the day before when tordil killed his estranged wife in a beltsville school parking lot.hat is a separate case. this is not a done deal until they agree to it. tordil faces life in without the possibility of parole. the plea hearing is this tuesday. from the "live desk," richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. if you want to see the original reporting over the past year, head to the website at wjla.com to search "tordil." today's morning rush hour commute ground to a complete stop in the inner loop of the beltsville and pennsylvania avenue and forestville. it was a mess. here is why. the tractor-trailer ended up on its side. i blocked all lane of traffic at 6:00 in morning, which is right as things get started. lanes reopened a couple hours later but the delays remained until into the morning. michelle: tomorrow a memorial for the army specialist killed in the blackhawk helicopter crash that went down in a golf course in leonardtown this monday. it will be held at a chapel in fort belvoir. but still no cause of the crash. jonathan: coming up, where smoking will get

killingfive people, three, among the victims was his estranged wife killed in school in beltsville. he will plead guilty to attempted murder and first-degree murder. this is just for montgomery county, not prince george's county. much more coming up tonight. let's turn to the weather and take a live look out why down pennsylvania to the u.s. capitol. warm today with more rain showers in the forecast, brian van de graaff is here. brian: rain this morning but off to the west, blue skies for crestwood middle school. as we head through the afternoon i think we will see temperatures warming, and a little bit of humidity as well with temperatures pushing into the low 80's. out 100% that we will not see a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. around 3:00, trying to line a few up from gaithersburg to war and 10, and they made -- to warrenton, as far as this evening, spotty showers will end, 60 to 65. tomorrow another mild day but the weekend is looking unsettled and cooler. 60's on saturday, 50's on sunday. we will give you that in the timing on the next chance of rain coming up. jummy: fo

we did get a report of a gust of 57 miles per hour in beltsville area. so that is also very significant and it is strong enough with these trees now fully leaved out that they're going to be coming on down. this damage in silver springs. so many of you sent fantastic pictures in tonight. this is the wall cloud, always a sign of a strengthening and severe potential storm moving through your area. i want to show you where the storms are tonight now. by the way there is that report of the thunderstorm wind damage again. that came in at eight:06 in near the intersection of linden lane and warren street. it was blocking linden lane. the good news that i a have to report to you is that most of the storms have now crossed to the other side of the bay. they're still getting a lot of lightning up across parts of northern maryland april we see a few lingering showers here and there, but as we put this in motion you can see that they moved directly west to east and then got real strong right after they crossed the bell way. now, listen we're also continuing to watc

in beltsville, maryland, chris gordon, news4. >> that law was one of 115 new laws signed by governor larry hogan this week. one of the other key measures that passed was a new jobs bill. it's designed to give an economic boost to the most distressed parts of maryland. last minute changes to the bill mean the businesses in montgomery county and prince gorges county will also see some benefits. >> we were able to work with the colleagues to develop something that will provide not only assistance to companies but actually real job training opportunities for marylanders. >> we have lockheed martin. major manufacturers have been at the white house saying they're bringing manufacturing jobs to this country so what we tried to do was position ourselves to say, please come to maryland. >>> another bill that became law authorizes a transportation project to start improving highways, roads, and bridges in every county across maryland. >>> we're in the middle of a very religious season for christians and jewish families. and music plays an important role for worshippers. an historic eapproximap

this photo is from beltsville and there's still some cleanup to do, though. >> reporter: one neighbor told me the hail was the size of her fist. it made >> wow. [ audio difficulty ] [ audio difficulty ] >> reporter: as you can see behind me, the clean up will take longer. >>> we're looking at a yellow weather alert for tomorrow and sunday. not for big storms, though. this is for rain and showers. it'll be an soggy earth day. this is 7:00. light showers and temperatures in the 50s. if your kids have soccer games tomorrow, they'll be played. get ready mom and dad. 57 at 9:30. 53 with patches of rain rolling through. that's going to be the pattern. 11:00 rain and showers continue. the temperatures are going down. 56 downtown and 52 in gaithersburg. by 1:00 we have patches of rain and showers and temperatures very uniform. 54 in cumberland and 56 downtown. it'll feel like march tomorrow than april. by 3:00 rain and showers with temperatures in the 50s and heavier activity along i-81. see the yellow? at through saturday night and sunday. we have good news for sunday. not so good news for t

prosecutors said her step dad murdered her mother in the parking lot of high point high school in beltsville. he admitted he shot and killed malcolm winffel at the montgomery mall the next day. he also admitted he shot and killed a woman at the giant in aspen hill and then calmly went shopping and prosecutor john mccarthy spoke to reporters. >> this is a man who in his own writings knew there would be innocent victims and was willing to take those unknown human lives when the opportunity came about and that's what he did. >> reporter: his lawyers said the guilty plea will save his stepdaughter and other victims the pain of having to testify. they say we will get a more full picture of him at trial. you may also hear from one survivor who says he just smiled as he pulled at circuit court in rockville, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> his sentencing is set for july and the prosecutor plans to ask for the maximum, life without the possibility of parole. >>> video out in raleigh, north carolina and look at this. a woman climbing out of the window of her vehicle to escape flooding. heavy rains fell throug

that took place outside of a public high school in beltsville. there was a power point of numerous evidence that included video of the actual killing of gladys tordil. we also heard the 911 call. that her daughter made. there were writings that he made to apologize to the victim before the shooting spree. murph problems, estrangement from his wife, loss of his job and pending sexual abuse allegation against a minor contributed to tordil a lifetime law enforcement officer and the federal protective services agency to go rogue and become a malicious serial killer. he is looking at the possibility of life in prison without parole. we will be back to bring you the compelling evidence court. jonathan: the subject of russia dominating the first 100 days of the trump presidency and it continues today. the white house refusing to give documents related to michael flynn security clearance. also requested the documents related to the payment from the organizations tied to the russian and the turkish governments. in the meantime, former acting attorney gene

he shot his wife gladys outside high point high school in beltsville where she planned to take her two daughters and shot a bystander who tried to intervene. the next day, at the mall in bethesda, tordil shot a woman in a carjacking and two men who tried to help her. killing one of them. half hour later, tordil attempted another car jacking and attacked a woman in the s.u.v. shooting and killing her. tordil acknowledged the shootings, the deaths in court. but he faces the murder charge, attempted murder charge in prince george's county. when he comes back i the possibility of life in prison without the possibility of parole. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. this just in. a judge blocking president trump's order to cut funding to cities that limit cooperation with the immigration authorities. the district, of course, are one of the so-called sanctuary cities. the judge says the president does not have the authority to attach the new conditions to the federal spending. that temporary rule willing stay in place until lawsuit works its way through court. larry

now police say the day before when tordil killed his estrangedded wife in the beltsville school parking lot. that is a separate case. the plea is not a done deal until the judge agrees to it. without the possibility of parol. the plea hearing is tuesday. from the "live desk," richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: thank you. police arrested a substitute teacher and basketball coach at bradbury heights elementary school in capitol heights. christopher speights charged with multiple counts of distributing and possessing child pornography. prince george county public school christopher speights and investigators say he also worked at the south county sports academy. larry: d.c. police trying to track down a man accused of groping two women. they say he grabbed the women from behind and took off. similar incident on 34th street on saturday but this time he carried a knife. the police was last seen wearing a black jacket with green sleeves. nancy: the search ended for a missing student and her teacher accused of kidnapping her from tennessee. 15-year-old elizabeth thomas commune in northern califo

phone 11 say her stepfather murdered her mother in the parking lot of high point high school in beltsville. he admitted he shot and killed malcolm winffel at the montgomery mall the next day and was allegedly trying to carjack a woman for her getaway vehicle. markus white -- malcolm winffel had come to help her and the courtroom was packed with his friends and parishioners from a gaithersburg catholic church and wept openly during the hearing.>> i didn't see any remorse from him. did you see any? >> no. >> did that make you mad? >> reporter: he also admitted he shot and killed another at the giant in aspen hill and then calmly went shopping ending up eating lunch at the boston market, the same restaurant where the dc snipers had lunch after they shot five people. marini remembers she was terrified in both attacks. >> terrifying. because we knew he was walking around he was going from place to place and no one knew where he would go next. >> reporter: john mccarthy spoke to reporters. >> this is a man who in his own writings knew there would be innocent victims and was willing to take those

the business is located in bel beltsville, maryland and was able to provide her with a name.'s what we know. michael t. boone was 61 years old. and died in july of 2014. he was cream mated the following month in washington, d.c. so who was michael boone? where did he live? and who did he leave behind? >> ron who recently lost her own husband is hoping someone with the answers to those questions sees this story. >> i searched for hours on the internet looking at obituaries, googling his name different ways. i then reached out on facebook. had friends share it and still haven't had any luck. i recently became a widow in february, um, so i know, you know, i would want my family someone to do the right thing. i'd really like find his family so he can rest in peace. >> lauren demarco, fox news. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. let's take you outside. a good free day to you allento allentown. we're looking ahead to one of the warmest easters ever on record. love to say that. meteorologist scott williams will let us know how warm in 15 seconds. >>> it's looking good fo