the public thinks about this dismissal. leon harris has the details. this is getting a ton of attention. >> and will be for days to come. president trump spoke extensively about his decision to fire james comey in an exclusive interview with nbc's lester holt, and the president's reasons appear to contradict previous statements coming from the white house. now on the topic of comey, we're also seeing some new reaction from a brand-new nbc news survey monkey poll. more than half, 54% believe that comey's dismissal was not appropriate, and when it comes to why the president let comey go, nearly half think it has to do with the russia investigation. only about a quarter think it's related to the clinton e-mails as stated. in his sitdown, he also had choice words to describe comey. >> he's a show boat, he's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil, you know what, i know that, everybody knows that. >> you met attorney general rod rosenstein. >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is, i was going to fire comey. my decision. he made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. comey. you write, i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. why did you put that in there? >> because he told me that. >> he told you weren't under investigation? >> and i've heard that from others. >> was it in a phone call, did you meet face-to-face. >> i had a dinner with him. he said it once at dinner and twice during phone calls. >> did you call him? >> in one case i called him, and the other he called me. >> did you ask him, am i under investigation? >> i said, if it's possible being would you let me know, am i under investigation. he said, you are not under investigation. >> comey is just one of several interview with lester. that's coming your way here at 7:00, "nbc nightly news" at 7:00. and lester holt himself will be joining us to give us his thoughts on what the president had to say. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, lawmakers heard from the new acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe says it's not standard procedure to let someone know they are not the target of an investigation. he also said he couldn't comment on what comey may or may not have told the president. mccabe also agreed to refrain from updating the white house on the russia investigation. and he contradicted a claim that comey had lost support, saying comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. taking a closer look at mccabe, he joined the fbi in 1996 as a special agent working in new york. from there, he moved from targeting organized crime to a unit that focused on james comey promoted him to deputy director last year. according to the loudoun county times, mccabe lives in ashburn. let's get a look at our forecast. it's damp and dreary out there. heavy rain throughout the day and it's doesn't look to be easing up. >> i think we're done with the heaviest rain across the region. we did see the rain really heavy early this morning. since then, it's been moderate or at steady in many areas. take a look at the radar now. show you what we're looking at. storm team4 radar still tracking the rain across our region, but most of it into maryland, prince george's county seeing the bulk of it. breaks now, but pretty much everybody still seeing light rain. couple more hours of this and this it will wane. the boundary is moving to the south. thunderstorms in west virginia will transfer down to the south as well. so what does that mean for tomorrow? well, a little bit better but the rain moves back in tomorrow night. we'll show you how it affects your weekend because it will, in 15 minutes. justice today for a 79-year-old man who was severely beaten for trying to help a victim of domestic violence. today the attacker learned his sentence. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins talked with the victim after that sentence was handed down. tracee? >> reporter: this was an incredible story, and you're right, he was 79 years old when he was attacked a few months ago. he is now 80. and today the man who attacked him learned his fate. it's a 25-year-old robbet molettee. according to the state's attorney's office, he was chasing his girlfriend out of her home when she jumped into the being have of her neighbor, didn't know him, but robert took off trying to protect her from the boyfriend who was in pursuit. he chased them around the neighborhood, rammi vehicle a number of times before he stopped them at this intersection. the young lady jumped out of the vehicle, but molettee began to bunch the man over and over again, on the side of his face, separating his chin, hurting his ear, causing all kinds of issues for this man. he had to undergo a number of surgeries after the attack. hear from him now about this man's sentence. >> i think it's a fair decision. i think that it's important that somebody like that is not out in society. his next victim might not survive as i did. and i was pleased to hear that he was sent to prison. >> reporter: he and his wife said they really do believe that had that victim been let go, he would have killed someone. they say that's the kind of anger that he had that day. he was sentenced to seven years. that's above the mandatory for the sentence, but the judge was saying that this man is dangerous, with severe a issues. just just an amazing story of how this could happen to someone just driving down the street, trying to do the right thing. coming up on news4 at 6:00, that 79-year-old is a pilot who has dedicated his life to helping others. coming up, what he thinks all of this is going to do to his pilot license. reporting live in buoy, i'm tracee wilkins. >> we'll see you again at 6:00. a prince george's county police officer is accused of interfering with an investigation. corporal adrian crud-up was indicted and suspended without pay for interfering with an investigation back in 2015. his police powers were first suspended last year. no word on what the investigation was about. crud sfup has been with the department for nine years now. >> the u.s. attorney's office and the district is joining the investigation into last week's hate crime at american university. this comes as the school tries to tackle race issues. it was october black students say they found racist messages posted in the yik yak happy. then a student found a banana thrown at him. another had a banana left outside the dorm room. earlier this month, bananas hung by noose around campus. today the school announced an anti-racism center and kristin wright is on the campus this evening with details. kristin? >> reporter: well, wendy, au says plans for this new center have been in the works since last year. they do think it's going to bring about real change and have real impact. we got a chance to sit down with two of the deans from the university just a little while ago, and they explained to us how the university has brought in a well-known scholar on race from the university of florida, dr. ib ram kendy. he will be here in the fall to lead this new center on race. and the new center will combat the campus of american university and even globally. with many students gone for summer break, american university is much quieter today. than the student protests that erupted last week. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: this is the man au says can tackle difficult issues of race on campus. the university announced they hired university of florida professor dr. ib ram kendy to lead au's brand-new anti-racism policy center this fall. >> he's one of the definitive experts about campus activist during the fof 60s and early '70s around black issues. >> reporter: au shared video of him speaking at the university of oregon. >> this popular idea that america has experienced a steady march of racial progress incomplete way of understanding american history. >> reporter: dean peters said dr. kendy and the center will reach beyond au to bring about policy change on the local, state, and federal levels. >> what we're hoping to have students, faculty, staff, work together with dr. kendy to begin to cast positive, forward-thinking solutions to problems that are centuries old. >> reporter: junior autumn grant says she's been the target of racism at au. she welcomes the new center. >> i think having this announcement come out at the time it did, shows there's long-term work that's going on on the campus to better the university as a whole. >> reporter: junior applauds the center too, but says the focus is in the wrong place. >> better training for police. putting us in a better position to succeed. but instead, you're educating the rest of the school. at american university, kristin wright, it's a popular diet, but new research shows if you go gluten-free, it comes with some risks. still ahead, why some doctors say it may raise your risk of obesity. >> and only on news4 this evening, a law meant to protect renters that could be driving up the cost of homes for the rest of us. the news4 i-team working for you tonight. plus a mother's journey. news4's melissa mollet immigration and customs enforcement authorities say they have taken nearly 1,400 gang members into custody after a six-week nationwide crackdown. i.c.e. says it's the largest gang surge conducted by its homeland security investigators to date. we've also gotten a look at the numbers in our area from the washington and baltimore offices of i.c.e. among all the gangs, 52 arrests, 31 of which were taken in for immigration violations. and one of the arrested we're told 29 are connected to ms-13. >> we're learning about the gang-related murder of a 15-year-old girl in northern virginia. ten people are charged now in connection with that abduction and brutal stabbing. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the the chilling words from one suspect to that dying victim. julie? >> reporter: that female defendant, 17 years old. the victim, 15. today that defendant became one of two juveniles to learn in court she will be tried as an adult. tears of joy back in february when a missing 17-year-old girl returned home to her mother after a public plea. today, tears of sadness for that same mom in a fairfax county courtroom, when prosecutors announced that her daughter, venus romera ir heata will be tried as an adult, accused in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old gaithersburg girl. venus was arrested for the crime the same night she returned home. she's one of ten teens charged in connection with the death of alexander reyes rivas. gruesome details alexandria's body was found in february after she had gone missing. on the witness stand, the fbi special agent who questioned venus after her arrest. she told investigators she blamed alexandra for luring her boyfriend to his death just days before. venus and other suspects told police that alexander was picked up on january 8th and taken to an area liar lake actink park. she was beaten and forced to remove or boths and shoes and stand in the snow. venus told investigators she stabbed the girl 13 times and sliced off a tattoo. as alexandra lay dying, she told the victim she would never forgive her, she would see her in hell. she would never forget now several of the young men charged also had their preliminary hearings. and the judge found probable cause to move the case on to the next stage, to the grand jury. coming up on news4 at 6:00, what the driver that night told investigators about why he felt forced to go along with this murderous plan. wendy, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, jules. under the cover of darkness and wearing bullet-proof vests, crews removed a statue of jefferson davis in new orleans today. police circling that monument and keeping watch on protesters. city officials did not give advance notice of the statue coming down after threats of violence against the contractors who were taking it down. the city council voted to remove the monuments after a self-proclaimed racist killed nine black parishioners at the mother emmanuel church in charleston, south carolina. that shooting is sparking changes here in our area. the city to rename jefferson davis highway. but the statue that honors men who died in that civil war will remain in the city. leaders in rockville are moving the statue of a confederate soldier that sits next to the old red brickhouse. it was vandalized following the charleston shootings. in charlottesville, virginia, the city council has voted to remove a statue of robert e. lee from a downtown park, but opponents vow to fight that move in court. in news4 your health tonight, news on gluten-free diets that are raising questions about some of the health benefits of gluten. >> doreen is here to tell us more about that. >> we hear about gluten-free all the time now, it seems like. a lot of people who go gluten-free have sillback disease and they couldn't eat gluten. but many gluten out of their diets for many other reasons. two and a half million people follow a gluten-free diet who don't have sealback disease. a study found that when it comes to nutrition, some glueden-free products just don't measure up. researchers evaluated about 1,300 foods, half with gluten, half without. they found foods with gluten had up to three times more protein than the gluten-free products they studied. bread, pasta, and flour, even pizza were all found to have higher protein than their gluten-free counterparts. the society warned that keeping the content that gluten can provide out of children's diets could negatively impact their develop and might even contribute to childhood obesity. the emphasis here really seems to be on children. children. newt riggedz but it's interesting research considering how many are on gluten-free diets now. they're not saying that there's anything wrong with trying to watch the gluten in your diet. they're just saying don't put a kid on a gluten-free diet unless there's a medical reason for it. yeah, protein is important. >> thank you, doreen. eyes on the skies tonight and they're filling up with rain drops. >> yes, doug is back with more on how it's going to impact your mother's day a few days from now. >> it could have been a nasty fall from there to here and now we know why. the doors opened on the wrong side of a metro are you actually about to scratch it rich of course you are. because everyone who plays is an instant winner. so before you win your share of 1.5 million dollars in prizes and free slot play. take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. because in an instant, that all could change. join mlife rewards and play scratch it rich for your share of 1.5 million dollars in prizes and freeplay®. this is monumental. there's the view. there's more to life than the climb. you've gotta stop 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here's the latest picture from the city cam. 54 degrees. winds out of the east at 12 miles per hour. and the rain continues to come down. temperatures in the low 50s. only 50 in gaithersburg. 52 in huntingtown. it's nasty, raw. orioles taking on the nationals today at nats park. temperatures not going to go anywhere. temperatures in the low 50s. showers at 7:00. i would expect a delay for the game, but i bet they get it in, because we're not expecting much rain after 7:00. take the poncho just in case. and make sure you bundle up. here's the latest radar picture and you notice the heavy rain we saw earlier today, even out of here. the wider picture showing our boundary, which is way up here. that boundary is now farther to our south. we're going to stay cool, we're going to stay cloudy but the rain gets out of here. look at 11:00, just scattered showers back to the west. most of us dry. tomorrow, clouds, 7:00 a.m. 4 in the afternoon, starting to see the rain move back in. but it's really across the region after around 11:00 and then on saturday morning, it really moves in, and everybody sees the rain through early saturday morning, through about moon. and then i think it starts to let up. so your forecast for tomorrow, periods of rain, cooler again. just plain nasty across our region. 57, if we're lucky. i've got a high tomorrow of 56. 56 as well on saturday. rain early on saturday. showers in the afternoon. sunday looks dry for the most part, but notice, we've got a 30% chance of an afternoon shower. 73 degrees, a little bit on the breezy side for your mother's day. but not too look at the 70s, 80s, and even a 90 next week. >> thank you, doug. still ahead, high dollar payouts and homes held hostage. a law that was meant to protect renters is being exploited to make a profit. how the loophole could be driving up the cost of the homes for the rest of us. plus, doors open on the wrong side of a platform after a metro train pulls into a station. what we're learning 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why experts say it's driving up the housing costs for the rest of us. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: whether you're a homeowner or a renter, a buyer, or a seller, you need to know about topa. >> anywhere in the city can be impacted by topa. >>ep going up for sale. >> i've heard of payments of tens of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: enacted in 1980, the act was designed to keep long-time renters from being forced out of gentified neighborhoods. it gives neighbors a chance to buy their home first. but even when they don't want to or can't afford to, they can rake in big bucks by selling those rights. >> reporter: clara fell in love with this rowhouse. it needed major work, but came with stained glass windows and a renter in the basement. >> i kept being told, don't worry about it. >> reporter: the sellers had been asking the renter to sign a topa. >> they were offering $10,000 to sign the waiver, so we felt like who wouldn't take that kind of a topa rights to someone else, a higher bidder, the day before clara was set to close. the bidder got to buy the house instead. >> it was frustrating. i had a legal agreement with the seller to buy the place. i felt like it was being ripped out from under my feet. >> tenants have become more savvy about taking advantage of the letter of the law. >> reporter: d.c. realtor's association president said it's happening more and more. buyers and sellers forced to pay renters to keep them from using topa to hold up a sale. >> i've heard payouts as high as 50 to $100,000 depending on the circumstances. >> reporter: we found your name doesn't even have to be on the lease to get paid, because d.c.'s topa law doesn't define what a tenant is. >> if you had your live-in significant other consider this property their home, they're also a the summer intern who rented a room, even a squatter can affect it. >> the title insurer required us to contact everyone within the last 12 months. some people had already moved out of the country. >> reporter: but renters still occupying the home while it's on the market are in the power position. they can post it online and say, anybody want to buy my rowhouse that i live in, i have the right to assign this to someone else. >> it felt like she had me hostage. >> reporter: while topa was passed to keep people from being booted from their homes, clara said she was aloiing the renter to stay, but in the end, the renter forced clara to leave instead. >> i was up for collaborating, but instead, i got back, what's your best offer? >> with a law that's been around for more than 35 years, we asked what's driving the huge payouts now, just been the last few years? we found aho topa chasers, folks targeting renters for a portion of their pay-out. >> topa's huge right now. i would estimate that it's essentially about $100 million a year industry that is virtually untapped. >> this attorney said getting renters the most money for their topa rights is his entire practice. he's even trademarked the phrase "got topa"? you'll meet him and see how he's driving this booming new industry. jody fleischer. news4. >> the man who sexually assaulted a woman in a condominium in arlington, went back to that apartment to get something he dropped. sources also tell news4 that police are investigating reports that the man tried to get into another apartment building before the attack. in one case, a security guard allegedly turned the man away. he got into the building through an unlocked door. police tell us he posed as a maintenance er doors until somebody answered. the attacker remains on the loose tonight. a train pulls into the station and the doors open on the wrong side. it was an issue at the rhode island avenue station on the red line yesterday. and now metro says an operator is to blame. we're also learning that operator did not follow proper procedure after the doors opened on the wrong side. transportation reporter adam tuss talked to the woman who shot this video. >> reporter: scary moments for sure as the doors on a metro railcar opened on the wrong side of the train. two stories below, this is what it looked like from the ground. and we know the metro rail operator was to blame. kelsey hamilton is the rider who took this video of the incident. she said she couldn't believe what she was seeing. >> i thought, if this was a busy train, this could have been really dangerous. someone could have fallen or stepped off on the wrong side if they didn't know any er on the wrong side of a railcar, the train operator is supposed to notify central command, walk all the way around the train to make sure no one or nothing fell out, and then he can continue. none of that happened. in fact, kelsey says she rode the train all the way to silver spring and the wrong side door incident didn't even seem to register with the train operator. >> just kept going like it was just another day. >> reporter: metro says the train operator has now admitted the incident was his fault and is out of service pending an investigation. sources say the operator will likely face a bigger penalty not for the incident itself, but for not reporting it in the first place. >> obviously with the train operator, we'll handle that in terms of what is the right protocol, what rules were or were not followed. >> reporter: in the meantime, kelsey says she's paying closer attention to where she stands. >> definitely looking now and i want to tell everyone standing near the doors, be careful because it could happen to anyone. >> reporter: coming up at have opened on the wrong side of a train. i'll tell you about the solution metro says it may have for the problem. at the rhode island avenue station, adam tuss, news4. it was a brutal crime in montgomery county. an elderly woman killed by a man who broke into her home trying to steal her car. that man admitted to the murder in court today and could spend the rest of his life in prison. chris gordon has the story. chris? >> reporter: well, jim, today prosecutors closed the murder that happened here in this wheaton home. the elderly homeowner, linda johnston was brutally attacked inside and today the man charged in the case, well, he entered a guilty plea. a neighbor called 911. he asked police to come immediately. he said linda johnston's family couldn't reach her for days. they were worried. >> didn't look right. >> when you say didn't look right, did you see anything in specific that -- >> there was a bad odor. >> linda was found in her bedroom, she had been stabbed multiple times. today in montgomery county court, quasi sadler of the district pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. sadler targeted johnston after he helped a friend who rent the from johnston and was evicted, move out of the house. sadler returned and broke in, he took a knife from the kitchen, went up to her room and killed her. last august, just days before the suspect was arrested, i spoke to linda johnston's former neighbor and friend. >> it was very sad, such a nice lady. i have no words to describe how i feel right now. >> reporter: police say sadler gold prius, which was always parked beside her house. >> he used her credit card to purchase snacks on a video that we have, and there are other videos that we have of him using her credit cards. >> reporter: ahead, how a new law being used in this case could help protect marylanders from being victimized in their own homes. that's coming up at 6:00. >> chris gordon, thank you. a powerful telling of a crisis of amount dictiddiction, the eyes of local college students. the stories they found when they followed local police for a year. and mothers speaking out against the latest health care proposal. why they say it will result in as the gop health care bill heads through the senate, we're hearing from mothers about the impact. one woman speaking with democratic senators today. said kids who depend on medicaid and those with pre-existing conditions could lose their coverage. >> simply put, 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report, former chancellor failed to act impartially by granting waivers to some unnamed city officials. henderson denies any wrongdoing. she said she used her limited authority for favors for good reason and in only a few cases. today mayor fewmuriel bowser sa one of those appears to be her city administrator rashad young. but he produced evidence that he went throuhe the same. mayor bowser said the ig report will be amended. and bowser says she'll make certain clear rules are in place for any new waivers. >> so it's very clear if a chancellor needs to use discretion, it will be very clear to the public that a set of guidelines and parameters were followed. >> reporter: the mayor also today defended her overall school budget from complaints by council members that she was trying to control how additional funds would be spent. our melissa mollet is pregnant after years of infertility and she's sharing her family's struggle. this is a deeply personal piece that melissa talks about, how pain led to hope and then a miracle. >> some of you know my whole story, but many of you out there, who have been so lovely and so supportive do not. we had a son and second child. we adopted our daughter last may, and bam, i got pregnant. this is hard to share, but i realize now it's a story of faith, of how things were supposed to be. a story i thought might give someone else some hope. >> i never thought we'd be doing a story after adopting you. >> reporter: when her birth mother picked us, it felt like finding out i was pregnant. but for years before barrett, there was so much heart ache and sadness. after we had our son, we thought, oh, it will be easy, like a lot of people, to have another baby, and i had absolutely no concept of what was ahead for us. >> a year of trying, we went to see a fertility specialist. >> our diagnosis, unexplained infertility. there was no specific reason i wasn't getting pregnant on my own. >> infertility as a diagnosis is traumatic to people. >> for three years, we tried and tried, blood draws, procedures, medicine shots. my doctors were just fabulous, but it s especially on me emotionally, because i'd be so hopeful, and then so sad, and then i'd want to be hopeful again. >> that's supposed to be about happiness and hope and thinking about names and what you're going to do with the nursery and all these different great things. instead you're thinking, how are we going to keep this pregnancy going. >> i remember being in the bathroom one day at work, trying to work up the courage to give myself a shot in the stomach, and i'd be in there crying, thinking, come on, you can do this. and it was just really, really hard. >> i think we did ivf five times and she got pregnant four times. >> we'd see the heart beat and then there was a sign something wasn't right. >> a miscarriage is a death. an inability to get pregnant is almost like a death. those people who suffer miscarriages, my advice to them, do what you need to do emotionally to get through this. there's no blame >> each loss was heart-shattering, but i still felt like someone was missing from our family. it was hard for me to give up trying in that way, but we needed to. i don't regret any of it, it led us to adoption and now we swear barrett is our angel bringing us a another baby. i know there's no explanation for this pregnancy now and i really don't care, i don't need one. >> it's awesome. couldn't be happier. >> after losing five pregnancies and being blessed, though, with this one, we really do believe in miracles. tomorrow morning on news4 today, join us for the big gender reveal. >> look forward to that. what a great big brother he is. >> i know, i love him. and of course i love barrett, she's just so precious. melissa is receiving an outpouring of congratulations and good wishes from all of you. >> yeah, many people have also shared their own stories of hope after infertility. you can add news4 is working for you in the community. a fairfax county family is about to move back into its newly renovated home thanks to a local company's annual day of service. workers at tyson's keller williams along with area contractors renovated much of angel mesa's home in fairfax. she's 70 years old, works three jobs, supports an extended family of eight, including two people with disabilities. the workers are repairing water damage, replacing the heating, pluming, and electrical systems. walls are being painted, carpets added and the home will have handicap accessible features. >> there's going to be a big reveal for that. good for them. >> all this good news. okay, amelia, top that. >> good luck. >> rain, humid, hot. it's been a rainy day. quite a bit of rain, close to an inch to an more rain is in the forecast tomorrow and saturday. but it's not going to be a wash-out tomorrow. in fact, most of the day is looking dry. it's really your friday evening into the first half of saturday when we're tracking some more beneficial rain. overall, looking nice right now for mother's day. small chance of a shower, that's your second weather headline. and take a look at the third weather headline. if this cool weather isn't for you, i've liked having the air conditioner off. but we are going to be talking about a big warm-up next week. a shot at 90 degrees toward the end of the week. storm team4 radar still tracking showers. they're starting to move out. so parts of northern frederick and carole counties already drying out. that trend will continue over the next few hours. i think the nationals will be able to get the game in. they could have a delayed start, but certainly an exciting series. i think we all want that game to be played tonight. currently in the mid to low 50s. 54 in washington. and very similar with temperatures and cloud cover degrees. and we really don't warm up a lot throughout the day with plenty of clouds and easterly wind. mid 50s around lunch time. 56 arm at lunch time. after that, showers return, 7:00, tracking rain and 55 degrees. during the day, the weather having a low impact on your day. but during the evening, you'll want the umbrella. outdoor exercise, it's cool, refreshing. recess for the kids is definitely outdoors. the evening commute, if you stick around work too long tomorrow evening, you'll be dealing with wet roads. another excuse to get out of the office early on friday. dinner out for your friday night. you'll want the small umbrella. mothers day on sunday, we warm up with our temperatures, 73 degrees. a mix of clouds and sun. here's the thing, though. it's going to be windy on sunday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. and i can't rule out a late day shower, something doug and i are keeping a close eye on and we'll be yard work this weekend, we all want to do that. looking better on sunday. d.c. bike ride, also on sunday. breezy but beautiful out there. if you're getting the car washed on sunday, good idea. look at this ten-day forecast. it's completely dry next week. monday, 70, upper 70s on tuesday. then we really start to see the heat and humid build, potentially hitting 90 degrees and also very muggy as well. >> thanks, amelia. it's raw and honest. >> a new documentary puts a face to the growing opioid epidemic. >> i did use my whole pregnancy. i used heroin every day. >> up next, the powerful story on the state of amouddiction. and what a group of student journalists found when they went ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ some university of maryland journalism students have been getting a hands-on experience with story-telling. working for months on a police documentary, highlighting the opioid and heroin epidemics that are hitting our region and across our country. wbal's jennifer franciotti has their story. >> i did use my whole pregnancy. i used heroin everyday. >> reporter: a painfully raw confession, one of several told in a documentary students at the university of maryland college park. they've been working with the police department to learn more about the growing heroin and opioid crisis. >> in june we learned the county was having an over dose a day and a death a week. we said we need to put faces on those facts. we needed to learn more. during the past year, we have told dozens of stories. >> it was really exciting and new for us as a police department to deal with these students. so once we started seeing the project starting to develop in the county, really saw how passionate the students were and it really meant something to them. >> reporter: these are just a few of the students who worked on the documentary. they voluntarily met twice instead of once and put hundreds of their own personal hours putting it together. >> we had to call, research, do so much behind the scenes work to get the access that we did. once that door was opened, we took off with it. >> there were some people who did not want to open up at all. it was way too personal, it too new or fresh in their minds. and there were also people who really wanted to talk about it. >> reporter: the 40-minute documentary will be screened for the public wednesday may 17th at anne arundel community college. the students hope it will make an impact, and dante evans said, for him, it was revealing. >> it's everyday people walking around, in your classes, in the grocery store, i that cou-- the could be opioid abusers and you wouldn't even know. now at 6:00, new aftershocks from president trump's abrupt firing of fbi director james comey. nbc news lester holt sat down with the president today for an interview. the president started off with a startling comment. listen. >> look, he's a show boat, he's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil, you know that, i know that, everybody knows that. >> let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. why did you put that in there? >> because he told me that. i mean, he told me. >> he told you, you weren't under investigation in regards to the russian investigation? >> yes, and i heard that from other people. >> was it face-to-face, or over the phone? >> we had dinner and at that time, he told me you are not under investigation. that the one meeting. he said it once at dinner and then he said it twice during phone calls. >> did you call him? >> in one case i called him, in one case, he called me. >> and did you ask him, am i under investigation? >> i actually asked him, yes. >> mr. trump contradicted some of what we've been told by the white house since comey was fired on tuesday. good evening, we have team coverage to break all of this down. we begin with lester holt near the white house. a lot of people wondered if the president would go through with this interview, given the timing. y