Atlanta braves Hector Oliveira was arrested. Police were called about a dispute between a man and a woman. The victim had bruises and was taken to the hospital. Charges are now pending. Police say he and the victim do know each other. The braves, though, are in the middle of a fourgame series against the nationals. They play tonight at 7 00. The workers are on strike demanding better treatment on the job. Kristin wright is live in falls church. She was there when it began this morning. Kristin, whats happening now . Reporter its been about five hours now, and these workers promise theyre going to stay, really, for as long as it takes. The workers on strike, they work on land line services, internet and tv, and that is what could potentially be impacted. That, but they simply have just had it. When do we want it . Now verizon workers are on the picket lines. One of their main grievances, 12hour days six days a week. Steve fletcher is shop steward here, and hes had enough. Its not about the money. You want to see your family. Reporter like thousands of other very eye zizon workers, h striking to protect his benefits package. Really its about keeping verizon jobs here. Reporter customethey say it wont affect customers, but these workers are just another corporate line. I know verizon says they have people that can do this job. Well, they dont have people statement and they told us they have trained workers to step in now to make up for the strike. They also add they have been negotiating in good faith and made several generous offers. Well definitely keep you posted on what happens next. Back to you. All right, kristin. Metros general manager will be in the hot seat this afternoon on capitol hill. Paul weidefeld is testifying to the house panel about the system. They are expected to talk about metros systemic issues. Hell tell the panel the confidence is shaken when it comes to metros safety, and hes expected to explain why he order that had shutdown last month. He is expected to call for better funding for metro. Next month there will be a new executive to make sure metros rail and bus lines safe. There is a new Safety Officer who has 30 Years Experience in rail operation. He is expected to start may 9. More on the new hire and the hearing at 11 30 this morning. We will be joined live from capitol hill. Well, it is a gorgeous day out there. Weve got plenty of sunshine. Thank goodness, High Pressure in charge, and just looking good across the region. I got good news for you. It looks like it will be with us for quite some time, and you can see clear skies out there. Just a wonderful day. It was a little chilly when we started this morning because we started in the 30s. Were right around 51 right now. It might be a little cool to eat lunch outside, but temperatures will continue to come up as we go through the day. The good news is we still have that light wind. Yesterday we were on the breezy side, but today doing much better. Nothing to show you on the radar. We are going to be dry and we are going to be clear, and for the rest of the day, we are going to be sunny and beautiful. Another then were warming up. Were going to show you exactly what were going to have in terms of temperature. Do we have any 70s . Thats coming up in just a minute. Today a mother accused of stabbing her threemonthold daughter heads to court. Leah ha leah errington stabbed the baby because it wouldnt be quiet. She called the father and he immediately called 911. The ambush led to the death of officer jakai olson who was killed in deadly fire. Michael ford opened fire at the district 3 station in palmer park as part of a suicide mission. They say his 18yearold brother elijah recorded it and 21yearold brother them. The officer died after they shot him. A Police Officer is facing new charges. A grand jury added two capital murder counts against robert hamilton. Hes already facing charges for capital murder and firstdegree murder for allegedly killing his wife and officer Ashley Guindon during an argument in his home. Two capital murder charges were added for shooting two other Prince William officers who survived. Hamilton will be back in court later this month. No matter what the crime is, d. C. Now has a way to quickly get you help if you need it. The d. C. Victim hot line officially launched today, although its been active for a while now. To call the hotline, you dial 14444helpdc. The personal on the other end of the line can help you with all kinds of legal or emotional problems, however, if y need police or fire, you should call 911 first. Im Melissa Mollett at the live desk. It happened, an accident and its reopened at 10 00. The person who bought a winning 1 million Powerball Ticket back in march is claiming their prize today. The virginia lottery is holding the ceremony at the 7eleven where the Winning Ticket was sold in woodbridge. Today in just a couple hours, you can rock the red right here in d. C. The capitols are in the playoffs and muayor Muriel Bowser and th caps manager is holding a ceremony. The caps first playoff game is tomorrow night. We have some new information on the senate race in maryland and a new ad hitting the airwaves. Also 2016 decision news. The to decision its looking like a close race for marylands senate seat. Marist polls show Chris Van Holland with a sixpoint lead over Donna Edwards. New this midday, the Edwards Campaign has released a new ad detailing the congresswomans new efforts to fight gun violence. There are just too many guns on our streets in the wrong hands. And nothing will change until we break the gun lobbys strangle hold on washington. Nearly one in five likely democratic voters report being un undecided in our new poll. Some say they could change their minds before the primary. Now, how maryland feels about the president ial candidates. The polls show both frontrunners with doubledigit leads heading into the april 26 primary. Trump leads cruz 41 to 29 . Kasich at 24 . The margin of error there is five points. Hillary clinton has a margin of error of 3 and a half points over bernie sanders. Heres whats ahead for the campaigns today. Reporter Donald Trumps complaints about losing colorados delegates raising new ire from the republican party. The partys chief insists everyone knew the rules. Complaints now, he tweets . Give everyone else a break. But trump may be trying to ts they may be trying to derail his nomination. He is challenging delegates. Paul ryan made it clear his name wont be in the hat, but with the today show, he left the door open for a former candidate to win. Im not going to foreclose anybodys reporter ted cruz admits april could be rough for cruz. Several new york contests favor trump. But nevadas republican governor now says he may not support trump if nominated. Heres john kasich on trump politics. That could drive america down into a ditch and not make us great again. Reporter meantime, the democrats this is our moment. Reporter are preparing for tomorrow nights debate. That debate is happening tomorrow night in new york. Hillary clinton has a 13point lead over bernie sanders. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. In a few hours, Ohio Governor john kasich will become the first gop president ial hopeful to visit maryland. Hes holding a town hall today in savage, maryland just outside laurel. Former president bill clinton will campaign for his wife in Silver Spring around 4 00 this afternoon. Senator mark warner will meet with merrick gand than an hour. Judge garland has been meeting with lawmakers all week, hoping to push his nomination to a vote. President obama nominated him to replace Justice Scalia earlier this year. Some republicans are against a vote on garlands nomination, saying the next president should fill the seat in the supreme court. A jobs fair in the district. Active duty, military guard and military spouses are invited to attend. Heres more on the days events. Reporter good morning, everybody. Were here at the verizon cente just a few moments ago, the workshop portion of the day started. Youve got a number of people actually upstairs right now. Theyre learning tips on how to get their resumes going, linkedin, facebook, the difference between the two and how to use those in order to land a job. There about 250 servicemen for this event, and theyll be able to visit this concourse and about 100 different employers that are here and eager to talk to them about how to get that next job. Joining us today is president of hiring our heroes. First name eric, last name, forgive me . Eversol. Thank you for joining me today. Tell me about hiring for heroes. This stems from the United Chamber of commerce to help connect a vast framework around the country. We started five years ago when the Unemployment Rate was really high, and for five years now weve done 180 hiring events throughout the country and in overseas locations, too. Reporter you all have a really good success rate with the number of people that come here and get connected with employers. Tell me about that success rate. 15 that come through the door today will end up with a job offer at this event. Its about helping veterans, active Duty Service Members find that great civilian job opportunity and connect them with jobs around the country. Reporter there are real hurdles and obstacles that everybody faces when they look for a job, but particularly servicemen and women. Tell me about those challenges. Young military, especially, dont know what they dont know. Theyve had one job, its been in the military, and how do you transfer those great jobs they learned in the military to the civilian sector . This event is really about allowing them to come out and connect directly with employers to understand their value proposition. Weve seen Great Success because we have great employers throughout the country that want to hire veteran and military spouses. Reporter thank you so much for your time, and let me give you a run of the rest of the show today. After this, we have a full kind of kickoff to todays events, and of course our very own Aaron Gilchrist will be emceeing that event. After that, everyone will to 3 30 in the afternoon, they have an opportunity to meet with employers to land that next gig. If you havent already registered, you still have time to come down here and get your resume ready to go and see where that next job leads you. We look forward to seeing you down here. I am Erika Gonzalez live. Back to you. After the break, if you are a tepco customer, you could soon be getting a refund. And a scary video. A roof collapsed at a school and its all caught on the nra and its Campaign Cash are what stands between us and gun reform. Every time i think about those kids. It gets me mad Chris Van Hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole but democrat Donna Edwards said no to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. And she would ban assault weapons. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. Working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. For a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Big honor today at the white house where president obama is hosting the annual science fair. Young adults from all over the country are there showing off their science projects. And that includes a few from our area. Neil davey will be there to show a device he invented to detect cancer. And this one dreamed up an idea to store vaccines safely and keep them from spoiling. If you are a tepco customer, you might get a 50 refund on your bill. Customers will get the credit this week. A second 50 installment will go out to customers next year. The credits only apply to residential customers, not to native owen danoff who is from d. C. Serenaded us last night in his bid to get to the next round of the voice. He sang hero, my family of the year. It was a hit with judges, but now its up to you to vote on danoff. Joe may of baltimore is also in the running. You can watch the live results tonight at nbc4 starting at 8 00. Were always rooting for the hometown person, arent we . Yes, and the show is really good. Its hard to decide who you want. Of course, we have to go for the hometown guy. A new kind of fitness competition will hit the airwaves right after the voice tonight. Strong, its called. It works on peoples physical and Mental Fitness. Can you take it . Reporter for years trainers have prodded customers on the biggest loser. But the new series strong, expands the trainers work. Hes right there training with her. Hes right there competing with her. Hes right there winning and losing with her. I chose the goodlooking athlete. Sue me. Reporter they train together and compete together as a team. I raise babies, thats what i do. Reporter taking on a series of challenges. Crazy things ive never seen or even done before. Reporter Sylvester Stallone an exec tif putive producer for strong. He said physical fitness is very important, but Mental Fitness is just as important. You come to a point where you say youre done. I want to start a new life. Reporter the potential grand prize is up to half a Million Dollars. Can be inspired, i can be entertained, but also i could be reminded, yeah, i could do that. Reporter even if theres not a lot of money at stake. Nbc news. We have some amazing video out of mississippi. Security camera video showing a roof collapse at a prep school in jackson. School officials were mopping up water from leaks in the roof when take a look at this the ceiling just comes crashing down. You can see water came flowing in like a river. This happened monday morning during a heavy rainstorm. The schools basketball court, the art gallery and the theater all suffered major damage. Im glad the rain seems to be behind us for a while. I agree, and they had grapefruitsized hail. Grapefruit. And it was just pummelling their cars, as you can imagine. It must have pummelled that roof. Because it collected so much water because theyve gotten so much rain down there. Theyre still seeing rain down there. High pressure is ac keeping them on the wet side. But we are going to continue to see sunshine. No rain in the forecast just yet. As far as our weather headlines go, weve got sunshine, which i think is all right with everybody, because out of the nine of the last 12 days, weve had some rain. So yes, its due time we get some sunshine here. Chilly for thursday morning. Yeah, it was chilly this morning and were going to be chilly again tomorrow morning. But we are headed back to the 70s. Not today, though. I think well end up right around 60 degrees. That will be our daytime high, but its going to be gorgeous out there as we continue through the day. Its already beautiful, and you might need a light jacket. Temperatures right now still in the 40s in the Shenandoah Valley. They started in the low 30s today where they had some frost advisories. But other than that, were just looking good throughout the remainder of the day. If youre headed out to nats park tonight, not looking too bad. I think this is game 3 out of 4. They play tomorrow at 4 35 or 4 30, but tonight it it will be a little on the chilly side even though its clear. The sun goes down at 6 58, so once that sun goes down, well end up in the 30s to low 40s tonight, so there could be some frost around. When you wake up tomorrow morning, you might want to grab the winter jacket again because temperatures will be on the cool side, but dont worry, were warming up. Today right around 60. By the time we get to monday, were right around 80 degrees. If youre headed to the Cherry Blossom parade on saturday, another chilly start. Not quite as chilly today and tomorrow, but theyre going to warm up to about the mid60s on saturday. Its going to be dry, just looking wonderful. What you can expect for the rest of the weekend, coming up. Im Melissa Mollette at the live desk. Heart of india and bangladesh. No immediate reports of any damage or injuries. It was centered about 250 miles north of the capitol there, so a lot of that area is very sparsely populated. Low rise structures because they are so prone to earthquakes. Again, no reports of any damage or injuries. Well keep you updated as things change. Pat . Thanks, melissa. There is new information this morning about the shooting death of a former nfl player. Plus, who made out with a set of andy warhol prints for big to the women who know what real values are, you inspire us to bring you real value every day. Verizon workers are in strike right now in maryland, virginia and some other states. Technicians walked off the job today trying to keep jobs from getting outsourced and for more time with their families. Verizon says it has trained nonunion employees to work right now. Prosecutors are presenting evidence in court for three mena ku men accused in an ambush in prince georges county. Officer jakai colson died after a case Police ArrestedHector Olivera this morning after talk to go a woman who was a victim of sexual assault. Olivera plays outfield for the braves. As of now he hasnt bent charged with anythi hasnt been charged with anything. Paul weidefeld is testifying on the panel. Reporter adam tuss is covering the hearing and has a breakdown of what we can expect. Do you think metros need for money will come up at this hearing . Reporter i would say thats a pretty safe bet, barbara. In fact, metros current board chair has been saying that a couple weeks now, really hitting on the fa