from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> 6:05. congress is now asking the department of education to investigate the racist incident at american university at the civil rights violation. yesterday members of congress who were also akas held a news conference demanding actions. the sorority told news 4 the message was clear and cruel. >> this is definitely a hate crime. the intentions were clear. we understand symbolism and the symbols used resonates with people's >> the fbi is also voekting this incident. >>> we want you to take another look at the person police believe is responsible. they wore all black and covered his or her face. there is a $1,000 reward for information that leads to arrest. skorp ral steven ballard was shot and killed last week after he con frornted. he was 32 years old and leaves behind a wife and 5-year-old daughter. he was in bowie, maryland. >> republicans are celebrating after the first step of the repeal of the affordable care act passed the house. this comes after seven years of gop opposition and is p

we love our e >>> good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we told you about the wildfires burning in georgia. now we know more than 200,000 square miles have burned. there are a lot of people under evacuation orders, but no buildings have been burned. good news there. firefighters say they are feeling good about the progress that they're making. some 700 crews are working to contain the fires this morning. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> coming up on want to turn to sheena parveen talking about the rain heading our way. >> we have rain heading our way. before you walk out the door this morning, grab the umbrella. here's a look at the radar. this radar is looking to show rain heading towards the district. the timing of it coming up and what you can expect with heavy rain around 81 in culpepper. we'll show you where it's heading and what you can expect. let's head over to melissa. >> hi, sheena. taking a look at 50 near 197 eastbound. tow truck on the scene. still blocking the right lane. that really should be cleared up here quite

from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. >>> 5:05. congress asking the department of justice to investigate the racist incident at american university. it appeared to target the student government's president and her sorority alpha kappa alpha. members of congress held a news conference demanding action. the sorority's international president said the message is clear and cruel. >> this was a hate crime. the intentions were clear. we understand symbolism. >> the fbi is also investigating this incident and we want you to take another look at the person police believe is responsible for the hate crime. this is in the nbc washington app. the suspect wore all block and co there is a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. >>> new reaction from the university of maryland. a noose was found inside the kitchen at the fbi kappa tau house. members are shocked and appalled and can't imagine why someone would do it. university police are investigating. >>> people who live in alexandria will soon have to pay more in taxes. they ado

at the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. 6:50 right now.esident trump will return to new york city today for the first time as president. that is where he will meet with the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull. they're expected to talk about trade and isis. he'll speak at the intread pip sea, air and space museum. >>> take a live look right now at the national harbor where every thursday is date night. if your sweetheart is a fan of "star trek", then you might want to head there tonight at 7:00. the harbor will be showing ""star trek" beyond." be sure to dress to impress. the best costume wins two vip tickets. over it. >> i have an event. >> as a "star wars" fan can i just say may the 4th be with you? >> yes, you may. >> i want to share the fah ndom here. >> live long and prosperous. >> he is not going say it back to you. >> no. >>> this proves i should have bought you the costume. >> you gave me the cuff links. >> they look weird outside. chopper 4 over the parkway here, nice light traffic. beltway, no major issue there. slow inboun

i'm erika gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. 5:40. unusual rescue.rews in southern california actually hoisted a horse to safety. >> it's not a unicorn. see? >> see the thing sticking out of his -- >> we're paying attention. >> they believe the horse and its rider fell some 300 feet down a steep hillside. rescuers actually put a harness on the animal, lifted it to safety as you saw. a little ride there. the rider was taken to the hospital. the horse appears to be in pretty good condition. >> that's how rumors get started. >>> call it a chance encounter. a 93-year-old woman living in an independent residence in bethesda has known one of the servers there for years. it weent unt that thiey discovered the connection. sherry put two and two together. daniel is sherry's best friend's son. two friends lost touch decades ago but their bond, it seems, lives on. >> the feeling of there's a link. there's a strong bond that's been missing for a while and we now have it. >> sherry says this is important. this is why it's so important to get to know people around

from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >>> 5:12. your time for >> lauren rickets, tell us if we're going to see any sun. >> maybe a little bit today. keep your fingers crossed. the showers start to taper off. more showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon. how's your memorial day weekend shaping up? we also have some rain in the forecast. chuck will be talking about that. coming up in a few minutes. let's talk about traffic with melissa mollet. >> live picture from justin finch's camera behind us. on 301. you can see it's dreary and drizzly. northbound at 270 near 370, crash blocking the roadway there. >>> thank you, melissa. the investigation into a missing uber driver has led police to our area. this is marleau medina chefez. saturday. two people have been arrested for stealing his car and using his credit cards. the thief is still missing. >>> a mother on the verge of deportation hopes a pardon by virginia governor terry mccall live. she was arrested for driving without a license and she was turned over to ic e. >> they'r

erika gonzalez is in the newsroom with more on that. erika?>> reporter: well, robert mueller is a man used to taking over high profile cases. you may remember his name a few years ago. he oversaw the investigation into the nfl's handling of the ray rice domestic violence incident. mueller will have subpoena power and he can bring charges and he can prosecute. his appointment is being praised by both republicans and democrats this morning. for democrats especially, this is what they've been wanting for months. >> this is someone, it's the kind of person that we wanted that had served in different administrations, that had the respect of so many people. >> president trump released a statement after the announcement. it reads in part, quote, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no col entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly, end quote. mueller will be able to conduct the investigation without consulting leadership at the department of justice. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> we're follo

i'm erika gonzalez. live in southeast with that story coming up. >>> and it is going to be a busy night for fans in d.c. we'll show you the way to watch this trifecta of matchups. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. >> and how are we going to watch all of these games at once? those games may be out of the way, but they're already getting thousands of people talking online. as winsday, capitals, wizards and nationals fans hoping all the teams pull through. >> how many fingers can we cross? >> i know, right. good >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we want to get to the forecast, meteorologist sheena parveen, lauryn ricketts, and melissa mollet. >> let's start with, aaron, you're not wearing a red tie? >> it's in my tie. >> we barely see it. melissa is rocking the red. it's going to be a great day out there. just a beautiful day out there. >> it's going to be gorgeous today. dry, too. here's a live look at this sunrise. a little sun glare as you're getting in the car and getting ready to leave the house. befor

erika gonzalez is live. what's going on? >> reporter: this is a major house fire in hyattsville. look at these flames coming through here. this was so intense that firefighters put out a may day call because at one point when this was all happening there was some sort of partial roof collapse in there were five people inside. some of them, we understand, could be, if not all of them, university of maryland students that made it out safely. megan mcgrath was just on the scene and she was talking to one of the students that told her that she's graduating this weekend, she spent all of this money on graduation regalia and she lost everything for graduation. she's a big sister. if you see the story on our social media feed, we are trying to get some attention to the university of maryland to see if they can help this student out. this shouldn't affect her graduation day. aaron, eun, back over to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> also breaking, a man was shot in the district overnight. we're working to find out whether he's going to be okay. d.c. police say someone shot the man on south c

erika gonzalez joins us from the live desk. erika? >> gianforte has been cited for assault and could force a fine or face jail time. ben jacobs says he was roughed up. a fox news there confirmed jacobs story. they say he was trying to push away a reporter's phone from his face. today is the election and multiple people have changed their endorsement. >> erika, 5 minutes after the hour. right now several cities around the united kingdom are opening a moment of silence ford 22 people killed. two more people arrested from mon da's attacks. two more people arrested including the brother and the father. they might have to answer for these pictures showing the debris from the attack. theresa may will raise concerns about the u.s. re t top stories we're working for you at 6:06. president trump is in brussels now. in about an hour from now the president is expected to meet with french president macron. we'll have more coming up at 6:30. >>> trouble in prince george's county as they work to improve the budget. the proposed budget is $90 millio

erika gonzalez at the live desk. we have breaking news about a police shooting. >> reporter: the white police officer in oklahoma who shot and killed an unarmed blackman has been acquitted. this is new video just into our newsroom of betty joe shelby leaving the courtroom almost running. shelby says she fired on terrance crutcher out of fear last september. when the verdict was read. immediately after were dozens of protesters. you might remember this case. this is crutcher that had his hands held up over his head when he was killed. these are ariel shots from that scene last september. officer shelby said she fired because crutcher didn't obey her commands and appeared to reach inside his suv. she had been charged with manslaughter but, again, not guilty. crutcher's family called the verdict a disappointment and called the police department corrupt. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> it with serious injuries but is expected to be okay. the chaotic scene surprised people by. >> sounded like a motorcycle back

eun and aaron back to you. >> erika gonzalez from the live desk. thank you. it will be a big day on capitol hill. they're planning to vote on their bill to replace the affordable care act. news 4's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. do they have the votes? >> it appears, aaron, they were about two members short. they went to the white house yesterday. the president put on the full-court press and offered some assurances. it appears it will eke through the house later today. >> edward, we went through some of the changes in the bill a little earlier. how will it affect people and families? >> eun, that depends on who ask. democrats say it will restrict care and increase your premiums. republicans are saying it would decrease the premiums. it would affect those folks or could affect those folks with pre-existing conditions. states are under the bill are allowed to opt out. to bolster that, republicans added an amendment giving $8 billion over five years to insurance companies to off set the premiums. it depends on who you ask. >> edward lawrence on capito

. >> news4's erika gonzalez is tell u that police are offering to try to help. morning. >> reporter: hi, aaron, good morning to you. this beautiful sunrise to us behind us at the national mall. it's incredible to believe that somebody would deface these iconic pieces of history. if these cases sounded all too many to you, vandalism to our monuments because we initially covered it in february. after months of nothing, now, finally, a break in the case. the u.s. park police released just a couple of photos of somebody they want to talk to. it was presidents' day weekend that there was vandalism found at the lincoln memorial, where we are this morning. the washington monument. the world war ii memorial. and the d.c. war memorial. it was some type of a permanent marker. with some very cryptic messaging at these monuments and even a few other locations. after that, they had to go through and target those spots with special treatments to remove all of that. the graffiti is gone now. but folks that we're this morning are saying they're hoping whoever is behind it is ca

erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. wall street had the worst day of a month. markets in china, japan, australia, south korea are all down this morning. investors are showing concern after the report that president trump tried to stop an investigation into his national security advisor. the dow jones industrial average fell more than 350 points yesterday. the dollar also dropped in value. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. it's 4:46. developing this morning, a new man is in charge of the fbi's investigation into russia. >> news 4's edward lawrence is how broad will robert mueller's investigation be? >> reporter: he will have broad powers as special counsel, subpoena power, get witnesses to testify. he can bring charges. he can also prosecute. this is not something he's unfamiliar with. robert mueller ran the fbi as you know right after the 9/11 attacks for about 12 years. he's likely to reach out to some of his former colleagues at the fbi to see where the investigation into the russian meddling in the u.s. election

lincoln memorial, i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. >>> it's 5:48. the house is expected to vote on a bipartisan spending plan. it would avoid a government shutdown and fund the government through september. the trillion dollar deal includes big funding for the area. in maryland it sets aside $34 billion for the national institute of health. national science programmed receives $2 billion. and $22 million to preschool development. in virginia, $150 million to the metro. $3 billion and visa for seasonal workers. the budget plan fully funds the epa program to clean up the chesapeake bay. president trump voiced his frustration on twitter. >>> president trump alsok overnight. he tweeted fbi director comey was the best thing that ever happened to hillary clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. that came hours after clinton made her most frank comments about losing the election. she pointed to factors that contributed to her loss including fbi director james comey. >> i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comey's lett

i'm erika gonzalez.ll so much raw emotion this morning after the death of a 6-year-old boy. it's hard to make sense of a child dying that young. even harder to cope with when you learned that xavier lucky was hit and killed while walking home from his birthday party. ♪ ♪ >> he never got to hear his friends sing him happy birthday before he died on a crash on livingston road wednesday night. that group of children you just saw sang it last night at a vigil. xavier's family is describing the person who hit the 6-year-old as a careless driver. so far police have not filed any charges. >> he had to lose his life because someone was careless behind the wheel. >> he was a good friend. we played football. we went to the playground and played on the playground. >> going to miss him? >> still unclear how or why xavier decided to cross livion

at the live desk i'm erika go gonzal gonzalez. >>> acting fbi director andrew mckay will testify on a hearing on worldwide threats. james comey was expected to speak. new details you're likely to see on your social media feed. wall street journal reports koe comey was concerned about information russian officials. comey is fired tuesday in the days following that request and we're learning from comey himself that he wrote a letter to colleagues saying it's done and i will be fine. coming up news 4's tracie potts will have the latest. >>> 4:33. metro has a new watchdog. the agency has hired its own inspector general. jeff cherrington got the position. adam tuss will be at the meeting today. >>> unusual crime is popping up in the district. thieves are breaking into cars and taking parking pats. we spoke to a victim in southwest d.c. she has to park on the street with her parking pass. crooks smashed her windows to get it. she's afraid to replace it. >> i'm afraid to put it in my car now but i have to. >> the victim tells us crooks are selling the passes on the street for up to 200 bucks

news4's erika gonzalez has a mile apart from each other robbed early this morning at gunpoint. the first 7-eleven call came in at 2:30 this morning on the 15,800 block of frederick road. that is a rockville address. down here, 15,900 block of shady road, this is gaithersburg. this 7-eleven gave a call about three robbers, two of them armed with a gun. this morning, police are working to determine if the two incidents are related. right now there are a few attendants inside waiting for forensics team to arrive to see if they can pick up any fingerprints to determine who is behind it. fortunately, in both of these events, nobody was harmed. in gaithersburg, i'm erika gonzalez, news4. >>> metro rail cars have been transformed into retail starting today, you can find nine pop-up vendors. each is setting up in one of these retired rail cars. it's part of a program for food at metro stations. >> i love that. it's not going to waste. >>> there could be another danger associated with obesity. >> why dentists say you should be worried whoa. are you actually about to scratch it rich at m

. >> erika gonzalez is live with details. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning to you. we're just learning from the store employee, he says whomever did this knew exactly what they were doing and what they were coming for. let me give you an idea as to where we're at. we're at a bp corner of 41st and alabama avenue in southeast. back here out on the scene. take a look at this atm. absolutely gutted. we just talked to the store employee who says that he was here. and that all of a sudden he heard the noise outside his store. and that he could see two masked men wrapping chains around the atm. and a third person inside a dark colored pickup truck. he said he turned and didn't say anything to it. >> he was trying to come out and hook up the atm. and then pulled it. and broke it. they took the money -- they didn't come inside, they don't harm me. >> reporter: so, thankfully, we can tell you the store employee is okay. as he said, they didn't try to tried to throw rocks at a glass door. tried to actually break into the store where he was at. police here on the scene telling

erika gonzalez at the live desk.n we'll check in with melissa mollet. >> eun, we understand this happened just before 1:00 in the morning. a woman struck and killed by the driver of a car. this is at indian head highway at farmington road east. again, the driver did not stay on the scene. we understand some areas closed for a while while investigators were on the scene. for more on that and whether you need to circumvent your route this morning, let's send it over to first 4 traffic melissa mollet. >> breaking news continuing because of most of the backups. chopper 4 is over the scene. a 1 1/2 mile backup. all lanes have reopened. chopper 4 over this backup this morning northbound highway at farmington just cleared out of the way. all lanes now open there. that's looking a lot better than it was. northbound 95 at prince william parkway, still the left side. a two-mile backsup. inner loop and outer loop no major issues there. eun? >> thank you. back to the live desk with more breaking news. first let's check in with c

i'm erika gonzalez.hank you. >>> breaking news in northern virginia where crews have just put out a fire at a town house in lorton. >> news 4's justin finch just arrived on the scene for us. justin, what can you tell us? >> reporter: aaron, this all takes place in a two-story town house on the 8500 block in lorton. take a look at the damage on the back. this is where all of this broke out early this morning. as you can see, it's still wood frame. the two surrounding homes, the beige home and blue home have taken some smoke and fire damage. the beige house taking the most damage buckling under the heat and intensity of the flames. i want to give you another view of the fire from the front. you can see at least three homes there are behind fire scene tape. we do understand that one of those fire damaged homes, we're hearing the people who live in the center home are not believed to have been home when this fire broke out this morning. now back out live, we do have fairfax county fire investigators on scene

news4's erika gonzalez is there. >> reporter: incredibly frightened, robbed at gun point.just a couple of people who showed up and said this one's closed, too? we're going to show you the map of the proximity. from two 7-elevens from what we hear from montgomery county police robbed at gunpoint. one at 2:30 in the morning on frederick road. a rockville address. we're about a mile away. they are so close. this other one that we are at is considered gaithersburg. this is on the 15900 block of shady grove. again, they're just about a mile apart from each other. we understand that the calls came in about ten minutes. one another. people that did it. two of them with guns. so police are working this morning to determine if the two scenes are in fact related. at this gaithersburg location, two attendants were inside at the time. if you zoom in there, you can see some of the attendants inside. they're waiting for a forensics team to arrive, to pick up some finger print that may be available for them to help them pinpoint who exactly is behind it. thankfully, nobody was hurt at ei

i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm leon harris. the bully of bowie street, alleged killer goes to the umd. what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: i can tell you it's quiet tonight on the college park campus just hours before graduation day. this is the bus shelter where the crime happened and ton unprovoked attack. >> it never gets any worse than this. >> reporter: a murder on the university of maryland college park campus. a bowie state university student stabbed to death in early morning hours as he waits for an uber. >> when i sat with father, who is military veteran, and his pastor, and we shed tears together, i can tell you it rips your heart out. >> reporter: happened near this bus stop on regence drive not far from route one, a day before graduation. suspect is university of maryland student. stabbed victim with folding knife in random attack. >> assailant approached totally unprovoked and stabbed the victim in the chest. >> reporter: victim with two friends who called 911. thri university surveillance system camera.

. >>> good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. live pictures coming in from new orleans where a confederate monument, a statue has just been hoisted off its base in new orleans. crews arrived hours ago and by that time there was already a crowd, supporters and opponents. this was such a contentious move that officials didn't give advance warning of when this was going to happen and as we mentioned this morning, there was already a crowd of people cheering, some of them chanting take it down. this is the second of four confederate era figures that the city council has voted to remove. there was a reporter there from the nbc station in new orleans on the scene that just posted some video on twitter. shared that on my page as well so you can see the exact moment that that was taken down. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> we want to take a moment and say what an incredible joy it's been to watch melissa mollet. so happy for you. >> you're just glowing. you look so fabulous and we're going to have a new baby into the family. >

live in montgomery county this morning, i'm erika gonzalez, back to you. >> thank you. story in suitland. prince george's police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man at a gas station. you can see here in this video yellow police tape around the exxon station near silver hill road and suitland road. the victim died on the scene. no suspect has been identified. >>> fbi director james comey is on capitol hill speaking before the senate judiciary committee. just a few moments ago he was pressed by senator dianne feinstein about his decision to release a letter days before the election about newly discovered hillary clinton e-mails. >> look this is terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had impact on the election but honestly it wouldn't change the decision. everybody who disagrees with me has to come back to october 28th and stare at this and tell me what you would do. would you speak or conceal? i could be wrong, but we honestly made a decision between those two choices even in behind sooigts, one of the most painful same decision. >>> p

. >> let's start with erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> reporter: aaron, this is information we gotded to us a couple of minutes ago. an officer-involved shooting dealing with manassas city reports of possibly some shots fired in the city limits. they responded. we understand they saw a vehicle that matched some sort of description that could have been involved in this. when they began to pursue this, the driver of that vehicle did not stop and this wound up ending up at a park. officers fired shots. the driver of the car is 18-year-old was struck. officers rendered aid as we understand it and then the 18-year-old had to be flown to an area hospital. his injuries or their injuries are described as serious. there was somebody else that was also in the car. we understand it was a juvenile. they were not injured in this. again, this all unfolding a few minutes ago. this information, news into the live desk. we have a crew headed to the scene. as soon as we have an update we'll have it right here. back to you. >> erika, thank you. >>> right nowre talk to melissa mollet in first 4 traffi

i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm leon harris. security companies are urging you and your company to make sure you're protected. nbc's kelly cobiella is in london where hospitals were especially hard hit by this digital extortion scheme. >> reporter: team the europol director is calling in an attack of an unprecedented scale, saying there's 100,000 victims in at least 150 condition industries and twarng could get worse when people go back to work and turn on their computers. >> unprecedented beyond anything level of infection and the amount of damage it's potentially inflicting. >> reporter: britain's national health services computer were the first to be hit friday morning forcing hospital emergency rooms to shut down, stopping surgeries. doctors and hospital staff unable to access patient records or anything else on their computer networks. britain's prime minister theresa may says the system is now returning to normal. the wears known as wannacry has since spread to banks, russia's interior ministry, banks and federal express i

. >> erika gonzalez is joining this from the live desk. good morning. >> quite interesting what's going on. all eyes on buckingham palace this morning after word of an emergency household staff meeting. there was some speculation this might be surrounding the queen and prince philip's health. they were 90 and 95 years old. they were seen yesterday and the day before attending various events. they're doing quite well. we understand an announcement is set for even the next hour. we should learn more about what this is all about. again, a meeting of royal household staff was called. we are expecting an announcement within the next hour. >> wonder what it's all about. thank you. 4:30 now. >>> now to a developing story. in a few hours police will update us on the capture of an inmate who escaped in jess son, maryland, and was finally captured last night. david watson broke free last friday while he was being transferred to a hospital. the search came to an end late last night after police found him hiding inside an 18

water main break that happened more than 12 hours ago is still causing a big problem right now, erika gonzalezhat's happening here? >> good morning, eun. this is a story that mark it's absolutely impressive of just this huge mess that was on mcarthur boulevard between q and elliott streets. there was a 30 inch water main break that ruptured. this happened about noon. it took them about 3 1/2 hours to get the water shut off. by then, so much damage was already done. this water main break -- this water main actually goes back to 1 1860. that's how old -- when you're talking about dc infrastructure, that's how old this is. this caused such a backup for so many people that take macarthur boulevard. it's affecting surrounding roads like canal, reservoir road. for that, we send it to first 4 traffic, melissa mollet. >> erika, let's take a look at what is shut down here this morning. macarthur boulevard between reservoir and foxhall road, all lanes are blocked. if you're looking for an parkway and fox hall as you kind of go around the bend there would all work for you this morning. inner loop after r

erika gonzalez is at the live desk with new information about an amber alert. >> i'm sure this is probablyr social media feed. authorities are looking for an 8-month-old girl. khloe johnson was taken april 30th from the hampton area. now an amber alert has been informed. johnson is missing as well. police think that they may have been kidnapped. the pair may be in johnson's car, which would be a 2013 black kea optima with virginia tags. family members say it is very odd for them to have been gone this length of time without notifying anybody. if you have seen them, please contact police. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. >> no. no means no. >> more than a year after hundreds of howard university students marched protesting the alleged rape of two female students, legally responsible. this is a story that has a lot of you online outraged. the lawsuit says howard failed to help current students. it happened between 2014 and 2016. in one case a woman says a male resident advisor was allowed to stay on the job after a woman reported that he had raped her. you embarrassed your family by do

. >> news 4's erika gonzalez joins us from outside the bp gas station on alabama avenue. erika? >> reporter: hey, aaron, good morning new on news 4 midday, the surveillance video, that is the clue police could have as to who is behind this. an atm machine in southeast gutted but the loot may still be inside. it was a nice this gas attendant in southeast won't forget. he's asked us not to show his face. he was here at the bp gas station on 41st and alabama at 3:00 p.m. when masked men tried to make off the atm or at least the cash inside in the most dramatic way, using chains and a truck. >> they're coming up with a big truck, one was driving to come out and they hooked up the atm with that chain. >> while he was calling police, he says he looked one of them square in the eyes. >> then i asked them what are you doing? and one of them, he just looked at me and he don't even say anythi the head cashier at this location. a few years ago thieves sawed the face off the atm and she says the machines were reinforced with steel down here where the money is. so up top it's mangled but dow

erika gonzalez is on the scene. erika, what are you now. >> reporter: hey, melissa, we are in fact on the scene. we're driving just past exit 152b and rains are moving once again this morning. this after a pretty nasty crash turned the traffic around. we're in the express lane since this morning. this crash happened this morning well before the 4:00 a.m. hour near dale city. exit 156. it was apparently a collision between a tractor trailer and another vehicle. i think a van. we understand that metdevac was on scene. unclear if somebody was transported. the traffic remains flowing this morning, but you should expect some sort of residual delays. back over to you guys. >> and storm steteam 4 talking about record high temperatures. live picture there clear sky outside this in quite comfortable but it's going to warm up fast. 93 in washington. that would be a record high there. sheena's got that forecast coming right up. >>> it's 5:15. and a grieving family has a warning for parents to make sure home day cares don't have

. >> right now erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> what's this breaking news? >> reporter: this is the breaking news that we have been talking about this morning, wondering what would be from buckingham palace. prince philip will stand down from his royal duties in the fall. he's turning 96. he has the full support from the queen. she will continue on with the support of the royal family. >>> new york investigators have closed their investigation into the death of a prominent new york state judge who grew up in d.c. justice sheila ab da body was found floating in the hudson river. they've tracked down all leads and found no criminality. they say evidence has been given to the chief medical examiner who will release her cause of death. >>> we have an update to breaking news we brought you yesterday morning. we now know the man shot and killed at his neighborhood gas station was being robbed. they say wayne pope had gotten out of his car at the tank on exxon station as he was approached by a man with a gun. the two got into a struggle and the suspect shot pope. t

erika gonzalez shows us why. >> reporter: an atm machine in southeast gutted but the loot may still bewas a night this gas attendant in southeast won't soon forget. he's asked us not to show his face. he was here at the bp gas station on 41st at 3:00 a.m. when masked men tried to make off with this atm or at least the cash inside in the most dramatic way using chains and a truck. >> they coming up with the truck and one of them was driving to come out, two of them come out and they hook up the atm with that chain. >> while he was calling police, he said he looked one of them square in the eyes. >> i asked them what are you doing and one of them, he just look at me and anything. >> reporter: mary stanford is the head cashier at this location after a similar thing happened a few years ago where thieves sawed the face-off the atm. the machines were later reinforced with steel down here where the money is. so up top it's mangled but down here, not a scratch. >> don't look like they got away with no cash because they couldn't get to the bottom. they got everything last time. >> reporter: as

. >> i'm erika gonzalez. we start with president trump slamming the appointment of a special counsel in the russia investigation. he tweeted, "with all of the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed." the president goes on to call the investigation the "greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history." with the man now in charge, ex-fbi director rub ert mueller is being praised by lawmakers. >> edward loorns hawrence has t details. >> the man who made the decision to appoint robert mueller special counsel said nothing while walking through reporters. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed on the -- after appointing a veteran to head the fbi. >> got to give the american people confidence. we frankly don't have confidence that it can be done in the current situation. robert mueller is, i think, a fantastic person. >> i think this is a positive thing. >> many republicans say this is the right move. democrats agree.

. >> reporter: so erika gonzalez tweeted umd president, dr. wallace lowe, can you help?ded, yes, absolutely. cap and gown are on me. >> at that point, i just started crying. >> reporter: it's not just any cap and gown. the oldest of five, she wants to pass her gear down to siblings. the start of a new tradition saved. >> to see them so concerned and taking care of everything was very -- i was so grateful. so grateful. >> reporter: keira is picking up her cap and gown tomorrow morning in time for graduation. at 6:00 tonight, her plans for the future and, wendy, how keira might have been home during the fire had it not been for a last-minute change of plans. back to you. >> wow, that's lucky all the way around, although it's unfortunate. thank you, kristin. >>> four auto makers have reached a settlement to compensate 16 million airbags with defective takata airbags. it's a $553 million settlement, providing homeowners with up to $500, plus compensation for reasonable, out of pocket related expenses to the recall, such as transpor people who were injured as a result of the

. >> our erika gonzalez has been continuing to gather information from the live desk. >> it's incredible. look at the back tire. you can see the pieces of the wheel shredding off as they keep going down the road. a slow-speed chase with about a dozen cop cars behind it. because what started in prince george's county went to charles county. officials threw spikes down and told us they could see the tires deflated. that's why you can see some of the tire shredding off in the pursuit. and as melissa showed you, it seemed like the driver d u-turn, if you will, and then wound up in camp springs where we know this chase has ended and a suspect is in custody. thankful this was an unoccupied ambulance. there was no patient in this. but this all started transpiring about 6:00 this morning. we understand this to be an ambulance from the landover hills station. 830, ambulance 830. a very wild morning in prince george's county. this chase that has ended, thankfully nobody inside this ambulance. but just incredible to think. our crews were there for a separate story. happened to be in that scene, and