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hello, everybody. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordon. welcome to this sunday, april 1st, april rul fool's day. >> first a double shooting on terrace lane in suitland. the surviving victim got to a liquor store where she reported
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the shooting. turns out there was no shooting but there were two teens that were assaulted. a carnival was going on across the street. police have not made any arrests in either case. >> it was a great weekend, so sad to see all this violence. today i thought we would have more sunshine than yesterday. >> you are taking it back? >> we may have to take some of it back. >> you are taking the sun out of sunday. >> it's not even a april fool's joke, sad enough. the low cloud deck stayed with us all night long and as a result we have to get rid of this little cloud deck first. more clouds with a rain-making
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system this afternoon and into the evening. it's a cloudy and damp start. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. and storm 4 radar is all dry at the moment. the nearest showers to us are just now starting to sneak into northern western ohio. they are about 13 hours away, which will put in about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. your forecast for today, temperatures climbing up into the low 50s here through the next couple hours, up into the up and mid-60s. we may be a little closer to 70, but more in the 50s and 60s because of the clouds. this deck of clouds is not going to help us out. rain chances hold off until 6:00 p.m. or later this evening and i think we can get all this out of here before your commute to
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school and work on monday. various churches are holding rallies to make a statement in the trayvon martin case. a group also held a rally yesterday. organizers are calling for the arrest of zimmerman, who says he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin to be arrested. >> hundreds took over the streets of sanford, florida, where the trayvon martin shooting happened last month. they marched to the police department demanding the arrest of george zimmerman. they say race played a role in the shooting, and they vow to
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make sanford's city name as infamous as other places. >> if you shoot us in sanford, it hits us in harlem and chicago and l.a. we will stand together! >> protesters held similar demonstrations across the country and even one in england. demonstrators in london said they have seen similar cases and wanted to show support to martin's family. just a few days until a major primary in wisconsin, and right now mitt romney is pulling seven points ahead of rick santorum. wisconsin has 42 delegates up for grabs. he told supporters that winning all three would be a big statement and putting him even closer to securing the
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republican nomination. romney, san tore skpwrupl newt gingrich spoke in wisconsin. romney focused his attacks on president obama, while santorum criticized romney over the health care debate. >> continues to build government, larger and larger, and this is a time when he is willing to put together trillion-dollar deficits. >> you have to have the race be a mandate for repeal. unfortunately the choice you have on tuesday, you have one person that can make that case, and you have one who can't. >> gingrich, who's tied for third in wisconsin is urging supporters to stand by walker. walker faces a recall election
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in june. rick santorum along with chuck schumer will be on "meet the press" this morning, and savannah guthrie, who is filling in this morning for moderator, ga david gregory will join us live for a preview. a run starts in an hour, and there are plenty of road closures in the district because of the race. independence is closed to 14th street. and the memorial bridge and ohio drive is shut down. constitution will remain open during the race and most of the roads will re-open around 10:30 this morning. the washington national cathedral joined kwraouin turni
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the lights. they went dark for 60 minutes. sidney, australia was among the first to flick off the switch for earth day. it's to raise awareness on global warming. >> not a bad idea. >> no, looks nice dark, too. you are used to seeing the lights on the vegas strip. >> no, not too bad. >> frank: you get everybody to turn all the lights out, we could see the stars. the other problem we had was cloud cover last night. could not see the stars for all the clouds out there. how long are they sticking around? what about the rest of the week? your
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well, quite a cool start to our sunday morning. >> uh-huh. >> chuck, are you going back on your word? >> not completely. the good news is, the low temperatures overnight will be in the mid-30s and low 40s and that's the case. but i thought the skies would be clearer for much of the overnight and east to northeasterly wind is never your forecasting friend especially at this time of the year. the atlantic ocean is still a very close place and every time you get a breeze off the water like that it will interfere with the clear skies here in washington and that's what it did last night. because we are starting with cloud cover, we will not have quite as much of a warmup for today. i thought we would start with the sunshine and get in the mid and upper 60s, but because we have to go through cloud deck number one first and then ahead of cloud deck two which is
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bringing rain chances here this afternoon and into the evening, i don't think quite as much of a warmup. an east breeze still averaging 6 miles per hour. and that has lowered everybody into the mid and upper 40s. the cloud deck is slow to break but will ease up a little bit. late this morning and into the midafternoon hours, we will get a decent peek at the sunshine. and anytime after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening, showers chances start to come back. no rain on the radar for your early sunday morning. the vast majority of the usable hours of your sunday will be dry. that being said, there are showers across parts of the upper midwest running in our direction, about 12 to 14 hours from now which puts it in here about 6:00 and 8:00 this evening, is when the rain chances go up. nonetheless, enough to get some
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of the pollen out of the air tonight. the sunday night showers coming in. and rain just on our northwestern door steps zips through so by the time they get to 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, most of that is going away for us. and as a result, fairly cool feeling day tomorrow, but with the sunshine. monday looking good but feeling on the cool side. for today we will call it mostly cloudy. you will get to see the sun a little bit today. rain becoming more and more likely by 6:00 or 7:00 or 8:00 had this evening and thereafter. overnight, cloudy skies and passing showers. not looking for a lot of rain. just enough to get you wet and make that car have the pollen spots we're used to this time of year. tomorrow, winds out of the north at 12 to 24 miles per hour, and we will keep temperatures in the low 60s, which is average for
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the first couple of days in april. and instead of tuesday night, i have moved it to early wednesday morning. looks like that is running further behind schedule as well and then a cool stretch of weather, but dry through the end of the weekend. and you can stay ahead of the weather and weather facts. i will be tweeting mostly about the number one warmest march ever. >> wasn't that just this past month? >> yes. >> did i just give it away? >> no. it appears linsanity is done for the season. he injured his left knee and will undergo surgery next week and that will sideline him for six weeks. lin says he is upset. he is a free agent after this season but he says he wants to
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return to the knicks. he's not even a member of the redskins, but robert griffin iii, he was in chantilly for a sports memorabilia collection. washington made a deal with the st. louis rams to get the number one pick. a lot of surrounding excitement. and then the capitals trying to keep their playoffs alive. >> here is your sports minute. good morning, everybody. your sports minute begins with the capitals taking on the canadians last night. the caps trying to hold on to the final playoff spot in the east.
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the canadians would tie the game in the second period, and a shoot-out comes up clutch and caps win over montreal. and then two big match-ups in new orleans. starting with kentucky taking on louisville. the cardinals tied the game early in the second as payton seva puts in a triple. the nasty alley-oop jam, and the wildcats advance to the finals on monday. where they will face kansas. and the buckeyes led by as many as 13 in the first half but kansas would fight back. now up one, and johnson gives kansas insurance and they win. it's a kansas and kentucky final facing off on monday. that's your morning sports. everybody have a great sunday. next up is reporters'
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notebook, the stories effecting our community. >> we will be back with the top stories and weather. lots to talk about. joe madison we will talk right away. prince georges county, no bag tax. >> i think it's a mistake. d.c. has the back tax, and the reason is because of the environment. one of the things that i have noticed is that there are less and less of these bags beingin trees and rivers, and that's what it was about bags destroeug the environment. now here you are part of a regional effort and you are not participating. i think it's a mistake. >> some say a bag tax is a tax
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on poor people who cannot afford the other bags. >> a quarter more for five bags if you spent $25 may not be that big of a deal, and moreover you have people that pay that additional tax, and so i get all that but i think joe's point is the one that has to control. if it's true that this is having a positive impact on the environment, it seems to me we ought to move forward with it. i don't understand why it is in prince georges county it's denied and right across the county in montgomery county it's allowed. i have yet to hear a reasonable explanation as to why. >> do you think virginia will ever have a bag tax? >> that's very doubtful. we'll talk about it later. my students run a full range
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ideologily, and so i tend to think not. but at the same time, if it could be demonstrated this is something that works and it's good public policy we need to give it serious thought and move forward with it. >> and your station is next to a giant's food station, and people go in there and don't get the plastic bags. do you have your own personal plastic bag? >> i do. i have my wtop pga and it serves me well. and when i forget, i think that's okay, and the nickel is added on. critics argue they don't want to change. >> the thing is, i carry -- the wife and i, we carry our bags in the car, and sometimes in the mornings when i head to work
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early, i might go into a convenience store and forget. so it's 5 cents. we are spending a fortune to clean up the rivers, and anacostia is seeing improvement. you will pay one way or the other. that's really the pointed. >> speak of paying, slots 4700 -- almost 5,000 slots from prince georges county. are we just going to see it turned into a casino? >> i think there's another factor from what i have been told. the wealth is not being shared. one of the problems i really have with this is that you don't have -- there are very few minority contractors involved, and that's one of the reasons you don't have a senator
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support. they are not spreading the wealth. this is in the hands of a few casino owners, and they basically wrote this legislation. >> let me say if that's the case, and i believe that it is, that also is a failure of leadership in the county, they did not make sure this was buttoned up in the deal from the beginning. we hear all the time about minority set asides, and they do not work how they were designed. the 4,700 slot machines -- my point is if you want to gamble, gamble. i don't, but that doesn't just interest me. you can use the revenue for the overall government expenditures and also jobs. >> let's get to the elections on tuesday. in virginia, the virginia aclu is staying to the state police, stop asking for facebook and
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other key passwords for your applicants to those jobs, and it's an invasion of privacy. what do you think? >> on the one hand it makes no sense for an organization to take the extra step to seek that information. converse conversely, the last thing an organization wants is somebody who spews racism on the face of facebook. >> it just replaces what they used to do, canvassing the neighborhood and asking neighbors about the individual or considering them to work for law enforcement. we want to know more about them. can you tell us something about him in confidence. they think it's a basic thing of questionnaires and it's proper. when you get into facebook and social media, it becomes a very sensitive issue. >> i am not buying that
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argument. if that was the case, then years ago they should have asked for our diaries. look, a facebook is an electronic diary. instead of kids writing, they are now typing and that's what they are putting on there. has anybody ever asked you -- as any agency asked you to bring in your written diary. >> what does a facebook -- >> has any police agency asked you to bring in a written diary. >> but what does a facebook tell you you wouldn't know with normal -- >> i am surprised at what people put in on facebook. >> but a diary stays at home. >> if your job as a police officer, but it's a clerk, does that justify it more? >> well, job applicants are beginning to understand that this is the wave of the future and are literally sanitizing their facebook changes or taking
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down their facebook changes during the period they are conducting the interview, so the information they are receiving through the electronic way is not accurate. >> i can put something terrible -- not that i would, taurpbl tom, on your facebook, and you not know it's there. >> i rarely look at my facebook. i got on my facebook because my ex-wife called and said your son is putting everything on facebook, and so that's it. would you let people look at your facebook? >> i am on every day. >> what if the police department goes on facebook and tries to see what they will see? >> people want to have as many
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friends. >> tweeting is much easier for me. but my rule is, don't do anything on your facebook or tweet that you don't want to see on channel 4 or on "joe madison show." turn left. the passat is one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not that we'd ever brag about it. turn right. come on, nine. turn left. hit the brakes. huh? how'd that get there? [ male announcer ] we can't hide how proud we are to have nine top safety picks like the passat and jetta. so we're celebrating with our "safety in numbers" event. that's the power of german engineering.
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right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. we juan if you speed too fast through a green light, he wants that camera to give you a ticket. >> the mayor really needs money and he figures he has a couple ways to get a few dollars in the till. if you are violating the law and speeding, and if a cop saw you doing that he would try to give
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you a ticket, and on the other hand, taking a photograph and sending it later, that races an issue. >> what if somebody was in the car with you you didn't want to be seen with -- but that's a whole other problem. >> somebody sends me these love letters all the time. i think this is the kind of thing you do if you want to serve one term as mayor, because there is no way the ranken file sit sup. this just going through a red light -- if i am going through a red light at 30 through a 25-mile-per-hour zone, am i going to get a ticket? >> don't say i have gotten them. >> no, i can find out by checking your facebook. i want to move on to the bars
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staying late, and i know that's a special interest of yours. >> thanks. as i am speeding through red lights. well, in terms of keeping the bars open -- >> 3:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 4:00 a.m. -- >> i don't have a problem with that. i mean, and it's going -- you know, the neighbors like adams morgan, and the h street corridor, they will benefit from that. i don't have a problem with that because i am not up anyway. >> i used to live along the u street corridor, and over time i found myself a little annoyed -- >> and you have twins. >> those neighbors are going to catch it. >> i love u street. large urban areas, they have longer term bars, and they are
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very urban and kind of different kind of cities. washington -- instill many ways it's a small town for many people. >> it's a sleepy little country town, not like it kwraused to b. >> i thought you said sleazy. >> no, i said sleepy. we have primary elections on tuesday. in maryland, the sixth district, a tight race, a governor endorsed garr geo law late this last week. >> the aim in annapolis is to get bougartlett out. they want to -- the critics say they wanted to redistrict out.
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the thinking is that bartlett is in for trouble no matter who gets against him because the democrats have the numbers on their side. >> orange is the council member, and he is being challenged, and what is happening there as we go into the tuesday election? >> district elections really do sort of exemplify the power of incumbents. the challengers are fighting for the part of the vote that don't like the incumbent. it's quite likely three or four or five people running against the incumbents, whether it's alexander or barry, and it looks
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to me like all incumbents will come out over the top. >> so the incumbents win because the opponents split the votes? >> when i look at ward 7, i do think that kevin chavis has gotten a lot of recognition. he starts out because of the name because of his father. >> he got a lot of attention. >> i think barry will easily be elected. >> real quick on name recognition. that's huge. i can assure you name recognition is important. for every friend he gets, he probably will inherent an opponent. >> the election -- the primary is next week. >> no, not next week but two days from now. >> thank you for joining us.
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see you next week. welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> i am angie goff. we are bringing in chuck bell. >> i have been reeled in, hook, line and sinker. >> we were talking about fishing yesterday. >> yes. >> now we are all mired up in the fish conversation. it's kind of cloudy. chilly and cloudy this morning. the breeze has ushered in a little hint of the atlantic ocean, and this time of year is a cold body of water and temperatures drifted back in the
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mid and upper 40s right now. 48 in annapolis. 40 in washington. 49 degrees in brandy wine this morning. and then get out across northern and central florida, temperatures in the mid-40s all the way to manassas. we do have rain in the forecast, but it's probably not going to get here until after sundown this evening. rain drops are about 13 hours away. and that puts them in at 7:00 and 8:00 this evening. your sunday planner, filled with clouds this morning. about 10:00 or 11:00 this morning, and 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon, i think we will have a good chance of seeing breaks of sun. shower chances start moving in after 6:00 this evening, and they will be gone by the time you get up to go back to work and school tomorrow morning. tomorrow's forecast, mostly sunny, and a still north breeze tomorrow, and with sunshine that will feel nice, highs tomorrow
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and today low to mid-60s at most. so right now, at least three people out there are trying to keep a big secret. they won friday's mega million jackpot but have not come forward yet. winning tickets were sold in three states. >> who purchased the winning ticket here. >> this money was going to khaepbg my life, man. >> his loss was baltimore's loss. >> i was going to give back to the community and do something good for the county of baltimore. >> he can still do that, just not to the extent of what $500 million would do. >> i just hope they don't go through it and blow that money but to really help those who are really in need. >> and there is the moral
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advice. >> most people are not equipped and prepared to get that much money. i hope they talk to professionals. >> right now the folks that run this 7-eleven have a more pressing question to answer. that's what to do with their $100,000. that's what they get for selling the winning ticket. the 7-eleven corporation will help to sell the store's karma. like the old slogan used to say, you have to play to win. a friend was urging this man to come and buy a ticket, and he opted out. >> now i'm sorry i didn't won. >> in baltimore county, derrick ward, news4. >> i think a lot of people echo
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those emotions. >> and then also a winning ticket east of st. louis. people who live in the tight-knit community say chances are they know the winner. >> to see somebody that they probably know because it's a small town, and we know each other, so -- they are just excited and happy that somebody has that kind of money and they want some of it, too. >> the third winning ticket was sold in northeast kansas, and lottery officials have not released the exact location. five tickets were sold where they will get $250,000. the deli in northwest is also getting money.
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it is one of four stores in the district to sell a $10,000 ticket. the next mega millions jackpot back down to $12 million. a maryland man is behind bars accused of robbing five different banks in three states. police arrested him of cumberland. he is charged with three bank robbies in maryland while charges in the other two states are still pending. the families of two young women that disappeared are coming together in efforts of preventing tragedy from hitting another family. relatives of morgan harrington and bethany decker spent the night outside a giant's food store. they disappeared after a metallica concert after a concert in 2009. her body was found in a field.
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dna evidence linked her case to a sexual assault in fairfax county. a woman was walking home from the same store. >> there's a predator in this area, somewhere between khaur will you tell usville and fairfax who is at the top of his game. we want to make sure people know to look out for one another, so he is not able to create much pain for another family. >> bethany decker disappeared in january of 2011. she was several months pregnant. police have no evidence that linked herrington's case with decker's. the time is 6:38. savannah guthrie will join us live when we come back to break down the race for the republican presidential nomination. is there evidence that homework may not help kids
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voters in maryland, d.c. and wisconsin head to the polls in just two days to vote in the republican presidential primary. >> mitt romney holds a solid lead in wisconsin, but is there hope for rick santorum there in the race for the gop nomination. joining us is savannah guthrie filling in for david gregory on "meet the press." >> wisconsin is coming up on tuesday, and i know we heard it before but people feel it's a do or die moment for rick santorum. he talked about himself about the candidate of the midwest, and will he be able to deliver?
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there's a seven point race with romney ahead. and romney does have momentum right now and he is getting key endorsements from figures in the party that have that credit with the tea party and with the most conservative wing of the republican party, and rubio and paul ryan. these are important endorsements and romney is feeling good. >> despite the new poll numbers coming out and having the seven-point lead, and does romney see santorum as a real threat considering how much they have spent in television advertising there, could there be an upset? >> interesting question. romney has not brought up santorum on his own in about two weeks. so in a way he is trying to ignore santorum as though the race is over and he is training his fire on president obama. on the other hand as you mentioned, they are running ads.
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a lot of the super pack ads are harsh and negative on santorum. april is a tough month for santorum, but if he can hang on may has more states that could be beneficial. >> what about newt gingrich? he is fourth in wisconsin. he cut his staff. does he have one leg out of the race? >> feels that way, feels like gingrich has all but conceded he will not be the nominee. he has talked about how he communicates with romney, and he is not going on the attack against romney in the same way, so it seems that gingrich has acknowledged where he is in the race. let's be track kul. his biggest benefactor is no longer giving tens of millions
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to his super pack. he is out of money and now i think he is trying to salvage his reputation. >> covering a lot of ground today on the show. i know you mentioned santorum will be on there. who else? >> charles schumer, and we will talk about the health care argue manies in the supreme court. it was a tough week for the government. >> and david did press pass. melanie bloom talks about her efforts to thwart off what killed her husband. >> a very brave woman and very cute children. >> the children are wonderful. we just saw them in new york, and they are doing great. it's a conversation that's good
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that david had. >> there's a surprise guest on the "today" show, too -- >> no, and it's a surprise. >> it's always great to have you back in d.c. >> thank you, and it's good to see you. we'll head over to chuck in the storm center to see what is going on with the weather. >> we are off to a bit of a cloudy start, put i think you will get a taste of some early april sunshine before your sunday is through. don't go away.
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♪ >> all right. one of the hottest tours of the year heads to washington tonight. bruce springsteen will rock the verizon center. this is the sixth stop on the tour. the concert sold out minutes after tickets went on sale back in january. i have seen him there at the verizon center. never a disappointment. >> oh, no. bruce springsteen, he only sold how many millions of concerts? >> yeah. sold out the whole thing. we missed out. i didn't get anything. >> did you want -- i had tickets and i gave them away because i had to work. >> yeah, just gave them away. >> if only i had known. >> but instead you will give us the weather. >> exactly right. >> today will be far more dry
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and usable outdoor weather hours than rainy, and there will be a chance for showers coming our way. probably about sunset and thereafter. you still have dry hours to get out and enjoy your sunday afternoon. and it was the kite flying festival. outside on an early sunday morning, mostly cloudy and not a bad day to fly a coat. 48 in washington with a east wind at only 6 miles per hour. temperatures have been generally cool but down in the mid and upper 40s everywhere courtesy of the northeasterly wind. by late to midafternoon, it will be coming around to the southwest. we should be able to break up -- some, probably not all, but most of the cloud deck. by early afternoon and midafternoon timeframe, i think we will have partly sunny skies.
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temperatures should be ahead of the rain chances, which move in for the evening and overnight tonight. and indiana, ohio and illinois, they are about 12 hours to a little longer than 12 hours from us, so that's sunset timeframe for this evening and going into the overnight hours. by 7:00 tonight, it's on our doorstep, and then by 7:00 tomorrow, it's away from us and a cool westerly breeze is set up after that. temperatures will be on the cool side thanks to the north breeze. for today we will call it a mostly cloudy day. you will get breaks of sunshine late morning into the afternoon, and rain will be more likely after sunset. overnight tonight, that's when the bulk of the rain chances are stacked up, between sundown tonight and sunrise tomorrow. by tomorrow, late morning, lunchtime, mostly sunny. a bit of a breeze again tomorrow.
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it will be a north wind tomorrow, and that means the temperatures will climb only up in the low 60s. and tuesday, it looked like a nice day, and even a pick of the litter day with highs in the 70s. our rain drop chances to wednesday. cooler than average weather as we finish out the week and go into the first weekend of april. don't let anybody full any tricks on you today. >> i know. i was going to joke it was my last day and i was moving to fork to become a dancer, but nobody would believe that. i can't dance >> i ain't saying nothing. as many as four people have died in attacks in the last seven months.
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the most recent one happened this weekend. the government is considering shark nets. animal rights advocates say the sharks should not be killed off, and others say swimming and fishing restrictions could help prevent future attacks. and what was described a war zone erupted outside a miami funeral home. a car drove by and open fire on mostly young adults leaving a funeral home. they were attending a wake for one of their close friends that died. >> a wild police chase in philadelphia ended in a violent crash caught on camera. it started when police say a man pulled a gun on an officer and took off. during the four-mile pursuit, can you see a car slam into the other car. the driver was just passing an intersection at the same time as the chase. one man died and rescue workers
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took a woman and a toddler to the hospital where they are recovering. police did arrest the man they were initially after when he tried to move away. every student from keup kindergarten to college has homework. >> it's a typical afternoon. >> it's like four sentences a graph. >> so a paragraph? >> yeah. >> before tv or video games, the bowen boys have to finish their homework. >> it's a focus after being busy all day at school, takes a long time and a lot of coaxing. >> now, two different studies are bringing the homework debate back into focus. it found very little been it for
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elementary and junior high students. homework did improve achievement in 11th and 12th graders. those that spent two or three hours on homework at night performed better in english, math and science. the time kids spent on homework varies. >> maybe an hour and a half to two hours. >> five or six hours. >> so do the opinions about it. >> well, a think you can get a fair amount of homework. >> when i hear other parents saying my kids need more homework, and i think that's crazy. >> for a third grader, about 30 minutes. a sixth grader, no more than an hour. for older students, it depends on their coursework. >> i think it's important because i think some children struggle with mastering concepts right away. >> some teachers say homework is an opportunity to practice lessons learns in class and it
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also helps to say it helps to develop lifelong steulz. >> time management is the most important thing and being responsible for something. >> love it or hate it. >> i don't actually like homework very much at all. >> the daily ritual seems to be here to stay, along with the debate about it. ra there is still more 4 nenewo stay close. my dad was a union electrician.
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sometimes i'd tag along to a work site, carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney, and i approve this message.
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good morning. i am richard jordan. >> and i am angie goff. check the top stories this morning, the police are looking for the gunman behind a deadly double shooting in suitland. one woman died and the other was shot in the leg. and another shooting where the victims are expected to be okay. the badger state has 42
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delegates up for grabs. right now romney holds a slight lead over santorum in polling. primaries in maryland and d.c. also take place on tuesday. and the identities of the mega millions winners remain unknown. each winner gets around $210 million, which comes out to just $100 million after taxes if they take the one-time payout. >> if they take the one-time payout. >> but the taxes are better -- >> hard decisions. it's not a decision any of us are going to be making anytime soon. >> i think i could probably live on $100 million comfortably. a cloudy and gloomy looking
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start. we will get breaks of sunshine through the late morning and into the afternoon hours. you will see sunshine ahead of more clouds that come in late this afternoon and into the evening, which bring with them a chance for rain. no rain to worry about on your sunday morning. it's a bit of a bundle-up factor. temperatures are now in the mid and upper 40s. pretty much area wide. nothing showing up on storm 4 radar. nearest rain drops across central ohio. most of the energy with the system will miss us to the north or south, but i do think that we will have a chance for tpas passing showers from sundown to sunrise tomorrow morning. and the drops are more than 12 hours away. that will be after 7:00 tonight. mostly cloudy to get your day started. breaks of sunshine from 11:00 noontime to 2:00, 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon, and then we have
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a chance for rain drops and maybe clean some of the pollen out of the air. and then a nice breeze tomorrow. high temperatures today and tomorrow, mostly up in the low and mid-60s. nothing too bad there. >> back to the lottery talk. the producer said there is no inheritance clause in effect. if you die, nobody else will get it that you care about. >> we would give it to charity. >> not greedy. i just want everything. of course we are going to be back in a few minutes with an update. good morning, and welcome to "viewpoint" morning is president of direct action, and patrick wohan, and
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george branyan, pedestrian safety coordinator for ddot. let's talk about the three-year pilot program known as roll d.c. how does the program work? >> well, basically it's a grant that comes from the federal government through the transportation planning board to provide initial capital funding to make cabs accessible. it's established 20 accessible cabs in the district of columbia, and also to help pay for the maintenance of those cabs and to help provide those rides in the wheelchair accessible cabs for people with disabilities the same costs as other cab rides. >> before the program were there any wheelchair accessible cabs
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in the city? >> no. >> and now there are. they operate through yellow and -- >> royal. >> royal. and does it cost any more than a regular cab ride? >> no, costs the same as a cab ride for everybody else. >> bob, tell us if you used it and if it works for you. >> i used it many times. it's extraordinary time for the taxicab service. it's the first program of its kind to transport wheelchairs in a cab. can you break down a manual chair and put it in the trunk of a cab, but a power chair like i have cannot be broken down, so thus there was a demand for an accessible cab that could transport a powered chair. i have used a cab several times on many occasions and it was quality and reliable service. one good thing about it is the same-day service.
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you go to and from, and also you have very knowledgeable and trained drivers that will secure you, you know, so you don't have to worry about your safety and that's great. >> and most surveys show, patrick, that most users are very happy with the service. >> yes, and the demand for the service has increasingly grown. the use of the service has grown two or three times since started. there have been 4,000 total cab drives over six months of the grant period. >> the service that many people are more familiar with is metro access. there has been a lot of problems with that service and attempts to improve it. has it improved bob? >> metro access? >> yes. >> it really has, but there are still a lot of reliability
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issues and quality that has to be improved upon. that's why i think row d.c. is an alternative to that program and delivering successful transportation needs for a person with disabilities. the added option would allow people to move throughout the stay for recreation, for social events, and for school. i had also thought that it's good for business, tourism in the district of columbia. i think it's lucrative, well over $1 billion a year. we have a lot of people that come into d.c. with disabilities. >> are cities easier to get around in? >> yeah, i think -- >> for the disabled? >> a city has short blocks and sidewalks everywhere and places you can go into off of the street for business purposes,
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and so yeah, there's a lot to be said for living in a city if you are disabled because you can get around generally more easily. i would say that what we are talking about is a movement in transportation planning, because the idea that we have to have a separate service dedicated just for disabled people is extremely expensive. it's a good idea, but in practice it becomes extremely expensive, and we have seen difficulties in keeping the service on time, and in other performance measures. the district is trying to make sure that bus stops are accessible and the buses and metro spends time to make sure they are accessible so you don't have to be a special bus or special way to get transported, you can take the same bus that everybody else takes, or can you take a taxi like everybody else, but that taxi is equipped with loading a wheelchair. >> and it's critical with a
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community that is aging. >> yeah, we're an aging society. >> and also the added opportunity is we are becoming more integrated into society, meaning we are not going to be locked behind doors and isolated from society. the employment issue of personal disabilities of getting out and active and employed, and transportation is a vital component to seeking employment. >> we will be back. >> we will be back. we aras a fashion blogger,
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welcome back. we are talking about transportation issues and the disabl disabled. there has been a controversial program, delayed by the mayor and council for 90 days because
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of all the confusion. bob, tell us about your position with the red top meters? >> well, my position is one of equality. i am a firm believer that person with disabilities have to be careful for what we ask for. equality is across the board. if a abled body should pay the meter, and then so should a disabled person. the meter has to be made, you know, accessible for me to use. i am a qu-- if there is any alternative measures, that has to be explored. also the location of the parking space is a critical component.
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i cannot park in the middle of the clock because i have no curve ramp. these are some of the challenges that a person with a disability such as myself would face. >> a lot of confusion is about who paid and how long you could stay at the meter. placards have been able to park at any meeter for free, and now you will have to park at any meter and pay, and that's with the red top meters. that's not your issue. you don't mind paying? >> no, personally i don't. i would debate, you know, that argument, if we are speaking as a disabled society about equality, and if everybody else again as to pay, so should we. >> what do you think about the meters? >> i think that -- i think that bob is right. i think some people might say maybe you should make them more
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available for people who have low income, but there are people without disabilities that have low income, as well as people with disabilities with low income. for everybody who has a low income they may not be able to afford the meters, but they should be made available to everybody equally. >> should there be more, bob? >> has to be. again, equality is the major point here. if you are going to put -- it has to be in all wards in the district, and the logistics of it and location has to be strategized. if you are going to put an item or a part for special needs as we can use the term, it has to be able to be accessed. let's talk about the street smart program. this is a campaign that aims to
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increase enforcement, an education effort. what are your main issues? >> the program is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. we are trying to get the message out to drivers, pedestrians and cyclists about what the safest and legal behaviors are in order to drive down pedestrian bicycle crashes. we do that through cable tv ads, and we have bus sides and bus shelters and also pamphlets that the police hand out and other folks that work in the communities, and it's in an effort to raise awareness and change behavior. >> do you feel like there's a culture war between drivers and cyclists? >> sometimes there's a conflict because you have to share the road. if you spend only your time on a bike or only your time behind a windshield, you will see it from one side and not so much from the other.
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so i think cyclists need to remember the rules and not run red lines, and there are very important safety aspects to driving. and drivers need to understand they are 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of vehicle and can kill somebody quickly. >> patrick, what are your thoughts about that? >> as a cyclist myself -- >> do you do more cycling or driving? >> i do more driving because i live in college park and it takes an hour to get there by bike, but there are stretches coming into the city where it's scary to go riding on the road. i would always appreciate more bike lanes, and more respect on the part of drivers for cyclist. on the other hand i have seen cyclist do stupid things. >> like? >> go blasting through red
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lights. cyclist have to be aware that the rules of the road apply to them as well. >> we have to take a break. we will continue our talk right after this. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical
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♪ good morning. here are some of the stories we are following right now. prince georges county police are looking for a gunman behind the deadly shooting on suitland. one died and the other was shot in the leg. also in prince georges county police are investigating the assault of two teens in hillcrest heights. mitt romney and rick santorum and newt gingrich are all campaigning in wisconsin ahead of tuesday's primary. the badger state has 42 delegates up for grabs.
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right now romney has a light lead over santorum in polling. three winning tickets were sold in illinois, kansas and baltimore county, maryland. each winner gets $210 million which comes out to $100 million after taxes if they take the one-time payout. now back to "viewpoint." welcome back. we are talking about transportation for the disabled here in the washington area. and, bob, why don't you tell me what you think are the biggest advances forward that you are seeing not only in the district but across the country to facilitate the movement of the disabilities around inner cities. >> i can speak from a national and state and local perspective. i will have to say accessible taxicabs. again, that's historic. >> that's the biggest deal? >> that's the biggest thing so far. and in new york, there was a
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huge lawsuit. a lot of advocates won, mandating the new york state put 3,000 new cabs on the street. don't quote me, but i think that's about that figure. i know philadelphia just had a lawsuit, and that was 300. and the district, again, we have 20 cabs and that's historic. we are seeking to improve and keep that tpufunding going. throughout the country, accessible taxicabs is the transportation issue that is out there now. >> for those that use public transportation, buses? >> yes, and having buses be completely accessible and the bus stops being accessible. 22 years after we passed the americans with disabilities act in this country there's a number of things that we have to do to make things accessible.
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>> the public infrastructure is so much better than it was a generation ago. it's not a close comparison. if you don't see a curbed ramp, now it's a shock. really, you put in a difficult position because you rarely see that anymore. the ramp is not too steep. a person with disabilities can get where we need to go on the public sidewalks. >> and bob, you eluded to the impact on your own life, and the life of those with disabilities. you need to go to the doctor, and i think studies that statistics show, the majority are either going to the doctor or out for entertainment. you also mentioned employment? >> yes. again, we are -- there's a high rate of unemployment with a person with disabilities. we are trying to bring that number down. again, as we seek out for
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integration and inclusion to the workforce, we will be having that component. skpls metro access does have a -- what is that schedule, a pick up for some members. that's great. these individuals with jobs that have a 9:00 a.m. pick up going to work and maybe a 5:00 p.m. return pick upcoming back home. that's great, you know. these transportation options will allow individuals to have gainful employment. >> we have made it a priority over the last couple years to stress the importance of employment for people with disabilities. a competitive employment at a greater than minimum wage. a lot of people don't know you
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can still hire people with disabilities at subminimum wages. and it's important to enable somebody to be able to work and have transportation and accessible housing, and it's incredibly important for them to be integrated into the community. >> tell us about the changes that you have helped to implement? >> we're working on making the city more accessible in general for people with disabilities by making it more walkable. the suburbs were built for cars. we have a lot to over comto make it more accessible for pedestrians and people with disabilities. we are working on a number of projects around the city that will incorporate accessible design, and that will -- focussing on smart growth, to
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put things near metro so that if you take the metro somewhere, if you are a person with a disability you can get somewhere by metro, and you have everything at your fingertips. you can go to the movies, and those are -- that's what we are focusing on in college park. >> we will continue after this. >> we will continue after this. stay with us.
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welcome back to our program. george, i want to ask you about pedestrian safety. those in the news have reported, it seems more often of late, about pedestrian accidents. bussing running into people and people walking into traffic
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distracted. are the streets safer or less safe for pedestrians? disabled or abled? >> well, i speak about all pedestrians. if you don't feel safe with one of those transportation choices then you are not likely to use it. for especially disabled people, they are most vulnerable pedestrians. and really the largest burden of that falls on the drivers to not speed or turn on the crosswalk when people have the turn signal. and there were 80 -- 73 pedestrians killed in the washington region last wraer. there were 86 the year before. that's a downward trend. overall, motor vehicle crashes, they have come down more than the pedestrian crashes. we had nearly an all-time low in the district last year of 11 pedestrians being struck and
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killed and two bike cyclists. it can change in a heartbeat. but if everybody is street smart, then we can do better. >> bob, do you feel safe in your chair on the street? crossing the street. >> yes, i do. actually -- yes, i do overall, but, again, the options depends on where i'm in the city and what time of day that i will even choose to stay on the sidewalk or i could have the choice to ride in the street. again, the safety and legal aspects fr that i will not speak to at this time but i make that determination based on my safety. >> you told me on a crowded street in the middle of d.c. on the crowded sidewalk in the middle of d.c., you don't always feel that safe? >> no, i don't.
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not that at all. when individuals are walking along the sidewalk, they are walking eye level and i am sitting low and they don't see me, and they can damage my chair or themselves. again, i would use another option to get away from the traffic, you know, and in that safety risk. i would probably get in the street then. >> in the bike lanes? >> yes, i will. i do feel secure three. >> you are not supposed to be there legally? >> no, because that lane is designated for bikes, but the drivers are aware and acknowledge that lane as a bicycle lane. >> we all need to be more aware. >> yes, a absolutely. and as i mentioned before as people with individuals with disability are being more integrated, i believe people are becoming more used to seeing
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them. you see them on the streets and on the bus on metro, and i think people are becoming more aware. >> thank you for raising our awareness on the program this morning. patrick wayen, and bob, and thank you to all of you. thank you for joining us. stay with us. "news4 today" continues. welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> i am an gie goff.
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it's quite crisp out there. i know you get on me for saying it's cold, but you would agree. >> sure. and it has the damp feeling because of the clouds that came during the overnight hours. the clouds will not stick around all day, and it will not be as warm as we hoped it would today. temperatures topping out in the low 60s instead of the upper 60s. nonetheless, it will be a dry day for most of us. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s now with a full deck of cloud cover out there. even with all the clouds, there is no storm showing up in the day. there are rain showers moving into southern parts of indiana, eastern parts of illinois, and that's part of a ripple in the atmosphere running in our direction quickly. rain drops, 13 hours away. that's getting into the 7:30 and
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8:00 timeframe. i think we will have our best chance at seeing sunshine between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 and 3:00 this afternoon, and that will allow temperatures to warm into the low 60s, and shower chances sneaking in after 6:00 this evening. most of what you want to do today, you don't need to worry about the umbrella, but if you have plans for this evening or overnight tonight, that's when you will need it. i violent weekend, the police investigating two deadly shootings. somebody shot two women killing one of them, and the other was shot in the leg. the surviving victim got to a liquor store where she found an off-duty sheriff's deputy and reported the shooting. we have learned the victim's name in another deadly shooting in prince georges county. police say he was 19-year-old
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lester flores kintania. investigators found him shot in lieu -- louisdale. early voting had to be suspended at a site in the district because of a shooting. somebody fired shots outside the tacoma community center in northwest washington. a man was hit in the shoulder. rescue workers took him to the hospital. early voting stopped for about 20 minutes. police are looking for the people connected to that shooting. yesterday was the last day for early voting in the district before tuesday's primary. a d.c. church congregation will be food of hoodees this sunday morning. the baptist church of christ in southwest washington is trying to make a statement in the trayvon martin case. it's asking members to wear a hoodie and jeans to service today.
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zimmerman shot trayvon martin, he says, in self defense. thousands took over the streets of sanford, florida, where the shooting happened. last month, the reverend jesse jackson and al sharpton led the rally. >> we'll use sanctions and boycotts, and we'll use civil disobedience, and we'll use every weapon in the nonviolent -- >> protesters held similar demonstrations across the country, and even one in england. demonstrators in london said they have seen similar cases and wanted to show support to martin's family. now to december of 2012
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where wisconsin's primary is two days away. 42 delegates are up for grabs. right now romney has a seven-point lead over rick santorum in polling. maryland and d.c. also have primaries on tuesday, and romney is leading in polling there as well. he told supporters winning all three would be a big statement and put him even closer to securing the republican nomination. ahead of the state's primary, romney, santorum and newt gingrich all spoke at the freedom and faith coalition. romney focused his attacks on president obama, while santorum criticized romney over the health care debate. >> he continues to build government larger and larger, and create more and more dependance upon government. this is a time when he is willing to put together trillion-dollar deficits. >> you have to have the race be
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a mandate for repeal. unfortunately, the choice that you have before you in this election here in wisconsin on tuesday, you have one person that can make that case, and you have one that can't. >> gingrich is third in polling. he urged his supporters to stand by embattled governor, scott walker. walker faces a recall election. does mitt romney have the nomination locked up or does rick santorum have a shot at pulling the upset? savannah guthrie joined us earlier saying romney is acting like he won but that is not stopping him from taking shots at santorum. >> on the one hand, romney pivot you had on general election mode and he has not brought up santorum on his own in two weeks, and he is trying to ignore santorum as if the race is over.
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and they are running ads, and a lot of the ads are very harsh and negative on rick santorum. they are not acting like he poses no threat whatsoever. >> rick santorum will be on "meet the press" this morning. and it appears linsanity is done for this season. the point guard will undergo surgery next week which will sideline him at least a month and a half. lin sayse is upset with being injured because he wants to help new york fight for a playoff spot. he is a free agent after the season but says he wants to return to the knicks. the man expected to be the redskins quarterback is already a fan favorite. robert griffin iii was at the expo center. he spent the day signing
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autographs and taking pictures with fan. the deal was made with the st. louis rams. >> i bet a lot of people were trying to get in his ear. >> yeah, r g3. already beginning. and then two college hoop power houses advance to the national championship game. good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with the capitals taking on the canadians at verizon last night. the caps trying to hold on to the final playoff spot in the east. dale hunter's crew jumped out early but squandered a two-goal lead for the fifth time in the month of march. the canadians would tie the game in the third period. and the caps win 3-2 over montreal. college hoops kicked off the final four weekend with two big
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match-ups in new orleans. kentucky is taking on louisville. the cardinals tied in the second. anthony davis, a force for kentucky. the nasty alley-oop jam, and the wildcats win and advances to the finals on monday where they will face kansas. the jayhawks face ohio state in the late game. the buckeyes led by as many as 13 in the first half. but kansas would fight back. and then the jayhawks win 64-22. so it's a kansas and kentucky final facing off on monday. that's your morning sports. everybody have a great sunday. and then racing around the district for the cherry blossom race.
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independence avenue is closed and major chunked of rock creek park is shutdown. all roads should re-open around 10:30 this morning. >> the only thing missing would be the cherry blossoms along the road, huh? >> ten miles? >> well, good for them. the time now is 7:40. >> and the mega millions winners are becoming celebrities. two families united by tragedy. tragedy[ male announcer ] for the dreamers...
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welcome back, everybody. the "today" show is next on nbc 4. it starts at 8:00. >> leles lesles lester holt joi. >> coming up, we will show you
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the pandemonium as the flight crew handles the chaos. we're live where one of the winning tickets were sold. and then an 8-year-old uses technology to foil a theft ring. and dance fever. new photos of prince harry dancing the night away. looks like john travolta on "saturday night live" there. >> happy april fools' to you lester. i was following your tweets. were you there putting the extermination sign -- >> yeah, if you go on my twitter, i put a sign on her dressing room that says closed for insect extermination. i was just rolling with my phone. >> you guys having fun out there. >> that's okay. she's getting me back. >> we will look forward to that. thank you, lester. we didn't do any april
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fools' jokes. why? >> it's not too late. >> the show is not over yet, right? >> three millionaires don't want anybody to know about their new fortune. so far they have not come forward. we know one of those people stuck it rich in baltimore county. we visited the 7-eleven where they bought their ticket. >> reporter: it's not daren tucker. >> this money was going to change my life, man. >> reporter: if you ask him, his loss was baltimore's loss. >> i was going to give back to the community and do something good to the city of baltimore and county of baltimore. >> reporter: he can still do that, just not to the extent of $105 million would allow. >> i hope they don't go through it and blow the money but to really help those who are really in need. >> reporter: there is the moral
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and civic advice, and they say they should have fiscal advisers. >> most people are not prepared and equipped to walk in the next day and get that much money, so we recommend they get help from professionals. >> now, once a store sells a winning ticket it becomes a popular place to buy a ticket after that. will that happen here? we don't know. and there's another pressing question, and that's what they will do with the money they get because of selling the winning ticket. repb warren may have let his chances go by the plate. he opted out. >> god bless the person that won. i wish it could have been me. well, there is also a mega millions buzz this morning in
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illinois. a convenience store called the moto mart in red bud, illinois, also sold a ticket. people that live in the tight-knit community say chances are they know the winner. >> it's somebody they probably know because it's a small town and we all know each other. so they are just excited and happy that somebody has that kind of money, and they want some of it, too. >> and so do we. the third winning ticket was sold in northeast kansas. lottery officials have not released the exact location. >> we know a few people that picked up a few thousand bucks. five tickets matching the first five tickets were sold in virginia. those winners will each get $250,000. in d.c., the deli on macarthur boulevard in north west is also getting money.
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it was one of four stores in the district to sell a $10,000 ticket. the next drawing is on tuesday, and that jackpot back down to $12 million. a man believed to be behind five different bank robbies in five states is now behind bars. police arrested the 49-year-old of cumberland on friday. he is charged with three bank robberies in maryland, while charges in the other two states are pending. >> the families of two young women who disappeared on coming together to prevent another family of feeling their loss. they spent the morning outside a giant's food store in maryland. dna evidence linked one case to a sexual assault in fairfax
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county. a woman was walking home from the same tkpwraerb restore in 2005. harrington's parents started a campaign called save the next girl. >> there's a predator in this area, somewhere between charlottesville and fairfax who is at the top of his game. we want to make sure people know to look out for one another so he is not able to create such pain for another family. >> bethany decker disappeared in january of 2011. she was several months pregnant. police have no evidence that linked harrington's case with deckers. voters are heading to the polls. it's likely to be a landmark election as chi is expected to win. she previously won an election
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in 1990, but the military annulled it, instead sentencing her to home detention. she told supporters she hopes to work with the government in order to bring peace to the country. >> let's talk weather now. a little cloud cover outside today. but don't be afraid of a few clouds this morning. i still think you will see sunshine on your subpoenaenday. we will talk about that and the
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♪ ♪ ♪ the boss, got to love him. one of the how theest tours of the year heads to washington tonight. bruce springsteen will rock the verizon center. this is the sixth stop on his tour. the concert sold out minutes after tickets went on sale back in january to nobody's surprise. >> you were dancing in your chair the whole time. >> he makes you want to rock out. if you have ever been to one of his concerts, the energy is amazing. >> i am not much of a concert goer. >> that's fine.
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you need to get out more. >> but this one is apparently sold out. >> this one sold out in no time at all. today not a bad day. folks trying to figure out what should we or shouldn't we do with our sunday. not a bad outdoor day coming. these are not rain-making clouds so we are off to a dry start. we have another ten to 12 hours at least before the first rain drops arrive. that means most of your sunday morning, afternoon, early afternoon, late afternoon timeframe looks rain free. that's helpful. phab you need to get out and mow the lawn. and didn't get any rain yesterday. most of the grass should be dry by lunchtime today. 48 degrees with a lot of cloud cover outside still. winds are light. gradually the northeast wind that put all the clouds outside this morning, that wind will eventually change direction and come back around to the south
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and southwest, and once we get that warmer s eer southerly bre here, that should allow temperatures to jump into the upper 50s and low 60s today, whereas right now for the clouds outside, morning temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s. here is your sunday planner. we should be sneaking up to the 60s. on the whole, a mild and dry day, which will finish up with a chance for light showers late this evening into the early morning hours of your monday. nothing to worry about in the short term. a dry morning and a dry afternoon coming. these rain showers out here across parts of ohio, indiana, and kentucky. the bulk will miss down to the south. and the showers are coming in our direction, about 12 hours away. put that in the back of your
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mind for planning purposes today. high pressure moving off the eastern seaboard, and we will get at least a couple breaks of sunshine late morning through midafternoon, and then at 7:00 this evening, that's the beginning of the rain chances. by 6:00 on monday morning, all that is gone. and then a breeze sets up shop. that will bring cool sunshine for your monday. on the whole, not a bad-looking day. for today, we'll call it a partly to mostly cloudy day and rain likely, but not until after the sun goes down. about 7:30 this morning. between now and then temperatures should reach from the upper 50s to low 60s. and then not expecting a lot of rain. overnight lows in the 40s, and rainfall amounts generally one-tenth of an inch or less.
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monday, breezy and sunny and cool, 63. tuesday, mild and back up near 70 degrees. and they moved a rain drop chance to late tuesday to a wednesday chance. a cool finish to the week of april. >> one wet commute on in. a push to reduce the shark population in australia is becoming controversial. the most recent happened this weekend when an australia man was diving at a popular diving spot when officials say a great white shark attacked him. they are considering shark nets. animal rights activist say the sharks should not be killed off. police in miami are investigating a massive shooting outside a funeral home that left two dead and others injured. a car drove by and opened fire
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on people, mostly young adults leaving the funeral home. they were attending a wake for a close friend that died. police don't have any information on possible suspects in that shooting. a wild police chase in philadelphia ended in a vie hrupt crash, and all of it caught on camera. it started when police say a man pulled a gun on an officer and then took off. during the four-mile pursuit, the car slams right there into another car. that driver was passing an intersection at the same time of the chase, and was not involved with the chase itself. one man died and rescue workers took a woman and toddler to the hospital where they are now recovering. the police arrested the man they were initially after as he tried to run away. and jon stewart, this weekend he put most of the jokes away and helped honor students who are making a difference. >> this is an honor.
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as i went over a lot of projects that these kids are doing from around the world, i can't help but think how much they remind me of me when i was there age. i guess just the commitment. >> he interviewed former president bill clinton as george washington university. the former president talked about opportunities to help reshape the world. he told the crowd of more than 1,000 that it doesn't matter if you fail but it's how you respond to the failure. >> a great message and wonderful to see him in a different light. almost serious. >> i think he needs to go back to the jokes soon.

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