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The public thinks about this dismissal. Leon harris has the details. This is getting a ton of attention. And will be for days to come. President trump spoke extensively about his decision to fire james comey in an exclusive interview with nbcs lester holt, and the president s reasons appear to contradict previous statements coming from the white house. Now on the topic of comey, were also seeing some new reaction from a brandnew nbc News Survey Monkey poll. More than half, 54 believe that comeys dismissal was not appropriate, and when it comes to why the president let comey go, nearly half think it has to do with the russia investigation. Only about a quarter think its related to the Clinton Emails as stated. In his sitdown, he also had choice words to describe comey. Hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know what, i know that, Everybody Knows that. You met attorney general rod rosenstein. Right. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did is, i was going to fire comey. My decision. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. Comey. You write, i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. Why did you put that in there . Because he told me that. He told you werent under investigation . And ive heard that from others. Was it in a phone call, did you meet facetoface. I had a dinner with him. He said it once at dinner and twice during phone calls. Did you call him . In one case i called him, and the other he called me. Did you ask him, am i under investigation . I said, if its possible being would you let me know, am i under investigation. He said, you are not under investigation. Comey is just one of several interview with lester. Thats coming your way here at 7 00, nbc nightly news at 7 00. And lester holt himself will be joining us to give us his thoughts on what the president had to say. On the other end of pennsylvania avenue, lawmakers heard from the new acting director of the fbi, Andrew Mccabe says its not standard procedure to let someone know they are not the target of an investigation. He also said he couldnt comment on what comey may or may not have told the president. Mccabe also agreed to refrain from updating the white house on the russia investigation. And he contradicted a claim that comey had lost support, saying comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. Taking a closer look at mccabe, he joined the fbi in 1996 as a special agent working in new york. From there, he moved from targeting organized crime to a unit that focused on james comey promoted him to Deputy Director last year. According to the Loudoun County times, mccabe lives in ashburn. Lets get a look at our forecast. Its damp and dreary out there. Heavy rain throughout the day and its doesnt look to be easing up. I think were done with the heaviest rain across the region. We did see the rain really heavy early this morning. Since then, its been moderate or at steady in many areas. Take a look at the radar now. Show you what were looking at. Storm team4 radar still tracking the rain across our region, but most of it into maryland, Prince Georges County seeing the bulk of it. Breaks now, but pretty much everybody still seeing light rain. Couple more hours of this and this it will wane. The boundary is moving to the south. Thunderstorms in West Virginia will transfer down to the south as well. So what does that mean for tomorrow . Well, a little bit better but the rain moves back in tomorrow night. Well show you how it affects your weekend because it will, in 15 minutes. Justice today for a 79yearold man who was severely beaten for trying to help a victim of domestic violence. Today the attacker learned his sentence. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief Tracee Wilkins talked with the victim after that sentence was handed down. Tracee . Reporter this was an incredible story, and youre right, he was 79 years old when he was attacked a few months ago. He is now 80. And today the man who attacked him learned his fate. Its a 25yearold robbet molettee. According to the states attorneys office, he was chasing his girlfriend out of her home when she jumped into the being have of her neighbor, didnt know him, but robert took off trying to protect her from the boyfriend who was in pursuit. He chased them around the neighborhood, rammi vehicle a number of times before he stopped them at this intersection. The young lady jumped out of the vehicle, but molettee began to bunch the man over and over again, on the side of his face, separating his chin, hurting his ear, causing all kinds of issues for this man. He had to undergo a number of surgeries after the attack. Hear from him now about this mans sentence. I think its a fair decision. I think that its important that somebody like that is not out in society. His next victim might not survive as i did. And i was pleased to hear that he was sent to prison. Reporter he and his wife said they really do believe that had that victim been let go, he would have killed someone. They say thats the kind of anger that he had that day. He was sentenced to seven years. Thats above the mandatory for the sentence, but the judge was saying that this man is dangerous, with severe a issues. Just just an amazing story of how this could happen to someone just driving down the street, trying to do the right thing. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, that 79yearold is a pilot who has dedicated his life to helping others. Coming up, what he thinks all of this is going to do to his pilot license. Reporting live in buoy, im Tracee Wilkins. Well see you again at 6 00. A Prince Georges County Police Officer is accused of interfering with an investigation. Corporal Adrian Crudup was indicted and suspended without pay for interfering with an investigation back in 2015. His Police Powers were first suspended last year. No word on what the investigation was about. Crud sfup has been with the department for nine years now. The u. S. Attorneys office and the district is joining the investigation into last weeks hate crime at American University. This comes as the school tries to tackle race issues. It was october black students say they found racist messages posted in the yik yak happy. Then a student found a banana thrown at him. Another had a banana left outside the dorm room. Earlier this month, bananas hung by noose around campus. Today the school announced an Antiracism Center and Kristin Wright is on the campus this evening with details. Kristin . Reporter well, wendy, au says plans for this new center have been in the works since last year. They do think its going to bring about real change and have real impact. We got a chance to sit down with two of the deans from the University Just a little while ago, and they explained to us how the university has brought in a wellknown scholar on race from the university of florida, dr. Ib ram kendy. He will be here in the fall to lead this new center on race. And the new center will combat the campus of American University and even globally. With many students gone for summer break, American University is much quieter today. Than the student protests that erupted last week. Black lives matter reporter this is the man au says can tackle difficult issues of race on campus. The university announced they hired university of florida professor dr. Ib ram kendy to lead aus brandnew antiracism policy center this fall. Hes one of the definitive experts about campus activist during the fof 60s and early 70s around black issues. Reporter au shared video of him speaking at the university of oregon. This popular idea that america has experienced a steady march of racial progress incomplete way of understanding american history. Reporter dean peters said dr. Kendy and the center will reach beyond au to bring about policy change on the local, state, and federal levels. What were hoping to have students, faculty, staff, Work Together with dr. Kendy to begin to cast positive, forwardthinking solutions to problems that are centuries old. Reporter junior autumn grant says shes been the target of racism at au. She welcomes the new center. I think having this announcement come out at the time it did, shows theres longterm work thats going on on the campus to better the university as a whole. Reporter junior applauds the center too, but says the focus is in the wrong place. Better training for police. Putting us in a better position to succeed. But instead, youre educating the rest of the school. At American University, Kristin Wright, its a popular diet, but new Research Shows if you go glutenfree, it comes with some risks. Still ahead, why some doctors say it may raise your risk of obesity. And only on news4 this evening, a law meant to protect renters that could be driving up the cost of homes for the rest of us. The news4 iteam working for you tonight. Plus a mothers journey. News4s Melissa Mollet immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorities Say they have taken nearly 1,400 gang members into custody after a sixweek nationwide crackdown. I. C. E. Says its the largest gang surge conducted by its Homeland Security investigators to date. Weve also gotten a look at the numbers in our area from the washington and baltimore offices of i. C. E. Among all the gangs, 52 arrests, 31 of which were taken in for immigration violations. And one of the arrested were told 29 are connected to ms13. Were learning about the gangrelated murder of a 15yearold girl in Northern Virginia. Ten people are charged now in connection with that abduction and brutal stabbing. Our Northern Virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the the chilling words from one suspect to that dying victim. Julie . Reporter that female defendant, 17 years old. The victim, 15. Today that defendant became one of two juveniles to learn in court she will be tried as an adult. Tears of joy back in february when a missing 17yearold girl returned home to her mother after a public plea. Today, tears of sadness for that same mom in a Fairfax County courtroom, when prosecutors announced that her daughter, venus romera ir heata will be tried as an adult, accused in the stabbing death of a 15yearold gaithersburg girl. Venus was arrested for the crime the same night she returned home. Shes one of ten teens charged in connection with the death of Alexander Reyes rivas. Gruesome details alexandrias body was found in february after she had gone missing. On the witness stand, the fbi special agent who questioned venus after her arrest. She told investigators she blamed alexandra for luring her boyfriend to his death just days before. Venus and other suspects told police that alexander was picked up on january 8th and taken to an area liar lake actink park. She was beaten and forced to remove or boths and shoes and stand in the snow. Venus told investigators she stabbed the girl 13 times and sliced off a tattoo. As alexandra lay dying, she told the victim she would never forgive her, she would see her in hell. She would never forget now several of the young men charged also had their preliminary hearings. And the judge found probable cause to move the case on to the next stage, to the grand jury. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, what the driver that night told investigators about why he felt forced to go along with this murderous plan. Wendy, back to you in the studio. Thank you, jules. Under the cover of darkness and wearing bulletproof vests, crews removed a statue of Jefferson Davis in new orleans today. Police circling that monument and keeping watch on protesters. City officials did not give advance notice of the statue coming down after threats of violence against the contractors who were taking it down. The city Council Voted to remove the monuments after a selfproclaimed racist killed nine black parishioners at the Mother Emmanuel Church in charleston, south carolina. That shooting is sparking changes here in our area. The city to rename Jefferson Davis highway. But the statue that honors men who died in that civil war will remain in the city. Leaders in rockville are moving the statue of a confederate soldier that sits next to the old red brickhouse. It was vandalized following the charleston shootings. In charlottesville, virginia, the city council has voted to remove a statue of robert e. Lee from a downtown park, but opponents vow to fight that move in court. In news4 your health tonight, news on glutenfree diets that are raising questions about some of the Health Benefits of gluten. Doreen is here to tell us more about that. We hear about glutenfree all the time now, it seems like. A lot of people who go glutenfree have sillback disease and they couldnt eat gluten. But many gluten out of their diets for many other reasons. Two and a half Million People follow a glutenfree diet who dont have sealback disease. A study found that when it comes to nutrition, some gluedenfree products just dont measure up. Researchers evaluated about 1,300 foods, half with gluten, half without. They found foods with gluten had up to three times more protein than the glutenfree products they studied. Bread, pasta, and flour, even pizza were all found to have higher protein than their glutenfree counterparts. The society warned that keeping the content that gluten can provide out of childrens diets could negatively impact their develop and might even contribute to childhood obesity. The emphasis here really seems to be on children. Children. Newt riggedz but its Interesting Research considering how many are on glutenfree diets now. Theyre not saying that theres anything wrong with trying to watch the gluten in your diet. Theyre just saying dont put a kid on a glutenfree diet unless theres a medical reason for it. Yeah, protein is important. Thank you, doreen. Eyes on the skies tonight and theyre filling up with rain drops. Yes, doug is back with more on how its going to impact your mothers day a few days from now. It could have been a nasty fall from there to here and now we know why. The doors opened on the wrong side of a metro are you actually about to scratch it rich of course you are. Because everyone who plays is an instant winner. 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Look at this, national harbor, were looking at plenty of rain across the area, and yeah, the clouds, a little bit of fog, not nice at all. Look at the current radar showing you where the rain is. Actually, dont know what happened to it, but we radar picture, its not showing anything. But my next radar will show something. Not sure what happened there. Total rainfall, up to an inch, 1. 67 out to dulles. Close to an inch in culpeper. Inch and a half around the Patuxent River area. Heres the latest picture from the city cam. 54 degrees. Winds out of the east at 12 miles per hour. And the rain continues to come down. Temperatures in the low 50s. Only 50 in gaithersburg. 52 in huntingtown. Its nasty, raw. Orioles taking on the nationals today at nats park. Temperatures not going to go anywhere. Temperatures in the low 50s. Showers at 7 00. I would expect a delay for the game, but i bet they get it in, because were not expecting much rain after 7 00. Take the poncho just in case. And make sure you bundle up. Heres the latest radar picture and you notice the heavy rain we saw earlier today, even out of here. The wider picture showing our boundary, which is way up here. That boundary is now farther to our south. Were going to stay cool, were going to stay cloudy but the rain gets out of here. Look at 11 00, just scattered showers back to the west. Most of us dry. Tomorrow, clouds, 7 00 a. M. 4 in the afternoon, starting to see the rain move back in. But its really across the region after around 11 00 and then on saturday morning, it really moves in, and everybody sees the rain through early saturday morning, through about moon. And then i think it starts to let up. So your forecast for tomorrow, periods of rain, cooler again. Just plain nasty across our region. 57, if were lucky. Ive got a high tomorrow of 56. 56 as well on saturday. Rain early on saturday. Showers in the afternoon. Sunday looks dry for the most part, but notice, weve got a 30 chance of an afternoon shower. 73 degrees, a little bit on the breezy side for your mothers day. But not too look at the 70s, 80s, and even a 90 next week. Thank you, doug. Still ahead, high dollar payouts and homes held hostage. A law that was meant to protect renters is being exploited to make a profit. How the loophole could be driving up the cost of the homes for the rest of us. Plus, doors open on the wrong side of a platform after a metro train pulls into a station. What were learning about the man behind those controls at the time. Youre watching news4 at 5 00 and were coming right back. Stay with us. Todof the Chevy Silverado ring the rollformed steel bed to the aluminum bed of this competitors truck. Awesome. Yeah first, lets check out the aluminum bed of this truck. Wooooow holy moly. Full on crack here. Now lets check out the steel bed of the silverado. Id expect more dents. No holes. Current qualified lessees can get this silverado all star edition for around 249 a month. Plus, find your tag and get an additional 1,500 lease cash on select silverado pickups in stock. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Youre watching news4 at 5 00. It felt like extortion. Like the whole thing felt really slimy. High dollar payout homes held hostage. This is impacting sales and rental prices across the district of columbia. And the news4 iteam has uncovered loopholes in an old d. C. Law that is being exploited for profit. Jody fleischer tells us why experts say its driving up the housing costs for the rest of us. Reporter whether youre a homeowner or a renter, a buyer, or a seller, you need to know about topa. Anywhere in the city can be impacted by topa. Ep going up for sale. Ive heard of payments of tens of thousands of dollars. Reporter enacted in 1980, the act was designed to keep longtime renters from being forced out of gentified neighborhoods. It gives neighbors a chance to buy their home first. But even when they dont want to or cant afford to, they can rake in big bucks by selling those rights. Reporter clara fell in love with this rowhouse. It needed major work, but came with stained glass windows and a renter in the basement. I kept being told, dont worry about it. Reporter the sellers had been asking the renter to sign a topa. They were offering 10,000 to sign the waiver, so we felt like who wouldnt take that kind of a topa rights to someone else, a higher bidder, the day before clara was set to close. The bidder got to buy the house instead. It was frustrating. I had a legal agreement with the seller to buy the place. I felt like it was being ripped out from under my feet. Tenants have become more savvy about taking advantage of the letter of the law. Reporter d. C. Realtors Association President said its happening more and more. Buyers and sellers forced to pay renters to keep them from using topa to hold up a sale. Ive heard payouts as high as 50 to 100,000 depending on the circumstances. Reporter we found your name doesnt even have to be on the lease to get paid, because d. C. s topa law doesnt define what a tenant is. If you had your livein significant other consider this property their home, theyre also a the summer intern who rented a room, even a squatter can affect it. The title insurer required us to contact everyone within the last 12 months. Some people had already moved out of the country. Reporter but renters still occupying the home while its on the market are in the power position. They can post it online and say, anybody want to buy my rowhouse that i live in, i have the right to assign this to someone else. It felt like she had me hostage. Reporter while topa was passed to keep people from being booted from their homes, clara said she was aloiing the renter to stay, but in the end, the renter forced clara to leave instead. I was up for collaborating, but instead, i got back, whats your best offer . With a law thats been around for more than 35 years, we asked whats driving the huge payouts now, just been the last few years . We found aho topa chasers, folks targeting renters for a portion of their payout. Topas huge right now. I would estimate that its essentially about 100 million a year industry that is virtually untapped. This attorney said getting renters the most money for their topa rights is his entire practice. Hes even trademarked the phrase got topa . Youll meet him and see how hes driving this booming new industry. Jody fleischer. News4. The man who sexually assaulted a woman in a condominium in arlington, went back to that apartment to get something he dropped. Sources also tell news4 that police are investigating reports that the man tried to get into another Apartment Building before the attack. In one case, a Security Guard allegedly turned the man away. He got into the building through an unlocked door. Police tell us he posed as a maintenance er doors until somebody answered. The attacker remains on the loose tonight. A train pulls into the station and the doors open on the wrong side. It was an issue at the rhode island avenue station on the red line yesterday. And now metro says an operator is to blame. Were also learning that operator did not follow proper procedure after the doors opened on the wrong side. Transportation reporter adam tuss talked to the woman who shot this video. Reporter scary moments for sure as the doors on a metro railcar opened on the wrong side of the train. Two stories below, this is what it looked like from the ground. And we know the metro rail operator was to blame. Kelsey hamilton is the rider who took this video of the incident. She said she couldnt believe what she was seeing. I thought, if this was a busy train, this could have been really dangerous. Someone could have fallen or stepped off on the wrong side if they didnt know any er on the wrong side of a railcar, the train operator is supposed to notify central command, walk all the way around the train to make sure no one or nothing fell out, and then he can continue. None of that happened. In fact, kelsey says she rode the train all the way to Silver Spring and the wrong side door incident didnt even seem to register with the train operator. Just kept going like it was just another day. Reporter metro says the train operator has now admitted the incident was his fault and is out of service pending an investigation. Sources say the operator will likely face a bigger penalty not for the incident itself, but for not reporting it in the first place. Obviously with the train operator, well handle that in terms of what is the right protocol, what rules were or were not followed. Reporter in the meantime, kelsey says shes paying closer attention to where she stands. Definitely looking now and i want to tell everyone standing near the doors, be careful because it could happen to anyone. Reporter coming up at have opened on the wrong side of a train. Ill tell you about the solution metro says it may have for the problem. At the rhode island avenue station, adam tuss, news4. It was a brutal crime in Montgomery County. An elderly woman killed by a man who broke into her home trying to steal her car. That man admitted to the murder in court today and could spend the rest of his life in prison. Chris gordon has the story. Chris . Reporter well, jim, today prosecutors closed the murder that happened here in this wheaton home. The elderly homeowner, Linda Johnston was brutally attacked inside and today the man charged in the case, well, he entered a guilty plea. A neighbor called 911. He asked police to come immediately. He said Linda Johnstons family couldnt reach her for days. They were worried. Didnt look right. When you say didnt look right, did you see anything in specific that there was a bad odor. Linda was found in her bedroom, she had been stabbed multiple times. Today in Montgomery County court, quasi sadler of the district pleaded guilty to firstdegree murder. Sadler targeted johnston after he helped a friend who rent the from johnston and was evicted, move out of the house. Sadler returned and broke in, he took a knife from the kitchen, went up to her room and killed her. Last august, just days before the suspect was arrested, i spoke to Linda Johnstons former neighbor and friend. It was very sad, such a nice lady. I have no words to describe how i feel right now. Reporter police say sadler gold prius, which was always parked beside her house. He used her credit card to purchase snacks on a video that we have, and there are other videos that we have of him using her credit cards. Reporter ahead, how a new law being used in this case could help protect marylanders from being victimized in their own homes. Thats coming up at 6 00. Chris gordon, thank you. A powerful telling of a crisis of amount dictiddiction, the eyes of local college students. The stories they found when they followed local police for a year. And mothers speaking out against the latest health care proposal. Why they say it will result in as the Gop Health Care bill heads through the senate, were hearing from mothers about the impact. One woman speaking with Democratic Senators today. Said kids who depend on medicaid and those with preexisting conditions could lose their coverage. Simply put, these changes are the difference between live and death for our medically fragile children. Families would be forced to make the awful decision to institutionalize their children just to keep it would likely be months before the senate votes on its own version of the bill that came over from the house. 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Oh because no one has a voice quite like yours. Dont just bank. Bank human™. Questions are being raised tonight about a controversial report on d. C. School student lottery system. The report says former chancellor kiah henderson gave preferential treatment to about a half dozen city officials. One person implicated in the report denies any favored treatment. Yes, this is reporter Jessica Morton is the mother of two, an older child attends garrison elementary, a Popular School that parents favor and seek out in the d. C. Student lottery. Sticking to why the lottery exists and that is to ensure that all kids, regardless of their background, have access to a quality education. Reporter but how the student lottery is run is now questioned. In a report, former chancellor failed to act impartially by granting waivers to some unnamed city officials. Henderson denies any wrongdoing. She said she used her limited authority for favors for good reason and in only a few cases. Today mayor fewmuriel bowser sa one of those appears to be her city administrator rashad young. But he produced evidence that he went throuhe the same. Mayor bowser said the ig report will be amended. And bowser says shell make certain clear rules are in place for any new waivers. So its very clear if a chancellor needs to use discretion, it will be very clear to the public that a set of guidelines and parameters were followed. Reporter the mayor also today defended her Overall School budget from complaints by Council Members that she was trying to control how additional funds would be spent. Our Melissa Mollet is pregnant after years of infertility and shes sharing her familys struggle. This is a deeply personal piece that melissa talks about, how pain led to hope and then a miracle. Some of you know my whole story, but many of you out there, who have been so lovely and so supportive do not. We had a son and second child. We adopted our daughter last may, and bam, i got pregnant. This is hard to share, but i realize now its a story of faith, of how things were supposed to be. A story i thought might give someone else some hope. I never thought wed be doing a story after adopting you. Reporter when her birth mother picked us, it felt like finding out i was pregnant. But for years before barrett, there was so much heart ache and sadness. After we had our son, we thought, oh, it will be easy, like a lot of people, to have another baby, and i had absolutely no concept of what was ahead for us. A year of trying, we went to see a fertility specialist. Our diagnosis, unexplained infertility. There was no specific reason i wasnt getting pregnant on my own. Infertility as a diagnosis is traumatic to people. For three years, we tried and tried, blood draws, procedures, medicine shots. My doctors were just fabulous, but it s especially on me emotionally, because id be so hopeful, and then so sad, and then id want to be hopeful again. Thats supposed to be about happiness and hope and thinking about names and what youre going to do with the nursery and all these different great things. Instead youre thinking, how are we going to keep this pregnancy going. I remember being in the bathroom one day at work, trying to work up the courage to give myself a shot in the stomach, and id be in there crying, thinking, come on, you can do this. And it was just really, really hard. I think we did ivf five times and she got pregnant four times. Wed see the heart beat and then there was a sign something wasnt right. A miscarriage is a death. An inability to get pregnant is almost like a death. Those people who suffer miscarriages, my advice to them, do what you need to do emotionally to get through this. Theres no blame each loss was heartshattering, but i still felt like someone was missing from our family. It was hard for me to give up trying in that way, but we needed to. I dont regret any of it, it led us to adoption and now we swear barrett is our angel bringing us a another baby. I know theres no explanation for this pregnancy now and i really dont care, i dont need one. Its awesome. Couldnt be happier. After losing five pregnancies and being blessed, though, with this one, we really do believe in miracles. Tomorrow morning on news4 today, join us for the big gender reveal. Look forward to that. What a great big brother he is. I know, i love him. And of course i love barrett, shes just so precious. Melissa is receiving an outpouring of congratulations and good wishes from all of you. Yeah, many people have also shared their own stories of hope after infertility. You can add news4 is working for you in the community. A Fairfax County family is about to move back into its newly renovated home thanks to a local companys annual day of service. Workers at tysons Keller Williams along with area contractors renovated much of angel mesas home in fairfax. Shes 70 years old, works three jobs, supports an extended family of eight, including two people with disabilities. The workers are repairing water damage, replacing the heating, pluming, and electrical systems. Walls are being painted, carpets added and the home will have handicap accessible features. Theres going to be a big reveal for that. Good for them. All this good news. Okay, amelia, top that. Good luck. Rain, humid, hot. Its been a rainy day. Quite a bit of rain, close to an inch to an more rain is in the forecast tomorrow and saturday. But its not going to be a washout tomorrow. In fact, most of the day is looking dry. Its really your friday evening into the first half of saturday when were tracking some more beneficial rain. Overall, looking nice right now for mothers day. Small chance of a shower, thats your second weather headline. And take a look at the third weather headline. If this cool weather isnt for you, ive liked having the air conditioner off. But we are going to be talking about a big warmup next week. A shot at 90 degrees toward the end of the week. Storm team4 radar still tracking showers. Theyre starting to move out. So parts of northern frederick and carole counties already drying out. That trend will continue over the next few hours. I think the nationals will be able to get the game in. They could have a delayed start, but certainly an exciting series. I think we all want that game to be played tonight. Currently in the mid to low 50s. 54 in washington. And very similar with temperatures and cloud cover degrees. And we really dont warm up a lot throughout the day with plenty of clouds and easterly wind. Mid 50s around lunch time. 56 arm at lunch time. After that, showers return, 7 00, tracking rain and 55 degrees. During the day, the weather having a low impact on your day. But during the evening, youll want the umbrella. Outdoor exercise, its cool, refreshing. Recess for the kids is definitely outdoors. The evening commute, if you stick around work too long tomorrow evening, youll be dealing with wet roads. Another excuse to get out of the office early on friday. Dinner out for your friday night. Youll want the small umbrella. Mothers day on sunday, we warm up with our temperatures, 73 degrees. A mix of clouds and sun. Heres the thing, though. Its going to be windy on sunday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. And i cant rule out a late day shower, something doug and i are keeping a close eye on and well be yard work this weekend, we all want to do that. Looking better on sunday. D. C. Bike ride, also on sunday. Breezy but beautiful out there. If youre getting the car washed on sunday, good idea. Look at this tenday forecast. Its completely dry next week. Monday, 70, upper 70s on tuesday. Then we really start to see the heat and humid build, potentially hitting 90 degrees and also very muggy as well. Thanks, amelia. Its raw and honest. A new documentary puts a face to the growing opioid epidemic. I did use my whole pregnancy. I used heroin every day. Up next, the powerful story on the state of amouddiction. And what a group of student journalists found when they went [doorbell] you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Some university of maryland journalism students have been getting a handson experience with storytelling. Working for months on a police documentary, highlighting the opioid and heroin epidemics that are hitting our region and across our country. Wbals Jennifer Franciotti has their story. I did use my whole pregnancy. I used heroin everyday. Reporter a painfully raw confession, one of several told in a documentary students at the university of Maryland College park. Theyve been working with the Police Department to learn more about the growing heroin and opioid crisis. In june we learned the county was having an over dose a day and a death a week. We said we need to put faces on those facts. We needed to learn more. During the past year, we have told dozens of stories. It was really exciting and new for us as a Police Department to deal with these students. So once we started seeing the project starting to develop in the county, really saw how passionate the students were and it really meant something to them. Reporter these are just a few of the students who worked on the documentary. They voluntarily met twice instead of once and put hundreds of their own personal hours putting it together. We had to call, research, do so much behind the scenes work to get the access that we did. Once that door was opened, we took off with it. There were some people who did not want to open up at all. It was way too personal, it too new or fresh in their minds. And there were also people who really wanted to talk about it. Reporter the 40minute documentary will be screened for the public wednesday may 17th at Anne Arundel Community college. The students hope it will make an impact, and dante evans said, for him, it was revealing. Its everyday people walking around, in your classes, in the grocery store, i that cou the could be opioid abusers and you wouldnt even know. Now at 6 00, new aftershocks from president trumps abrupt firing of fbi director james comey. Nbc news lester holt sat down with the president today for an interview. The president started off with a startling comment. Listen. Look, hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know that, i know that, Everybody Knows that. Let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. You informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. Why did you put that in there . Because he told me that. I mean, he told me. He told you, you werent under investigation in regards to the Russian Investigation . Yes, and i heard that from other people. Was it facetoface, or over the phone . We had dinner and at that time, he told me you are not under investigation. That the one meeting. He said it once at dinner and then he said it twice during phone calls. Did you call him . In one case i called him, in one case, he called me. And did you ask him, am i under investigation . I actually asked him, yes. Mr. Trump contradicted some of what weve been told by the white house since comey was fired on tuesday. Good evening, we have Team Coverage to break all of this down. We begin with lester holt near the white house. A lot of people wondered if the president would go through with this interview, given the timing. Y