his wife of more than 20 years? >> we all along thought that the evidence actually supported his rendition of what actually happened on that day. >> reporter: but there was evidence supporting his wife's version as well like the 911 call made from inside their home by their daughter. >> prince george's county 911. >> my father is hit mig mother. >> reporter: the other 911 call from the neighbor after betty escaped her home. >> prince george's county 911. >> okay, they op their way, betty. it's okay betty. >> reporter: the pendant lamp and knife he is allegedly used to beat and threaten his wife were found in the house but without his fingerprints or dna. >> the fingerprint evidence, none of which belongs to my client i think the jury was impressed that maybe miss lawrence was not telling the truth about what happened. >> we brought charges that reflected the seriousness of the offenses and we thought that the evidence was sufficient but jury is final arbiter and we respect that. >> reporter: now this family is hoping to move forward and hope that starts with lawrence being allowed to return to his policing duties. >> back, you know reinstated to the force and able to continue his life. >> reporter: now that's the next phase of all of this. it's going to be an administrative investigation and review by the d.c. police department. they've already started that process. but now that this trial is over they will begin to talk with sampson and see if there's a possibility for him to come back on the force. after spending time in jail there's a very real possibility that that won't happen. he was in jail for violating a stay-away order that hitz wife had on him. reporting in upper marlboro tracee wilkins, news4. a traffic nightmare in northern virginia. they found a guy badly burned in a luggage compartment in a bus on i-95. it's a greyhound bus. the driver saw smoke about 2:30 this afternoon. he pulled off the road in stafford near exit 143. when the police arrived they found the fire coming from underneath the bus and a man was there suffering critical burn injuries. we do not know yet how that fire started or how that man ended up in that luggage compartment. i-95 south right now is a mess with nearly a 19-mile backup. >> also developing tonight we've learned that just three hours before that shooting and a controversial texas art show the fbi sent a bulletin to the garland, texas, police department with a photo of gunman elton simpson. the bullet noted that simpson was, quote, interested in the event. the agency had no reason to believe simpson intended to attack the event and did not know at the time he was already headed to garland. both simpson and nadir soofi were shot and killed after opening fire. today a federal appeals court flatly rejected the government's legal justification for collecting and keeping all public phone records. but the court stopped short of ordering the government to stop the program and said congress can save it. steve handelsman on capitol hill with more on this. >> reporter: jim, thanks. this was already a big issue and a debate on capitol hill over who, if not the nsa, should gather and keep all of that data and if doing it is lawful. the decision declares the mass collection of phone data by the nsa illegal because congress did not authorize it. the unanimous appeals court ruling is a win for americans' privacy, says the aclu. >> in a democratic country, you're supposed to have suspicion first before you have a search and the nsa was essentially reversing that and putting the search first. >> reporter: revealed by edward snowden, the program called 215 saves the data from every call in the u.s. who called who and when, not what was said. so, for example, investigating the attempted jihad attack in garland, texas, the feds can go back years and track who the suspects talked to. u.s. attorney general says that works. >> section 215 has been a vital tool in our national security arsenal. >> reporter: to preserve 215, senate republicans would specifically authorize it. >> we're going to keep america safe. we're not going to let it revert back to where we're susceptible to another 9/11. >> reporter: but many democrats oppose the program. >> and in my view, bulk collection has been discredited as a way to preserve our national security. >> reporter: now congress has till june to decide. the debate up here is complicated by the existence of president obama's plan backed by many in the house to have private phone companies keep the data and to have federal agents get warrants to see it. live from the hill i'm steve handelsman, news4. a young family still hoping to find a missing husband and father who was set so garage kuwait from howard university with a ph.d. this weekend. his name is calvin buckley. his cell phone pinged in a northern montgomery county park yesterday, but the police looked but found no evidence of him. buckley's family says they have not heard from him since a text message on tuesday morning. buckley has a wife and two kids. the youngest one is only 2 weeks old. crime scene markers filled a charles county apartment complex, the scene of a deadly fight. a teenager is dead but it's unclear if the person accused of stabbing him will face any charges. news4's pat collins is in waldorf tonight with reaction from people who live in that complex. pat? >> >> >> reporter: doreen this complex is fresh. it's not even on some maps. but a bloody broad daylight suicide has some residents here concerned. adam's crossing a brand-new apartment complex in waldorf. it's so new the pool has never been used. today the freshly paved parking lot draped with police tape. charles county's first homicide of the year. people who live here say there's been some vandalism and some attempted break-ins. mostly at night. but what happened here this morning in broad daylight has them shaking their heads. >> i think i'm going to have to get out of my lease because i can't live -- i have a 6-year-old and i don't come from this and i don't want to be -- i don't want him around it. >> i have a younger son who tems me that, you know it's become a troubled area. >> reporter: are you or withworried? >> concerned. >> reporter: an 18-year-old fatally s 18-year-old. police say it happened when three teens banged on a door here and tried to get into an apartment. there was a fight. it spilled into the parking lot and a teen who was inside that apartment ends up stabbing one of the teens who was banging on the door. >> he was really just defending himself. three guys came out here to jump him. >> reporter: that's pamela caldwell. it all started at her apartment. she says monday night those three teens spray painted vulgar words on her door and then vandalized her car. >> smashed my windshield and painted my car. spray-painted my car and my apartment door. >> reporter: why? >> they wanted the boys to come out to fight that night but they didn't come out. >> reporter: police continue to investigate but so far no charges have been finaled in the case. doreen back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. a physical therapy business will be closed at least the rest of this week after a car crashed into it today. one woman is seriously hurt after being trapped under the car inside the building. she worked a receptionist at proaction on park lawn drive in rockville. three others were take on the hospital. the woman who was behind the wheel is charged with negligent driving. police say she lost control and panicked. today the montgomery county council presented a proclamation to alan gross. he was the man who was held in a cuban prison for years accused of spying. new at 6:00 tonight, chris gordon reports on how he's feeling about the cuban people after years in captivity. >> reporter: alan gross, who was released by a cuban prison after five years is being honored by the montgomery county council. he and his wife arrived for a private meeting held behind closed doors photographed by the county. >> he's just here to say welcome back home we're glad you're here and to understand the difficult challenges they face but back on american soil and back in montgomery county. >> reporter: alan gross was sentenced to 15 years for allegedly importing band technology and being a spy. his wife judy, tire lesslessly appealed to u.s. and cuban authorities for his release from jail arguing he was there bringing internet access to the cuban jewish community. he was released last december and returned to the united states. today the county council presented mr. gross with a proclamation saluting his lifetime achievements. >> very touching. i'm very touched by the council's generosity and it was a great event. i was glad i could be here. >> he really discussed what's going on in cuba and how the cuban folks are trying to manage in very strained circumstances and how the government is fundamentally corrupt and undemocratic. >> reporter: the most surprising revelation alan gross may have made to his hosts here on the montgomery county council is that despite his years of captivity, someday he'd like to return to cuba. >> and he is a strong voice for improving relations with cuba because in all of the world, and he's been in 54 different countries, he said i've never met a people that are so happy, so good-natured so resilient. he loves the cuban people. >> reporter: reporting from montgomery county chris gordon news4. the home of their dreams becomes a homeowner's nightmare and it's not just one local home. new at 6:00 and only on news4, serious safety concerns surround more than a dozen local homes and the new legal actions one couple faces. and we'll tell you where you might want to be tomorrow to look up and see something amazing. doug? >> that is cool right there. this is pretty cool as well. check this out. this could be our first named trop the season. it may affect your weekend. you can make lots of money flipping homes and reselling them in the district but one virginia couple is facing legal action tonight because of allegations about the way they wept about it. our consumer reporter erika gonzalez has our report. erika? >> vance, buying a house is one of if not the biggest purchases a person makes. you know this i know this people know this. it's stressful. hundreds of thousands of dollars is what we're talking about. recently more than a dozen district residents discovered they didn't get what they paid for. brian jacobson and his husband just adopted their first baby, a new baby and a new city. the couple was excited to buy their first home together. >> we saw one, a fully renovated house, which was a pig deal. >> reporter: they loved the updated look. lots of light, a room for a nursery and an english basement with a second kitchen. >> looked like a fantastic house. >> reporter: if only these walls could talk. there was a very different story that lied beneath and this couple soon got the message. a handwritten note left by the seller. fixture will be put in once ordered. it was in place of the stove downstairs. >> the fact that they took out the stove wasn't so much that it was -- or wasn't at all that it was not working, it was that they were hoping to hide from the inspector that there was a kitchen there. >> reporter: the stove never came. then he learned the basement kitchen was illegal for zoning rps. inspections done by d.c.'s department of consumer and regulatory affairs revealed more problems with the house. >> all of the lights throughout the house are nonul rated and they are not in junction box. the recessed lighting are not in junction boxes. the wiring is not to code. it's definitely a fire hazard. >> reporter: and the list goes on. heating and cooling problems missing insulation new skylights interfering with structural support. plumbing problems. floors popping up and -- >> this structural support is not adequate either. >> reporter: jacobson and his husband are not alone. numerous new homers complained to dcra and they all bought their homes from the same couple ensign and jefferson hop guard of great fall virginia. >> that was an example of greed that had no consideration nor concern about safety. >> reporter: thursday d.c. attorney general carl racine says his team filed this lawsuit in superior court. it accuses the hoffguards among other things of skimping on construction without proper permits and hiring unlicensed contractors to do the work. racine says they've renovated and sold at least 15 d.c. homes in various neighborhoods with similar problems since 2013. >> these are significant consumer protection violations and that's why we're going to court. >> d.c. records show they first bought jacobson and his husband's house for $360,000 before flipping it and selling it to the couple for $640,000. a profit of $280,000. and that's just one house. we talked to ensign on the phone. she insisted her husband had nothing to do with flipping and selling homes. now vice president at boeing jefferson is listed on property documents. as for jacobson and his husband -- >> you know, we used our savings to buy the house. now we're getting estimates it's going to be like $200,000 to just have it done right. >> reporter: do you feel safe in your house? >> we -- no. not really. >> reporter: they've also filed an individual lawsuit against the couple. a few other consumers are doing the same thing. when it comes to buying a home that has been renovated, get it checked out first. we've got what you need to know as you approach this process on the consumer watch page. please be careful as you buy. >> erika gonzalez thank you. lot of people will be trying to get a glimpse of an historic display tomorrow in the skies above washington. more than 50 vintage world war ii aircraft will fly over the national mall. that's to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in europe. it happens between noon and 1:00 p.m. the so-called arsenal of democracy is assembled to honor the greatest generation. flights in and out of reagan national airport will be stopped during the flight. we will fly down the potomac river, take a left at the lincoln memorial with 56 airplanes and then fly down independence avenue right past the united states capitol. >> wow. on saturday many of the planes will be display on the smithsonian's center in chantilly, virginia. >> want to see that. a developing story in new jersey. a wildfire has forced people out of their homes at the wharton state forest. firefighters are trying to fight the flames from the ground and from the air. not clear yet just how that fire started. >> toan area of new jersey prone to fires out there. very dry out there. just pine trees. >> we're pretty dry around here since the rain stopped. >> some saw a lot, others still need the rain. we'll see a chance of that on saturday and sunday but not much of a chance. we'll be on the dry side the next couple days. right now a beautiful day, temperatures around 79 degrees down at the airport. winds out of the south at about 9 miles per hour. we are dealing with mostly sunny skies, a few clouds and others. 77 gaithersburg 81 in leesburg 77 towards culpeper and huntingtown coming in at 78 degrees. a beautiful thursday afternoon. not much to show you as far as the radar is concerned in our area but again down to the south, back to the west take a couple vantage points here. first off in our region, satellite radar not showing much. the showers back toward the west the mountains of west virginia few clouds streaming in around our region. then we move towards parts of the midwest. talking about the plains as well. this is oklahoma again. last night tornadoes, oklahoma texas, kansas nebraska today, more severe weather and even more tomorrow and saturday. saturday right now looks like a day they could see multiple tornadoes once again. this is a situation that's not going away for them into portions of the plains. down to the southeast, we've been talking about this area of low pressure for the last couple days it was towards the bahamas, now inching its way to the north and could become the first named storm of the season. that would be anna. now the this takes it towards the carolinas and notice the cloud cover ahead of it. that's what we'd be affected by first, the clouds and the chance for showers on saturday. future weather taking us through the day tomorrow plenty of sunshine tomorrow. plenty of sunshine during the day. saturday the clouds are here for sure and we're looking at a couple showers even around the 2:00 hour. notice the shower activity. most of the area dry. we could see a couple showers on saturday and athink the pattern will repeat itself during the day on sunday. 81 on your friday 78 in gaithersburg, 81 manassas 83 towards fredericksburg and winchester coming in around 77 degrees. great day to get out tomorrow. nice and warm. comfort fbl you've got that 9:00 a.m. tee time looking good. 77 by 11:00, up to 81 for a high temperature. and we stay above average through the next few days. 81 82 83 on sunday. again, 30% chance of showers on sunday. that's mother's day, of course. i didn't even put a chance on saturday. the chance less than 20%. but it's there so we have to at least mention it. another chance on monday. chance of a thunderstorm on monday. 88 on tuesday. that comes ahead of a front that could bring us strong thunderstorms. behind that cold front, we cool off significantly, all the way down to 70! >> what a shame. thanks, doug. local restaurants struggling to store some of their most popular drinks pap they're blaming one local county for that. one of the owners invited us to watch what happens on delivery day. the d.c. police chief takes the stand after questions arise about her plan to put body cameras on police officers. >> reporter: did you hear? tolls are coming down. the debate over who gets to see police body camera video is heating up. people on both sides squared off today. body cameras are more common after the freddie gray and michael thomas cases. d.c.'s mayor and police chief want video exempt from public records to protect the privacy of victims an witnesses. but critics say cameras can't hold police accountable if the public can't see the video. >> she talks about accountability. everybody talks about accountability. what what is the purpose of taking accountability and lobbing it away in a vault? >> individuals tasked to hold police accountable will have access to unredacted videos as will anyone who reports being the victim of police misconduct. >> the chief said she'd be opening to developing guidelines for public access. big changes coming this week to beef up security on white house grounds. the goal is to keep fence jumpers and other would-be intruders from getting in. beginning tomorrow crews will install new vehicle checkpoints along the white house ellipse to make them more secure and then in july they'll add half-inch steel spikes to the top of the white house fence which will make it more difficult to climb over that fence. federal officials approved the changes today but they're just temporary upgrades. more sweeping changes to the white house grounds are expected next year. more images on our nbc washington app. next young women threaten an fearful of their safety accusing their university of refusing to help. why they believe a fellow student's murder could have been stopped. and the news4 i-team exposing in problems local bars . now at 6:30 it's almost that time of year thousands of people from our area heading to beach for the weekend causing all kind of traffic headaches for the weekend but this time you'll get a break, co-ing you less. >> a dramatic drop to use several bridges and tunnels in our area including the toll for the chesapeake bay bridge. if you pay with cash prices are dropping from $6 down to $4. and with an ezpass the toll is dropping from $5.40 down to $2.50. it all starts july 1st and transportation reporter adam tuss is live tonight with some enthusiastic reaction from drivers out there. hey, adam. >> reporter: hey, there. maryland governor larry hogan says this is the first decrease in tolls in the state in almost 50 years. almost like correcting a test as a teacher, governor larry hogan putting red pen to toll prices and changing them. >> this is what i promised to do. it's what i've been talking about for four years. >> reporter: it didn't take long for word to spread especially near the bay bridge. >> yes! yes! that's great! >> reporter: richard says he'll be more likely to head across the bridge with the lower price. >> that's great. get better deals to the restaurants and thing like that. >> reporter: why the drop in tolls? larry hogan calls it tax relief but the state will lose money that previously went to maintenance. how will they square that away? >> we've craft thtd plan very carefully with modest budget reductions and taking a look at our financial situation and we're able to comply with all our financial parameters. >> reporter: the state also doing away with the monthly $1.50 charge for ezpass and will increase the discount drives get if they use an ezpass. >> amazing to think something is coming down not going up. >> it's unusual. >> reporter: but residents say they'll take it. and back here now live now, we have a full list of all the toll changes on our nbc washington app app. just search toll changes. >> nice to share good news isn't it adam. >> reporter: absolutely. right now in oklahoma city more weather watches and warnings as residents keep a concerned eye on the sky. they have a mess to clean up after a series of tornadoes blew through the area. mor mapp was also hit pretty hard. several people were injured but no deaths reported. the mayor of oklahoma city credits meteorologists and their advanced technology for saving lives. the nation's new attorney general could soon launch her first major investigation. loretta lynch told a senate subcommittee today she will soon decide whether to begin a civil rights investigation on the baltimore police department. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake asked for that investigation yesterday. the city is already participating in a voluntary review but lynch says more may need to be done. two of cvs stores that were looted and burned l.a. week in baltimore will be rebuilt. the ceo of those stores says the company is committed to serving the baltimore communities that felt the impact of the violence. employees from those two stores are being paid for the work they missed last week and they'll be transferred to other stores during the rebuilding process. cvs also is donating $50,000 to two funds already set up to help in the recovery from those protests. a university of mary washington student killed last month was one of several women targeted by cyber attacks. a complaint is being filed on behalf of her fellow feminist united members and northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports lawyers hope police are also taking notice. >> reporter: julia michaels said she lived in fear this semester after cyber threats targeted members of her group, feminist united. then a club officer, grace mann was killed. mann's housemate is charged with her murder. >> my first thought was, oh god, what if this has something to do with the threats? >> reporter: today michaels was joined by national feminist leaders. they filed a title ix complaint against the mary washington university accusing the administration of failing to protect students from the cyber attacks. >> people gave out the locations of our members and threatened to rape and kill us. i was terrified. >> reporter: members found themselves under fire after the men's rugby team was suspended for a chant glorifying rape. they spoke out as threats like these began to pour in on the social media app yik yak. dandy's about to kill a [ expletive ] or two. going to tie them to a raid yay or the. friends say grace mann was mentioned by name in some tlemt ts. lawyers bringing the complaint hope flis explore any connection. >> we are not charging that the university caused grace mann's death. that is not in this complaint. >> reporter: feminist united members asked the administration to block the app but were told that could infringe on free speech rights. >> i'm not exactly 100% sure why feminist united expects yik yak to be shut down by the university. i think it's more of a yik yak issue. >> reporter: university officials issued this statement -- "while we disagree with many of the details and content in this morning's press conference we share the ultimate goal of main taking a safe environment in clab with campus partners." at the university of mary washington julie carey, news4. fairfax county is asking for input to help guide the future of the county's bus network. the transportation department will hold public workshops through may and june. in order to get some feedback about the plan for the fairfax connector. the county is planning to expand bus service over the next ten years. the first meeting will be held next tuesday at george mason university. a big change coming tonight for a place that's housed sporting events and concerts for decades. we'll tell you what they're about to do and when. a nice night tonight. national harbor, an vent going on just in front of the hotel. beautiful night for that. but what about the next couple days? ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ george mason university's patriot sent eer is getting a name change. that building which has played host to sports circuses concerts graduation ceremonies will soon be called the eaglebank arena effective july 1st. the school announced that deal today. it will bring $6.6 million to the university. laughing your way through labor and delivery. seems impossible but one local hospital is giving mothers-to-be a new kind of pain relief and i want's not something you'd typically find in the delivery room. giving these women a whiff of this stuff, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, hear the director of the midwife program demonstrating how to use it. for some women it's better than an epidural because the effects of the gas wear off within a minute. >> it's really used during the contraction and then when the contraction goes away if you stop breathing it the effects wear off. it's very quick. >> i'll have more on why some women prefer laughing gas for labor tonight on news4 at 11:00. local leaders hoped a new system would solve many problems inside its agency. tonight the news4 i-team goes inside the warehouse for the first time to explain what is working and what's not. when it comes to alcohol deliveries and why you should care. plus the kennedy center backs off of plans for one of its expansion projects. what they say they'll do in ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ if you live in montgomery county and go into a restaurant and order a glass of wine or bot offensively beer you may or may not get it. and the owners of those establishments are blaming the government for that. tisha thompson and the news4 i-team show you why local businesses say things have gotten worse rather than better since our original investigation into the department of liquor control. >> reporter: you're in the back of a well-known bethesda restaurant watching what many owners tell the news4 i-team has become a weekly chore. a county truck driver is trying to deliver box of gray goose, something mike jones says he never ordered. >> it's getting worse. >> reporter: jones invited us to the american taproom to show us why he thinks montgomery county's department of liquor control is hurting his business at a key time when warmer weather brings in more customers. >> one of the most frustrating processes i've ever been involved in and to the point where you're almost begging and pleading with officials to get something done. >> reporter: jones stocks dozens of wines and spirits in his bar. but he says the restaurant's main selling point, 20 taps featuring a rotating list of local craft beers. >> allagash white we didn't see far whole month, and final whi li when it did arrive because we asked for it every week four kegs arrived at the door when we don't need four just one. >> reporter: the problem started in february when the county installed this new online ordering system. on the day we visited his bar manager showed us how even though the computer told him all the alcohol you wanted was in stock he only received half of what he ordered. >> you can never plan for anything accordingly. >> reporter: instead kegs and boxes of beer and wine they didn't order are piling up waiting to go back to the county's warehouse. montgomery county is the only local government in the nation with a complete monopoly over the sale and distribution of all wine beer and hard liquor. distributors must deliver everything they want to sell to the county's warehouse which then uses government employees to redistribute it to roughly 1,000 restaurants and privately owned beer and wine stores. after the news4 i-team's investigation last fall into theft, the agency promised many of its problems would be fixed when it switched to this new oracle computer system in february. but since then more than a dozen businesses have testified at county council hearings that the new system actually made things worse. >> i want to know what they'll do. we live and die by whey what they're doing. >> we understand their pain. we hear their pain. we are really looking to do things differently, get their input and be able to make changes as we go. >> reporter: she says it typically takes three to six months to iron out the kinks. >> anytime you go through a large implementation of this size it is -- we have growing pains. and it takes several months to be able to go through, figure out how we can do things better. >> reporter: she says they're improving every week. they've eliminated cash sales. restaurants and stores now order online and county employees can now track when they're running low on supply. >> we're going to order three to cover that. >> reporter: she says the warehouses also started to use these scanners to track the alcohol as it's coming in and out of the warehouse. >> that scanning electric scanning is going to help a lot. >> reporter: george griffin is the agency's director. >> it's been skrrvery challenging yeah because a lot has happened all at once. >> reporter: they've been planning the system for two years and launched it in february because that's traditionally a slow month for restaurants and stores. >> one thing i'll say is we're better today than we were when we went plooich so there have been improvements and that's encouraging. >> mike jones and other restaurants say their big frustration is they can never get anyone on the phone to help them when there is a problem. george griffin says he's already moving employees within the agency so there will be more people to answer the phone. all of this is expected to come up tomorrow in a special county hearing that's going to specifically look at what is going on inside the department of liquor control. tisha thompson news4 i-team. >> to watch the i-team's entire beer bust series go to our nbc washington app where you can click on investigations. the kennedy center is changing its tune when it comes to a unique part of its expansion plan. the $100 million project will no longer include a floating stage on the potomac. instead a pavilion will be built on land to host performances events and a cafe. the center's president said the land-based stage is more practical and sustainable for the future. change will delay the project by about a year and a half. and we're taking a look outside right now at some beautiful conditions. right now we have plenty of sunshine in reston plenty toward national harbor and of course down toward the kennedyk at what's happening out there right now. sun, a few clouds have made their way in out toward reston town center. there's the kennedy center. if you're heading downtown should be a-okay. 76 by 7:00 73 by 9:00. nice weather everywhere. i love looking at this because it always tells me where something's wrong. in gaithersburg. rockville, yeah you're not 87 my friends. most likely around 77 degrees there. may have to work on that senator a little bit. but it has been warm just about everywhere today. no rain to talk about. no rain for tomorrow. tomorrow sun and clouds. temperatures tomorrow 77 to 83. we are going to see a beautiful day. then we turn our attention to the weekend. friday no worries at all heading downtown maybe sightseeing, heading into work friday around noon a few clouds but also a lot of sunshine during the day. friday evening looking nice. no problems at all there. watch what happens on saturday. saturday morning starting off around 8:00 cloud cover. a lot more cloud in the sky. maybe a few light showers. same deal around 1:00. we could see a few light showers falling into parts of the area. that's from system to the south that could become our first tropical system of the season. we'll talk more about that at 11:00. that could be the fist time hurricane center issues something in an advisory for that system. 82 on saturday. 83 on sunday. let's talk more about that weekend forecast. those temperatures are going to be on the positive side well above average but we're still watching that coastal low. showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm possible but still warm. temperatures into the low 80s. really warm monday and tuesday. tuesday, 88 chance of storms. some could be on the strong side. earlier today i was honored to be part of a special event in honor of the tenth annual children's mental health awareness day. grammy nominated singer mary lambert was honored with a special award. "same love" with mclemore and lewis and she performed "secrets" for the crowd. she's been public about her own struggle with bipolar disorder and childhood trauma. she told the crowd talking about issues is key and believes in making people uncomfortable with what she called radical self-awareness. >> you photograph well. has anybody ever told you that? coming up in sports did you know john wall has five broken bones? goodness. randy wittman tells us when he expects his star to play again this year. first lester holt with what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> hi jim and doreen. we're surveying the damage in human toll after a barrage of tornadoes strike four states and forecasters are telling us it could get more dangerous in the days to come. we'll tell you about the warning the fbi sent to authorities in houston hours before the attack. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. here's the deal. i am jacked up like i've never -- i am jacked up like i never have been in my career playing basketball. because everybody is expecting now, okay we're done we got no shot. he played well in that last game. >> pe he did. >> you may not be able to expect that over and over again. >> yes. >> just a few times. >> the reason why john wall is an all star is because he plays well pretty much all the time. sessions is a role player. we don't know if he can do that every single night. we'll see what happens. jop wall has five fractures in his left nonshooting hand and wrist. the team announcing that news today. they did not rule him out for this weekend's game against atlanta, though. the wizards getting set for a critical game three saturday night at the verizon center. the injury happened in the second quarter of game one against atlanta on sunday. wall did finish the game but missed game two just a few days later. he and the wizards are currently consulting with physicians and specialists to try and determine the best course of action for this injury. randy wittman said his left hand is so swollen right now he can't even hold a basketball. playing through pain nothing new for john wall. he's earned the respect of his teammate ts ands and coaches. >> i've been around this game for 30 years and he's the toughest. toughest kid i've been around. in terps of that physical pounding he takes and playing through injuries playing through not feeling good. every coach would hope that he had 15 of those. you know he's made special. so that's what's disappointing. >> game three saturday night at verizon center. if wall plays the wizards can beat atlanta, if he doesn't play the rest of the series, i don't think they advance past the hawks. they tear best in the eastern conference. >> chances are they won't be able to do well. what i meant to say is not that sessions is raw but what an opportunity now. >> yes. a lot of guys bradley beal paul pierce. everyone has to step their game up if he can't do go this weekend. to the ice, the capitals are one win away from playing in the eastern conference finals something this organization hasn't accomplished since 1998. this might be the most complete team that alex ovechkin as played with and it's not just the veterans stepping up their game. seems like every night there's a new hero for the capitals. last night it was 20-year-old rookie andre. the first two playoffs goals of his career. he lives with two other young players on the capitals roster toll womenson and michael lotta. interesting rule in the house. after an amazing game four performance he will be a little lightener the pocket and fuller in the stomach. >> we got this rule if you score a goal you have to pay for dinner for your roommates. so i own them two dinners now. >> change that rule. >> it doesn't really make sense but it's how it is. tom made the rule then he scored twice like the week after he made the rule. and me last night scored and now i scored. so i have to pay. >> does he have his driver's license? >> no one in the house has that courage to tell tom wilson it's a stupid rule. not quite dinner but a treat for some members of the nationals. after their game at nats park bryce harper joe gonzalez and a few other players went to verizon center to check out the capps game. afterwards greeings and handshakes you see this great group photo which is most memorable for ovi wearing a towel. everyone fully dressed except for ovechkin there. rocking the red. cool to see the caps getting support from the local teems. don't know if this is support but it is funny. last night on "the tonight show" jimmy fallon made fun of a few caps players. >> from the washington capitals is alex ovechkin. he was voted most likely to be the fist guy james bond punches in a movie. don't impress me mr. bond. >> pow! on this thursday night, the state of emergency as the neighborhoods are flattened by an outbreak of tornados. even storm shelters no match for the flash floods. al roker is here to tell us the worst is here to come. the fbi warning hours before the terrorist attack in texas. the urgent bulletin sent to local police about one of the shooters. what did they know? pollen tsunami suddenly hitting hard. why doctors say allergy season is coming all at once and what to do to survive it. and tom brokaw opens up about the battle with cancer how the diagnosis changed his life and his family and how

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