new this morning, a frightening robbery caught on camera. a man pulls a gun on a person trying to f l up hisr and then gets away. this is a live look at the bay bridge. not tooople headed to the beach just yet this morning. before you hit the road, we check trouble spots and gas priceon and a l day of cleanup awaits people across our region. at least one tornado touched downg durin yesterday's storms. we'll show you some of the worst

damage. look rst at 4:30, a live outside as we start this friday. still dark except all lit up ata national bor. so not a bad picture, way to start the day. w sounds liwill have a pretty nice day to kick off the long memorial day weekend. >> i like those kind of lights. not the lights, the light spectacle we had yesterday afternoon. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green. eun yang has the day off. we're helping you plan the start of your day. checking mollet is road closures after yesterday's bad weather. let's get to the all-imfrrtant ay forecast with chuck bell. >> finally a friday with not much in the way of a rain chance which is good news. we've had so many rainy fridays the last two or three months. you see on the radar loop, fading showers. as you're getting up early this morning, most of that rain is

gone. don't need to worry about the umbrella today. eventually the clouds will move out, and the humidity because it's still a little stickyt oude this morning, the humidity is going away later today, as well. right now, still plenty warm. 74 in martinsburg, west virginia. 74 in fredericksburg. 72 in arlington. 76 by the bay. in annapolis, your gardening forecast, after a sunny day, look at the weekend forecast. saturday, mostly sunny, highs around 80 degrees. if you've got tod get yarrk done, today or tomorrow are the best days to do it. sunday, heat and humidity coming back in a big way. we'b talk at that and of course the beach forecast and look at the outlook for memorial day itself coming up in a few minuoes. let's gover to melissa in first 4 traffic. good morning. ldgking at the bay brie, looks good if you're headed out of town any time soon. everything is nice and open. e have a slowdown westbound, westbound 50 there after cape st. clair road. right side is blocked, an

overturned tractor-tr partially just to the right side of the roadway. you are getting by but only in one lane tot.he lef as we look at the beltway, outer loop after georgia avenue, that was anoer tractor-trailer crash. this one had partially jackknifed and was blocking lanes. now it's on on the left shoulder. the rest of the beltway looks good. 66 and 95, no problems here. 270, nice and clear. aaron? >> thank you. breaking ews in fairfax county. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting there. this happened on route 50 in chantilly about 1:30 thmos ning. police say a man was taken to the hospital where he died. several people are being detained. wehave a crew headed that way. we'll bring you the lest as we learn more. and oads are still closed power lines down in some ho neighborods after strong winds swept through the area. >> the national weather service confirmed a tornado touched down in howard county. a tree sliced through a home in

columbia. luckily no o washurt. the scen wasn't much better in montgomery county. da teen escaped her house with the two family dogs after a tree crashed on to hollands drive and caught fire. >> i walked downstairs and looked to the right, the tree fell. and i freaked out. >> here's another view of the damage. lucki luckily, again, no one was hurt. wherever memorial day weekend takes you, stay on top of the weather with the nbc washington app. even if you're out town,ou can see the hourly forecast and >heck for any storms on the radar. new this morning, d.c. police are searching for a man ho robbed another man at gunpoint and took off with his car. detectives say a man walked up to a gas station on pennsylvaniu avein southeast d.c. about two weeks ago. this is just off the corner of minnesota avenue. another man had just stepped inside to pay when suddenly the suspect pointed a gun at his ad and demanded that he get

down. after going through the guy's pockets, he hopped into the t vic's car and drove off. also new,e a bethsda music teacher who heldsi lessons i his home is charged with possessing c ldpornography. 74-year-old charles kopfstein-penk was investigated earlier this year after activity on line. when police searched his home computer, they found child pornography files. any music students who may have had inappropriate contact with him are asketo call >>police. fairfax county police are working to identify a body found in north hill park. >> they hope today's autopsy will shed more light on who the victim is and ho p theson died. police say they received a tip that sent them to the area tuesday night. they found the body yesterday morning. police ton't know ifhe person is male or female, but they do have a good ideaf how the body

got there. >> gang related as far as know righnow. as i said, it's a high probability. >> police do not believe there's any danger to resident and they say the victim was likely targeted. it's 4:36. here's a look at the other t stories. d.c. police are looking for a person of interest inonnection with two women who were raped and robbed at gunpoint in the mt. pleasant neighborhood. police released video showing a man wearing a hoodie and riding bike. it happened on irving and 16th street in northwest. police say in both cases the attacker brokent through baseme windows. commuter alert. starting tomorrow, metro will shutown six stations in northern virginia for maintenance. every station south of reagan national airport on the blue ane yellow lis will be closed so metro can repair platforms. the shutdown is expected to last until september 8. go to thep nbc washington apd search "metro shutdown" for ar work-nds.

>> roads going to be packed again as people head out of town for memorial day weekend. to avoid the traffic, get on the road before 10:00 this morning. both maryland and virginia are lifting construction live olated lane closures thrh the weekend to free up some space on the roads. trfollow first 4 fic, too, on twitter, for latest on accidents and shutdowns. more than ale million pe are driving or flying for the holiday this year. and 4:37 is the time., coming up spacex sends another rocket into the sky. what the ovnight launch has to do with getting you a faster internet connection. and the fight over d.c.'sh 4tof july. how the trump administration says it will makee the president'he plans don't turn t celebration into a political rally.

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flag day is a solemn ceremony. soldiers of the old guard place the manage at every gave site in honor of the men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to the nation. yesterday present trump and the first lady melania trump ed them. the old guard has carried on the tradition for several decades now. we turn to politics now at 4:45. president trump is scheduled to leave today for a state visito japan. >> he leaves behind a tense battle in washington. the problems between the presidnt and congressional democrats continue to escalate. news4's craig boswell now with the latest from catol hil good morning. >> reporter: aaron and molette, good morning. good morning, everyone. the public feudetween esident trump and house speaker nancy pelosi now getting more personal. a day after a meeting between the two ended in anger and

drama, the two have turned it up a notch with the house speaker saying that theresident needs serious personal help and wants to be impeached. and president trump saying that the house i speaker crazy. we expect to hear more about that certainly in the coming days. but congress is about to on recess. so some of that dust may settle. there was a rare glimpse of n bipartisaship on thursday when the senate passed a $19illion aid package for viims of tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, including the hurricane of 2017 in puerto rico. president, asyou mentioned, have overseas for a stat of the to japan. g congresng on recess for a week, ending a wild week, guys, in washington. >> thank you so much. while president trump's exact 4th of july plans on the national mall are still a b unclear, it seems he -- seems to be getting more support.cr

interior seetary david bernhart isdi defenng his plans fireworksthe part of bernhart's job includes oversight of the national mall. he promises to watchry dollar spent. this after concerns were raised that the celebration could turn into a political rally for president trump. d.c. mayor bowser's office has acknowledged that the ration plans to chang things including the location of the fire rks. new this morning, a senate approved robo call bill is headed to the house for consideration. this was aook at that senate vote yesterday. the bill would give the federal communications commission more authority to crack down on those very annoying computerized telemarketing calls. the bill also gives the fcc more authority to slap fines on robo callers who knowingly break the rules. those fines are stiff. fines can be up to 0,000per call going back three years. celebrity chef mario batali is expected to be arraigned on

an assault charge in boston. he's accused of groping and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017. the alleged incident happened in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfie with him. according te complaint, the woman told police that after taking a selfie with batali he grabbed and kissed her without her consent. batali denies the allegations. wikileaks'foco-der julian assange is facing 17 new charges for violating theag espion act. the department of justice made the announcement yesterday. the doj accuses him of placing america at rick by publishing -- at risk by publishing classified documents. it could shed light on classi classified u.s. activities and include the names of onfidential u.s. sources.al twith a surprises. a -- talk about a surpse. look who stopped by to visit

with kids d.c. oh, my goodness. as you can see there, formerid prest obama tossed around the ball with the kids in the after-school program there. the students are celebrating their last week of the program. president obama took some time to also chat with the kids abouh e value of teamwork and trying their best in school and what a story they have to tell fea to come. i like surprises like that. you know? clearly the kids loved it, too. good for them. and then this story -- we can't stop talking about. a mural of hair -- harriet tubman pulling at our heartstrin heartstrings. >> a little girl saw it and delivered the high five seen across the country. cory smith with the story behind the memorable image. where we going? >> reporter: at the tender age of 3, lovey hope duncan is toou yo to understand dorchester county's history and the rich

legacy of perhaps its most famous daughter.- >> harriet >> tubman. >> reporter: an after walk with her grandmothers tracy and tammy brought her face to face with an american hero. >> there it is. >> sand we rounded this corner, you know, lovey could see her. she's like, ah, at first. quickly changed. >> reporter: something inside lovey was drawing her to the mural. >> she's like, can i give her a gh five? i'm like, yeah. >> reporter: not one to miss a priceless moment, grandma snapped a photo. the north american took over from there. did you think it was going to go sflierl. >> no. the next day i sawad it h 800 shares. >> reporter: thousands have liked, shared, and reflected on the poignant moment. >> i wanted to engage the people. hence the design. i knew people would be engaged. >> reporter: he says the presence of an innocent child has only magnified the mural's >>eaning. the hope of a new generation here touching the hope of a woman, offering hope for that generation. ge>> reporter: in cambri

maryland, cory smith, news4. >> that image justpeaks volumes about where we need to be and where we're going. >> yep. >> or should be going. >> leave it to the kids to keep every now and then. >> kid e come -- kids cometo everything with a pure heart. for us, who wants a repeat of nobody. we want to getthe holiday going in the right direction. >> don'tou worry. it's going to be a fine friday and a scrumptious saturday for our outdoor plans. sunday and monday, wel let's just say it's going to start feeling a lot more like yesummertime t again. right now on a friday, temperatures still relatively narm 72. here's the reaso -- winds have remained out of tuth for ae overnight hours. what's coming gusty northwest wind. it will be arriving during the mid morning hours. you'll notice the change in air mass when ith -- w the northwest wind kicks in. ahead of, that southerly winds

have held temperatures way up.s 60nd 70s. leesburg still 77. hagerstown at 72. prince george's county also 72 this morning. your planner then for today, the rthwest wind will set up shop during the mid morning hours and increase to a 15 to 25 mile-per-hour breeze in the afternoon. breezy at times, buthe addition of the breeze means it on't be near as hot and it will be consider only less humid. don't expect them to last too long. the general northwest flow for today and early tomorrow will eventually be replaced by a y southerlreeze, again, for sunday and monday. these storm chances are for the most part going to be missing us for the next day and a half. we will have an opportunity coming back especially on sunday. over the last three hours, fing out. the last of the rain showers moving out. the futureweather, that's the beginning of the wind shift line. we'll be left with of sunshine. clear overnight and adry start

tomorrow. tomorrow during the day, there might be a stray shower or two out toward the blue ridge. think our rain chances in and around the citi are pretty low. i wouldn't worry too much about a rain chance for tomorrow. nothing long lasting. low 80s today and tomorrow. back to2 on sunday and 87 monday. both of those days, too, have a better chance for an afternoon s rm. melissa mollet, we may be talking about the first heat wave of 2019. how about 95 on wednesday? yikes. >> i know we've been asking for warmth, but that's a little much. i know you like to deliver. i'm not so re about that. inner loop after 95, a crash blocking two left lanes. rest of the beltway here looks okay. you don't see any issues. new problem, though, distri heights, suitland parkway, forestville road, lanes blocked. both way crash and response on the scene trying to get more information on that one. the brooklyn bridge out of town -- bay bridge out of town looking just fine. 50 out of town looking good. westbound 50 coming back in here

after e brooklyn bridge, just astro cape st. clair road, right side block with an overturned tractor-trailer. only the left is getting by. 66 looks good. 95 south is fine until y hit the kings domestic indian area. all traffic stop -- kings domestic indian area. alop traffic sted there. we all suffer in terrible traffic around the area. now there's a proposal aimed at easing the ongoing congestion on maryland's beltway. congressman anthony brown andia offi spoke at a town hall in landover last night. they talked about maryland governor hogan's proposal to widen and add tolls, ll lanes, on the beltway. at the same time, the solution has a lot of people in our area worried. some locals voiced their frustration saying the plan will take people's homes and will not work. s >> we've alreaen what it looks like when the folks who can actually do it, and why isn't it like that every day?

>> congressman brown has g call ernor hogan to reconsider the project. escapics argue the ne -- skeptics argue e plan would be too congested. we're helping you plan out ur memorial day weekend roadtrip. according to gas buddy, the average pce of regula unleaded gas, is down for the second consecutive week as refineries begin to boost producuson. and becaof that, dozens of states have seen a trickle-down effect. today's national average is 2. $5 per gallon, it's a bit higher in our area. we are working 4 you in finding the cheapest days to fly to that summer getaway. according to farecompare.com, the cheapest days to fly within the u.s. are tuesday, wednesday, andaturday when there are fewer business travelers. the most expensive days to fly, sundays. the best deals are usually found before june 23rd.

coming up, it's one of the more recent additions to the national mall. officials have found some big problems with the world war ii memorial. what this could mean for you is justahead. and a hearing in the district ends with several more people charged for a gang-style edshooting that ki a 10-year-old girl. find out why nearly a dozen people areel now being h responsible coming up.

confirmed. tornado strike news4 is on the ground around washington with the latest after thursday's violent storms. two women a robbed assaulted in their northwest d.c. homes just doors down from one another. and now poli i believet is the same man who attacked them both. movie mogul harvey weinstein could be on the verge of buying his way out of his sexual harassment and ult case. how much he may pay to walk away. just about 5:00 a.m. good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. thank goodness we're looking a a much calmer morning. take a look at that picture. live look outside.

ate powerful storms th knocked over trees, pulled down power lines, has moved ou and right now there are sti about 20,000 customers without power in our region. >> hopefulliy we can get that caken care of soon. there's a holiday weekend ahead. we'll track that for you. and melissa mollet is keeping an e on the roads and rails. chuck bell is watching the weather. we need to things to be calmer. >> get this thing strai>>t. i can give you a chuck bell guarantee. 100% chance today will be better than yesterday. the severeweather threat is gone. the last set of huge, lingering rain showers overnight are gone. that's a refreshing change just around the corner. a breezy afternoon. northwest winds have already arrived in places like winchester and hagerstown. that gusty northwest wind that y they're enjg in the shenandoah valley now, that will be arriving here in the d.c. metro area over the next couple of hours. you'll have no trouble noticing when the wind shift arrives. breezy this afternoon, northwest winds means fallingi