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He saw the chopper in distress and saw it go down. Watched the helicopter come by, sitting very low, and my brother made a comment, look how low it is, and then i said, oh, my god, its going sideways, and then it started to go backwards, and i said its going down and it went down. What were you thinking at that moment . We just took off over there, just wasnt good. Both my brothers, they went right up to the scene, i stayed back, i was leery with all the stuff that was on the ground and what not and worried about explosions. Reporter so, again, you heard from him that there was some concern among people that there could be some danger there. Again, we have not yet heard from the military on that. We are expecting a briefing from the military at some point this afternoon. Theres a media staging area. As soon as we have that, well bring you that information, stay tuned to nbc washington. Com and the news4 app. Back to you. Thank you, darcy. The uh60 helicopter, one of the Scott Macfarlane has more about how this chopper is used. Black hawk helicopters are a relatively common sight in our area, a major part of the 12th aviation battalion at fort belvoir, pentagon staffers tell news4, its Army Helicopters fly vips to and from the pentagon. They also fly ceremonial missions over funerals at Arlington National cemetery and over recruitment events, but mishaps are not unheard of. It happened in december 2015 when the army trained for a hard landing of a Army Helicopter at fort belvoir. Also training how to respond to one. A hard landing in okinawa injuring five u. S. Service members two years ago. That was the most recent one. These aircraft are work horses and they became popular and widely used in the 1970s and theyre still a favorite of federal officials w congressional staffers say theyd like to spend a billion dollars for 60plus new uh60s, and the same model is used domestically by u. S. Customs. Chris . Thanks, scotty. Ive had the opportunity to ply aboard black hawks more times than i can count, mostly while covering u. S. Military troops in iraq and afghanistan. You put your earplugs in, strap on your helmet, and basically run out to the aircraft while the blades are already moving. It takes off and lands pretty fast and can climb up to 1300 feet a minute. It can haul cargo up to about 8,000 pounds. Ive seen it used for Medevac Missions and transporting a small number of troops, maybe 10 or 11 from one base to another. It can also be used for air Assault Missions and can fly in just about any kind of carries a special radar to give the crew time to take evasive action. The black hawk can carry up to 16 hellfire missiles, some versions 50cal machine gun mounts in the window. A few months ago, the next generation black hawk did a test flight. We first brought you this story in the nbc washington app. If you dont have it already, now is the perfect time to download it. With it, you will be the first to know with all of our breaking news alerts. You can also stream us live wherever you go. Thank you, chris. Prince William County police are searching for two men wanted for killing a man around route 28 in manassas. The body of the 25yearold victim was found in a driveway just steps from a mcdonalds there. Bureau chief julie carey talked with some witnesses and is live at that location. Jules . Reporter well, just a few with manassas police. While they have no arrests, they have identified a person of interest, and that person is being questioned right now. They still cant tell us the name of the victim, because they havent finished notifying next of kin. What we be about the victim, he spent some of the final minutes of his life in that restaurant and bar, right before he was attacked in this driveway next to the diner. It was closed at the time early this morning when this happened. And the man who called 911, he tells me, he is certain that whomever killed the man was bent on murder. Both the mcdonalds and don julios restaurant were still open for business when around 1 10 a. M. There was gunfire. This man was in the mcdonalds parking lot and called 911. I heard two shots at first and then right after that, it was three more shots. It was a total of about five shots. Reporter he says it took him a few minutes to find the victim. He was laying face down on the asphalt next to the diner. He had Bullet Wounds to the back and he had two big slice wounds. Like they tried to slice him pretty bad. He was cut deep. You knew he wouldnt make it . I knew he wasnt going to make it. There was too much blood already. Reporter the man tried but failed to get information about the attackers. I asked him, what did this to you, whats going on, and all he could do was moan. Reporter nearby, this man also heard the shots and saw two men running down the street. He too asked me protect his identity. Seen guys come running down the street, running. One of the guys had a gun in his hand. The other guy had something that looked like a gun in his pocket. Reporter he says the fleeing men climbed up on this pile of lumber and jumped the fence into another trailer park. Their path now marked with broken boards. Police arrived with a k9 to search but the suspects were gone. The owner of don julios restaurant tells me when the victim left his business early this morning, didnt seem to have gotten into any kind of argument or fight with anybody who was in the restaurant. They do have some Security Camera video that they have shared with police. When i join you on news4 at 6 00, ill tell you what folks in the air think is behind the attack. Thank you, julie. A neighborhood in Fairfax County is just starting to return to normal after a 17hour standoff. On one side, a man in his house with his two kids inside. On the other, police officers. A father was taken into custody 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Cops surrounded the house in mt. Vernon around 8 00 last night. One of the friends of the man became concerned after talking to him on the phone. He refused to come out when Police Arrived and officers say the mans two Young Children were inside the house during this whole ordeal. The good thing is, they are both safe tonight. And eveth normal at an apartment complex in Prince Georges County after a gas fire broke out there. This is what it looked like earlier along 28th avenue in temple hills. Were told everyone was evacuated safely and Washington Gas did manage to shut off the natural gas line before noon. Crews put out the fire, no word on what caused it. And Scott Macfarlane at the live desk with breaking details on the helicopter crash. The army say three crew members aboard, one is dead. One is in critical condition, one is in serious condition with injuries. The two injured crew members are at shock trauma in baltimore and they detell us this flight that had a hard landing at the golf course in leonardtown, was a training exercise. We told you a few minutes ago, it was likely the 12th aviation battalion out of fort belvoir and the army again, the breaking details, one crew member dead, two injured, both in baltimore at shock trauma. Back to you. Good afternoon. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, the sunshine is now breaking out. That rain we had earlier helped to freshen the air. Theres the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera, looking to the west northwest and a beautiful blue sky. A beautiful sunset coming up at 7 47. All clear on storm team 4 radar. And its beginning to jump up to around 70 degrees where the suns breaking out. Leesburg, 72, reagan national, 68. Mid 60s around the bay. Its going to be clearing out there as well. Hour by hour temperatures into the evening, hovering in the upper 60s through early evening, then dropping back down to near 60 by late evening, all the way into the 50s by dawn tomorrow, maybe 40s in the suburbs. A look at rain thank you, tom. Still ahead, the Vice President puts north koreas regime on notice. But what does it mean when he says all options are on the table . Mark murray will join us to break it all down. You may have noticed youre getting more robocalls on your cell phone, still ahead, why stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. As we reach the end of the first 100 days for President Trumps administration, we have the rising tensions between our country and north korea, and this weekend north korea had that failed missile test. Right now, the Vice President is in south korea, and today some tough talk from the president and the Vice President. Gotta behave. All options are on the table. Just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. North korea would do well not to test his resolve. Reporter joining us now, nbc senior Political Editor mark murray. All options are on the table. What is the scope of all options . Well, it certainly seems that the Trump Administration is using some very tough rhetoric, wendy, on what struck my attention was when Vice President mike pence also said the era of strategic patience is over. And that ended up being where the Trump Administration is saying, look, when it came to bill clinton, george w. Bush, Barack Obamas administrations and working with china and trying to find some way to end the north Korean Nuclear program, that that didnt work, and what they want to do is to have some tough talk and maybe even a threat of potential action, to be able to change north koreas behavior. The question, does that change north koreas behavior, or does it escalate tensions even more . I think that remains an open question. The chinese premier who was just here, can china help rein in north korea . Is it in chinas interest at all to rein him in . It is in chinas interest to do so. And china is an ally of north korea, but also theyre an economic rh and war at the very least between north korea and south korea isnt in chinas interest at all. The white house is reaching out to china, making some concessions from Trumps Campaign red rihetoric, as a wa get china to the negotiating table, to help out in talks with north korea. I think the big question is whether this does the trick hor not. Because we have seen during past administrations, whether its obama or george w. Bush, they got chinas help too, and that didnt change things at all. We have to wait and see. And considering the wait and see part of it, right now, some are accusing him of sab sabrerattling. Is there a timetable on this kind of rhetoric . Are we supposed to pull a trigger at some point . Yeah, and on that timetable, thats a very goodnt Trump White House isnt talking about syria anymore. It seems to be kind of a oneoff thing. And with the Trump White House, one of the stresses you end up having, President Trump can be unpredictable, to keep foes and allies offbalance. But is that strategy or is it a new administration with some inexperience working to see how the world works. Tomorrow is tax day as we all know and the president still has not released his returns because hes under an audit. There was a protest on the hill over the weekend here in town. Is this something that the American Public is still on their radar, that they want him to do something with his tax returns . Or are we more consumed with other issues with this administration . Of course were consumed with a lot of issues, but every poll ive seen shows a majority of americans actually think prid president s have done. Its a very big deal, and a big break from tradition where you have a president who says im not going to release my taxes. As you mentioned, President Trump says im under audit, im not going to release my taxes. That was my position on the campaign trail. Its my position as president , but its also worth noting that a lot of the audits were in the back years and now hes president of the United States and people are asking, why cant you just divulge the same paperwork that you divulged to the irs and your own accountant . Mark, thanks so much. Keep it here for complete coverage of the ongoing situation with north korea and the latest from the nbc political team, thats just ahead on nightly news. Today the spotsylvania sheriff and Common Wealth attorney held a ceremony to remember the victims from the Virginia Tech shootings. Last night, rel tiffedz, and current students gathered to memorialize the 32 people who died in that attack. Senator tim kaine was governor of virginia at the time and says that day in 2007 remains the worst in his life. You can still hear the emotion in his voice when we talks about it today. Theres also more trouble now for a d. C. Council member under investigation for Faulty Campaign finance reports. The Districts Office is investigating brandon todd for misreporting more than 100,000. All of this circles back to his first election in 2015, but now there are reports of problems with his reelection bid last year. Todd may have improperly used a personal credit card on campaign finances. Hes acknowledged there have been some errors or omissions in his reports and says hes working hard to provide some updated and corrected information. President trump hosted his first easter egg roll at the white house today. The ceremony is one of two easter traditions here in washington. The other one is Easter Monday. The family celebration at the national zoo. It dates back 100 years. Tom sherwood takes us there. The elephants, they dont mind the rain, neither do zebras. But the people were almost all wearing plastic ponchos. Its a great tradition for us on Easter Monday to welcome families from all over, the beginning of spring, just a wonderful time to be at the national zoo. Even if its raining . Even if its raining. Reporter the pandas were mostly inside this rainy day. People jostled for position. Put the smaller children in the front. Please and thank you. Reporter the zoos 127 years old, we think the Easter Monday tradition is about a hundred years old. It began primarily as african on the day after easter. Thats my daughter. You got the whole family . My whole familys out here today. Children are out of school, my grandkids are there, my whole familys there. Reporter the big crowds prompted police when there were a couple of crowd incidents a few years ago, but now its mainly crowd control. Your zoo is a favorite place for families with children in the washington, d. C. Area. We welcome everybody. Reporter and even the pandas dont mind babies. At the zoo, tom sherwood, news4. Here in the district, a lot of government and city offices are closed today as we observe emancipation day. Its a holiday to commemorate when president lincoln signed the d. C. Compensated emancipation act on april 16th, 1862. That freed 3,100 men, women, and children, who were still enslaved at the time. Al jurisdiction in the country to compensate slave owners, up to 300 for each individual who had been claimed unlawfully. The d. C. Emancipation came nearly nine months before the emancipation proclamation, and slavery did not officially end in our country until 1865, when the 13th amendment was ratified at the end of the civil war. Well, its a pretty big debate. Should teenagers who are caught sexting face misdemeanor or felony charges . Still ahead, the lesson taught locally that could keep your child from finding out that answer from a judge. And prince harry opening up about a painful time in his life. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Made the mistake like wendy did of opening a window. Got full blast of pollen. Yeah, pollen house now. House of pollen. The rain was needed to wash some of that away. Love the rain. It really helped. Yesterday, though, was our highest pollen count of the year. In fact, it doubled the amount of pollen in the air that we had just from friday. We had double the amount on sunday. So, yeah, it was an insane 89 degrees at National Airport on sunday afternoon. It was tempting to oup cleared out. And everything is really drying quickly now. Thats a live view from the storm team 4 reston camera overlooking dulles toll way. Everything on dry pavement now, the last of the rain moving out of southeastern virginia and over the lower part of the Eastern Shore. Still a few sprinkles in green on the Eastern Shore, most is beginning to dissipate. Here comes the pollen again. Its going to be building over the next couple days. Its in the high range. It was in the very high range yesterday. So its kinda creeping back up. Grasses, weeds and mold stores are very low. Temperatures have jumped up to around 70 degrees. Martinsburg, 71. Right in washington now with the sun breaking out, upper 60s. Still mid 60s on the Eastern Shore where theyre still getting some sprinkles. Hour by evening tonight and tuesday morning, mid 60s by sunset is getting alelater and later. And then as we get into the latter part of the evening, low 60s. By dawn tomorrow, 50s in the metro area, but in the 40s in the rural areas. Clear sky, few clouds building later in the morning p temperatures mid 60s by 11 00. What to wear tomorrow, youll need a jacket in the morning with the cool start, but comfortable in short sleeves for the rest of the afternoon, and sunglasses, no umbrella needed tomorrow. For the morning commute, well be in the mid 50s with bright sun. By noon time, mid 60s, Holding Steady on tuesday. Then wednesday, storm team 4 tenday outlook cooler weather moves in, afternoon eyes into the upper 60s. Clouds around on wednesday and a chance of few sprinkles of light rain. Otherwise we stay dry. Here comes thursday, not as hot as yesterday, but may make it actually a little bit humid too and a small chance of an afternoon shower. After that, a chance of sprinkles on friday morning, little sun back in the afternoon, still mild, way above the average high of 68 this time of year. Well be ten degrees above that on friday. Then over the weekend, gets cooler on saturday and sunday, then some good pollen rain. Sunday and monday looking more likely for rain and cooler. After that, we dry out again. Looking good, thank you, tom. Well, theres a big night ahead in the quest for the stanley cup. Were live in toronto where a hometown kid is hoping to let the caps take a pivotal game three. And a man in town to visit his family ends up seeing an ugly side of d. C. Tonight his family talks about his ordeal. [doorbell] when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Youre watching news4 at 5 00. Now at 5 30, a tourist in d. C. Visiting his family, beaten and robbed while taking a walk in Columbia Heights during the day. This was on saturday. A similar attack happened the next day in the same area on hyatt place northwest. Derrick ward reports, police are trying to figure out if both attacks are derrick . Reporter well, indeed. Ask thats what police want to do, they want to know if the attacks are connected as well. This is a relatively short street, but it was long on problems this weekend with those two incidents. We spoke to the victim of one, who is visiting from another country, and he says, despite his bruises and his experience, it hasnt soured him on the city. Welcome to washington. Hes a visitor from vietnam here to see family, but while walking along hyatt place, in broad daylight, 4 00 p. M. , he was violently introduced to the aspect of city life not on any tourist map. They didnt think anything of the group of four people he passed on the street, not at first, but they werent just passing strangers. They basically jumped him and hit his back, thats when he knocked down and he doesnt recall anything after that. Reporter he was left bloodied and dazed and has memory of trying to make it back to his familys business nearby. Walking back up, just wrood. He saw police cars start coming through and then my brother ran out. Reporter its a troubling incident in and of itself. But the next day it happened to another man about the same time near the same location. People who frequent this neighborhood are taken aback, not so much by the fact that there was a crime here, but by the violent nature of the weekends incident. I walk through here almost every day and you can always see vehicles with the windows busted. Reporter but the attacks in broad daylight are unnerving. Sometimes there are police cars that sit out here, but thats not reporter the pain has subsided. The incident happened, but he still wants to come and visit the family no matter what. Reporter police are looking to see if the incidents are related, they both happened next to Security Cameras, but p have yet to develop a description of the suspect or suspects. And indeed police do want to know if they are connected. Theyre asking anyone who might have been in the area and seen anything to get in touch with them. Well hear more from that victim coming up later on news4. Right now, were live in Columbia Heights, derrick ward, news4. Back to you. Thank you, derrick. New security measures could be coming to Montgomery County Jewish Community centers. Tomorrow theyll discuss whether to spend a quarter of a Million Dollars on upgrades at several facilities, including Video Surveillance systems, door Access Controls and reinforced windows. County Officials Say the reinforcements are needed after a series of recent bomb threats at local centers. Facilities in bethesda and rockville are expected to get the enhancements. Watermen think the Chesapeake Bay is on the verge of one of the best crab seasons in years. Democrats say theyre trying to protect future harvests by opposing the Trump Administration. President trump wants to slash the epa budget and that includes allocated to care for the Chesapeake Bay. The administration argues that states, not the federal government, are responsible for protecting the bay. Democrats say it cant be done without federal help. Its a very important part of the progress weve been able to make on the bay, and were going to fight and do everything we can to make sure that those funds are maintained. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the nation. The Trump Administration isnt singling out the bay. That budget also cuts federal funding for the great lakes. And the leafs head home tied, one game apiece. Yeah, the caps were on the wrong end of that twoovertime thriller at Verizon Center on saturday night, but now the playoff series shifts to toronto. News4s Sherree Burruss up north to toronto and i guess youre getting an idea how crazy canadians canadians are about their hockey. Reporter it has been insane outside here. As toronto fans get exited and one guy having a homecoming is tom wilson. I had a chance to ask some maple leaf fans if theyre going to cheer for him. They said absolutely not, especially since he was the villain in game one, scoring the gamewinning goal in overtime. Wilson takes it out of the air, scores try not to think too much about that goal anymore. Its game three now and our line didnt have the game we wanted to in game two. So it was nice to be the guy in game one, but every night theres going to be a different guy that steps up, and im pretty confident the guys in this locker room are the ones thats going to be it tonight. We gotta play our game and stay focused and take it to them. Hopefully have a similar of watching hockey here when you were growing, and the atmosphere, whats it like . Yeah, as a kid when you get to go watch an nhl game, thats an absolute treat. Thats a lot of fun. Maybe one a year if youre lucky. You know what, i saw a couple games, im familiar with coming to the atc, they always do a good job here with the entertainment, game entertainment and staying, you know, keeping it fun and keeping it loud. So im expecting nothing less than that and hopefully we can keep it as quiet as possible. No cheering section, thats not really in the cards, i dont think. Those days are gone. You cant take out a whole section in your local hockey rink, no, but a couple seats here and there, for sure, will be friends and family. There might be some friends and family that are bearing the blue and white, not family, but definitely some friends from growing up and stuff that will after the game, whatever happens, ill deal with that after the fact. Reporter well, i guess depending on who wins, well see who will get the last laugh. Maybe extra motivation for wilson, but hes definitely one of the guys well be talking to tonight at 11 00. From the air canada centre, Sherree Burruss, news4 sports. A rare, emotional and revealing interview by britains prince harry. Yeah, what he says about his moms death, his near breakdown, and what made him finally go to counselling. Well, weve got temperatures right now in the 60s, and maybe to the 70degree mark with the sunshine that we have. We are cooling into the evening. No more rain, but rain on the way for this workweek, and plus warming temperatures. Well show you that in the tenday forecast in about 10 minutes. Two Army Veterans want the military to expand how it considers ptsd when members leave the service. Theyre suing the army, claiming they should have received honorable discharges, but didnt because of Mental Health issues. The pair claims that theres a board designed to review Service Members claims and theyre enough weight for conditions related to ptsd. Students and professors at yale are handling the Class Action Lawsuit for the veterans. A spokesperson for the army said they dont comment on pending litigation. Prince harry is revealing he has struggled with Mental Health issues since the death of his mom, princess diana. The 32yearold said he was a grieving 12yearold boy at the time and the only way he could cope with the loss was to bury his emotions. Through the years, it led to some acting out and some very public bad behavior, that gave him the reputation of being a wild child. It also created such inner turmoil that he admits he was close to a complete mental breakdown on several occasions. Three years ago, he says his brother Prince William encouraged him to get some Mental Health therapy and its been so successful, he decided to tell others so they would not be suffering as he did. If you struggle with any Mental Health issues, we have a wealth of washington app. Just search changing minds. Kudos to him for speaking out. From the classroom to the courtroom. Up next, how a local School District is teaching students an important lesson about the images they send on their phone. And shes a superstar ballerina and she likes to speak theres the view. Theres more to life than the climb. Youve gotta stop and look around a little. Come, shed lifes layers in asheville. Let the child inside you out to play. Remember who you are. Life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. Asheville. Discovery, inside and out. Local middle School Students taken out of the classroom, led into a courtroom, and given a lesson on sexting. The goal, save their reputation, and keep them out of Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter david culver picks up the story from manassas. Reporter at first glance, it looks as though weve dropped in mid trial to this prince William County courtroom. Youve got the prosecutor, the defense, and the judge. The defendant, miss wood, is charged with one count of producing child pornography. This is a mock trial. Here you go. Reporter with a realworld lesson on sexting. And i think they need to understand the dangers of doing so. Reporter this attorney runs the program. Youre yellow and youre green. Reporter they prepped these eighth graders for their rolles. One of the things we tell them, this is real life. This is not a tv show. Reporter the fake trial focuses on an underage teen who shares a nude photo with her boyfriend, whore buddy. We guys, we would just share them, i didnt think it was a big deal. Reporter three of the students acting as defense attorneys. Therefore, we will ask that you find miss wood not guilty. Reporter the rest of the class watching from the audience. Reporter after the testimony and evidence is presented, its veteran time. But first a timeout. The people in the audience, do we understand what the three charges are . Just to make sure theyre following along . Guilty of solicitation and child pornography. Reporter all three found guilty. With the mock trial over, a real judge and prosecutor step in. The only way to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of private pictures being spread by others, simply not to take them, and not to share them. They dont come in to say, hey, this persons a good person, this is my good friend. Theyre running and hiding. So just remember th hoping this mock trial experience will be the only sexting case these students ever take part in. In manassas, virginia, im david culver, news4. David says about a dozen schools in prince William County took part in the courthouse tour. The programs administrator said parents can opt their kids out, but theyre worried that high school is far too late for this type of education. We have some important resources for parents in our nbc washington app. Search tips for families. Flashing lights now alert you to an intersection in Montgomery County that many consider very dangerous. Its on river road at bray burn park way in bethesda. State transportation Officials Say the lights will flash when vehicles try to make a left turn from river road onto bray burn park way. This is the intersection where a crash killed three members of one bethesda family last year. They were on their way to walt whitman high school. One of the victims was a senior the time was the only one of the family to survive. She became the first black woman to be a principal dancer for the american ballet theater. Now Misty Copeland and out with a new book and shes opening up about her relationship with und under armour ceo kevin plank. Misty copeland was here in town, partly to promote her new book, ballerina body. But during an interview this morning at the National Press club, he opened up about under armour and made some news. Copeland has been sponsored by und under armour since 2014. Earlier this year, she seemed to be critical of the companys ceos positive words about President Trump. She has concerns about the proposal to eliminate funds for the national humanities. Today she talked about her relationship with kevin plank. Id say were closer now. Its our responsibility as African Americans to represent ourselves in a true and real way. And i know that under armour understands that. Under armour is me and they represent what i am, and i wouldnt be a part of this company if they didnt. During the interview, she also made a little news about what shed like to do in the future. Right now, artists need to have voices and to continue to bring awareness and i would love to start my own foundation and be a place for people to be able to turn to. When asked if shes ready to launch that foundation, copeland said, not right now, but perhaps sometime down the line. Wendy, chris . Thank you, pat. With the popularity of escape rooms, a maryland man is hoping his idea becomes the next derek smith and his partner ryan hogan created a subscription game called hunt a killer. They have 7,000 subscribers who get a box in the mail every month with a series of clues. Its kinda like a television show. Each episode builds on the next. Your guide or curator of the boxes is definitely presenting you with different information and he is hes trying to tell you something and its your job to figure it out. The monthly subscription, between 25 and 30 bucks. In the month of march alone, scammers bombarded us with more than 2 billion calls. More than seven calls per person per month. So what can we do about it once and for all . Tom costello is working on a report for nightly news. Reporter good afternoon. Even as i was working on the story today about how t robocalls, i got another robocalls. Theyre scamming to be debt collectors and irs agents, computer virus detectives, you name it. But how can you put a stop to it, and why doesnt the do not call registry work . Coming up, well walk through some steps we can all take to block the robocallers, including how to block them on your smartphone, the services your phone provider offers, and some of the antirobocall apps which promise to alert you when an incoming call looks suspicious. Thank you, tom. It looks like we are getting some rain and we might get enough rain this week to make a difference in not just pollen but the drought. Stop sneezing and maybe a drought buster sunday and monday. But not this week, a few showers to get rid some of the pollen. We got some rain today, and hopefully that got rid of some of the pollen on your over the weekend. And hopefully well have a little bit better numbers tomorrow. But of course your allergies can tell whether we get the pollen out of here. We only picked up about a tenth of an inch. But any rain is good rain. And look at the clearing out there. Its going to be a beautiful sunset out there. The sun going down at 7 47 p. M. Skies have cleared and will continue to, to the south and east throughout the evening and as we dry out through the evening. Tomorrows going to be fine. Sunshine around tomorrow, but a little cooler and cloudy as we get into your wednesday. And then hot and humid on thursday. Hope youre ready for that, especially after yesterday. Yesterday, we made it up to 89 degrees. We have some rain chances on sunday and monday. Again, maybe a little more rain, a little bit of a drought buster. We still need 8 to 10 inches of rain, or 6 to 10 inches to put a dent in the drought since last year. Weve seen showers trying to move throughout the Northern Neck and thank goodness some heavier rain coming up through tennessee. A cold front sweeping through and to the southeast of us. Trees in the high category, yesterday, they were very high. Grasses, weeds, and mold at the low end of the spectrum. But the tree pollen running pretty high. Current temperatures, trying to push to the 70degree mark. As we continue over the next several hours, well fall into the 50s and 40s tonight. Its going to be a little chilly when you wake up tomorrow morning, but warming up as we go through your tuesday. Eventually well be warming up. My picture disappeared. My camera disappeared. Its 72 for tomorrow, some high cloud. The suns going down early yeah, in fact, well have a lot of sunshine tomorrow. So here we go, this is a little better. Its going to look like that tomorrow. Temperatures are going to be in the low continuing sunshine through the day tomorrow. A good looking day. Temperatures about seasonable. Is wednesd wednesday, a few sprinkles here and there throughout the day. Plenty of clouds around on wednesday and temperatures only in the 60s on wednesday. Then thursday, temperatures in the lower 80s and its going to be a little on the humid side. Few sprinkles on thursday, maybe rain chances on friday morning. Clearing out for saturday. Sunday and monday, another good chance of rain coming our way, and much cooler weather as we get into sunday and monday of next week. Guys . Thanks, lauryn. Every time you hop in an uber, you trust your driver to get you where you need to go safely. But some passengers say that wasnt always happening. Still ahead, why the company is now paying millions uber may face a huge fine because of drunk driving complaints. California regulators say the Ridesharing Company failed to investigate and suspend its drivers when passengers reported them driving drunk. The fine theyre recommending is a Million Dollars. The state has zero tolerance rules for Transportation Companies and complaints of drunk drivers. Arkansas has hit another roadblock in carrying out executions. The state Supreme Court court just blocked two executions that were scheduled for reporter the life and death battle is now locked in the courts. Certainly up to the judges. Reporter preparations continue at the Death Chamber in the cummings prison unit in rural arkansas where the first two of as many as eight executions in 11 days are scheduled for this evening. It is unprecedented that a state is trying to execute this many people in this short a period of time. Reporter lawyers for the inmates scheduled to die have called the situation, quote, Assembly Line killing. Theyve won a stay for now, but the state continues its fight in multiple courts to carry out the executions, before a key sedative expires at the end of this month. Its simply doing our duty. Its not a race against anything. Reporter governor hutchison stressing its not an Expiration Date driving its decision to carry out the first executions in arkansas in the last 12 years. Its been a 25year nightmare for the victims that have had to deal for that justice to be carried out. Reporter justice questioned by opponents. With arkansas now squarely in the middle of a National Debate over the death penalty. Jay gray, nbc news, lincoln county, arkansas. Right now, all new at 6 00, stealing from the nih and pocketing the cash by selling it on ebay. How much hes accused of taking and where they found it, only on news4. An unexpected prensy frenzy golf course today when a military helicopter came crashing down. Officials are now trying to figure out how that happened and why. The military is calling it a hard landing. It was a deadly hard landing. Im doreen gentzler. That chopper went down around 2 00 this afternoon. Witnesses say it started spinning before it came down fast. This evening, were getting a look at new video. A closeup view of that black hawk helicopter on the ground. Three people were inside at the time. Our Darcy Spencer on the scene now in leonardtown, maryland, with more. Darcy . Reporter well, jim, we are here at the breton bay golf course, it looks quiet and serene. This is not where the crash happened. We are being kept some distance away. Now since our last report, military has confirmed this was a fatal helicopter crash. One died, two remain in the hospital. We also learned this happened during a training exercise. You see it on tv all the time, and you think its pretty cool. Its not. When you see it live, its not theres nothing good about it. Reporter neil and his brothers watched in disbelief as a black hawk helicopter went down on the breton b