the president today would be dancing in the streets. reporter: perhaps more controversial the timing as the fbi investigates possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. sources on capitol hill tell that comey asked for more money and more power for that investigation just days before his firing but the justice department says that s not true. that has democrats crying foul and demanding an independent prosecutor. there is a clear and present danger of a cover-up. it certainly appears that the president is trying to frustrate this investigation, trying to upend it. reporter: the white house insists rod rosenstein recommended comey s firing. the president over the last several months lost confidence in director comey. the doj lost confidence in director comey. reporter: for president trump today an oval office meeting with russia s top diplomat and russians u.s. ambassador center. reporter: in a tweet of his own the president lashing out at critics of com
a very bitter ending for the caps tonight. we have live team coverage. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. police say this man sexually assaulted a woman at a luxury high rise building. what sources are telling us he did before that attack. jackie bensen has been following the story and joins us live with the new information tonight. reporter: we have luearned that police are investigating reports that this man may have tried to get into other high rises in arlington. the timeline in this case, the timeline reveals something surprising. he came back in what sources say may have been an attempt to retrieve something he dropped or left behind after sunday s sexual assault. video shows the suspect in the glass walled elevator. it captured hispanic as he realizes police are arriving prompting him to leave again. two people at the front desk at all times and they are supposed to allow people in if they are guests of people living in the building. reporter: a resident says she
with him. what stands out in your mind from your talk? we set the interview up about ten days ago. obviously they were true to their word and happy to sit down. a couple things stood out. one you saw some of that, how strong the president came out to denounce jim comey. we began the interview talking about how he could be so supportive of him during the campaign, because he was going after hillary clinton, and the president essentially seemed to focus on the fact that he didn t end up prosecuting her. he was angry at the fact that comey had laid out all that evidence and said, by the way, i m not going to charge her. he was angry after his second review that he opted again, said there was nothing that was going to change his conclusions. he seemed to be more upset about the outcome than comey s actions in general. lester, there have been different accounts about how all of this unfolded this week. tell us more about the president s comments on the process that led to come
outside, maybe a few sprinkles. this rain is going to be moving in later this evening pretty steady overnight and into your saturday morning. until we get there, commute not too bad. warm 50s. can t wait for the gender reveal, melissa. i m excited. a lot of boy guesses. georgetown pike at towlston road. this car off of the roadway here. not sure what s going on in the woods there, but it looks like the crash is outbound. we just spoke with the chopper. traffic is getting by. westbound 370 to the ramp at 270, partially closed. outbound 4 afterward, lanes are blocked outbound because of the wires down. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, everything is looking goo travel times coming up. 6:02 now. authorities across virginia are searching for a missing 8-month-old baby girl. khloe johnson was taken in virginia. keir johnson, her mother, is missing as well. they may be in johnson s car, a 2013 black kia optima. it is 6:02. breaking news now out of northern virginia wh
thank you, doug. now would be the perfect time to make sure you have the nbc washington app. you can get hour by hour forecasts for your weekend ahead. tonight only on 4, new insight into how ms-13 gang members are operating in our suburbs, including how they lured and killed a teen last year. all this comes out a recently unsealed federal indictment. david culver joins us from leesburg with details. really chilling sounding stuff here, david. absolutely. and here s that indictment that you referenced. it was initially fired under seal. it lists charges against nine people, all accused in the murder of an 18-year-old. now, in speaking with gang investigators, they say that s pretty consistent when it comes to ms-13 and how they operate. a group versus one. no desire, so to speak, for a fair fight. here s how this one case played you may remember this scene from june of last year, local and federal law enforcement moving in on this leesburg home. in the middle of the n