as we said, our eai cho is headed to the scene.eope to get a live report before the broadcast is over. >> thank you. >> thank you. t's 6:33. time ton our attention to the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what are you heeing? >> we'e a pretty sunrise the next 20 or 30 minutes. the clouds will gradually thicken and bring a risk of raindrops before the day i completely done. temperatures are cold this morning. 20s aoss much of northern virginia now. 26 manassas, 25 warrenton, 35 quantico. now in upper marlboro. 28 in columbia, maryland. 39 here in washington.y you'll probaeed the jacket this morning. wake-up weather, mostly in the 30s to near 40 degrees by 9:00 in the morning. the afternoon temperature only ,1. thickening clound a risk of late-day showers today. chance of rain, 70%. most of the rain chances are along i-95nd parts of southern maryland. car washing forecast today, maybe just want to bwait. we'l back to sunshine tomorrow. the ten-day forecast and look at the weekend minutes away. >> all right. than wy

aimee cho with more now. >> reporter: yeah, good morning.ryce and his wife announced chsterday they are expected their first d. baby harper is used in august. today bryce harper o faces his team for the first time since leaving for the phillies. he scored a $330 million contract to go to philadelphia. should te interestingo see how d.c. reacts today. he was a national for so long that many feel a sense of betrayal and hurt. it should be interesting to see how harpe handles everything. you may recall about a month ago at his first phillies press conference, harper accidentally said he wants to bring a title back to c. so it seems like old habits die hard. he said in another interview he's ready for whatever reactions he t may getay at nats park. >> i wish nothing but the best, to all the players in the clubhouse. a great fan base, great city i live in. you know, just -- you know, excited to go back and excited to compete. reporter: and news4 will have coverage of the big game all afternoon on air and in the nbc washington app. back to you. >>

aimee cho reports from the embassy of sri lanka. >> reporter: this is the bright smile of a boy who had big plans for the future. he dreamed of being a neurosurgeon and czhing mer's. he was a fifth grader alt sidwell friends in d.c. this year he was studying abroad in sri lan. >> he would inspire everyone around him to be their best. le >> reporter: ander aero is his father. in an interview he said he called his son on easter morning. >> he texted, can't talk now, dad, because he was, it turns out, i didn't know at the time, in theto eleva of the cinnamon grand hotel going down to the buffet. t >> reporter: it would be the last time he heard from his son. less than an hour later a suicide bomber in the buffet line would blow up a backpack. kieran wouldn't survive. >> what a wonderful boy he was. what joy he brought to my life, lives. he was a very special young man. very special. >> we want kieran's story to be known that he was going to be,oi he was g to do great things for the world and the terrorists have taken something from this world. >>orter: and what he also wants people to know

aimee cho, news4. already started planning the next house they'll be building for another deserving hveteran. we whem all the best. that's all now for "news4 this i'm leon harris. we'll leave you with one last look at the cherry blossoms. thanks for joining us. have a great week. >> announcer: "ws4 today" starts now. >>> 6:00 on this saturday. here's what we're following for you. an image that sparked outrage. a 10-year-old child led away in handcuffs. officials are stepping forward to let everyone knowhe young man is innocent. >>> and a man in jail charged with running over a woman is charged with hitting another person outside his islamic center. >>> and police say you're looking at someone stealing thousands of dollars right before your eyes. >>> mood saturdayning to you. thank you so much for being with us. i'm adam tuss in for david. the skies will look bright fer heading out to the cherry

our amy cho takes us inside a local ai d welrehe big differen. >> reporter: no matter how you slice it, cooking can be confusing. keeping track of every ingredient in every dish. it is a lot for known to remember. stephen cohen knows all too well. he's one of the workers at that's a wrap deli in north potomac. the shop's specialty, serving up jo opportunities for people with special needs. but he sometimes forgets what step i next and has to ask others for help. that's where these high school students came in. they'v eaten at the deli before. >> he is one of thet nic people. >> reporter: they knew they wanted to help cut down on the amount of time he has to struggle. >> wchhad to t ourselves to code. >> reporter: we had the joint interestsf working on engineering and people in the communities. that i think brought us together. >> the result, anpad app. >> so he can go to the list of recipes. it hasdi the ingts as well as a list of the ingredients. >> reporter: the best part, no need to worry about smudging the scene as steven waves his red spatula, the camera detects and it automatical

since us sister's death cho-cho is still grieving. when we first met at the funeral she told us why mine was twenty three or twenty four. but now she says she was too scared to reveal the truth. their agent had instructed her to lie to land them if she named him fully and then boom and. it's hard letting go. churchill still can't believe a sister killed herself and in them home. know the end of. the year and have a meal at the mishearing now buying me a wine at a meet meet on friday and. the two sisters never got to be in singapore. had been trying for days to reach wine wine when she received news of her death. she still doesn't know what happened. we've come to the condominium why and why it was walking and where she did allegedly jumped eighteen fruitless to her death. is hoping to meet her sister's employer but she's scared to go inside. so we offer to make the initial approach for. but the employer doesn't want to meet churchill instead she tells security to throw us out there got here. certainly a film of domestic mother to find

in reston, amee cho, news 4. >> mr. whacker was a b-52 pilot.wife says, he always credited scouting with helping him get to where he did. >>> if you are hoping to pick up maybe a little bottle of wine in georgetown, you're out of luck. the upscale store on m street its liquor license su pended for 35 days. that according to the alcoholic beverage regulation administration's website. it says the store aoldohol to minors four times in four years. during a status hearing wednesday, dean and dle lucca agreed to pay a fine a customer service representative referred us to the store's manager. >>> all right. somara joining us this evening to talk about an absolutely spectacular day. i don't need to tell you that becauspe you probably most of your day outside. and on a rooftophe baring on uva. exw,tly. so tomor the big question is, is it going to shake up to beni a as today was? >> that's right, today set the bar for the weekend. are we going to meet it? ell, i'll tell you, do have some changes on the way, but i think we are going to get through sunday

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aimee cho, news 4. >>> one more note. the embassy will leave thoco olence books out the next three days for anyone that wants to stop by and leave a message. >>> in the hou after the release of special counsel robert mueller's report an of twitter bots pushed thet narrative the russia investigation is a hoax. more than 5,000 pro-trump twitt twitter bots railed against the so-called hoax. the bots did not appear to have come from russia. instead,t they have apparen ties to a social media operation that previously pushed messages backing the government of sauia arab that's according to data gathered by a prominent disinformation researcher and analyzedy nbc news. twitter officials say they removed the bots on sunday night before breaking the platform's rules against the manipulation. theasntelligence community h been warning that russia and other foreign powers will try to interfere in our 2020 election. but nbc news reports this new bot network may alsoar be p of something else, possibly an operation that trolls for profit

my guest's nine—year—old daughter died after an asthma attack and medical experts like cho death to spikesee you. would you make of what sadik khan is trying to do with this? it is a brave move stop i know a lot of people are proposing it because it is going to affect a lot of people, especially those from a deprived community are already struggling. basically there has been no choice figures were out last week. 4000 young people had to go to hospital just week. 4000 young people had to go to hospitaljust in london alone last year. that basically means 11 children every single day in london had to go to hospital last year. it is unsustainable. we have also found out that every other day a child was admitted to intensive care because of asthma. tell me what happened to ella. ella became suddenly ill and ended up with one of the worst cases ever of asthma in this country. she was in intensive care at three times and she had to be resuscitated continuously for the last two and a quarter years. but she was alive. we now know there are other children out there exactly like her. the unit she die

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there are a couple of shots in it, it looks as though it will be a win for cho, but anything can happenisit our website. until next time, bye—bye. hello there. the weekend brought us some pretty mixed fortunes in terms of the weather. for many parts it was cloudy and drizzly, particularly in the north and east. there were clear skies further west. this was the scene as the sunset on sunday night in barnstable in devon. heading to the day on monday, there are still mixed fortunes and sunny weather developing, but some rain around the south. we have a slow—moving weather front that will be with us for the next few days. here it is, and during monday it will be draped from southeast england through parts of the midlands, up towards northern ireland. this stone will stay quite cloudy, first thing in the morning most of us looking frost free. but a touch of frost in scotland first thing. through the day we keep that week weather front, bringing cloud and showers to southeast england into wales, perhaps 1—2 showers getting to parts of southern ireland. elsewhere, a few showers for the isles o

serving a prison sentence because of their reporting on the country's crackdown on revenge of muslims cho also and wallowed have spent more than sixteen months in tension they were arrested during an investigation into the killing of ten revenge of muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of. a district court sentenced to two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents they've since been awarded the pulitzer prize for their work. for more now let's bring in d.-w. southeast asia correspondent charlotte chel some pill in bangkok charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected by the supreme court so what prospects if of if any to the journalists have a being released was harry the supreme court is mia mas top cool as the nation's top court says pretty close to any hopes for these two journalists a judicial reprieve doesn't mean to say though that that all hope is lost a number of their colleagues voices colleagues on twitter on twitter said that they are still hopeful for the release of these two journalists that lawyer

>> we finished with the last bag. >> repoer: in reston, aimee cho, news 4. ed he was a b-52 pilot. his wife said he ed scouting with helping him to get where he did. great story. lot of yard work going on there. time for us to start cleaning up around the yards. >> time for the outdoor ie activ get everything together. i'm hating when i hear the sound of the lawnwe m across the area. lawn mowers, they're coming. >> you don't like the lawn mower. >> you know. outside, let's talk about what i know best, obviouslytorro is not my middle name. i'm sorry,'msorry, i'm sorry. outside, we notice the clouds, we have some high clouds, we have oumid. we're seeing we have some sunshine breaking through the area. that's great news. we show another view, some high loudiness, the sun will be breaking through off and on throughout your sunday. temratures in the mid-60s. southerly breezes will usher in warm temperaturesthroughout the day. talking about monday, showers will move in, and the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. humid conditions. something you hear more aboe rd humid more, may, jun

cho so hyun's spotkick securing a 11—3 victory for west ham.l in their first season as a professional team. what a performance, what a battle from start to finish. what a feeling, look at that! look at that — wembley! you are going to wembley. you said how much you wanted to get here with west ham, you've been there so may times with chelsea. what does it mean in your first season at west ham? it so special. i feel like i'm going to cry. it's unbelievable! lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix to hold the championship lead for the first time this season. he finished ahead of his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas, as nick parrott reports. there was no catching lewis hamilton in the pit lane or on the track in shanghai. no wonder, the briton has won here more times than anyone else, and was determined to have the honour of winning formula 0ne's1,000th race. he swept past team—mate valtteri bottas and went on to become only the second driver to lead 4,000 laps. the first lap drama continued with both mclarens colliding. but after overtaki

authorities have issued arrest warrants for members of the mysterious french human rights group called free cho son also known as child huma civil defense it claims to have shared information from the raid with the f.b.i. the group posted this video to you tube reportedly from inside the embassy which shows a man destroying portraits of the kim family. joining me now is all of her hof i'm managing editor of and k. news dot org all over this is such a strange story what is going on here. well you know it's difficult to say when we first heard about this news it was just as the us did go ok some it was kicking off annoyed and it really seemed quite unusual quite unprecedented there's never really been something like this happen as a north korean embassy anywhere in the world and then slowly information becomes trickle out we began to hear from the spanish authorities that they had identify the socially an underground human rights organization as you said called civil defense and then that organization came out and took responsibility and then we've had the north koreans now coming out in response

itinerary, heading off to legoland. >> you look so handsome. >> thank you. >> i miss you. >> aimee cho 4. >>> if that doesn't put a smile on your face, their smiles, my goodness. >> i love the mom's comment. after a 16 hour flight, i need m to cry. >> exactly. >> his arms were this wide going around mom. i love that story. >> so happy for both of them. >> that's a jood one. >>t like the rest of us, th u're going to wake to thi wind chill tomorrow morning too. >> hard to beeve, isn't it? 76 degrees. tomorrow is going to feel like 36 in parts of the western area. c. about 45. just know that when you're waking up at 7:00 out the front door. i keep telling you, my daughter's soccer game at 9:00 a.m., i continue to forget to sn the email to the coach to tell everybody. if you're watching, it's going to be chilly. you're going to wake up and walk tside. you're going to start to notice that tonight. i'll tell you that. i'll keep you posted on that just a second. you see where the shower activity is. mostly in towards southern maryland. prince george's county is seeing showers out along 50, do

in alexandria, aimee cho, news >> i'm going to be 8 the next me.he sees >> she has been in the navy for nine years now, so legoland. that's the only way to top that. >> mom needs legolanore than j.j. does. >>> meet diego fl wes. he chosen from more than 50 other fourth graders. all the applicants had to write an essay calle if iere mayor. in it they had to explain a specific issue in their mm ity, how they would solve it. it was about improving pedestrian safety. >> car crashes in gaithersburg or around the world by putting on more stop signs, traffic a lights, to reduce speed limits a little. >> it all made sense. he made his debut at the state of city address. he's going to be invited to join the real a mayor other events throughout the year and he'll get to host a community service project at his school. >> good for him. >>> d.c. byclists are demanding change a week after the deathf one of their own. the group creoring a meml today to honor crash victims. and they placed itight outside of city hall. >> news 4 derrick ward is live along pennsylva

y luis zaragoza ....habl con el padre de la joven que se cree est en peligro pues viaja junto a dos choue reportada como sigue la búsqueda de una menor que está desaparecida >> acompañaron a la familia una joven que fue reportada como desaparecidas unos días hoy a través de una vigilia trataban de encontrar un poco de consuelo >> ahora estamos levantados, como padres así vamos estar por ella >> la joven fue vista el pasado miércoles por la mañana en compañía de su madre y el novio de su progenitora ambos sospechosos por la muerte de una persona >> llame por favor a las autoridades y sabe de algo, no sabemos dónde están por favor llamen ella también corre peligro si alguien si puede verla >> el auto blanco fue encontrado en la frontera por lo que se especula que pueden haber cruzado para el lado mexicano las esperanza porque pronto apmenarcaje a su hija >> su papá la quiere ahora está pero estamos haciendo todo lo posible por ella >> por ahora las oraciones los mantienen con fuerza, para volver a ver a su hija sana y salva >> en san francisco está la compra de nuevos trenes sin embargo t

inrederick, aimee cho, nbc4. >> i just love her. oh, my goodness.he beat over 100 people in her catego and this win came with a $500 prize. >> setting an example. >> yes. >> you can overcome anything. >> i know. >> good for her. >> let's get one last look a r forecast. lauryn ricketts has the ten-day. nd yes, our ten-day forecast, cloudy out there a we have a chance of shower or thunderstorms. a few isolated showers to the evndhef d.c. and culpeper but trise d smallrm c shanceto ones could be on the sg side but otherwise plenty of clouds around and sprinkles in the morning and isolated shower in the evening and cooler. then thursday hot and humid. another 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. friday is our best chance, still question marken for the week we have to figure out what the front will do. but it still looks like rain around for some part of the weekend beforemproving conditions on sunday. and those improving conditions will continue into early next week. >> lauryn, thanks so much. >>> that l do it for "news4 midday." we're back on the a

aimee cho, news 4. >> if you can't make it to the basilica tomorrow, you watch. onli we're going to post a link in the nba washington app. concert. ch >> he's impressive. >>> the pressure mounts on baltimore's mayor after an fbi raid of her what we're learning now about what agents did and didn't find. >>> and safer in the front seat. a new study fineds passengers the back have a greater chance of being hurt. susan hogan explains the new effort to reduce the risk. >>> plus here's the latest checm of storm tea 4 radar. scattered showers moving throug thearea. tomorrow is a weather alert day tomorrow is a weather alert day for the chance of [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... ndlike connect with frie dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >> a

you can do whatever you want to do. >> aimee cho, news 4. >> we asked them what they want to be when they grow up.so said they want to be engineers for nasa. one said she wanted to a journalist. >> be an engineer. >> go be an engineer. an >> not only c they do it, they are getonng it good luck to them. just amazing. >>> the hands on ctest is a staple of washington auto show, but this year it comes with a twist. our tommy mcfly explains how this year's show is moving us closer to a >>> working for you and all the special moments you keep on your smartphone. susan hogan is going to tell you susan hogan is going to tell you what you should do if we're really close. super close. rt we don't live togetanymore. we still do everything together, like stream shows on netflix. we have a system to watch it all at the same time. get ready, so we'll pick up 1,2,3 go. i think i was fastest? that was the same time! and since we're on fios, there's pretty much no lag for any of us. nobody misses anything. ep. like angel.anything unless they fall as the best internet is even better with a year of net

. >> aimee cho is live in northwe northwest washington. how is the boy being remembered? >> reporter: absolutely heartbreaking. he was a student here at sidwell friends in the fifth grade. he was studying and living in sri lanka on a leave of absence, but he was sked tould cochedule back in theal keer an w kier kieran was passionate about learning and adored his friends and he was incredibly excited about returning to sidwell friends. coming school. we areor s not to get the the tunity welcome him to middle school. in his letter he say this may be the first time any of these students have lost someone close to them. they also plan t have grief counselors available tomorrow. >> a heartbreaking stork thu so am, amy who. >> right now in sri lanka, a state of emergency is in effect as government officials try to get a handle on public security. the fbi is on theround the helping local investigators. officials say a little known domestic groupin is beh the coordinatored bombings. it has no hftory o actually carrying out attack there is. authorities say that means they likely h

in reston, aimee cho, news 4. >> mr. whacker was a b-52 pilot. hed always credi scouting with helping him to get where he did. what a wonderful story. >> what kind of badge do you get for that one? >> too big for your sleeve. for sure. >> that's what scouting is all about. way to go, guys. >>> tell us what these stormsou are all >> we're not going to get a ton. it's going to come during the evenin rush. we've already got rain out there. nothing too strong. that's the good news. the severe weather should stay in the southern zones. i'm talking south of redericksburg closer to richmond we do have a couple of thunderstorms. the rain is making its way in east.rom we've got showersar downd fred ri fredericksburg, around manassas. one of the strongest areas up here towards hagerstown and frederick now between hagerstown und frederick right along 70 and 15. an see a little bit of lightning associated with this storm. not much g they may have a little bit of thurn thunder, a little bit of lightning. it should go just north of fredericksburg. it's almost

in arlington, aimee cho, news 4. >> congratulations. some program. >>> union market is a place to eat, drink. pretty soon it's also going to be a place to play. when we come right back, how the food hall's roof top is being re-imagined. >>> the first official day on the job and the secretary of the interior talks about fixing >>> storm team 4 tracking rain that cou heavy at time. >> doug and amelia are going to take a look at the impact on your weekend in about three minutes. >>> well, it is the first official d f on the job new secretary of interior. his tenure comes as the department fac scrutiny for the delayed response to the monster pothos on thebw park way. today he spoke exclusively to mark segraves. what did the secretary tell but these local roads? >> ejim, all remember those potholes, those hugpotholes along baltimore washington park way and other federal roads. you probably remember the park service slow response to fixing those potholes and the traffic backups that resulted. well, the new sergeant ofri in remembers them too.

>>eporter: in burk, aimee cho, nbc4. >> wow! >> i love that >> fantastic. you can do whatever you want to do. >> and though were so smart and enthusiastic about science. i love it. >> they're doing it. >> thank goodness. >> how are we doing in the weather department. >>> oh, gosh, it is not too bad out there but we're looking at rain chances increasing through the eday. we hats games and a lot of things going on this weekend. so let's see if i could sort out. because i do not believe that it is raining all wkend. definitely cloudy out there. we had a few peeks of sunshine. if you didt see it this morning you missed it. clouds are blanketing the area and that is the case into the evening. we continue to startff on this cloudy note but rain chances are increasing. i would say any time after lunch throhe evening commute, some light showers and then we have storms headed our way for later on tonight and then on and off rain for the weekend. currentemratures out there, they popped on up. we're in the 60s right now. some areas in southern maryland in the 70s. so

aimee cho spoke with them. >> shatteredkelass bro by bullets. this was the damage left behind after someone fired shots at h thisouse in sterling. >> they unloaded the whole gun. veryviolent. >> reporter: the neighbor was standing o standing outside his house when the gunfire began. so as as the second shot went off, i was dust. i had to feel myself to make sure i wasn't shot. it was that close. >> reporter: thankfully nobody was hurt by the bullets. he thinks he heard whoever was ooter run off in this direction here towards these woods. >> this neighborhood is nice. we don't never have nothing like that. a bunch of kids live next door to where itenhapp. >> reporter: today police talked to neighbors and also searched for security footage. >> it never hpened something like in this my neighborhood. >> reporter: but it's not the firs time it's happened. just ten minutes away this apartment i billiuilding in ash was hitarlier this month. bullets traveled through a wall and a clothes dryer barely missing a young wgirl. >> i prepared to make a move if

aimee cho, news 4. >> welcome to washington. >>> a brand new home for a married couple in virginia.ne of them an iraq and ghanistan veteran. news 4 cameras were w theren their long road i led themo their new home. >> we're going to go through that door here shortly. we're going to know it wasll ht.oo i ease the pain ofme its sumr shutdown. they're offering virginia commuters when seven stayings close down. >>> plus some scattered showers, but tomorrow is a team 4 weather alert day. a chance for, strongven severe thunderstorms. i'm going to have more on the i'm going to have more on the simiy when these storm likel yoooh, helloyes!low! at ross and you find... that's yes for less. spring forward with the latest brand-name styles at 20 to 60 percent off department sto prices. at ross. yes for less. and you find the same style you knoyou saw there... ross ...here? that's yes for less. yes! say yeto those spring trends you love, at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices, every day. at 2at ross.percent off yes for less. >>> metro tried to soften the blow of the summer shutdown by off

. >> aimee cho is live with the latest. what could you tell us. >> reporter: molette, i'll show you the damage here at the waterford condos. the 9th floor is where the fire starts and you could see the section ofni bal is charred and pretty much destroyed. fire investigators are still here hours later sifting through all of the rubble. i also want to show you video oe what hap to cause that damage. several condo uni caught on fire. could you see a huge amount of thick smoke coming from the windows. this is an older building and the fire chief said there is no rinklelers here and the street was filled with first responders and over a hundred firefighters trying to put out the fire and get everyone out of the building safely. now two residents and one firefighter had to be taken to the hospitaan thully it does sound like they're going to be okay. i talked to one resident who ves next to the unit where the fire started and that woke up this morning to his neighbor scream >> it was like an inferno. it was horrible. the fire fro

outside the capital one arena, aimee cho, news 4. >> you will see everything her on nbc4h the caps regame at 7:30 p.m. the game starts at 8:00.l we wve the post game reaction at news4 at 11:00. >>> a local man who was dedicated to cycling safety was struck and kille whiled >>> right now condolences are pouring in after the death of a local cycling advocate that worked here in the district. he was killed yesterday after police say a driver in a stolen van ran a red light and struck him. today his friends and cycling community gathered in northeast d.c. we spoke to a close friend about the outpouring of support now coming in from around the world. >> he really reached a lot of people. i think it's heartening to see that. i was -- my day stopped when i yesterday.s death but the reason i'm going today is because there's such an uplift of support. s we now know the driver of thattolen van, robert little wi jr., is charge second degree murder. >>> today marks 20 years since that mass shooting at high school. a service is currently under way to remember the 13 victims in littleton, colorado. thi

news 4 aimee cho is livewn outse all at north west d.c.here there's a lot of cheering and just a fewhours. i was there saturday. that place was rocking. >> reporter: hey, jim, absolutely. much excitement. as you can see, town hall here is completely decked out and readyeyo go. re hosting one of the official watch parties tonight. lots of spirit. throughout the day we've been talking to uva fans about what this game means to them. throughout the lunch rush, a rush of eitement for tonight's big game. >>'m rooting for uva. local of virginia all the way. go cavaliers. >> i basic follow all the games and all the players. ry excited to watch my team teplay. >> rep saturday night uva pullingut a win over auburn to secure a spot. >> a lot of my friends were there and it looked amazing. >> reporter: for all the fans who can't be in charlottesville or minneapolis, breaking out the orange will have to do for aw. how you feeling about the game? >> excited. >> i have some blue but h iave work and i couldn't wear the t-shirt but i will be wearing it ton

of those ople, organist vohanexo in concert lay a benefit and found time to speak to news4's aimee cho>> reporter: the key to making great music, johan vexa will tell you, it is being able to press forward, even in the face of loss. vexo has been the organist at notre dame for 15 years now. he was playing at mass when the flames broke out. >> i was -- it wasy reall something i couldn't imagine in my life. it was absolutely terrible. >> reporter: he said he stood outside for two minutes but after that could no longer bear to watch. >>it's like a second home. i spend hours and hours, days, nights there. >> reporter: today vexo is spending the day practicing. he'll play a benefit concert at the i basilica northeast helping raise money to rebuild his second home. >> i cannot stop playing because of the tragedy at notre dame. you just hope to be able to play there again as soon as possible. >> rorter: it will likely be years before notre dame could be repaired but on a happier note -- >> the organ is undamaged. we still have to switch it on to buke sure that everything is okay. t the organ

news 4 aimee cho shows us how rishe is wting her own story. >> i try to conce on what i'm going to write try not to mess up. >> reporter: when sarah puts pen to paper, you can bet every loop of every letter will be just right. this third grader recently sent a wting sampleo a national handwriting contest and took home the top prize. >> when i got the reward, i was really happy and proud they got s. >> reporter: ashe shows us her sheets of npractice, whe it comes to overcoming ok stal bst al us would do well to take a page from her book. she was born with no hands. >> i going to still keep trying my >> reporter: she has no plans to use prosthetics. >> i think i don't really need them. i can do pretty much anything that people who does have hds can do. >> reporter: that doesn't just mean handwriting. it also includes hitting the playground, climbing to the top of a rock wall and learning how to ride a bike. >> she's always got a smile on her face. i don't think we ever see sarah without a smile, so nothing holds her back. >> reporr: this little learner already looking ahead to the future.

it's best not to give up and keep doing your hardest until you get to i. >> reporte frederick, aimee cho, news 4. >> just incredible. >> she is going to be busy. the president thing, i don't know. >> beautiful cursive. >> she's adorable. sarah beat out more than 100 people in her category. and she took home a $500 prize. >>> well, measles scare stops a flight on the tarmac at a major airport. still to come, the rising concern as the number of casesc inues to grow. >>> plus a father seeking answers after his son's alleged killer is sent home on house killer is sent home on house arrest. i have three kids, i work from home. we are all on the internet at the same time. wmy kids are doing ho or they're streaming videos. upstairs, downstairs. u need homework going? help? my middle son, he likes to create videos and post them online. and while he's doing that i'm on video chat with the client. so that, you know, mama can make some money. the best internet is even better at our best price. plus, get a year of netflix on us when you switch before may 8th. only on fios. z388qz z16fz 88qy y16fy >>

live outside sidwell friends, aimee cho, news 4. >> such a sad story. thank you. >>> there was anothevice found today. let's turn to the live desk and leon harris with the latest on the investigation into these deadly attacks. >> sri lanka' government admits they had warning of the attacks. it changed days before the tragedy. terrorists targeted churches on the holiest day of the year and they also went after ritzy hotels. the bombings killed 290 people injuring hundreds more. at least four americans among the dead. the government has imposed a state o mj temergency to try an get a handle on public security. blaming a little known domestic group. officials are saying the organization h to have had some kind of outside help to pull it off. leaders have launched an investigation into the attack and the rnings. the live desk, leon harris, news 4. >>> now to thorny questions facing b facing democrats. attorney general william barrhe says t evidence does not establish obstruction of justice, but mueller described ten incidents in which the president may have

aimee cho, news 4. >>> pews going empty on this good friday. a typical reality for places of worship. >> how a virginia church is bucking the trend and growing its congregation. >> coming up in our next half hour, stories of survival as we get new video of deadly storm damageo our south. >>> and it's that same storm that's impacting us right now and will continueompact us on into the overnight hours. the biggest concern i'm seeing, hey rain thatould lead to some flooding and gusty damaging winds as well. tcan't rule out a tornado. i'mcking the storm system moving through our area an somara is going to let you know how it will impact saturday. >>> remember something pretty big happening this weekend. rock creek park way will be shut down near the kennedy center. this is goingo be closed to vehicles and pedestrians remember from 8:00 p.m. friday through 5:30 a.m. on monday morning. northbound traffic pushed to i-66. that's going to be the diversion point there as far as sfithbound trafc pushedo t >>> storm teamue 4 iss a weather alert for possibl

i love giving back to the community. >> aimee cho, news 4. >>> a day beforeg mak his much-anticipatedeturn to d.c., bryce harper is making news i another way. the philliesta sand his wife announcing they are expecting their first baby, a little boy. this post from bryce today with the caption philly raise the little man will be. baby harper will make his debut in august. hopefully bryce harper will be exhausted then and won't be in a playoff run and we'll be doing just great here. he's going to be facing the nat for t first time since joining our division rival phillies tomorrow at nats park.iv we'll have coverage all afternoon on news 4 and the nbc washington app. >> don't count on a baby getting him out of the game. >> got to hope. got to hope. >>> sports fans have a new reason to get excited. >> that's because there's new rofessional team coming to town. sherias burris h this story of [ ding ] show me the crown. [ ding ] show me homecoming. [ ding ] baby sloth videos on youtube. amy, do you, uh, mind giving someone else a turn? oh, yeah i made myself a little comfortable here. i go

aimee cho talked to him about the road to recovery and why this house means so much. >> reporter: on a brand whousse above a hill, fresh flowers and new beginnings. >> we have a larger shrub towards the back. >> this isephe firce room. >> sergeant william fleet and their newlice explore home. >> we can actually hang pictures where we want. >> reporter: they're just excited to put down roots. >> not worrying about moving. not worrying about where we're going to go and know in two years we have to pack and leave. >> reporter: william served over 20 years in the army, always moving from place to place and deploys overseas until one day a rocket hit his tank. >> i was evacuated toalter reed. my career was cut short. i had ngek s on my neck, ptsd. >> he also suffered brain mage. he spe two years at walter reed. as for how he's doing now? >> i think i'm doing pretty well. what do you think? >> mostly yes. >> reporter: there are hard days, though. sometimesge williams f things and walking is sth.l toug >> at the end of the stairs i just feel i'm done. >> reporter: that's why this new house

. >> reporter: aimee cho, news4. >>> after three years we are learning what caused the deadly gas explosion at silver spring apartment complex. that killed seven people. now investigators are pointing to a faulty piece o equipment. news4's darcy spencer learned i whestigators are saying there were multipl reasons this tragedy could have been prevenr:d. >> reporfter a nearly three year investigation the ntsb has determined probable cause of a deadly national gas exosion at the flower branch apartments in silver spring. investigators determined that a mercury service regulator that's a piece of equipment that regulates gas pressure failed and that it was not connected to a vent pipe as it's supposed to be. that allowed gas to build up in the apartment building gas meter room leading to the plast that killed seven people in august of 2016. >> if the vent line was properly connected, we would not have had this explosion. >> reporter: the ntsb also concluded the blast could have potentially been prevented. there were several gas odor reports made to property management but maintenance staff didn

russia has always argued that maximum pressure on pyongyang won't work, so this is vladimire putin's chore that firsthand. sarah rainsford, bbc news, vladivostok. laura: the northn kor leader is en route by train. remember, you can find much more of all the day's news on our webswee. to see wh're working on at any time, do make sure to check us out on twitter. i am laura trevelyan. thank you for watching "bbc world news america." >> with the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed ton workd your lifestyle, so you can swipe your way throughe the news oday and stay up-to-date with the latest m adlines you can trust. download now froselected app stores. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by lue freeman foundation, and judy and peterkovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> wt are you doing? >> possibilities. your day is filled with them. >> tv, play ownton abbey." >> and pbs hps everyone discover theirs. anytime, anywhere. pbs. we are with you for life >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by newshour

of the storied evacuation units and they were responsible for the evacuation of marines out of the cho san valley. she served with them for 18 months. our last one, our army representative, is martha putney. her story is just amazing. she was one of the first 40 women, african-american women to join a women's army auxiliary corps. handpicked by mary mcleod. they traveled to fort des moines -- it was a great effort on the part of a civil rights activist as well, especially with the support of the first lady eleanor roosevelt to ensure that african-americans were allowed to be part of the military and martha putney was one of them. the story she told about what she endured and what these women endured. they were segregated. they ate in a separate dining room, at least initially. when they used the pool, it was cleaned. they could only use it once a week. it was cleaned after they had their swim. german pow's were permitted to go to the club, african-american officers were not. she was one of those. they formed a band -- the african-american women formed a band and the army decided they d

. >>> police say awoman's food and drink with a highly toxic chemical.more >> reporter: well, david chohere at the berkley city jail as details of his arrest are emerging his neighbors are in disbelief. these court documents are painting a picture of the 34-year-old david choo, before now, he was known as a respected senior materials engineer at berkley engineer earring and research incorporated, tonight, he is behind bars accused of poisoning a coworker. his neighbors say they cannot believe it. >> that as you know believable. so, yeah, it's lafayette, i would never expect that to happen. ever here. >> we never see him. we just do a little waiving because our mailboxes are right here and there's their house. we don't see them. it was a surprise to see the police there. >> reporter: they say the poisoning took place here. for months the victim noted a strange taste in her food and water left unattended in her office, surveillance video shows choo adding a substance to the water bottle. water sample tested positive for a blueish white metal splash to zinc and mercury. and the report said

>>one of those indoor bounce houses, con force christina take cho has more. >>investigators say it all happened here at pumping up near belmont in san mateo county take a look at this picture here that young man 18 year-old top even alley now behind bars, nelly charge for inappropriately touching a young child and taking photos of that child while at work. the alleged victim under 10 years old san mateo county sheriff's deputies tel% us the victims nanny told parents something happened after the investigation deputies confirmed been alley while at work took the young child into a private room where the inappropriate touching and photo taking took place. deputies tell us pump it up has been very cooperative during this investigation. if you're worried that anyone in your family has been in contact with a child predator please reach out to san mateo sheriff's office or any of the local law enforcement in your area. reporting in tim a tale county christina tetreault kron 4 news. >>also on the peninsula police in san carlos are looking for this man after they say

. >> reporter: in alexdria, amy cho, news4. >> been in the navy for nine years. think he was glad to see his mama? >> so. i think he was. the best day of that young life. boy. pretty cool. geek it's cool to be a this weekend, did you know that? >> only this weekend though. e seventh annual awesome con takes over dc this weekend. festivies und way at the washington convention cent . the pop culture event brings together people who live the comics, they love tv, movies, toys and games too. they also don't mind getting in costume and mugging for the cameras. a big attraction this year is the entire collection of batman costumes from all the movies over t years. >> we're really here to put as much cool stuff out there. myis mind blown that it's grown this far. organizers expect 80,000 people to pack the convention center td.s week many of them like doug will be dressed as their favorite characters. >> you're going to a wookie? >> i'll tell you, they've got all the batman. even the george clooney batman costume. god, that was the worst thing. i tell you. >> it would b

news4's aimee cho planes. reporter: spend even a second with these seventh graders, and you, too, will likely smile as much as they do. >> so funny making you crazy. >> my gosh. we're getting interviewed. be quiet. >> reporter: they've had good reason togrin. best friends since fourth grade, now best student robot builders in the state ofvirginia. >> i love science. it's really cool researching with and like coming up solutions to problems that are like real-world problems. >> reporter: theirls spent a year building a robot out of lego's and writing a researchpr ect. they beat out 82 teams to win the state championship. >> yeah! w>> reporter: in a fks they'll head to the world finals in detroit. the girls have been washing cars and holding bake sales to afford the trip. when the group women in defense heard about kit, theyw they wanted to help. >> want to come over -- >> reporter: today the grouphe givingirls a check for $4,000. o> we are really excited to see how you guys and how you represent. >> don't let a

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at the basilica of the national shrine, amy cho, news4. >> that benefit is tonight. it amazing that tan org was saved, and he will play on if he can't make it to the con -- play on. ifou can't make it to the concert, there will be a link in the nbc washington app, search "concert." >>> 4:25. cars hit as neighborhoods all over a local county are hit by thieves. ahead at 4:, what they were them that could give access to more of your personal items. >>> plus, kissing bug warning. uh-huh. their name may sound sweet, but one bite from these critters can be dangerous. he weatherow as heats up and creepy crawlers move in. chuck bell? >> i'm not going to kiss it, that's for sure. >> no. >>> school day forecast on a friday. kids put that umbrella in the backpack. a 100% chance for rain. could get rained on as early as firsthing this rning. likely to be dodging some thunderstorms later on in the day. it is a storm tm >>> it is 4:29 now. we begin with a storm team 4 weather alert. severe storms o headingur way. expected to come from both the friday morning commutes -- friday da

southeast asia correspondent charlotte cho some pill in bangkok charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected by the supreme court so what prospects if of if any do the journalists have of being released. well terry the supreme court is mia mas top course the nation's top court so it's really quite any hopes for these two journalists a judicial reprieve that doesn't mean to say though that that all hope is lost a number of their colleagues royce's colleagues on twitter on twitter have said that they are still hopeful for the release of these two journalists their lawyers while his issued a statement he says that hopes to now moving towards perhaps a presidential gurpreet the either a retrial or a shorter sentence now there is no sign of that so far but support is of these two men who are behind bars are really calling on the international community now on their supporters to to push authorities in mia ma to come up with a different resolution to this ruling what message does this verdict send charlotte to other journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in myanm

china tour series and organize of canceled sunday's final round out of respect american jennifer cho dominated the first ever competitive round of women's golf at the home of the boston it was the inaugural augusta national women's amateur championship and cup show played the last six holes five under par to win by four strokes now or gust up against preparations for the masters which starts on thursday. just to go toward the fairways and walk in with as many fans as there were it's an experience like none other just to play a curator. have that kind of treatment. i think the women's game is really going to come out stronger the first major of the year for women pros is heading into the final round south korea's general young coach relieved by one stroke at the inspiration that thanks to a four and a par and of sixty eight on saturday while she was happy but no one on the course was more excited than fellow korean me here only when she did this at the path three seventeen hole. that put her right in contention she's just three shots off the elite all right that is a useful for now wi