Lawson muse. Investigators are now saying a shocking shooting in Charles County appears to be a murder suicide. Two Young Children dead. Their mom in the hospital right now. News 4s justin finch is live in waldorf. Reporter thats right, new information from the Charles CountySheriffs Office identifying three of the four victims in this case. Were told that when officers arrived here last night they found a woman bloody and shot outside of her home. Inside an upstairs bedroom they found two daughter, one 4 years old died on scene. A 17yearold later died at the hospital and suspected shooter in this case is their own father who is said to have turned the gun on himself. On this cloudy quiet day, hardly a trace of the horror that befell this block thursday night. Little girl is a cute little hi, hi. Reporter but neighbors wont see the friendly faceany more. 4yearold and her father carl ton, they and lay las 17yearold sister died in a shooting in the 3300 block of west dale court. Their father carlton the suspected shooter. Authorities say he was found dead with a gun near his side. La Tanya Williams wont forget her daughters frantic call. She started crying, mommy, im scared, somebody got shot. Can you come home . I saw a lady on the ground, blood all over her. Reporter Charles County sheriffs investigators suspected he open fire on their wife and daughters last night in a apparent domestic related shooting. The teen and her mother were shot several times and air lifted to a nearby hospital. Really shocking and disturbing. You know, i didnt sleep very well last night. For those who live close, it was a tragedy they never three lives lost, one just begun. And on social media, friends of goodwin are expressing their condolences in this case. So far investigators have yet to have found a motive. Back in to you. Justin finch, thank you. Weve also got breaking news in the district, a guilty plea in the comet ping pong pizza case. Derrick ward is live with what happened in court a short time ago. Derrick . Reporter he came to town with guns and a grudge, 28yearold edgar welch drove to d. C. For what he called an investigation, a rescue mission landed him and charged videos i think were having some trouble with derricks live shot well try and get back with him if we can. Developing, a man killed in the district overnight. D. C. Police say a neighbor called 911 about a shooting not long after midnight. Police found the man on near 19th street, shot in the head. He later died. Police didnt say if they arrested anyone. Take a look at this video chopper 4 captured of a serious crash in Charles County. An suv went off the road in anybuanne newburg at 5 30 this morning. Three people were air liptfted the hospital. The road has since reopened. Three adults and two children were injured in a fire in Prince William county. A viewer sent us this video from ramrock road where the huge orange lightus Prince William county fire says there was serve peopven people t the time. Turning to the weather, a cloudy and cold start to the day but there is some good news right around the corner and with that meteorologist Sheena Parveen is here to explain. You saw the rainy view on the left and temperatures on the right. It is still cool outside. Rain a little on the heavier side where you see the yellow through d. C. Near the beltway. The beltway is really getting rain around currently and bethesda towards reston getting the rain. It is going to quickly move through. Once it moves through we dont have any more rain coming our way. Were going to be dry this afternoon and once we dry out, temperatures are going to rise. Take a look here, well be in the upper 50s early this afternoon. Then by mid afternoon in about the mid to low 60s. A cold start this morning. Thats going to lead to a warmer day but wait tomorrows forecast an even warmer start to the weekend. Ill show you those numbers coming up. Right now the d. C. Council is hearing from witnesses in the confirmation hearing for acting d. C. Police chief peter newsham, its the next step in his confirmation process. The acting chief has the support of mayor bowser and his predecessor cathy lanier, shell testify on his behalf. More than 80 people are set to testify today. He has tremendous experience and track record of success in working with my partners like myself and others through the capitol region. Build alliances and relationships and always leave things better than you found them. Newsham will be the last one to speak and hell take questions from the council. A local Nonprofit Group is now suing to get d. C. Police records related to arrests during the inauguration protest. You remember these scenes . The justice funds says the information needs to be released before chief newsham is confirmed. D. C. Police arrested 231 people on charges of felony rioting on inauguration day. The group says when officers use those kind of tactics use the that day in particular, their required to file documentation why it was justified. Now the organization is suing for the documents under the freedom of information act. Here in washington, d. C. , in the nations capital, it is one of the most important jobs of the chief of police to be able to uphold the Constitutional Rights of people to demonstrate. We reached out for comment and we were told they dont comment on pending litigation. New this morning, hundreds of employees in d. C. Will unionize, Mark Seagraves broke the news about employees of amr, the Ambulance Service that assisted d. C. Fire when pats nonlife threatening injuries. There are more than 200 amr employees based in the district and theyll join the American Federation of state and county and municipal employees union. It will be a make or break vote on capitol hill today. Republicans are expected to vote on their plan to replace the o fordable care act. The vote is expected to take place this afternoon. The house is debating the bill right now. The big question is whether republicans have the votes to pass it. Latest count shows 32 republicans are ready to vote no. We are going in depth in the vote in the next half hour, including how it will impact you and most average americans. The answer is very different depending on your health care needs. And new information about the american killed in attacks in london and his ties to our area ayxt on midd some have it, some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, at Strayer University weve seen it in our students for 125 years. And if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. Its time. Strayer university. Lets get it, america. Another development about the terror attack in london. This is a new photo of the man police say drove into a crowd and stabbed a police officer. They are working to learn whatever they can about khalid masood. Bill neely has the latest from london. Reporter london sigh excellent, standing in tribute, a mayor and city grieving as a fourth victim of terror died, a 75yearold bsh a muslim convert. The dead terrorist khalid masood, had a number of aliases and we do know his birth name was adrian russell. Reporter he had been jailed for violence but not for terrorism. He was once investigated by mi5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. Reporter police have searched his home and raided others making two more arrests overnight. More than 30 injured are still in the hospital. American kirk cochran from utah was one of four killed. He and his wife melissa were on the last day of a European Tour to celebrate 25 years of marriage. She too is still injured. In utah, their friends rememb remembered curt. Curt had such an uplifting way about him. You know, it made you feel good. Reporter there were Many American survivors be alive. Car comes out of nowhere and it just hits four to five innocent bystanders on street. Reporter in london the search goes on. Police on their knees. Westminster bridge in parliament have reopened and searches ongoing at five homes. London still on high alert. Police say this morning at the very core of their investigation is how was the killer radicalized . Online, on his own . Was i really a lone wolf or helped or directed by others . Thats why the raids and the searches are ongoing. Back to you. New at midday, were learning more about the american killed in the attack in london. The Cumberland Times news is reporting cochran was from that city. The paper says he graduated from fort hill high in cumberland decades ago, he was 54 in england celebrating his 25th anniversary with his wife. She was seriously new today, the Trump Administration is giving the green light to build a keystone pipeline. It reverses the Obama Administration clearing the way for the 8 billion project to be completed. It marks one of the biggest steps taken by date to Prioritize Economic Development overenvironmental concerns. And the battle over president Trumps Supreme Court pick heating up today. The senates top democrat vowing to block the nomination of neil gorsuch setting up the possibility of the socalled nuclear option. And Nbcs Kristen Welker with the latest. Good morning. Reporter the state of Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch and future of the Supreme Court are both up in the ail this morning. Im humbled and honored every day i come to work. Ive been humbled and honored to be here with you. Reporter despite sailing through confirmation hearing relatively unscathed, still angry about the vowing to block gorsuchs nomination with a filibuster. After careful deliberation, i have concluded that i cannot support judge Neil Gorsuchs nomination to the Supreme Court. My vote will be no and i urge my colleagues to do the same. While there are enough republican votes to confirm him by a simple majority. Senate rules require a super majority to end a filibuster. Mitch mcconnell has threatened to use the socalled nuclear option, a maneuver that allows senators to change the rules in order to confirm gorsuch with only 51 votes. The problem is it is not a one time exception. And could set a new precedent in the senate. Republican senator Lindsey Graham while reluctant would support the nuclear option. Whatever it takes to get him on the court i will do. Reporter back in january, President Trump agreed. Would you want Mitch Mcconnell option . Yes, i would. Reporter the white house hoping the extreme move wont be necessary. We call on senator schumer to follow democrats to abandon this attempt to block judge gorsuch from receiving a fair up or down vote that he and the American People have voted for. That was Kristen Welker reporting. Senator mcconnell wants to get gorsuch confirmed before the senate takes its easter recess in the first week of april. The National Museum of africanamerican history and culture has been open for six months and packed just about every day. 1. 3 million visitors have walked through the doors. If youstill waiting for a chano visit, entry passes for july will be available beginning april 5th. Poetry we picture rhymes on pieces of paper. Tlsz a group of teenagers in the d. C. Area taking poetry to a whole new level. Amy cho takes us in theor if the truth is concealed. Reporter adding delivering them from memory. Not a minority. Reporter dont forget being vulnerability. Weight upon my sofa. Reporter and the result sam poetry. Like church bells. Reporter they perform and judges sean get scored from one to ten. Make my father happy. Reporter to win creativity is free. I feel free when im writing appoint et t poet poetry. Brought out feelings no other art form has for me. Reporter they dont have to rhyme but theyve certainly got reason. You better be talking to your mother and saw these two guys bothering this girl like cat calling but to an extreme, they kept following her down the street. Walking on new world order. Ive seen a bunch of Violent Attacks on people that look like me and are my reporter the teens tell me their work is never over, they are still constantly going through line by line to see how they can make it better. Definitely feel as a human being i should care about other human beings an what it is they struggle through. Reporter they do it through words. Afraid to tell her. Reporter that speak volume. Crying in a confessional booth. Reporter amy cho, news 4. So talented and that young man with that deep, deep voice. Yeah. Slam poets are gearing up for big competition this weekend. More than 200 local teens are vying for five spots at the International Finals in july. The final five will be decided saturday night arena stage at southwest. To learn more about the group or attend gs the event, you can head to our website, nbcwashington. Com and search slam poetry. Good tough. Things are about to get hot and heavy at the national zoo. Sounded so much better when breeding season is almost here and giant panda is getting ready. The zoo says hes in full rutt, making him very restless. Zoo keepers have watched him washingt watching through the window and making noises at her. She responds with a moan that indicates she is not interested in him just yet. Meanwhile give her a little time. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, bao bao just moved into her brandnew digs, its of course at the conservation and Research Center for giant pandas in china. This is new video of bao bao getting used to her new digs. She has a playground to share with her brother. Bao bao spent a month in quarantine after arriving in china from washington. We miss her but looks likes shes them. It is expected to be a very big weekend for the Cherry Blossoms along the tidal basin. What you can expect if you plan to visit. Im britney johnson, its going to be a gorgeous weekend in the d. C. Area. Outside of checking out Cherry Blossoms are there are other ways to enjoy the warm weather, you can check out Cherry Blossom restaurant deals and specials and take a fee yog ga class at the Kennedy Center sean one of the biggest light art installations is coming to the area next week. Search the scene in our app and dont forget to tag us in your spring pi so it looks like the weather and Cherry Blossoms are finally on the same page. We are expecting not only temperatures in the 70s but also peak bloom weekend at the tidal basin. Megan mcgrath has more on why for a while it was touch and go for the Cherry Blossoms. Well last weeks cold snap really did a number on the cherry trees down by the tidal bas basin, you can see the damage that was done. About 50 of the yoshino Cherry Blossoms were killed in that cold. Well the surviving blossoms though, they are starting to move and pop. If we look over at this tree over here, you can see this is in really good shape. Lots of blossoms are open, still have a few buds here and there as well. Hoifr we are expecti temperatures to begin to rise today and its going to be a gorgeous weekend thats going to move things along and the peak bloom time for the Cherry Blossoms down here on tidal basin is now this weekend. Now, your best bet because the peak is falling on a weekend, its going to be very crowded. Youll want to take public transportation, a metro or bus or walk down here. All kinds of people will be taking pictures and checking things out. Keep in mind lots of activities, many of which are free. Its certainly worth coming down. Its going to be a gorgeous weekend. Back to you guys. Gorgeous weekend finally and its going to really warm up so that should help them pop. Yes, we do hope that will help them pop because temperatures will be in the 70s tomorrow. We have the rain around, its kind of cool outside, but dont worry, once the rain leaves, temperatures will jump up. We expect to be in the 60s this afternoon. Clearing afternoon today. Youll noticet your evening commute will be dry, milder for your friday night plans and staying dry. If you do have those plans this evening, tomorrow though, 70 degree temperatures return, live look outside, it is rainy, 40 degrees is the current temperature. Thats a chilly rain. As we go through the day, temperatures will warm up. Heres a look at the radar, a small area of rain moving through right now in the district but mostly the heaviest shown south of alexandria near mount vernon but still across the beltway Upper Marlboro seeing the rain currently and east of frederick. In clarks become youre seeing another round moving through. Theres nothing behind it except a little bit drier air. So we dont have any more rain heading our way. That area will be moving out soon. Future weather shows that by 1 00 p. M. We should really be mostly dry across the area. Now were going through the evening, nice and dry if youre heading out and dry saturday. Currently, parts of the area are still in the upper 30s. So again, its cold, kind of rainy, if youre dining out, temperatures will be again in the 60s once we clear out after lunchtime. Closer look at your extended forecast and weekend forecast coming up. Thanks, sheena. In a few minutes well introduce you to the american record holder who spent more time in space than anyone else. And theres a lot of drama on capitol hill over the healt