>> abc 7 news at noon on your side. autria: president obama meeting with cuban leader raul castro in havana. obama is the first president to visit the nation in nearly 90 years. marci gonzalez looks at what is next on the president cost agenda. m

day in havana. president obama meeting with raul castro today, a first step in trying to work past the decades old bitter divide between the u.s. and the communist nation. president obama sharing his optimism in this abc news exclusive interview. >> the time is right to read changes going to happen and i think raul castro understands that. marci: the first family welcomed by cheering crowds opal that this marks a turning point. the 11 million residents make an average of just what he dollars a month. while the trade embargo still exists american businesses are starting to take advantage of newly relaxed restrictions. ringing more tourism dollars to cuba. >> cuba has significant potential for travelers around the world. marci: opponents criticize the president's actions. pointing to the ongoing political dissidents and human rights issues

president obama vowing to take a strong stance. >> although we still have significant differences around human rights and individual liberties inside of cuba, we felt that coming now would maximize our ability to prompt more change. marci: he will meet with some of those dissidents and give a nationally televised speech but first this historic meeting between two presidents, many thought they would never see standing side-by-side. back here at home happening right now the campaign trail comes to d.c. four of the five remaining president of candidates are in town to speak at the american israel public affairs committee conference. sam sweeney is live at the convention center with more. good afternoon. it is being called one of the largest aipc conferences ever. the

group in the district, the united states. this is considered their super bowl. police surrounding the convention center also down at the verizon center where by the end of the night four of the five residents of candidates will have spoken. hillary clinton. committediterated her to israel. she pledged unwavering support shea short aipac attendees understands america's obligation as a top ally and trade partner. >> let us never be neutral or silent in the face of bigotry. together, let's defend the shared values that already make america and israel great. evening, we expect ted cruz, john kasich and donald trump to address the crowd as we.

.rumped's toughest crowd yet they want to hear a concrete plan and ideas if trump is elected. some rabbis and other attendees have vowed to walk out when trump begins to speak. he is expected to take the podium later this evening. sam sweeney, abc 7 news. autria: the only candidate not speaking at aipac is bernie sanders who is campaigning and washington state today. sanders, the first jewish politician to ever win a present a primary says he cannot attend because of his campaign schedule. a huge crowd turned out to support sanders at a high school in vancouver. reportedly so many supporters that many were unable to get into the building. covering metro, the transit agency is set to begin installing new safer and hopefully more reliable escalators today at georgia avenue petworth and glenmark.

each entrance where the escalator or placement work is taking place. at the new escalators are part of a $1 million project to replace more than 130 escalators by the year 2020. a miss at howard university hospital this morning. a pipe burst prompting several patients in critical care area to be moved to another part of the facility. jeannette: this afternoon a water main break inside of howard university hospital causing some significant problems. it only seems to beginning worse throughout the day. he high me this is where it happened. economic see much on the outside. the water main break was in the basement of the hospital causing significant flooding. a six inch main and it happened around 3:30 this morning possibly going unnoticed for some time. the surgical intensive care section of the hospital treat eight patients were moved to the upper floors. that will be the case while the messes cleaned up. the problem

water service throughout the entire hospital. take a listen to what one surgeon, how he described the significance of this problem. >> it is a big deal. much like if you were in your home and lost all of your power and you could not get to the store and did not have much food in the refrigerator. same kind of thing. a deal. never seen that happen before. over 20 years. jeannette: we know all points have been rescheduled at this point. er patients are being diverted to other hospitals. no walk-ins are being taken at this time. that could be the case tomorrow as well. as far as the repairs, d.c. theirwill not be doing -- own maintenance crews will begin to work on his water main break. howard university hospital, jeannette reyes. abc 7 news. autria: a cold start to the day but the good news is the sun is out and getting warmer. doug hill is her

but improvements underway even though it is still on the chilly side each day for the next several days. the temperature gets warmer and warmer. before you know it will feel like spring. 44 degrees in annapolis. the sky just above st. mary's in annapolis. temperatures at the noon hour, 46 in manassas and leesburg. or he thought at andrews. baltimore at 46. ?c46 at reagan national airport. gusty wind out of the west northwest ringing cooler dry air. windspeed 24 miles per hour at manassas and 23 at reagan national. driving wind chills into the mid-30's. but the afternoon we will warm up around 50 degrees come upper 40's, low 50's. a bit milder than the weekend at the northwesterly wind will continue. as we get the the next couple of days we will see improvements. cloudiness will pass by at times . high pressure will build in the next couple of days. we are not in th

wind but they will develop and that will be the mechanism to get warmer and warmer. before you know it will feel like spring again. we will look ahead to the weekend, coming up. autria: about time since it is officially finally spring. if there are problems on the roadways, you cannot blame the weather. jamie: luckily, traffic looks really good three not seeing big issues. if you have to head out, no problems along the capital beltway. we are quiet in maryland on the baltimore washington parkway. route 50 looks good. same thing on 95 in maryland and 395 as well as 95 in virginia. no problems to report. we are in the 50's through arlington continuing outbound through falls church through centreville. let's take a live look outside and show you what we are seeing downtown. fifteenth street looks great. you can see the washington monument in the background but no delays to worry about right now.

a lot of green and yellow. a bit of volume in d.c. for the afternoon. there is a closure with emergency gas line work being done. frank lynch street eastbound short stretch between -- all lanes blocked or it westbound lanes are open now. we lived through winter's last stand and despite the low temps this morning we are now looking ahead to the first signs of spring. is two days away and john gonzalez has more on whether the trees survive cold snap. john: it might be very chilly along the tidal basin and we saw snowflakes this past weekend but we are trying to think spring. spring is in the air. we had a picnic out here even though we have now run out of food this afternoon. we are not the only ones out here having a picnic. the cherry blossoms are starting to peak and everyone is excited

the festival got underway this past weekend and after going back and forth the national park service saying these trees are on time. they believe peak bloom will begin this wednesday and that means when 70% of these cherry trees are open, the pink buds are definitely starting to peak. the blooming period can last as long as 14 days. the cold weather could play a factor. could slow up the process of it. we found folks out here from lancaster pa who came out to take pictures. one couple locally, they were taking engagement pictures even though it is still a few days early. >> we were pushing our photo shoot akin fourth because of the weather. they bloomed much earlier than expected. a beautiful day, a bit chilly out. john: peak bloom has been right around april 10. you have to go back to 2012 for an early peak bloom. back then it was on march 20.

starting to see a lot of pink around the tidal basin. back to you inside. autria: thanks john. iphone youext, and can fit into your skinny jeans. apple's big announcement and what to expect from the new phone. packed.ad, adele

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have been glued to the live web camera. two different the use of the nest. soposted a link on wjla.com you too can watch throughout the day and watch mother even though -- mother eagle feeding her eaglets. lenders are bracing for some spring snow. the same system that brought us the rainy and snowy next on sunday could dump up to eight inches of heavy wet snow on massachusetts and rhode island today. some of the worst of it is falling just in time for the morning commute. fortunately nothing like that here. doug hill only tracking sunshine. doug: tracking sunshine. this slow warm-up around the area that is going to be painful to some because it will take a little bit of time with gusty wind out of the northwest. it is beautiful. wind direction not helping us because it is northwesterly but over the next couple of days it gets more southwesterly, we wil

in a few days. we are still holding onto low to mid 40's. 46 in baltimore. they wateris that temperature. the bay water plays more of a role on the eastern show. the water right now, pre-much the same temperature. a matter of time before we see the wind switch around. for this moment we have wind gusts reported at 32 miles per hour. 30 at reagan national. you combine all of that, it is a chilly day even with the sunshine. the wind direction change will make all the difference. highs probably arriving the 50 degree-mark. a couple spots a degree or two lower but everyone will share in the sunshine. a few passing clouds come a no rain today and temperatures running a little bit below average. satellite and radar shows what appears to be snow showers

pennsylvania. the area will swing to the north but we could pick up cloudiness. the gusty wind will persist. as we get through the next couple of days, watch how things change. futurecast for this afternoon, still with gusty wind out of the northwest. watch for the wind starting to change. as we eventually get them to day tomorrow that's when the real change begins. high pressure shifts off to the east and we pick up more of a southwesterly wind and day by day the southwesterly wind will increase and bring warmer air into the region. it's not going to keep going that way it day after day. another cold front thursday night or friday that will drive temperatures back. giving you something to look forward to. six degrees in the sunshine tomorrow. 71 on wednesday. 75 degrees on thursday with sunshine. may coincide with peak bloom of the cherry blossoms. the front will come in. temperatures will drop off the other way so we are

the frontal passage on friday early in the morning, maybe a few scattered showers around the area and highs 63 degrees on saturday. it will turn cooler but no rain. our outlook, not bad for easter sunday. at least it will be coming next weekend instead of this past weekend that was a lousy. easter sunday will be sunny at about 61 degrees. autria: lunch outside, wednesday thursday, on you. doug: my pleasure. autria: thanks. apple's news conference is expected to go small. the company plans to introduce a smaller version of the iphone and a smaller version of the ipad pro. the event will take place at apple's cupertino campus. one: p.m.starts at eastern time. apple is saying hello to a look of the tension reportedly becoming the latest profile the that high-profile victim of hacking.

scan of her son adele the singer. reporter: this morning, global pop sensation adele, the newest victim of an alleged photo hacking scandal. her private photos reportedly stolen and posted to a fan page on facebook. according to the sun, the league includes personal photos taken during her pregnancy. and all for soundscan and newborn photos of her now three-year-old son. the british paper also reporting one of adele's spans can across the photos and decided to alert the singer's management team saying, i was appalled and upset when i saw the pictures. they are really private and should not be passed around. the report also claims that adele's photos were obtained from the e-mail of her boyfriend. adele is not the first celebrity targeted by hackers. a vacation

kendall jenner were allegedly stolen from styles' mother and i cloud account. leaked, a major hack racy photos to the public targeting more than 100 celebrities including stars like jennifer lawrence and kate upton . the fbi is still investigating this case. one of the people responsible, ryan collins, pleading guilty to a felony violation of the computer fraud and abuse act facing anywhere from 18 months to five years behind bars. and while adele is known for letting her voice take center stage, she has kept her personal life far from the spotlight. she even battled paparazzi back in 2014 over photos taken of her and her son. >> adele is a very private person. she works hard to keep her private life private so this was a major violation for her. i would be interested to see how she handles this situation legally. reporter:

unclear if the star is taking legal action. representatives declined to comment on the matter. reporting.se palmer, coming up, get ready to see celebrities put on their dancing shoes and hit the ballroom floor . we will hear from some of the cast for

autria: dancing with the stars is back tonight. season 22 right here on abc seven. >> shall we dance? if you don't know who to cheer for a let us help you out. dancing is back.

include a couple of nfl players, in colonial brown -- antonio brown and von miller. mild of i don't see any disadvantages here. i have to work my teaching methods in a completely different way this season. which is good for both of us. it is making me work harder. yes he cannot hear the music but on the other hand we have an amazing connection with each other. kidd: stephanie tanner, i mean jodie sweeten, is all grown up and ready to put on the moves. >> i have loved dance since i was young. reporter: how many awkward moments we have from giraldo rivera? >> my first reaction was to gasp and say this is going to be great. next to a beautiful or just one of. great for my marriage. who could forget

. i asked her what it was like which got the call to be on the show. >> my immediate reaction was absolutely. i had to weigh would it be worth it with the place in life i am right now and i think this is a great place. i look at even what my mom did as a mother and i think about how much she worked and was going to school and really put so much out there and did not have the support that i have. i know the other women and parents do it. i know i can do this. that is what came over me and i hope by the end of it i find a new evolution of myself and also i hope adrienne is super proud of me. kidd: so sweet. adrian is her baby boy. i asked her what she will be dancing tonight and she said they will be doing the job. ive. autria: all i know is the hand jive from greece. kidd: a little doo-wop. autria: season 23

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