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D. C. , southern maryland, down around fret rixburg. Heaviest rain showers for Loudoun County and frederick. So well continue to watch that too. I mentioned the numbers, only 55 degrees in d. C. Some areas, manassas at 51. To the west, its warmer, skench away from the cloud cover. We do get into the warm conditions and not just warm, the warmest weve seen so far this year, hello 90 degrees. Yeah, thats in the forecast, in about ten minutes. Thanks, doug. That fire at a building under construction in college park is finally under control, but this is what it looked like earlier today when chopper 4 was over the scene. Flames shooting through that roof. Residents of a Senior Citizens home across the street were evacuated and the campus of the university of maryland nearby was closed all afternoon as a precaution because of all the smoke. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief has been at the scene all day ask joins us now live with new tracee . Reporter no major injuries, thats the good news, and i also can tell you that investigators are trying to figure out the cause of this fire. Theyve been interviewing the workers who were inside when it started, but they really need to get inside and some structural issues could delay that from happening for some time. If you look behind me you can see a very different picture from earlier today. They now have water on that building from four different directions. This is a major change, and whats been happening with this fire that burned out of control for most of the day. And firefighters say theyre going to be here all night. I cant believe theyve been fighting it for so long. Its really crazy. I feel sorry for the people who have leases. I dont know what theyre going to do. Reporter as the fire burned at the newly constructed fuse 47 building, university of maryland students who planned on calling this place home, watched in amazement. I was actually looking to lease there, sending me emails. Reporter this sixstory building was nearing the end of construction when the fifth floor went up in flames, spreading to the sixth. I hear a boom, i didnt pay attention. Theres a boom again. Oh, my god, the building on fire. Reporter Dorothy Anderson was among the residents evacuated from the senior home across the street. How is it inside the building right now . A lot of smoke. Reporter the Prince Georges County Fire Department struggled to get the fire under control. Smoke could be seen for miles away. The university of maryland decided to shut campus down. Everything smells like burnt electronics or something. Reporter more than 200 Firefighter Personnel battled, including from neighboring jurisdictions. We sent several engines and ladder trucks and ems units, then they called fordd reporter the good news, all of the workers who were inside when the fire started made it out safely. Thats amazing news to bystanders who watched this new addition to the college park skyline burn. Ive seen all the construction crews out here doing their job over the past few months, and i was really concerned that, like, wow, what if theres people in there. Reporter two injuries here, a firefighter who suffered from exhaustion, overexertion. He was taken to the hospital. A civilian had problems breathing as well. Everyone is expected to be okay. It took us six hours to get to where we are right now with the fire and with the help of a lot of folks. D. C. , Montgomery County anne arundel and howard counties all on the ground here satisfying. Northern virginia Fire Departments were manning the local stations that were emptied out as they battled this blaze. Coming up, why this fire went up so fast and why it was so hard for them to fight. In college park, im tracee wilkins, back to you. The weather sure didnt help thank you. For the second time in a week, arrests on capitol hill today. Four demonstrators were arrested after lighting up a joint on the east side of the capitol. Many of those who were taken into custody were also arrested on thursday when protesters tried to hand out free marijuana on the hill. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald joins United States from the capitol with details today. Meagan . Reporter jim, there were about 20 people who came to the capitol, many of them took to the microphone to describe why they feel marijuana should be legalized. Once they started to smoke joints on capitol grounds, thats when Police Rushed in. I come in peace. Cannibis is peace. Cannibis is love. Reporter thats what marijuana means to those who demonstrated on federal property right near the capitol steps. But once they started to spark up. Everyone medicates differently. Reporter thats when Police Rushed in. To my four protesters were arrested. But before they were your whole thing is trying to get your daughter to stop seizing. Reporter some speakers shared emotional stories about marijuana. This woman said it saved her little girls life. My daughter went from 50 to 60 seizures a day, sometimes 12 to 15 minutes long. Since shes been medicating with cannibis, zoe is 91 seizure. Free. Reporter others tried to make the case that its less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. We have people doing life in prison for a plant that hurts no one. Reporter but not everyone believes marijuana should be legalized. Many think its a gateway drug to dangerous substances and argue that it shouldnt be used by anyone, especially children. But despite what opponents and the federal law has to say, some of these demonstrators refuse to be now, some of the organizers of this demonstration tell us that we can expect im going to pause while the ambulance goes by. But organizers are saying, we can expect to see more of these protests and demonstrations until Congress Listens to their demands. Back to you. Meagan, thank you. The nations battle against synthetic marijuana is spreading inside the federal prisons. Later this week, the head of the u. S. Bureau of prisons will be telling a Congressional Panel that synthetic drugs are an emerging threat within the prison walls. The agency says its responding by adding some new wholebody images devices and some walkthrough metal detectors to try to keep the contraband out. Theyre also fighting to stop drones from delivering these drugs. A technique that was recently attempted by criminals outside of maryland state prisons. The prison head will be testifying on wednesday before the u. S. House judiciary cote after a march and protest on capitol hill today. Seven people were taken away in handcuffs after kneeling and singing prayers in the middle of the heart Senate Office building. Police asked them to leave, but the group refused. They were protesting trumps immoral federal budget proposal. The protesters are worried about cuts to programs that help children, the elderly and those with disability and use that money for war and to build a border wall. We are now less than a week from trumps 100th day in office, and the potential yet again for another government shutdown. Congress has until friday to reach a new budget deal to keep the lights on for most agencies, but despite the republicans controlling the white house and congress, theres still the possibility of a partial shutdown. And the big sticking point, the white house saying that the money for the es proposed border wall with mexico must be included. One issue that the wall street journal is reporting is that no congressional members who represent communities along that border actually support funding the wall. And while the president has not lost his base, the latest nbc news wall street journal poll shows him at an overall Approval Rating of just 40 . So joining us now is nbc senior Political Editor mark murray. So the administration is making a huge push to get something legislatively passed, a big win, before this 100day mark. But outside of washington, is the country measuring him by 100 days . Or is this as sean spicer said, an artificial benchmark . You know, it is an artificial benchmark, although one that every president since the world war ii era has gone under. Fdr was the famous president dealing with the first hundred trump versus barack obama, we are able to measure apples to apples. And right now, President Trumps job Approval Rating is just 40 . It was 61 for barack obama. 56 for george w. Bush, and 52 for bill clinton. So we are able to measure, at least trumps start versus these other president s. This border wall issue that he is saying is critical in order to get this budget passed that we dont have a shutdown. The idea that lawmakers who represent those border communities are all against it, republicans and democrat, is that going to be something he has to push back against . It complicates the math. If you have republicans who are against something and every democrat is going to be opposed, that means you need republicans to push it across the finish line. You need a unifying republican party. When you go to the senate, you need 60 votes. That means theyre going to need 8 democrats given republicans only control 52 senate seats. And if we have another shutdown, Republicans Control Congress, they control the white house, whos going to get blamed for this . You never know until it happens, but the polls weve seen so far show that most americans do know that Republicans Control Congress and the white house, and usually when you have that combination, youre going to get the blame. All right, mark murray, thanks so much. Good talking to you as usual. Thanks, wendy. Meanwhile, former president obama making a return to the spotlight today, what he said and didnt say during his first speech since leaving the white house. And the Airline Industry once again in the uncomfortable spotlight after video of that confrontation between a Flight Attendant that left a mother in tears. This is edgar, hes known as dr. Matt. A short time ago, sonny disappeared, but it took a cop to bring sonny back again. The story coming up. You keep looking at me and what you did to that lady. Keep it quiet. I can see exactly what you did. Maybe youll be all over the news. Ooh, another black eye for the Airline Industry over the weekend. This video shot on an American Airlines flight on friday, it shows a Flight Attendant arguing with a man who came to the defense of a woman on the plane, you can hear her crying after the Flight Attendant pulled a stroller away from her nearly hitting her baby. That woman has an attorney. Its the same attorney representing the man dragged off the united flight earlier this month. Nbc News National correspondent tom costello is speaking exclusively with that lawyer tonight and he joins us live from new york. Tom, what is the attorney trying to accomplish by taking on both these high profile cases . Well, i think number one, hes cin best he can for his clients. He says hes not sure hes going to take any legal action against American Airlines. The case of that woman you just showed, because he says, they did everything right after the fact. They immediately apologized. They suspended the Flight Attendant, upgraded her to first class, and they gave her a thousand dollar travel voucher. Contrast that to United Airlines two weeks ago, spent the first two days blaming dr. David dao for the incident, accused him of being belligerent before united did a mea culpa and said, stop, we were completely wrong, dr. Dao is not to blame at all. And united has spent the better part of two weeks apologizing backwards and forwards, and the Security Officers who dragged him off the plane, as you know, have been suspended. So if you talk about the big picture, then the attorney is saying he thinks that we and the country need to be really trying to get the airlines to remember who the focus and that is the paying public, the people who pay to take a flight, is not every customer is going to have a legitimate grievance. Sometimes its going to be petty and as we all know, people can be rude and obstinate, but its important to keep in mind they had paid for an Airline Ticket and according to demetrio, Many Airlines have forgotten that and now were seeing as a result of that, these incidents, which he says are not representative of the Flight Attendants out there or the airlines in general, but they are symptomatic of a problem as it relates to customer service. As a lawyer representing these passengers, tom, does he have any advice for all of us flying in future now on how we handle incidents on board or what we need to keep in mind . Most of his advice goes to the airlines because hes arguing of course that theyre the ones to blame, not the passengers. But ive talked to a lot of advocates for passengers as well as flight attennt passengers perspective to the Flight Attendants, we know you have a tough job, we know youre under stress. Smiles can do a lot to diffuse the problem. And as you know, from the Flight Attendant perspective, they are saying, listen, we are understaffed. We would like to get back to the Staffing Levels we had before 9 11. And aircraft now have many more seats in them. The airlines have jampacked seats into the aircraft, ask that means all of us are sitting closer together, no legroom, no elbow room. Often times theres no space in the overhead, and therefore tempers flare. So its not one or two simple reasons. Its a whole bunch of reasons this has come to where it is today, and the solutions may be many as well. Tom costello, thanks so much. And for what its worth i flew back from new orleans this weekend, and i got a total of four have a nice day byebyes when i left the plane. I gotta tell you, ive now heard from six p theyve also said the same thing. Just a minute ago, i was talking to an anchor in raleigh, north carolina, who said the same thing, i think the message has gone to the airlines, be on your best behavior. Thats a good thing. Tom, well look for your report on nightly news with lester hol holt at 7 00 tonight. We have an unusual story involving a missing docka tu. The bird has now been found. And pat collins has the details about this magical reunion of sorts. Pat . Reporter wendy, hes a beautiful bird, he belongs to a magician. A few days ago, he disappeared. It was not part of the act, but now hes home again. No feathers ruffled. This is edgar. He this is sonny, edgars pet docka tu hes like family. Hes 17 years old, hes been with me for seven years. I adopted him. Hes my baby. Reporter edgar uses sonny in his magic act. At home, he lets his bird run free about the house. Edgar says sonny talks to him and tells him when he has to do his his bird business. Which is a good thing to know. He wakes me up in the morning, he ask me to be petted, tells me i love you, he wakes me up in the morning. Sonny goes everywhere with edgar, even to soccer games. But a few days ago, he left him on a tree branch while he played soccer and forgot to pick him up after the game. Did you panic . I tried not i really that actually, it was like a bomb inside of me. Reporter meet fairfax officer mike thompson. He saw the bird in the tree and came to the rescue before you could say [ whistle ] you go up and say come here, bird. And the bird comes down. Then what happens . He bites you . He ended up biting me a few times before i was able to get control of him. Reporter and then you held that bird like a football . Like a football, to keep him from biting me. Reporter carefully . Yes. Reporter so officer thompson calls animal rescue, they show up with a bird box. Happy ending. As it turns out, officer thompson is a bird owner himself. What are the odds of that . Go figure. Now, coming up at 6 00, were going to have some bird magic. Jim and wendy, back to you. Go, sonny. Coat, is he like a doctor of magic . Whats up with that. Reporter hes doctor magic and youre going to see some of his tricks at 6 00. You got quite a whistle on you, kcollins. Not now. Too much rain. Well see you at 6 00. Happy ending there. Coming up, a crisis facing a growing number of patients who rely on insulin to treat diabetes. The cost has skyrocketed. When we come back on news4 at 5 00 tonight, the lengths some families are going to to obtain the medication. And we have more rain, more rain, and ye this is the silverado special edition. Man this is one gorgeous truck. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Woman ooohh uh man 2 hooooly mackerel. Man 3 wow. Man 4 nice. Strength and style. Which ones your favourite . Come home with me make a strong decision. Find your tag and get 16 below msrp on select silverado 1500 pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Find new roads the valiant taste times of death, but once uh, excuse me, waiter. Cmon, caesar. Lets go. Caesar on a caesar salad . Surprising. Excuse me, pardon me. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Could i get my parking validated . Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. The monsoon season is upon us for the next couple days and then were going to go straight into the tropics. Thats the scenario right there. 90 degrees and not just that, probably a little bit of a heat index. Lot of humidity . Its going to be pretty humid. Not summertime humidity, but youre going to feel it later this week. Right now, completely different story. Weve got the clouds and cool air. Only 55 degrees right now with the rain coming down. And the temperatures, theyll stay fairly move through the rest of evening. More rain at 7 00, 9 00 and 11 00. Temperatures much cooler. 51, the current temperature in manassas. And cumberland, maryland, at 61 degrees. Frederick, 60 a couple hours ago, now dropping. Temperatures only in the 50s. And you see where the rain is, starting to see a little bit of a break down to the south, around waldorf, towards fredericksburg. But theres another batch of rain starting to move in. Lets take you on a couple of zooms, one through fairfax county. D. C. Seeing some lighter rain, moderate rain in here. Sd anytime you see the darker greens and yellows, that means the rain is fairly steady. And to hagerstown, this is moving up to the north and thats where the rain continues. I mentioned more rain down to the south. Heres our storm system. You see it spinning down here parts of charleston over seven inches upon rain and now thats coming into raleigh. You can see more rain coming through. And weve got to wait until this low pressure moves off the coast and up the coast, and that will be during the day tomorrow. You can see it here. By tomorrow morning, were right back into the rain. Might get a little bit of a break overnight, but back in by early tomorrow and that rain staying almost all day off and on. Again, light here and heavier toward the south and east. It will be periods of rain, just like its been today, even during the afternoon, well see a few of those. Same deal, even tomorrow at 8 00. But not anticipating as much rain, but it will still be out there. Temperatures wise, on the cool side again, the roads, staying damp, wet if not just damp. Not the best driving conditions over the next couple days. Lets take a look at the tenday forecast. Weve got a 90, not just one, ive got two. Sunday too. But the weekend looking pretty good, especially if youre thinking about washing that car yourself. Maybe going to the pool. Or at least making a pool. Get busy. Thank you, doug. He was arrested halfway around the world for threats on Jewish Community centers here in the u. S. Well, tonight, what the Court Documents are revealing about his motive. Im Darcy Spencer in buoy. Teenager stacy seton was murdered here more than ten years ago. Coming up, why the man convicted in prosecutors say her life came down to two bags of weed and 400 bucks. Now the man who ordered the death of a 17yearold could be getting out of prison. Stacy seton was shot and killed behind her Prince Georges County home in 2005. Mcdonald abraham says he used a hit man to kill seton because he thought she had stolen drugs from his apartment. Abraham was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison but hes eligible for parole after five years. Darcy spencer explains why he may be getting out so soon. Yes, im absolutely seeing him. I have knots in my stomach. Reporter thats because gale seton is about to come facetoface for the man serving time for ordering the murder of her 17yearold daughter stacy seton. Theres a chance he could get out, and theres not too much i can do about that. Reporter Mcdonald Abraham is having a parole hearing five years after he was sentenced to prison. He paid another man several hundred dollars and some weed to take stacys life in 2005. We were told 15 years, 15 to 50. So we assumed that meant he would be behind bars for 15 years before he was eligible for parole. Reporter under maryland law, violent offenders have to serve half their sentences before they can get parole. The way seton sees it, abraham served the mandatory five years on the gun charge and only two and a half years for the murder, at 7. 5 years. Seton posted this petition online, to keep him behind bars, and she got a thousand signatures. And theres another way some offenders like abraham could get out sooner. They can earn credits. She says abraham earned 30 months toward his sentence. Abraham took multiple Substance Abuse courses and apparently that made him a good role model. He worked in the infirmary. Reporter credits are supposed to be anine incentive prisoners. Its despicable. They need to understand how the system works or didnt work, so that they can make sure that their opinion is considered to the extent possible. Reporter in buoy, Darcy Spencer, news4. Those threats against Jewish Centers in our country appeared to be motivated by at least in part, money. Israeli prosecutors say Michael Kadar ran an online threat quarter Million Dollars to make fake bomb threats. He and a teen are charged. His parents say he suffers from serious medical problems, including a brain tumor, which they blame for the alleged behavior. We knew it was coming. Its official. The Kennedy Center will have hamilton. The Tony Award Winning musical sensation will run for 14 weeks, from june 12, 2018, until september 16th, 2018, one of six Broadway Productions coming to the Kennedy Center. The new season itself starts september 1st. Get your tickets early because you dont want to miss your shot. Deflected, rebound, score marcus caps through to round two. Caps are heading to the second round of the nhl playoffs. Toronto is in the rearview mirror. Now all eyes are on the pittsburgh penguins. News4 Sherree Burruss joins us from our newsroom with more on this big matchup. Sherree . Its what everyones been waiting for. Caps and penguins, rivals, facing off and it all begins on thursday night. This was the scene last playoff. Pittsburgh defeating washington in six games in the second round. The penguins go on to win the stanley cup. The caps sent packing way too early in another postseason. Caps fans and players would like nothing more than to do the same revenge on the penguins this time around. Were pretty familiar with them. Theyre a rival, a divisional opponent, and theyve been waiting for us. So got a couple days here to get ready for the series and going to be another battle. Its going to be exciting and were looking forward to it. I think we all know they beat us last year and how good they felt and how bad we felt. So but in my mind, you know, you keep your eyes forward and it doesnt matter who we play. You gotta line up and beat them. Meanwhile the wizards will try to inch closer to the second round tonight game four against the hawks. The wiz coming off an 18point loss to atlanta on saturday. Atlanta jumping out to a 268 lead in game three. And with a win tonight, the wizards would take a 31 lead and could wrap it up on wednesday. Game time at 8 00 p. M. Over on c comcast sportsnet. At 6 00, a live report from atlanta on the matchup on the ha hardwood and the matchup of words. Thank you, sherree. A moment to celebrate an accomplished astronaut takes a little bf the lofty goal announced today by President Trump during a phone call to the space station. A huge hike to the cost of insulin. It skyrocketed over the past five years now. Coming up, the lengths some are willing to pretty [doorbell] hey. Umm. Sign here . Sure, you got a pen . I do thanks, sweetie. The Anniversary Event ends sunday at havertys. Life looks good. The rain showers continuing through the evening. So wet and raw c temperatures in the 50s. But if you like summer, youre going to like our tenday forecast. 90s, maybe. Well show you when that can happen and when the rain will get out of here. Thats in about ten minutes. Thank you, lauryn. Former president barack Obama Holding his first big Event Since Leaving Office today. He hosted a forum at the university of chicago with high school and college students. Part of his post presidency goal is to inspire the next generation of leaders, and he says among the barriers that are keeping young people from a life of service, is the Current Media landscape. Everybodys listening to people who already agree with them. And are further and further reinforcing their own realities. People just arent involved. They get cynical. And they give up. And as a consequence, we have some of the lowest voting rates of any advanced democracy. The university of chicago will be home to mr. Obamas tu library. President trump is known for saying he likes to do things quickly. Now the president says he wants to hit the fast forward button on a manned mission to mars. Mr. Trump made the comments while congratulates astronaut Peggy Whitson on the International Space station. She has broken an american record for cumulative days spent in space, now 534 and counting. During the call, the president talked about sending people to mars. A mission currently targeted for the 2030s. Well, we want to try and do it during my first term, or at worst, during my second term. So well have to speed that up a little bit. We are absolutely ready to go to mars. Its going to be a fantastic journey getting there and very exciting times. Whats mars after 500plus days in space . I dont know. But its a long ways away, i do know that. Whitson started her space station last november. Shell be up there at least another five months. New privacy concerns surrounding the ridesharing suv service uber. When we come back, what the company is saying about the spying allegations. I posted it on my facebook page, check it out. Im tom sherwood in northwest, washington, the all right, lauryn, still cloudy out there. Are we going to get rained on again tonight . Tonight and tomorrow. Its gloomy. But we needed it. We can handle it a couple days. Its a cleansing rain to get rid of some of that pollen. You like that . Yes. Ive been saying that all week. We continue to see the rain through our area and its chilly out there, temperatures in the 50s, more rain coming our way as we head into the rest of this week, if you dont like the temperatures out there right now, lets give it a few more days because its going to feel more like mid july as we get into the end of the workweek and into the weekend. My goodness. Maybe the heat index right into the mid 90s. You heard me right. Heres the radar now. You can see the rain pushing up and out of here. Starting to be more scattered to the south and east. Rain showers will continue throughout the overnight. We have an area of low pressure transferring a lot of energy off th so some of these will weaken as we continue into the overnight. But we still have to deal with the rain through the day tomorrow. Temperatures are in the 50s right now. Frederick was about the warm spot and i saw them at 63 degrees a couple hours ago. But my goodness, winchester already down to 48. In the upper 40s and lower 50s overnight. Havent gotten too much rain, about. 2 in washington. And we have maybe an inch by the time its all said and done. But any rain is good rain. So if youre headed out, a few scattered showers. Way to work tomorrow morning and evening, well have wet and damp roadways. Exercise, just go inside. Even though its night to get out in the rain sometimes, its just going to be wet. Wash your car on wednesday, definitely not tomorrow. Scattered showers overnight and tomorrow. A few spots of moderate rain, very similar to what we tomorrow night. We could have a few showers before day break on wednesday, but for the most part, well have clouds in the morning, with gradual clearing in the afternoon and thats when the temperatures go up on wednesday into the 70s. Right around 60 tomorrow, but still going to have the rain out there for tomorrow, unfortunately. But again, 70s by the time i still have my wrong tenday forecast on here. 70s by the time we get into thursday, but these are the right numbers. And in the weekend, 90s for saturday and sunday. The heat index could be into the mid 90s. Lauryn, thank you. Tonight the Greenbelt City Council is sets to have a meeting about a proposed cell phone tower at a school. Among the locations being considered, Eleanor Roosevelt high school and theres been backlash from the public and the council. Some residents say they didnt receive proper notice about the tower and possible risks. The Washington Post reports that last week the Council Voted unanimously to expressing its objection to the tower. A ceremonial Ground Breaking in the district today. The redevelopment of the old Walter Reed Army campus in northwest, washington. Tom sherwood reports its one of the largest and most anticipated projects in our city. Everyone in the program, come to the stage reporter getting the groundbreaking under way, or nearly lost in the crowd, chatting up neighbors pch. One, two, three reporter steven wattly was right at home. The native washingtonian and 30year citizen of the walter reed neighborhood welcomes a three million square feet redevelopment of the Old Army Hospital campus. It has so many aesthetic things, the rose garden, so many other locations are beautiful. And it will be a definite asset to the community. Reporter walter reed closed in 2011 and moved to bethesda. The district gained half the property, 66 acres from the federal government. The other half to the state department for mayor Muriel Bowser on the citys half. A spectrum of housing opportunities, park space, retail space and a school. Reporter for longtime residents like wattly, who served army time at walter reed and lives across the street here, the new changes have been a long time coming. Its an extremely diverse neighborhood, and we have all races, creeds, colors, religions, a little bit of everything up here. Its going to be wonderful, we hope. Reporter the City Development will have more than 2,000 residences. Uber is now defending its practice of tracking iphones even after your app has been deleted. I put this on my facebook page. Weigh in, let mee know what you think. The New York Times reports that apples ceo tim cook learned from uber was doing in 2015 and threatened to remove the istore. Uber says they track the phone to make sure criminals didnt use stolen iphones to rack up fake rides. Uber released a Statement Today to tech crunch saying they dont track users after they delete the app but that, quote, being able to recognize known bad actors when they try to get back onto our network is an important security measure for both uber and our users. Some 60,000 children are taking to the emergency room every year, because they got into medication that was left within their reach. You can help prevent these tragedies by getting rid of unused medications. Our Consumer Reporter susan hogan, here to tell you why its the perfect week to think about cleansing your medicine cabinet. Thats right. A new Consumer Report survey found 19 of people hadnt cleaned out their medicine cabinet in over three years. This saturday is National Drug takeback day. Its a great opportunity to get rid of those old prescription drugs y your house. Your medicine cabinet can become a dumping ground for old drugs, but Consumer Reports says, the risks for accidental poisoning for kids increase with every bottle of pills you keep. Those leftover pills are far from harmless. Taking them incorrectly or accidentally could be deadly or land a child in the er. Reporter especially if youre talking about leftover narcotic painkillers such as oxycontin, perk set and vicodin. Ambien and antianxiety medications like texxanax are a problematic. Make sure the medications are secure, either locked away or well hidden, just out of kidss reach. Reporter overthecounter medications can also be an issue, particularly ones that look and taste just like candy. If you cant drop off your unwanted drugs this saturday, heres how to safely dispose of them. Be sure to remove any personal information from the bottle first. Then mix the drugs with something coffee grounds or kitty litter. Seal it in a plastic bag and toss it in the garbage. Consumer reports says getting rid of any unused medication also removes the temptation of nosey neighbors or teens who may come across the pills and take them. So you want to know where to drop off your drugs this saturday, open up the nbc washington app and search drug takeback day. Jim . Susan, thank you. Access to insulin could mean life or death for millions of americans who have diabetes. But prices have spiked in the last five years, leaving many patients with a potentially deadly choice. Medication or a mortgage . Americans spend more than 322 billion every year to treat the disease. Patients biggest concern, whether the specific type of insulin needed is covered by their insurance and the size of their copay. I want to be clear, those decisions are made absent any physician involve i those decisions are made by people who have no role or involvement in patients managing their illness. So whos to blame . Its just a cycle of finger pointing. Insurers blame prescription benefit managers who blame the drug makers, who point back to the Insurance Companies for the rising cost of insulin. Its always sweet when you see a mother duck and ducklings crossing the road. But when you have to wait for a turtle, sometimes we get anxious about that. Thats why Prince William county police had to step in. Hes a big guy. Oh, my goodness. This is a video they posted to twitter over the weekend. The turtle was wandering along getting a little testy there. Because he doesnt know theyre trying to help him. That officer, some concerned citizens and this little red wagon helped the turtle cross the road. Hes a big guy. I wonder if he knows where hes going. He does cool pictures. A new effort to preserve and teach the history of the holocaust is happening in our area. And tonight were getting a behindthescenes look. Reporter coming up on news4, why this little childs chair was a symbol of hope 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®. Remembrance day. People all over the world are praying in observance of the million jews dead. Dozens of Holocaust Survivors were in Prince Georges County as the ribbon was cut on the United States holocaust museums new conservation and Research Center. As news4s Mark Segraves shows us, the stateoftheart facility is home to tens of thousands of memories. Reporter this 100,000 squarefoot facility at first glance looks like a typical sterile Research Center. But one doesnt have to look hard to find this building is really filled with the hearts and souls of those who perished, those who survived, and those who now work to keep those memories alive. I love what we do, because were rescuing memories. The childrens stories are the hardest for me, as a mother. But on the other hand, everything happened 75 years ago, so theres nothing else we can stories. Reporter stories like this diary who describes the live of a young boy whose parents had been killed. Not being in control of yourself, not being in charge, and waiting for your parents to come home. Reporter the conservation and Research Center was funded in large part by the family of fella chappell. A holocaust survivor herself. It holds more than 20,000 artifacts. Each one a memory of an loved one or an entire family lost. For louisa, this little chair tells the story of the first three years of her life that she and her family hid from the nazis in an attic. Her parents gave it to her for her second birthday. When i was sitting on the chair when i got it, i was a happy child because i had no idea that was going on in the outside world. They really shielded us and wanted us to grow up in an attic, as happy as possible, even though they were worried. Reporter while the chair served as atr reality for her, for her parents, it served another purpose. It was always part of my family. And for my parents, it was a symbol of hope. Reporter that chair is part of the holocausts museums growing collection. A collection that now has plenty of room to grow in this new facility. Well, i was born in naziaupped holland. Reporter for al munser, the Conservation Center means much more. It means that the holocaust will not be forgotten and that hopefully the world will learn the lessons of the holocaust, the dangers of hate. Reporter in Prince Georges County, Mark Segraves, news4. Now at 6 00, still burning, a fivealarm fire near the university of maryland, under control now. How it impacted our entire region and how long fire crews expect to be there. And a long todo list this weekend for the president. The biggest question, will he and congress be able to keep the government open . And back for more, more marijuana protesters in a week. Why they came back in the first place. News4 at 6 00 starts now. First at 6 00, storm team 4 tracking all the rain impacting us this evening. Im wendy rieger in for jim vance. And im doreen gentzler. Its been a soggy, dreary monday and thats not going to change if youre heading out tonight. We start tonight with chief meteorologist doug kammerer. When its going to dry out . Probably this time tomorrow, well start to see some drying conditions. Out there right now, storm team 4 radar tracking the shower activity, most moving in from the south and east. You can see the flow off the atlantic ocean, giving us the cooler weather too. Temperatures now only in the 50s. You see the rain moving up to the north. A little bit of a closerin view. More showers, some heavier now. You see the yellows and oranges through i95, south of d. C. So we have a couple of breaks, but another reinforcing