Figure out just exactly how this happened. News4s chris gordon is on capitol hill now with the story. Chris . Reporter doreen and jim, as you look behind me, youll see the cleanup is continuing nearly nine hours after todays fatal accident, and the unanswered question is, what caused this large limb to fall, killing the Maintenance Worker below . An investigation has been launched to find answers. Crews worked for hours, removing tree debris from the roadway. U. S. Capitol Police Closed parts of independence avenue. This morning, a large tree branch fell, hitting a Maintenance Worker at the capitol. Matt mcclanahan was unconscious when help arrived. They gave him cpr and rushed him to a hospital where he died. Oh, thats awful. Im so sorry to hear that. Prayers to his family, condolences. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan issued a statement two young children, effie and matthew, their loss is so sudden and unimaginable. I ask my colleagues and everyone in the Capitol Community to keep matthews loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. Tourists were detoured around the scene. A large branch from an american elm fell and struck Matthew Mcclanahan who was working nearby on an irrigation pipe. Im sorry to hear that for his family and everyone who cares about him. Thats terrible. We appreciate his service taking care of this beautiful city. Were happy to be here visiting. Reporter im told that investigators looking into the cause of todays fatal accident will consult with tree experts to try to determine if any of the other older trees here at the capitol, pose an immediate danger. Back to you. Thank you, right now, police are questioning a man accused of going on a shooting spree in downtown fresno, california. His name is cory mohammed, they say hes 30 years old. Hes accused of killing three people today. Witnesses say he shouted god is great in arabic during one of the shootings. He later told police that he hates white people. Police in fresno said the victims were shot minutes apart in a small area of downtown. Mohammed is also wanted for a shooting just a few days ago outside a motel in fresno. Police hunted for the socalled facebook killer for three days, they searched in cleveland, where he killed a 74yearold man and sent alerts to bordering states. It seemed like the trail had gone cold until a worker at a Mcdonalds Restaurant instantly recognized Steve Stephens as he pulled into the drivethrough and placed an order. Sarah dallof has more on how this intense manhunt finally de countrys most wanted, no longer on the run. The search for Steve Stephens has ended. Reporter the threeday manhunt for Steve Stephens ended in erie, pennsylvania, after a worker at a mcdonalds drivethrough recognized him and called police. He couldnt have got more than a hundred yards on buffalo road before the police were behind him. Reporter following a short chase, Authorities Say stephens shot and killed himself. We would have liked to have brought stephen peacefully and talked to him to find out why this happened. Reporter on easter sunday, stephens recorded himself killing 74yearold robert godwin, then posted the video to facebook. Godwin, a father and grandfather, was seemingly picked at random. The horrific crime raised questions about the responsibility of social Media Outlets when it comes to policing criminal content. This is something that should not have been shared around the world. Period. Reporter facebook released a statement, saying, we disabled the suspects account within 23 minutes of receiving the need to do better. Mark zuckerburg also commented at the companys annual conference. We have a lot of work and well keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening. Reporter a manhunt over, but promises for change in the future, to help other families avoid the grief Robert Godwins family is now mired in. Sarah dallof, nbc news. That murder in cleveland felt all too familiar to a family in virginia whose daughter died on live television. Alison parker, she was the tv reporter in roanoke just doing her job when she was gunned down. Her photographer adam ward was also killed during that live report two years ago. The video was then posted on twitter. Her father wrote an oped in the new york daily news, saying, now thanks to social media as weve learned again through the killing of robert godwin, cleveland, murder has become a vehicle for notoriety. Parker fears a copycat incident now. Its tax day, and that highlights president trumps refusal to release his tax returns. Today the president went to wisconsin where he talked not about his taxes, but everybody elses. He indicated his tax reform plan is on track. Thats not what his treasury secretary said yesterday. Blayne alexander has the details. Good afternoon to you. We did hear the president today in wisconsin in that speech, returning to a very familiar theme buy american, hire american. Of course focusing on another campaign promise, jobs. But its very clear on this tax day, the questions about his tax returns arent going away. As millions of americans scramble to meet the dead linds, today the president s return remainsnd no more secrets, no more lies reporter nearby, dozens of protesters calling on him to release his tax returns. The white house said the president is still under audit. I think people are gonna keep demanding it and making their voices heard on this. Reporter the president and his party already looking ahead to tax reform. Tax reform plan to make our industry more competitive and also to provide a level Playing Field for our workers. Reporter but democrats say, unless the president shows his returns, they wont sign off. Is he doing it to benefit himself, his friends . We dont know. Reporter republicans feeling the frustration at town halls. The president says hes still under audit. [ audience boos ]. Im not going to ask the previous president that i served under to show his birth certificate any more than i would ask this president to show his taxes. Reporte h does it bother you the president has not released his tax returns . It bothers me a little bit. I do feel he should release. I think its only fair. Hes a citizen first before president. Its disappointing to me. Reporter as the president insists his election victory proves when it comes to his taxes, the American People just dont care. And on the subject of tax reform, even some members of the president s own team are saying it will not happen anytime soon. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin telling the Financial Times that passing a bill sometimes before this fall doesnt seem realistic. Jim, back to you. Thanks, blayne. We are learning more about a major shakeup coming into the d. C. Police department. The interim chief of police, peter newsham, hes changing how officers will be assigned all throughout the city. Newsham is planning to reduce the number of Commanding Officers and put more officers on direc news4 broke the story first on twitter. A formal announcement is expected to come tomorrow. Tom sherwood is here with a look at what all this means in terms of crimefighting. And the mayors race. The mayor is gearing up to run for reelection, this is her police chief. What he does for the next 18 months or so will affect her politically. Theres nothing more important than Public Safety when you come to a local campaign, county, city, or Something Like that. Theres also another popular chief thats about to retire. Does this play into that at all . Yes, it does. Thats part of the reason for the change. Assistant chief diane groomes, the shock a blonde hair going in every direction. Very popular. Probably the most popular officer on the Police Department from the smallest to the highest ranking. She was passed over for chief, so she was going to go to florida, but now shes going to be head of security for that 2 ll the wharf in southwest washington. She wont be carrying her gun, maybe, but shes a terrific [ all speak at once ] ive heard her refer to herself as captain blondie, sore something along those lines. So shes aware thats her trademark. Its good that shes staying in town, and lets she what chief newsham does to reduce the bureaucracy and get more officers out there fighting. Thank you, tom. My oh my, oh my. What else do you say about a day like this . Rough one though, for those of us with allergies. For everybody else, this is the life. Ive been on vacation, and it was hard to am can in today. I mean, it was really quite night, especially out for lunch, i drove by the car wash today. That was packed a little bit earlier. Just a great day to be outdoors. 72 d sunshine. You may have had your windows down. Thats the high today in d. C. 74 in elkins, 70 in richmond. It was nice everywhere. We saw the clouds move to the south, the sunshine came out, but look at the clouds starting to move back and they will bring with them, not just more cloud cover but a chance for showers and cooler weather tomorrow with those showers. The warmth returns later this week, the rain chances will be on the increase, looking at a weekend washout. Ive got your forecast in ten minutes. Thank you, doug. A Company Promising to help immigrants in our area, forced to pay up. Why theyre accused of taking advantage of people who needed help and couldnt speak english. Atoning for the past, the university trying to make a good deed out of a bad one. Well tell you what it took to track down the descendants of slaves so that the school could apologize. Plus, plans to widen a busy highway, how it could impact peoples homes, and how 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. En caught early on. Because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. Restitution today for people caught up in a case of immigration fraud. D. C. s attorney general settled a lawsuit against a local company for engaging in fraud that targeted spanishspeaking immigrants. Susan hogan has the details. Today a 250,000 settlement with a Company Called unlimed technology and Solution Corporation and its owner. According to the lawsuit, the Company Falsely advertised it had lawyers to staff to assist immigrants with filing paperwork. But an investigation discovered there were no licensed attorneys at the company and employees engaged in unlawful immigrant Consultant Services also known as fraud. Anyone performing any kind of Immigrations Services in the district must be a licensed attorney. Now as part of the settlement, utf must return the fees they collected from consumers. The company also must pay the district 150,000 in civil penalties, and it can no longer advertise that it employees attorneys. Utf is required to provide the district the names of its customers entitled to a refund. If you believe you are one of them, and you are looking for your money back, we hav the information you need right now on our nbc washington app. Just search notario fraud case and well supply you with a link to file that complaint. A chance to weigh in tonight on a massive highway project that could affect Property Owners in northern virginia. It would widen richmond highway from four lanes to six in a threemile stretch from jeff todd way. Plans call for separate sidewalks and bike paths on both sides of the roadway. And the median would be wide enough for future dedicated busonly lanes for rapid transit. There are homes and businesses along the route that could lose all or some of their property. That list will be available for the first time tonight. The meeting at mt. Vernon high School Starts at 6 30 and its expected to last until 8 30. We have learned than 10,000 people have visited the clock tower up on top of the trump hotel. They visited since the tower reopened back in february, despite the fact that its only open four days a week. The National Park service is in charge of the tours there. The president s Washington Hotel is on the site of the Old Post Office that sat there for many years. The tours will run every day beginning in june. An honor today for a woman who dedicated her lifes work to people in northeast d. C. Cheers as the district renamed a street in memory of janice wade mccree, she was an act vitt fiv the city who pushed for affordable housing. They named a Community Center in her honor in 2013. Today her daughter was on hand for the new dedication. My mother would be just as shocked as we were. Ever expect, but we are very grateful and very surprised and excited at the same time. Mccree was a longtime figure in the northeast d. C. Community. She lived in raised her family there for 55 years. She passed away back in 2012. Alumni who go back to Georgetown University will not recognize the names of two campus buildings there now. They have been renamed to honor slaves who were sold for profit by the school. Derrick ward shows us why this dedication today and these dedications that is, are not the end for descendants of the georgetown 272. Today the society of jesus, who helps to establish Georgetown University, and whose leaders enslaved and mercilessly sold your ancestors stands before you to say that greatly sinned. Reporter that apology was presented to the descendants of 272 of men, women, and children owned and sold by the jesuits at Georgetown University in 1838. The sale to slave holders in louisiana raised money to Settle University debts. Todays events are a beautiful gesture, of recognizing or acknowledging an ugly past. Reporter sandra green thomas says these stories were in her familys history and rek recollections from the eldest and represent a beginning of sorts. Weve been working with the university, having meetings, trying to collaborate. Hopefully establish a relationship in collaboration where we can actually get some things done for people of african descent and also to make people in general more aware of this history. Reporter Rochelle Sanders prater said shed like to see an endowment at the university. Elevating the quality of reporter prater was thankful to the researchers and students behind the effort. And theres an irony here too, as distasteful as the sale of human beings by jesuits may be, they were meticulous in their Record Keeping and enabled later generations to honor those same men, women, and children that they held as chattel. All the bills of sale are written down, and the names of the people who were sold are written down on those contracts. Reporter immensely important when trying to link the past and future like this. And finishing that is a continuing effort. Were still researching and still trying to learn and we still need to discover all of the descendants. Derrick ward, news4. A week of ups and downs in the weather. Dougs tracking some rain and whether it will give us any relief from the pollen. Also, our region hit hard by the opioid crisis. Well introduce you to a woman wh to help other women before it its too late. I have 58 jail arrests. I lost all republin with myca 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®. Were all sneezing, doug, but we couldnt agree more, it was very hard to come into work when the wea gorgeous. Surprised to see you here, as a matter of fact, when you get down to it. Vacations over, buddy. I was not excited. I was thinking its going to be great to get back to work, and then you go maybe not. I think i like vacation a little bit better. But hey, gotta pay for the vacations somehow. So back to work it is, guys. What a Beautiful Day across the region today. 72 degrees out there a little bit earlier. Right now, still upper 60s to around 70. If you want to go down there, great opportunity to see the planes landing or taking off as you make your way out. 70 degrees, winds out of the southeast, 14 miles an hour. Just a perfect monday its actually tuesday. 70 degrees out there. 70 in martinsburg. 69 in fredericksburg. No rain to see anytime soon, at least not tonight. Tomorrow we will run into a chance for shower activity. Most of the area will remain front, making its way down to the south. Thats the cold front that brought us cooler air, but still very nice. Upper 60s to low 70s. Now the front moving back to the north as a warm front associated with this area of low pressure, drawing up that moisture. So well see more clouds and moisture early tomorrow morning. By 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow, notice the clouds in across much of the area, still a pretty nice looking sunrise, but 8, 9 00, everybody will be in the clouds. By 10 00, hagerstown, winchester, culpeper area, rain. But it will try to move to the east, but it dry area in place, theyll have a tough time crossing the mountains. If you have the purse umbrella, maybe squeeze by with that, but most of us will not need the umbrella tomorrow. If youre west of the blue ridge, youre going to need it early tomorrow morning. Early showers to the west. Average High Temperature of 68. Well below that during the day. But you talk about the pollen, look at this. This is on one of our twitter pages. Car wash tomorrow, dont go, not bad, get it done. Yeah, i say, get it done tomorrow, even though well have cloud cover tomorrow. Still looking good for it. Get the pollen off the cars. You know its going to continue to pile up. Ill try to get the car wash myself tomorrow. 63