this is the type of storm you saw in chicago, you saw the tornadoes down to the south. this type of storm is what we see in late march or in the month of april. but very rarely do we see it in the month of february. that's what's happening now. temperatures today reached the 70-degree mark down to the south in fredericksburg. they've stayed in the 50s all day in washington. the rain came through and some heavy thunderstorms. even some hail reported down into southern maryland around waldorf and pax river. you can see the rain continues to pull away right now. it is not the rain that's not the story. that is going to be the winds. winds right now gusting to 21 miles per hour at the airport but that is nothing compared to what we will see with current temperatures right now at 55. the rest of the area seeing temperatures in the 61-degree area down toward fredericksburg. 50 in annapolis and 48 in gaithersburg. temperatures will cool down tonight but once again the winds are going to be the thing that you'll notice the big time. we're talking about winds in excess of 40. maybe 50 and maybe upwards of 60 miles an hour to the west and along the higher peaks. we'll talk more about the winds,

what to expect and what to expect for this weekend. all these changes happening just as the weekend gets started. >> thanks, doug. it was an apology today from a top official at the pentagon for the burning of the koran. the muslim holy book at a military base in afghanistan. that apology was offered to washington area muslims at one of the largest mosques in the country. that's in sterling, virginia. protests continue overseas, though. jane watrel here with more on all this. >> well, jim, military officials hope that the local muslim american community can help defuse the koran burning controversy by calling for tolerance. hundreds of washington area muslims gathered for a friday prayer service at the all dulles area muslim society. >> the koran for every muslim is a word of god. >> it is the koran that brought pentagon officials to the largest mosque in northern virginia and acting secretary of defense apologized to worshipers for the burning of korans at a

military base in afghanistan. 20 people have died in the protests including two u.s. soldiers. >> we at the department of defense regret and apologize for this incident. we are fully investigating it. we are learning from it. we are committed to ensuring that such an incident will never happen again. >> the apology comes after a thursday meeting at the pentagon between area muslim leaders and pentagon officials. the military is investigating the incident and all troops are being retrained on the handling of religious materials. the mosque's imam called the visit a mile stone and says the government needs to understand that the muslim american community is a bridge to the muslim world. >> the visit today was a milestone in american muslim relationships with the government and the muslim relationship with the american government. >> reporter: many were impressed by the administration gesture which included a muslim american

chaplain. >> we can get caught up in the winds of emotion very easily and there are those in the world who would love to see us become victims. >> reporter: an unusual service with a message that appears to be taken to heart. >> we have had the highest levels of our government speaking about this, giving explanations and apologizing. that means a lot. >> the bottom line is a mistake was made and everybody has spoken about it so we're glad for that and hopefully things will improve. >> today's apology comes on the heels of an apology by president obama and general john allen also said he was sorry in afghanistan earlier this week but again the protests are continuing. >> thank you, jane. virginia governor bob mcdonald is explaining why he backed away from a bill that would have required women to have an invasive ultra sound exam prior to having an abortion. mcdonald told a panel in

washington that he feared the bill under consideration wouldn't have stood up in court. the governor says he is still in favor of ultra sounds for women considering abortion but that he worked with lawmakers to refashion the bill to require less invasive tests. >> what i recommended to the general assembly and they adopted is let's make the requirement for the abdominal ultra sound. we found out from the medical community that in most cases if the abdominal ultra sound isn't sufficient that on their own they already do other kinds of ultra sounds but i didn't think it was proper to mandate invasive ultra sound. >> the original bill drew opposition from democrats and from women's groups. >> the republican presidential race now, there are four days to go before the primaries in michigan and in arizona. the stakes are high for mitt romney especially in michigan. in the contest in 2008 there michigan was a solid win for romney but for his campaign in 2012 that race is too close for comfort. steve handelsman has our report. desperate to win in his home

state, mitt romney came to detroit promising to cut income taxes. >> 20% down across the board. >> romney reminded michigan he opposed the auto bailout. >> we should get the government out of general motors so that the future of that company is determined by the demands of the marketplace not by the preferences of bureaucrats in washington. >> reporter: ford stadium looked almost empty, a setup candidates usually avoid, and claiming hometown loyalty romney again just sounded rich. >> i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck and ann drives a couple cadillacs actually. >> reporter: mrs. romney's '07 and 2010 cadillac srxs together would cost about $57,000 at car max. >> we are detroit! >> reporter: auto workers protested romney saying let detroit go bankrupt. anger that rick santorum chose

to rip up with republicans in his new ad. >> not romney. he supported the wall street bailouts while turning his back on michigan workers. but rick santorum's made in the usa plan changes everything. >> santorum surged and changed romney's plan and forced him to attack and changed romney's image. no longer the inevitable nominee though he fought back to even in the latest polls. >> michigan is a tossup tuesday night but if mitt romney loses michigan i think it will have major repercussions across the nation in this race. >> no one knows it more than the native son. >> and even if romney wins michigan analysts say the struggle might make him look weaker. i'm steve handelsman news 4. >> coming up, david gregory tells us his thoughts. trouble this afternoon at the school where the president's children attend. the secret service says a homelessan tried to carjack

one of their vehicles parked at the school on wisconsin avenue. the guy's name is john gibson. authorities say it was an isolated incident. has nothing to do with the school. gibson has been charged with carjacking. turns out candy caused a hazmat scare on the hill today. capitol police identified a powdery substance found inside the capitol rotunda as a candy necklace. hazmat crews shut down the rotunda about 11:00 a.m. for about an hour before giving the all clear. congressional offices here and around the country have been shut down after some offices received letters with harmless powder in them. the woman called the blonde bandit was in court today and pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from her alleged crime spree last november. the police say that stephanie schwab who lived in manassas spent nearly two weeks robbing banks, stealing cars, and threatening people at knife

point. the crimes are believed to have spanned across northern virginia and into maryland. she is 26 years old and was arrested in montgomery county and maintains she is innocent. the trial is set to begin in may. a man was gunned down in the district while handlying out flyers for papa john's pizza. that shooting happened last night at 10th and gallatin streets in northwest d.c. the killers are still out there but the victim's family is speaking out. pat collins has their story. >> reporter: 10th and gallatin -- residential, normally quiet. not last night. not on that corner. the murder victim, 19-year-old francisco rivas. shot last night at 10th and gallatin streets northeast. shot as he was handing out advertising flyers for papa john's pizza. >> he was a free spirit. he was happy. caused no harm to nobody.

for him to die this way? >> nobody deserves to die this way. >> reporter: they say this happened in a bizarre sort of way. the victim and two suspects marching down the street single file. the victim francisco rivas, his hands behind his head like this. that's the way r.o. white saw it. >> the guy in front reminded me of a soldier who had been captured, had his hands folded behind his head with his elbows extended, and that would let you know he had been captured. >> the two other guys were walking behind single file. and a short time after that, you heard a gunshot. >> yes. >> reporter: francisco rivas found lying in a grassy strip nearby the sidewalk. they say he'd been shot in the head. >> it's just tragic what happened. >> when you heard this news --

>> i fell to my feet. couldn't believe it. >> reporter: at the rivas home today friends and family gathered to mourn his loss. he was the youngest of three, the father of a 2-year-old. they say he just got started working in the pizza business so he could support his baby boy. >> unfortunately, he wasn't only a son or a brother. he was also a father. his son just turned 2. he was getting his life together for him. >> reporter: in northeast, i'm pat collins news 4. coming up next on news 4 at 6:00 police in riot gear were called in to control the unruly crowds all fighting to get their hands on the new must have sneaker. >> we'll tell you how soaring gas prices are adding fuel to the political debate. >> 76-year-old marion barry has been sending out a lot of tweets

lately but he is -- is he really the one writing them? >> we'll tell you why federal investigators are looking into the child sexual abuse scandal at penn state. the capitals get their scoring machine back hoping for a full tank of gas. nationals manager davie johnson tells us what he expects from bryce harper this year and the nats rolling out the camouflage carpet for the wounded warrior so

why? >> in the debate this week? >> i think the edge goes to

romney. he kept santorum on the defensive. he appeared like he was an incumbent senator having to defend his voting record, defend where he violated his principles. that's not what you want to be here. i think they -- i say they've been working that jab romney has on santorum. he did it in the debate, has been doing it with advertising in michigan and that is putting -- raising santorum's negatives here as we get closer to tuesday. >> romney still has way more money right? >> oh, yeah. the money -- it's an enthusiasm contest. you know what i mean? not about the money. romney still is not connecting. you know, he heard today he is talking about how many cadillacs his wife has. these things when he ad libs it just doesn't connect. santorum does better on that score. >> why is he having such a hard time in michigan? he grew up there. he won in michigan four years ago. what -- >> it's more socially conservative in the republican primary than people realize. i think romney has hurt himself some among auto workers opposing

the president's bailout which started under president bush. so i think there are a couple reasons why. i think throughout this process you now have in santorum a real conservative alternative to mitt romney who is having a hard time closing the sale. he is just not beloved within the party. >> they were also talking obviously about gasoline prices as everybody else is. didn't i read somewhere something to the effect that if gas prices spike during an election the incumbent always loses? do you think that's a problem? >> you know what's interesting, and i was looking at the data this week, jim, that people's confidence about the economy is directly tied to how they feel about the president and how they feel about the president can be directly tied to whether the incumbent wins so he is riding this wave and there's jobless numbers and if you start paying more for gas to the point where, you know, just down the street here a lot of us go, i'm sure you're thinking man, $75, close to a hundred dollars. and it hurts everybody. and it affects confidence. and right now that's the number one thing that the president

needs is that confidence. even though things may not be great that people feel like it's going to get better. if he loses that he becomes a lot more vulnerable. >> who is on meet the press? >> rick santorum. a couple days before the vote. we've also got jan brewer from arizona. she may endorse before arizona's primary and jerry brown. california governor as well. >> all right. thanks. david gregory. doug is here now with more about this wild weather we've got. >> it's going to affect guys like david a little more than it will the rest of us. i will say that for sure. >> i'll bet. >> winds are going to be gusty upwards of maybe 40, 50, even 60 miles an hour as we make our way through the rest of evening. a lot of people talked to me on facebook and twitter saying hey where were the 70s that you guys were talking about? they were just down to the south. jim, you mentioned it too. fredericksburg did hit 72 degrees. a couple other locations. here in the district only 57 degrees and up there toward the north and east up toward howard county and northern frederick

county we only saw temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s so a lot different out there across the area today. 55 degrees the temperature right now with winds out of the north-northeast at 5 miles an hour. not bad, right? winds so far not much of a factor. at least not right around the metro area. here's the high temperatures today. 54 in baltimore. 54 in annapolis. 72 in came bridge. 68 in patuxent river. 72 in fredericksburg. they were right there. richmond hit a high of 81 today the warmer air not able to make its way up toward our area like we were hoping it would. 50 degrees the current temperature. right now 52 in winchester. fredericksburg still a very mild 64 degrees. so the warm weather, the cold weather is not quite here yet. it is 45 in frederick but the cold air is coming along with those winds and take a look at the rain making its way out of here right now. eastern shore still seeing some rain. cambridge coming in with a lot of trees down. a lot of power outages and power lines down. a little bit earlier as that

area of storminess raced across. we saw some severe weather around waldorf down through portions of st. mary's county. power lines down there as well. we did see some reports of hail. the wider view? showing the system right here. look at this line of storms racing across the east. behind it, this is the area that we're going to be watching. potential for snow. if you're thinking about skiing sunday a very good day for skiing. back toward western maryland and into portions of west virginia. here is what is going to be affecting us tonight, those winds. a wind advisory in effect for the entire area as winds could gust upwards of 50. maybe upwards of 60 miles an hour along some of the higher peaks out here, higher elevations. you know who you are. the areas that mostly get the snow this time you'll get the winds. current wind gusts 21 in washington. not bad. this is where they're coming from. 44 in winchester. 41 in petersburg. cumberland right now at 33. last hour cumberland, maryland had wind gusts of 51 miles an hour. that's the kind of wind we're talking about as we make our way through the night tonight. the frontal boundary moves on

through. we get cool. we get windy during the day tomorrow. here's the snow back here toward the mountains. tomorrow afternoon, it'll feel like temperatures in the 30s but then sunday we break out of this. so far this winter we have not had a whole lot of cold or windy days in a row. this one is going to be another very brief shot of cold air and by sunday we get nice again with plenty of sunshine. this evening showers. a few more thunderstorms. they arl moving off to the east. increasing winds. temperatures 48 to the north. 60 to the south. a big difference there. tomorrow morning temperatures 34 to 39 degrees. so it will be a lot colder and the wind chills will be in the 20s when you get up in the morning. the winds will still be howling tomorrow upwards of 40 miles an hour. clouds and sun, cool and windy. not the best saturday out there but at least not talking about any rain or snow. sunday back to the nice weather. look at monday and tuesday. simply gorgeous. 60 on monday. 56 on tuesday. right now we have a temperature of 62 on wednesday. wednesday could be one of those days that were nice and warm, too, and a chance of thunderstorms once again.

>> but tomorrow morning we're going to be in for a shock. >> if you have some things out there with the kids tomorrow, you know, practices or something, bundle them up. >> be prepared. >> for sure. >> thank you, doug. a woman in fredericksburg was busted for having marijuana and cocaine in her apartment with a three-week-old baby inside. police responded to the apartment on lee avenue last night after getting called about a fight. 21-year-old christina lewis graves was arrested after police found eight pounds of marijuana, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia. she is being held without bond. the infant is being cared for by a family member. a story now that captured national headlines. it's about millionaire developer bob ward who was convicted for the murder of his wife in a mansion in florida. the case garnered attention after jail house video showed ward and his daughter dancing and joking just a few days after his arrest in 2009. some people thought they seemed just a bit too light hearted considering the circumstances.

ward's family though says they were just following instructions from his lawyer who told him not to talk about the crime. now those lawyers are speaking out trying to clear his name. >> he's not well. you he is 54 years old and sick and he's in jail when he shouldn't be. he's an innocent man having a really hard time processing all of this losing his wife and now his family because he hasn't been able to see us. bob ward claims his wife was depressed as she took her own life. jurors didn't buy that. the family believes he did not get a fair trial because of publicity over the casey anthony case which happened just before his trial. you can see more of this bizarre murder case on "dateline" tonight at 10:00. still ahead on news 4 at 6:00, huge crowds gathered for the latest nike shoe to hit the market. some people waited in line for hours but everyone left empty handed. a road rage arrest with a twist. we'll report why a stabbing victim is now facing charges of his own. the battle over same sex

marriage isn't over yet in

a top pentagon official went to a mosque in sterling, virginia today and apologized to washington area muslims for the burning of the koran at a military base in afghanistan. he said the military is investigating and all troops are being retrained in the handling of religious materials. the mosque's imam called on muslims to respond peacefully and with tolerance. four days to go until the republican presidential primaries in arizona and in michigan. mitt romney is leading in arizona and the latest polls suggest he picked up some support in michigan with a strong debate performance on wednesday. rick santorum could pull off still an upset in michigan. some analysts say even a close

finish will hurt romney's campaign. >> d.c. police are looking for two suspects in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in northeast last night. it happened near fort totten. the victim francisco rivas was handing out pizza flyers in the area near 10th and gallatin streets. a neighbor says rivas was seen marching along the street with his hands behind his head like a prisoner of war prior to the shooting. maryland's new same sex marriage law is poised to go into effect next january. >> the law could face a big challenge this november if opponents manage to force a voter referendum. darcy spencer has our report. >> reporter: celebrations broke out on the senate floor as senators passed the same sex marriage bill 25-22. >> i'm speechless on this vote. >> it is disappointing but at the same time not unexpected. >> reporter: the maryland delegate says she already married her spouse in california but the passage of same sex marriage bills in maryland's house and senate means their marriage will be recognized

without question here in the free state. >> i think we'll do a big celebration here once it's recognized and potentially a renewal of our vows with everyone in the state cheering and celebrating and knowing without question our relationship is recognized. >> governor martin o'malley fought for the legislation. >> we concluded it was not right and not just the children of gay parents should have homes protected in a lesser way under the law than other children. a washington county republican delegate this morning filed draft legislation with the board of elections to mount a petition drive to bring the question to voters through a referendum. if opponents are able to gather enough signatures this referendum would appear on the ballot this coming november. the family research council is supporting the referendum. peter spriggs says other similar ballot challenges have been successful. >> i wrote to the experience of other states and in 31 of 31 states where the question of the definition of marriage has

appeared on the ballot, voters had voted to uphold the traditional definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. governor martin o'malley says he'll sign the same sex marriage bill into law on thursday but it won't take effect until next january. that would give opponents time to take the question directly to the voters. an update on a bizarre case of road rage that ended in a stabbing early this week in anne arundel county, maryland. police have charged a second man involved in the incident. they say jeffrey furlough got into a fight with the driver of another car along route 3 in crofton on tuesday afternoon. he was stabbed by the other driver but managed to chase him down and hold him until the police arrived. after talking to more witnesses, police charged him with assault for his role in that incident. now to the foot wear frenzy. a foot locker store in orlando canceled the midnight release of the new nike foam galaxy sneakers. that sparked a near riot.

police wore riot gear to disperse the crowd that was getting out of control. in maryland one person was arrested outside the mall at prince george's as a large crowd of people camped out overnight for the shoes. nobody was hurt but as derrick ward reports the sneaker frenzy has been dangerous and even deadly. >> reporter: the scene at prince george's plaza. they came before the sun, a long line for a short issue of nikes. not just any nike. these nikes, the foam posit galaxy. stars, planets, glow in the dark treatment. for most of us shoes are about getting around whether running or walking. that's pretty much it. just helping you get from point a to point b. what is the appeal of the shoe that glows in the dark? >> it costs 200 and you can resell them for 2,000. i spent the night. >> reporter: at other stores where they weren't even for sale like this downtown locker room in northeast d.c. extra police presence and a planned raffle when a few do come in. lawrence hopkins's 15-year-old son was enthusiastic about the

last issue of folk posits. >> he saved up his money and bought them himself. i don't think he had them a week. >> reporter: he didn't auction them off. it was a band of brazen robbers. >> my son was robbed of his shoes. >> reporter: hopkins says nike's clever marketing move releasing the shoes in limited numbers creating instant buzz and sustained secondary market demand often carries an unintended consequence. >> nike can make as many shoes as they want. i think that if they make enough for the community to buy them it would cut down on the crime. >> it's unfortunate that, you know, nike is having these expensive shoes and people are going crazy for them. they're just regular shoes. they're nice but they aren't worth $200 or $300. >> reporter: while there will always be thieves the limited issues just seemed to bring out the worst in some people and hopkins says his son who got roughed up nonetheless was luckier than some other young people he knows of. >> my friend's son was robbed

and actually killed. >> mr. hopkins says he is still considering a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer despite getting a letter of apology from the company. norovirus infections also known as the stomach flu have been sweeping all over the country and our area. today willow springs elementary school in fairfax county was affected. more than 100 of the kids there and seven teachers were absent. they complained of gastrointestinal problems. school officials say they suspect the illnesses were caused by norovirus. weekend activities have been canceled while the school undergoes extensive cleaning. now windy weather and cold air moving in. doug with the forecast. >> we'll notice a big change over the next couple hours. you'll walk outside right now not too bad. winds gusting upwards of 15, 20 miles an hour. not a bad evening. by around 8:00, can 9 tonight around the d.c. metro area we'll really start to see the winds pick up. wind advisory in effect for just about everybody and as a matter of fact everybody in our viewing area underneath that wind

advisory with winds potentially gusting upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour. i think we'll see some trees down. the potential is there for power lines to be down too. back to the west they've canceled the high wind warning. the national weather service thinking 50 instead of 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. there is a difference but we are going to see the potential right through the night tonight and most likely into the day tomorrow. most of you will wake up to temperatures in the 30s tomorrow but the wind chills will feel like the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. we're going to start off our saturday much, much colder. we'll talk more about the weekend forecast plus when the next chance for thunderstorms are coming up. does he or doesn't he really tweet? that was the question today for marion barry during a radio program. barry revealed the real answer after he first took care of some distractions. tom sherwood reports.

>> reporter: former mayor and council member marion barry is running for re-election in the april 3rd primary and showed up at wamu's politics hour friday determined to talk about ward 8 issues. >> i have lifted the spirits and aspirations of the people inward 8. >> barry repeatedly dismissed questions about city ethics and criminal probes. the former council member harry thomas, mayor gray, and council chairman kwame brown as distractions. >> i'm not going to get sidetracked and distracted by these kind of things. >> we're not trying to distract -- >> we have such great needs over there. i'm not going to be distracted by you all trying to ask these questions. >> they're not side questions. >> i think they are. >> reporter: after a serious discussion of ward 8 housing, jobs, and economic development issues barry was distracted into talking about whether he really tweets. >> i'd like to see you tweet right now. >> i don't need to prove it. >> i don't believe you can do it. >> i can. >> i don't believe you can tweet. >> i'm mark fisher sitting in.

thanks for listening. >> just moments before the show ended the truth was revealed. >> there are news stories most of my tweets are done by somebody i talk to about doing them. >> you just dictate them. >> that's right. >> the secret comes out. >> it's not a secret. i said it all along. when i set up my tweet account. i never said i was a master tweeter. >> reporter: just after the show ended barry showed he could in fact do a tweet himself by tweeting two words -- tom sherwood. which set off a flurry of retweets and comments on twitter itself. barry had distracted the twitter world. in the twitter world, tom sherwood, news 4. >> marion barry says he does only about 1% of his own tweets. he says he has two other people who tweet what he dictates. >> new information about this year's easter egg roll at the white house. it a it's going to be held on monday, april 9th. the president and first lady

michelle obama made the announcement today. the event will feature live music and games. kids 13 years and younger are welcomed to go along with their families. tickets will be distributed through an online lottery system beginning march first. an all new district matters broadcast airs tonight right here on nbc 4. not tonight. it's tomorrow at 7:30 in the evening. the episode takes place or at least part of it at my own barber shop. the host and i were talking about jobs. here is a small clip of the show tomorrow. >> i know what you do today. but i know you didn't start there. what was your first job? >> my first job? >> yes. >> i was a plumber. i was a plumber because my daddy was a plumber and because his daddy was a plumber. we had a united nations in my neighborhood of laborers. >> you can watch the full

episode tomorrow night at 7:30. we talk about a lot more important things than that. believe me. it's right here on nbc 4 at 7:30. >> didn't want to take a razor to zach while he was in there? >> i did. >> all right. >> check it out. a good show. still ahead on news 4 at 6:00 the television anchor gives her first interview two weeks after being attacked by a dog on live television. also the extreme measures one community has taken to make sure people clean up after their

the news anchor in denver, colorado is able to speak again two weeks after she was bitten by a dog on live tv. kyle dire of kusa tv had 70

stitches and skin graft on her lips. a dog which was saved by a firefighter after falling through ice bit her during a live interview when she got too close to the dog. dire says it was definitely an accident. she is happy that max, the dog, is back home with his family. she credits her viewers with fueling her recovery. >> to write me these personal notes, i'm starting to cry, to write such words of encouragement. they just know me from tv. they're just so wonderful, gary. i mean, people are just so kind, loving. there to pick you up when you're down. i will be forever, ever grateful. >> out of hundreds of notes she has received several were written by complete strangers. one apartment complex is turning to science to put people who don't clean up after their pets in the dog pound. owners at the lakes apartment

complex near cincinnati are now requiring residents to put their pets' dna on file. any business that isn't cleaned up will be matched to the dna. then residents will have to pay a big $200 fine if they're caught not cleaning up after their pets. most people are in favor of that idea. dan is down in florida with a look at what's coming up next. >> reporter: the nationals giving the troops the royal treatment down here in vieira. a brewer beats a bad rap. on the ice the capitals desperately trying to get back on track. as news 4 at 6:00 continues.

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we saw rain come through today. temperatures that didn't make it up to the forecasted temperature of 70. only 57 for a high. this is a beautiful shot of the memorial out toward alexandria. steven, thank you for sending these pictures in. just a beautiful sunset. it was really pretty. i got another picture of a rainbow toward fairfax county so the day ended pretty nice. take a look now. all the rain making its way out of here. a few showers back around the

winchester region back in through portions of the panhandle of west virginia. a few showers there but that is really about it. the winds starting to pick up. the areas to the east, no wind gusts there. camp springs, patuxent river. you don't have any numbers because you haven't seen the wind gust. look back to the west. 37 miles an hour in leesburg. 43 in winchester. petersburg, west virginia right now 46 miles an hour. we'll continue to see the winds pick up. that's why we have the wind advisories in effect until midnight. most of the area if not all of it underneath that wind advisory for winds gusting upwards of 50 miles an hour. temperatures tomorrow, much cooler. by about 10 degrees from where they were today. but it's going to feel about 20 degrees cooler. because we are going to see the winds, temperatures around 48 degrees in washington. but it is going to feel more like 38 to 40 degrees so a very cold day. winds tomorrow will still be gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour. saturday not looking like the best day but we do turn a corner once again. this is a very brief shot of some cool, windy air.

things will change by the time we start our week next week. i'll talk about that coming up. >> thanks, doug. dan won't care no he won't. >> he's down in florida having a great time. what's up, dan? >> reporter: it is a little chillier down here. might be 71 right now. >> you're looking tanned after one day. that's kind of disgusting. >> it was a lot of time, hard work in the sun today. >> mm-hmm. >> sure. >> reporter: i got to ask you before we get started here when is the last time you went to a physical and found out you had grown height wise? >> about 50, 60 years ago. >> i didn't want to put you on the spot but bryce harper found out today he has grown an inch and a half because he is only 19 years old. the kid is still growing and he is still the largest personality and probably the biggest story here at nationals spring training. we got a chance to sit down with him today and, you know, harper,

he gets it. when you hear the things he says, in person, it doesn't sound like it does in print. so to compare himself to joe namaith and rieling redskins fans up on twitter he knows he has to get it done on the field. he is just trying to enjoy himself. >> i understand i got to perform on the field first but doint want to go out and get black out drunk. i've never been into that stuff. i'm not going out to party and give the nationals a bad name. i've never been that way ever. i come from a good family. they taught me a lot of things. i know that i need to do that. >> who does bryce harper remind you of? >> bryce harper? i don't compare -- every player has their own little mystique and talent. he's just got a lot of talent. he's been going up against people a lot older than him.

at every level of development, at 17 i wrote his name down as the number one pick for the boston nationals, the draft. so i've been around him quite a bit. and he's a special talent. >> reporter: davie johnson just might be the biggest bryce harper fan down here. have your manager in your corner, good place to be. the nationals also had some company and they will be here the next few days, the wounded warriors amputee softball team sponsored by the nationals. they've been training at the complex getting ready for a double header they're going to have down here in vieira tomorrow night. these guys are having a grand old time here in spring training. the team comprised of veterans from afghanistan and iraq who are amputees. it's hard to tell who appreciates their presence here at the space coast stadium more, the wounded warriors or the nationals players and coaches because they are truly an inspiration. the nationals gave them first class treatment with a major league spread for lunch and a locker room setup just like the big leaguers have, complete with

uniforms. >> this is any athlete's dream. if you grew up playing ball and watch these guys on tv and you're like i'd love to meet them or love to go out and work out with them and then you get the opportunity, come down here, you know, what we're doing right now on the field as dream come true. >> it's like the kids in a candy store. these guys are living the dream being a round all these guys. we're inside the fence while most people are outside the fence. to get up close and personal with the major leaguers and talk with coaches and players they all have favorite players they like. they know who everybody is here. and for them to get an autograph or just talk to them personally it's a dream come true. >> by the way, we in the media played the wounded warrior amputees a couple nonts a softball game at nationals park and they thumped us. these guys are legitimately good baseball and softball players. reigning national league mvp ryan braun is now back on the field. he can breathe a sigh of relief

after the 50-game suspension was canceled thrown out after a vote from an arbitration panel. braun tested positive for elevated testosterone in october and won the appeal of a positive drug test after it was revealed the collection process broke down. he provided a sample october 1st but it wasn't delivered to fedex until october 3rd. baseball's drug agreement states the samples must be delivered the same day they are collected because of the delay braun says the testing was fatally flawed. >> i truly believe in my heart and i would bet my life this substance never entered my body at any point. the truth is always relevant and at the end of the day the truth prevailed. i am a victim of a process that completely broke down and failed. the simple truth is that i'm innocent. i've maintained my innocence from day one and ultimately i was proven to be innocent. >> today is about everybody who's ever been wrongly accused. and everybody who's ever had to

stand up for what is actually right. all right. hockey time now caps back on the ice against montreal tonight and they need to make up some ground. they are the outside looking in to the playoff spot. the newby in net and alex ovechkin back after missing the last game which was a real stinker for the capitals. these guys need to play and play well quickly. the capitals went down 4-0 in ottawa to get a spark, brooks picks a fight with smith. his last fight according to hockey fights.com three years ago back fwhn 2008. it's a sign that he knows the time is now if they want to get into the postseason. >> there's been a lot of talk in the locker room. guys have been vocal, even guys that don't usually speak have been vocal about let's get going. let's start winning. i've always been an advocate that, well done is better than well said. so you can say what you want. but the game is played out on

the ice. >> sweep this weekend and get right back up there. with any luck you're in third place so it's just you look at home ice. you're looking from 14 up. you're pretty cool. >> reporter: so montreal at the verizon center tonight and the capitals on the road in toronto tomorrow. on the outside looking in but only a couple points out of first place in their division. things could turn around quickly for the capitals. >> we expect it to.

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coming up tonight, she is the woman to watch this weekend. not counting the oscars. we're talking about the daytona 500. we'll talk tonight to danica patrick. >> all right. one more check on our crazy weather. >> yeah. it's going to get crazy. if you're thinking about heading out tonight you're already doing so right now just be ready for the winds this evening. advisories until midnight. that's wind advisories for the entire area with gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour tonight. it's rhealy going to howl in some locations and winds already gusting upwards of 50 miles an hour out to the west and they'll continue to get close to that number. tomorrow clouds and sunshine. cool and windy. 45 to 48 degrees with winds gusting upwards of 40 miles an hour. temperatures will feel more like the 30s than the 40s. it is going to be a fairly cold day today. but we warm right back up. sunday the wind goes away. we still have the sunshine and temperatures near 50. that's a beautiful february day. monday even better with

temperatures near 60. on tuesday temperatures around 56 degrees. it does look like we'll see another chance for showers, maybe some thunderstorms on wednesday. temperatures get back into the 60s. >> okay. see you at 1 suffolk. thank you, doug. coming up tonight at 11:00 thieves have been stealing cop frer odd places but just wait until you hear what a couple guys were doing with a bucket truck. also, mitt romney on the defense now after a comment about the number of cars, expensive cars his wife drives. he was speaking in detroit at the time. plus imagine being towed from two parking spaces that you pay for in front of your own home. that's the situation for some people in our area. we'll try to get to the bottom of it tonight at 11:00. two days ago a couple guys at espn got in a boatload of trouble when they got too cute with the jeremy lin phenomenon. the puns were bad enough but they used a racial slur to describe one of the lin's lesser performances for the new york knicks. a lot of people found it offensive, probably racist. they're probably right. what i find curious is how some

people i talked to are offended by derogatory terms for asians but not by the word redskin. folks, redskins is not a term of endearment anymore than the "n" word or any other racial or ethnic slur. from its inception and inclusion in our language it was meant to be an insult. what is fascinating is while redskin the word may be awful to some people redskin the player or redskins the team is loved by so many. there are people in this town who love the redskins more than their own spouse and are willing to tell you that in front of their spouse. they don't even think of the original connotation of the word. it is not toxic to them. they don't want to hear about it either. the word to them is a reference to something cherished. and that's all. it is not a subject for discussion about whether it ought to be changed. i don't know if it should or not be. but i'd rath another the be cussed out for raising a question as i was a couple days ago by a guy up on georgia

avenue. should have seen this dude. veins popping out. fists clenched just because of the question of the name change coming up. his was the kind of single minded attitude that mirrored george preston marshall that vile, evil man who once owned the team and swore there would never be a negro playing on his team. 50 years ago because of george preston marshall the redskins was the last team in the entire nfl to hire a black player. marshall wanted bobby mitchell who was that player to play not for old d.c. but for old dixie. 50 years later, do we really want to be the only team in the league with even a question about the appropriateness of our name? can't we at least talk about that without somebody wanting to start a fight for goodness' sake? i'm just saying. >> probably starting some fights right out there right now.

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