"news 4 today" starts now.00 6: on this sunday morning. here's wh we're following for you, staying on top of the latest developments following ia that virgin beach shooting. what we're larning about the investigation. communi groups take to the streets to stop the violence in the district. plus, maryland governor larry hogan making a decisionut ab running for president. find out if he'll challenge president trump. and welcome in on tsus day morning. thank you so much for being here with us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning. i'm meagan fitzger id. it sunday, june 2nd, 2019, if you can believe it. the year is just flying by. >> i know. we're like fullynto -- i know it is not meteorological summer, but it is summer. >> feels like it anyway.

e're in the summertime. >> lauryn ricketts, will it fee liksummer today? >> it is a little bit.re temperatustill in the 80s guys and average temperature for this time of year low 80s. but feeling like spring as we head throh your monday and tuesday. you notice the red, weather alert out there today because we do have a chance for some orowers and thunderst this afternoon. some of which could be a little on the strong side. let's take a look outside right now. sun just came up 15 minutes ago. we're looking some nice conditions out there. you may walk outside and notice a little bi of humidity. we felt that humidity would uptick overnight. it certainly did. now we're looking at more showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. the humidity will drop as we continue through the morning. so, again,not looking too bad out there. temperatures mild, 50s and 60s now. we have 70t quantico marine base. for the most part, feeling great out there. we're dry. few overnight showers in the winchester area. showers as advertised to the north. now we're dry. look what's coming our way.

we have a little system that will be dropping through our area at the frontal system that will moving through. this may clip us, especially some western areas as we continue through the morning. but we'll talk morehi about afternoon and time it out for you, coming up in ten minutes. >> thank you very much. our continuing coverage of that devastatinrkplace shooting inesvirginia beach conti this morning. >> yeah, right now authorities are still trying to figure out why a long time city worker re opened n a shooting rampage on friday. this morning, four people remain hospitalized after the attack. three in critical condition. in all, 13, all 13 people that died including the shooter, 24 hours after the shooting, the fbi was still collecting en evid. >> as investigators, they review everything they possibly can review. once that is all put to in a documented investigative file, it will all be reviewed and determined what led up to this incident. >> the gunman's relatives posted

a noten saturday offering condolences to the victims. >> meantime, we're learning more about some of the victims that were killed. one of them christopher rapp was the former stafford county director of public works. in a statement, county leaders praised his kindness.d rapp en working for less than a year as an engineer forr vinia beach in their city government. we learned more about his life, including his hobby of playing in the tidewater pip and drums. he joined the band after moving from stafford county. he looked forward to playing in that band. walking into band practice, wearing his work clothes and changing in the bathrooms, ready to start rlaying with theest of us, blowing pipes and beating >> rapp's band say they will play at his funeral. a memorial service for him will take place wednesday at the govennment cr in stafford. and now to a closer look at what we know about the suspected shooter. he's been identified as dewayne craddock, aneivil engi at

the virginia beach public utilities department. officials say hi pass gave him access to all floors and say he fired at random. still a mystery as to what may m have set hioff. he was still actively employed on friday. but ci officials declined to speak on whether his job was in jeopardy or if he had recently been disciplined. police say he used 45 calib handgun and a semi-automatic. at least one of the guns was fitted with a silencer. police are interviewing craddock's co-workers and searching through emails, work space and home lookg for clues about why he did this. remember, you can stay on top of ngws 4's continuing coverage of this developi story. keep up to dat withr nbc washington app. time is 6:04. police andhe medics see t horrors of gun violence every week. in d.c. and across the country, it is a reality that isn't lost on the pple working to solve those crimes. as news 4's derrick ward explains, some of those who

organizedhe walk spent long hours using science to catch bad guy >> reporter: there is something of a consensus regarding the year in d.c. so far. >> it has been a violenttime. >> reporter: as of friday there have been 55 homicides in the distri in 2019. and men and women who bear witness. >> we have been invold in over 583 violent crime scenes this year. collected over 83 guns. >> it is about kids. >> reporter: they're among the agencies and organizations who took to the streetndthis weeke . >> to see people galvanized, walking with the same mission, it empowers people. >> the bad characters here, we're not going to take it no more. not just that, the citizens who are living among the bad characters are saying, they can hear us say we're done, we're, tired want peace. >> reporter: a wide aay of efforts to do that are

represented here. among them, american university. >> we understand we're all hurting, we all experience trauma. we have to know how to deal with it, talkndto neighbors a bring love back into our community. >> two years ago, my daughter was killed right down the street. june, she would have been 21 years old. >> reporter: maurice and her husband started an organization in their daughter's name,an ther approach to the peace that the community so sorely wants. >> when 20 people get shot a week ago, this place should be filled. >> reporter: in the district, derrick ward, news 4. now to decision 2020. maryland governor larry hogan makes it official, he will not take on president trump for the gop nomination. ogan says he'll focus on his second term as governor. the washington post first reported his intentions not to

run, hogan released a statement yesterday thanking everyone who did want him to run. it reads in part, quote, i truly appreciate all of the encouragement i received from people around the nation, urging me to consider making a run for president in 2020. however, i will not be a candidate. gan told the associated press earlier this year that while he has seriousonrns about mr. trump's leadership, he has no interest in a, quote, kamikaze mission. still ahead on "news 4 today," water rescues under way in northwest -- in the northwestern part ofmissouri. we take a look at the flooding. plus, little closer to home, it is a weather alert day here, starting out nice, b lauryn says rain and thunderstorms could be in the forecast. ickst

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> welcome back. your time is 6:10. and take a look at this. parts of the midwest are dealing with some serious flooding. you're looking at footage from missouri, a levy breached there yesterday. and you can see just how high the water is reaching many homes in jeopardy, many homes have flooded. you see farm land completely underwater. houses and sheds just emerged in water. very difficult times for those folks. obviously this is not the case for us here. >> yeah. but we had a lot of precipitationad >> we have h lot of water. >> the last couple of days. more could be in the forecast today. let's look at our sunday forast with lauryn ricketts. we're in weather alert mode? >> we're in weather alert mode, guys, because we have chances of storms r s rolling through the this afternoon and this evening. most of the morning dry.o but i dbelieve there could be a few showers.l et's get to it right now and show you what's going on outside. sun coming up at 5:45.

you may feel a touch of humidits if youtep outside early on this sundayng morni but for most part, we are dry and comfortable out there. and so what to expect? we have some rain to the west. this a.m., this morning. maybe around i-81 corridor, valley.oah then watching for lines of storms coming through this afternoon. don't think it will be one line of storms, one line c through. it will be multiple lines that come through. then we dry up, not a untiler 10:00, 11:00, this evening. current temperatures out there right now, we're in the 50s and 60s.ne quantico mariase at 70 degrees. it is comfortable out there right now. we we dry, we had few showers overnight, especially from d.c. and north. but we're watching this little line right hereo possibly clip ugr northern shenandoah valley as we go throh the morning. 10:00, 11:00 this morning, if this holds together. it is weakening a little bit. i'm watching these lastames to see if that lightning is still there. it looks like --on i d't know if my date is gone, looks like it

is weakening a little bit. we will keep a chance for our shower or thunderstorm just to the west before noo but afternoon, all bets are off for everybody. current temperatures out there right now, ain, 50s and 60s across the board. as you go over the next 12 hours, slightly muggy, then humidity actually decreases. o mperatures are going te in the mid-80s once again today. and we'll be watching for some stor later on this afternoon. let's time it out for you. 6:00 a.m. we're not seeing anything outre theight now. as we go through the morning, look at that. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms rolling through the area. we start to dry out as we continue through your monday. monday is looking good, actually. the main threat with these e storms aroing to be heavy rains, some winds, small threat of some il, and even a lower threat of tornado. not to say we couldn't have a tornado warning, not as quite as widespread it has been the last couple of times we had severe weather. look at t s. by tomorrow, those temperatures are back in the low 70s. average temperature for this

time of year is 80 degrees. all sunshine, it is going to be windy out there tomorrow. we'll have wind gusts upo about 25, 30 miles an hour. again, all sunshine tomorrow, we'reoing to be dealing with storms between about 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. tonight. could have ao shower b that, between about 10:00 and 2:00 p.m., especially west of d.c. we dry out overnight, f temperaturl, chilly tomorrow morning. chilly on tuesday morning. this looks a little crazha we almost a chance of rain each and every day, some of the models still trying to figure this out. i think wednesday, thursday will have some rain. once we get to friday and saturday, gets a little hazy. not going to be raining all day, every day. but wencl have a cha as we go into next weekend. something we'll continue to watch, guys. >> lauryn, thank you very much. we have reporter's notebook up next. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning. i'm pat lawson muse.ti the shoo death of a 15-year-old honor student along with a shooting and wounding of 21 others including a 9-year-old

girl plus eight stabbings on memorial day weekend have increased cries for more to be ne to stop the violence plaguing part of the district. we should say those 21 victims all survived thankfully. however, is it a sign of things to come this summer? we're hearing from d.c.'s police chief and the attorney general about that. the i-team's scott macfarlane and cory smith are he with us this morning. cory, starting with you it was heart breaking to watch maurice scott talk aboutr ne seeing himg again, never havinim kiss her on the forehead, when he did every morning before school. this ca seems to have rocked the city, but thehootings continue. >> i think as sad as it is to say public maybe gets es dsitized to many of these. when it is a 5-1year-old honor student, not the target of the shooter, according t police, a kid who by all accounts had hli fe together and was going

places, it reallyesonates and speaking with the folks who knew mangice, he was doi everything s doing is mom everything right, raising him andwi his tn sister, a successful student herself, a successful athlete like her brother, and all of a sudden it gone and has people in that -- in his neighborhood there in congress heights worried, what is the summer going to be like? a lot of kids will be out of ch l, some without jobs.s it i a concern. but we know npd is adamago they're ng to put the resources n,i community organizations say they're going to step up. it is a sad, a holiday weekend like this, you're supposed to be with your family, was turned into violenre. >> what aolice saying about it? what do they plan too differently this summer? >> chief newsom spoke and said that they're going to pour resource and they have beenur pog resources into these -- what they conser high crime areas, the day after maurice scott was shot, th weere multiple police officerst the

strip mall area where it happened. so you see them out ere, but even then as i was out reportine the mauriscott story, i heard gunshots and you hear the sirens follow it. we also know community organizations r ally want to step up to stop the killing group, mildred king chapman going around every single day, trying to engage young folks withtob opporunities, educational opportunities, specifically for summer, to get them off the streets, to keep them safe. it is going to takeun a commity wide effort. we know the police departmnt is going to be there. they say they want to step up. but we -- i heard impassioned plea from attorney general racine, if you are a community organization, a church, and you want to help reach out to the ag's office. they'll connect you with the tamp ces, hopefully to down the violence. >> worth remembering we had the same conversation last merial day. outbreak that same weeked. memorial day 2018, somebodyent up to the ice cream truck and

shot the ice cream trucki drver. and they said they would do the same things in 2018. f past calls oes for safety and new efforts that resonate now. >> seems liker police have thei hands tied. deploying extra resources. it seems -- you see the light -- the patrol, cars you see them everywhere. >> the chief says that this -- what we saw this weekend is not ing to be the new normal. got a lot of folks living inom cmunities who say that may be e case. >> all right. well, when many local students return to their classes at the end of summer, theyd may fin something missing, perhaps we should say someone missing. hers missing. maybe hundreds of them, who may not come back. a news 4 i-team investigation found local teachers leaving the classroom in large numbers. and the i-team found out why. scott, you found a cal turnover rate that is way above the national rate. tell us about that. >> in some districts it is about the national rate. in every district there is a

concern about the turnover rate. one major scol district in our area, d.c. public schools, year before last, lost about 17% of their teachers ha year, about 14%. concerned about wt it is going to be this ar. but they're not the only ones fe sufng. the suburban school districts have it too. double digit percentage turnovers. other.asons parallel each concern about the things a lot of us are concerned about, pay, commute. we all suffer that in the dc. area. for teachers, it is a unique set of suises. it is the -- the standardized tsting. it is omnipresence of students' cell phones now, makes the job harder than it used to be. schedules, administrative r suppo or lack thereof. student behavior, which is changing. all these things are stressing local chers. we surveyed teachers from around the area, 5,000 teachers

responding and thery symm between the responses struck us. concern about student behave yes,he respect from t students and their parents and the administrators. >> what are school districts doing about this?th >> y're trying to recruit. you have to recruit. you can't let the teaching jobs go vacant. they're recruiting to get some spanish language speaking teachers. they went to puerto rico afterne the hurricato recruit there. also, one unique thing some school districts are doing now, they' signing their high school seniors to contracts. when you gr,uate college come back here, be a teacher, we'll commit to you if you commit to us. >> you talked to a lot of the teachers who haveth left e profession. d take they say it wo to get them back? >> there are some utilitarian things, maybe go tosc a hool district where it is dferent, where the drive is short, the pay is higher, the class sizes are smaller. those leavinghe industry, 94% of people who said they thought

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aras they work, get a beoind the scenes lok at what goes on. tellus about this new space. >> s the reach broke ground in 2014, $250 millio expansion, first major expansion at tne center. it is cool, becau what they and it is ine do the name, the reach, the kennedr ceants to reach out into the d.c. community. by making the kennedyer cent and thus the arts a little more accessible to communities that don't lack the creativema igination to enjoy the arts, maybe ar patrons of arts,e specially at the kennedy center. they'll bable to come in and watch rearsals go on for free. iiterally stood in the room he other day and watched a musical rehearsal and it wasam azing to see. you get t immerse yourself in the creativity process. they want people b toring their instruments to collaborate with artists w work at the kennedy center. it isreally just an effort to show that the kennedy center and the arts is for everybody.

the good thing about it is, majority of events at the reach are going to be free, movie s nighti think it is going to be a really big piece of what you see in the summer from an entertainment point of view for the d.c. community and the surrounding areas. it is absolutely beautiful too. > and there are other improvements at the kennedy center. the pavilion. >> so basicallyhe pavilion is redone and as prt of the reach, it is multileveled, so underground area, where you set to e the rehearsal space and things likethat. but above it is the largest green roof in d.c. where they have vilions, floor to ceiling w windows,here they will have a rehearsal space, educational space and it is really just oneling back the curtain all of the great work that is done out of the kennedy cente so i said in my story, if you're not sure about that, that show you want to see, check out the rehearsal and se what you think and make the decision. >> you want to go to the -- >> exactly. >> the kennedy center is one of our national treasures.

as is the world war ii memorial, which sees an estimated 5 million visitors every year. butome of may have noticed cracks in a major pillar on the atlantic side of the memorial. there are several smaller cracks forming on the d.c. pillar. right now the national park service is working to assess the damage and it says the cracks don't pose a safety risk. but we certainly don't want to see theemorial falling to pieces. scott, there are a lot of parks and memorials around the country that need repairs. a long backlog, in fact. does the world war ii memorial t get addedo that list? >> just to the head of the list. the world war ii memorial, like all the major memorials, with an endowment so they can d things like fix cracks that form after they open. it is like a new house, settling in. and cracks are forming. the national parks service is competent they're not a safety risk, at least not yet, nothingd will falln. but the world war ii memorial is based on aesthetics.

it is supposed to look beautiful, it is supposed to look representative of men who served. can't have major cracks in disrepair overtaking the memorial. there is a process to get this fixed, it will be slow, sluggish. they have to figure out why the cracks are forming, if more will form before they can take remedy of the current set of cracks. there is a bad metaphor. there are cracks all over. 250 fo 20 foot crack on the atlantic pillar. >> the long process with the washington monument after the earthquake at the monument reopened in 2014 after threes yearand $15 million. >> these projects .e un no other washington monument to mirror the work from. no wod war ii memorial to see, ell, how did they fix it so we can fix ours. in their defense, assessing this problems no easy task.

>> what do the folks on capitol hill say about problems like t >> in fact, this came to our attention to the news 4 team from a congressional source.ee they ha briefed on this. there are cracks formingn the memorial, you need to be aware of this for two reasons, it is a fedemark, you all represent it, what's more, we need your moneth e money is in place for this. congress giving the national parks service a kick in the back side and saying this is a priority, get this done as soon as you can. >> we wa to see that done. you reported on some improvements this past week, imprements now madeat the d.c. va medicalic center has been plagued with problems for some time. e specific improvements target the psychiatric unit. tell us what is happening there that is new. >> there are problems and there are problems. the issue that impacts the medical center this time was in early may. a pchiatric patient escaped the psychiatric unit, made his way from d.c. to manassas and

held a woman against herill d assaulted her. so they have to stop that from happening again. what they discovered we a few things. that the medical patient escaped through the ceiling tiles in the shower of the psychward. got himself out of the ward, got himself to the ground level of the medica center. and had theer staff call hmm a cab. the er staff h calledim a cab by mistake. he goto manassas and committed an alleged crime. they put locks on the ceiling tiles and they say they have retrained t emergency room staff to be more on the lookout for people who should not be there, should not be using their services to call cabs. >> that's one maj change in major area. there are other changes taking place. ow there is a new parking garage that addressed one issueh thereave been sterilization issues insi the medical center. where do we stand with all of those other issues that the new director came in saying he was going to work on. > medical center director said

it will takeyears, not weeks, to fix some of the systemic problems but they made some fogress. they have risenrom one star to two stars, which i progress. long way to go to get to the top of the list. we know the u.s. house oversight committee bause of the i-team reporting will have a formal hearing to find out if progress has been made, the hearing is scheduled for june 20th. >> d.c. va medical cter should be the flag ship. >> it should look the part. >> scott and cory, thank u. thank you, that's reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. "news 4 today" continues. welcome back. your time is 6:29. virginia beach shooting. we are learning more about the victims killed in the workplace shooting. a deadly house fire in lanham.

we'll hear from a person who is dealing withbl a d tragedy this morning. and remembering maurice. a d.c. teen gunned down just m blocks away is home, a community comes together to honor his life. "news 4 today" starts now. do want to welcome youndn on this su morning at 6:30 on the dot. thank you for being with us. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. it is unday, june 2nd, 2019. yesterday was a beautiful day. seems like today might be a little bit different. >> can get a little tricky the afternoon. what do you say about the weather forecast, lauryn? >> we're going to see showers and thunderstorms, multiple lines of showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon. anyme after about 2:00, until 10:00 p.m., we'll have pretty much good chunk of the day with chance for severe weather. not this morning, though. it looks great out there this morning. slightly hid,we felt that humidity would increase a touch

overnight. it has. but it wll start to -- levels will start to lower as we continue to overnight. and we're looking atome nice -- sorry, into the day. we're looking at some nice conditions, nice comfortable conditions out there, temperatures the 60s, 67 now. southerly wind, and, again, a few clouds out there as well. more clouds as we get into the afternoon. now, we have nothing out there right now. but this is getting close to us. this say little system that is coming out of ohio. it should weakenas it crosses over the mountai we are looking at some showers and thunderstorms just to the west. i think this will creep over the mountains and into our front for shenandoah valley along i-81 as we go through the middle pat of the morning. it could hold together enough where it sweeps across d.c. we won't see any thunderstorms. any strongnd thustorms before noon. but, again, a few showers possible before noon. especially west of d.c. 50s and 60 out there now. 70 at quantico. temperatures back in the 80s today. big cooldown on the way.

le's time out the storms this afternoon so you can get your plans in order. >> laury. thank you very much now back to our coverage of e shooting in virginia beach. this morning, we're learning more about the victims. >> a lot of them had worked for the city for decades. 12 people were killed when a fellow co-worker opened fire on them on friday. yesterday morning, virginia beach city officials held a news conference, identifying those who died. >> we all grieve. they leave a void that we will never be able to fill. >> police are still trying to find out why that gunman opened fire there. il>> new detathis morning un about the gnen in and how the shooting spree was carried out. >> nbc's pete williams has more >> reporterlaw enforcement officials say when dewayne craddock entered the building, y was heav armed. his pass gave him t access all floors and police say he fir

indiscriminately, everywhere but the basement. he was a civic engineer working in the virginia beach public utilities department. his phone message was still working saturday. >> as for what may have set him off, the police chief says addock was still actively employed friday. but city officials declined to say whether his jobas in jeopardy or if he had recently been disciplined. police say he used two weapons like this in the rampage, 45 caliber handguns, semi-automatic, meaning they fired once each time the trigger was pulled. he also had several extended magazines or clips like these that can hold dozens ofrounds, allowing more shots to be fired before reloading. at least one of the guns was fitted with a silencer like this to muffle the sound of gunfire. they're legal in most states including virginia, but must be ederally registered. officials aren't saying whether craddock registered his. gun control advocates say they're dangerous. >> because they reduce sound, law enforcement can't tell where the shots are coming from.

and as fars the potential victim, you know where the shooter is, how far away they are, or how close they are to you. >> reporter: atf says their popularity is growing with nearly 1.5 million now legally registered. >> that was pete williams reporting tnre. , police are interviewing craddock's ndco-workers a searching through his emails, his work space, his home, looking for clues about why he did this d how long he had len planning to kis fellow employees. you're going to want it stay with news 4 as this story continues to develop and keep up to date on all of it with the nbc washington app. and now to ae updatf a story we brought you live yesterday morning on news 4. a double tragedy in district heights. they're still mourning the loss of a relative when a fire tore through their home early yesterday. relatives spent the day sifting through what is left of the home on 75th avenue in lanham, devastating. the mother and h c twoildren were asleep when the fire

started. ran out of the home, unhurt, a relative spoke to derrick ward about losing her father, just months before losing her home. >> it was all sudden, really didn't know what to do. so i don't know wha to say. >> my goodness. the family lived there for eight years. hey lost most of their belongings and now have to find somewhere to live. fire investigators are stilltr ying to figure out how this fire started. we're learning new details about a police-involved shooting in anne arundel county. chopper 4 pflying over the scen on friday night. police confronted a man armed with a knife. they s that man threatened officers, and one officer had to fire a gun. we have learned that the suspect is a volunteer firefighter in prince george's county. the county department, fire department, confirmed that information to us. thesuspect meanwhile is in the hospital under police guard and

police say that he'll be charged with assault and reckless endangerment. an emotional tribute to a d.c. nor student whose life was cut short at the age of 15. maurice scott was skilled just steps away from hisom h darcy spencer has the outpouring of support for his family as they cope with this tragic loss. >> i pray for the healing of the scott family. >> reporter: he was just 15 years old, an honor student bad aspiring sketball player. maurice scott lost his life just outside of corner store, steps from his home in southeast d.c. monique scott is his mom. >> i lost my s w. he really good to me. he was very -- he took care of me. he took trash out, he did his chores, he made ho roll. he did everything i asked of him. >> reporter: family, friends and classmates from somerset prep charter school gathered near his home to celebrate his life. including his basketball coach. >> just a great kid.

i'm proud, blessed i had a chance to meet him. god to coach him. >> theyll wi remember. they're going to remember a guy that had so much heart, so much spirit. >> reporter: maurice was gunned down outside the holiday market on wheeler road. it was just 10:30 on a sunday morning. >> heo idn't get a chance t dream of what he might want to be. to figure out, oh, that's what i want to do, i want to go for school that and get hyped about it. he didn't get a chance to get that far. >> reporter: the principal of his sce.ol spok >> we congregate like this, we push out our hopes and we push out our messages and nothing is changing. and i need to encourage our youth that are here tonight to be t change. >> we have a job to do.h and tat's love each other. >> reporter: many here expressed frustration about the gun violence taking so many young lives. >> your life means something. >> reporter: here at the vigil, they handed out these d.c. police flyers with maurice's

photo. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case. in southeast, darcy spencer, news >> his school is organing a march for maurice for this coming week. the principal promised students that maurice will not be forgotten. well, a louisian cholic school principal has resigned after being arrested for public intoxication while on a school field trip here in d.c. michael comeau was arrested early thursday at archibald's gentlemen's club in northwest after police received a report of a drunk man who didn't want to pay his bill. the incident happened while the students on their trip were in the hotel rooms for the night with other chaperones. the diocese of baton rouge released this statement in part, saying the diocese of baton rouge confirmed today that michael comeau is,ip princ at holy family school in port allen, was arrested on may 30th sponsored tripol to washington, d.c. it goes on to read that mr.

comeau submitted his resignation ascipal and an interim prncipal will be appointed. still ahead on "news 4 today," teacher turnover. hundreds ofe teach leaving local schools each year. the i-team surveyed thousands to understand why. and let's look outside, the sun is coming up over union station, slight breeze out there too. lauryn says we could be in for major changes later today. stick around for her forecast, that'soming up next. this is annie. and this is annie paying back her friend for the tickets with zelle® before the previews start. and this is annie getting ready to enjoy the show. [whispers] this is your right here, right now bank. this is wells fargo.

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you're watchingnews 4 today." welcome back from robert mueller's news conference to the president threatening tariffs on mexican products now, it has been a pretty busy week in washington as is usually the case these days. >> that'right. o help us break it all down is moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. chuck, feels like we're asking the same question every silerel. the democrats accelerated their

calls to beginimpeachment proceedings, especially after we heard the statements from robert mueller. so who does this benefit? if anybody? >> i don't know. i mean, i think that thede presint thinks that the longer democrats debate it, g that'sod for him in that itight divide the democrats. i think that is -- that the risk for the democrats ti polically, the longer they look like they' himming and kewing about this, if you believe he bro the law, the t,nse of urgency should be about dealing about t not the sense of urgency about debating between what is better, the 2020 focus or this? and nk i thi that's what's -- i think that's what's sort of tearing at them a little bit. i talked to some of these democrats who thinhey should start impeachment, and then sit there and say, my god, but with the politics of it, and they

don't know what the right vote is. they don't. i said it reminded me of the iraq debate, where they were like the -- what was politically relevant in the moment, and the fear it would be mething else. i think rtimpeachment hu the president.nt impeanquiry on that. could blow it here if theyh look like tey're letting politics dictate their . decisio >> mueller was under no obligation to make any statement, right? >> no, that's -- >> that's the interesting part. >> it is. it is sort of. but there is thi -- why did he make us read between the lines? he clearly decided he needed to h back against the bill barr, he feelsll like biarr -- it seems like barr did misrepresent what was in the report. but muelr still kept that opaqueness about it. sort li, ke, did he commit a crime or not?

what are you saying? you convened the grand jury. you're saying congres should convene its own grd jury, which is impeachment is, say it. that's what is frustrating. fnkly, barr criticized him for it, if you thought, you know -- aidhis i you could have sathinke this. >> who do you have on the show? >> mick mulvaney to talk about impeachment and this tariff business with mexico. real or not? with the president, you never know. and beto o'rourke. >> good deal. one of the 60 candidates -- >> 60 or 61. >> i think so. >> i lose count. >> truckche'll tune in for that. see "meet the press," comes up every sunday at 10:30 here after "news 4 today." thank you. >> that's right. thank you very much. school is almost out for the summer. but districts across the region are bracing for o hundreds

teachers to leave for good. that's according to an investigation by scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team. >> they surveyed several thousand local teachers and learned why so many say they're going to walk away. inbusinee ss. isg bi th jared works for his fily's company, but his previous job had real hea lifting. >> driver's ed, health, pe, st coached wreng and coached baseball. >> reporter: jared and his wife carrie were both teachers. > i loved interacting with the kids. >> reporter: until they walked away. >> you want tplace some basil? >> reporter: like heather who is planting seeds for a new career. >> dill and basil. >> reporter: after a decade teaching math at thomas johnson high, she left the classroom, to start a farm with her husbd nd spend more time with her kids. >> i taught for 12 years. i think that if i could have figured out way to leave work

at work, i would have figured it out in that period of time. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team reviewed state and district education reports and found concerns about looming shortages of teachers. in virginia, the problem is considered worsening. in maryland, the shortages are called persistent. in d.c., which at the highest urnover rate in our area, a state board of education member said the constant churn is devastating. staffing reports we obtained under the freedom of information act shows some local school districts losing between 8 and 13% of the teachers in one year's time. some retiring, some moving to another district, and some leavinlave i ing the profession altogether. what is behind the numbers? we surveyed teachers asking why they're leaving and what would convince them to stay. the results came flooding in. nearly 5,000n resposes. more than 80% acknowledge havi considered changing careers in the past two yea alone. nearly 40% cited stress as a factor followed by lack of

support, student behavior, and salary. many also blamed distractions of student cell phones and pressures from testing. when we ask what would make them more likely to stay, the majority cited pay, more support, and better student behavior. >> we have not lifted up the role of teachers the same way in the societyor f the last 25 years that we should have. >> reporter: in fairfax county, superintendent scott breabrand says they're taking action to cut the losses with a 6% average pay hike for teachers last year. >> we put more expectations on teachers over the last 20 yearsv than e before. >> reporter: to boost recruitment, the school district signs some o o itsn high school students to contracts to return to fairfax to teach after college. you get commitmes from future eachers before they graduate high school. at loudoun county, school administrators rely on menring programs to help new teachers grow and stay. like tatiana thomas, a former

military spouse, who just started her teaching career at sully elementary. >> you have support where needed and that keeps me going. i have people that i can count on, it helps with the loate >> reporr: jared and carrie say they don't regret leaving the classroom but still miss what drew them there. working withudents. >> i think every teacher will tell you the actual teachin in the classroom is what we all love. >> scott macfarlane reporting er th teachers told us while pay isn'p their t concern, the cost of living does play intohere they live and teach. when we asked if they would trade a longer commute for a better pay, about half said yes. >> when teachers are struggling to make wage, that's ridiculous. at's unacceptable. they're educating our future. >> some of the most underpaid professions in the entire country. >> i don't understand. >> should be better. >> their job is so important. we can't pay them for the job they do.

>> i know. >> off my soap box. >> somebody else has an important job. >> oh, my gosh, thank you, adam. it is, yeah. >> the weather affects us every single day. >> it does. >> how will it affect us snowto? >> storms and strong ones probably after bout 2:00. should have an isolated shower before then. but it is not going to be just one line that rolls through. mtiple lines that roll through the area. so, again, we'lllt have muiple lines that could have some damaging winds, a little bit of hail. so, of course, that's going to be something we'll be busy with this afternoon. clay will be with you later this afternoon to help you out with that. let me sort it out for you this morning. weather alert. be aware we'll have storms moving through our area. nothing happening out there now. look off to the west, morgantown, wvu and also getting ready to enter western maryland now. we're starting to see a little line of storms ahead of a frontal system. this was a ltle wave coming through. and it could hold together once

it passes the appalachian mountains. once itpasses, it could weaken a little dit. i expect it to clip some of the areas along i-81 and then if it stays together, wemay see a few showers here. i don't think all that this morning will be that b. but after 2:00, then we'll start to see some showers and thunderstorms. rain to the west this morning. lines of storms as i said poible throughout the afternoon. even into the evening and really don't see it ending until 10:00, 11:00 tonight. out he door, attle bit of verything. you'll needsunglasses, rain jacket, mbrella, if you're sticking around throughout the day. we have sunshine this mornin st slightly muggy out there this morning as well. it is comfortable, the temperatures in the 60s it right around 70 a quantico. we have 50s out in the shenandoah valley.th crisp oute this morning. as far as future weather, take a look. 10:00, 11:00, there is that line, that held tor, just a few showers rolling through the area. that will move out.

after 1:00, or2:00, we see showers and thunderstorms developing. this will continue through the afternoon. and, again, waves of rain moving through our area, even 8:00 we still have stuff on the radar. ut of tarts to scoot here. it will be do by 10:00, 11:00. we rapidly clear out overnight. and those temperatures ll. heavy rain a possibility. winds, hail, and even small chance of tornadoes, north of d.c. to baltimore and into rynd. 72 degrees for tomorrow. that's it. all sunshine. it is going to be windy tomorrow. we'll have wind gusts to 25, 30 miles an hour. sunshineteon tuesday, ligh winds, temperatures in the upper 70s. heat and humidity come back on umdnesday. and we will be h on wednesday. another chance of storms. we have a chance of storms almost every day as we get into the end of next week and the ekend. so we'll be watching that, not e going to b raining every day, but we'll have a small chance.

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or check out our other amazing speed options at new low prices. get started now for as low as $29.9a month. call, click or visit a store today. "news 4 today" starts now. 7:00 on this sunday morning. here's what we're following for you. staying on top of the latest developments coming out of virginia beach after that shooting there. we're going to teou what we're learning about the investigation. plus, maryland governor larry hogan makes a decision about running for president. will he or will he not? and want to welcome you on this sunday morning. thank you so much for starting your day with us.da i'm a tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. it is sunday, june 2nd, 2019. the time is just -- >> h rd to believe,right? >> i can't believe it. halfway through the year already. >> weren't we just dealing with winter and snowstorms? >> thankfly that is in the

past. >> i don't want to deal with that. >> i'm not here for the winter. but it sounds like even though we have warmer utemperats, we have severe weather. lauryn rickets, severe weather rolling through. >> later on this afternoon, guys. but if you like cooler conditions, just wait one day. monday, tuesday, will feel like spring around here. temperatures may even need a light jacket monday and tuesday as temperatures are going to be about 10 degrees below normal. normal temperature, 80re deges. let's look outside now. nothing happening out there right now. we have a lot of races going on. the armed forces cycling classic down in arlington is going this morning throughout the day. we're also talking abtt girls on run, downtown d.c. we have a lot of things going on today. nothing happening out there this morn rg. we're dryght now. but i am watching this little system coming out of west virginia. it is shooting right through western pennsylvania. it should really kind o weaken a little bit as we go over theu montains here. but i'm still watching for a few

showers to fall this morning before noon, especially along i-81, we may see a few showers moving into the district. 68 our temperature. as we go through the morning, 68 at 8:00 a.m. at mid-70s by 10:00 a.m. few passing showers and we could have some rain around at noon. a lot of usill be dry at noon. not a lot of us dry as we head into this ternoon. fact, we have a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. so if you are headed to the pool this morning is the day to do it or time to do it. midday, dodging rain. and late this afternoon, all the way through late this evening. lines of storms moving through that could be strong to severe. foe'll time them out r you coming up. >> kee our eye on that. thank you. keeping our eye on continuing coverage of that devastating workplace shootingi in vnia beach. we're continuing to watch it this morning. >> right now authorities are still trying to figure out why a long me city worker opened fire on a shooting rampage on friday. this morning, four people remain hospitalized after t attack.

three in critical condition. in all, 13 people died including thet shoo. 24 hours after the shooting, the fbi was still collecting evidence. >> aor investigat they review everything they possibly can review. once that is all put together, in a documented investigative file, it all will be reviewed and determined what led up to this incident. >> the gunman's relatives posted a note on saturday offering condolences to the family. >> we're learning month are about some of the victims who were killed here. one of them, christopher rapp, was the former stafford county direor of public works. in a statement, county leaders praised his ndness. rapp had been working for less than a year asen anneer for virginia beach city government. we learned more about his life including his hobby of playing in the tidewater pipes and drums. his friends say he joined that band afterta moving from sfford county and they tell us that rapp looked forward to playing in that band. >> walking into band practice,

wearing his work clothes andch anging in the bathroom, ready to starte playing with thst of us, blowing pipes and beating drums. >> rapp's bd say they will play at his funeral. a memorial service will take place wednesday at the government center in stafford. now to a closer look at what we t know about suspected shooter. he's been identified as dewayne craddock, he was a civil engineer at the virginia beach public utilities department. officials say his pass gave him access to all floors and police say het fired a random. it is still a mystery, though, as to what may have set him off. he was still activelyye emplo on friday, but city officials declined to speak on whether his job was in jeopardy or if he had been disciplined recently. police say he used a 45 caliber handgun and a semi-automatic. at least one of the guns was fitted with a silencer.a police interviewing craddock's co-workers and searching through his emails, a

work space,nd home, looking for clues about why he did this. be sure to stay with ne 4 as the story continues to develop. keep up to date on our nbc shington app. let's turn our attention to decision 2020.g larry ho is making it official. will not take on president trump for the gop nomination. hogan says he'll instead focus on his second term as governor. the washington post first reporting on his intention not to run. hogan released a statement yesterday thankingo everyone did want him to run. it reads in part, quote, i truly apprecie all of the encouragement i received from people around the nation urging me to consider making a run for president in 2020. however, i will not be a candidate. hogan told the associated press arlier this year that while h has serious concerns about mr. trump's leadership, he has no interest in a, quote, calm sauey kamikaze mission. a high school is under construction in prince william county it meet the needsf

continuing growth in our area. >> in bristol. a new rediricting plan is causing some folks to protest. >> from one high school community in particular, a lot of protesting. julie carrie has more on this. >> reporter: the ceremoal groundbreaking for prince william county's 13th high school, the construction already well under way in the bristow area. new schools mean new high schoot endance boundaries. asusual, an emotional issue. >> we don't want to turn this into one community against reanother. >>rter: that is charles ronco from stone wall. many in the stonewall community are speaking out about had they see as an u.nunfair redistricti proposal. under the proposal, the percentage of students with limited english from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and from minorityro

gs would jump. the other two schools, a drop. many in the stonewall community argue diversity should be shared. >> i believe and 50 years of studies have shown when we have greater diversity in a school system, it is the rising tide that lifts all ships. what we're doing with the plans currently in place is we're kind of going against the tide. >> reporte melissa neil, her youngest son set to graduate next week. but she sti is fighting for the school and for a different redistricting plan that wouldw alre high schools to benefit from a diverse student population. >> it would be a win-win for all populations, not just economically disadvantaged. >> reporter: the school board will hear from the public oi more t in early june and then the vote on the redistricting plan is set for june 19th. julie carrie, news 4. >> the new high school will open in the fall of 2021. time is 7:07. this month is lgbtq pride month. the capital pride allian in

d.c. announced grand marshals for next saturday's parade. they'll include earline budd, matt easton, the byu ledictorian who came out during his graduation speech, brandon wolf, a survivor of the orlando nightclub shooting, and cast members of the show "pose." it starts in dupont circle, goes to 14th street. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 will be t here. and probably see a lot of us there as well. >> always a good time. >> yeah. still ad, we take a look at moving messages. how you can communicate while in the car. the summer season is here. it means wedding bells. we'll te a look athe latest wedding trends if you plan to tie the knot. you try hard,

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. time is 7:10. talking about iving. and if you drive in d.c., chances are you've been frustrated a little bit. and you might have thought to yourself, what is this guy thinking? what is he doing? >> yes. >> turns out there is a way, maybe toopersonal for me, but a way you can communicate with fellow drivers. >> sounds like you had an experience or two. this new device is known as roadway. it allows you to post messages while on the move. iook a look at it. now, this is a rhetorical question, have you ever wanted to tell that driver behind you exactly what y think them? how would you describe the drivers around here? >> crazy, aggressive. angry. not fun at all. >> everybody here likes to blow their horn. >> reporter: guilty as charged. but how about aer kind gentler experience on the road?r this is a new product called road wave comes in, a bright l.e.d. sign you put on

the back windshield, connects to bluetooth and lets t other driver know a bit more about what you are thinking. for example, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to cut you off. or let me merge. >> i can get with that. at the end of the day, not everyone is from the area. ter: john stanley is ceo of the company. he says head this idea after his mother was the victim of road rage. >> it was created to connect unknown drivers in mere o secretaries t make driving safer. >> reporter: road rage cases can get out of contro like this recent episode in the boston area where a man jumped on the hood of a car that sideswid him. or here locall in bladensburg where this woman attacked a bus and flung the bus driver off her car as he tried to jump on the d national highway traffic of safety administration say 50 hong horns, flashlights, make rude gestures or shout and 2% admit to revenge, like tail bumping short braking, or attempting to run another

driver off theroad. here is something like a simple thank you to a kind js gesre on the road could make a difference. >> i do -- i have to say, even though i am a jersey driver, you innow what i'm say you got to be careful. you never know. some people are out there and they got, you know -- >> that's what the whole deve is for. his mom was -- he realized his mom was a victim of road rage and he wanted to do something to kind of combat it. so this is really meant to intend to, like, diffuse the situation. ah>> ye smart idea. sometimes people cut you off and don't mean to. you can say, look, sorry. i >> sinceid that story, so many people reached out, like, hey, i love that idea, i want to e,y it. people ar like, i thought of that years ago. >> good idea! >> exactly. we have more news coming p onnews 4 today," including this, water rescues under way in northwestern missouri.

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don't know what gift to bring, we have a few ideas. >> liz mclaughlin looks at thein hottest weddgifts. >> reporter: weddings are getting pricier. for the couple and guests. >> the average wedding registry is val ued at just under $5,000 >> reporter: and more couples are asking for cash. cash registries have gone up year over year. and now bring in about $1800 foe t average wedding. >> when guests see what you're actually going to spend the moneyon, they're more likely to click the button and give you the cash. >> reporter: honeymos are the most popular. but couples c s are earmarking ey for anything. >> most couples oose a charity registry that means somethingo them. >> reporter: cash registries are on the rise, 97% still have a retailegistry with tangible

items. couples are moving beyond the traditional gifts of bed sheets and b lnders. >> a of couples are getting married later in life.ad so they al have a lot of the stuff they need to set up a home. >> reporter: registries are eincluding more smart hom devices. or items personalized to reflect their interest, like outdoor equipment. >> we're seeing couples really cure rate thate their registrie reflect who they are as people. ie reporter: and the expernces they want to share lg after they tie the knot. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. now couples typically register for a little over 100 gifts. and that's often split up between two or three registries. >> and that's right. okay.su we're osed to get to something else but i want to comment on this. i feel like, you know, it is very nice to have the option to have someone pay for an experience. >> sure. >> as opposed to -- now couples live together more. so you already have that

champagne set or whatever it is. so i just like that idea. >> there you. >> that's what i had to say about that. some want to get to weather. parts of the midwest are dealing with serious flooding as you see here. ths is footage from missouri. a levy breached yesterday. and you can see how high that water is reaching. many houses, sheds and farm lands have been covered water. >> the whole midwest has been dealing with a lot. flooding., flooding sfwlrks y i >> over the winter, they had a lot of snow. they're getting pounded. we're in the mid to severe wther season now, especially tornadoes. do you know what the difference between isolated, scattere thunderstorms and widespread thunderstorms are? >> widespread sounds like it is going to haen. yeah. >> scattered sounds like no. and isolated sounds like in one area. am i right?yo >> u're about -- i'm about to drop some knowledgon you right now. let's go ahea>> -- et's go school then.

come on. >> let's go to the map. i'm running out of time. i'll have to explain it to -- look at that. >> am i the guy on the right? >> thatan be you. isolad storms. that means, listen, a lot of people are, like, i thought it was supposed to bedry. 30% chance you're going to see it where you are. scattered, slightly higher chance. about a 60% chance you're going it see it. we'll see rain or like, why me? why am i seeing the rain now? there is going to be a lot of scattered means there say pretty good chance about anywhere between 40 and 60. this is about 30. this is about 70% to 80%, widespread. i do believe we're going to see widespread storms later on this afternoon. >> i think i was right. i think i described that correctly. not u said scattered really going to happen. isolated, scattered and then -- >> get out of here. >> yea scattered is like the medium

chance it is going to happen. again, widespreadr storms late on this afternoon -- good job, guys. good job, meagan. scatt ed showers and thunderstorms now to the west. more widespread this afternoon. this may clip us, as we get into the middle part of the morning, especially for our friends in the shenandoah valley. it is weakening a little bit. we could see a few rain showers before noon. i don't think it will be all that bad.oo this afternn is when we have to keep an eye to the sky. feeling comfortable out there, temperatures in the 60s. touch of humidity, but that will dropththroughout day. mid-80s for daytime highs todayf anytime ter 1:00, 2:00, we have a chance to see some widespread storms. and some of those will be strong. so let's time it out for you, a little line that goes throughe middlrt of the morning. few rain showers. 1:00, 2:00, we start to see multiple les of storms rolling through the area. that will continue from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. until 9:00, 10:00

tonigg. we're goin to be dealing with some strong storms all the way through the afternoon, and into the evening. the main impacts areaoing to be rain and also damaging winds. stall threat of hail and tornado north through maryland. later on tonight, after 11:00, that temperature plummets. in the 50s and 60s overnight, cool start on monday morning, temperatures low 70s. windy throughout the day tomorrow. that's going to be the main story tomorrow. the main story today are the de spreadstorms for this afternoon. that's why we're weather alert. winds settled down on tuesday, plenty of sunshine on tuesday,es chancf rain return almost every day next week. wednesday on. y,t going to be raining every day, all da but we will have a chance for parts of the day on we anesday, thursday, friday in the weekend. to

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center from tis perspective. ♪ artists and musicians bring a story to life. >> when hopping into the driver's seat, hot, hot, hot. >> reporter: this will be in the normal as the reach steps into the poight, ushering in a new era for arts in d.c. >> we opened up all of the arts so you see the inside from the outside as well. and you can check it out and maase go in and participate well. >> reporter: after nearly five years of work and $250 million spe, the sounds of traffic and construction are giving way to sweeter notes. the roof totop pavilions bathed natural light, the reflecting pools, and inside rehearsal spaces are already in use. place is finished, this will be, what is the right word? >> amazingly amazing. >> reporter: this is what the reach is about, drawing in the d.c. community bya peeling b

the curtain on the artistic process. come check out a public rehearsal. or maybe you want to do yoga. bring your mat to the largest een roof in d.c. what is most important is this if you think your family cannot affa night at the kennedy center, most of the events will be free. >> to be present in communities that historically haven't had the resources necessarily, although have had the creative imagination. >> reporter: and come september, when the reach opens, the kennedy center imagination will run wild. cory smith,news 4. >> a lot of music. the kennedy center will hold a two week festivaeb to cte the grand opening of the new venue, starting september 7th. and we're going to be looking forward to that. time now is 7:27. well be back in a minute with a look atour y

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welcome back. your time is 7:30. virginia beach shooting, we're learning new informavon about thtims killed in the workplace shooting. deadly house fire in lanham, we're going to hear from a person who is now dealing with a double tragedy. em and remring maurice. a d.c. teen gunned down just blocks away from his home, a community coming together to honor his life.

"news 4 today" starts now. a lot going on this sunday morning. want to welcome you in. thank you so much for being here with us. i'm adam tuss. >> good morning. i'm meagantz firald. it is sunday, june 2nd, 2019. if you enjoyedgoyesterday, od for you. because t ay not going to be the same. >> yeah. we're going to deal with some rain, maybe a little bit of thunder in the afternoon, lauryn? >> that's why we're weather alert. we'll have the chance for widespreadtorms later this afternoon. could even see a shower out there this morning. it is beautiful, a lot of things going on wn dotown d.c. now. a lot of things going on across the area. just given the first full weekend in june. we have some storms that we'll have to keep a weather eye to the sky onl deveing later on this afternoon. a little on the hazy side out there,we live tor camera. and a little bit of humidity as advertised. few showers overnight north through maryland. most of us atayed dry, lot of us didn't see that. humidity will drop, temperatures

will move on up. 68 is our temperature right n. again, we have sunshine out there. temperatures, mid to upper 80s, that's were we were yesterday. average temperature for this time of year is at 80 degrees. so we're a little warmer than that. we won't have thatit humidity w us. we will have the rain and look at this out into west virginia and western pennsylvania. little disturbances rolling by. that could clip us. i'll watch how it develops after it crosses the appalachian mountains. a lot of this weakens as it crosses over the mountains. it looks like it is weakening now. a few showers are possible and they could continue to hold together and move towards the i-95 corridor. that would be before noon. i'm talking about between 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon, through 10:00, 11:00 tonight. multiple lines of storms rolling through. at's why we're weather alert. we'll time it out for you, so you can plan out your sunday and talk about a big cooldown coming our way. that's coming up in 15 minutes.

back to our coverage of the shooting in virginia beach. this morning, we're learning more about the victims. >> a l worked for thecity for decades. 12 people were killed when a fellow co-worker opened fire on and yrday morning, virginia esiday. beach city officials held a news conference identifng those who died. >> we all grieve. they leave a void that we will never be able to fill. >> right now, the police are still trying to figure out why the gunman did open fire. ind new deta this morning about the gunman and how the shooting spree was carried out. >> pete williams has more on that. ent eporter: law enforc officials say craddock was heavily armed. his pass gave him access to all floo and police say he fired indiscriminately, everywhere but the basement. craddock was a civil engineer working in the virginia beach public utilities department. his phone message was still working saturday.

as for what may have set him off, the police chief says craddock was still actively employed friday, but city officials declined to say j whether his was in jeopardy or if he had recently been disciplined.po ice say he used two weapons like this in the rampage. he also hadeveral extended magazines or clips like these that can hold dozens of rounds allowing more sho to be fired before reloading. it least one of the gun was fitted with a sncer like this to muffle the sound of gunfire. they're legal in most states including virginia, but must be federally registered. officials aren'ter saying wheth craddock registered his. gun control advocates say they're dangerous. >> because they reduce sound, law enforcement can't tell where the shots are coming. and far as the potential victim, you know where the shooter is, how far away they arer how close they are to you. >> reporter: atf says their

popularity is growing with nearly1.5 million now legally registered. >> pete williams reporting police are interviewing craddock's co-workers, searching through his emails, rough his work space and his home, looking for clues about why he did this and how long he had been planning to kill some of his fellow employees. six of the victims who were killed worked in the same department as craddock. as this continues to develop, keep up to date with all of the latest developments on the nbc washington app. now to an update of a story we brought you live yesterday morning on news 4. a double tragedy for family in district heights. still mourning the loss of a relative when a fire tore through their home early yesterday. relatives spent the day sifting rough what is left of their home on th avenue in lanham. the mother and her two children were asleep when the fire stanrted. they r out of the home, unhurta relative spoke to derrick ward about losing her father months before losing her home.

>> it was all sudden, you know, really didn't know what to do. so and this happening is, like, i don't even know what tosay. >> devasamting. the fily has lived there for eight yes. they have lost most of their belongings and now have to find somewhere else to live. fire investigators are trying to figure out how it started. an emotional tribute to a d.c. honor student whose life was cut short at just 15 years old. maurice scott was killed just steps away from his home. darcy spencer has the outpouring of support for his family and as they cope with the tragic loss. >> we pray for the healing of the scott family. >> reporter: he was just 15 yea old, an honortudent and aspiring basketball player. maurice scott lost s lifeust outside a corner store, steps from his home in southeast d.c.

monique scott is his >> i lost my son. he was really good to me. he took care of me. he took trash out, he did his chores, he made honor roll. he did everything i asked of him. >> reporter: family, friends and classmates from somerset prep charter school gathered near his home to celebrate his life, including his basketball coach. >> just a great kid, i'm proud, blessed i had a chance to immediate him, got to coach him. >> they're going to remember. r they're goingember a guy that had so much heart, so much spirit. >> reporter: mauriwas gunned down outside the holiday market on wheeler road. it was just 10:30 on a sunday morning. >> he didn't get a chance to dream of what he might want to be. to figure out, oh, that's what i want to do, i want to go to school for that and get hyped about it. he didn't get a chance it get that far. >> reporter: the principal of his school spoke. >> we congregate like this and we push out our hopes and wet push ur messages and nothing is changing. and i need to encourage our

youth that are here tonight to be the change.e >> wve a job to do, that's love each other. >> reporter: many here expressed frustration about the gun violence taking so many young lives. >> every person that is out there, your life means something. >> reporter: here athe vigil, they handed out these d.c. police pflyers with maurice's pheo. police ar offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case. in southeast, darcy spencer, news 4. >> and maurice's school is ornizing a march for maurice for this coming week. the principaltu promised snts that maurice will never be forgotten. a louisiana catholic school principal has now resigned after being arrested for public intoxication while on a school eeld trip her in d.c. michael comeau was arrested early thursday at archibald's gentlemen's clubt n northwes after police received a report of a drunk man who didn't want to pay his bill. the incident happened while the

students on the itrip were their hotel rooms for the night with other chaperones. the diocese ofn batouge released this statement in part that said the diocese of baton rouge confirmed today that michael comeau, principal at ly family school in port allen, was arrested on may 30th while on a school sponsored trip in washington, d.c. it goes on to read that mr. comeau has submitted his resignation as princal and an interim principal will be appointed. still ahead, teacher turnover. leaving of teachers local schools each year. the i-team surveyed thousands t understand

you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back and thank you for joining us. time is 7:41. and we're talking about school, almost being out for the summer, but districts across the region are bracing for hundreds of teachers to leave for good. >> that's according to an

investigation by scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team, they interviewed several thousand local teachers and realized why so many say they're getting ready to walk away. >> reporter: everything is big in the refrigeration business. jared works for his family's company in frederick county, virginia. his previous job had some reala hey lifting. >> driver's ed, health, pe, coachedhe wrestling and coac baseball. >> reporter: jared and his wife carrie were both teachers. >> i loved interacting with the kids. >> reporter: until they walked away. >> you want to place some basil? >> reporter: like heather who is planting seeds for a new career. >> dill and basil. >> reporter: after a decade teaching math at thomas johnson high, she left the classroom, to start a farm with her husband and spend more time with her kids. >> i taught for 12 years. i think that if i could have figured out a way to leave work at work, i would have figured it out in that period of time.

>> reporter: the news 4 i-team reviewed state and district education reports and found concerns about looming shortages of teachers.vi in inia, the problem is considered worsening. in maryland, the shortages are called persistent. in dt ., which at the highes turnover rate in our area, a state board of education member said the constant churn is devastating. staffing reports we obtained under the freedom of information act shows some local scol districts losing between 8 and 13% of the teachers in one year's time. some retiring, some moving to another dist ct, and some leave ing the profession altogether. what is behind the numbers? we surveyed teachers asking why they're leaving and what would convince them to stay. the results came flooding in. nearly 5,000 responses. more than 80% acknowdge having considered changing careers in the past two years alone. nearly 40% cited stress as a factor followed by lack of support, student behavior, and salary. many also blamed distractions of student cell phones and

pressures from testing. when we asked what would make li them more kely to stay, the majority cited pay, more support, and better student behavior. >> we have not lifted up the role of teachers the same way in the society for the last 25 years that we should have. >> reporter: in fairfax county, superintendent scott breabrand ays they're taking action to cut the losses wi% average pay hike for teachers last year. >> we put more expectations on teachers over the last 20 years than ever before. >> reporter: to boost recruitment, the school district signs some of its own gh school students to contracts to return to fairfax to teach after college. you get commitments from future teachers before they graduate high school. >> before they graduate. orter: at loudoun county school administrators rely on mentoring programs to help new teachers grow and stay. like tatiana thomas, a former military spouse, who just started her teaching career at sully elementary. >> you have support where needed

and that keeps me going. i have people that i can count on, ilps with the load. >> reporter: jared and carrie say they don't regret leaving the classroom but still miss what drew them there. working with students. >> i think every tea will tell you the aual teaching in the classroom is what we all love. >> should get paid for it.tt sacfarlane reporting there. teachers told us while pay isn't their top concern, the cost of living does play into where they live a teach. when we asked if they would trade a longer commute f a tetter pay, about half said yes. something interesing to consider there. time is 7:45 on this sunday morning. morning. 're going to be bweac not all ter is created equal.

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ng> it is 7:48. we're talki about movies now. after avengers endgame became a smash hit, movie studios are banking another recognizable name tocarry them through the summer season. >> cnbc's julia boorstin looks at how summer trends will impact the box office sales. >> reporter: what's old is new again for the movie business this summer. studios and theaters hoping familiar brands will draw a broad audience and turn around the box office. are american ticket sal down nearly 10% so f this year.

the fact that marvel avengers endgame broke so many records means people are more likely to return to theaters. >> all about momentum in the summer. and certainly endgame set up the summer movie seaso to be really strong because you have so many people seeing that movie, being inspired to see other movies for the inupcomg slate of films. >> reporter: aladdin is a key example of aig trend. studios counting on tried and true brands to draw families. perhaps the most highly anticipated example, disney "lion king" remake. >> i got it. >> reporter: pixar's "toy story 4" also am disney f and universal's "sret life of pets 2" are using a similar playbook. hopes are high that the likes of the lion king plus big action films will draw moviegoers. that's one reason why theater year, stocks are up this even though box office receipts are down. another draw this summer,io big

acmovies are back, such as "fast and furious" spin-off "hobs and shaw"g buildin on the films that grossed over $5 billion worldwide. t and fresh on heels of avengers endgame, get ready for more marvel. sony is releasing marvel spider-man far from home and dney will release fox's x-men movie dark phoenix. >> there is no superhero burnout at all at this point. seems like audiences can't get enough. spider-man far from home will be a huge beneficiary of all of the goodwill and the excitementrr sunding endgame. and this becomes a must see movie, like every successful marvel movie and endgame sets up spider-man far from home perfectly to be one of thegg t movies of the summer. >> despite thei year it date declines, with so many big brands roaring back, the box office could actually end up setting a new record. julia boorstin, cn business

news, los angeles. there is still something about going to the movies. >> right. >> i think the box office -- and you turn your phone off when your -- >> sure. >> i hope you do. >> you look at your phone in the movie? >> i don't look at it. >> itis annoying when people have the bright light. >> i don't go to movies that often. last movie i saw was super troopers 2. >> i saw the one with lady gaga and -ta >> s is born. >> a star is born. i cried. it was a hot mess. but -- g >> might bed afternoon to see some movies. till with it will we have scattered showers and thunderstorms out there. we'll be dodging them. if you go to the movies, few showers off to the west at this point. and we're seeing just a few showers that could sneak into the d.c. areaheand into t

shenandoah valley as we continue through the morning. for the most part, we're just looking at dryconditions out there this morning. so, again, we'll see how this holds up as it crossesover the appalachians, and into the blue ridge. just a few showers, think anything we have seen before noon won't be all that light. i'montinuing to watch that as it weakens and moves to the east. so, again, few showers possible before noon. but later on this afternoon and into the evening, that's when we could have multiple lines of storms rolling through the area and that's why we are weather alert. then we dry out after 10:00 or 11:00 tonight, but not until then. temperatures out there, it is mild. touch of humidity out there. but really not all that bad. a maybe dip in the pool this morning, that's when you d it. midday dodging rain and then this afternoon widespread showers that could be strong to sere. after a nice start, we'll right on up. 60% to 80% chance of seeing storms this afternoon. rain showers this morning. should be out by noon. here we go. after 1:ta, boom, we to see the storms roll through.

multiple lines. so we will continue to see possiblyteavy rain t could lead to bonding on t inponding , isolated flooding. everything but 9:00, 10:00 tonight and we rapidly clear out as we head to the overnight hours and temperatures plummet. heavy rain, wind, hail, small tornro threat, no through maryland. 72 tomorrow, main story omorrow, the winds, gusting up to 25, 30 miles an hour. winds settle down by the time we get to tuesday. heat and humidity on wednesday and we keep chances of rain, not raining all day, every day next eek, but again, we'll have chances of rain starting on wednesday all the way through the weekend. we havemore news on the o th

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time now is 7:56 on this sunday morning. four things you need to know. maryland governor larry hogan says he's not going to run for president in 2020. he says he'll focus on his second term asv goernor. fire investigators were trying to figure out w sparked a fire at a lanham home rly yesterday morning. the mother and two children were asleep when the fire started. they were able to escape unharmed. a volunteer firefighter irg prince ge's county named as the suspect behind a police involved shooting in anne arundel county this happened friday on routene 50 davids dav davisonville road. an officer fired and the suspect

remains in the hospital. investigators i virginia beach are still trying to find a motive in a workplace shooting. they say dewayne craddock openee firt the city's municipal building killing 12 people and wounding several others on friday. coverage onhis latest mass shooting continues next on sund "today." >> if you go to the pool today, go this morning, right? >> go right now. t dry ore for now. few passing showers before noon. scattered showers and thunderstorms widespread later e on this afoon to this evening. >> thank you so much for joining us. we're back at 9:00. we're back at 9:00. >> sundaych why swit to fios now? you get the best internet on the 100% fiber-optic network and no the best value from yourtv packe with the fios tv test drive. i love tv. once my kids go to bed, tv is my way to unwind. you'll get over 425 nels for 60 days. that sounds awesome. you can unlockaghe perfect tv packe, so you pay for the plan you want. g to see what we're actually using.

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most devastating day in the history of virginia beach. >> dear lord, please keep us safe. >> if we had confidence the tpresident did not commi a crime, we would have said so. >> shame on politicians and the government. good morning and welcome to unday "today" on this june 2nd. i'm williegeist. virginia beach and the country mourning the 12 victims of the ooting at a municipal building there two days ago. most of the victims, career public emplees, just doing their jobs, late on a friday afternoon where a co-workerar std firing. this morning, we're hearing harrowing stories of