i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly is off today. it's sunday, april 11, 2010.irst a quick look at the day's forecast. justin drabick is standing in for chuck bell in storm center4. the warmup is coming. >> that's right. we are looking at a great forecast today. a great way to end the weekend with temperatures soaring back into the 70s. it will be short-lived. we'll talk about changes coming in later tonight. just envoy today, waking up right now, looking at mainly low to mid 40s. it is warmer along the waters, chesapeake and potomac in the 50s. inland locations have dipped down into the 30s. frost advisory remains in effect for the shenandoah valley till 8:00 this morning. for today, plenty of sunshine. high clouds start to move in late during the afternoon. very warm. nice. 70 to 76 for the high temperature. we're going to talk about temperatures knocked back down into the 60s tonight for the upcoming workweek. still that is average for this time of year. great looking forecast. >> thank you, justin. >> in the news today, a week of mourning has been declared i

news4's aaron gilchrist has that story. >> reporter: it may look like a bunch of kids at play but onearth day, there's a real method to their madness. 600 students from kindergarten to senchth grade converged on the national mall this morning to celebrate the planet and the country's national parks. >> we want them to know at a very young age it is their responsibility to be good stewards of the environment tloyp day in the living classroom is part of the national park trust's buddy program. the designed to get kids to explore the national parks and help the environment. >> they are having fun and doing it. they are being healthy. they are picking up trash. they are learn being different environmental -- what they can do to take care of the environment. >> this is a great way for them to be connected to the land because if they see it, they will know it is important to save it. >> reporter: earth day events span the country mark 40g years since the wisconsin senator called for a nationwide teach-in on the environment. after a major oil spill in california. thousands of students heard

. >> after those words yesterday, we go to aaron gilchrist with more on this case. >> reporter: it was a very short hearing but it provided a lot of detail about what happened, lot of new information for us at the hearing today. about what led up to the deaths of five people that is inclusive of the four people in the drive-by shooting march 30th and jordan howe killed on march 22nd. let's begin with what happen by the first two suspects. 21-year-old robert. according to the prosecutor and charging documents he is charged particularly with the murder of tavon nelson. according to the documents, nelson was the first to die on march 30th and did not happen during that drive-by shooting. rather he was shot by two suspects prior to the drive-by and those two suspects, got into a silver minivan with the other suspects, proceeded to that scene on south capitol street and are accused of being a part of the shooting that happened there as well. but, again, charged originally with the murder of nelson and then with that drive-by shooting that happened just a few minutes later on south capitol s

i'm aaron gilchrist. april 11, 2010. >> a student says she was attacked at georgetown university. it happened at the copley residence hall on friday night. the woman told police she was walking from her room down to the basement when a stranger put one hand over her mouth and the other over her shirt. we've learned the identity of a woman who died in prince george's county. cynthia deshawn aaron died at the hop. police were called to a shooting in the parking lot of andrews restaurant in suitland, early yesterday morning. today is the final day of the cherry blossom festival. this is a look at the japanese street festival from yesterday. today runners are taking their mark in the 10 k run and 5 k walk. the festival celebrates the cherry trees which were a gift from japan in 1912. in a moment, justin will join us here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company

i'm aaron gilchrist. joe krebs is off today. >> i'm eun yang. it is monday, april 12, 2010.'re taking a live look outside right now at 5:00 a.m. 56 degrees. quiet out there right now. but things are going to change. very busy week ahead of us. >> let's start with a look at our forecast. chuck bell is in strm center 4 for tom kierein. >> a good monday morning to everyone out there in the news 4 nation. off to a very quiet start. just a few fair weather clouds drifting on by. not generate anything in the way of rainfall. early morning temperatures, leesburg, virginia 59 degrees with a light south wind at 5 miles per hour. annapolis, maryland currents temperature is at 60 degrees. haymarket, virginia 59. springfield, virginia 60 degrees. rockville, maryland, 58 degrees on this beautiful monday morning. what a nice day it will be today. policemen of sunshine. high temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s today. going to be one of the nicer days this week. clouds come back overnight tonight and light rain showers move back in for tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. more pleasan

aaron gilchrist has more on the beetle attack that's hit charles and prince george's counties. >> reporterthe department of agriculture has moved away from trying to get rid of the emerald ash bore. instead now they are trying to control it. so that means if you look up you are going to start to see trees like this all over the state. there are tens of millions of ash trees all over maryland that protect ecosystems and beautify urban areas. since 2003, this exotic asian beetle has been on the attack. >> this beetle has the cape bill of wiping out the entire genious oyp dick bean is the state's expert on combating the emerald ash bore. it destroyed some 47,000 ash trees. >> you look at it and doesn't look that bad. right. >> reporter: normal. >> right. this is what will happen after a couple of years. >> reporter: beetle lays eggs in the trees and they bore down and create little tunnels. draining nutrients from the trees. >> tree starves and dies. that's exactly what's happening. starving to death. starts from the canopy, top of the tree down. >> reporter: this month, the team will hang up

aaron gilchrist has the morning off. it is sunday april 18th, 2010. the news just ahead. first a quick look at the forecast. justin drabick sitting in for chuck bell. >> a bit i've chilly start this sunday morning if you're just waking up. expect temperatures a little bit on the cold side. widespread 30s this morning. starting to come back into the 40s. a lot of the clouds outside now going to inhibit the temperatures from climbing quickly this morning. 459 dulles. 46 national airport off to the north and west, similar numbers in the low to mid 40s. everyone.pretty much uniform in nature as far as the temperatures this morning because there's enough breeze to mix up the air. by noontime, about mid 50s in the warm spots approaching that 60 doig mark. going to be a struggle this afternoon. there will be a warmup though coming up in the seven-day forecast. >>> a handful of evacuations in southern iceland thanks to a volcano following a heavy downpour of ash that contained tiny particles of glass and rock. the red cross has opened care centers for residents in affected area.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm kimberly suiters. it's sunday, april 25th, 2010. >> there is destruction through the deep south after several tornadoes poofed through the area. the death toll is at ten ta includes three concern and dozens other injured. yazoo city, mississippi received some of the most severe damage. utter obliteration is how mississippi's governor describes it. pour full winds uprooted trees and seared through a chemical plant causing a massive liquid nitrogen leak. one 11-year-old says she's never witnessed anything like this in her life. >> i was scared because i felt like the house was going to fall part and fall down on us. >> we didn't know how house was still standing. my parents are alive. bri brother and sister. >> a lot of people are without power across the southeast from the same massive storm system which started its destruction in texas yesterday. >>> let's find out what that storm system could bring to us today. chuck, have we heard anything about ef scale on any of the tornados? >> the one that i've h

news4's aaron gilchrist is live for news downtown with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: yes. rush hour is just getting started here. what's one of the many crossroads in the d.c. area and you can expect that this is what you will find today. but come monday, very different. it will be a ghost town as far as regular folks go. the rest of washington, d.c., will be a commuter's nightmare. it is becoming increasingly obvious the curtain is closing on the area around the washington convention center. today crews were hard at work lining 7th street with metal fencing. piles of it line lie in wait to restrict access for blocks around. come sunday nightes entry area between new york avenue and o street and 10th and 6th streets will be vip only. newspaper bins and trash cans will be gone and major traffic arteries will stop flowing. >> we are going to have the worst traffic gridlock that we have seen since the inauguration. >> reporter: aaa estimates a million people will have to change their daily practices to cope with the summit. >> pedestrians, commuters, people that ride the bus