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creware hard at work putting the fir out.ers remainede behid toure the hot spots were out. right now, there are no reports of any injuries. >>> pack that umbrella today. lauryn ricketts says showers could be sticking around. back with her forecast after this. >>> dodging a few rain drops this morning. >> you might want to have that umbrella handy this morning. few showers tough the area. few areas of heavy rain right along 70 in mount f airy. moste showers and just light stuff around the beltway. this is going to continue to move through. we have another round of sswers once tront moves through. we could hit a little breakthrough the middle part of the day. temperatures in the 50s. once we get the temperature will drop a little bit. if you're headed out to the, park i think by noon, 1:00 will all right. we'll have to watch for spottyr in showers developing as that front rollsth ugh. just between about 1:30 and which i know is first pitch to about 3:30. but other than that, clearing, breezy going to be the main story today. we

here in washington and a und the world, people vow to rebuild after thee massive fir at notre dame. >>> highway safety ne changes aimed at stopping the growing death toll on a dangerous stretchne major tinh. >> welcome to "news 4 this week >> hello, i'm leon harris and we begin with the news been talking about this week, that fire at notre dame in paris. images of the fire shocked the world, and tha includes people here at home. news 4 shamari sto spoke with people from france here in our area about the important role that cathedral plays. >> i want also to, in your name, express a word of solidarity with our brothers and sisrs in france. >> reporter: as the massive fire engulfed notre dame cathedral i, pari cardinal reads a statement during mass at cathedral of st. matthew the apostle in d.c. >> for some 800 years, notre dame de ris laid claim to the imagination and the afftetion. >> rep he says ownerreshspageh, french bakery in bethesda. he was born and raised in paris. >> my world, where i grew up when i was young, is collapsing. it's a b shock. especially this week, it's holy week

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the fir off strasburg. he fills up 4- the nats down a run. down to the final out. a 2-2 count.nd it goes f a ride to the seats. a solo shot for robles. his third of the season. ties the game 6- plenty of reasons to celebrate. in other innings, the other plate.superstar at the on. and this is what they call soda pop. a monster home run. the three-runshot. gives the nats the lead. they never looked back. they went a wild one. 10-6 over phillies. >> now champs are here. the national champion virginia cavaliers arriv back in vi charlottlle. plenty of fans showing show support for the away who haves. saturday at scott stadium. not sure if tony bennett or any of the players will take a cue from the fans. >>> to the fan out in force. forcing d.c. united out in impact. not much action. just getting a piece of it. the play opsthe game kee it scoreless and that' how it ends in a 0-0aw we are gearing up for caps playoffs so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds o

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omar is one of the fir two muslim women eleed to congress earlier in the year and faced backlash for comments she made about israel some perceived as anti-semitic. she later appaologogedaped. >>> former president barack obama is in germany talking to youn leaders across europe. he's hosting a town hall in berlin today. heouched on aumber of topics including immigration and climate change and the cl rent politiimate. >> there are a lot more people out there who wand to build rather than tear things it down and bring people together rather apart.plit them >> president obama talked about the importance in young people going out to vote. e officer rican pol praised for pulling a woman from her burning vinny van. from the anne arundel county police department had found her she drifted out of consciousness. the "capitol gazette" says a fire extinguisher was used to get her out and quickly unbuckled her seatt and right after he did that, flamesu ed the minivan. >>> a different kind of competition for the cap is this afte loon beforeing up their skates for the regular season finale. we'll sh

ur points today, caps with their fir lead since game two.riod, more from the caps, ovechkin to backy, backy of the nets, s ond of thegame. fifth of the series. up 2-0. and this one was all caps. backy sends it ahead. so g this. the canes dougie hamilton, he's theirst but thought he heard ovie coming. he avoids the puck. it's 3-0 at that point. ovie, you know he loves lamb. power play goal, third of the series. brayden holtby with 30 saves and sixth career playoff shutout. caps win 6-0 with a 3-2 series lead. now, let's go back to sherree burruss live at capital one. sherrie, finally, the dominant overall performance we've been waiting for. >> reporter: absolutely,cary. the players saying they know this is the way they need to play moving foard. >> i thought that was great and we were with the game secure line, so tonight, we played some caps hockey. i thought so. ought into everything. worked together and i mean, it paid off. >> first four games,e didn't play that well i don't think and tonight was obviously our best game and goodo get devo

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but note on the fir station floor. >> once in a lifetime. >> sheook donuts and coffee to the first responders and the fifighters got a chance to hold the little girl. >> casey decided to name her daughter journey. she's going to have a good story to tell. life. rest of her >> that is something. >> we're glad it worked t. >> sure was a going to be outside today, tonight and tomorrow. e hoping for good weather. i don't know where i'm going. >> if you're going to be outside for the next six months. everything is looking great. >> all right. what we have tomorro you take the little umbrella. on friday the bigre umblla. they are one for two. what's happeningut there now. pretty night. it is really ars sgorgeous nigh. all lit up there. great looking shot. 66 degrees winds outth o north at three miles per hour. at are we seeing tonight. look at the numbers. no rain to talk about. this is all ground clutter. i should have gotten rid of that. we have nothing out there. cloud cover. look back to the west. this is what's coming duringda e y tomorrow. not much. take the umbrella in case. the little purse

ended a record 0 for 54 slump today against the red sox with this two-run sine against boston in the fir inning. he even asked for the ball. davis has a $161 million contract h the longest hitless streak ever by a position player. the o'sin this one 9-5. >> thank you so very much. that about does it for us. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. meanwhile "nightly news" is coming up next. see you later. it's on! get to the ross spring shoe event to score the latest styles for the whole family... ...and something for you. oh yeah. that's yes for less. you heard me - 20 to 60 percent off department store prices! at the ross spring shoe event. on now! great minds shop alike? yes. that's yes for less. yep! yes, yes, yes ,yes, yes... yes. seriously, 20 to 60 percent off department store prices every day. at ross. yes for less. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with jos di-balart. >> good evening. more than 18 millionpe le are on alert tonight from tornados, heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds as a dangerous deadly storm sweef across much o the south.

the cathedral was just 30 minutes away from total collapse in monday's fir firefighters risked their lives to save the twin belltowers. firefighters and a french priest credited to have rescued crown of thorns believed to have been worn by jesus. a researcher says it will be a challenge replacing the 13th century wooden basemans and artistic features created over centuries. >> they knew they would not live to see the cathedral completed. but their sense of dedication and pride was so great that they were moved to spend decades working on it. >> reporter: and how those restoration decisions will be made could be a delicate balancing act between secular and religious powers. >> if macron is thoughtful about it, he may create some kind of commission.as people begin to f reconstruction efforts, there will be competing ideas about how those should be understood. should they be understood in more nationalist term, religious terms? >> reporter: many of the artifacts saved from the fire were moved tuesday from city hall to the louvre. the french state owns notre dame cathedral. and the unite

. >> reporter: aside from helping take cars off the road, metro is now rolling out ist fir ever energyion plan released today on earth day. it takes a lot of energy, of course, to power trains and buses. this is a serious internal checkup to see how metro can cut its energy consumption which reduces greenhouse gases. >> it's as simple as changing light bulbs. we are changing every one in the system. >> reporter: othertr segies capturing and storing the energy when trains break using more solar panels, buying electric buses, even looking at morefi efcient bus boarding and payment systems ton cut down o idling. and tak a look at this. metro has to handle a ton of rain and gundwater. think of the metro system as a huge french drain for the res on. there i lot of water coming in and certainly this past year we had a lot of water in the region. once that g waters into metro's property, metro has to treat it, and that water has to go back into the environmentcl n. almost one and a half million gallons a day. >> i think the agency as a whole looking at sustainability as something that is impo

there 22n i was firs years ago, there was talk of outside influences attempting to radicalize them andke the agyouth to e in violence. the elders were concerned about that, and for two decades they prevented it, but this past weekend it came to a crashing halt. laura: the fbi is stining the ination. what will they contribute? bruce: certainly the forensic b expertisause the fbi's technological capabilities are almost peerless. but also investigatory skills, having had large experience investigating horrific overseas terrorist cidents, they have a lot to offer. laura: what do you make of the apparent divisions within sri lanka's government? the president is saying that intelligence from foreign governments wasn't shared with him. bruce: this is a problem, that apparently the presint and the prime minister have been at odds with one another and the kind of stove piping that we thought was a relic of 20th-century intelligence still exists when it comes to political differences. bruce hoffman, thank yo bruce: you're welcome. news, policeer investigating the narder of a jost in northern ire

the red cross is saying that what people should do the make sureeou gate fir box or a safety box to protect important documents in case the fire breaks out in your home. >> some quick thinking and quick action. all right. thank you. >>> a developing story now. lawyers across the country are preparing to sue the boy scouts of america. amid allegations more than 7,000 scout leaders stand accused ofa sexuly abusing more than 12ng00 children goi back iccades. the vms rights attorney jeff anderson says they come from a professional hired to audit the group so-called's per vicious files. the sex abuse allegations. the existence i't new. but the numbers are. in a statement, the boy scouts of america apologized to victims and that, sexual predators were never kwingly allowed to work with children. >>> a mother who was behind the wheel for a devtating crash back in february is facing 12 charges tonight. in theildren were killed single car crash on route 301 in bowie. another person died weeks later. dominique taylor was the soul survivor and driver. two of those victims were her own children. police

everybody inside made it out safe when fir spread from the garage to this home in heinzeville. prce george's county firefighters arriving on 63rd avenue before 10:00mo this ing. prince george's county firefighters cut a dver out of a -- it's because of a crash at veterans parkway. both were hurt. we're told they're expected to be okay. ef. >> tiger woods master and game of thrones. today proved to be the day that tiger made his comeback. news 4's carrie joins us from thee newsroom with m on this epic day. it was really the only way to couch it, right, in augusta? >> it was incredible. if social media i any indication, tiger woods will sit on the iron throne. ows what hrone fans imauto talking about. he captivated the country today, and just two years ago he a actualitted he was ready to give up golf. today he won his first masters since 2005. with his family watching - h that'sis mom and 10-year-old son. he won his first major in 11 years ats augusta cro and twitter went nuts. it was tiger's first win at a major when not leading after three rounds, and check out this heart felt

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it's protected bye a fir suppression system that when it's triggered sprays out a mist of water.n fact nearly three years ago the water system saved the dome during a lightning strike. a 208 year-old original ben franklin lightning rod likelyve sa the building. there was mo smoke or fire inside. >> the notre dame cathedral is structured of limestone. you have to think it might havey helped if the did. >> indeed. all right. thank you. >> our digital team put together a number of things online. including an article and galleries and video. from paris. pull up the nbc washington app and search notre dame. be sure to tune in morning for news 4 today. with new images of the damage done. >> some major changes are coming to what's called one of the most deadly roads i the entire country. >> talking about route 210. also known as indian head highwa in prince george county. the major update from fort washington. >> reporter: it took a change to maryland law.t bu three additional speed cameras are about to be added to this dangerous road in june. the proceeds go not to the county or state

it's a story that you saw fir on news 4. hollis tharpe confirmed h was indicted on a solicitation charge. he calls the chargebaseless. court documents say this is connected to an incident in may of last year. tharpe says it stems from visit to a masseuse hefa found book but he said the encounter was not sexual. he became mayor in 2017. we reached out t him this evening but his attorney advised him not to comment any further. > the controversy over a racist yearb photo continues to follow virginia governor ralph northam. the photo surnced february and the governor denied he was in the picture but admitted that at one point sometime in the 80s that he darkened his face once to resemble michael jackson in a dance contest. protestors were set to confront him but he canceed at the last minute. >> this was the scene outside of a fund-raiser for dave marsden's 2020 re-election campaign. the governor was supposed to be there but even he doesn't see him as a liability. >> he's been an effective leader and we want to work with him. >>

the fir time that has happened since 1982. this is all according to the latest annual report by the trustees of the social security administration and medicare which was released eday. deficit in 2020 will force the program to use its trust fund to start covering benefits. the report then estimates by 035 those reserves will be depleted, meaning that full scheduled payments will not be able to be paid. th disability fund which is separate from the retiree fund will run out in 2052. that is 20 years later than projections in lastar report. when it comes to medicare, the report said its hospital insurance funds will be able to pay full benefits until 2026. >>> much of the talk in washington these days is about taxes, many democratic candidates for president have been h talking abouther tax rates for the wealthiest americans, and makingo comparisonse system that was in place decades ago. what do the numbers really show? >> robert frank takes a look f >> on the campaign trail, democrdaic cans are citing the 1950s and '60s as the g

. >> the fir was on bent tree circle in the centreville area. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> developing this morning, nearly 300 pefole are died owing terror attacks in st lanka tha shocked the world on easter sunday. >> six simultaneous explosions went off at three churches and three hotels yesterday morning. at least 50 people were killed in one church that was packed with easter worshippers. more than 500 have been hurt. police are blaming it on religiousex emists. no international group has claimed responsibility. >> there was a lotexplosion. just to check, i climbed up to the rooftop. one kilomet away, we could see smoke, white smoke coming out. at that precise moment there was a helicopter doing a fly-by. >> we've learned there are ca several amerins among the dead. there may have been advanced warning about the attacks, as well. the sri lanka police chief got an alert ten days ago saying go suicide-s planned to attack prominent searchers. >>> the search continues for a man who shot two people at a church. we have an u

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there's a story about firefighters who arrive at the scene of a fir f and theyd a man on a burning bed. and when they ask him how the fire started, he says, i don't known it was o fire when i lay down on it. i know the feeling. >> rosenstein will leave the justice department next month. >>> it's official. joe biden is jumping into the 2020 race. the former vice president announced his candidacy with a video which took direct aim at president trump. henters the fold as the front-runner, leading a field of 20 democratic idates. but that doesn't mean it's going toe easy for biden. nbc's blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: joe biden is officially he. >> y, guys. how are >>you? reporter: the former vice president already a front-runner in a crowdedemocratic field, launching his long-anticipated campaign with a kickoff video focused not on policy, but the current president. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter theharacter of this nation, who we are, and i cannot stand by and watch that happen. >> reporter: casting himsel as de

firs to traffic and melissa. good morning. >> good mornin an update here, this is good news. northeast outbound new york avenue has just reopened. it was being diverted to bladensburg road because of an overturned vehicle and investigation. that is open and clear. laurel northbound bw parkway after 197 right lane still gett wg by theork zone. as we zoom back down, stafford, southbound 95 before 17 falmou, left lane blocked by the work zone. and 270 at montrose, main and local lanes no worries.n? eu >> thank you. >>> the journey to get fit 4 spring is far from over.'v we been cheering on molette green as she works toward her goal. there was one thing she noticed that many folks may be neglecting. this morning she's working 4 you inside the doctor's office. showing you how to maximize your results with chiropractic care. >> deep breathe in for me. all t way out. going to follow you down. perfect. so that was your first chiropractic adjustment ever, how did that feel? >> that was good. >> good?gh all ri >> a quick realignment now part of my get fit 4 spring plan and highly m rec

l that fir to a leak and forced the coast guard to close part of the houston ship channel, one of america's most important economic arteries for nearly a week. two weeks later in early ril, an explosion ripping through a chemical plant in crosby, tes. one person was killed, two hurt, and schools were locked down to keep kids from inhalingom fumes he fire. >> you can always smell it in the air but never as strong, so we kind of had an idea,ha but ts ening right now, that terrified me. >> the two disasters have in common is a concern the agency charged with investigating industrial accidents, the chemical safety and hazard investigation board, hasn't been able to do its job properly becauseee it's under attack from the white house. the president has tried for three years to kill the csb by eliminating funding. so far congress has kept the agency alive but a number of inspectors have let and a former executive says that's making the chemical industry more dangerous. >> eventually, there's no questi but that a weakened chemical safety board will lead to more accidents happening i the future bec

to earnings now, and fir travelers kwh saw its profits rise as catastrophe losses fell and underwritingroved and that offset a decline in net investment income. that sent the stock to a one-year high during today's heading session and there's american express. the card users spent more and that helped theompany beat estimates and american express invested heavily in its rards program which brought in more than a million customers in the past two years. shares got a lift in today's trade, as well. it wasn't too long ago that wall street was concerned about the u.s. economydo slowing , but a new batch of reports appears to alleviate some of those concerns. steve liesman dives into the data for >> the weak economy that caught so much concern just a few months ago is not looking that weak. a combination of bter trade and retail sales data has wall street economists marking up their forecast for the just-completed first quarterar shy. they're seeing a 2.4%, a long way from the modest 1% forecast in early march and of course, it's not the 3% growths of last ar and it is above what most econom

. >> reporter: carolina surging past the capitals in their fir home playoff game in ten years. the capitals came out strong, alex ovechkin said the opposing player asked him to a bad idea. ove not known as a fighter knocked him down and outid washington dt take of that momentum. carolina shutsut the capitals 5-0. a sobering reminder of how hd it is to win gamez this time of . >> didn't play the right way. we didn't play our gamet l. >> we didn't deserve to win. they pushed and, you know, we didn't push back. >> the main thing is having a short mekery. ure we learn from it. we'll break it down i'm sure so it doesn't happen again.wo >> reporter: days off separate washington in game four on thursday. the team even saying they're going tovoid the rink on tuesday. from raleigh, news4 sports. so lopsided. crazy. at one point they cut to holtby, he's looking up like, what'sha ppening? >> what's going on? all right. another game to play. >> move on. >>> today is emancipation day in d.c. he push for stateho continue coming up, we're telling you about the big boost the effort justreceive

chopper five over the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton as poli e new stized tis fremont's firs electric powered patrol vehicle. please are trying to determine whether the zero emissions car will be practical for field operations. >> gas prices skyrocketing in the historic floods are affecting heat ethanol production hubs leading to shortages of biofuel. according to tech company gas buddy, california gas could top four dollars a gallon for the first time in five years. gas but he says that the national average has risen for the second same month costing americans nearly $200 million at the pump. >>> and la man went to the gym for a morning workout and what he did not expect was a very close call. video shows the moment the man was on the treadmill and a red mercedes suv barreled through the window. this is in culver city where the man was stone to the ground. the manager went to help them. >> it shook the whole building, immediately when he entered. >> i was looking forward to another workout and i got one. >> he ran for his life but incredibly, he only suffered minor injuries

." >> there's also the fact that we took wood samples, and they came back as douglas fir, saying, "okay, this was built on the west coast." "clotilda's" built locally. and so, it's step by step, sort of c.s.i.-kind of work that archeologists do that... that took us to that point of saying, "no, this is not 'clotilda.'t >> reporter:s a disappointment, but interest in finding the "clotilda" was >> and you know, if we find the ship, it would be fabulous. >> reporter: clara nobles is tht assit director of the alabama historical commission. w it teamed h delgado's company, called search, inc., the national geographic society and other groups to do a full-scale assessment of a section of the mobile river, to see what all lneath these muddy waters. >> you can't see your hand in front of your face, so we use the sonar to get a clearer picte. team also used magnetometers, which he desibes as "fancy metal detectors," and something called a sub-bottom profiler to detect objects beneath the mud. >> we're diving and mapping things by feel. in some cases, we're taking wo samples to understand if it's

trump's s criticism m of the alliance began on the campaign traiail as he vowed to put amema firs byhe timime he took office, he had condemned nato as obsolete. >> many countries are not paying their fair share. that means we are protecting them and they are getting all sorts of military protection and other things, and they are ripping off the united states and they are ripping you off. i don't want to do that. either they pay up, including for past deficiencies, or they have to get out. and if it breaks up nato, it breaks up nato. reporter: trump's comments caused consternation among allies and diplomats.. at last year's nato summit, trump reportedly said behind closed doors that the u.s. would go it alone if other member states failed to raise their defense spending. very few countries have met the self-imposed target of 2% of gdp by 2024. most are still far below that, including germany. even with a plan to raise this year, the country will still be spending just 1.5% on defense. it has been a bone of contention at every meeting between chancellor angela merkel and donald trump.

there are millions of monarchs clustered in black clumps on this fir trees. is they travel 4,000 km from canada, united states, down to this particular forest. it's the longest migration undertaken by any insect. scientists only recently discovered that they use the sun to navigate to these same few reserves every year, where they rest, feed and then find a mate. in recent years, the populations have dwindled, thanks to the destruction of habitats in the us and canada, and deforestation here in mexico. one study says the numbers have gone down by 84% in the last 20 years. the fear is this — one more bad winter, and the entire colony could be gone. mike there reporting from mexico, and good luck to all of those monarchs as they begin their long flight north next month. coming up: we have got news of a tribute to an ‘80s soft rock classic at a secret location in trending travel. # ..do the things we never had. and we head to new york to meet the grandmas bringing a taste of home cooking to staten island. when i opened this place, it was about trying to recreate

the head of the secret service has been fir.u ever seen this much turmoil in the department that is dedicated to looking after our security? >> no, i haven't, and i think more people might be getting fired as well, it sounds like. it is an inopportune time. we are dealing with an unprecedented crisis at the southern border. ua is not just the termination of these indiv, especiallyse thetary, but the manner in which it was done, the chaotic manner, unexpectedly -- really has a destabilizing impact on the department as a whole and it cannot be a more critil time than right now when we are dealing with a crisis. laura: talking aboin the destabilimpact as a whole, what does it do to staff morale? >> it hurts morale and it leads hethem to question whether immediate supervisors are going to be there the next day. it makes it hard for the acting leaders put in place to implement long-term policies because now their position is viewed as tenuous at best. laura: the president is talking about wanting a ugher approach at the border, but w

he's likely going to bet the firs pick in the nba draft this summer.rybody will be watching that. hat's right. i've got to we'll do that -- i texted people, called them, it's a girl, it a boy. boring. >> that's what i did, too. >>> here's another feel-good story. the georgetown university softball team, they have a new addition to their roster. >> , that new addition is an 8-year-old girl. meet frederica albanese froil king wam county. doctors diagnosed her with a genetic disorder in 20e. th hoyas drafted her as pt of team impact. the nonprofit in boston fights to improve the lives of children with chronic illnesses.la st night frederica signed an official letter of intent. cute. she received gear from the team. players are thrilled to welcome her. >> she is such an energetic and fun-loving girl. herre appreciative of positive attitude and fantastic dance moves. we've loved her from day one. we've had fun withre her and excited for our future. >> take a look at this. the mascotven showed up to surprise her. as a member of the team, she will attend prac

fir -- minute. if you are seeing people on their cell phones around san jose.ere are a lot of distracted drivers. it's scary stuff. >> reporter: we seen people signature looking down, doing one of these at the red light. we have been out on the roadways, so far so good. researchers found san joseans are up 7% from last year. that's more than they were distracted in san francisco and oakland combined. the study by san francisco bay's road safety data analytic firm, then drive. across the board, they found that distracted driving increased in every

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wel tell you why they were being held in the firs placece. stay with us. we're e live in paris. the british prime mister has written a letter to o the europn councill psident.. thereresa may has requeuested t brbrexit delay until the 30th o june. the prime minister says the u.k. will make preparations to holol e.u. elelections at the end of may. but she's hoping to exit the block earlier. tusk meanwhile is ururgi members states t to offer the u united kingdom a one-yeaear flexible extension. for more on the britishsh prime ministerer's request, here's th eport f from london. reportrter: this is a n new req from theresa may. what's her reasoningng? we know the officiaial day had been the 29th h of march att 11 p.m. london time. clearly because her deal, the only one officiaially onon the table, the one that was negogotiated over two years, an struckck between the united kingm m government a and thehe otheher e.u. leadsers s has bee rejected thrhree times by arliamement. the neww default date is the 12h of april because w what's thehe. council a at the last sumummit decided, the 2

lafayette may be closed for months after a fire broke out how this happened tuesday right along mount a fir out while people were dining in the restaurant they were safely evacuated and nobody was injured. firefighters say that it was all an accidental cooking fire and was mostly limited to the kitchen and the stove. but there is significant water damage and smoke damage. >>we don't know what would happen like i said i'm so there could still still need to find out what's going on with all construction also the sheriff so much that's good safe and everything so i'm just waiting to get all those answers. >>building is a historic structure was built back in the 1930's. now on to the the warriors they are in los angeles for game 3 against the clippers. here's video of the team, they're working out there practicing before they left for l a golden state is looking to bounce back after an embarrassing loss at home in game 2 they didn't do so well, they have to move past that ugly 31 point collapse monday. steve kerr says andrew bogut will at center in the wake of damarcus cousins leg injury tipoff

made in that mueller report around obstructionof justice and the area that is less focused on is that fir volume about the intervention by the russians and th counterintelligence efforts that were now being pursued by the muebyer camp having these cases referred out. so there is 14 cas, two of which we know of, 12 of which we do not. what is clear in his rert, particularly in volume one, is the russians used every they had. they used every platform. they ued social media. they used opportunities to meet with trump associates. and while you couldn't find a crinality, there was a willingness to work with russia in of coordinating the campaign and the message both by the russiansd by the donald trump campaign. >> does that amount to collusion in your md? and also the other issue is obstruction of justice. did you seein examples that report as well that you think amount to obstruction of justice? >> well, first of all, collusion is not a legal term. >> right. >> was there a conspiracy to coordinate? i think there was conspiracy to coordinate, but then you have to establish was there a crimina

scott arfield scored a hat—trick at fir park. james tavernier. that's it from me, but there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of the australian tennis player who wants to play for britain. but from me, goodnight. thank you very much. it is more than 60 years since desmond morris became a household name with television programmes like zoo time and the ground—breaking bestseller the naked ape. the zoologist who famously taught a chimpanzee to paint is also a surrealist artist. he's been talking to our arts editor, will gompertz, about creating artwork at the age of 91. in the late 19505, desmond morris found a way of uniting his two great passions, for zoology and art, by encouraging congo the chimp to paint. he had a favourite fan pattern and you can see these lines here reflect that, but he had a period where he would split his fan in two and put a spot in the middle. what some saw as a publicity stunt was for the surrealist morris a serious investigation into the origins of the human impulse to make art. and did th

they are approaching half—time at fir park. scott arfield has scored twice for rangers.eft to play. it is going to be celtic‘s title again, really, for the eight season ina row, again, really, for the eight season in a row, you would have thought. manchester city will find out later who they'll face in the fa cup final. watford and wolves go head to head at wembley this afternoon in their semifinal. you have to know how to play it, knowing that... focus on the game, don't think about anything else, don't think what it could mean or what could happen after. focus on the game. make the game special. this is the best way to approach competitions. just play the game, action after action. the players i think are keeping the same attitude during all the season, and it helps, it helps us to feel in this moment all the work we have done before, we are getting a good reward, enjoying with a semifinal, enjoying at the end of the season, because we have many options to improve points, to improve positions. tiger roll‘s owner michael o'leary says it's "very unlikely" that they'll at

. >> reporter: david and louise turpin faced their children for the fir time since their arrest. >> ie my parents and have forgiven them for a lot of the things that they did to us. >> reporter: t couple pleaded guilty to 14 counts each of torture, abuse child dangerment, imprisonment and on friday for the first time we heard from some of the turpin children, cameras shielding their entity. >> sometimes i still have nightmares of things that had happened, such as my siblings being chained up or getting beaten. life parents took my whole from me but now i'm taking my life back. >> reporter: but the children who spoke didn't all sound angry, remarkably, they're moving on. >> although it may not have been the best way of ising us, i am glad that they did because it made me the person i am today. >> life may have been bad but it made me strong. >> reporter: the couple will be eligible for parole after 25 years. those horrific deils emerged in january of last year after a daughter, 17 at the time, escaped out of a window and called 911. authorities say the kids were found in filth, given o

went to ey liberal judge they could find and stop the president's actions, they realize that loopholes firtill there, and . government to quasi powerless to stop it. kennedy: it is not quass quasipowerless. you made case it is so chaotic. executive orders will be challenged in the court and overturned. congress does have to act so, what are the areas of overlap between democrats and republicans, what are a couple areas they could agree oi on imgraiblg policy. >> only thing i think we could get democrat to agree to right now building more facilities to house more immigrants, that is what they want, they want flow to continue and be released in middle of our country they know we'll never be able to get them out was country they count on them to vote later down the road. so, the really only thing we can do hold on until we get to 2020, restore republican leadership in house of representatives, and try to get something done, where he can close the loopholes, stop the innocenttives. kennedy: republicans blew it the same way democrat did, they would have been wise to take it up before blowing it

knowing for at least a year that there was no russia collusion, yet they allowed this to continue to firster to makee president look bad. there's going to have to be not only accountability for how the mueller operation began but for how it operated. lou: how it operated. and that obviously that itself is not yet part of the investigation. but certainly it is a focal point now of the office of inspector general at the justice department to focus on how this all began in the first place. that -- we expect that report in what, the next 60 days. that is going to, to me, at least, the far more interesting report. >> i think it will be. but remember it will be more narrowly focused, at least if that's what we're led to believe on the fie so warrant applications, the shady applications that mueller benefited from and used. the attorney general has got to take a broader view as to what went on. remember, the fie so warrants were only one aspect of the spy campaign against president trump. it included leaks, political bias by strzok, page, et cetera. and they were trying to trap the trump team by

moment they cross border and are apprehended, we need to train border patrol ages to conduct credible fir fear interviews, if you don't have a rightful claim, we could potentially deport new two weeks rather than 2 to 5 years in takes. lou: brendon judd great to see you and talk with you thank you. >> thank you, lou, appreciate this. lou: come back soon, we would like to hear your thoughts, comments, follow me on twitter @loudobbs, and facebook and instagram. >> coming up next, president trump's approval ratings rising on the back of a strong economy and -- and that national emergency he declared on our southern border. >> jobs are at an all-time high in the history of our country. unemployment is at a 51 year low. we're doing well, we're doing well. and we're going to kie keep it g be we believe in two fundamental rules, buy american and hire american, okay? lou: we'll have more on that right after the break, ed rollins joins us. stay with us, we'll be right back. lou: president trump and the united states have won the war on energy, that left radical dimms reeling in defeat and lashing

plus, it wa the fir that you watched unfold live here on "news 4 today." fl shooting out of a local balco balcony. what may have been the cause? stay with us. we'll beight back. r >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> coming up on 6:00 a.m. good morning,y. everyb i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have a lot to get to this morning including the nats game. bryce harper came back and if you tught nats fans had forgiven him for heading to philly, did you hear the boos? >> i'm telling you, i'm glad anything.rew a chilly reception for harper last night. we'll have more details on game coming up in a little bit. >>> we begin with a look at your coute and forecast. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at your first 4 traffic but let's begin with meteorologist chuck bell. what can w expect? >> going to be a windy one by later on in the afternoon. not too much o a breeds. a warming wind today. temperatures will be 15 degrees or so. warmer than yesterday. we'll be dry for the next couple of days. th blossoms will have to hang on tight for today. bloominghe e

[laughter] >> firs >> first of all, i am delighted to be here with you and so privileged to have you talking about my book. i started as an academic and i when i was an undergraduate i took a boat i would go up in england and to date code from london and i didn't speak a word of caution. i got hooked. so then i did my graduate studies on looking at soviet politics, maybe foreign-policy and i got my job at georgetown university. i was always interested in the policy side and the great thing about the united states is that you can do that. there are not many countries in the world you can be an academic and also be involved in the policy side. i got involved in the project with the congressional office of technology assessment that doesn't exist anymore but it had to do with technology transfer to the soviet union with energy issues and a lot of those that we look at them and could hit a pipeline to europe and germany which was controversial. sometimes with the state department my first government job was in 1999 i was offered a position in the office of policy planning in the state de

we have to look at this through the backdrop of what just transpowerred ipowerhouse fir -- transpired in recep day, president was out in calexico just a couple days ago at the border. and he was there with immigration hawk. stephen miller. and who has been you know one of trump's close of confidants and encourages him and urged him to stand strong on the border,. jon: how much i latitude does a homeland security secretary really have. congress essentially sets the rules for what happens on the border, if someone makes it across and says i want asylum in united states, they have to be granted a an asee asylum hearino they not. >> yes, that is right, and kirstjen nielson pointing the think if tfinger to congress. and said they need to do more. but now. the country divided with democrats controlling the house has not moved on immigration for years or decades. she was restrained and constrained by the immigration laws of the country. really in a tough spot with the president wants her to take a tougher stance to many of these esheissuesand constrained by the immigration laws. jon: well, i

>> for sure, autonomous cars am enwill end up as robotaxi's fir.ion how fast does this roll out. it will be a negative for people who drive for a living, not just uber and lyft, we're talking truck drivers it all about timing and how fast that happens. >> kevin kelly in new york, financial capital of world, shareholders seem to give musk a pass, yet toyota on their heels they give level two driving experience like tesla, we'll need a unstres unprecedented but of the towers. >> he will need cash. the biggest thing financially, from that autonomy day yesterday was him changing from saying they be cash flow positive to cashbl flow neutral, suddenly al of the promise of gap probability have dialed back, we'll spend a lots of money on getting to this autonomous goal quickly, then it will be all cash all from there. until he announces his next goal and dream for tesla, then it is not. >> this is jack howe from your corporate company baron's magazine, he is a. he is talking about residual value of today's cars, that includes tesla, why would anyone want t