recovery oint, with virginia west virginia, a six to nine month program. many believe this sort of treatment deserves much more funding than it currently has. >> we need funding for treatment. we need funding for people when they get out of treatment because a lot of them have been in trouble with the police and the law. >> this sort of treatment is normally completed in over five months, which can be a hit with all those in need help immediately. another way is to lock up many of those who take drugs. this in theory takes addicts off the streets. >> we know what to do with people that are addicted. live along in the criminal justice system. if we do not have a drug problem, they would be stealing rolexes or cars. >> it is a well-known fact the u.s. has the highest incarcerated population in the world. >> we don't want people to do this so we will have a really xtreme penalty if they get caught. what that penalty is if you boil it down to simple as terms, it is putting someone in cage. >> ideas on how to alleviate this are inflicted, but there is one thing

if you virginia, west virginia, you see some heavier rain, that's headed our is going to be an all day event. on and off. so the rain is around philadelphia, stretching over to atlantic city, these are the counties included in our flood watch. mainly it is new castle county, delaware, the counties surrounding philadelphia, all the way up to the pocono expectt of rain. wind advisory in effect for the jersey shore and for southern delaware. eight # a.m. to damp. the grounds is wet already ou door. 48 degrees is our temperature, not as mild as yesterdayn, but y rain. just yuckyod time 6:37. don't expect to see sun today. in the upper 40's. it is 39 degrees in mount pocono, 51 in dover, clouds, shd pop up thunderstorms, some heavy downpours at flood watch. 60 degrees is our high temperature. but what about the phillll thiso tomorrow? we'll answer that question co >> i'll open the door for it if we would lik to it gets on o. thursday, 4:02, leftovers from last night, crews still working. this is northbo ramps to the vine street expressway. and the rain just start today roll into center mome

the healthcare system. >> is the state of west virginia as an example because it was hard hit by the opiate epidemic. february 6 article reports that west virginia has the highest piate overdose death rate in he nation. let me ask doctor, are you aware that west virginia has one of the highest death rates for opiate overdoses in the u.s.? >> yes, and that same article reports medicaid expansion as had hundred 73000 people from west virginia the program. it's about one third of the ntire states population. according to the article, doctor, and 2013 the first year that west virginia expanded medicaid the number of people in treatment for substance abuse fell from 16000 to 17000. increase use for services with suggest a thousand west virginia went without needed treatment prior to the medicaid expansion. would that be a fair assumption? >> we think about states like west virginia point out the role aspects make it complicated to deliver services. i'm proud were able to implement this new research program in rural areas. >> it would appear that medicare is essential in the fight against the addiction which would include the growing problem of fentan

. >> so the front page cover of the "charleston gazette" in west virginia, the day after budget was "budget hits west virginiaat. the fact of the matter is, west virginia depends on things like the appalachian regional council that's going to get cut. they depend on things like medicaid expansion. so ultimately, politics is about what happens in people's lives. and if you hammer people, they're not going to be happy. >> seth: especially when you promised answers and solutions without ever having laid out any of the details. >> that's exactly -- exactly right. or continuing to do the same. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean, there's this sort of three-prong strategy to everything is -- any policy question the president says, current policy is a disaster. we're going to change the policy. our policy's going to be great. >> seth: and you've interviewed and done a great job interviewing people who represent the trump administration and the republican party. and sometimes, particularly within the trump administration, they will just not give an answer. no matter how many times you ask it, no matter how many times you rephra

virginia. virginia,ton, west overlooking the midwest. it used to be one of them was most successful frontier towns. now it is one of the most depressing industrial failures in the u.s. another thing on the rise in the community, heroin addiction. here, withd ended allowed the industry to flourish. the transportation trains began to blossom in huntington. things began to get worse. >> huntington was like a lot of cities in america that at one time produced a lot of products, whether it be railroad cars or glass, and a lot of that industry went away. >> as the industry went away, the number of jobs also went away. sadly, this depression was in the middle of the opioid grace. -- craze. companies marketed oxycontin to a large population. >> there is no doubt they played a role. when you look at how many substances were marketed and pushed into west virginia when our population is one of the smallest in the united states. >> slowly but surely, people began to be addicted to miracle drugs. people bega became so dependent on them, they did horr

west virginia? i would rather live in west virginia. >> tucker, if i can get them to move the government to ohio countyprobably ruin ohio county, west virginia. i would live there and raise my kids there. >> tucker: you think it's tough now. thank you, chris, it's great to see you. >> great to be here. >> tucker: next book probes the rotting car consultation of hillary clinton for campaign u looking for a cause of death. we will tell you some the books most aloom nation experts and they do illuminate. stay tuned. ♪ >> tucker: we have waited five months but we have the first thorough dissection of road kill that is the road campaign. the book came out today shattered. full of revelations about clinton's failed campaign. here is some of the details. do you think the state department is the first time hillary met tell with the email server after 2008 defeat she secretly downloaded and reviewed all of the staff's emails to figure out who had betrayed her that happened according to the book. interrogated her own staff without revealing she had spied on them. did she learn anything from the snooping? abarngh

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lisa, you mentioned the west virginia coal miners' issue several times and you've actually done reporting, been to west virginiall us more. >> that's right, we just got back from west virginia over the weekend and president trump, as you know, has campaigned on a promise to reverse the fortunes of coal country. that message especially res -- resonated west virginia where he swept every single county in last year's elections and now thousands of miners are in jeopardy of losing their healthcare if congress doesn't act. this and a series in the ongoing "chasing the dream." many stories about mining start here-- a coal yard in appalachia. but this story starts here. in a front yard. after 27 years underground, former miner damon tucker left with a list of health problems and frustrations. >> i told my wife, i said, i will flip hamburgers, i'll draw my pension and flip hamburgers if i have to. i'm not-- i'm coming out of the mines. >> desjardins: flipping hamburgers didn't happen, lawncare did. with his own one-man business near beckley, west virginia. but, tucker, who had open heart surgery just over a year ago, s

the main area is still well back to the south, west virginia, down into western virginia. it's still several hours away and here's the hour by hour showing generally some offer of it starting by 10, 11:00 tonight but nothing before that and some of the heaviest occurring after midnight. midnight to about 3:00 in the morning. those oranges indicate very heavy rain or even thunderstorms. that's why it could wake you up in the middle of the night and it's really tapering off as we start the morning rush. could be a leftover shower by 6:00 a.m. but not much. certainly not compared to what we're having in the middle of the night. and then some scattered showers and storms developing during the afternoon. the southeast winds are bringing the warmer air in that's in the mid-60s right now but that's nothing cared to tomorrow when we're well into the 70s and then later on during the week, even more weather with heavy rain and thunderstorms, maybe even some severe weather. we'll get into that in just a few minutes. >> happening right now. bill cosby back in court and prosecutors wan

williamsport, and no sign of thunder and lightning even if you go farther to the southwest and west virginia and into virginia. just creeping into there. we've got time before it reaches into the lehigh valley, berks county, and suburbs, too. i think that much of the area is going to stay completely dry today. there's a chance philadelphia won't see a raindrop. showers will thin out and start to break apart as they start to move into our area later this morning. by this afternoon, we'll be back to sunshine. this morning, wow, getting another warm start. 55 degrees right now in new jersey. that's the full moon getting ready to set. nice, live view. 55, 57 in the suburbs. dry right now. skies are mainly clear. the clouds haven't even started to come in. philadelphia is 61 degrees right now. 61 degrees with a few clouds. 60 at 7:00. then up to 71 degrees at 10:00. we'll see a nice warmup in spite of the clouds coming in, and a northwesterly wind. it's not going to be as quick a warmup or as warm this afternoon as what we enjoyed yesterday. it will be in the 70s this afternoon. we're not going to be warming into

that's south carolina, north carolina, west virginia, virginia and maryland. this maryland judge has struck the ban down again. they're hearing it in the full circuit. i practiced in that area, north carolina for many years. it'sha going to be a different temperament. it's a more kind of conservative -- >> bill: the judge we saw on screen, he struck down -- >> second ban. >> bill: he > said it's no good. they provide reasons. now the federal appeals court hears this in may. >> may 8th. >> bill: how much would we have to wait before a decision is? >> i expect several months. they'll probably do it fast. ultimately it will go to the supremee court. >> bill: we expect they'll uphold the trumpl order. >> there's a higher probability of success. the problem being upheld as constitutional by the fourth circuit in comparison to the ninth circuit. >> bill: would you both agree this is a more centered on the law court? is 15 judges. >> i think that argument of national security will play better in this court. >> bill: let's assume that trump order then gets reinstated.

the rain chances with embedded thunderstorms near morgantown, west virginia, and far western virginia. that will be coming in towards hagerstown or fredericksburg. don't stray too far from that umbrella. no rain, too close to the capital beltway just yet. future weather brings the opportunity for showers to leesburg and frederick. rain chances coming into d.c. as we get into the middle and second part of the morning commute. just realize that you'll probably need the wipers between about 7:00 a dry for lunch and another chance of some bubbling up of thunderstorms coming in between 4:00 and 7:00. after that it turns into a nice day. outdoor planner, showers around this morning. chance for some thunderstorms around again tomorrow. saturday may start dry but it will probably end wet. sunday we could get an inch or more of rain. some places could get two inches or more of rain. at least a chance to need the umbrella each and every one of the next four days. dry and warm for the second half of next week. how is thursday morning's commute coming along? let's go to melissa mollet and find ou

>> the fourth circuit that's north carolina, west virginia, virginia, and maryland which is the currentlaim in front of them. this maryland judge his struck the band down again. they're hearing in a full circuit, i practice in that area, north carolina for many years. it's going to be a different temperament than what we saw. more kind of conservative. >> bill: the judge that we just on the screen, he struck down -- go >> trump's second band. >> bill: he said it's no good and provide reasons. so now the federal appeals court hears this in may, correct? and what the timeline, how much will be have to wait before the decision is? >> i suspect several months. >> bill: several months? >> in terms of one will get a decision from the appellate court. though probably do it faster with the implications but ultimately it will go to the supreme court. >> bill: don't worry about the supreme court now. so we expect that they'll uphold the trump order. >> i think there's a higher probability of success of the travel ban being upheld as constitutional by the fourth circuit in comparison to the ninth

so we'll watch this right now in west virginia and virginia moving toward the northeast at about 20 miles an hour. as we time it out, you can watch the future cast. it's only going to take the next five hours to get here. showers in by 10:00 p.m. by midnight it's raining everywhere. the heaviest rain moves through while we're sleeping by 6am still seeing some spotty showers and then it will be moving out during the morning but still a threat of some downpours in the afternoon. aside from the rain we get wild winds with this. warm temperatures and then another storm coming our way this week. that will add insult to injury with flooding concerns. we'll talk more about that coming up with your seven day. >> kathy, we'll see you then. and now to the latest developments in bill cosby's sexual assault case. prosecutors and the defense were back in court today sparring over what evidence will be allowed in the trial. at this point the arguments are all bowing the playing field when the trial gets underway. bruce gordon was at today's hearing in montgomery county and join us live from the courtho

world mission society church of god. 50 volunteers from the district, northern virginia, and all the way from west virginia came out today to pitch in. they fanned out in the area and across the freeway and cleaned up litter that's been accumulating there for years. >> we've seen a lot things. we'll see tires and pieces of trash that people are throwing away for years. so we like to find things like that. we know that the more work we do, bert outcome that happens. >> lots of folks pitching in. there the church partnered with the d.c. department of energy and environment in cleanup effort to day. >> it was a warm day to be out there. so warm in fact not just today but yesterday as well. >> so far we're the warmest -- i should say officially now, the last day of april weeshgs the warmest april on record. capital climate does some amazing statistics. just coming out with that 88-degrees for a high today. yesterday, guys, first time we hit 90. i want to put this in perspective. we're late april. people are thinking is 90 normal? and it's not. may 17 sj typically the first time. >> it doesn't feel normal. >> y

west virginia? any chance you'll be going to west virginia? wondering. >> i think west virginia thought was an honorary citizen for a over the past few years. i've been to morgantown lots of times. your salient point, senator. big believer that one of ae reasons that we have responsibility to fund our basic research, and a lot of times we don't know what the outcome of be. is going to we hope we know how it's gonna turn out. senator rice, it may be a generation down the road on research. but with our applied research, idea aboutot better how it reaches fruition, how it commercialized. i saw that as the governor of create a helped fund -- and, again, i don't get confused about the difference between federal government and state government. both stronge supporters of federalism. but my life's experiences are to affect the way that i operate as the secretary of if i am confirmed. be one of those happens to about investing in the technology that can be commercialized to improve people's quality of life. one of the things that senator and i talked a

nothing est virginia along the eastern plateau with wind turbines, with the certification program and college system in west virginia, with the advanced manufacturing programs at the west virginia. excuse me. it is happening in kentucky, you robably saw the article where the coal mining museum just shifted to solar power, because cleaner, cheaper, smarter, that is the direction the go and we hope the coal workers will help lead the way. uest: the relative number of people who work in the industry is indicative. the coal industry, 50,000 miners produces 10 times the energy as 500,000 people in working in energy.e they are more efficient and produce more. your caller talked about don't know whether be technology is going to revolutionized or not. i would say this, if you go with the bama climate plan and paris climate treaty, the whole goal is to kill the coal ndustry, there won't be a chance to have technological breakthroughs, by the way, the biggest technological breakthrough in the energy industry is the shale oil and involved tion, which combining technologies, it wasn't done by government, it individuals rivate who tinkered at it for years mitchellntexas, chris wright and s

west virginia? any chance? west virginia thought i was an honorary citizen for a while. have been to morgantown lots of times. point, your salient senator, i am a big believer that one of the reasons we have a responsibility to fund our research, we do not know what the outcome of that will be -- we hope we know how it will turn out. senator, and may be a generation down the road on basic research. but with applied research we have a lot better idea about how it reaches fruition, how it can be commercialized. i saw that as the governor of texas. we have to create a fund. the not get confused about difference between federal government and state government. you and i are both strong supporters of federalism. but my life's experiences are going to affect the way that i operate as the secretary of confirmed.i am one of those happens to be about investing in the technology that can be commercialized to improve people's quality of life. one of thing we talked about, one day i hope he and i and a host of other individuals can with up together technology that came out of the de

west virginia and extorted from the appalachian region in general. by saying our contemporary ancestors, he is making a reference to the english colonies themselves, but west virginia because of this colonial economy has not been able to escape the extortion or colonial economy that made up most of the colonies. so in a way it is still stuck in the past. benjamin: ok. he is certainly touching on this idea of a pastoral colonial past surviving into the present, but what is a contemporary ancestor? how can you have a contemporary ancestor? aren't ancestors deceased? isn't that the very nature of one's ancestor? they predate you. what is a contemporary ancestor? >> it is kind of like, um, the evolutionary theory of the caveman. it is like you found the caveman walking around. you know, oh, my gosh. we found one. this is awesome. we found our history. it is almost like a surprise and people approached it with a scientific spirit. we can analyze people and find out where we came from. it is kind of degrading and rather interesting. benjamin: it is degrading. you see with this feuding hillbilly stereotype, you see this idea that these people are subhuman, degraded. that

just last weekend i was in west virginia and i am happy to see the senator here, she knows about the heartbreaking tory in west virginia. that state has lost more than a third of their good hang coal mining job in just the last few years. over 130 mines have been shut down 2009. actions demonstrate, under president donald trump, those days are over because of the war on coal is over. [applause] everyone here knows that the truth that affordable, abundant and reliable energy powers of the american economy. president trump is committed to it all of the above energy policy to provide the american people and american business with the power they need to innovate and thrive. lower energy costs mean more jobs, more growth and more opportunity for our country and today with a stroke of his pen president trump will strike a powerful blow for low-cost energy, for consumers and businesses and for a brighter future for america area it is the greatest -- for america. it is the greatest privilege of my life to serve a president who gets up every day and the fills his promise to the american people to make america great again. it is

virginia nkentucky and connect talent, skill and dedication of the workforce. are try in transition who clean energy opportunity of the future that, is happen community college system in west virginia and the advanced manufacturing programs and the universities of west virginia. and it's happening in kentucky. we saw the article where the coal mining university switchede because it is cleaner and smarter.r, smart >> the relative number of the people that work in the industry is indicative because with h 50,000 produces ten times as much so it's much more efficient and they produce a lot more. the caller talked about technology. i don't know whether it will bea revolutionized or not i will say if you go with the obama climate plan, the whole goal is to clear the industry so there won't be a chance to have technological breakthroughs and the biggest breakthrough in the last techn generation is the shale oil and gas revolution that involved combining technologies. it wasn't done by government is by private individuals who tinkered at it for years. george mitchell in texas, george wright and colorado and several other people. that has done more to change the energy future than any other thing and it's made the united states the superpower planned. everybody said

virginia $2.23 is the average. west virginia $2.39 for a gallon of gas. >>> good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. apple has self driving cars on california roads. fueling speculation it's working on technology in a crowded field. google, ford, and gm also have received permits. apple has recruited dozens of auto experts in recent years. reports suggest they aren't interested in building a self-driving car. >>> april 15th has come and gone, but don't worry. there's still time to file your taxes. this year's deadline was pushed to april 18th because of emancipation day observance in the district. 40 million people have yet to file. if you can't finish them by tomorrow, you can request a 6 million extension. the irs has issued $100 million worth of refunds. >>> tax day marches. this group on the national mall was calling for president trump to release his tax returns. the president tweeted some day the to the streets. he says he cannot because of ongoing audit. >>> meanwhile, if you live in d.c. you're likely paying a lot more in taxes than your friends in maryland and virginia sends the most money per person to the federal government last -- delaware is the next highest. one silver lining found that for every dollar d.c. spends, it gets a return of nearly $4. >>> if you still have questions about your taxes or when you expect to get that return, be sure to head to our nfc washington app and search tax tips. susan hogan has put together a ton of information that can help you out. >> you have to file first, right? >> that's right. >>> if you want -- or you don't want to do your chores or get your kids involved, there's another option that it seems a lot of people are using. >> there's an app for that of course. a whole lot of people are outsourcing chores. we asked tackle to pair you up with someone who will mow, paint, sew, lift for a price. even changing a light bulb can cost you $50. really? $50 for changing a light bulb? >> it's not available in d.c. yet. >> i'm going to have to start changing light bulbs for a living if i can get $50 a light bulb. >> mak

virginia. >> the minimum wage is a poverty wage. it is lower than west virginias. you can work full-time in northern virginia and only make $14,000 a year. >> well, the republican party of virginia released a statement yesterday on that debate. it said in part qu race to the left continues tonight. there's no telling-out crazy the left wing proposals will get, end quote. they will face off in the primary in june. >>> time right now, 9:37 as you take a look at the flag flapping outside union station. it's a cloudy start today and thunderstorms could dampen your plans later on today and tomorrow. tom is updating his forecast with an hour by hour look at the timing. >>> and a new airline controversy caught by tmz. the violent action from a pilot and how he' defensdi fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month online, for the first year with a two-year agreement.

with this but you can seat leading edge of heavy rain now near roanoke west virginia and moving towards on the panhandle of west virginia. this will be moving in overnight tonight. future tracker showing by midnight the rain is steady, turning heavier and the good news this go round, most of that steady heavy rain some breaks out from the southwest to the northeast occurs while most of us are asleep 12 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. and you could also get kind of jolted up with a rumble of thunder out of bed and ponding on the roads at that time. we'll talk about a little bit of unsettled tuesday and more ref rain, -- heavy rain coming up. still active pattern setting up. >> adam thank you. >>> it is time to play ball. the phillies home opener isn't until friday but their season is kicking off in just a few minutes in cincinnati. "action news" sports director ducis rodgers is live for us in the sports center with a look at what's in store for the 2017 season. hey, ducis. >> reporter: will the phillies win it all? not likely but they're expected to field a more competitive season than last season. the team only 171 games. as always h

have scattered showers and thunderstorms across central pennsylvania, mountains of west virginia, and pushing into virginia proper as well. you can see this line just off to the south here producing lightening and thunder right now. thinks all movinge as part and parcel of the larger system. actual cold front is back here across the great lakes, portions of indiana and ohio. that comes through tomorrow morning. starting from 8:00 tonight until 8:00 tomorrow morning we will have a chance for pop up showers and storms. as i see that system approach it has been a gorgeous, warm afternoon, 75 in wilmington right now. seventy-seven in millville. seventy-six here in philadelphia. but behind that front is a whole lot cooler, actual front , we talk about going through great lakes is just 65 in chicago, 57 in des moines, 48 in minneapolis, contrast that with 80's here in st. louis and lexington. cold air is pushing our way and will get here by weekend. even off to the west we see kutztown, and cloud are starting to increase, just a bit but through the rest of this evening, things looking pretty nice. further west y

and a lot of other areas, watching murky weather headed through north carolina, all of virginia and west virginia. if we get severe storms today, we're focusing on iowa, kansas city, chicago. these could be big hail producing storms, too. we'll show you those tomorrow. des moines to the quad cities most at risk. in total, 18 million people. the warm temperatures continue for the middle of april, 86 in st. louis, 82 in the atlanta. cooler in new york city, philadelphia and bostoning some of the air coming in off the ocean. got our temperature records in for march. now we're setting pretty impressive streaks here. now going in the last year, it was officially the warmest year we've had, warmest 12-month period recorded in our country. this goes on top now 24 months, 36 months. three years, four years, a record period, the warmest we've had in the lower 48. that is courtesy of "the washington post" and the climate weather game. we continue with a very warm april. we'll track severe storms later today in the middle of the country. washington, d.c., as i mentioned, hon-and-off showers throughout the d

i have many friends in west virginia where i ami have many t virginia where i am originally from, and a lot of the unions stuff,g stuff, build they were really upset with her when she came into west virginia and started talking about welfare instead of talking about getting us back into an industrial mode. i would like to hear your opinion on that. host: thank you. guest: she did have problems with union voters. around theissues country with union voters, even when the national unions were pushing them to vote for her, they would show up and vote for donald trump. that was an issue broadly. in terms of reading from the emails, i think you have those john podesta emails. the public conflated those emails with the wikileaks emails from hillary clinton's private enough server. the word email contained so much toxicity for secretary clinton, and i think republicans understood that. they started pressing that. e air,g emails on that that is regardless of the actual content. none of this was good for secretary clinton. all of it was a reminder of the original scandal. guest: they felt like

west virginia. when of the fastest-growing washington suburbs is berkeley county, west virginia. the people moving their are moving there are living in virginia or washington dc, and are driving probably 40 miles further to commute to work. other ways of limiting housing growth, limiting it just to people who can buy their way out, you also determine what amenities must be in the house. you have some communities where all the housing must be brick facade or solid brick, which makes it more expensive. -- lawnst be stopped must be sodded. and square footage. you arel imited to not -- of limitinglar form housing growth -- in virginia at your not allowed to have impact fees. anytime someone wants to be zone their land for development a say -- instancesses you have where the price to get a zone $25,000,se would be which of course the developer will pass along to the buyer, making housing more affordable. we do this by measuring what we call the median multiple. this is the ratio in any community of the median home price to the median income. -- myider my colleague colleague considers a

virginia. >> the minimum wage is a poverty banal. it is lower than west virginias. you can work full-time in northern virginia and only make $14,000 a year. >> well the republican party of virginia released a statement saying yesterday on the debate. in part quote, if this case to the left continues tonight, there's no tng will get. will announce these primary come june. >>> source of great advice. the guy that just wouldn't quit. proud father. that's just some of how larry hogan remembered his dad yesterday. lawrence hogan died last week, following a stroke. former congressman served three terms in house in 1974 he was the first republican on the house judiciary committee to openly advocate for the impeachment of then president richard nixon. mr. hogan was 88 years old. >>> well, we are about to show you cell phone video that appears to a show a delta airlines pilot hitting a woman. we've obtained this vid grow tmz. according to washington post, we can take a look here. three women apparently got into a scuffle after a flight to atlanta last week, and that's when one of the women apparently wrapped another w

west virginia? any chance? mr. perry: west virginia thought i was an honorary citizen for a while. i have been to morgantown lots of times. back to your salient point, senator, i am a big believer that one of the reasons we have a responsibility to fund our basic research, we do not know what the outcome of that will be -- we hope we know how it will turn out. senator, and may be a generation down the road on basic research. but with applied research we have a lot better idea about how it reaches fruition, how it can be commercialized. i saw that as the governor of texas. we have to create a fund. i do not get confused about the difference between federal government and state government. you and i are both strong supporters of federalism. but my life's experiences are going to affect the way that i operate as the secretary of energy, if i am confirmed. one of those happens to be about investing in the technology that can be commercialized to improve people's quality of life. one of thing we talked about, one day i hope he and i and a host of other individuals can stand up together

virginia and parts of the panhandle of west west virginia. a lone shower north of leesburg and thunderstorm activities in the south. doug will have another check on news4 at 5:00, but tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., notice we have a mix of clouds and sun, maybe an isolated shower, a few sprinkles in montgomery, fauquier counties. as we move into the midday hours, it's looking mainly dry, but more clouds than sunshine. but it's still going to be warm. then for the afternoon, some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms out there. not a wash-out by any means and the great news, what it's looking like for your friday evening, dry at that point. so the weather having a low impact on your day tomorrow. your friday planner, 7:00 a.m., slight chance of a shower around, 66 degrees. by 83 for a high tomorrow. very similar to today. scattered afternoon showers. by 7:00 p.m., mainly dry and 77 degrees at that point. so looking nice for your friday night. and here's what you can expect this weekend. you want to get the yard work done, do it saturday morning or sunday afternoon. earth day on saturday, mainly dry for those events, especially around lunch time. dinner out on saturday night, grab the umbrella, and hold off on washing the car until tuesday. showers in the forecast on monday as well. the next ten days, 83 tomorrow, 60s on the weekend. cool weekend, plenty of clouds around as well. but most of sunday now looking dry. rain more likely now saturday afternoon and evening. again, any rain is over sunday morning. we're dry for the midday and afternoon hours, maybe a few showers around on a cloudy monday. mid 50s monday and tuesday. still kinda cool and then take a look at friday, our first crack at 90 degrees so far this year. >> ready or not. thanks, amelia. >>> social media lit up across the world with news via snapchat that serena williams is expecting a baby. >> robert harrison has been checking out the reaction. >> quite a bit of reaction. whether she meant this to be her formal announcement, we don't know for sure, but the word spread like wildfire and suddenly the news was burning up the internet. we have a photo that shows what she sent out on snapchat, appears to be a baby bump, and that with the words 20 weeks was enough for people to grab onto and start tweeting. here's a tweet from andy roddick that says there's going to be a baby g.o.a.t., which means greatest of all time. and of course the biggest response came from the fact that serena in january broke records with her win at the australian open. i asked an obgyn if it's dangerous to play in your f trimester that way, that hard. >> elite athletes who are accustomed to high level of exercise and competition are probably able, in the early part of their pregnancy to sustain that activity. >> some people on social media reacted to an australian newspaper headline that suggested serena's career might be over because she's having a baby. >> i think that she will feel good fast, because she is in such good shape. i think maintaining that level of physical activity for all people makes that bounceback and recovery much faster for most people. >> so if you were serena williams' doctor, would you encourage her, if she wants to go back to playing at the same level as before to get out there and do it? >> yes, i would. >> she says she would if she were her doctor. here's a shot of serena and her fiancee, alexis ohaneian. we hear there may be a formal announcement next week, so we'll wait to see what happens. >> maybe due in the fall? >> that's what i would think. she's planning to take a year off and people are coming up with all kinds of answers to what she's going to do, but we'll find out in time. >> i think she'll get right back to the court. >> she may play all the way through her pregnancy and the doctor we talked to said that would be okay. >> really depends on the woman's body. >> exactly what she said. >> good stuff. >> good for her. thank you. >>> the new research which puts diet soda under the microsocope. >> why researchers say it's not a healthy alternative to regular soda and the there's the view. there's more to life than the climb. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come, shed life's layers in asheville. let the child inside you out to play. life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>> in news4 your health, another reason you might want to put that diet soda or fruit juice down. it could be affecting the way you think. >> reporter: there's morowou n. the latest data from framing ham heart study in massachusetts suggests that people who frequently drink sodas and fruit juices are more likely to have poorer memory, as well as smaller overall brain volume. >> we advise that people don't drink sugary beverages because we know they're associated with a whole range of health outcomes >> reporter: matthew authored the study and says the outcomes can be just as bad consuming diet drinks with artificial sweeteners. >> we found those people consuming diet soda on a daily basis were three times as likely to develop stroke and dementia as compared to those who didn't. >> the findings appear separately in multiple >> there's this idea that our food which we take for granted might have health risks is really a fundamental concept. >> reporter: people should at least be cautious about regularly consuming either diet sodas or sugary beverages. chris clackam, nbc news. >>> news4 at 5:00 starts now. >> right now at 5:00, storm team 4 tracking some showers tonight and keeping an eye on another storm that could bring a lot of rain. but first, we're following breaking news out of paris. at least two people are dead after a shooting at one of the top tourist attractions there, the champs elysee. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. authorities say a driver targeted people who were guarding the area near a subway station at the center of the shopping district. we're getting new cell phone video from that scene. you can see the heavy police presence there this evening. the attack before the first round of balloting in france's hotly contested and closely watched presidential election. security is high, leading up to just that vote. during a news conference at the white house with italian prime minister, president trump talked about that attack. >> our condolences from our country to the people of france, a very terrible thing that's going on in the world today. but it looks like another terrorist attack and what can you say? just never ends. we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. >> paris officials have not -- not -- confirmed this was a terror attack. but an anti-terrorism group in that country has taken over the investigation. two of the people dead are police officers, the third person dead is the shooter. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, wendy. very close eye on what is going on outside right now. doug kammerer is live in the storm center. looks like you're tracking some showers there. >> yeah, tracking some thunderstorms too. even some strong to severe thunderstorms in toward the shenandoah valley. again, d.c. metro, we're seeing cloud cover now, temperatures still in the 80s. take a look, storm team 4 radar tracking these storms that are becoming stronger become towards the 91 corridor, east of the blue ridge, culpeper county as well. a severe thunderstorm warning for southern shenandoah county. very hard to make out the box, but it's right here, around new market. it's right there. heads up around lor ray. the rest of the area tracking more storms back to the west. you can see these storms coming our way. and a new push of energy for northern virginiall talk about what it means to your friday and the weekend. could be a wash-out weekend. that's coming up about

west virginia. a rule you have to play it when you cross the border. coal has become such a polarized political issue look you mention, but there are people behind the issue. y went to west virginiameet they're living in their reality and how they're planning for their future. instead of heading down into the earth for energy, some west virginians are now looking up. to the sun. >> the ee kconomien west virgin depended on coal mining jobs. with the solar industry, we're hoping that is something that can fill the void a bit. >> reporter: students are part of revitalized appalachia, coal field development core. tapping into the coal community work force, with a new job training program. so, training normally takes eight days to learn how to install the solar panels. then people in the community who never before have installed a solar panel start being part of this in demand work force. for james likins this opportunity is generation altering. >> beth my parents were security guards. >> coal is in your blood? >> on the campaign president trump pledged to bring coal jobs back in west virginia. >> trainees say the pay in coal is generally better in solar. but a steep decline in coal j

lincoln got 1,337 votes in 1860 in virginia, all of which is now west virginia. of course, he wins in '60 because he is running against two democrats and he wins in '64 because the south is not having an election that year. of course, grant loses new york in '68, but thanks to the reconstruction act he carries both carolinas. most find it amazing working class former slaves in alabama can vote for a working class black man in syracuse. the light bulb goes on. grant understands how the electoral college works, and of course south carolina and mississippi have a black majority. if black men can vote across the south, those will be a lock in the electoral college. what does grant say in the inaugural address? he wants to be reelectioned in '72 and black men are going to make it happen. they got him elected in '68 and now he wants black votes across the north as well and make sure he holds on to those votes in mississippi and south carolina. >> doug, i have to ask you a question. did new york try to rescind its vote on the 15th amendment? >> no, they finally give in,

west see it first. so if you're in central virginia, even southwestern parts of virginia, you get the sunshine before areasg for you. also, we are tracking the sunshine highs today, about 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. we're headed to the low 70s. there it is, ellen, all the way by 5:00. >>reporter: i heard topper say the same thing last night. i don't want to oversell it, we're not going to see the sun until later. a serious crash out there. there was a person in a car who got trapped under this tractor- trailer here. serious injuries. they have the person out. they're now working on taking this tractor-trailer off the car, so where is this all happen sng well, montgomery county fire department is who's out here. it's shady grove road, your westbound lanes that are closed down right when you hit on also there is that gas work still going on, gas line work here in the 1200 block of mount olivet road in northeast. good morning, lar rir. >>reporter: good morning to you. today in south korea demonstrators are demonstrating against the military. military and police clashed near a road where they wer

county in west virginia after they take all the out, live factors shorter lives than women in any other county in the united of america. the surrounding counties of west and -- i mean, virginia and kentucky also have expectancy rates for children. also, for women. down here as t been destroyed, we're in the of the retiredow oal miners losing their health and pension benefits they paid into because the coal companies bankruptcy, which is allowed under law, and it is leave approximately 25,000 coal miners and their dependents without medical care then environmental destruction, even though west irginia has some of the best laws that are written as far as environmental protection, none force.e are in host: okay, let's go next to line.aryland, republican caller: good morning, my friends. so, you know, i think that there legitimate climate issues out there. i will give you an example. he poisoning of the -- water supply by the nuclear site. is -- and i think that the agenda doesn't pay attention to specific issues, to n't pay attention solvable issues because once the problem, then there's nothing left to do. think that i fully agree with free enterprise and fully agree with the

west virginia who came to washington. mrs. capito: other groups of west virginia miners have come to washington over the past few months. all have carried one message to congress -- keep the promise of our lifetime health benefits. on march 1, thousands of miners received notice that their health insurance would be terminated in 60 days. you know what? most of these same people received that very same message just last october. as i listened to their stories, i found it hard to imagine their worry that this causes for the coal miners. congress included language in the continuing appropriations legislation that preserved health coverage for the retired miners for four months. while that provision kept mining families from losing health coverage, which is good, at the end of last year, a permanent solution is needed. the four-month provision from the c.r. expires at the end of this month. it is vital that congress takes action within the next few weeks to provide health care and peace of mind to these miners in west virginia, but also across coal country, they to serve our promise for health care coverage and should not ha

first i want to take you to west virginia where i was at democratic senator joe manchin's town hall. i've been in oklahoma, kansas, west virginiach of what you hear from people is saying, hey, republican, we want to focus on the broader agenda of donald trump and the russia issue is not the most -- i want to play a sound bite from yesterday. >> first republican president i ever voted for in my life and i will vote for him again. he's one of the best presidents i've ever seen. he's for the working man. i'm a 100% joe manchin man. anybody is crazy to not vote for him. he's for us, just like donald trump. >> reporter: this isn't to suggest that the potential enormity of trump campaign connections to russia to minimize the potential enormity of it, but at the same time it'sment to, you see in these places there's still a focus on donald trump's broader agenda and their support of him. but republican lindsey graham, here at this town hall today, he said, though, that he supports full investigation by both the house and the senate and the fbi into those potential connections. he said nunes, the house, they're off into a ditch, to quo

if you live in virginia, you're seeing the cheap cannest prices at $2.23. and in west virginia, you're paying $2.39. >> you may have seen this already. the horrific shooting was recorded and uploaded to facebook. >> police say the manhunt is expanding outside of cleveland. the latest in the search for the shooter when news fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. greement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. get the best. go to getfios.com >>> he could basically be anywhere. a man accused of recording the moment he killed another man and uploading that video to faceboo

families across west virginia, that would be nothing short of devastating. , milies like theresa anderson her father, donald richardson, worked his whole life in the ines of west virginia. theresa shared with me what these benefits meant to her father, to her mother, mary. here's what she wrote. i remember from a young age listening to him tell me and my brothers stories about the mines and teaching us about his united mine workers benefits and to let no one take advantage of this most precious insurance that he fought and worked so hard for. he would say, when i'm gone, you need to still protect these benefits that we worked for. this is how your mother will make it when i'm no longer here to provide for her. mr. speaker, donald is no longer with us. he passed away back in 2012. now his wife, mary, and his daughter, teresa, are asking us to keep his promise to keep our promise. the promise the federal government made to our miners more than 70 years ago. i urge my colleagues to act and to protect these vital benefits . mr. speaker, we cannot let the clock run out on our miners and their families. they kept up their end of the bargain. now it's time for us to do the sa

virginia and by 6:00 a.m., some of them may make their way into the panhandle of west virginia. 7:00 a.m., that area in color, that's some light rain into the shenandoah valley. by 9 to 10:00 a.m., starts to cross the blue ridge and head east into north american virginia00, it starts to dissipate and breaking up. and clouds lingering into the afternoon. maybun we have some gorgeous spring color. love these tulips at burnside farms in haymarket. and as we take a look at the next ten days, we'll have it warm and summer-like on thursday and friday. maybe an afternoon sprinkle or shower on thursday. greater chance of sprinkles friday. saturday afternoon and into sunday, that's when we'll get the pollen-washing rain. highs may only be in the 50s then we bounce back with dry weather returning next week. >> >> nothing good ever comes when it you start a sentence with, it seemed like a good idea at the time. >> yeah. couple of thrill seekers turned a table into a make shift raft. very bad idea. then they compounded the bad idea by then going on water. so the valuable lesson learned from their adventure. >> oh, boy. all new at 6:00, a local took advantage of immigrants. (announcer) there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've gotta stop and lo

west virginia, ohio, kentucky, and virtually across appalachia. >> there is such an abundance of cash that they could not close the cash register drawer. >> the attorney calls himself the father of the west virginiaved lawsuit industry with over 100 suits settled, 30 others ongoing. the save rate pharmacy case was his first. he hired a private detective to shoot this video that helped reveal how drug manufacturers, distributors, and patients all helped play a role in the prescription opioid epidemic. while much of it was fueled by greed, at the root of it all is addiction. >> this is the day i was given my life back, the day i went to jail. >> she popped her first pain killer at 12 and was shooting up oxycontin by 15. paint scars on her wrist still show the needle marks nine years after she turned her life around and became an addiction counselor. she describes the euphoric sensation that opioids like oxycontin's produce. >> your body just gets a warm sensation that makes everything in the world so much better. even though you don't realize you're destroying everything in your life. >> and the withdrawal? >> you lie in bed and you shake and you feel like you could cut your legs up or your arms of