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"news4 midday" starts right now. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts right now. >>> good morning. and welcome tonews4 midday," i'm molette green. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. maybe you saw this crazy scene driving down u street this morning. >> the d.c. version of old faithful. water shooting into the air ght in the middle of the street. >> d.c. police say this was a water main break that opened up at about 6:30 this morning. justin finch is live northwest with an update on the scene. i don't see a geyser behind you. so i think that means that is good news. >> reporter: yeah, erika, molette, i'm dry out here so a good sign that, yes,ld faithful has been contained on a friday morning here on u. street. take a look around, traffic moving normally. the wet spot still here on the ground. but good news though is that as you can see here, everything appears to be back to normal. >> right out of the road. a grayish geyser spilling from u street north 16th streetth norst. that white truck barely missing the blast of water. though it was quickly contained, d.c. water tells nbc4 as many as 20

. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning, and welcome to "news4 midday." >> i'm melissa mollet and i'm eun yang. >> the national park service tweeted this picture this morning. it is a fallen mulberry tree and the saturated ground before the tree falling. it pre-dates the dedication of the washington monument. true crews are trying to figure out a way to save it. i hope they can. >> that is sad to > see. >>lauryn, the big question, is this rain over? re well, we still have a few showers out the righto melissa, unfortunately. a few light ones. in and out oe the clouds but, boy, has it been a wet may so far. in fact, the last 12 months have been the wet -- the wettest we've seen on record here in the last 12 mths with over an average 36 ines of rain. let me tell you one thing, we have four inches of rain so far this may. you could see showers streaming in now. and just to the south around thr ericksburg area seeing isolated showers. could be more steady in spots around the eaar and marine base quantico and cappa hanik seeing a few lightow shs. we'll have that chance for is

and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm cory smith. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. and we begin in prince george's county where a church community is assessing the damage after an overnight fire. >> this fire broke out at the new life worship center in capitol heights where news4 nicole jacob has been talking to faith leaders all morning.le nicowhat are they saying? >> reporter: well, cory, pastore juan wil said they have no steeple but they do have a sancary and for that he is thankful to god and passerby he said is an angel. >> in the darkness of the skies, ding last night's powerful storm, a crash of lightning struck new life worship center. >> right above us here is the nursery and so had it gotten past this level, then we would have lost the main sanctuary. >> reporter: the pastor juan wilder gives us a closer look from the inside. >> the damage is on the roof from the holes here. >> reporter: it is a ll he never expected to get but grateful for the call prince george's county fire department received. >> there was an angeli rid by. called it in right on time.

midday." i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm melissa mollet. let's start with the forecast. chuck is standing by with the lateso >> good mrning. sunshine is broken out here in northwest washington. that is an encouraging sign. it may be some of the last rays of sunshine we see for quite a whilas our pattern -- weather pattern is very unsettled. this area of low pressure isgi brin most of the rain for now out of the area but this cold front, that will promise a round of showers and storms laterofoday and a lot moisture done across i pats gor of rainfall over theke wd. particularly the second half of your saturday and throughout your sunday. right now, though, the skies which are cloudyt of the morning, overcast and thinned out and we're getting more than a fewreaks of sunshine around the washington area. that front promises to bring in another chance for rain and thunderstorms. c some of thoseld be a little strong. we'll be here to keep you posted all through the course of the afternoon. right now n

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details ahead. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. and we begine with mo pulling 3,000 series cars off the tracks. >> after a door malfunctioned while passengers were on a train near dunn-lorring station. >> that means more six-car trains are rolling now. >> the latest from darcy spencer live at dupont station. good morning,?darcy >> reporter: good morning. metro is doing this for safety reasons. if you ride metro, you may haved noticehat the trains may have been a little more crowded. it may have taken you a little longer to get where you're going thisorning. metro telling us they are doing everything they can to try to limit the inconvenience for riders. we saw crowded trains here at the dupont circle metr station. we were here just after 9:00 this morning. metro took all of the 3,000 series rs out of service because of a door malfunction that needs to be investigated. a metro spokesperson tells me not all of the doors were closed as a series 3,000rain left the dunn-lorring statio

and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we start with a story that surfaced three months ago and vershadowed virginia politics since. a racist photo found on the medical school yearbook page shows a man in black face next to another man in kulux klan clothing. northam said he was in the photo and apologized during a news conference and later heaid, quote, had a chance to step back nd take a deep breath and looked at the picture and said this is not e in the picture, end quote. and now the school is investigating, reading in part, we found no information that the photograph was placed in error though we acknowledge there is scant information on the subject 35 years after the fact. attorneys leading the investigation spoke just a few s moment ago. >> with respect to the photograph on governor northam's personal page, depicting an individual in black face and an individual in kkks, robe we could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in that photogra

this ominous message from china's commerce ministry came midday. quote, the chinese side deeply regrets that if the u.s. tariff measures are implemented, china will have to take necessary countermeasures. okay. at the moment, the markets are not listening to it. at the moment we've got the dow still up 122 points. let's get to the floor show. matt, how are you trading what is very much a headline driven market? i guess you could say we also got a head fake because didn't really do much after the china statement. >> we were due for a little bit of rally. i think yesterday's selloff was kind of excessive. we saw a rally at the end of the day, that was a good sign going into this morning. we got positive headlines but you really have to be nimble right now. that's the key. you can't be saying you know, i'm going to take a lot of risk on tonight or maybe into thursday night ahead of any deal announcement or even ahead of this huge ipo that everyone is looking forward to. i think everyone is stuck in neutral right now and yesterday was probably more a l

new video for you this midday. ? yeah. the insects causing chaos there in cincinnati during the giants and reds game. the game was supposed to start at 9:30 but it was delayed about 20 minutes. no word on why those bees showed up, but we can tell you now that they are gone. maybe the april -- >> the bees heard about the buzz with the giants in town. >> it is spring. so we expect to see them out there right now. >> it's that time of year. we have all kinds of things going on. including some rain that fell during the overnight hours, and a few people were asking, was that thunder i heard? yes, it was. and it was all because we had some storms that fired up over the sierra. and occasionally this time of year they can drift westward into the bay area. and that's exactly what we saw happen yesterday evening into early this weisturbance that's just off the coast and producing some light rain for parts of the north st of the. but i'm still watching out for a few of those spotty sprinkles and low clouds. we're starting to clear ou

thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laurie. the market and your money. we want to bring in scott mcgraw. you've been watching the markets all morning. this is a tremendous drop. >> it is. and i think you can point to the trade war for that. this morning china responding to new american tariffs with tariffs of their own. we brought that to you as breaking news on "today in the bay." a live look at the big board. marcus was looking at is it earlier. dow industrials losing 620. that's off the session lows. a few minutes ago treasury secretary mnuchin told reporters talks were ongoing with the chinese. that helped move things up. he gave no details. it was our understanding there were no new talks scheduled. past video of our trade representative meeting with the chinese vice premier. this morning china raised the tariffs it place on about $60 billion worth of american goods from 10% to 25%, matching america's move to raise our own tariffs last friday. the next step in this of course is the back and forth, one country moving tariff

. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. gkv this midday. i'm cory smith. +p'g. t-uachm/hjt 2019.nce the n on news4 this morning shows where it started.es would-be thiev in a 7-eleven in white oak. >> later a chase and crash on the beltway. and three people in custody. >> let's head to darcy spencer joining us with the latest on the case. rtrcy? >> repo: good morning. we're right here at the convenience store with all this th morning. e're$8oa at new hampshire and lockwood drive. the would-be robbers were inside of the store and little4í0h;cdy ri outside of the store watching. this was allth part o ongoing investigation into atm thefts. this surveillance videoshowsb rush into the=@@ 7-eleven stor silver spring,bout 3:45 in the morning. you could seel$hemfxn!x tamperi with the cameras and appearing to use t spray paint cover the lens and then quickly and[d suddenly run out. montgomery county police were ence oring this conve store. that is because of a recent sh police arrested the two suspects. 29. poice chased the pickup truck on to the&g÷"@ beltway, and the driver crashed and

we'll see sunny skies midday. do not get fooled. clouds will arrive again in the afternoon and thick innocent evening as wet weather returns here tomorrow night. even lingering into much of the day on tuesday. but the look ahead into the holiday weekend next week and i think a lot of people will like the trend is looking dry and mild with temperatures in the 70s. right now temperatures have dropped to the 40s in our coldest spot. santa rosa 47. 53 in the city. san jose oakland, 56 in brentwood. temperature around 52 degrees. the month of may has been incredibly wet. a lot of this recall of has come in the past seven days. these numbers are very impressive. you can see a lot of cities well above an inch of rain since may 1st. santa rosa certainly the winner with more than 4 inches of rainfall. you can see this is 3o 4 tesal the may. we have been incredibly wet not only this weekend but much of last week. overnight a mixture of stars and clouds. a chilly night. we're dropping into the 40s. as you step out tomorrow morning, you might n

news 4 midday starts right now. >> news 4 midday starts now. >>> and good morning. welcome in to news 4 midday. >> we begin this memorial day with a solemn ceremony at arlington national cemetery. the tomb of the unknown soldier vice president pence is there to honor the fallen men and women of the u.s. armed forces. prmp is out of the country and unable to attend this year. the vice president will speak in the cemetery's amp thehitheater. >>> that's not the only way service members are being membered in arlington each of the yellow ribbons a represents ervice member who has died since the 9/11 terror attacks. organizers hope each ribb is claimed so each fallen warrior is remembered. >> this is a gentle but meaningful way to honor every service member who has died since 9/11. >> and if you want to pick up a ribbon, you can get one at the women's memorial at the gateway to arlington national cemetery. >>> here's alive look at the tomb of the unknown where a memorial day traditi is taking place. a wreath laying. >>> r plenty ofad closures in downtown d.c. because of t

>>> n at midday. we have new information about the man police say set himself on fire near the white housere polic concerned about liz physical and emotional welfare before the incident. >>> there is no obstruction. you see what we're saying there is no obstruction, no collusion, no nothing. >> new reaction from president trump on robert mueller's statement on the russia investigation. the oneen thing the p is admitting for the first time. >>> and i'm not only tracking the potenti for the first heat wave of the year but if a now rounds of showers and thunderstorms and severe weather developing but we're dry right now. latest timing and impact in the updated forecast. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning. and welcome to "new midday." i'm molette green. >> and i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with a chance of the storms. mentioned. the sun is out and teams are on the way up. it is expected to be our third day in the 90s. the first at wave of the season. storm team 4 is tracking the sto

. >>> now " onws4 midday," two tornados a week apart. people in howard county dealing with power outages and downed trees and road closures. we'll have a closer look at the extent of the>> damage. and i know there was a lot of damage across the area yesterday. but quite a change out there today. lower humidity, lower temperatures. but what does the weekend have in s sore? moreere weather? we'll talk about it coming up. >>> thousands changing their morning routine because of this massive hole in the bid -- in the middle of a busy roadway and howt got there and how long it will take t repair. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning.o and welcome t "news4 midday." i'm molette green. >> i'm pat lawson muse. for the second time in a week a tornado touched down in howard county. take a look at this video sent to us by a viewer. of storm is as it rolledthrough ellicott city yesterday. >> today the national weather service will be there serving the dama left by the storm. justin finch has more on the damage from that area.: >>

. >> anncer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning, evcoybody. me to "news4 midday." i'm aaron gilchrist. we begin with morning with the weather. heavy rain during the height of theni mor rush hour caused problems all over the region. take a look at pictures of montgomery counted firefightersg safely rescui a driver who was caught in high water. this is on norbeck road. the rain moved out ofere pretty quickly. ngople in dayton, ohio, dealt with much stro storms overnight and serious damage. a series of tornados destroyed d homes a knocked out power to thousands. at least seven people werenj iured and an 81-year-old man was killed. there was so much debri the ohio department of transportation hade to us snowplows to remove it from interstate 75. let's check in with meteorologist laur ricketts. we watched the storms out there and saw what rolled through here th morning. are we in the clear. >> we are in the clear right now. and that sde system that rol through ohio just rolled through here. we didn't get the severe weather out of it. we did have some severe thunderstorm

european index is gaining at midday, propped up by news that -- thehe ftse 100 up .25%. .7%frankfurtacs gaining at midday. >> it's not just overseas that trump has targeted for tariffs. 2018,8, trump slapppped impoport duties on s steel a and aluminum amid contentious talks with canada and mexico as they renegotiated the nafta agreement. november but last it is awaiting ratification by all three countries. washington says a resolution is close, but ottowa is playing it cool for the time being. here's canada's foreign minister. remainsanadian position as it has been from the very outset. we believe these tariffs need to be lifted for the benefit of both of our countries. we are glad that we have achieved an agreement on the new nafta. we think free-trade in steel and aluminum should be part of that agreement. >> the saga of a struggling steel mill has taken another turn as the government tries to ensure rescue. >> the frencnch governmement and british steel say they have unlocked the first set of funds needed foror the purchase of the troubled steel mill in northern france. workers ar

mason told us all about his big movie on midday this week.oundaaion mid-atlic granted the 10,000th wish to get the movie made. last night hundreds came out to watch the premiere in northwest and the d.c. mayor muriel bowser declared may 15th make a wish mid-atlantic day. the movie will be available on youtube if you would like to catch it. >>> shallowat third. robles high and deep. left center. see you later. and the nates are hoping to get the win for weather day this afternoon. it worked out for them last night when they beat the mets and after losing a game the night before. storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer is set to throw out the first pitch when the nats take on the mets at 1:00 p.m. and of course we'll talk to doug down on the field inust a few minutes. >> i can't wait to see that -- throw that pitch. >> it is not easy. get it straight down the center. >> that is true. >> i don't think they'll have any weather to contend with.v we haa great group of folks checking in with live shots with folksre down the. >> no rain. >> how warm

morning patchy fog will see bright thing midday. noon, we have a lot of sunshine.'t let that fool you, clouds come back in the afternoon, and here we go, our next storm system enters the picture tomorrow evening first in the north bay by 7:00 monday night. a little bit warmer tomorrow than we were today, still well below average for this time of the year. 66 in san jose, 63 in oakland, 65 in santa rosa. on the storm impact scale tomorrow night into tuesday, it's another level one light system with scattered showers similar to what we're experiencing out there right now. it's not widespread rain. we do see another thunderstorm is possible monday night into tuesday. and rainfall less than a quarter inch. do not put the umbrellas away just yet. accuweather 7-day forecast, brief break midday tomorrow, showers return at night. tuesday, it's scattered showers, chilly, and then you can put the umbrella away. by wednesday, we try out, warm up wednesday and sunshine just in time for the holiday weekend. tomorrow and tuesday, weirather unsettled. >> mother nature is so fussy

political reaction coming at midday. that is 2:00 p.m. in sydney. in mind, let's get you back in new york with su keenan with the first word news. u.s., start with the expected to track more countries for currency manipulation after lowering the bar for foreign governments to come under scrutiny. we're told vietnam may be named outright for holding down the value. hanoi asked to disclose more information. this month's biannual treasury report on foreign currencies is expected to raise the number of countries under scrutiny from 12 to 20. the philippines joins the asia easing cycle, cutting benchmark rates. it will consider lowering the reserve ratio to left from a four-year low. the central bank reduced the overnight rate by 25 basis making his first cuts since 2016. the philippines joins malaysia in easing amid inflation and growing global threat. asia's richest man sealed another deal to expand his presence in retail and step up the fight against amazon and walmart in india. cash industries -- gives them 167it stores. they expect itd to be a domin

the ftse was flat midday. nearly 2% in paris after soaring up 12% yesterday, still off by around .4%. isman consumer confidence that a two-year low. the frankfurt dacs is down -- the frankfurt -- in f frank for, the dacs is down. milan at nearly one point midday. affecting asian stock markets unexpecteded ways. >>>> ali is reportedly - -as the u.s. trade war with china slowly morphs into a tech war. an offering could come as early as the second hahalf of 2019. that news comes as china is encouraging its homegrown tech titans to list their shares closer to home in response to mounting u.s. pressure on companies. it would also open up new funding avenues for alibaba, who whose $25 billion offering on wall street was the largest at the time. genie: the city of houston, texas, is trying to reduce its dependence on the oil industry for its economy. >>>> it learned a painful lesson when crude prices crashed during a global supplply glulut a few s ago. houston is also home to n nasa's astronauts, isis gradually diver

we are now told that tomorrow, midday, the 1922 committee is going to be with the prime minister ando her that they would like her to leave office whether or not her withdrawal bill actually passes so it is a bit ofa bill actually passes so it is a bit of a strange condition that theresa may faces. she put forward a bill which a lot of the comments did not like and it felt multiple times, but when it was brought to her that she should leave office, she said i will leave my position if my bill, which is hugely unpopular in the house of commons, passes. it is a bit of a strange situation to put her collea g u es strange situation to put her colleagues in. so it midday, never mind the bill, you need to go and the date they are trying to look at is the 12th of june the date they are trying to look at is the 12th ofjune and if she is not budging, but straight afterwards there's going to be a meeting of the 1922 executive bed of that committee, they're 1922 executive bed of that committee, they‘ re going 1922 executive bed of that committee, they're going to look into changing their rules

you're watching "news4 midday." >>> we're coming back on the air with breaking news. kenilworth avenue in cheverly is closed after a pedestrian was struck a killed. there was a dump truck involved in the accident is what we're told. this is not far from the d.c. border so news4 chris gordon is on the way to the scene and he's going to have much more on the accident and the victim a little later this afternoon ons4 n >> -- behind one of the largest leaks of u.s. classified information and assange was london.d in this video of assange arriving here, what we're playing for you w, assange had been hiding out in england ecuador embassy for the past seven years trying avoid facing charges. his asylum was revoked last month and he was o dragged physically by police. assange now also faces extradition to the united states. >>> meanwhile, a verdict in the murder case that gains national atterion. a forme police officer accused of killing an unarmed woman has been founded guilty of murder. you may remember this case from back in 2017 when justine damon called 911 to report what

today's summit is invite oneede here on the midday. kari has the forecast. >> some possibility of rain in thforeca. and that's all because of that rain that we're seeing swirling across the desert southwest. kind of nudging its way westward into the bay area by tomorrow night. so this is how it pans out. we could see the storms developing over the sierra and some of that energy starting to move in as we go into tomorrow night. and it looks like most of it will be in the tri-valley and parts of the east bay and coming into the south bay by 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow night. by friday morning, maybe one last little push of some rain for the south county. the rest of the bay area stays mainly dry. we're not expecting a lot out of this. maybe a few 0.01 inch to 0.1 inch in a few spots. tracking t go into the weekend. and the forecast for mother's day looks great. inland valleys in the mid to upper 70s. morning temperatures in the mid-50s. for san francisco, breezy and cool. reaching low to mid-60s over the next several days. >> if you'll wash

the just to midday this tuesday or moscow this is international live with me kevin in this latest world news update was started with tensions in the headlines there were security forces room full of the police in neighboring kosovo launched a major operation against organized crime suspects the move comes amid rising tension in the so dominated north of the country the sirens going off. serbian president signal that belgrade has lost control over its former southern province kosovo but warned it would react if kosovo attacked us there will serbia part of history here cause lost control over kosovo after nato intervention back in 1909 it does not recognize kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence. the parliament of the republic. would keep you posted on the next president trump is encouraging japan to increase its military capability the president is in tokyo says japan could help the u.s. to defend against threats in the asia pacific region and beyond and the u.s. vice president mike pence touched on those perceived threats to during a speech at the elite military academy west point in

>>> newed a midday. china raising tariffs in retaliation for a similar move by the trump administration. >>> rain is slowing down work on the sink hole on the gw parkway. we have the latest on the plan to get the roadway reopened. >>> and lots of rain out there right now. rain continues to push through the region, but when is it going to end and when are we going to warm up? we have answers coming up in a few minutes. >>> good morning to you welcome to news 4 midday. >> we begin this morning with the wet coolsi conditions oute. rain the big story titay. remains in the forecast after sunday's big downpours. red roacrews are dealing with several downed trees and flooded roadys. >>> ornadoes, torrential rain and lhtning all reported in suffolk a tornado touched down saturday night. more than a dozen homes an businesses were damaged. you're looking at it right there. >> let's see what we can expect for the day ahead. i hope itts ge better aroundhe soon. >> i think people walked outside and thought it was ove

good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i )m marcus washington. and i )m laura garcia. nbc bay area )s kris sanchez is live at california high school in san ramon. q: i'm marcus washington. >> andhe i'm lara garcia. nbc bay area's kris sanchez live at california high school in san ramon. what's going on there, about kr? >> reporter: well, we don't know specifically why the fbi might be here. we did talk with san ramon police and all they would say was that they wanted as many police personnel here as possible. take a listen to what they said. >> so we have an increased presence here. there's multiple officers going to be on campus throughout the day. there's going to be police officers on foot, on motorcycles, and also circulating the perimeter of the school. we do have the fbi on scene as well, and they'll be circumstance laitding around the area as well. >> so many concerns. >> what l we know about the thrt was it was a graffiti message that was scrawled inside one of the boys' bathrooms therela in e art building behind me.s ih did ask to put th

coasting around the world for most of this is all to international good afternoon it's midday 17 he had no next partly it's much more difficult to tell fact from fiction and news and reporting in the u.s. may be no surprise to you for that according to a new study by the rand think tank in america. so we end up in a situation where not only are we not sure what's true and what's not but we're not even really sure where to go to find that factual information that's cognitive bias and the way we process information we like to be right we seek out things that prove that we're right we disregard things that say that we're wrong technology changes fast and institutions change slow so schools haven't caught up in terms of providing students with the skills they need to be able to navigate that space and then finally polarization and we've alluded to it here several times in the political space but it's also important to think about social economic into our graphic polarization so this new is in the digital age report examines the courage of 15 media let's think loop such pillars as the new yo

i can tell you that it is absolutely sweltering here the midday sun is blazing down on us i can only imagine just hell punishing this is twelve hours a day. that with a day to honor the importance of a free and democratic press and it's as important as ever the number of countries where it's safe for journalists to do their job without fear is falling and the number of countries where they're facing an increasingly hostile climate it is rising in april reporters without borders released their annual world press freedom index only about a fourth of the one hundred eighty countries on the slowest are considered a good atmosphere for reporters topping the list norway finland and sweden at the very bottom north korea eritrea and turkmenistan the u.s. has slipped down this list for the third year in a row now sitting at number forty eight reporters without borders is pointing the finger at president trump and his hostility toward the american news media as you know i'm acting attorney general not you with your current you change the leadership and the investigation of your appointment bec

>> they're midday. they're typically midday. we actually have run numbers on coi tower over the last year to look at the timeline when it's super busy. when it's super busy in the midday, it impacts people's ability to get to the murals so we've been looking at putting extra staff on as well. we've try add lot of things. for koi tower, usually 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 is the timeline for those. for the japanese tea garden, it is also in that similar, maybe a little bit later, but that timeline in the day. but later in the day, attendance drops off significantly. we want to encourage people to use those other timelines and we'll-- we'll run the numbers. but we started on koi because i'm closest to it and implement these change. and we also talked about budgeting a ticket at a lower price to get people to go to a different garden that they might not have experienced. this gives us a lot of flexibility to encourage attendance. >> and is the thinking, at least at this point, that it will go from the current $9 to the $13.25 -- >> no. >> or

and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm cory smith. let's jump into the political drama. contempt proceedings on the capitol hil he house judiciary committee is debating whether or not to hold william barr in contempt of congress. d in response the white house is in volking executive privilege over all sought-after materials. >> so theeart of the dispute is the grand jury material in the mueller report. committee iary chairman jerry nadler wants the report in its entirety. the doj says no. and refused the subpoena adding that blaw it cannot share the grand jury material with congress. we're going to show you a clip t now fromhe opening statements a few minutes ago. >> this is not a step we take lightly. it is the culmination of nearly three months o requests, discussions and negotiations with the department of jucstice for the complete unredacted report from the special counsel mueller. we heard the department out and responded to them in good faith and after all was said and done we were unable to a reach agreement and we proceeded wi

but we brought that to you here on "news4 midday."ussex have elected to not give the child a royal title at this time. archie is seventh in line to thh brit thrown. >> got a little invictus game onesie. that was cool. >>> new many thorning -- morning he vatican issue laws for the handling of sexual abuse. >> pope francis is requiring all catholic priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse to church authorities starting juns the new church law also provides whiorleblower protections f anybody making a report but it is important to note while the law requires clergy to report all abuse it does not require people to report the abuse to police. this is the latest effort by pope francis to respond to the decades-long scandal. >>> back here at home, a fairfax county teacher walked into a court facing a handful of misdemeanor charges and left in handcuffs charged with nearly two dozen felonies. he was on leave fom his job at the drama teacher at herndon high school and he was arrested last month after a live-in nanny tolpolice she found

and then tomorrow we'll see brighter skies by midday.y morning hours, clouds will linger. highs will range from about 60 at half moon bay to 68 san mateo. 67 at oakland. mid 70s in the inland east bay and in the north bay and the south bay as well right around the bay shoreline it probably won't break 70 degrees. tomorrow's highs we predict will be slightly below average. oakland we expected a high of 67. 1 degree below average. right at average in san jose and 1 degree above average in livermore. it's sort of a mixed bag tomorrow. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll all have brighter skies certainly by midday and brighter still on wednesday and thursday as high temperatures climb up a little bit, up to about 80 inland on wednesday. near 80 on thursday. but then friday we get more clouds and another chance of showers. good news, though, for mother's day. we're going to have mainly sunny skies and nice mild conditions and dry. >> that's good. >> excellent. >> thank you, spencer. >>> you spend a lot on your home. is a home wa

. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez. and we begin with that breaking news from the justice department. a statement fromobert mueller himself regarding his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. these are the first public comments regarding the high-profile prane he was appointed to lead two years ago and he said he's leaving the justice department now. that he concluded his russia ob e. he also talked briefly about his findings in the report.> >>welcome back, everybody. we've got some cloud cor out there. you could see from our live tower camera. and it is not looking too bad. it is a live on the warm s out there. and might as well just go ahead and call it hot or avera temperature for this time of the year is 79 degrees and we pastt thafore 8:30 this morning. now nothing on the radar right now. you could see we're dry and you have a few clouds moving in from the south and west but for the most part we have sunny skies out there. with some veiled sunshine at times. a little on t

. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts >w. >> good morning. and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm melissa mollet. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. breaking news out of baltimore. there are reports the city's mayor will resign today. a lawyer for catherine pugh is making an announcementid am growing requests to resign. she received $800,000 from a hospital network and others that did work with the city for her book. her home was raided by the fbi so a news conference is scheduledfor this afternoono discuss the mayor'se but publisher and ceo francis tony draper said she will resign. thefirst-term democrat became mayor in late 2016. look for updates through our nbc washington app. >>> attorney general barr has informed us that he will not appear today. >> house chairman jerrold nadler announciha t william barr thclined to testify before committee.r nadle said barr objects to asking questions fromf staf counsel due to the possibility they might discuss sensitive topics in the mueller report. ow er awinth theattorney general o wednesday it is not hard to se

normally she manages to fill 3 or even 4 sacks by midday but today she's already picked all she can by 10 o'clock. other laborers appear to have a similarly meager crop. the workers are paid by weight one kilo earns them one lends the equivalent of $0.50. worth of. cars are going to die but that conform to the status quo bondage i'm sure i don't have any problems. going to have nothing to complain about while i wish there were more flowers without a little. 14 and a half kilos yes ok. just. after toiling away for 5 hours takes home a little over 7 year olds. to me. the flowers travel in the opposite direction to tortilla small town further east in rows valley. and a delay glow cation in a picturesque setting. in . torino is home to alexandra dragon office distillery. and this is where the blossoms that brad capek today end up alexander that i got off own is one of a total of $39.00 distilleries operated in rose valley he used to make wine before switching to bros oil. is this from a different field no these are left over from last night most. of them i'm. sure all that the rose has a v

the morning sun coaxes the fragrance from the roses after midday it gets hotter and the oil begins to evaporate the petals grow limp. right good has to rush to complete her day's harvest. the roses are the very reason beside the path of return to the valley. below me but with it was notable that i was working abroad but i decided to return to bulgaria after friends encouraged me to try cultivating roses. i like the idea so i started learning about agriculture with the mom threw them a bit. of the way. how are the roses looking today. well it's try. to go over while driving under a low number that you know we didn't water them this year look at the ground look they're falling apart a good thing you came early reports. through the program and then we have this had lived in france for a number of years but the cost of living was high and it was hard to find work today he farms his own rose fields you know religion may often be something up the beach and i'm fond of my lad i like the peace and quiet i love working in agriculture. and over the past few years i've discovered there are oppor

there but the flash flooding throug a news chopper caught the scene you sawa this hen after news 4 midday no one was injured during this. northe of this in tulsa we're hearing one woman who west of tulsa in still water there cattle trying to cross ena swoll river in that area. the catle made it across safely but the floong has been a huge issue for drive and truckers. there a jimmy dean water. that area. lateid acce plane' multiple settles as part of the investigation. the plane operated by the same so in alaska. the has voluntarily an the chairmsaid he is some democrats worry the move nbc news learned the department tsa to help fund border ruerat today president t will meet another round of t countr infrastructure. back in april both sides agreed roads,es bri and other infras overse immigration. c nbc newsfirms the week. >>> this morning there is a new worshi o as gregory positi opport >> i thank the holy father for loyalt respect and fraternal >> archbishop gregory will matthe catheal. still ahead, deaths fromancer yourse healthy. motor home yesterday may have we'll show you more of thi

midday, hong kong and beijing time. founder frank. and i will be joined by a member of the financial research. subscribers can catch this on tv on the terminal or bloomberg.com. let's move things along and have a look at first word news as we join the fallout. force tested a second unarmed -- the u.s. air force tested and on armed -- and unarmed launch. the rocket flew almost 7000 kilometers over the pacific to an et al. in the islands -- attoll in the islands to test a robust nuclear deterrent. u.s. authorities have seized a north korean cargo ship it says was involved in sanctions violations. it was detained in indonesia and will be moved to america. the doj said it was used to transport coal to china and other countries to generate badly needed revenue for pyongyang. the true ownership was disguised to avoid suspicion. uber raised $8 billion in ipo. it sold 180 million shares of $45 a piece based on the stock outstanding after the offer. it gives uber a market valuation of $75.5 billion, below its last private valuation of $76

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