after midnight tonight. todays attorney argued against it in maryland. brad bell has been following the developing story. brad: president trump's revised order suspends the u.s. refugee order for four months and deny those with visas from six muslim nations for three months and slash the number of the refugees the u.s. will accept from 110,000 to 50,000. those suing to take the effect after midnight tonight say it will have dire consequences. >> many plaintiffs in the case may die if they have to wait 90 to 120days -- 120 days to come in. brad: the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit and her lawyers argued it's disguised ban on muslims. >> the executive order in purpose and

intended to tis discriminate against muslims. president trump is a candidate promised the muslim ban. he said he would use territory as a proxy. brad: lawyers who declined comment after the 90-minute hearing told the judge the executive order is about national security and keeping terrorists out of the u.s. and simply a temporary halt until procedures for screening refugees and immigrants can be improved. jonathan: that was brad bell reporting. federal judge in hawaii listened to arguments today challenging the president's order. that judge promised an order by 12:o 1 eastern daylight time when the order is set to take effect. michelle: busy day for the president beyond the travel ban. he started with a rally in michigan where he called for lowering fuel economy standards. he called it one of many "industry killing regulations." he toured a self-driving car facility. now he is in tennessee to

revised healthcare plan. that legislation is facing increasing scrutiny from within the republican party. the white house is also on the defensive over claims that president obama wiretapped trump tower. today the top republican and democrat intelligence committee members say they have seen no evidence of such surveillance. jonathan: so did president trump's campaign have contact with russia? is there a criminal investigation looking in the issue? the two big questions were at the heart of a meeting wean f.b.i. director james comey and top ranking members of the senate judiciary committee. that meeting ended an hour ago but senate refused to reveal details. comey is expected to testify publicly before the intelligence committee on monday. doug: hi there. it is cold and windy. although finally a peek of the blue sky. looking at national harbor. 27 degrees.

here live showing you the wind gusts around how it was still gusty and we had the advisory to expire at 6:00. i wonder if the weather service would extend it? yes, they did. until 8:00 in all the areas, d.c., metro. but the areas to the south and west expired. so still gusty winds out there. very gusty winds. look at the latest gusts. we just had one to 47 miles per hour at reagan national. partly cloudy. clearing tonight. take a look at area temperatures as we speak combine with the winds to make winds chills. 14 in hagerstown. 19 in washington. the values will go lower and lower. another day we will wake up to the wind chill in single digits. air temperature wise we stay in the 20's all night long. in 12 minutes we look to the weekend and the next ten days to see if there is a chance of a warm-up. at least a little warm-up. michelle: we need it. the winter whiplash is taking a critical toll on a d.c. treasure. we are talking about the cherry blossoms. the

you can see there, that is not a good sign. the national park service says the bitter cold has caused "widespread damage" to cherry blossoms on the tidal basin. q mccray is there with new information. what can you tell us? q: yeah, well, i just spoke with the public information officer with the national park service. they are trying to stay optimistic about all of this. but things aren't looking good. i was out here yesterday. about a lot of the blossoms that looked healthy don't anymore. just like these right here. things aren't looking good for the famed cherry blossoms. petals and the trees are staying brown and buds cover the snow. both sign of the damage done by extremely low temperatures. >> they are not only brown, they are sort of wilting. they have had cellular structure damage. ultimately they are just going to continue to die off and fall from the tree. q: the unusually warm february sped up the blooming

the national park service predicted a record early bloom. but now the early sprouting flowers are suffering frostbite due to the freeze. at 24 degrees, 90% of the blossoms can die. it was in the low 20's overnight. and temperatures are expected to be in the low 20's again for the next two nights. all of that being said, the national park service still expects the full bloom by stymied next week. that would mean 70% of the flowers would blossom by that time. that said, if the temperatures continue to drop like they have, their optimist might drop like the buds here on the snow. that is the latest from southwest. i'm q mccray, back to you in the studio. michelle: all right, q. so sad to see that. cherry blossoms aren't the only plants impacted by the extreme cold. arizona farms fear losses of blueberries and other fruit between 15 to 20%.

not helping matters is the drop with the temperatures in the 70's. remember those in february? to those in the teens. farmers tell us they are doing everything they can to protect their crop. jonathan: the cost to borrow money is going up. this is the third bump in 15 months but the rates increase this time by quarter percent. the fed signaled more rate hikes will be coming but gradually wall street saw solid gains on this news. michelle: convicted serial killer appealed his conviction today. he is serving life sen fence for murders of nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne lodato. today his attorneys argued the cases should have been separated at trial and that there was no conclusionive physical evidence presented. a ruling is expected this spring. jonathan: guilty plea in a disturbing case of cheverly. sannia spoon admitted to putting a plastic bag over her children's heads and duc

the toddlers. spoon had been released from psychiatric evaluation hours before she killed her 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. as part of the plea deal, she will serve between 35-45 years in prison. michelle: caught on video. rescue to go? the fast food -- worker who dove through the drive-through to be a hero. jonathan: a groom-to-be fight back a fire with just his body. this video is unbelievable. his explanation for

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michelle: incredible video from south korea. watch the top of your screen. you will see people jumping from the third floor of a burning building. now what part of this is how they are able to do it. we highlighted the firefighter there circled in white. he was using his body to shield them from the flames. he eventually, jumped, too, breaking a hip in the process, but not before saving five people. that heroic app will stop the rookie firefighter from walking down the aisle of his own wedding in three weeks but when asked about it he said he had to do his job. jonathan: more heroics. this is caught on video. u.s. border agents saving an injured hiker. you can see the agent jumping from the helicopter with the basket. the hiker is loaded in the

but they felt like the helicopter was needed because of the hiker's condition. michelle: d.c. firefighters had to hike from a frozen woodland to save a man and his dog today. take a look for yourself. the man was walking his dog and he got trapped at the bottom of an icy hill near rock creek in northwest d.c. firefighters set up ropes and essentially repealed down to the man. after an hour of work, they finally got the man and his dog to safety. both were treated for exposure to the elements. jonathan: there is video tonight reminding us that the winter whiplash wasn't a problem here. look at this. that is a pileup as it is happening. chain reaction. listen to the horns, too. everybody is banging on the horns to let folks know there is a problem. this is in canada. crash unfolded car after car, smashed into each other. by the time all was said and done 50 cars part of the mess. the injuries were just minor. but folks who were run body shops, they are thrilled. michelle: all

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snee must-see video. this is a fast food worker jumping through the window. you know why? trying to save somebody. turns out a mother just pulled up to the drive-through with her kids and passed out or had a medical emergency. he quickly figured it out. he dives out the window, races after the car. gets in the car. stops the car. gets her out to get her help. >> i never panicked. i never panicked at all. my brain was on hero mode. i thought if these kids lose their mother today, that is going to be tragic. jonathan: get that kid a cake. he did the right thing.

off-duty paramedics and a firefighter were in the area at the same time and saw it unfold. they raced to help and got a defibrillator to start the woman's heart. they are not releasing the woman's name but they say she is a police officer and she is alive. michelle: great to see that. well, more than 200 people face charges connected to rioting on inauguration day. now the judge overseeing the cases has ordered prosecutors to share evidence with attorneys representing the 214 defendants. according to the "washington post," the judge told prosecutors to explain how they are identifying each suspect and their individual crimes. jonathan: sexual assault now are up at two military academies. the data is included the new pentagon report. assaults up at the naval academy and also up at west point. the numbers however dropped at the air force academy. congressman dated reports after the sexual assault scandal rocked the air force

in the past, the pentagon attributed such increases to more people reporting sexual assaults. the marines corps how says it is issuing new social media guidelines in the wake of a nude photo sharing scandal. the new rules will put the punishment for harassment on social media in line with the other form of sexual harassment. an investigation involving all the branches of the military right now is under way after explicit photos of female marines and others were posted online. michelle: a bad situation got worse for this truck driver. the truck owner that you are looking at in los angeles. first, the truck driver got into a crash. then buried in a makeshift waterfall. as if all of that asn'ted be enough, downed power lines electrified the whole mess. no word on any injuries. jonathan: he wanted to make his truck a submarine. the ides of march taking on a new meaning at the police academy.

an eaglet. amy aubert is following the story. this is exciting. amy: egg watch 2017 taken the internet by storm. take a look at this video. one of the egg hatching around 12:30. look how cute that eaglet is. this is caught on a live stream video through the earth conservation corps where they have been tuning in to watch the parents liberty and justice care for the eggs. the nest is high up. reportedly 110 feet off the ground in an oak tree at the metropolitan police academy in southeast d.c. the police department tweeted this afternoon welcoming their newest recruit. they are trying to catch the second egg hatching live on the internet. jonathan: thanks. good thing he comes out with a little feathers already. it's cold. michelle: i know. you can see how windy it is still. the nest is shaking a bit. doug: winds will settle in a

but the wind advisory extended for a bit longer in a few areas. let's start off and show the pictures. i have been talking in the afternoon about my public act of contrition about phil. punxsutawney phil got it wrong and i -- punxsutawney phil got it right and i got it wrong. jan sent me this picture of the groundhog in their backyard. this is larry. it's all good. he watches me. that is a scary thought. here is what we have number wise. 32 degrees. what is interesting about the number, it ties the lowest high temperature ever recorded in washington on march 15. nowhere near the record high of 82 set five years ago today. we will pull out of the deep freeze, slow process. cold tonight and cold tomorrow morning. not as cold as we head to the weekend. here is the wind advisory, some areas taken out of it. you can see from rappahannock and

north and west to the east of town over the bay. wind advisory up until 8:00. we had gusts in the past hour. including the gust at 47 miles per hour at reagan national. 36-mile-per-hour at frederick. you can see the rest. the windy min niche but they are not going calm. we have the gusty conditions through the night. just not that high of a gust. wind chill in the teens across many areas. 14 in frederick. 19 in washington. 24 in annapolis. air temperatures are in the 20's. wind chills will be the same. it's the same for the south and the east. and the potomac, the winds might be gustier there so lower wind chill. but we will pull out of it here as we climb out of the low 20's in the morning. and climb to 40 degrees, plenty of sunshine. melting tomorrow. another refreeze tomorrow night. friday, finall

47. that is below average. we will take it. what is ahead we have a frenetic pattern here. none of them are super strong. we expect a chance of showers on friday. with 47 on st. patrick's day. friday night a few showers. saturday morning with the warm front. we will see 57 in the afternoon. turning colder on sunday. milder for the first day of spring on monday. the temperatures will be better than this by the end of next week but it's below average. jonathan: something to keep you warm. march madness is kicking off. michelle: work on the bracket yet? jonathan: got yours, too? michelle: not yet. but robert burton is in orlando where all the action is happening. jonathan: what's up? you got virginia, a big game. maryland, virginia, two of them. robert: you know this by the horrible brackets you have filled out that 16 has never beaten a one. but a 12 seat has bean

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fifth seed and 11 seed has beaten a six. that applies to maryland and u.v.a. maryland six seed taking on 11th seeded xavier. and u.v.a. a fifth seed taking on 12th seeded unc-wilmington. the key, though, is to get the upset mentality out of your mind and just play this game like it's your last. when it comes to march, the impossible isn't far fetched. neither is xavier upsetting maryland in the first round. what does coach turgeon say about a team like xavier to you? >> give them credit. they have a great team. great players. tough and physical. he says it will be a challenge, a fight all night. you have to be prepared for it. >> got to have the mind set take it one game at a time. have as much fun as possible when you do that, good things happen. robert: as for u.v.a., another possible upsetting match-up. 12th seeded unc-wilmington who almost beat duke in last year's first round.

preparation, i told them in watching some of, part of that game and remembering it and watching it, the guys that are returning, boy, some of the creative shots they made, they bounced up and made shots and they went at it and they weren't afraid of the moment at all. >> we don't like to listen to what anybody thinks but not hear anyone taking them. we'll be ourselves and leave it on the floor. it should be fine. robert: both games on thursday. u.v.a. at 12:40, maryland at 6:50. back to you. jonathan: thank you. michelle: we are comparing who will be in the final. jonathan: upsets in your bracket? doug: i don't have a bracket. we have cold air and gusty winds. jonathan: all have that. doug: steve rudin tonight will have an update about the icy start possible in the morning and the weekend, milder temperatures. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching.

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