >> reporter: when i asked the twins how they did it all, the answer was together. >> i feel like i've always had a partner for things in life. jso i think that it isst carrying on. >> reporter: theñr tw s graduate tuesday and then they are off to umv in the fall. their father tells me that every summer he will expect to see them back here atñr bowi high school tutoring students. tracee wilkins, news 4. >> impressive. and double trouble on the tennis court too. the twins applied to the same four school,cepted to all of them. again, they chose the university of maryland. the girlsth tell us they are

focused on writing their graduation speech, that happens on tuesday. some kids are takingart in an after school program and they got a special surprise visitis thweek. >> oh, my goodness. >> former president obama topped by the academy in southeast tossing around the ball. the students are celebrating the la week of the program for the academic year. go ahead there, potus. mr. oama also took time tooualk abt the value of teamwork. baseball, football there, we know he played basketball at the white house. every sport covered. kindñiof like our doug kammerer. >> yeah, waiting for the phone

call from the president. but never got it. >> you're probably still sore from throwing that first pitch. >> yeah, that too. good news we are no longer under a vere thunderstorm watch. but we still have a warning in st. mary's. that is the on washing thly ware have look at what is going on here, thesee all the severe thunderstorm reports that we got. most of these are trees down on houses. this one right re, 68-mile-an-hour wind at the airport. 68-mile-an-hour. and i want to show you tse, check this ant to showt, you wh is happening. tree down, tree uprooted, many large branches snapped. this is 66 and 495. thunderstorm wind damage, a large tree down along summer field road blocking traffic.

and then the cameras are actually at this one right here. a tree on a car, intersection of 11th road. and that is just in this area right there with one storm that came through, the same storm that promptedhe tornado warning for downtown d.c. now, this is the only storm in the game right you thousand done towardouthern st. mary's in noward parts of the northern neck. warnings with this. i'm kind of surprised good thab t but we're continuing to watch it. this line produced tornadoes back into parts of look at the line just move all the way across ohio. and then really develop through the area. really quite incredible. almost door derecho like. however it did not have thein damag winds back toward pittsburgh down to you aour are.

didn't matter to us, we saw it here in our area. and 83 tomtrow, a beauul day tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. 80 on saturday. a couple really nice days. and then we start to g to something different. 92 sunday, 30% chance of an afternoon hour orrm sto any storm could be strong. but nothing widespread. 87 on monday, and then here comes what we think will be the first heat wave of the year. 90 on tuesday. 95 on wednesday. 91 on thursday. and then a little cooler but still well above average as we make our way in towards june. e one thing about these numbers here, we're on the low side of the guidance here. some models pushing us close to 100 degrees. and looking at pictures from chopper 4, another tree down.t i don'now if we can take -- no problem. i'm sure we'll get to it because we somewhere a loee of trs down. there it is. this is in howard county near

columbia. this was a tornado warned storm around columbia. look -- oh, wow. numerous trees down. this was definitely a tornado, i'll tell you right now. not justhat tree, but look how they are snapped off. go up just a lle bit. see how they are snapped off right at the base? right there in the middle. they are jhet snatcd. right there. and that tells me this was a tornado. alw, of course the nation weather service, they will be out there later this afternoon. probably later today or tomorrow. but when you see a tree snap, notice how these are not uprooted, these are snapped in the middle of the tree. that tells me that this was a tornado. really a hazing. we probably had winsd upwads upf 80 to 100 miles per hour.s >> and tell uhere this is? >> this is near columbia in

howard county. we saw that line movingtowards columbia. and you see that tree came down on that deck. fortunately the house is okay. ard that is another reason why i think that we talking about maybe an ef-1 or ef-0 because you notice the tree damage and also notice the solar panels on this house. they are still there. still intact. the vooftill there. so this is not a major ef-2, ef-3. this is probably a weaker endwa to. but this is definitely some tornado damage. >> all rig. doug, thanks. and

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the area. you see the line moving from west to east across our region in about fourhours. i mean it was just booking it about 50 miles an hour. now the only area is southern portions of st. mary's unco, that is where we have severe wet through that region. but the rest of us no longerd a warning. take a look at allhe damage reports around the area. i'll zoom in and show you this, this is really interesting. i aven't seen this oneyet. but this was 68 miles per hour at the airport. andrews air force base, 62-mile-an-hour winds. take a look at video, this is a car damaged by not just a tree, butower lines as well. yeah, not doing too well there. and how out this, up there toward columbia, this was a tornado warned storm. you see this tree into the second story of a house. unfortunately, that house is not going to beg -- probably go to be condemned because that just

went rig throughhat house unfortunately. the storms are moving out, but not done just yet. e>> and a major development today in th murder of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. seven people were charged with her murder last yearhe in t district. and today four more people were charged. so 11 involved in total he e. >> right now police have linked the suspects to another murder two years ago. mark mark segraves has a closer look. >> reporter: last july four men opened fire killing makiyah wilson as she was on her way to an ice cream truck. today a 26 count indictment linking her mudeer to the m of karl hardy which was captured on surveillance video outside potomac gardens housing complex.

according to the indictment, the co-defendants were all part of a street gangzy known as the gliz murder gang. 26 charges from murder to conspiracy to being a member of a street gang. during preliminary hearings, tensions have often run high in the crowded courtroom. as family and friends of the ts defendanit on one side, and family and friends of madaya wilson sit on ther. ot today ten u.s. marshals were positioned throughout the courtroom and when the mother oe marquell cobbed out, the young ordered the marshal to he is courts her out. members of the public had to pass through additional security to get i the defendants all entered not guilty pleas. mark segraves, news 4. teachers in pince george's ounty could soon see a pay increase. their union has reached a tentative contract agreement. he hugh contract restores

increases that more than half the teachers hasn't been getting because of the recession. it also addresses concerns aboua sller class sizes and lesste ting. the county council is expected to vote on the proposal early next month. by now you've seen this image of a little girl from maryland captivated by a larger than life mural of harriet tubman. her grandmother immortal i'ding this moment when she reached for the former slave's outstretched hand here. corey smith went to cambridge, maryland to meet lubby hope and brings us the precious moments behind the iconic picture. >> reporter: at the tender age of 3, tshe is young to understand tore chester county's history and the rich legacy of perhaps its most famous daughter. but an afternoon walk with her grandmothers brought her face-to-face with an american hero. >> there it is.we

as soon aounded this corner, she could see her and she was like oh! she was like can i give her a high five. >> reporter: not one to miss a priceless moment, grandma snapped a photo and the internet took over from there. did you think that it would go viral? >> no. next day, i saw it had 800 shares and i knew that it was something special. >> reporter: the mural is unfinise d. to the ey looks as if tub man is reaching out, invitig the yohild to come with her. the little girl extends her hand and in that moment past meets present.ds thousanf people have liked, shared and reflected on th point ya poignant moment. >> i wanted to engage the

people. the hand reaching out. i knew people would be engaged. >> re torter: and presence of the innocent child magnifies the meaning. opes of new generation touching the hope of a woman offering hope for that generation. she doesn't know all the stories behind this. >> does that make you happy that you've been able to make people feel good? all right now finished, this mural drawing visitors far and wide. >> i hope at some point the uch.ers wear off from >> reporter: and as for the little girl, she needs a role model and she has one now. >> the one thing that we can pass on from harriet tubman, she just thoez to just chose to do the right thing. very brave. >> reporter: corey smith, news 4. >> what porful image there. so well done. we're turning up the heat on some barbecue favorites.

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sxloo take take a look at these live pictures of the tree smack dabç in the mide of the house slicing through. amelia, this has been playing out all over our area. this isrom are chopper 4 right now. do we know exactly where this is? >> yeah, this is up in columbia, maryland where there was a tornado warning issued there earlier today.

that is when we first went onner and started our coverage. that house unfornately looking to be condemned. and then look at all the tree damage there. you can see the tree down, we also have trees at are just sheared off in the middle. so likely from a tornado. national weather service is aso hearing of plenty of wind damage reports. so they will do a saur say. there are the trees justle comply sheared off. so likely a tornado. and here is aook at the storm team 4 radar of the thunderstorms moving throughe area. a warning in st. mary's county. l d then we look back to the west, nationaweather service issuing a new severe thunderstorm watch back into west virginia and pennsylvania. guys, we could still see heavy rain in spots overnight tonight as the cold front moves through. mu'll have more on that coming up.

a news 4 consumer investigation getting some big results tonight. >> a new law is being enacted in maryland to help protect you and anybody who hires a local moving company. consumer investigative reporter susan hogan is working for you . >> reporter: d this is a very happy ending to a story we'velo been folng for nearly two years no we get so ma requests and complaints about moving companies. d now one of our stories has led to a new law designed t protect you the next time that you move. our consumer investigation started in 2017 when we were contacted by al wilkins, a maryland moving company swift van lines overcharged him for his move. and then held his belongings hostage. >> the way that they did me, i

wo tdn't wanthat to happen to anybody. and i know it is happening. so my thing is this has to be stopped. >> reporter: o afterur story aired, the attorney general's office filed charges against the owner for violating the state's consumer protection laws. in al's case and others. martinez was. >>ly ordered to pay nearly a half million dollars in fines and restitution. our consumer investigation found that there is very little oversight of moving companies in the state of maryland. so after we showed our findings to a state delegatdelegate, he legislation. and the bill passed this year. >> it is a consumer protection bill. >> reporter: mike ronlg ertz spok rogers spsored the legislation. the new law requires maryland moving companies to register with the state. bonded. do have to be they to make sure that their workers have the appropriate

workman's compensation registration and insurance so that if anything happens, there is consumer protection there. >> reporter: consumers will be able to logon to a website to make sure that the company theyh arering is legitimate. a resource al didn't have two years ago ge. but happy to see in place now. and all because he n contacted 4 responds. >> this is really restitution for myself as well as all of those that are to can. i'm thankful for you all and the diligence that you helped me with to get to where we are at this point. >> and i want to commend nbc 4 and your efforts in terms of highlighting a problem because it has been a challenge. so we're hoping that this legislation will fix that. >> this is such a big deal.to into you law will go effect october 1. and this all started with a complaint to nbc 4 responds.

so it all starts with you. so thank you so much to our viewers and al. this is a big deal for our region. >> well done. >> thank rkthanks, susan. let's get the word on the weather. a lot of people were t startingo head toward the beach and the bay when all of this started to unfurl in thekies above of us. >> i'm sure this put a wrench into some situations for out there surveying damage in their yards. >> yeah, i talked t a friend from herndon high school who had a big branch almost fall down on her as she was getting to get her kids from school. and this has been playing out acrosses region. we're seeing these chopper s shots.

there was definitely a warning for a tornado up around the columbia area earlier. >> and we also had a tornado warning for the district. we're not really seeing any ntgns in the district yet that there was potelly a tornado out there, but regardless, the storm reports coming in, they keep comingin. a lot of trees down out there. >> and we'll show you what we're dealing with right now. the storms are gone. they wheare out almost complete. ok at all of the damage reports around our region. and i want to focus in on this area here. from parts ofgo montry county right through howard county, that was the storm that went tornadic. i do think that this will become a tornado around howard county, national weather service has to get out to see it. downhi around t storm through fairfax, a lot of trees down, a lot of wind. 70-mile-an-hour wind at the airport. look at this, we told you this was over nats park. and 54-mile-an-hour winds a little earlier with that storm.

you can see now it is all moving out in toward thesa cheake bay toward the eastern shore. going to be a messy night across theteastern shore la this evening. you could see downed trees on your way. how about the memorial day recast? i'm going to ocean city tomorrow. >> tough gig out there tomorrow. the weather is looking really good at our local beaches this weekend or staying here in town. feeling very much erke summ out there on sunday and monday as well. here is the memorial day weekend forecast. 159, a high of 80, nice and warm. the humidity not an issue at all on saturday. wt the humidity does build into the area sundayh a high of 92 degrees. it will be our second 90 degree day so far this year. there is about a 30% chance for a shower or storm later in the y on sunday. maybe an isolated storm monday, but most of the day is dry with a mix of clouds an sun and a

high 87. so the weather is good for the pools this weekend.re here is the fost for the beaches. plenty of sunshine friday, saturday and sunday. maybe a thunderstorm at the beach on memorial day. a small risk of that happening. water temperature is cold. 64. but notice the high of friday on 79, mid-80s on sunday. and the temperature trend, it is going up. we could be tracking our first heat wave next week. >> and other 90 on sunday. take a look, 83 tomorrow, 80 saturday. friday and saturday gorgeous. 92sunday. isolated storms on sunday and monday. but not a huge deal. 90 tuesday. and95 on wednesday. hottest day of the year. d that could be on the low side. ♪ 1,2,3,4

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>> reporter: and complete with new reflective material can make a bige. differenc >> it cools real quickly. i say in about 5 minutes, you can release to pedestrians and vehicle traffic. >> porter: this isventually what d.c. wants every crosswalk to look like, aso-called ladder style crosswalk that announces itself to cars and pedestrians at intersections. a way to hopully improve safety. take a look, this is one of the new high visibility ladder style crosswalks. you can see that the paint just pops off the pavement. it is a far cry though from the old way of doing crosswalks in the district like this one right across the stree again old type of- crosswalk new type of crosswalk. old type of crosswalk -- new type of crosswalk. every crosswalk will get new upgraded markings. and these don't come cheap. oducts can run over 1,000 bucks an intersection. >> we want to get up to four or five these intersections on a

daily basis.>> reporter: and high visibility crosswalks are a good utstart, b getting drivers to folw the rules, that is another issue all together. we were recently in southeast where the crosswalk issue has become a foal cal point safety and cars were blowing through stop signs and these ladder style crosswalks. >> some don't stop right here. some stop up ere. itpends on the driver. >> reporter: she says they look good, but the issue goes deeper. >> it is up to the pestrian to pay attention. >> reporter: but forow, a new dine with safety in mind. adam tuss, news 4. >> we start with a strong line of storms that came through right as we came on the air this afternoon. >> one tornado warning right smack in the center of downtown d.c. but the standamage is widesprea.

here a live look from chopper 4 over howard county. this was part of an area under a tornado warning incolumbia, maryland. and that tree damage suggests adis was a torn >> check out the power lines down on this car in arlington. at oneoint dominion power was reporting more than 100,000 customers wiout electricity. >> all of this part of the same line of storms that spawned deadly tornados inss miouri overnight killing three people there. the storms have moved out now, so we'll begin team coverage tonight with shomari stone and a new look at theda ge in southeast, washington. what are you finding, shomari? >> reporhar: people tell me t it was an absolute mess, that heavy wind and rain swept through here.ou y see the suv on a slope right now because of the concrete right there.

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