Contributions to the other. Mr. Prime minister, i, again, want to thank you for being with us and being our true friend. Italy is a spectacular place, i know it well. I love the people of italy. We have 18 million italians living in the united states, people originally from italy, and its a great honor to have many of them as my friends. Thank you for being here. News4 at 4 00 begins with breaking news. Breaking right now at 4 00, youre looking live at an active Police Investigation at one of the most well known and exclusive avenues in the world. Authorities shut down the champs elysee in paris after a Deadly Exchange of gunfire. Paris officials tell nbc news they believe the attacker was killed as well. People are being warned to stay f the champs elysee is one of the most popular attractions for anyone who visits paris. Its known for theaters, cafes and luxury shops. Its also the location of the arc de triomphe. Stay with news4 for any developments on this breaking story. But we want to take you outside, storm team 4 is tracking some rain. Its been nice out there all day, but dont put your umbrella away yet. Doug kammerer is watching some possible showers, doug . And keeping an eye on another storm thats going to completely drench us as well. That could be for part of the weekend. Out there now, tracking a couple of showers and thunderstorms. Saw some showers this morning, then a nice break. Temperatures that have moved into the 80s across the region. Definitely a nice afternoon. But now tracking those storms. Storm team 4 radar showing you where the storms are, back to the west right now, in towards portions of the shenandoah royal area, nothing around d. C. Just yet. Heres the closest storms that showers that we have just along 66, the front royal area, hagerstown and more back to the west. Tracking this area of rain and thunderstorms moving our direction. Well see how many of these move over the blue ridge, but well see some shower activity, and yes, thunderstorms too. All bets are off for the weekend, changing forecasts as far as the timing is concerned. Thats in just a few minutes. First at 4 00, activists demonstrated at the capitol for the first annual joint session to legalize marijuana. The group passed out joints and the event quickly led to arrests. Reporter volunteers who support the legalization of marijuana came here to capitol hill to make a point. They wanted to give joints a to bring awareness to their cause. They wanted to do it on this corner, right across from the u. S. Capitol and across from the Senate Office buildings, because they believe that this is a d. C. Sidewalk, not a federal sidewalk. They thought d. C. Law allowed them to possess and give away marijuana. They quickly found out that u. S. Capitol police disagreed. I dont understand why im getting arrested. I was within my rights. We were on d. C. Lands. Im a medical marijuana patient. Reporter a few dozen employees did take advantage of the free joint giveaway before Police Stepped in, they didnt want to talk to reporters about the experience. Can we ask you about the giveaway . Im already, thank you, though. Can we talk to you about the giveaway . No, thank you, sir. Reporter supporters plan to be back here on capitol hill monday and plan to light up in an act of civil disobedience, expecting once again to get mark segraves, news4. First at 4 00, a Memorial Service tomorrow for the army crew chief who died monday in the black hawk helicopter crash. Jeremy tomlin was killed when the chopper crashed onto a golf course in leonardtown. This afternoon, the Community Around the crash site is showing support for the battalion as two others on the chopper recover from injuries from the crash, theyve put american flags on the poles leading to the crash site. Metro fired a mechanic after the deadly smoke disaster. Now it has to give that person their job back. A federal judge says he had no choice but to order metro to rehire the mechanic who submitted false maintenance logs. The Washington Post reports the judge could find no reason to change the decision of an arbitration board, and that board determined the mechanic should have been suspended for six months, not fired. One woman died and others g sick when smoke filled a tunnel and fans didnt work properly. The next time you head to the white house, you will have to stand a bit further back to take pictures. The secret service permanently closed the sidewalk along the south lawn fence. Recent jumpers or attempts to jump over forced the secret service to permanently close that area. Now people will be held 25 feet further away to give agents more time to act. We spoke to some tourists concerned that eventually people are going to be kept too far away to even see the white house. You know, its the house of the people. Its not the house of the president of the united states. Its the house of the citizens of the united states. And so its kind of unfortunate that we dont even have access to our own house. The secret service said it will not be adding new fences or barriers, so youll still have a pretty good view of the white house. Other top stories were following right now, President Trump is holding a joint News Conference at the with italian Prime Minister paolo gentiloni. This is the first meeting between these two leaders. A tennessee teacher who was on the run with a teenage student, march 13th, Police Believe he kidnapped her after researching teen marriage. The girl didnt appear to be injured. Just moments ago in Prince William county, an 18yearold sentenced to life in prison for murdering his 14yearold relative. Collins rodriguez pleaded guilty. Rodriguez was angry that the victim told on him for smoking marijuana. Larry hogan sr suffered a stroke over the weekend and his condition is reportedly getting worse. He represented maryland in congress in the 70s and once Prince Georges County executive. Bill oreilly could get tens of millions on his way out at fox news. New details about his exit coming up next. And were keeping close tabs on the breaking news in paris, two Police Officers shot at the bill oreilly is expected to get a ways with fox news channel. Cnbc is reporting oreilly will get no more than one years salary. Sources say that is somewhere around 20 to 25 million. Oreilly agreed to part ways with fox yesterday amid growing Sexual Harassment claims. Oreilly has denied any wrongdoing. Dozens of advertisers recently jumped ship because of the harassment allegations. Aaron hernandezs family is expected to donate the former nfl stars brain to concussion researchers. One of hernandezs attorneys made the announcement in boston. Corrections Officials Say the former patriots tight end killed himself in prison yesterday. He was serving a life sentence for the murder of a longtime friend. Attorney jose baez said they will give his brain to Boston University where researchers have examined dozens of athletes brains in recent years. Spring break means someplace warm to hit the beach. But 50 students with disabilities took part in a weeklong alternative spring break event. They come from several d. C. Charter schools, and they learned how to develop their resumes, master the interview, and sell themselves. Today students took part in a reverse job fair, where employers are supplying to sell them. Serena williams is pregnant. She was a good two months into her pregnancy when she won the australian open. Also, fingerprints are replacing p. I. N. S and passwords. One locks your phones, your doors, and your safe. Soon you may start are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Metros general manager is waiting on a new plan to make rail Service Strong and safe for you, but it comes at a price. Where is that money going to come from . What is the gm hoping to accomplish here, megan . The idea here is that he wants to make metro a worldclass agency. He wants the riders who hop on metro every day, he wants them to feel safe and have an to continue to provide 150 million in federal funding, but what will impact our region is the additional 500 million annually for a dedicated Funding Source for the agency. He says the additional funds will allow them to purchase new railcars and focus on preventative maintenance, so safety is less of a concern. But to make it happen, legislators from d. C. , maryland, and virginia have to be on board. But he says hes optimistic. Elected officials, federal elected officials, riders, again, have repeatedly said to me the system cannot fail. Weve got to get this right. The future of this region is dependent upon it and we have to do what it takes to get there. Thats why im positive about it. Reporter he said he has been working the phones, talking to legislators, talking to elected board, to answer questions and pan out exactly what it is that hes requesting and where the money will go. Chris . Meagan, you can call it a lot of different things. It boils down to a tax. How are you gonna get folks in d. C. , maryland, and virginia, to all get on board with generating this half a billion dollars . Reporter yeah, its a good question. We spoke with d. C. Councilman jack evans and he says d. C. Is on board. He said its up to the governors of maryland and virginia to convince the state legislators to vote to allow the seven jurisdictions where metro operates, to have the ability to raise taxes. Great context, thanks so much for staying on top of that, meagan. You wont need gas money or even a car to get to the beach this summer. Megabus, the discount Coach Company is adding a stop in virginia ac station to the ocean front starting in late may. Megabus already has stops in the hamptons and richmond and are planning to add norfolk sometime soon. We can sleep on that long drive, instead of having dad or mom behind the wheel like that. Exactly right. Thats the only way to go to the beach. But no beach weather here today. Well, its 80. We made it to 80. But we have some storms that are making their way in right now. They could affect us the next couple days. This weekend, though, a lot of people have been going to the beach last couple of weekends. This weekend probably wont be the best to do it. Looking pretty good right now. Just a beautiful afternoon. Blue skies, temperatures in the 80s right now. Currently 81. Winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour, partly sunny skies. The rest of the region, 83 in culpeper, 84, fredericksburg, 68 along the bay in annapolis. Just a beautiful afternoon. One of the warmer ones weve seen. Radar is showing a lot of showers and storms back to the west. Nothing around the d. C. Metro area and most of these as they move east are kinda dying aufof here. Zooming into this area around winchester, portions of 66, right along 66, entering fauquier county, showers around route 50, a bigger one to the north, i didnt do this quite right. Just to the north of winchester, seeing this storm thats moving up. Yeah, got that one, there it is. Just to the northwest of winchester, along 37, close to 81. Brief lightning with them, brief heavy downpour, but the bulk of the rain still back to the west. A line has developed here and well watch it move east. Were stable on the east side of the blue ridge, so im not expecting a lot, but well see these move through and tomorrow, another chance of storms back to the west, but organized system, so the next two days, not a lot of rain. Notice around 7 8 00, showers and storms moving through the region. So, yeah, good idea if youre thinking about getting dinner outside, take the umbrella just in case. But by tomorrow morning, no problems. Some cloud cover tomorrow morning, maybe a quick shower here and there. Not expecting a lot of rain tomorrow at all. A day very similar to today. We could see a shower early and then another one late. Some cloud cover mixed with sunshine during the day on your friday. Not a bad friday at all. 83 degrees, well call it a fantastic friday for the most part. Warm, a bit humid, few showers and an isolated storm or two, but the real rain comes on saturday into sunday. The change here that im talking about, means more rain on saturday afternoon, less on sunday afternoon. So thats something that well be talking about. Amelia draper will have more on this at 4 45. Look at monday and tuesday, just cool and more showers likely on mond 90 almost a 30degree drop there. How many times do you type in your p. I. N. At checkout . Those days may be numbered. Susan hogan is here with details on the new technology that could change the way you pay at the register. Thats right. This new Technology Keeps your money at your fingertips. Mastercard as unveiled a new payment card featuring a biometric fingerprint scanner, it wor mastercard has run two successful trials in south africa so far and is now expanding the test run. The Company Hopes to fully roll out the technology in europe and asia later on this year. No word when it will make its way to the united states. Fingerprint recognition is widely considered a safer and more efficient way of authenticating payments and analysts have previously hacked scanners such as the one used by Samsungs Galaxy s5. Thank you, susan. Mental Health Awareness gets another boost this week. Thanks to some moving comments by the royal brothers. I think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. And a lot of folks in china are calling her goddess ivanka. Britains Prince William and prince harry are continuing their candid conversation about their mothers death. The two brothers are working now to raise awareness about Mental Health issues as nbcs Tammy Leitner reports, its a marked change for the royal family. Reporter candid words from Prince William on his mothers death nearly two decades ago. Prince william not the only royal opening up. This week, prince harry revealing that he shut down emotionally for years following the death of his mother, Princess Diana. And only in the last few years, sought help. The royal brothers, using this opportunity to spread the word about their yearold charity, which fights Mental Health with runners participating in this weeks london marathon, talking about his thart, Heads Together. Kate, also encouraging runners, wearing gear with the charitys logo. The one thing we wanted to do was break the stigma and get everyone talking and this concept of sort of more Heads Together is better than being alone. Hello, Prince William. Hello, lady gaga. Reporter lady gaga talking to Prince William this weekend about that loneliness. It was the best thing that could come out of my mental illness, was to share it with other people. Reporter and the woman who was the catalyst for this new openness, never far from anyones mind. I think she would be proud of the campaign, proud of everybody involved, proud of us. Reporter Princess Diana never shied away from breaking taboos and it seems her sons are following in her foot steps, speaki speaking about their own struggles to help others. Its a that includes global leaders, musicians, athletes, and movie stars. Time magazine is out with its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Transgender student gavin grimm from virginia made the list this year after his fight to use the boys bathroom at a Gloucester County school. At the age of 17, hes the youngest person on the influential list. Grimm posted a tweet this afternoon saying, quote, i hope this time feature sends a clear message. Transpeople are people and we arent going anywhere. The list also includes President Trump, his daughter, ivanka and hubby jared kushner, elizabeth warren, olympic Gold Medalist simone biles and Football Player colin kaepernick. Serena williams has made a career on doing the unprecedented. Now we know she was pregnant when she won the australian open. The reaction on social media today. Theres a lot of it. And a local he didnt drive through. Nbc4 responds to an ez pass jam im at higher risk fore as depression. Ave a stroke. Im 26 more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. I have a 65 higher chance of developing diabetes. No matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. Because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. Reuland. Were getting some new information on that breaking news weve been following in paris. An ambush attack has left one Police Officer dead, two more injured. The famous champs elysee has up next to the Police Officers car and opened fire on them. The driver then tried to run away on foot. Another officer shot and killed him. The s. W. A. T. Team is on the scene. People are being urged to stay away from that area. The president has weighed in on the attack. During a News Conference at the white house with the italian Prime Minister, he offered his condolences. He also said this attack appears to be terrorism. However officials in paris have not identified a motive and right now its not clear if there any other shooters. The countrys president and the french Prime Minister are on the way now. President trump is focused on Foreign Policy as he enters the home stretch of his fir