. >> molette green has more on the investigation. molette? >> reporter: good morning. arlington county police say he posed as a maintenance worker to gain entry into one of the units here at the eight tatrium condo. they have a good picture of the man they're looking for. arlington police say this man had an on under armour backpack when he went door to door on a single floor inside the condos until a woman opened up her this happened shortly before 10:00 sun morning. in his 20s, 6 feet tall and was wearing a gray sweatshirt. he left on foot. hear now from arlington police. >> this was a brazen attack. he was not only going around knocking on the doors but he was using that ruse knowing somebody would open their doors. it is a clear picture. somebody out there knows who he is and we need them to come forward and report that information. >> reporter: yeah, there are lots of questions remaining about this incident including who he is. >>> molette, thank you. 6:03. the search is on for a teenager. police are looking for 13-year-old aziyah johnson. last seen saturday at th

molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we expect a lot of tears to be shed at bowie state university graduation here in college park with the murder of one of their own weighing heavily on their hearts throughout the ceremony. depending on your route, you'll go by the bus center where richard collins iii was stabbed. we saw an emotional vigil at the historically black college bowie state not far from here to remember this young man who many describe as brilliant. >> richard put in work. he worked hard. he wasn't afraid of work. and he achieved. he achieved success on many levels. >> reporter: and richard was actually celebrating the recent army when he was attacked here on the university of maryland campus following in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather and his father spoke with nbc news telling us that richard was always the kind of guy who just wanted to help people. >> he was just competitive at heart and had a loving and giving heart. he'd go out of his way sometimes to my chagrin to try and help others. >

safety first. >> molette, thank you. checking in with molette throughout the morning. >>> in our other top story this morning, republicans still celebrating after the repeal of the affordable health care passed in the house. it's president trump's first major legislative win. the gop was able to pull out just enough votes from members of their party. coming up at news 4 why this victory may be short lived. >>> miguel flores is accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl back in 2015. he was a youth soccer coach. police think there may be more victims. megan mcgrath will explain what was found inside the charging documents. >>> the wizards have another game at home this weekend. let's hope it's like last night. they crushed the boston celtics 116/89. >>> right now montgomery county police are searching for this missing gaithersburg man. his name is hardi rexi tandaju. the plate information is at the bottom of your screen, 58959 >>> a southeast d.c. woman said she woke up to an attacker. you're about to hear from her. we

. >> thank you, molette. >>> it is 4:30. right now president donald trump is on the final leg of his first over seas trip. he is at the g7 summit in italy where he meets with heads of other major economic powers. this morning everyone is talking about this video. take a look. it appears as though president trump pushed aside the prime minister of monte sn egro so he could move to the front of the group. this happened as the leaders were getting ready to take a group pictures yesterday. the president was just moving to his assigned place. markevich said it was harmless. >>> the fbi investigation into the trump family has hit the circle. jared kushner is under the to the russia investigation. coming up news 4's tracie potts will explain why the fbi is looking at kushner and the possibility he could face criminal charges. >>> this morning secretary of state rex tillerson travels to london to pay tribute to the 22 people killed in monday's bombing in manchester, england. while he's there, he will also work to smooth out the rela

news 4's molette green is here live to share. good morning. >> it appears we're interesting trouble with molette's signal. >>> 5:13. headlines around the country. heartbreaking story out of ohio. 8-year-old boy killed himself because he was bullied at school. surveillance video appears to show a student slamming gabriel kay into a wall knocking him unconscious. the boy killed himself two days later. the investigation into his death has been reopened. the school says it's not clear that bullying led to his suicide. >>> a small central ohio community is coming together to mourn and remember the victims of friday's attack at a nursing home. yesterday people held a vigil for the police chief and two employees who were killed by a gunman. investigators say the shooter had been in a relationship with one of his victims. police say he was also found dead inside that nursing home. >>> derek jeter is officially a yankee legend. the shortstop had his number 2 retired by the team last night. there he is. a big ceremony. he won five champion

>> all right, molette. thank you. >>> also breaking this morning, greg gianforte is joining congress. this is the man just charged f night. nbc's garrett hake is live in boseman, montana, where people are waking up to the news. garrett, good morning. >> reporter: early last night, you missed what's going to be the weirdest political story after 2017 after we saw 2016 taking the cake. greg gianforte the republican candidate who had been favored to win this seat until he was accused of assaulting a reporter a day and a half ago did, indeed, manage to hold on and claim montana's only congressional seat for the republican party last night. the race was closer than a lot of people expected. it sounds like it's going to be about 7% when all the votes were counted. last night at the victory party we heard something we don't typically hear, a little bit of contrition and apology. take a listen. >> last night i learned a i need to share something from my heart here, and i just ask you to bear with me. and when you m

back to you, eun. >> molette, back to you. >>> inexcusable.t's how metro board chairman describes two metro workers and an at&t employee. according to our news partners at wtop, the three were walking down yellow line tracks near eisenhower avenue. they had to jump out of the way. the two workers recently underwent safety training and had violated at least four safety pr action. >>> speaking of metro, get ready to pay a lot more for your metro fare and perhaps adjust your schedule. starting june 25th riders will have to deal with fare hikes and service cuts. the changes will have the biggest impact on riders that use the system late at night and on weekends. take a look. here are some of the major changes on the rales. week night service will end at 11:30 p.m. friday and saturday service will go until 1:00 a.m. and on sunday the system opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 11:00 p.m. metro says the changes to hours should not have a big impact. >> still going to have trains in the downtown area coming every three or four minutes so really it's a ma

news 4's molette green is live on the campus now with more. molette?: yeah, good morning to you again. yeah, police say they've found some disturbing information on the internet, and that's what umd police say prompted them to call in the fbi to investigate a possible hate-based motivation here. police have already said 22-year-old shawn urbanski, the suspect here, is a member of a facebook group known as alt-reich nation. remember those racially charged messages. here's what we know about what happened saturday morning on campus here. the victim, army second lieutenant richard collins iii was with his friends. they were waiting on an uber. he was attacked completely unprovoked. >> he said to the left. step left if you know what's good for you. the victim looked at him puzzled with the other friends of his and said, no. it was then that shawn urbanski stabbed the victim in his chest. >> reporter: now the suspect in this case sits in jail facing murder charges. meantime, on another college campus bowie state is preparing to honor the victim army second

molette? >> reporter: yeah, that heart ache worse when kenneth kelley missed court on friday and shocked everyone. he is now locked up this morning facing new troubles. captured late last night at a motel on allentown road. he still has to be sentenced in the dui crash that took five lives. he was convicted of five counts of negligent homicide. it has been a painful journey for those families left to mourn those lost. >> 2014. here it is 2017, so you can imagine how long we've been waiting for some type of closure, you know? some type of ending to the story. >> reporter: and still unresolved this morning outside the courthouse, why kelly was free and not wearing a gps court-ordered monitor. it is quite possible the court never ordered one. that is the latest live from outside of prince george's county courthouse. i'm molette green. >> molette, thank you. >>> police are trying to track down the i-95 gunman who killed a mother of two from manassas. the family says the killer better not be lookin

. >> news 4's molette green is live in college park now. molette, why do investigators think this may have been an act of hate? >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning to you. there are some questionable things police say they found on the internet. that's why university of maryland police have called in the fbi to help determine if this is in fact a hate-based crime. police have already said 22-year-old shawn urbansky is part of a facebook group alt-reich nation. that's what the fbi said the investigation on these types of matters will kick in. here's what we know happened saturday here on the university of maryland campus. richard collins iii was with friends waiting for an uber when police say he was attacked, completely unprovoked. >> he was yelling. in fact, perhaps screaming is one description and then he said to the victim, step left, step left if you know what's good for you. the victim looked at him puzzled with the other friends of his and said no. it was then that shawn urbansky stabbed the victim in his chest. >> reporter: now ric

molette green has the latest. molette? >> reporter: yes. at any minute, we expect an update on the suspect. we just got his name moments ago. just before 10:30 this morning, police told us they caught this guy. his last name is gardener. we're still working to get his first name here. this man who was armed and ran off into a wooded area on surratts road had police scrambling to find him. this happened near grant avenue. we are in the parking lot of the colony south hotel near maryland's hta can tell you that the shelter in place order ended right after this man's capture. he was armed when he broke into a house. police say he broke into a house here and then there was a fire that happened at that house shortly after. there was a barricade situation. again, the chief now at the podium to bring us up to date on this situation. >> at approximately 7:50 this morning, alert neighbors, and i want to thank them, telephoned 911 saying that a neighbor's house was being broken into by a gentleman and they provided us with a very good description. hi

back to you. >> molette green.ank you. >>> racial tensions may have caused a deadly stabbing at the university of texas at austin. one student died and three others were seriously hurt during yesterday's attack. campus police say the suspect was a 21-year-old student named kendrick white. he was armed with a large hunting knife and targeted people gathered in a popular spot on campus. friends of one of the victims recent racial tensions on campus may have been a trigger to the stabbing. >> it absolutely has to do with targeting greek life. >> we recognize there have been a significant number of discussions on social media about all kinds of things that we cannot confirm are true. >> police say they are still looking to determine a motive for the attack. classes at the university will resume today. >>> 6:48 now. we've been talking about the problems left behind by severe storms to our west. >> there are stories of hope. >> in texas, a family including two little children were saved from a car that flipped over in th

back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> 5:04. angie goff is at the live desk this morning with new information out of south korea. angie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. south korea's new president was elected a week ago. moon jae-in will visit with president trump next month we're told for a summit on north korea. on the table the growing concern over the north's ability to build nuclear moon said if the circumstances are right that he is open with meeting with north korea. aaron, eun? >> angie, thank you. >>> five minutes after the hour now. the white house is embroiled in another controversy this morning. >> this time it's over what president trump reportedly told the russians in a meeting last week. the washington post reports the president revealed highly classified intelligence information to sergei lavrov and the russian ambassador. it talked about a russian threat related to the use of laptop use on planes. h.r. mcmaster is strongly denying the report. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false.

molette, fill us in. >> reporter: that's right.t you to take a look at what the problem is. there it is. that is the utility poll that is leaning there at the intersection of boroughs and minnesota avenue. utility crews, we should tell you, you can see them. they are here on the scene, but as you can see, this stretch is blocked off. this is the way folks would go to get to the metro station just down the way there. they're going to have to find a work around. that would be further down nanny hills and borough avenue. you have utility crews on the scene. this is a busy intersection this morning, but there is a work around for folks but we'll stay on the scene and continue to give you updates inside our nbc washington app. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> 15 before the hour. we could see some movement this week on the republican plan to repeal and >> the bill could come up for a vote in the house. republicans have been working behind the scenes to get the votes to pass it. yesterday on "meet the press" vice president mike pen

. >> molette green joins us with the roads. >> reporter: we're in the thick of it. rain is heavy and steady. lots of cars on the road. let's take a look now at the slick road conditions here. we are trying to keep a good distance between our vehicle and the road spray. we have people taking it easy and the folks on the road who are going a bit too fast for these conditions. we are moving right along in the major weather. it is coming down pretty good. stay with us on "news 4 today." back to you. >> as the rain continues to move through the area, make sure you have the alerts on in the nbc washington app. you can make weather your home page. >> giant fire and erika gonzalez has the live coverage. >> good morning. >> good morning. before we show you this video, let me let you know everybody made it out okay. we can tell you there was one firefighter that had to be transported to the hospital. they're going to make it. the family members. incredible video. specifically on the 9300 block. thankfully all of those individuals are okay. the cause of this fire, at this poin

. >> news 4's molette green is live in college park now.olette, why do investigators think this may have been an act of hate? >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning to you. there are some questionable things police say they found on the internet. that's why university of maryland police have called in the fbi to help determine if this is in fact a hate-based crime. police have already said 22-year-old shawn urbansky is part of a facebook group

back to you, eun. >> thank you, molette. >>> it is 4:30. now president donald trump is on the final leg of his first over seas trip. he is at the g7 summit in italy where he meets with heads of other major economic powers. this morning everyone is talking about this video. take a look. it appears as though president trump pushed aside the prime minister of monte sn egro so he could move to the front of the group. this happened as the leaders were getting ready to take a group pictures yesterday. the president was just moving to his assigned place. markevich said it was harmless. >>> the fbi investigation into the trump family has hit the circle. jared kushner is under the

molette green is live near the tidal basin to explain. molette?: hey, good morning, guys. on any given day you're already hard-pressed to find an available space on the national mall. add in parking meters to the mix and oh, boy does it get interesting. now when the sun comes up this morning, you might get to see those meters going in today. that's what's expected to happen all over the national mall area. right tidal basin where you see the jefferson memorial, cherry trees. today is installation day. 90 parking pay stations for an estimated 1100 parking spots all over the mall here. when you see the meters we're talking about, $2 an hour from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day 365 days a year. we're talking weekends and holidays, too. the enforcement, that starts in june. we've got a lot more on this inside our nbc washington app. the goal is to get more people to use public transportation and to turn over the available spaces a lot quicker. that is the latest live on the national mall. thank you. >> molette, thank you. >>> two area police officers

news 4's molette green is live there with more on today. molette? >> reporter: good morning.an see some of the early setup outside here for the graduates and their families. they should start arriving around 8:00 a.m. this morning. yes, it will be an emotional graduation day for bowie state with the murder weighing heavily on their hearts here. the bus shelter where richard collins iii was murdered is not far from the xfinity center. bowie state, they held that vigil where people described their beloved classmate, brilliant, honorable. his father tells nbc news he always wanted to help. >> he had a loving and giving he'd go out of his way sometimes to my chagrin to try and help othe others. >> reporter: and richard collins iii was celebrating his recent commission as an army officer when he was attacked on the campus at that bus shelter. that is the latest live from outside the xfinity center. back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> the 22-year-old university of maryland student accused of killing collins will likely stay in jail until his trial. a judge denied shawn urbansky

molette green is joining us on the campus. good morning, molette. >> reporter: good morning. a lot is expected to happen in an hour at the community meeting in attendance, the latest target of this incident. she is appealing to the students to ignore hate and unite in a show of solidarity. it's a steady day on campus but many find it hard to concentrate just a day after a racially charged act that's left american university shaken, including these sophomores. >> i would like to see more actions to figure out who is doing this and getting them out of there, whoever is causing this terror on our campus. >> reporter: in the latest incident, bananas were found hanging from strings in the shapes of nooses. and aka-free among the words scribbled on the racially the alpha sorority. i spoke with the international president dorothy buchanan by telephone. she said, quote, we are stunned. in 2017 to put a noose on a banana and the letters aka, we're clear about what that is. students i spoke with say the university leadership has to do more. >> it keeps happening but i think that we nee

molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.woods is still very much a big presence here. his attendance in a few weeks when this tour kicks off was uncertain from the first place before the arrest because of his back surgery and recovery from that. his foundation deeply connected to this. woods is very deeply committed to the area with his three learning centers and his scholarship. his arrest sitting in jail for hours and his mug shot seen and talkedut arrest is no doubt a big impact on his brand here. of course, he cannot play golf for a while and so his foundation work a primary professional interest to tiger woods. but his focus has to be on the legal troubles and regaining his brand. later today we could know a lot more about his arrest. tiger woods released a statement saying alcohol was not involved, rather, it was the medications, the mix of medications that were a factor here. he was released from jail on his own recognizance and is at his florida home this morning. that is the latest live from tpc potom potomac. back

molette green. back to you. >>> molette, thank you very much. the family of a murdered prince george's county woman is pleading for police to find her body. they say they just want to bring her home and give her a proper funeral. her last moments alive were violent. her boyfriend confessed to strangling her in their apartment in oxen hill. paige's father said he was going to break up with him. >> she never left. she wasn't able to leave. to do that to somebody just because you don't want them to leave, you don't have the right to do that to a person. >> police say surveillance video shows proctor taking paige's body out of the building in a gray dumpster. >>> supposed to be keeping the school safe and he is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a student at the school. police believe there could be more victims. mike lievano worked at colonel e. brooke lee middle school in camp mills. he is charged with sex offenses and sexual abuse of a minor. court documents show he worked part-time at rockville high school between september 2015 an

. >> 25-year-old robert molette is convicted of entering his girlfriend's home and attacking her. the victim ran looking for help, happened to see her neighbor driving down at the time. she jumped into his vehicle and the two made a right turn, but her boyfriend pursued them for blocks. robert was being a good samaritan when his vehicle was being rammed by the girl's boyfriend. when they got to an intersection, the girl jumped out and that's when the boyfriend opened the door and began punching robert. his here had to be reconstructed. his chin was separated from part of his face. and had multiple surgeries after. but the injury jeopardizing hads pilot's license is his concussion. >> i probably recovered probably i'm about as good as i'm going to get. >> reporter: today molette got seven years in prison, five years probation, a sentence higher than state guidelines are if second-degree assault. >> i think it's a fair decision. i think that it's important that somebody like that is not out in society. >> the faa is reviewing whether his health is up to flying again. >> i've got my

. >> news 4's molette green is heading south near arlington. how is it going?ow. the rain is coming down pretty steady. six minutes ago it's pretty steady. you definitely need your wipers and you need to head out early if you're going to get through this morning drive. there's a lot of rain on your commute on the drive this morning. we are riding along with the morning rush headed 95 south. we're going to stay with you for updates throughout the morning. >> molette, a lot happening. don't worry about it. if you haven't downloaded our storm team 4 watch app, this is the time to do it. get alerts on when the rain is moving through your area. >>> 4:30. a delaware state police officer laid to rest. corporal ballard shot to death responding to a call. ballard was 32 years old and leaves behind a wife

molette? >> reporter: good morning to you guys. police have a good look at the man ty surveillance footage shows some clear images. let's take a look now if you can. stop for a hoemt and take a good look at the man seen in this surveillance video. article ton police say this man with the under armor backpack posed as a maintenance worker and went door to door inside these condos until a woman opened up her door shortly before 10:00 sunday morning and was sexually assaulted. he's described to be in his 20s, 6 feet tall and was wearing a zbra sweatshirt and he left on foot from these condos. hear now from arlington police. if you don't recognize the person, don't allow them. kind of advice police would give to anyone who lives anywhere even in a single family home. if someone is knocking at your door claiming to be from a utility company or some other company, you need to call first and check to make sure that person is legit. in the meantime, if you have any idea who this man is in the surveil lake foot page, you're asked to keep an

back to you. >> molette, thank you. >>> soldiers at arlington national cemetery and other service memberswell, today his aides are 1set to get back to work to retool his message. the russia investigation now involves his son-in-law. >> news 4's tracie potts is live. what's the strategy the white house is working on to put in place. does it involve the rumored staff shakeup? that's what we're hearing, eun and aaron. they want to set up what's described as a war room to directly deal with some of these questions and allegations coming out about the russia investigation. jared kushner, son-in-law and advisor to the president was supposed to be one of the key people setting that up and may still be. some of the white house, our sources are saying, are advising him to lay low. he's not only been targeted by the fbi not o interested in talking to but reports say he might have tried to set up the communications. likes like they might be bringing back cory leeuwen do you ski. sean spicer might have more of a behind the scenes role and bringing in other officials like the budget director from time

molette green is on the same campus. >> reporter: and the collins family is here for their son, many of the people that i to today described feelings of grief and pride for a young man who dedicated his life to services. last minute prepping of caps and gowns, final photos, nervous energy on this long awaited day. but heavy hearts, too, for army second lieutenant richard collins iii killed just days ago on this college park campus. >> i think everybody is kind of like wow, that is so sad. but i mean, for the most part, we're still excited. i know he wouldn't want everybody to be like oh, no, droopy and stuff. so we're just trying to make the best of the day. >> we remember the life of our fallen. >> reporter: inside the xfinity center, a moment event of silen. this claire is draped and dedicated to the bowie state business student commissioned just last week as an army officer. many here will wear his memory. >> it's hard to grasp, i got this text early morning saturday after it happened and two days after commissioning and three days before graduation, it'scol here to receive his de

back to you now. >> molette green live for us in arlington. >>> working for you this morning to shine a light on the growing problem of human trafficking. it can affect every family and as one expert put it, if you have the internet in your house, your child could be talking to a predator right now. running away, skipping school and having a cell phone that you or your child did not purchase are just a few of the warning signs to look out for. those who work with victims of sex trafficking say these warning signs are often mistaken for bad behavior. >> it's often happening under the radar, under the lens of people thinking that's just a run away she wants to be out running the streets or he wants to get in trouble but the reality is that a lot of those signs are cries for help. >> issue took center stage in washington recently when police began posting every missing child case on social media. according to d.c. police, 818 juveniles have been reported missing in d.c. so far this year. 15 of those cases are still open. >>> 6:35 right now. a gro

. >> news 4's molette green is live at the atrium with more evidence. molette? >> reporter: good morning, everyone. police missed this guy by seconds. when neighbors heard the violent struggle they called 911. now the latest video that we have in from arlington county police shows the suspect right after the attack elevator and something appears to the rale him. take a look at it for yourself. now listen to arlington county police explain it all. >> in the video you can see him reacting we believe to the arlington county police officers arriving on scene. that day we received multiple 911 calls from the victims surroundeding the attack because the attack was violent and loud. >> reporter: when the elevator opens the suspect runs out of it and apparently out of the garage. arlington county police want you to share this video on social media and maybe someone who knows this man can identify him and call police. police believe this is the man who found his way inside the atrium condo minimums on sunday and went door to door on one of the floors until she was attack

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm molette green. aaron and eun have the day off. of people have plans outdoors including yours truly. so let's get straight to the forecast with chuck bell and lauryn ricketts. the pressure is on, get rid of the fog. >> yeah, we're trying to get rid of it for you. >> all everyone is talking about is going to the pool and 409 dogs. no invitation for us. >> you knneed to help me out, im >> three kids? we're the one that told you not have the extra dock be tacockta night. outside temperatures in the low to mid about 60s, so mild and humid and foggy start here this morning. here is the war memorial there early this morning, it will be a cloudy start to the day. more than enough sunshine to get temperatures back into the 80s. and only a hit and miss chance for a shower come can go up later this afternoon. we have done all we can to help adam. >> we have. now the ball is in your court. >> we'll take the forecast for today. thanks. >> leave the kids out of it. >>> lots of ceremonies and celebrations happening around town this memorial day

molette?>>> and it's official, you can wear white, flattering fashion to heat up your summer style coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take." from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a monday morning, may 29, 2017. oh, "america the beautiful." alicia keys and mr. ray charles. doesn't get better than that. let's bring that up just a little bit. ♪ god shed his grace on thee next hour? good stuff, right? >> gets right into your system. >> my mother was the biggest ray charles fan. you'd come into the house and isobel always had raye on. on the hi-fi. >> well, that was just for you. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, oh, what a great piece. so we hope you're enjoying your memorial day morning. if you haven't hit the road, you'll be hitting the road or returning from a trip. according to aaa, nearly 40 million people will be traveling more than 50 miles during memorial day weekend. 88% of you driving. >> wow. >> where is everybody going? >> good

. >> molette, a lot happening. don't worry about it. if you haven't downloaded our storm team 4 watch app, this is the time to do it. get alerts on when the rain is moving through your area. >>> 4:30. a delaware state police officer laid to rest. corporal ballard shot to death responding to a call. ballard was 32 years old and leaves behind a wife 5-year-old daughter from bowie, maryland. >>> we're learning about the passing of richard pennington, a vietnam veteran. he worked his way up to assistant chief in the d.c. police department. his health declined after he suffered a stroke in 2010. he was 69 years old. >>> 4:p31. eri erika, good morning to you. >> when we show you the video, keep in mind everybody made it out okay. these flames so intense. this is in the city of manassas. specifically the 9300 block of nash drive. this was a two alarm fire. you can see the bucket there with the firefighter trying to spray the water from on top. the red cross is assisting seven family members. one firefighter was transferred to the hospital. we

coming up at 5:00 news 4's molette green explained how kelly mappinged to disappear. >> right nowle angie leader of south korea. >> barely a week after he was elected moon jae-in will attend a summit next month with president trump to address concern over north korea's progress overld that announcement comes days after the north successfully tested a missile. moon a liberal has been open to possible talks with north korea if the kirk couple stances are right. >> it's 4:30. the white house is also embroiled in another cop throw versy. >> the president revealed highly classified intelligence information to sergei lavrov and the russian ambassador. it talked about the isolated use of laptop computers on planes. h.r. mcmaster is strongly denying the report. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil

news 4's molette green is us. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning to you. campus and d.c. police still trying to figure out who did this using surveillance video in their investigation. we expect to hear more today from the new student government president taylor johnson. she is the first black woman to hold this position. she's also a member of alpha kappa alpha, the sorority apparently referenced in the racist incident where bananas were found hacking from string in the shape of nooses. students who should be focusing on studying for finals have this disturbing distraction. >> it just built a level of fear within a community that we shouldn't have to walk around campus thinking did this person throw a banana at me. did this person do this to me. >> some people, i don't know what happened or why they do that but it's unfortunate. >> n >> reporter: now the university president has condemned racially charged acts of bigotry are done to instill fear and inflict pain especially at difficult times. this is especially frustrating for the student body on campus. they have held m

molette green has the story of a prince george's county officer. >> reporter: good morning, guys.if you haven't been down here, mementos in circle judiciary square here. this is growing. officers today remembering how a prince george's detective sacrificed his life to protect his community and colleagues. jakai colton shot and killed during a police ambush right outside police head kaurs. he was out of uniform, off duty when he jumped in. he was among the six area officers to be added today to this memorial, jacai colson. this starts outside of the west capital building. president trump will address the event and then after that there will be a medal of honor ceremony and then the wreath laying that will be right here at judiciary square. we're live this >>> 6:35. the search for a new fbi director is likely to heat up this week. >> but it is the old one who is still causing problems for president trump. the latest nbc news wall street journal poll shows 29% of americans approve of the president's decision to fire james comey while 39% disapprove. all of this coming as lawmakers ar

i'm molette green. >> and i'm adam tuss. aaron and eun are at the pool. we're here for you. memorial day, we have team coverage on everything you need to know from the parades and road closure to the memorial day events happening. >> but first let's get the holiday forecast fromyn rickett. >> good morning. kind of a gloomy cloudy start to the day, but would you go to the pool today? >> i would because the temperatures will be in the 80s. we'll get a little sunshine out there. >> lauryn ricketts says it's a pool day. so good advice for you. i'm not really a pool person necessarily. but nonetheless, i think that you will get enough sunshine to make it pool worthy. though we are off to a murky looking start. these clouds will gradually

. >> always good for molette. >> absolutely. cool stuff nor the summer and craig is working on cocktails, he brought a couple to talk about, too. >> talk about the cocktails. i'm all-in. >> the taller one is, that's what i like. it has per sek oh, and we do a house-made syrup. for soda. a strawberry jalapeno syrup. >> and this one? >> partly sunny. yellow chartreuse and a little lime juice also. sounds good. smells delicious. looks delicious. can't wait to get there. congratulations on your anniversary coming up. and, of course, if you want to vote for your favorite restaurant and brooklyn's finest is on the list search ramey's inside the n thank you for joining us, and brings us delicious food on this holiday weekend kickoff. >> thank you. >> yes. >> chris, back to you. >> all right, thanks. that looks mouth-watering. >>> we take a live look outside at the beautiful blue sky. a final look at you >>> will today be the shares with shares of amazon possibly first time ever after closing around $999 apiece yesterday. amazon stock u

follow molette green on twitter for more on the terrific conditions there.or a look at the rest of your commute, mollet on your first four traffic. >> outer look at bw parkway has the crash. right now the right lane and ramp lane coming from northbound bw parkway is shut down as they try to get things straightened out there. this has cleared out before new hampshire, we were blocking two right lanes. northbound 295 near benning road has cleared as well. new problem inner loop after little river turnpike center of the roadblocked by a disabled vehicle. >> thank you, melissa, we'll take a break and check your forecast next. stay with us. >>> cloudy and warm outside. we're already in the low 70s across the area and by later on this afternoon, highs up near 85 degrees, breezy and warm. there is a likelihood of strong to perhaps severe thunderstorm between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. so we have a storm team 4 weather alert for later this afternoon and this evening. be ready for that. stay on our nbc washington app. back to dry weather and coo >> chuck, thank you. >>