mayor muriel bowser is set to unveil new marijuana legislation to allow for the sale of recreational cannabis, currently residents could grow and possess small amounts of marijuana but they cannot p legally purchase . according to "the was" ngton post,e mayor's bill has the alcoholic beverage regulation administration overseeing marijuana sales. >>> all right, here we gon. agai it is the scene that has played out again and again and again over the past couple of month >> this morning it happened again. robbers smashed through the front window of a 7-eleven looking to ste an atm. >> sounds familiar, right? justin finch has more. >> reporter: sunrise over yet another 7-eleven atm smash-and-grab scene. no shoppers, but lots of investigators working this store on the 12,200 block of tech road in a lver spring area shopping plaza off the columbia pike. >> this place is so busy. they are open 24 hours a day. very surprised. >> reporter: this began at about 3:10 this morning.y montgomeunt police say two suspects dressed in black hoodies forced 7-eleven workers rdwn to the floor. then a pers

police command staff, mayor muriel bowser announced her plan to reduce crime over the summer. >> part of the initiat involve sending more officers o into neighbrhoods spencering higher volumes of violent crime. >> reporter: thisweek, they will focus on high crime neighborhoods east of the river. >> we are laser focused on violent crime before it happens. >> reporter: part of her focus is on the 55 murders so far this year. the mayor has taken the unusual step of sitting face-to-face with detectives to have them brief her on each investigation. > i want to be able to go into every community and let them know i'm concerned about the violence happening in the community. let families know we are concerned for their loved ones, what happened to their loved ones, and violence that happened and how we will bring them to justice. 65-year-old perkins voiced her skepticism the plan will make a difference. >> other families traumatized and children murdered in the streets. you said you need support from the community but they're afraid. th i know what you're saying is true. only way to change it

mayor muriel bowser wants to change all that.p nxt at 6:00, mark segravese xplains why today's proposal is still far from realitygh >>> some neibors complaining about pedestrian safety have taken to painting their own crosswalk. ourdsadam tuss f out what vdot has to say about it. >>> on yo mark, get set, as we get ready for the kentucky derby and the preakness.ar why mand is looking at new rules to protect racehorses. >>> we're talking severe weather earlier. one real strong storm in through charles county, southern prince george's county. you what happens with this storm and the next set that this storm and the next set that cos in tomorrow and your i have three kids, i work from home. we are all on the internet at the same time. my kids are doing homeworkvir they're streaming os. upstairs, downstairs. how's homework going? you need help? my middle son, he likes to create videos and post them online. and wh e he's doing that i'm onvideo c so that, you know, mama n make some money. the best internet is even better at our best pri

mayor muriel bowser had proposed $40 million.ci co members want to cut that funding to just $15 million spend the rest on a new hospital. >>> the health care crisis across the city with providence hospital closing and now extreme cuts to the united medical center, that means folks are not able to access health care. >> a final vote on the hospital's budget is set for next month. the council is threatening to eplace the ospital's board of director withntrol board. >>> 4:48. working for your health this morning with ase warning for thf of you whor from seasonal allergies. you may want to pay attention to what you're eating for breakfast. doreen gensler explains why certain foods could make your symptoms worse. >> reporter: spring is in the air. >> they're suffering from the tail end of the tree pollen which sometimes starts as early as february and then grass pollen. that's what's out in droves now. >> reporter: that means months of misery for 26 million americans who suffer fromso sl allergies. dr. jackie agragri savette in gaithersburg. she says your diet could be part of the problem. >

mayor mural bowser has un-- muriel bowser has introduced legislation that would legalize selling marijuany as as next year despite a tsngressional ban. right now residen can grow and possess small amounts of majuana but cannot legally purchase it. the congressional ban expires next >>ear. 4:36. for metro riders, there will be a preview of this summer's closures. the stations will shut down for more than three months to replace crumbling platforms. that is right stag may 25th -- starting may 25th. >>> rock creek and potomac parkway will be shut down at kennedy center starting this thursday. throad will stay closed until early next tuesday. detour signs will be set up for drivers. this closure is so workers cans inl parts of a new pedestrian bridge over the parkway. if you have tickets to ake nnedy trnter event, officials say you should budget ex time to get there. >> 'yeah. itgoing to be tough to get around. >>> 34:7. coming up, a scare in the air when a bounce house nearly blow away with people inside. the new video and the story behind it. >>> plus, an update on that runaway peacock on th

mayor muriel bowser has announced a new plan that woulde allow th recreational education of marijuana. >>ntsubcommittee iduced legislation that -- she introduced legislation that would allow it to be sd next year despite a current ban. people with not legally purchase right now. in the past when sales were considered to be legalized, congress warned thateven holding public hearings would violate federal law. mayor bowser disagrees. >> it has always been our pinion, rachel, that the council had the legal authority to proceed with hearings. and that continues to be our ew. >> d.c. council chair phil mendelsohnn says he will holdc publihearings on the polar mar proposal but says -- on the proposal, but says people shouldnu get their hopes p. the ban expires in 2020. > still ahead on "news4 today," are copetes targeting in a local neighborhood? yikes. >> the warning for the people who live there after three dogs disappeared. >>> and is friday, so news4's molette green is taking us on a "one-tank roadtrip," and promising plenty of horsing around. >> reporter: a one-tank trick brought us he

police command staff, mayor muriel bowser announced her plan to reduce crime or the summer. >> part of the initiative will involve sending more officers into neighborhoods that are experiencing higher volumes of violent crime. >> reporter: d.c. police will focus on high-crime areas east of the river. >> we are laser focused on violent crime before it happens. >> reporter: part of the laser focus is on the 55 murders so far in year. the mayor has takenn theual step of sitting face to face with detectives to have them rief her on each investigation. >> i want to be able to go into every community and let them know that i'm concerned about the violence that's happening in he community,w let families kno that we are concerned for thlr oved ones and what happened to their loved ones, why the violence happened, and how we'rn go to bring people to j ustice. >> reporter: ithe district, rk seagraves, news4. >>> the u.s. capitol police chief is retiring. matthew verderosa took over ft alerts to ago serving 30 years in law enforcement. he was chief when a gunman opened fire inle andria at republi

. >>> muriel bowser is trying to reduce the murder rate in d.c. murder rter: to the rate waning to rice, muriel bower is gteing debriefed. >> with my deep dive review with detectives and chiefs and commanders, it's how impordnt is to solving crimes. >> reporter: bowser came away t fromse homicide briefings believingesidents can play an important role for the challenge. >> have a challengehe for t residents across the district of columbia. >> she wants them to take advantage of rebate cameras. o far, they period to 13,000 cameras. >> we want to see our numbers go up and private areas saturated with cameras. >> she plans to put her officers in high crime neighborhoods. 65-year-old gail perkinsoiced her skepticism of thean >> other people in the streets, you said you need support from the community but they're afraid. >> i know what you are saying is true. we have to do something about it. >> reporter: after her exchange with the mayor, she said this is how she feels. the community in despair and we've been leftt. ou >> attacking homelessnesspe aps to

about an hour ago, mayor muriel bowser kicked off a graffiti campaign called the great graffiti wipeout, not in my d.c. the mayor will remove trash and graffiti in all eight wards over the next few months and what they're doing to keep d.c. beautiful. >>> the people in morgan county, virginia, are desperately searching for a missing teenager, riley crossman, and we speak to her by phone. >> i talked to riley's dad. he said he feels like a pinball because any tip they get he goes chasing after it in hoips something leads to riley and nothing. the mom said she walked into the teen's room that morning and though was there and thought that was normal, she had left for school already. i want to show you video of a volunteer searching for anything leading to riley tay. the last person riley called last week was her boyfriend. he didn't answer. after that, radio silence. no phone calls or text messages or posting on social media. riley's family said their daughter must have been abducted and would never run away. effecti if you know anything, please call the office. >>> two students will be ex

leaders have fought to keep the hospital open until a new one can be built to svice the city.or ma muriel bowser has proposed $40 million but council members want to cut it to 15 million and spend the rest on a new it hosp. >> the health care problem and now extreme cuts to united medical center, that means folks are not able to access health care. 's final vote on the hospit budget is set for next month. the council is threatening to replace the hospital'soard of directors with a control board if spending is not brought in line with the budget. >>> it's 5:48. we have new video that's a good reminder to slow down when it's raining. a florida trooper is recovering after a car slammed into him on the shoulder of an interst e. take alook. the trooper could be infar worse shape if he hadn't reacted so quickly. he was handling a crash investigation when a car hydroplaned and it headed right to him. he had the presencef mind to jump onto the wall. the trooper was able to hang on there for a while. is injuries are not life threatening. you can see he had to get helpw alking away from the scene. >>> ver

muriel bowser is vowing to fight that and help long-time residents to stay in thunir commies. >> if youave safe, dignified affordable housing, you have a fair shot in our city. >> i hope you recognized her and the lady standing next to me, from talk around town. it found 20,000 black residents in d.c. have been forced out of their neighborhoods in the last two decades and leaders are starting to catch heat because of this trend. what are your listeners saying about this and what the mayor is talking about. >> they said they don't feel like it's going anywhere until native washingtonians have been 0n like last night, showing up at a rally at 14th and u street. >> it was huge. >> there was noe. violenc they believe it's beyond the movement of music and about preserving a culture to make sure everyone's voice is heard. our listeners support any initiative that doesn'tpush out d.c. residents that make the city what it is like from d.c. >> i think it's important to have a holistic approach to deal with to empower our families anm move th forward. if it will empower our families and move the

mayor muriel bowser will launch the great graffiti wipeout.he department of public works graffiti abatement teem will embark on an eight week blitz through eight wards and will include new set signs, free lerd signs and advertisements featuring notab residents and tarted enforcement. the mayor and police department are also putting a focus on fighting the violent crime in southeast. people in the community call the murder rate a crisis. police launched their summer rime initiative yesterday and an drew wilder reports, in addition to cg up the streets, officers are also cleaning up a few yards. >> we know you're in there -- >> reporter: no, it is not an episode of cops. >> >> come on out. >>reporter: more like hgtv. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: metropolitan police officers are in southeast volunteer much-appreciated yardwo for people who have served the community and our country. >> we're going to do what we ca to makeu feel appreciated. is that oka that's beautiful. >> it is called mpd yard crashers. we'll cut the crash. >> and put e

mayor muriel bowser had proposed $4 million but council members want to cut it to 15 mm and spend t rest on new hospital. a final vote on the hospital budget is set for next month. >>> washing n wizarns were hoping that they were going to go into last night's nba draft in a good spot. >> that's right. >> lottery. eottery. >> it was the nw orleans pelicans, a bit of a surprise here, that secured the number one pick. that means the pelicans will almost certainly select duke standout zion will wmson. theards will get the ninth pick, not bad. it will take place on june 30th in brklyn, new york. >>> 6:36. working for you in the community this morning. >> molette green hanging out wouh the girl scs. >> reporter: that's right. coming up next we're going to meet the -- >> girls the world needs. >> reporter: the girls the world needs next. >>> good wednesday morning. >> every pare knows thatys are becoming more high tech. >> but tech comes with cyber kram a worry. >> susan hogan rveals ereve >>> you're watching "news 4 today."e >>> welcback. it is a dream come true for one local young filmmaker.

mayor muriel bowser declared may 15th make a wish mid-atlantic day.l 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 will. we get >> temperatures in the mid to upper 70snd also we're going to be looking at again a home run weather t wise becau rain showers move out of the area to be replaced with sunshine. take a look outside and show you wh

mayor muriel bowser is ready to take on congrs over the sales of marijuana.today she announced a plan to begin selling recreational pot as early as nxt year. that despite a congressional ban on it. in the past whd. the government considered legalizing sales they were warned holding public hearings will violate federal law. the may disagrees. >> it has always been our opinion that the council has the legal authority to proceed with continues to hat be our view. >> d.c. council chair bill mendellson will hold public eearings but said residents shouldn't get thir hopes up. the ban expires in 2020. she hopes ase democratic hou of hopes they will support her effort and not renew the ban in the next budget. >>> turningto the eather, you got more on the thunderstorm warnings and it got really t.sty f >>%óg especially in prince geos and anne arundel county. yocan see behind us. you almost can't see behind us.i >> we lostt for a second with raanother came shot. >> commits coming down so hard. not just the very heavy rain, but we've already had wind damage. let's look

mayor muriel bowser announced a plan that would allow the sale of recreational marijuana. >> yesterday she introduced legislation that would legalize selling as early as next year, despite a congressional ban. currently residents can legally grow and possess small amounts of marijuana, they cannot legally purchase it. in the past when the d.c. government considered legalizing sales, congress warned that even holding public hearings would violate federal law. mayor bowser says she disagrees. >> it has always been our opinion, rachel, that the counsel still had the legal -- h counci the legal authority to proceed with hearings. that continues to be our view. >> they will hold public hearings on the proposl, but residents shouldn't get their hopes up. the congressional ban expires in 2020. >>> still ahead, are cotes targeting pets in one local neighborhood? >> the warning for people who live there after three dogs disappeared.nd >>> a good morning, everyone. gardening forecast, if you have fwaerning to do -- gardening to do, today and early tomorrow will be the best chances to get it done

mayor muriel bowser has a new plan curb crime. >> as mark sea graves reports, it includes an unusual step that not everye thinks will work. >> reporter: surrounded by d.c. police commandf, st mayor bowser announced her plan to reduce crime over the summer. >> part of the iltiative wil involve sending more officers nto neighborhoods that are experiencing higher violent -- volumes of violent crime. >> this summeil deeps w focus on high crim neighborhoods mostly east of the river. >> we are laser focused on violent crime before it h pens. >>reporter: part of the laser focus is on the 55 murders so far tis year. the mayor has taken the unusual step of sitting face to face with deaths to have them brief her on eachti investigan. >> i want to be able to go into every community and let them know that i'm concerned about the violence happening in the community. let families know that we are concerned for their loved ones and what happened, why the violence happened and how we're going to bring people to justice. >> reporter: in he district, mark seagraves, news4. >>> theic.s. capitol p chief

mayor muriel bowser with the big scissors and city leaders cutting the ribbon on the new two birds day care center here. this is located on brandy wine stre northwest. it will serve 72 children as the increased demand for childcare grows, mayor bowser issued this challenge to businesses today. >> we are challenging all of our folks who want to be in business in the district, who want to educe children, and want to really help the city be prepared for the 10 and 2years to come where we'll have even more children needing childcare. >> education leaders say d.c. more than halfway to their goal of creating a thousand new childcare slots by september of next year. >>> still ahead, a costly catch to rid the district of some of its annoying pests. >> we get thequestion all the time, why will i use that? >> birth control for rats. the news 4 i-team will show us why the city is going to try it. >>> and a trash transformation. the new use for a huge collection of straws dumped into the anacostia rive >>> and we are working for your wallet. "washington post" food critic is going to join us live w

mayor muriel bowser n announced a ew plan that would llow thele sa of recreational marijuana. >> he introduced legislation that would legalize selling it as early as next year. that's despite a congressional ban. currently residents can legally grow and possess small aofounts marijuana, but they cannot legally purchase it. in the past when the d.c. government considered legalizing sales, congress warned that even holding public hearings would violate federal law. mayor bowser says she disagrees. >> has always been our opinion that the counsel had the legal -- the council had the legal authority to proceed with hearings. that continues to be our view. >> d.c. council chair phil mendelsohnn says he will hold hearings on the proposal but says residents should not get their hopes up. the congressional ba expiresin 2020. >>> still ahead on "news4 today," are coyotes targeting pets in one local neighborhood? >> the warning f people who live there after three dogs disappeared. >>> and it's friday. news4's molette green is taking us on a one-tank roadtrip and promises plenty of horsing around. >> repo

mayor muriel bowser one of the first to jump in the pool with the kids in the langdon pool northeast.t search pools in your nbc washinton app to find one in your neighborhood. >>> as the pools open, the change this year in idelines for keeping your kids safe in and around the water. the american academy of pediatrics now recommending kids start learning to swim at the age 1. that's three years earlier thany previous advised. swim instructors say learning the basics is critical. >> we try to make it fun, but there are important life saving skills. things as simple as common e, seut people don't really understand it.to just able grip on the side of the pool, how to get out of wa rtant. first doctors say you should always empty out wadingoo p immediately after you use thx. net, make sure to install covers or fencing around pools. and in the water, make sure to stay within an arm's length of the child. drowning is the top cause of injury-related deaths among younger children. snch >>> we are kicking off our backyard weather season with our first trip on over to the beach this afternoon. i

mayor muriel bowser will announce a plan to allow the sale of recreational marijuana as early as nexta ye despite a congressional ban. residents could grow and possess small amounts of marijuana but hacould not legally puse it. in the past when the d.c. government hasnsidered legalizing sales, congress warned that even holding public hearings would violate federal law. the mayor, though, disagrees. >> it is always bn our opinion, rachel, that the council has thethegal auority to proceed with hearings. and that continues be our view. >> d.c. council chair phil mendelson will hold hearings on pot proposals but don't get hopes up yet. the ban eires in 2020. >> virginia metro riders there is a preview of the summer extended metro shutdown at half a dozen northern virginia stations. melissa mollet has more on the weekend road conditions. >> i'm melissa mollet look at metro for this weekend. we do have stations that will be closed. and buses will replace trains there. but let's s what we're talking about. yellow line, about huntington, eiseower, king street and braddock road and crystal cid

mayor muriel bowser a mounsnnout will be the first trip intothe district.m fmade the press rasele shopping centers. back in word that the skylarand project is gainin momentum. good news for job seekers like thomas just out of norfolk state. still there's some concern. wi the store be a fit for the neighborhood? >> have they talkedth to e community to see if this is what they would like? >> reporter: legal executives are banking that it is. as you see, the town center is taking shape and plans are have to have development ready by late 2020. in southeast, derrick ward, news 4. >>> breaking now at 6:00, defying congress. president trump tells his former white house counsel to not testify about the mueller report. the justice department backing him up with a major deadline tomorrow. >>> severe weather danger. a dire warning issued for thers fit time in eights. year tornadoes threatening communities in texas and klahoma. > and tracking ms 13, the gang connected to violent teen murders our area. erika gonzalez talks to an officer who has been investigating the g

mayor muriel bowser and city leaders cut the ribbon today on the new two birds day care center. it's located on brandy wine street in rthwest. it will serve 72 children as the increased demldd for chicare grows, mayor bowsersued this challenge to businesses today. >> we are challenging all of our folks who want to be in business in the district. want to educate children. aly want to real help the city be prepared for the0 and 20 years to come where we'll have even more children needing childcare. >> education leaders say d.c. is more than halfway to its goal oc reating a thousand new childcare slots by september of next year. a >>> teenage member of ms 13 learned that he's going to spend the next decade of his life in rison because he chose to threaten someone with a machete in a gaithersburg shopping center. chris gordon takes a look at the crime and how tis is part of a biggerest to crack down on gang violence. >> reporter: it happened here in the parking lot of festival at muddy branch. a man was accosted by two young men and a woman. the men, gang members, we woulded -- had

washington dc mayor muriel bowser also spoke to the gathering. ♪ announcer: please welcome "the atlantic'srgarette lowe. [applause] welcome to the atlantic's first summit on athletes and activism. i'm margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. we are so happy to b

washington dc mayor muriel bowser also spoke to the gathering. ♪ announcer: please welcome "the atlantic'smargarette lowe. [applause] welcome to the atlantic's first summit on athletes and activism. i'm margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. we are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brand-new arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warm-up act for that. and what a wonderful crowd here today. thank you, all, for joining us. power ofploring the athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. we will hear from olympians, collegiate all-americans, professionals and from people who cover sports. and listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey world championships, nine olympic trophy.and one nfl so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, "atlantic" staff writ