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Rain. And you notice, no more yellows. We had lightning and thunder earlier this morning. That rain is gone, just the shower activity. Heres whats happening right now, through loudoun, fauquier. We had a break through parts of northern virginia, but the rain continues to fill in here and it is making its way down to the south and east. But this is all part of a storm system and a boundary thats across our region. You can see the edge, up through pennsylvania, back to the west. We continue to see shower activity moving through. And this will continue for the next few hours. Kinda tough to get the nationals game in, but maybe. Continued cool, yesterday we were 76. Today right now, 55. Mothers day forecast, it does get a little bit better. And the 80s, they do return. Even a 90 in there as far as the forecast is concerned too. Much more on t look ahead to the weekend, remember, you can get the latest on storm team4 on the nbc washington app, set weather as your home screen. Just open settings. Now to an nbc news exclusive, lester holt goes oneonone with President Trump. They talked about firing fbi director james comey and what led up to that decision. Weve all been sharing excerpts from this interview on our Facebook Page. Its been leon harris in the newsroom with more on what they talked about. Timing is everything. Jim comeys firing was just one of the topics covered during the interview with the president , which was originally scheduled to be about health care. But the president admitted to asking comey whether he was under investigation. Now, it is highly unusual for someone who might be the focus of an fbi probe to ask that type of question, particularly if they have higher authority. Now the president also said the decision to fire comey, that was his and his alone. And he hadar former fbi director. Look, hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know that, i know that, Everybody Knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. The president also said that he in no way tried to pressure comey to drop the fbi probe. Theres more of this interview and you watch it all right here on nbc4 at 7 00 p. M. Well be looking for that. Several other developing stories were following. Today President Trump signed an executive order launching a commission to investigate voter fraud. Vice president mike pence will head it up, the president has alleged 3 to 5 Million People voted illegally in the last election, but theres no evidence to support that claim. Two days after he fired james comey, andrew mac cambrid mccabe testified and called the probe into russian interference a highly significant investigation and also denied that agents lost trust in comey. I can confidently tell you that the vast majority of fbi employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to director comey. In fact, mr. Comey wrote a letter calling on them to complete their mission to keep the American People safe. He told agents, dont dwell on his firing, saying, its done, ill be fine. In Montgomery County today, a guilty plea there a man who to woman and then killed her. Linda johnston was in her home when a man tried to steal her car and then he killed her. Chris gordon is back in the neighborhood getting reaction to what happened in court today. Reporter Linda Johnston was an independent senior, living on her own here in her home along arcola avenue in wheaton. Last august, she was murdered, stabbed to death inside her home. Today, 23yearold quasi sadler pleated guilty to firstdegree murder. John mccarthy called this a savage murder. Before he went to the area of the house where the keys were, he armed himself with a knife. So he may have gone in there with a knife, but he made sure he had a weapon and no one would prevent him from taking the car. Reporter he faces the when sentenced in september. Ahead, why a neighbor felt that Police Needed to come to check on the welfare of Linda Johnston. Well hear part of the 911 emergency call on news4 at 5 00. In the district, American University is trying to relieve some of the tension on campus after a recent hate related incident. Someone left wbananas in nooses on campus earlier this month. Kristin wright has the details. Reporter after a difficult couple of weeks all centered on race and racism, the university has announced a new Antiracist Research and policy center. The administration here at au says this center will look at ways to reduce or even get rid of racial inequality at au and beyond. What were students, faculty, staff, Work Together with dr. Kendy to begin to craft positive, forwardthinking solutions to problems that are centuries old. Reporter so what do students think about the plan . Well tell you later on news4. Kristin wright, news4. Theres been an alarming spike in the number of women with hepatitis c. And the reason may not be what you think. A washout to end the week. More Team Coverage from storm team4 as we get ready for more rain. And a managers journey. Melissa shares her emotional story of infertility in hopes it helps others. Oh, it will be easy, like a lot of people to have another baby, and continuing to track showers on storm team4 radar. Folks coming home from work, they might be a little bit later getting in the door. Well continue to track showers for the next few hours. Its a tough call in the nats game will be get under way or be postponed tonight. If we hear well let you know. 55 degrees right now. Still tracking scattered showers until 89 00 p. 9 00 p. M. More rain as we head into the weekend. Doug has more in about ten minutes. News4 your health. Alarming new statistics about an increase is hepatitis c cases. Experts say its because of the growing opioid epidemic. Hepatitis cnf tripling since 2010. Infections among pregnant women have nearly doubled in the same period. The biggest increases were seen in rural places like tennessee and West Virginia. In fact, West Virginia had the highest prevalence of infection among expectant mothers. There, one out of every 50 newborns was exposed to the virus. The cdc said the injection drug usage is the main risk factor for hep c transmission. Next week, doreen will have a report on a man who was cured of hepatitis c, he credits a miracle drug. Doreen will take a look at how its helping to cure more people of this disease. We have heard the phrase preexisting conditions a lot lately. But what exactly does that mean to you and the care you get. You may want to take a closer look at your medical records. Doors wide open on a metro train high above the ground. Wewe got the keys ys to our new house ahhh wooo this is exciting weve got our own house yeah im sorry do you like it here maddie . I love you. I love you too. First at 4 00, serious now charges against a Police Officer in Prince Georges County who was stripped of his powers last fall for interfering with a case. Now a grand jury has indicted the officer for witness intimidation, accessory after the fact and misconduct. Hes also been suspended without pay. The would only say he interfered with an investigation that dates back two years. Hes been employed by the department for nine. Today we learned a scary moment on a red line train was the result of operator error. Metro also says the operator didnt follow proper protocol. It happened yesterday at the rhode island avenue station when a wrongside door incident happened. The operator is supposed to immediately walk around the train to make sure no one has fallen out, or that no objects have fallen out. Metro says the operator did not do that. No one was hurt and no one fell out. The train operator has been removed from service, pending an investigation. Scary stuff. Attorney general Jeff Sessions at a public event in West Virginia today but had nothing to say about the firing of fbi director james comey. He spoke at a summit on the heroin and Opioid Crisis at the university of charleston. He said prevention through drug addiction programs d the countrys Drug Overdose problem. He equated the number of drug deaths in 2015 to a Major League Baseball stadium full of people. You probably know someone who wants a family, someone who may be trying to expand the family they have, or that family is yours. Melissa mollet knows how that feels. For years she and her husband tried to have a second child, but with no luck. A lot of you know they adopted a little girl last year, little barrett. But not long after they received the surprise of their lives. Melissa was expecting, and now shes sharing this story to help families who want the same thing. After we had our son, we thought, oh, it would be easy to have another baby. And i had no concept of what was ahead for us. A year of trying, we went to see a fertility specialist. Our diagnosis is so there was no reason. Its a traumatic diagnosis. We tried blood draws, procedures, medicine shots. My doctors were fabulous, but it was so hard, especially on me, emotionally, because id be so hopeful and sad, and then hopeful again. Its 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, and instead, youre thinking, how are we going to keep this pregnancy going . Well, a lot of you have been sharing your thoughts and your own stories along with well wishes for melissas family. So weve invited you to do so on the nbc washington Facebook Page and later here on news4, melissa has a message for folks who are still praying for their miracle. And she tells us why after all the years of disappointment, she still felt like someone was missing from her family. Its an incredible publicly, because so many families deal with it, but dont really talk about it much. Were talking about the rain. Because we have to. Can you turn it off . When is it going to turn off . Its almost like its because of the capitals, you get all this rain out here. And it goes with the theme, thats for darn sure. Weve seen rain all day long and it looks like well be seeing it over the next couple days. Not nearly as much tomorrow, but tomorrow night into saturday, we could see just as much in some areas. Right now, tracking that rain, across the area, we saw a bit of a break earlier into parts of northern virginia, but its filled back in. We continue to see that rainfall really just about everywhere in our region. I want to show you a couple of areas. This is where some of the steadiest rain is, through montgomery, northern prince georges, along the beltway. Over towards ashton and gaithersburg. Northeast washington seeing pretty good showers. About 7 8 00. Close to an inch of rain in d. C. Bu dulles, 1. 6 inches of rain. Same here for paut uxent river. And weve seen a lot of this. This is just ugly. You can barely see the monuments. 55 degrees yesterday aftertodayf 76 yesterday. Everybody in the low 50s. 52 winchester, 54 towards pax river. I dont think well rebound much tomorrow or saturday. So if you have plans it be to be out, youll need the jacket. If youre heading to the nationals game, still waiting to see if theyre going to play. I think there may be a delay at the onset. Showers around 7 00. Temperatures drop a little bit. It will be damp and cool even if we do get a break, but i delay at the start of this game. Heres the showers that we saw earlier, the thunderstorms that we have. Back to the west, bigger storms, including some very big storms with this area of low pressure in oklahoma. This is live pictures out of oklahoma. Look at this storm. This was a tornadowarned storm. No tornado right now, but this storm just to the north of Oklahoma City did have a Tornado Warning associated with it, just an incredible picture of oklahoma storms. No Severe Weather for us, but well continue to watch that picture. I could continue to watch that picture because i love that view. Im a weather geek. I could watch that all day long. Thursday evening, we start breaking up here. Break up a little bit tonight. Tomorrow, im not predicting much rain, some drizzle, maybe a quick shower. Tomorrow night into saturday morning, the rain coming right back in. Wet saturday early. Sunday mothers day, looking better, high of 73, rather breezy and then look at that pattern change. Hello 80s and hello 90s. Wow. Talk about a turnaround. Drowned out by jeers, the message behind this graduation speech nearly fell on deaf ears. What it says a just a few hours a chance to emcee the awards for the maryland capital park police, Prince Georges County division. Heard incredible stories of officers going above and beyond. One officer was off duty, fishing with his young son and saw two men get into a fight, one stabbed the other. He not only got the man to surrender his weapon and surrender, he was able to call in help for the victim. Two more officers not only found a home for a homeless man, they paid for it out of their own pocket. Heroes all, proud to do it. Do you have a preexisting medical condition . Are you even sure what that means . And what kind of conditions are on that list . In news4 your health, defining preexisting conditions and taking a closer look at your medical records. Dr. Jackie is here to help us out. What is considered a preexisting medical condition. Department of health and human services, its any condition that you had before your Health Insurance took place. People are just not used to this. Theyre used to having insurance and not worrying about what they were labelled for. Youre going to always be able to get insurance, supposedly. But its going to cost you more because of the preexisting conditions. So lets take a look at some of the conditions and diseases that could be on the list. We put some of them on the list. Yeah. And this list varies, i think. Yes. Youll see diabetes and cancer and Heart Disease, which are things that some would say you can change with lifestyle. So thats the reason theyre on there. But there are others like mental disorders, injury like a knee replacement, allergies, asthma, acne, those are considered preexisting conditions. For people who are worried about this, what are some of the risks they run in trying to get around being labelled with a preexisting condition . So what we saw before obamacare was people literal they said im not going to go in and get treatment on tragic cases like cancer or seizures or heart deisease because im goin to get labelled. The other problem, theyre misdiagnosed. Theyd say dont put me down for asthma, write me for down for cough or bronchitis. Then i couldnt get their medicines approved for what they actually had. What about preexisting conditions that you cant get around, something that may be congenital or genetic. Thats right. Jimmy kimmel and his son, its a congenital heart defect. The concern here, is that youre going to have a cap, how much money can be spent. Many babies with congenital defects by the time they get out of the hospital, theyve used up all their money. Or if you look at genetics, and here again, angelina jolie, she did that whole workup on herself to find that she carried the gene that the risk of Breast Cancer and uterine then its considered a preexisting condition. People are not going to be able to do those things. When you go to buy a house, youre supposed to clean up your contra credit. Anything you can do before you try to get insurance . Yes, i suggest people start to look at this now because its coming. Look at your problem list. Thats the medical word for where we list all the different diagnosis youve had. You may have had a workup for Heart Disease and you got coded on your Insurance Claim as having Heart Disease. Get that fixed. Because it may have been a workup that turned out to be negative. Also, dont forget, you may have been taking medications that we have talked about before, that may have been covered for a different reason. A great example is taking antidepressants for hot flashes. You could be labelled as having depression, when what you have is menopause. So you gotta be c of your problem conditions. And go to your doctor and go over this and get sort of a clean bill of health that lists what are the problems you still have. Good advice, dr. Jackie, thank you. A surprise discovery tucked away under the floorboards. A love letter lost since world war ii. What was inside . And the effort to finally 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. Youre watching news4 at 4 00. I think he asked me to dinner. And he wanted to stay on as the fbi head, and i said, ill consider, well see what happens. And at that time he told me, you are not under investigation. President trump admitting to Nbcs Lester Holt in an exclusive interview that he asked former fbi director james comey whether he was under investigation for colluding with russia during the campaign. The president saying comey told him three times, once in person and twice over the phone, no. We want to bring in nbc political director and moderator of meet the press chuck todd. Did the president settle the Big Questions being asked by everybody, or did he raise a bunch of new questions . I think he raised more questions than he answered. Look, i think one of the big ones that he raised was, the motive for the firing and whos recommendation was it. Because his explanation today was hey, i was planning on doing this the whole time. Okay. But in the first 24 hours after the announcement was made, it was the white saying, no, no, no, no, the President Trump<\/a>. They talked about firing fbi director james comey and what led up to that decision. Weve all been sharing excerpts from this interview on our Facebook Page<\/a>. Its been leon harris in the newsroom with more on what they talked about. Timing is everything. Jim comeys firing was just one of the topics covered during the interview with the president , which was originally scheduled to be about health care. But the president admitted to asking comey whether he was under investigation. Now, it is highly unusual for someone who might be the focus of an fbi probe to ask that type of question, particularly if they have higher authority. Now the president also said the decision to fire comey, that was his and his alone. And he hadar former fbi director. Look, hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know that, i know that, Everybody Knows<\/a> that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. The president also said that he in no way tried to pressure comey to drop the fbi probe. Theres more of this interview and you watch it all right here on nbc4 at 7 00 p. M. Well be looking for that. Several other developing stories were following. Today President Trump<\/a> signed an executive order launching a commission to investigate voter fraud. Vice president mike pence will head it up, the president has alleged 3 to 5 Million People<\/a> voted illegally in the last election, but theres no evidence to support that claim. Two days after he fired james comey, andrew mac cambrid mccabe testified and called the probe into russian interference a highly significant investigation and also denied that agents lost trust in comey. I can confidently tell you that the vast majority of fbi employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to director comey. In fact, mr. Comey wrote a letter calling on them to complete their mission to keep the American People<\/a> safe. He told agents, dont dwell on his firing, saying, its done, ill be fine. In Montgomery County<\/a> today, a guilty plea there a man who to woman and then killed her. Linda johnston was in her home when a man tried to steal her car and then he killed her. Chris gordon is back in the neighborhood getting reaction to what happened in court today. Reporter Linda Johnston<\/a> was an independent senior, living on her own here in her home along arcola avenue in wheaton. Last august, she was murdered, stabbed to death inside her home. Today, 23yearold quasi sadler pleated guilty to firstdegree murder. John mccarthy called this a savage murder. Before he went to the area of the house where the keys were, he armed himself with a knife. So he may have gone in there with a knife, but he made sure he had a weapon and no one would prevent him from taking the car. Reporter he faces the when sentenced in september. Ahead, why a neighbor felt that Police Needed<\/a> to come to check on the welfare of Linda Johnston<\/a>. Well hear part of the 911 emergency call on news4 at 5 00. In the district, American University<\/a> is trying to relieve some of the tension on campus after a recent hate related incident. Someone left wbananas in nooses on campus earlier this month. Kristin wright has the details. Reporter after a difficult couple of weeks all centered on race and racism, the university has announced a new Antiracist Research<\/a> and policy center. The administration here at au says this center will look at ways to reduce or even get rid of racial inequality at au and beyond. What were students, faculty, staff, Work Together<\/a> with dr. Kendy to begin to craft positive, forwardthinking solutions to problems that are centuries old. Reporter so what do students think about the plan . Well tell you later on news4. Kristin wright, news4. Theres been an alarming spike in the number of women with hepatitis c. And the reason may not be what you think. A washout to end the week. More Team Coverage<\/a> from storm team4 as we get ready for more rain. And a managers journey. Melissa shares her emotional story of infertility in hopes it helps others. Oh, it will be easy, like a lot of people to have another baby, and continuing to track showers on storm team4 radar. Folks coming home from work, they might be a little bit later getting in the door. Well continue to track showers for the next few hours. Its a tough call in the nats game will be get under way or be postponed tonight. If we hear well let you know. 55 degrees right now. Still tracking scattered showers until 89 00 p. 9 00 p. M. More rain as we head into the weekend. Doug has more in about ten minutes. News4 your health. Alarming new statistics about an increase is hepatitis c cases. Experts say its because of the growing opioid epidemic. Hepatitis cnf tripling since 2010. Infections among pregnant women have nearly doubled in the same period. The biggest increases were seen in rural places like tennessee and West Virginia<\/a>. In fact, West Virginia<\/a> had the highest prevalence of infection among expectant mothers. There, one out of every 50 newborns was exposed to the virus. The cdc said the injection drug usage is the main risk factor for hep c transmission. Next week, doreen will have a report on a man who was cured of hepatitis c, he credits a miracle drug. Doreen will take a look at how its helping to cure more people of this disease. We have heard the phrase preexisting conditions a lot lately. But what exactly does that mean to you and the care you get. You may want to take a closer look at your medical records. Doors wide open on a metro train high above the ground. Wewe got the keys ys to our new house ahhh wooo this is exciting weve got our own house yeah im sorry do you like it here maddie . I love you. I love you too. First at 4 00, serious now charges against a Police Officer<\/a> in Prince Georges County<\/a> who was stripped of his powers last fall for interfering with a case. Now a grand jury has indicted the officer for witness intimidation, accessory after the fact and misconduct. Hes also been suspended without pay. The would only say he interfered with an investigation that dates back two years. Hes been employed by the department for nine. Today we learned a scary moment on a red line train was the result of operator error. Metro also says the operator didnt follow proper protocol. It happened yesterday at the rhode island avenue station when a wrongside door incident happened. The operator is supposed to immediately walk around the train to make sure no one has fallen out, or that no objects have fallen out. Metro says the operator did not do that. No one was hurt and no one fell out. The train operator has been removed from service, pending an investigation. Scary stuff. Attorney general Jeff Sessions<\/a> at a public event in West Virginia<\/a> today but had nothing to say about the firing of fbi director james comey. He spoke at a summit on the heroin and Opioid Crisis<\/a> at the university of charleston. He said prevention through drug addiction programs d the countrys Drug Overdose<\/a> problem. He equated the number of drug deaths in 2015 to a Major League Baseball<\/a> stadium full of people. You probably know someone who wants a family, someone who may be trying to expand the family they have, or that family is yours. Melissa mollet knows how that feels. For years she and her husband tried to have a second child, but with no luck. A lot of you know they adopted a little girl last year, little barrett. But not long after they received the surprise of their lives. Melissa was expecting, and now shes sharing this story to help families who want the same thing. After we had our son, we thought, oh, it would be easy to have another baby. And i had no concept of what was ahead for us. A year of trying, we went to see a fertility specialist. Our diagnosis is so there was no reason. Its a traumatic diagnosis. We tried blood draws, procedures, medicine shots. My doctors were fabulous, but it was so hard, especially on me, emotionally, because id be so hopeful and sad, and then hopeful again. Its 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, and instead, youre thinking, how are we going to keep this pregnancy going . Well, a lot of you have been sharing your thoughts and your own stories along with well wishes for melissas family. So weve invited you to do so on the nbc washington Facebook Page<\/a> and later here on news4, melissa has a message for folks who are still praying for their miracle. And she tells us why after all the years of disappointment, she still felt like someone was missing from her family. Its an incredible publicly, because so many families deal with it, but dont really talk about it much. Were talking about the rain. Because we have to. Can you turn it off . When is it going to turn off . Its almost like its because of the capitals, you get all this rain out here. And it goes with the theme, thats for darn sure. Weve seen rain all day long and it looks like well be seeing it over the next couple days. Not nearly as much tomorrow, but tomorrow night into saturday, we could see just as much in some areas. Right now, tracking that rain, across the area, we saw a bit of a break earlier into parts of northern virginia, but its filled back in. We continue to see that rainfall really just about everywhere in our region. I want to show you a couple of areas. This is where some of the steadiest rain is, through montgomery, northern prince georges, along the beltway. Over towards ashton and gaithersburg. Northeast washington seeing pretty good showers. About 7 8 00. Close to an inch of rain in d. C. Bu dulles, 1. 6 inches of rain. Same here for paut uxent river. And weve seen a lot of this. This is just ugly. You can barely see the monuments. 55 degrees yesterday aftertodayf 76 yesterday. Everybody in the low 50s. 52 winchester, 54 towards pax river. I dont think well rebound much tomorrow or saturday. So if you have plans it be to be out, youll need the jacket. If youre heading to the nationals game, still waiting to see if theyre going to play. I think there may be a delay at the onset. Showers around 7 00. Temperatures drop a little bit. It will be damp and cool even if we do get a break, but i delay at the start of this game. Heres the showers that we saw earlier, the thunderstorms that we have. Back to the west, bigger storms, including some very big storms with this area of low pressure in oklahoma. This is live pictures out of oklahoma. Look at this storm. This was a tornadowarned storm. No tornado right now, but this storm just to the north of Oklahoma City<\/a> did have a Tornado Warning<\/a> associated with it, just an incredible picture of oklahoma storms. No Severe Weather<\/a> for us, but well continue to watch that picture. I could continue to watch that picture because i love that view. Im a weather geek. I could watch that all day long. Thursday evening, we start breaking up here. Break up a little bit tonight. Tomorrow, im not predicting much rain, some drizzle, maybe a quick shower. Tomorrow night into saturday morning, the rain coming right back in. Wet saturday early. Sunday mothers day, looking better, high of 73, rather breezy and then look at that pattern change. Hello 80s and hello 90s. Wow. Talk about a turnaround. Drowned out by jeers, the message behind this graduation speech nearly fell on deaf ears. What it says a just a few hours a chance to emcee the awards for the maryland capital park police, Prince Georges County<\/a> division. Heard incredible stories of officers going above and beyond. One officer was off duty, fishing with his young son and saw two men get into a fight, one stabbed the other. He not only got the man to surrender his weapon and surrender, he was able to call in help for the victim. Two more officers not only found a home for a homeless man, they paid for it out of their own pocket. Heroes all, proud to do it. Do you have a preexisting medical condition . Are you even sure what that means . And what kind of conditions are on that list . In news4 your health, defining preexisting conditions and taking a closer look at your medical records. Dr. Jackie is here to help us out. What is considered a preexisting medical condition. Department of health and human services, its any condition that you had before your Health Insurance<\/a> took place. People are just not used to this. Theyre used to having insurance and not worrying about what they were labelled for. Youre going to always be able to get insurance, supposedly. But its going to cost you more because of the preexisting conditions. So lets take a look at some of the conditions and diseases that could be on the list. We put some of them on the list. Yeah. And this list varies, i think. Yes. Youll see diabetes and cancer and Heart Disease<\/a>, which are things that some would say you can change with lifestyle. So thats the reason theyre on there. But there are others like mental disorders, injury like a knee replacement, allergies, asthma, acne, those are considered preexisting conditions. For people who are worried about this, what are some of the risks they run in trying to get around being labelled with a preexisting condition . So what we saw before obamacare was people literal they said im not going to go in and get treatment on tragic cases like cancer or seizures or heart deisease because im goin to get labelled. The other problem, theyre misdiagnosed. Theyd say dont put me down for asthma, write me for down for cough or bronchitis. Then i couldnt get their medicines approved for what they actually had. What about preexisting conditions that you cant get around, something that may be congenital or genetic. Thats right. Jimmy kimmel and his son, its a congenital heart defect. The concern here, is that youre going to have a cap, how much money can be spent. Many babies with congenital defects by the time they get out of the hospital, theyve used up all their money. Or if you look at genetics, and here again, angelina jolie, she did that whole workup on herself to find that she carried the gene that the risk of Breast Cancer<\/a> and uterine then its considered a preexisting condition. People are not going to be able to do those things. When you go to buy a house, youre supposed to clean up your contra credit. Anything you can do before you try to get insurance . Yes, i suggest people start to look at this now because its coming. Look at your problem list. Thats the medical word for where we list all the different diagnosis youve had. You may have had a workup for Heart Disease<\/a> and you got coded on your Insurance Claim<\/a> as having Heart Disease<\/a>. Get that fixed. Because it may have been a workup that turned out to be negative. Also, dont forget, you may have been taking medications that we have talked about before, that may have been covered for a different reason. A great example is taking antidepressants for hot flashes. You could be labelled as having depression, when what you have is menopause. So you gotta be c of your problem conditions. And go to your doctor and go over this and get sort of a clean bill of health that lists what are the problems you still have. Good advice, dr. Jackie, thank you. A surprise discovery tucked away under the floorboards. A love letter lost since world war ii. What was inside . And the effort to finally 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. Youre watching news4 at 4 00. I think he asked me to dinner. And he wanted to stay on as the fbi head, and i said, ill consider, well see what happens. And at that time he told me, you are not under investigation. President trump admitting to Nbcs Lester Holt<\/a> in an exclusive interview that he asked former fbi director james comey whether he was under investigation for colluding with russia during the campaign. The president saying comey told him three times, once in person and twice over the phone, no. We want to bring in nbc political director and moderator of meet the press chuck todd. Did the president settle the Big Questions<\/a> being asked by everybody, or did he raise a bunch of new questions . I think he raised more questions than he answered. Look, i think one of the big ones that he raised was, the motive for the firing and whos recommendation was it. Because his explanation today was hey, i was planning on doing this the whole time. Okay. But in the first 24 hours after the announcement was made, it was the white saying, no, no, no, no, the Justice Department<\/a> made this recommendation and the president accepted that recommendation and then decided to fire him. So that matters because it seems it looks as if the white house was hoping to separate the president from this. They couldnt. It looks like because the Deputy Attorney<\/a> general objected to that, so now the president s owning it. The second question he ends up raising, his insistence on clearing himself individually about whether hes under investigation. It actually to me is not surprising that he would not be under investigation. It was never about him. One of the working theories in fact says if there was collusion by People Associated<\/a> with the Trump Organization<\/a> or trump campaign, they may have kept the principal, the candidate himself, out of the loop. So that he would have plausible deniability. So its not a surprise that he himself is not a target. And that for now the investigation would be centered on the so i dont know. He threw that out there, he wants to send a message to the public, that hey, im free and clear here, hoping that that calms the waters politically, but the fact of the matter, hes not, because the organization is what is still under investigation. What was your reaction to hearing the president call james comey, a show boater, i grandstander, hearing him disparage comey, a longtime public servant, in that manner . I think he look, i think obviously the two dont get along. Thats been clear. He feels betrayed or upset in some form or another. I believe the motivation has to do with discrediting comey, the individual. Theres a lot of people rushing to comeys defense, and i think hes looking to win the battle of Public Opinion<\/a> here which is to essentially say, hey, rememb w him either. Does heres why. I think frankly this is about trying to sway the public that comey was a bad guy and had to go. Gotta go, but i have to ask you about the optics of having the Russian Foreign<\/a> minister at the white house the day after all this happens. I would just say rejected plot line from the 20th season of the americans. It just seemed unbelievably bad optics on its face. Chuck todd, thank you. And you can watch more of lester holts exclusive interview with the president tonight on nbc nightly news at 7 00, right after news4 at 6 00. And we want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. Do you think the russia investigation needs a special prosecutor . So far most of you say yes. Theres still time for you to weigh in. Go to the nbc washington Facebook Page<\/a>. This common sense solution will enable more students to taking on additional debt. Education secretary betsy devos was nearly drowned out by boos as she delivered the commencement speech yesterday at bethunecookman university, an historically black university in florida. At one point, some of the graduating students stood up and turned their backs on devos. The universitys president warned them in their behavior continued, they could all leave the room and they would mail their degrees to them. We have todays talk around town. Devos told the audience that the Trump Administration<\/a> is committed to their success. She even tried to reach common ground, saying all people should try to hear one another out. What are your listeners saying . Theyre saying theyre not liking what theyre hearing, and the actions are not matching up. What the president is talking about, what this Education Department<\/a> is talking about, is not matching up to the needs of that he might not offer up more than 20 million in funding to hbcus that was planned in the current spending bill. In january, thats when the president s visited the white house earlier this year. The white house has clarified to say those schools will be protected, but thats an example of what listeners were telling me. They think the comments from the white house just are not matching up with the actions they are taking. I spoke with renee today and she, like many, is applauding the action that those students took at their graduation. She believes secretary devos got a direct message from people who are impacted by her decisions. The students did what they should have done. They were there for four years and they learned the effectiveness of advocacy, and thats part of their Fouryear College<\/a> education. So i applaud them for that. I also see the opportunity that the administrator saw in inviting a speaker t particularly popular to campus. You have to allow voices from all walks of life, from all points of view, into the conversation. And she was saying also that that is important in the sense that if you want to be invited to the table, maybe you have to listen to folks that are at the table, to get that dialogue going. Its really critical. A lot of folks are still somewhat confused about what devos said a few weeks ago about historically black colleges being the pioneers of school choice, not sort of getting that, well, no, they were created black kids couldnt go to white schools. Youre taking the words out of my mouth. And that infuriated a lot of folks, because they attended howard, a lot of folks live in our area are sending our kids to those schools as well. Many African Americans<\/a> got their education from those hbcus and they were critically system wasnt working because people were excluded from the system because they were barred by race. They say that its critical that things that she says have to be scored correctly. Dont change the narrative. Today they are a choice, obviously, but they were not the pioneers of school choice. Thats not the reason they were necessarily created. I want to move on, are you and your listeners seeing more activism these days from young people on College Campuses<\/a> . And if so, why . I think theres a lot going on that they are privy to because, of course we can relate it to technology. Everything is there in their hand. They may be the most connected generation that we have. I know people have heard their kids perhaps say the comment, stay woke. That is something that they are really doing. Theyre staying woke, theyre staying connected to all of these issues that theyve seen their parents deal with, that theyve seen generations deal with in the past in getting the equality and conclusion that they need. So that and along with entertainers and artists also getting into the narrative is showing that these folks are very engaged. This is a very engaged generation. Certainly not afraid to speak out. Not at all. Thank you, troy. All right. Only a few days left to shop for mothers day. Why some moms might not get a gift this year from their children. All of us want to know if the weather is going to mess mothers day up. Well, were tracking another theres the view. Theres more to life than the climb. Youve gotta stop and look around a little. Come, shed lifes layers in asheville. Let the child inside you out to play. Remember who you are. Life is for the taking, not for taking it easy. Asheville. Discovery, inside and out. Introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. Incredibly, its 79. 99 a month for one year. Comcast charges you 89. 99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. Switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 a month and well give you tv, hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. So act fast. Go to fiosgigabit. Com were just a few days away from mothers day. If you end up rushing out to find a gift, youre not alone. A new survey found that many women who have children are a lot less likely to buy gifts for their own moms because they just dont have the time. 56 of people without kids plan to buy a gift, while only 44 of parents are planning to give mom a gift. Consumers had similar thinking when it came to fathers day as well. Those are cheers of celebration at this new house in clinton, maryland. Its not just any new house. This house was built top to bottom by a group of Prince Georges County<\/a> school students. The students are members of a special education program, where they get handson interior design, and technology. It is the 42nd house built by students who are in that program. A new mother panicked over weather her newborn sons personal information could fall into the wrong hands. What we learned when we stepped in and how you can protect your family. A love letter, nearly lost forever. A familys quest to get it in the right hands 70 years after it was sent. You may want grab the toti narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Nbc4 responds to a new mothers plea for help. She was panicked when her newborn sons birth certificate was lost in the mail. Frantic about his identity being stolen and frustrated she wasnt getting answers, she called consumer reporter susan hogan. Well, thats right. If someone gets a hold of your birth certificate, the consequences can cause a lifetime of problems. Thats why this maryland mom turned to nbc4 responds when no one else would help. Its okay, its okay. Reporter 2monthold kito is pretty upset and for good reason, his birth certificate went missing. I was concerned about his birth certificate just being out anywhere, in someones hands. Reporter new mom tamara had every reason to be worried. Shes a privacy expert and knows what can happen if someone gets a hold of a birth certificate. His identity was going to be Social Security<\/a> number was . Reporter fresh home from the hospital, they had two options to obtain a birth certificate. Wait for the hospital to send it by mail, or order one online. So for me, the safest way was to go online and order it, because i knew id be able to track the status and be home to receive it as opposed to it just sitting in the mail. She ordered it from vital check and was told it was going to arrive in two days. I saw that it said it was out for delivery. I know sometimes things can happen. It will come tomorrow. It never showed up. Reporter she checked the tracking status. She contacted ups immediately. Ups said contact vital check. Vital check said contact ups. Reporter vital check told her they couldnt reissue a new birth srd. Frustrated she made one more call. What brought you to us . My mother. Reporter mom knows best. Nbc4 responds contacted both ups and vital check. Suddenly my phone was off the hook, they kept ringing. Everybody wanted to figure out, how can we help you. Vital check issued her a refund and did send out another birth certificate, free of charge. Ups eventually tracked the original package down. They say it got caught in a Conveyor Belt<\/a> and was badly damaged, so they shredded it. Are you glad you called us . I am, i am. Because i dont think i would have gotten the back up, not gotten any answers, and i probably would have been still going back and forth. Vital check, the company she used is a private company, but its authorized by the u. S. Government to issue copies of vital records for you. You can also contact the Vital Records Office<\/a> in the state where you were born, or your baby. s to go. And if you want a certified birth certificate, as opposed to to just a copy, its really harder to obtain and will only be mailed to the names on the actually documents. We had people ask us about that, how do you get a birth certificate . But you have to be careful. Just what happened here, got caught in a Conveyor Belt<\/a>. Nice to see they actually shredded it. Exactly. Either give it back to me or destroy it. So they destroyed it for her. Thank you, susan. New concerns tonight about a glutenfree diet and whether or not its a path to good health. Its one of the stories were working on at 5 00. Jim and wendy in the newsroom. Hi there. Its the popular diet right now, a lot of people go glutenfree. They think its better for them. They think they feel better because of it. Ive gone in and out. He was glutenfree from 2 to 4. Now some drs not so fast. Doreen will have more on some of the Health Issues<\/a> now being associated with being on that kind of diet. Also, theres a story youre only going to see on news4, the iteam finds a law that was meant to protect renters in the district is now being exploited for profit. But thats not all, the loophole is driving up home costs for the rest of us. Jody fleischer explains exactly how this all works. And well be hearing more from President Trump<\/a> in his first interview since he fired fbi director james comey. See you at 5 00. Thanks, guys. So, amelia, is the drought over . Yes, for the most part. Weve been under a longterm drought that goes all the way back to last year. But with all the rain weve had lately, were starting to see the Drought Conditions<\/a> come down. So great news, but it was a rainy day today. We picked up anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half of rain. And theres more in the forecast. Around an inch through not a total washout though. Most of the day tomorrow is dry and saturday afternoon and evening looking mainly dry. Thats your first weather headline. Of course this weekend, its mothers day on sunday. Right now, its looking pretty nice for mothers day, the sunshine is finally back. Well be noticing the wind and will be mainly dry. After that, were tracking a big warmup next week. A shot at hitting 90 degrees. Take a look at storm team4 radar. Still showers across the area, starting to wind down up around the masondixon line. The trend will be drying over the next few hours. But staying chilly. Low to mid 50s, right now, around 50 for a low tonight. And then your hourly planner for tomorrow, were dry during the day, but as we head towards the evening hours, rain moves back into the area. For the most part, the weather having a low exercise, its cool out there tomorrow, its refreshing. Recess for the kids, definitely outdoors, probably long sleeves would be the route for tomorrow. The morning commute, no impact as far as the weather is concerned. But if you are going to be leaving work tomorrow, youre not going to try to sneak out early on a friday. You will be dealing with wet roads, dinner out on your friday night, definitely want to have the bruumbrella. Tonight is Grilled Cheese<\/a> night, you want that comfort food. Mothers day, 73 for a high. It will be windy during the afternoon and evening hours and i cant rule out a shower later in the day. And of course well have updates here throughout the evening and then tomorrow on news4 at 4, 5, and 6. How the weekend will be impacted. Ya yard work will be better on we have the d. C. Bike ride. And the car wash, this forecast says it all. After the rain on saturday and small chance on sunday, were mainly dry and we warm up in a big way. Really nice monday and tuesday. Mid 80s on wednesday. Hot with a high around 90 on thursday. Thanks, amelia. Its a group that helps older workers. It sponsored a job fair today, but if you missed it, youre still in luck. The Jewish Council<\/a> for the aging of Greater Washington<\/a> offers services all year long. Todays job fair in fairfax hosted more than 50 employers and provided Education Training<\/a> and resources. If youd like a link to get more about their Employment Services<\/a> for older workers, search senior employment in the nbc washington app. Imagine finding a love letter in your home, left behind by the previous owners more than 70 years ago. I just couldnt believe the love and admiration she had her husband. But that was really just the beginning. How this family tried to track down the rightful owners of this long, lost letter. This is news4, first at 4 00. We built our 100 Fiber Optic Network<\/a> because we knew that in the future everybody would need fast, powerful internet and lots of it. And now were introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 mgs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. You want to run 100 devices . Go ahead. And the really incredible part, its 79. 99 a month for one year, and youll also get tv, hbo and multiroom dvr service. Comcast only offers 200 mg speeds with their 89. 99 triple play. Switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 a month and well give you tv, so act fast. Go to fiosgigabit. Com youve no dou saying, if these walls could talk. At a home in new jersey, the walls, it turns out, were keeping a big secret for more than 70 years. A family started Major Construction<\/a> on their house and uncovered a mysterious love letter that fell through the cracks. As nbc Michael George<\/a> reports, the new homeowner made it her mission to deliver the message. Reporter a love letter never delivered, lost since world war ii. Until this week, when melissa fay and her father al found it while renovating her new home. Then i reached up and pulled it out there. I handed it to my soninlaw, you could see it was old. Reporter the letter had fallen through the cracks. If fell down, laid down flat neither there. And there the letter sat for 72 long years. Its a love letter from 1945, from a pregnant woman named virginia to her sailor Rolf Christopherson<\/a> who was serving overseas with the norwegian navy. She wrote, i love you, rolf, as i love the warm sun. And thats what you are to my life, the sun about which everything revolves for me. It was really sweet to see that Long Distance<\/a> love. You didnt have texting and email back then. Reporter melissa decided to find virginia and rolf and deliver their letter. She posted for help and in just two hours, they helped her track down rolfs son in california. He couldnt believe that i reached out to try to find him and return the letter that belonged to him and his family. Reporter virginia passed away six years ago this weekend. But rolf is still alive at the age of 96 and thanks to melissa, his son was able to read him his wifes letter, a message of love that took 72 years to be heard. In a way, i guess its his wife memory alive again. What a sweet story. How beautiful. And boy, the typewritten front of the envelope, the old stance. You could almost feel the emotion in that letter. Love preserved. The news continues now with jim and wendy. News4 at 5 00 starts now. And im wendy rieger at the live desk with a 71page lawsuit filed against howard university. Five former and current students filed suit. They say they were raped by fellow students and School Employees<\/a> between the years 2014 and 2016, and they claim the school failed to help them after they sought help. In one case a woman said a resident assistant raped her in her dorm room. After she reported that attack, the r. A. Still had a key to access her room. That same r. A. Is accused of raping another woman on that r. A. Transferred to howard from ucla after a student there accused him of sexual misconduct. According to the suit, the school also criticized one student for going public. Allegedly telling her she embarrassed her family. News4 was on campus last year when hundreds of students staged a walkout to protest how the school handled the accusations of rape on campus. Howard did not immediately respond to an inquiry about this story, this lawsuit. We have posted the entire suit in our nbc washington app. Just search howard. Im jim handly with our other big story tonight. President trumps exclusive interview with Nbcs Lester Holt<\/a>. They spent an awful lot of time talking about the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey. The president called comey a grandstander, a show boater. 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