here'sorherree burruss with from nats park. >> reporter: six months. that's how long it has bee since bry harper has played a baseball game here at nationals park. tonight he is back with division rival the philadelphia phillies. as familiar as bce is with this ballpark, he says it's still a little weird being back aas a visitor hope the fans cheer for him at least once. >> everywhere i go, if i a visiting player, i usually get booed, so it's just part of it. but i think iight get a little bit tonight. i might get s ceers as well. all the messages i've found on instagram are we're going to cheer you tonight and boo you later. >>ou know what it's like to come back and face a former team you've played for. what is that like as alayer? >> it can be difficult. all the relationships that you build from the front offic down to the guys in the clubhouse. i got to know him y lastr pretty good. excited to see him, to come back here. he's done a lot for this city. i just hope that welcome is warm and doesn'to south. reporter: they're tired of talking about bryce

>>hey play at 1:05 at nats park.arper posted a heart felt thank you on his instagram page. >> it will take a while. >> 5:38. coming up, changes coming another summer sports traditi in our area. the citi open, we'll fill you i on why it will look different. >>> wild new video of aus driver being beaten up while driving. why he >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> caught on camera. aht violent f between a bus driver and a passenger. officialst transit say this attack started after an argument escalated last month and quickly turned physical when the man used c hise to beat the iver. stefan knocks mp knox continued to kick the guy with the cane. the driver was fired after the attack. >>> new this amorning, man is in jail for hurting a bird in horida. police picked up in ocean city and now he's been extrad e extradited to florida. he's jumping on to a state and federally protect pelican in the florida keys. now he's in jail on an $80,000 nd. still a mystery as to why he did that. >> jumpedn the pelican and he got the

gives the nats the lead. they never looked back.hey went a wild one. 10-6 over phillies. >> now champs are here. the national champion virginia cavaliers arriv back in vi charlottlle. plenty of fans showing show support for the away who haves. saturday at scott stadium. not sure if tony bennett or any of the players will take a cue from the fans. >>> to the fan out in force. forcing d.c. united out in impact. not much action. just getting a piece of it. the play opsthe game kee it scoreless and that' how it ends in a 0-0aw we are gearing up for caps playoffs so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think it's your dog. oh it's him. good call. customize each line and choose to pay by the gig or get unlimited... do you guys sell other dogs? now that's simple, easy, awesome. and since xfinity mobile comes with xfinity intern

harper posted at heart f thank you to nats fans on his instagram page. it appears most people still can't forgive him for leaving d.c. because that's how people are. >> people take it personally. i don't think he cares. >> not a little bit. >> he has the phillies w. if you read the instagram post, he cared about the city. he loved his teammates. he mentioned a coupl restaurants. >> that's how life works. i loved richmond and now i'm here. >> you said dueuces. i make millions. get on it. 4:38. coming up. changes comin to anoth sports tradition. the citi open. we'll fill you in on why the tennis tournament will look a bit different here. >>> wild new video showing a bus driver being beaten up while driving. why he endedin up loshis job >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> a violent attack all caught on camera involving a passenger and a bus driver. connecticut transit officials an the attack started after argument escalated while on bus last month. quickly turned physical when a man used his cane to beat the driver, stephen knots. unbuckles his belt and

the nats lost 8-2 last niet.ams play again today at 1:05. >>> actress lor loughlin and felicity huffman arete exp in court. now we're learning nearly 700 families could be invol in the scandal. nbc's miguel almaguer will have the latest ahead on "today." >>> investigators want to know if a woman was on a spy mission at president trump's mar-a-lago resort over the weekend. court don't umts showhe was carrying four cell phones, a laptop, thumb drive with malware. nbc's kerry sanders will have more. >>> a northern virginia pet store is under investigation for accusations of animal abuse. they went undercover to learn that the store was letting animals >>> back to sunshine. breezy and mild. west s, 15 to 30 miles an hour. good day for baseball. let's hope the results are better. >> taking a look arockville, 270, falls road, crash there. top of the beltway, looking okay now northbound at 951 slow at 216. for today.the new we appreciate you waking up with us. us. >> the "today" sw isnext you can make roomancial cfor ev

nats heading into the game hurt. shortstop trea turnerti h hisself last night and meanwhile, ather booed and a big day. nats up, 3-2.re he is our first soda pop of the yea lunges a 3-1 bob to center. soto. nats take a 6-2 lead. we love this hand schick with victor robles. and kyle does help andrew mccutchen smack to center and phillies take the lead but bull uggles continue and then tying up on an error, enter jake hero. a chance to be the bases loaded, 3-2 count. guess what. it's af walk-of walk. he is being st downo activate hen nats howie kendricks. he helped them win, 9-8. you have to love the celebration. >>> ready for takeoff in thert ultimate h break, a year ago to the final four this year. the virginia cavalier men's basketball teamn their way to minneapolis. this year they make their first final four apprance since 1984 when they take on auburn saturday. saying hello to the final four saying good-bye to head coach buzz williams hired for the same job at texas a&m. he is returning home where he was an assista

we've got the nats games going on. especially afternoon nats games going on.onight, we've got the start of a series against the pirates. starting at 7:05. not sure if the game will get in depending on the thunderstorms.e , we've got thunderstorms in the mix. we're getting into that time of year. temperatures, mod when you outside this morning. we're in the 40s and 50s. compared to yesterday morning where it was chilly out there. mainly because we've got the clthd cover. blanketed us. the warm temperatures that we received yesterday kept near the surface. again, 50 degrees to start. we're headed into the mid 60s by the time we head into the mid morning. we're still dryug thut the morning. and in about lunchtime we'll start to see some rain to portions of the area. temperatures already in the 60s by that point. again, cloud cover out there th's morning. thnly going to increase out there. and rain chances are only going to incrse, as well here's the rain that we're looking at coming our way as we ndget into the afternoon into the evening. so if you're headed out

and then nats softened it a little bit. they had a video forhi you saw there a second ago. the fans were speakin out traitor on their shirts behind him and they stood there the whole night. emotions have been running high in days leading up to this game. it was set up for a lot of drama. he not only faced his oldte but the three-time cy young award winner. we'll have more coming up in sports. we'll be talking about this for a while. >> yes, we will. a nice move by the nats. >> a class act. >> thanks. >> doug,e rain out there delayed the start of the game.it idn't get underway on time. >> about 45 minutes te. and that rain coming courtesy of what is now a littleonster of a storm. here's the good news. the rain is the clouds are getting out of here. that means a rather cool night.o into the low 30s. even the 30s. wink right now, down to 32 grees. we'll ten to cool. here it is. it is realy wrapping itself up. this is a little closer to the coast. this will be a monster toward ocean city and the boston area. it will stay just offshore. notice what it's doing. the back ege of th

the nats and harper couldn't ree on a freegent deal. instead harper signed with the division rival for a 13 year $330 million deal. as for what kind of reception he excts from nats fans? >> i hope a get a great one. of course, i think there'll be boos and things like that. that's part of the game. think i'll get some cheers as well. i'll always remember the memories we had here. >> hopefully happy ones. eye haven't talked to him since he signed, but t hopefully fan feel crazy for him. he didot for us here and had a great career. now we've got to get him out. if begins i guess. >> reporter: there will certainly be a mix of boos and cheers. there are bus loads of philly fans expected to be at this evening's game. it might rain on harper's parade,ecause it's starting to drizzle and it's getting heavier as i speak. back to you. >> i you they cheer him the first time and then boo his butt like crazy every time after that. >> reporter: i think so. >>> middle schoolers from virginia gave a warn welcome to a group of veterans from illinois. mor

the nats try to recover in the win column. try to avoid having a sweep. 8-0 in th last nine starts against the marlins. 11 strike outs, tosses eight ball.s of shut out that's how you avoid a sweep. why are we talking about mack sherzer? 8th inning, sharply hits a foul ball into the nats dug out. he has to dodge. that's what he said after the game. dn't hit him, but he did tweak a muscle on the left side. still, scary stuff. i'd be out for weeks. as for the nationals, big day for ryan zimmerman. i watch thisthe 9th inning. this is going to be the second home run of the game, and 999th career r.b.i. nats shut out the marlins 5-0. .hey'll face the rockies in colorado tomorrow david martinez full of praise for the guy steven schlossberg. >>utstanding. that's the wordy could describe what he did today. man, i was unbelievable pick me nice gets the another run today. >> let's g to baltimore. hey, listen, hav to haveour best ears on for the orioles and twins. it's a fashion statement. bottom of the 8th, orioles down 4-2. the bases lo

it was the young guns showing up today for the nats. thbottom e, nats were down 6-0. juan soto changing things quickly with two men on, he launched one deep to center landing right near that curly "w" for a three-run home run. his sixth of the year. down 6-3. cu the awesome handshakes. affidavit victor roses, i another 21-year-old, carter key boom called up on friday. the two-run homer ties it at six. according to elias sports bure, the nationals are the first team to have three players under the age of 22 homer in theame game. bottom ten, howie kedric with a chance to win it. manny machado at rshort, remembe from the orioles, great play here. he's getting ken distribution out at first. and machado just moved over from third to short earlier in theer inning an injury tore fernando tatis junior. incredible play. we were watchinmithis screa in the sports office. manny machado is good at basell in case you needed an update. >>> we head to the 11th. matt adams at the plate. first batter of the inning. the nats don't need another. that's a home run for adams, the third of

today h bryceper returns to nats park this time in a philliesen uniform. e's saying about being back in d.c. >> announcer "news4 midday" starts now. >> good morning. welcome to "news4 midday" i'm molette green. >> and i'm pat lawson muse. and we begin with the fire trct hundreds of people to evacuate their homes in theg early-mornhours. >> three people taken to the hospital and residents in about a dozen units displaced. >> this is alongniversity boulevard in kensington half a mile past connecticut. >> aimee cho is live with the latest. what could you tell us. >> reporter: molette, i'll show you the damage here at the waterford condos. the 9th floor is where the fire starts and you could see the section ofni bal is charred and pretty much destroyed. fire investigators are still here hours later sifting through all of the rubble. i also want to show you video oe what hap to cause that damage. several condo uni caught on fire. could you see a huge amount of thick smoke coming from the windows. this is an older building and the fire chief said there is no rin

nats...handcuffs..police in colombia putting the handcuffs on a fairfax man accused of child sex crimesear-old thomas renno had just arrived in the city of medellin from san francisco. police say renno had been offering cash for sex over facebook to girls as young as 13 years old. investigators say he used 3 different facebook profiles to contact the girls. in exchange for sexual favors renno offered to pay them up to $100. this was renno's 7th trip to colombia since 2017. police believe over the course of that time he victimized at least 5 girls between the ages of 13 to 17. renno is also accused of using the social network to share explicit photos and videos and other pornographic material. colombia's attorney general's office says this arrest happened in record time with help from colombia's police force and the united states. renno has legal residency in colombia. it's still unclear where the investigation heads next.reporting in fairfax dan thorn kron4 news. (justine) another big story we are following tonight -- police say -- rapper ánipsey hussleá is dead after he was shot outsid

nats up 8-0.bottom sixth, bryce harper on first, the inning-endingou dble play.t hallicson shu out six. nats pound phillies 15-1 and we series, yes. >>> orioles fans kicking back. w krish a "k" launching this into the fifth, two homers.d oaklp 7-0. a continug bright spot for the birds, mancini smacking a solo shot to right center this guy they call boom-boom with his sixth her of the season. a's teeing off on baltimore pitching. five home runs in the game. nat chapman had three rbis. as beat the birds 10-3. >>> big crot augusta for the masters par three contest.re en, i think jordan spieth stole your move on this one. spieth skims it across the water. amazing that it even reach land. and check this out, the ball heading for the cup. unfortunately for spieth it doesn't but in but it does stop a feweet away fro it, an amazing shot from spieth. doubt we'll seethat, though, in the tournament morrow, which tees off tomorrow. didn't you say you've done this before, doreen? >> no! i couldn't even get it

nats take a 4-06 lead. victor gives a tip of the cap to the few nats fans. ninth inning, a little insurance. watch out for the hot dog wrapper. not distracted with the bloop single. one photo comes in. nats up 4-0. if you're waiting for bad news about the bullpen, forget it. sean doolittle closing it out. the only happy folks, mr. and mrs. met. there's miles -- morris miles back in the nats clubhouse following back-to-back wins for the first time this season thanks to strong>> pitching. the biggest thing is it's never taken a pitch off. there's a lot of length in the lineup. it's keep making pitches. it really comes down to execution, pitching to yourth streng it's easy to look at thesc ting report and try and pitch to their esweakness but your strengths or their strengths. >> well, up i baltimore, yankees visiting for opening day. kickback and relax and enjoy that hot dog. dlttom of the fifth, up 3-1. a shot up the m dwight smith comes home to score. o's lead 4-1 and all of baltimore was happy, especially mr. nunez. but things fall apart. 5-4, top of the ni

caps and nats at home this oeekend. so of course navy yard ballpark for all the nats games and gallery place for the caps games sat alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom,erknuc hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in t morning. is that everything? i can see who's online.m i'nna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfity xfi. be careful out there! $34.99 a month for 12 months now that's simp, easy, awesome. switch tr and get the speed, coverage and control you need with xfinity xfi. click, call or visit a store today. >>> i'm susan hogan at the live desk with bneaking . the consumer product safety commission just announced ae massecall of 4.7 million sleepers. this comes just four days after the company said it would not recall its product despite ports of numerous deaths. so here is what we know. nce 2009, when the product was first introduced, 30 infants died in these sleepers when theo rolled their b

harper's new team this season. >> the next one happens today at 1:05 at nat's park. he posted a heartfelt thank you before theamame on instaut it appears most can't forgive him for keaving. don'w how long it will take. >> a few. >> i just did the math. he's getting paid $393 million for the next 13 seasonsnd that is $161,000 a game for the next 13 years. >> he's oka >> if someone wants to boo me and giveove in me 16 philly. >> no doubt. hopefully we'll turn that tround ann that upside down, whatever that means, it wouldn't look like a "w" but lets turn out with win today and win two out of three in the series. for now it isll about the sunshine. a beauty of a day to spend quality time outside. that time of the year. don't rget to puttour sun block on going out to the naps game, song enough to pinken your forehead if you are not careful. the blossom as like the tidal basin. snowfall in charlotte, north carolina. only a tenth of an inch butrl south of cte an inch to an inch and a half and i thought what is the latest we've hadin of snow. our latest one inch or more, an

let's see if i can zoom in to nats park. right here. right here. we do have some shower activity continreng around that on. that's going to be the case as we move on through the next couple of hours. that's it. i think it's all out of around 8:00. if there is a delay, it will be a short-lived one. that continues with what's happening as far as harper is concerned. is storm really an amazing storm. brought some snow to parts of south and north carolina today. i want to zoom in ons. t i'll circle this here. we've got this big storm that's really forming right along the coast. it's going to move up the coast. really like a nor'easter type system. it go in. look what's happening right there. look at this sucker. really winding up here. this is cool for us meteorologists but not cool for people out there on the outer banks. a lot o o rain going there. ctivity ashunder well. continuing to bring us cooler air along with northeaster winds. i know you helped me out by zooming in. thank you. >> tenk you for helping cover up that four-day forecast. >> we're w

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holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the families struggling cost of throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482)"there needs to be something, whether is

there's a walk off for the nats and a party at the plate when turner gets there.es in the 8th, 3.5 hour rain delay to start. top of the 8th, up with a man on. taking it opposite field to right. the orioles win 7-5 and take the series from the yankees. zards finishing up their road trip against the nuggets. final secon of the first half. zards down 12. passing over to troy brown junior and brown at the buzzer. a game high 24 points for brown. nice night for the rookie skipping ahead late 4th quarter. adding some insurance on the alley oop. wizards beat the ngets95-90. now to march madness, taking on michigan state in the elite 8 here in d.c. spartans decide to run everyone's bracket. miigan state sends the blue devils home. they head to their 10th final four in school history. earlier auburn taking on kentucky. the tigers have never been to a final four until now. they beat kentucky 77-71. auburn advances to play virginia. michigan state will take on texas tech. >> now d.c. united visiting orlando city fc. you have to see what wayne rooney did re. 30th minute, not

holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the millions of families struggling with the high cost of housing throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482) "there needs to be something, whether is rent control, whether it's rent whether its a cap for all residents being evicted for no cause." but those opposing the bill - including some landlords and real estate groups - say there are more viable options rather than imposing rent controls or caps. "a brand new product coming out of the ground, developers will be disincentivized to continue building more housing here in california, and we need more housing, that's really the only solution." while ab 1482

holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the millions of families struggling with the high cost of housing throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482) "there needs to be something, whether is rent control, whether it's rent stabilization, whether its a cap for all residents being evicted for no cause." but those opposing the bill - including some landlords and real estate groups - say there are more viable options rather than imposing rent controls or caps. "a brand new product coming out of the ground, developers will be disincentivized to continue building more housing here in california, and we need more housing, that's really the only solution." while ab 1482 advances - many are hoping for a solution for the millions of

in washington nats... organ playing...hann vexo is the organist at the notre-dame cathedral in parishe was playing the cathedral's famous 8-thousand pipe organ...when the fire broke out... i was playing the mass and everything started i would say normally and after a few minutes maybe 10 or 15 minutes we could hear an alarm in the cathedral during the gospel on april 15th vexo...and the world watched in horror as the cathedral's spire was engulfed in flames and its roof collapsed. this was a terrible tragedythe massive blaze destroyed much of the 850 year old notre-dame, but remarkably the organ vexo last played escaped the blaze undamaged. inside instrument nothing burned, nothing took water from the firemen for example, and the organ is apparently undamaged we still have to switch it on to make sure everything is ok. but the organ is still there vexo is encouraged that the notre dame cathedral will be rebuilt -- support has poured in from many including from right here at the basilica of the national

((nats))at one of the first legislative meetings for ab 1482.d chiu, assembly member)"for the millions of californians who are one rent increase from being evicted or losing their homes, or are really struggling, we have proposed for the first time in california history that there be an anti rent gouging policy." the bill - introduced by assemblyman david chiu - places a limit on how much rent increase can be imposed on a tenant at any given time. (chiu)"rents should not be increased more than the consumer price index, plus 5 percent, which is basically 8 percent per year." ab 1482 is one of several affordable housing bills - including ab 1481 and 36 - making their way through the state legislature. (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482)"housing is a basic need." holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the families struggling cost of throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482)"there needs to be something, whether is rent it's rent stabilization, whether its a ca

nats fans getting a preview o the future.he 21-year-old and 20-year-old brought nats back to life against the phillies. down to his last strike, roblass coming through. bursting onto the scene last season, yeah, this is why. check out this monster homeun. they combined for two home run and five rbi nats hoping to use the win as a launching point knowing they never qt. e never give up. we keep fighting until the last out. i feel really good with that team. we keep fighting and fight with a really good team.il we keep going. >> great momentum. i said this earlier. we will play hard eryday of every hour. i know that about these guys. th battled their butts off. i'm so super proud of them. >>aseball play a hockey. and itin is sprg masters par 3 contest, alway a family affair. check out jordan spieth's trick shot. he is actually skipping that wross the water. don't think hel try that in the real tournament. pretty cooltuff from the 2015 masters champ. >> wow! >> i haveit a ball also into water but mine is unintentional and no way

((nats))at one of the first legislative meetings for ab 1482.fornians who are one rent increase from being evicted or losing their homes, or are really struggling, we have proposed for the first time in california history that there be an anti rent gouging policy." the bill - introduced by assemblyman david chiu - places a limit on how much rent increase can be imposed on a tenant at any given time. (chiu)"rents should not be increased more than the consumer price index, plus 5 percent, which is basically 8 percent per year." ab 1482 is one of several affordable housing bills - including ab 1481 and 36 - making their way through the state legislature. (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482)"housing is a basic need." holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the millions of families struggling with the high cost of housing throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482) "there needs to be something, whether is rent control, whether it's rent whether its a cap for all re

the nats are in tcontrol. ify win, we don't have to see that crazy mess.herree. >>> new data on the measles outbreak. and it shows the disease is spreading worldwide at an alarming rate. last time we had a measles outbreak this bad. >>> we near weather alert on this monday. amelia just showed you some of the worst damage in our area. ahead, h >>> charges have been droppns agai a woman accused of assaulting a senior white house adviseel kanne conway. conway accused the woman of grabbing her shoulders and elling at her when she was dining with her family at a bethesda restaurant. conway's school age daughter and a friend were with him. this morning the state's attorney said the woman was rude but did not injure conway and did agree to apologize. >>> if you have a little gas in your car and you were thinking about waitingnd until the e of the week to fill up, you might tnt to reconsider that. turns outt could cost you more. according to gas buddy, the cheapest days to fuep u t auesde specificly in the morning from about 7:00 to 10:00. the worst day to fill up

((nats))at one of the first legislative meetings for ab 1482.mber)"for the millions of californians who are one rent increase from being evicted or losing their homes, or are really struggling, we have proposed for the first time in california history that there be an anti rent gouging policy." the bill - introduced by assemblyman david chiu - places a limit on how much rent increase can be imposed on a tenant at any given time. (chiu)"rents should not be increased more than the consumer price index, plus 5 percent, which is basically 8 percent per year." ab 1482 is one of several affordable housing bills - including ab 1481 and 36 - making their way through the state legislature. (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482)"housing is a basic need." holding signs in support of the bill - (nats) some standing in line thursday - say there needs to be regulations for the millions of families struggling with the high cost of housing throughout the state - (ginger hitzke, supports ab 1482) "there needs to be something, whether is rent control, whether it's ren

he left the nats for a 13-year, $330 million deal.heck out what the mayor's twitter account posted yesterday. at is harper as the infamous traitor benedict arnold. the post was only up for a few minutes before bei deleted. he is d.c.'s mayor after all. first pitch at n7:05 ationals park. this is only the beginning of many matchups between the nats and harper's new it should be interesting how the fans react tonight. >> i'll be watching to see how that goes. by the way, philly is the only team that's undefeated so far, 3-0, 9 games to go. >> let's hope the nats can change that tonigh >>> 6:37. we want to take you back to the breaking news we're following in kensington, maryland. a fire at a highrise condo building. this is on university boulevard there in montgomery county. >> we are watching this from above. as you can see, live pictures from chopper 4, and we're keeping track.me ssa in the first 4 traffic center will keep you updated on how this could impact your commute. >>> you've probably experienced distracted driving by someone

nats up 5-3. bullpen trouble continues. iving up home runs and broxton rbisignal. nats with the worst e.r.a. in the entireigs lose 6-5. >> we came back, got the lead. and got to close it out right there. you know, miller been pitching weal. i let two out over the plate and two pretty good hitters right now. so -- what can you do? got to come back tomorrow and try to win these es. put them in a position where you think they're you're going to succeed and they've got to come in and do the >> the capitals clipped the metro division fourth straight season. remaining is who will they play once the stanley cup playoffs start next week? we know who won't be playing tonight against the islanders with the postseason in mind, nothing at stake, caps s s backm and oshie,nd the coach expects the best from his team regardless of who's in the lineup. >> playing for the guy next to you. if that means there's different guys inre or they're the same guys in there you want to set you teammate up for success to have a good game and y ifou play well then more often than not your lineme

we'll talk about the nats forecast, and as i said, we'll talk more about the easte liday weekend that's coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with melissa for a traffic check. good morning. boeing's ight now looking okay. college park, report of trash in the light rain for a quarter mile. outer loop near route 195 there. just beware if you're headed out soon, you may have a crew picking that up thimorning. northbound bw parkway after 197 had the right lane there in laurel getting byhe work zone. that has cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about that any longer. thbound 17. this is hanging around before falmouth on l95. lefte blocked through the work zone. into town and out of town, no problems. aaron? thank you. >>> we begin with a developing story halfway around the world. less than 24 hours after it started, fire investigators are unsure whatd cause the fire at the notre dame cathedral. right now the fire is out, but the damage left behind is heartbreaking to see. >> take a look. these are live pictures from paris showing you whatre ins. no lives were lost, but the p

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caps play, nats play. two more games this weekend. i'll bre a it down for. >> and a parade. >> a couple parades. >> busy weekend here. >>> let's get back to that breaking news that occurredhi outside the house this afternoon. a man is in custody after he set himself on fire outside the gate. th on the north lawn this afternoon. >> this sparked a massive police response andhut down roads in therea. ews 4 darcy spencer has the latest >> reporter: we are here at 17th and "g" streets in northwest washington not far from the white house. you can see thathings are back to normal, but it was a very different scenjust a few hours ago when secret service realized that something was happening. we want to take you back to those chaoticanoments. a m with an electronic wheelchair type scooter apparent apparently set his outer jacket on fire. we're told he was sitting along tpennsylvania avenue alo north fence line. secret service quickly responded as you can see i that video. they were able to put out the fire and help this man. d.c. fire and ems

. >> bryce harper will face the nats for the first time since joining thea philadelp phillies. aimee cho with more on how bryut is feeling a the game and how fans are, too. aimee. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. well, harper says he's excited. this is his first time, as you mentioned, playing against his old team since leaving to join the phillies.in should cer be interesting to see how d.c. reacts to him. he w a national for so long that many say they feel a sense of betrayal and hurt. d.c. mayor muriel bowser, for examtue, tweet a picre comparing him to the traitor benedict arnold. she later deleted it. it should be interesting to see how he handles everything. a month ago at the first phillies pressonference, harper accidentally said he wants to bri a title back to d.c d.c. old habits die hard. he said in an interview he's ready for whatever reaction he may get at n>> park. heer the, boos, as well. it's part of the game. it's, you know, part of sports so you know, i'll always remember and cherish all the screaming and, you know, yelling and exciting times that we had t

. >> reporter: after gigi fell for nat she came out once again to her fans. >> from this point forwardi am a lesbian. >> reporter: tell me about your journey to coming out, if it's the right word, as lesbian. >> my growth, and when i grew up, i felt most comfortable with a label. when i came out as a lesbian it was because i had fallen in love with the love of my life. and she's a woman. iady, a i wasn't afraide anymor. >> she did receive a lot of hate for it and a lot of negativity. but i think gigi was really true to herself when she decided to let everybody know hey, i'm lesbian, and this is who i am. >> reporter: after two years of dating, nats proposed on a whirlwind trip to paris which gigi shared on her channel. >> i feel like it was a full dream. >> reporter: the wedding slated for july. >> the ring is gorgeous. >> reporter: which is fitting for gigi gorgeous. >> exactly. >> reporter: both want to start a family. we talked about motherhood for you guys. >> yeah. >> reporter: what does that look like? here you are, i'm going to have kids and a family and a white picket fence evi

. >>> the $330 million manmade a return trip to nats park last night. >> bryce parker posted a heart felt message to the nats fans before tt game but t didn't matter. >> right fielder number 3, bryce harper. >> can you hear it? we were questioning whether that was going tohappen. fans booed loudly as harperas introduced. he received someer che when they got up. they had an 8-2 victory. trey turner was lost ip definitely astnight. >> it was tough to watch. >> i watched him strike out twice. >> like chuck said, at the end of the day he walks away with $330 million. >> i don't think he res. >> i'll fake the boos. >>. >>> what may wd up increasing your risk for stroke. >>> i haven't heard that many boos since i oromised rain a weekend. as you're getting your kids reador the bus stops, plan on temporar m turns n. 30ed. bright sunshine, temporary >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 4:16 now. as tax day approaches, millions of americans are finding out governmentwe the more money this year. a new survey found that almost one i five taxpayers owe additional money. about 8 million people

that be the difference, the bull pen strong, nats win 3-2. >>> d.c.olor for a date with the rapids. lorado struck first in this one. the rest of the opening half dominated by d.c. costa tied the game in 33 minutes. d you remember ken gave united the lead with the first goal of his career. later lukas rodriguez splits the defense. tackled on another before halftime to make it a 3-1 gain. d.c. wins 3-2. >>> at the masters tiger woods squarely in the mix. he did not disappoint. cans the birdie putt on 16. he finishes 5 under for the day, sits at 11 under for the urnament. he's only chasing this guy. francesco mu frances francesco mulinari. almost a hole in one! he shoots 6 under, par for the day, holds a two-shot lead over the field. >> he's a professional. >> not too bad. weather going to push up tee times for the final round tomorrow. t cary,nk you so much. we're going to get extra time hhere to somara because we severe weather moving in here. we need to know about ty.s. >> absolut here's a look at impacts we're expecting. we're going to see damaging w

in the fourth, nats up 2- herrera and a man on for the phillies. that looks good.-1 shot for hi sanchez gives up three runs and one of the runs is a homer from reece hoskins. his second home run of the night. phillies go on to beat the nationals in the phillies opener. they keep playing the phillies. the orioles hosting the a's. trey man seeny and this game at th bottom of the first. this is going on the opposite field on the flag sort. tied from thed sec in the american league. that's nice. not so nice. chris davis. tt off a great start. 0-46 going back to last year and tied for the longer streak until right here. 0-5 in the heme. is 0-49st in the ak. that's a major league record. the good news is the orioles win it 12-4. to the ice. are you ready? the capitals are waving hello to the playoffs and hosting carolina thursday. 4-0 against carolina and they know that doesn't matter come playoff time. do you remember last spring? they raised the cup and dancing in fountains. pretty much danced everywhere. this team knows that's behind them and the hurricanes are in fro

the nats lose 3-2o miami! come on, guys. a big loss for the caps. they're not going t to haveir man tjhi ose. out indefinitely after getting injured on this questionable hit from foegele. the caps ough, know it will be moving forward without one of thei. >> he maze the game so hard. he is a heart and soul y. i have no idea wha no matter what. >> you don't want to see a guy go down no matter who it is but he works hard extremely hard it sucks to see a guy go down. >> and the caps havele rec devantee smith-pelly. three saight finalsgames. the 26-year-old only had 8 points in 54 games this season before bei demoted to the ahl in february. >>> a pivotal game five. you can watch i rear here for tomorrow. it starts at 7:30. then face-off at 8:00 and full analysis after the game o news4 at 11:00. finally, dwightil howard wbe back in the wizards uniform as to the ear-old opted in second year of his deal worth $5.6 million. he was barely in a uniformhis year. very few games. less than ten. he'll be back. >>> thank you. alright boys, tme for bed. listeno your

then in the 11th, nat adams at the plate. a guy they called big city coming up big.ster shot for adams. that's your winner. nationals win it in a walk off. it's 7-6 and they avoid the streak. what a game it was. arfourth qur, one point lead for golden state. kevin durant with a set back jumper. not sure how you defend against that. 35 points in the game for k.d. warriors up three. now under a minute to play. james harden on the drive. take it to the basket. a three point play for harden. 's a two pointgame. looking to put it away for the warriors. he had 18 and one of four. to the pitch, d.c. united vising minnesota united. and angelo rodriguez with thedi ct here, minnesota taking a lead on this shot and hey, that's all they needed. they win it 1-0. their first win at their new stadium. and hey, don't forget to stick around for sports final with us. the redskins,he two first round draft picks in the nfl. dewayne haskins and sweat join us. what both will bring to the table in the nfl. now haskins is living his dream and the area he says made him. you don't want to mis

we're wking to learn his nat, e know he was shot before 9:00. no arrests have been made.oo knowledge lk at the aftermath of a crash on seminary lane in alexandria last night. no one was seriously hurt. the eastbound lanes did have to be closed for cleanup. that caused some traffic backups in the area. police are still trying to figure out howhat happened. >>> today you'll have one last chance to pay your respects to maryland's longest serving house speaker,ichael busch. busch will lie in state under the rotunda from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. a procession will tak him from the state house to st. john newman catholic church on bestgate road in annapolis. busch will be laid to rest after service at 11:00. he died earlier this month aer serving more than three decades in the house of delegates. >>> today former vice president joe biden will deliver the eulogy for the late south carolina senator, earnest fritz. hollin hollings died earlier this month at 97 years old. heired in 2005 after serving six terms in the senate. his funeral will be held in c

the nats up 2-0. ninth inning, a little insurance. he finds -- excuse me.u have here another run. bringing that one in. the nats win this one 4-0. >>> now in baltimore, the orioles home openeracing the yankees. we knew thi team was getting a little younger but this is a little much. we kid. get it? no score. jonath takes the james paxton pitch for a ride a three-run first inning. all happy in bird land. it falls apart in the ninth. luke voit gets this just over the fence in left field. they drop the home opener 8-4. in>> the virg's men's basketball team is back for the first time in 35 years but they expected to be here last year. the early exit last season makes advancing this much sweeter for them the players realizing just what a difference a year makes. >> this time last year, we were dog a weigh program. it is just crazy that we should be in the final four. we have an opportunity to change the narrative and have the greatest ending to a book ever written. so that's what we're trying to do. >> we'll have to see how that >> we'll have to see how that sto

one swing of the bat, the bl pen doing their nats bull pen impression. 6-4 yankees on top.s go to the bottom of the b 8tes loaded. hit list on the season. and he's still hitless. that ends the orioles' threat. baltimore loses. >>>biatrick corn and the nationals looking t fee straight wins. taking on the mets. they're down one in the 8th inning. yak job. making it tie bmel ga in the same inning, wilmer, upper dekker, the nats up 5-3, but the bull pen lets them down again. we go to the 5th in the keon with the >> always -- you learn something new every day. a yak? >> yak job. synonym for an ox. home run. >> cary chou for you. a new snl comingp next. a new snl comingp next. we u'l i have three kids, i work from home. so we are all on the internet at the same time. upstairs, downstairs. that's one of the things that i love about fios. my kids are doing homework or they're streaming videos. how's homework going? you need help? my middle son, he likes to create videos and post them online. and while he's doing that i'm on video chat with the client. so that, you know, mama can ma

<nat sound father matthews> this is father jay matthews, rector of oakland's cathedral of light givingfather matthews>he died suddenly from a heart attack.matthews was found unresponsive in the cathedral rectory saturday night.friends say matthews, known as father jay was generous, kind and loving.he was the best of catholic priest didn't for that to and the best of wh it means to be christi for that that found in case like. >>he was the first african american ordained priest in northern california map these worked for more than 3 decades at saint benedict's church in east oakland, then later at the cathedral flight reverend jason land ends a succeeded matthews as pastor of saint benedict he says matthews was really tuned in to what was going on in east oakland, a new law throughout the

if hedoes, it ends up being notr so great the nats. >> he has ever won? >> he's definitely won. there you go. >> watch these gamesmore. >>> cloudy skies and tracy weather pattern. super warm, summer-like air just to the south. and yesterday, wou knowhat air e were in yesterday, that's yesterday. one of our coolest days of thet month of april. and what cool -- a warm april it's been. very unusual to have such a cool day in what has been such a warm month. right now, 56 in town. cloudy skies, temperatures fairly unif m. yesterdayrning, parts of the shenandoah valley were down to about 34, 35 degrees. so almost 20 degrees warmer this morning in the shenandoah. temperatures about the same around the city. plan on mid 50s on your way out the door. a lot of cloud cover today. there will be peeks of sunshinei and i t the return of more of a southerly wind component will bring many areas from washington southbound up close to 80 degrees today. it may take a lot longer to scour the cool air out of northern maland. there could be spots in northern frederick county that don't get above 70

caps play, nats play. two more games this weekend. i'll bre a it down for. >> and