issue. we bel that we're acting lawful. a plot to join isis busted in new york. three people arrested we'll tell you why one federal prosecutor calls it an evolving threat. > a high ranking state depart official denied bond. the reason he's staying in jail and new information about his alled solicitation of a minor. first at 6:00 a winter storm warng for parts of our area in a matter of hours. >> winter weather wreaking havoc from texas to atlanta, georgia. by tomorro morning, it's going e knockg o our day. do kamm if i'm not mistak ye upped the totals we talked about that the storm system wanted to move fartr north than the models ted last night. we've upped the totals a little bit. why the winter weather advi and a winter storm warnin l get to that in a second. here's the storm. it's a monster of a storm down into the southeast. up to 6 inches of snow in parts

of alabama even into parts of georgi are areas that don't normal see this much snow. that whole area of moisture is movi our way and will move our way. a winter weather advi from the pennsylvania border right down i-95 down toward fredericksburg ba towards the blue ridge. blue ridge. in souther maryland. the only exception. st. ma county westmoreland now under a winter storm warnin expecting to see more wint weather there and more snow in that area. here's what to expect. snow moves in around 3:00 a.m. just about everywhere. the roads will become covered quickl we'l see major rush hour delays. cancellatio and clos as well. we'll kp y updated on those thro the night tonight at 11:00. tomorr starting at 4:00 a.m. thank you, doug. "news4ay wil start early tomo morning to to minute on school delays and travel conditions. tune in tomorrow from 4:00 to

7:00 a.m. >> right now, the countdown is on for the legalization of mariju in the district. but it's turning into a showdown between city leaders and a few membsf cons on the hill. >> one house committee says if d.c. goes through with legali at midnight tonigh that's less than six hours away then it will be a willl violation of the law. tom sherwood is at the wilson buil with the city's respon to all this. hi tom. >> this is a big step for the new mayor and bowser says she won't budge. >> congress last year passed a law it says blocked the d.c. maria measure but the distri says that law was invali today may muriel bowser annod she was g ahead with the new city law at midn tonight. despite congression warnings, sh could be jailed if she proceede i have a lot of things to do hecolumbia. me being in jail wouldn't be a good thing. our gover is prepared to

implt and enforce initiative 71. >> police chief kathy le near says her officers would enforce the law. training is under way and wille compl in the coming hours and this wid in law after 12:01. a republican house committee warn in the letter today bowser should reconsider her positi that going ahead would be a knowing willful violation of the law. and in bullying the district columbia it's not what his cons expect nor do ours. >> nearly every d.c. council stood with the mayor today putting themselves at risk if the house brings any legal action ready to go to jail if necess >> you know in america there e many ways of expressing your um citizenship. >> pot advocates who worried the city would buckle under pressu praised the mayor. >> bailed on this.

>> i'm pleased that the mayor is standi up for the voters. she's standing up for democracy. >> after tonight, it will be up to the congress for the next step. in the district tom sherwood news 4. >> days in the d.c. jail. daniel ros was arrested in d.c. on a warrant from fairfax county. today a denied bond for rosen, so now he has to wait for fairfax county officers to come and pick him news 4's chris gordon is outside d.c. superior court with more on this. chris? >> after putting up a fight, daniel rosen waived extrad fairfax cy has three days to pick him up from the jail. that means he could remain behind bars thursday friday throh the weekend and even monday. s arrest yesterday came so sudd he was taken into custpajamas. >> daniel rosen appeared in

court in handcuffs and shackles wearg pajama bottoms and a winter coat and boots. his lawyer asked a judge to relee him on a $25,000 bond sayi he poses no threat to the communy b of his status employ and home ownership. but d.c. magistrate judge renee raymd says this is a very seris o and she denied bond. ron reacted with frustration, knowg that means he will have to wait in the d.c. jail for fairx county to pick him up. it is a dramatic fall from the lofty job he held. you wouldn't expect that daniel rosen to be in his office at the u.s. state department. but rosen's security clearances have been placed on admini 44-yead daniel rosen was the chief sta department official in charge of federal coun programs. today, i stopped by his house arrested yesterday on adams mill road northwest

washin. no one answered the door. neighbs say they are surpri they didn't want to appear on camera. these new court documents were rele today saying rosen dani aaron is a fugitive from the state of virginia and wanted for obscene communicatio the fairfax county police depa child exploitation unit arrested him after a series of online exchanges, soliciting a juvenile for sex. but it turned out to be comm with a female detee posing as a minor. >> it ultimately resulted in us being abl to charge mr. rosen with a class 6 felony use of a device to solicit a juveni. if mr. rosen is convicd in fairfax county he faces the possibility of a pris sentence. that's the latest at the d.c. courth chris gordon news 4. tha you, chris. a maryland man who pleaded guilty to impersonati a

firer will spe a month in prison. today a judge sentenced kevin craft to three years and then suspen all b 30 days of that prison term. craft was arrested in montgomery county last april for putting ligh and sirens on his person vehicle. police say it wasn't the first time craft had bn in trouble. he was arrested sever times in the '90s for arson, impeg a fire marsha and false rept of a bomb. > polic in northern virginia are warning drivers there about a guy passing himself off as a cop. at least three times since last octobe a vehicle with lights similar to an unmarked police car tried to get drivers t pull over. in each case the driver was suspic and did not pull over and the suspect drove away each time. e vehic was described as a black volkswagen sedan, kind of like this one, with virginia tags. fairfax county police want to hear from anyone who had a simila encounter. new details this evening as inves expand their

descn of a possible car invo in the disappearanc theone sisters 40 years ago.e center for missing and expld chin can looking for a large white vehicl possibly an early '70s model chrysler new yorker. they vanished from wheaton in 1975 and have never been found. > three men from brooklyn, new york wanted to fight for isis. they volunteered to go overseas or stage a terror attacks rig here. one of them even offered to kill obama. all three of them are in jail tonigh r steve handelsman on capitol with the lathis. steve? >> jime t arrests com tt continues on capitol hill over funding for the u.s. depart of homeland security. but today's apparently succes operation was by a difft depart justice and the fbi.

>> one suspe was arrested in new at the airport headed to turkey. a second suspect planning to foll him from istanbul to syria said u.s. officials to fight for isis. or if ordered by isis to launch attas in the united states. >> we all take the threat of isis very seriously. arrested in new york whe, were juraboev and saidak. >> hab was a arrested in florid >> juraboev and saidakhmetov wanted to join isis or launch terror attacks in the u.s. he offered to kill president a said juraboev. monito a pro-isis website, fedel officials detected the still in the talking stages. in washington -- >> on this -- >> the senate took a step toward

funding the department of homela security. but so sti refuse unless the obama immin ord is defunded. >> illegal aliens are undeg national security. a new york republica is outrag i can see no reason at all why anyone would oppose funding for the department of homeland secu at a time when the number of terror threats could greater or potential terror thres could be greater than any time since 9/11. >> frontline guards against isis have to work with pay. > fbi agents say today it's becae one of the suspects arrested juraboev was so avid in his backing of isis that he admitt it to them when they paid him a visit last summer. that he ratted out one of the other guys who was arrested today. that he told them yes, he'd be hurt president obama. now, all three face 15 years in fedel prison. i'm steve handelsman news 4. thanks steve. with those signs of progress

in the senate pressure to fund the department of homeland secu now moves to the house. e funding runs out friday night at midnight and while most dhs employees would still report to work during the shutdown secry jeh johnson says that won't be painless. >> there are concrete dramatic conseq for the homeland secu of this nation if we allow the funding of the depart to lapse. >> some house republicans say a stand alone funding bill amounts to surrender. others in the house say it will boehner said the house has done its job and is waiting for the senate to act. the motive revealed tonight in the murder of a 95-year-old man. how police say they tracked down his killer. an explosion blew the roof off this house. tonight we're learning how some

cons workers are faring after that blast. more emergency radio fail in the district's metro

concer tonight from residents of a senior living community in maryla. come as they make an arrest in a 95-year-old man.

motivad by sex. pat collins is live in coldsv maryland with the latest this is not what you call a run of the mill murder case. the victim 95 years old. the murde suspect, 60 years old. th motive for the murder is said to be sex. >> randolph village, a senior citize apartment complex in the colesville section of montgo county. this wee this normally tranquil place turned into a murder violt scene. it's terrible. this is a residence for senior citize.u you would think it would be safe. the victim 95-year-old dan belvin. retired navy officer stabbed to death in his second-floor apartme murder suspect 60-year-old eric dyson.

a rt of rand village. accordg to court documents, dyson admitted to stabbing dan belvin in response to unwanted sexu advances. the 95-year-old murder victim the 60-year-old murder suspect livi in the same complex. this is wha people are saying here. did they arrest him already? >> yeah. >>t do make of that? >> i'd like to bash him right i. that's what i'd like do. >> do something like that to an old man, that's real stupid. >> police have charged dyson with using the victim's credit cards to drain his bank account. they say they have surveillance video of him making fraudulent withdrs from an atm at this 7-elev on georgia avenue. his stateme to police dyson said he exchanged sexual favo with belvin for money and

the use of his vehicle. tonight eric dyson charged with first degree murder charge with cred card theft. he's being held without bond pending f court action in the case. live in montgomery county pat collins, news 4. thanks pat. there should no worries but vigila that t advice tonight from the french government. securi officials there are workg aro the clock to find out who has been flying drones over paris landmarks for two nights in a row. this afterno an al jazeera newsw was arrested in a park with a drone. network says that the three jours wer simply shooting a story on the drone overfl it is illegal to operate a drone without a license in france. we're watching the describes around here doug. >> yeah. bracing ourselves for yet anotr disruptive weather event. that's what it's going to be. a disruptive event. this won't be a big storm.

don't expect to see a ton of snow. >> on top of the snow we've got -- >> it's not at a good time. it's during the rush hour. n on the cold side. anythi that falls will once agn sti to the roads. good news there. on the mild side for a change. 37 la ray, 37 annapolis. temper will fall as we move on through the overnight hours. below freezing and then the roads will below freezing as well. bee of that once we do see the snow, which is down to the south, it will stick on area roadwa. here's the storm. again, it' a big storm to areas down to the south. georgia and alabama, missis arkansas parts of louisia all seeing snow upwas of 6 inches in some parts of region already. it's all moving off to the east. look at the winter storm warnin. l portions of arkansas missis alabama, south

caroli na even into the virginia area and toward south maryland. we'll zoom in now and see our region. of our region under a winter weather advisory for lighr snow. but it is going to accumulate on the roadways. st. ma county westmoreland county under a winter storm warng there for a little bit more snow. notice back to the west winche hagerstown mart any advit all. we'll talk about that in a second. future weather, 3:00 a.m. most of it sti down to the south. we think it will move in around the 3:00 a.m. hour. the heaviest to the south. especi throu southern maryla. a.m. when a lot of people start to get on the roads, that when it comes to the d.c. metro area. heavie between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. notice the light colors up towas frederick -- gaithe darker colors that's the heavier snow down into portions of southern maryla. that conti through the 10:00 hour befor it all starts to move out. who is going to see what?

we think maybe a coating to an inch. this is a change.. down a little bit to the west. leesbu winchester 1 to 3 annapo d.c. closer to that. 1.5 to 2 inches. south, 3 to 5 inches. leonard town. south of waldorf. calvert county and extreme sout porti was st. mary's county. u folks in the 5 inches plus area. martin winchester not a huge worry. but 1 to 3 in fairfax. prince and colo beach and leonard town we could see 3 to 5 inches. farther s maybe more. doesn' even a half an inch will lowest visibility between 6:00 and 8:00. modera to major delays on the roads. rush hour. it's rush hour in washington, you know we're going to have issu early tw morning. give yourself extra time. tune in tomorrow morning, 4:00

a.m. melissa mollet and tom kierein wille here. 30 degrees on friday after the snowst t flurry activity. maybe a snow shower or two. not a bad weekend. at least dry. a little cool but dry. next week. another q mark. a chance for a mix monda tues even into wednesday. all ri we're ready. thanks doug. we think. >> at least we're warm. >> today is a day of some seris celebration here at nbc4. we're cal it eye eesh akah ream a day in honor of the woman who is critically importa to all of us here. she's our director of community affair you ha sign her in the back at community events. thousas of you know her person. james brown is the hardest workg man in showbiz. what y is the hardest working woman in all of broadcasting. she always makes sure we're doing rig by you, the entire

communy. for that and so much more we honored her today. she came here to nbc4 in 1969. at a breakfast today at the statio she reflected on the last 40 years of her service there. after that many of us went out d participated in an afternoon of community service. she plans to retire later this year. she may or may t do that. it will depend on whether or t we let her out of the parking lot. because we love us some eye eesh a. the heart of this tele station. a lot of people are denial she's going to go leave. we can't believe it. >> i caller the conscience of wrc. well done, sister girl. thank you. tonight at 6:00 millions of dollars short and hundreds of plac they could cut. how one local school district is preparg to make tough choices. the story changing after a violt col on the tracks in souther california. we'll report what investiga

i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. repres nancy pelosi rele a statement supporting the district's right to implt its marijuana legae jus released the statement sa basically that the citi of the district of voted to have this law come into effect. that she concurs with the legal

anal that this is a legal law. it should be able to go forward. just after midnight tonight. she basically says it's troublgt republicans would threat elected district officis f trying to implt the measure. this is g to be good news for district officials like mayor muriel bowser who has already said she will push forware ts the law is legal ane will do so even though some congl republicans chal the district saying it's not legal. we'll see how it plays out. the deadline about six hours away. the live desk i'm chris lawren> utility workers still in crit condition to have a natul gas explosion destroyed a house up in new jersey. 13 other people who were wounded or injured in that blast have since b released. the ex please happened as crews were trying to track down a gas leak. invests s it appeared to stem from a crack in an undergd pipe that caused gas to leak and build up in the baseme of that house.

the truck dr now charged in that commuter train crash in sout california yesterd appare has a long history of traffic violations. that jose sancz ramirez was cited for mult violations in his home state of arizona inclg dui. as fars yesters crash today, the national safety board said it appears the truck was travg down the railroad trac before the train slammed into it yesterday. it w not stuck at the crossing as first thought. eight of 30 people hurt are still in the hospital tonight. next first responders unab to communic metro' tunnels. what the d.c. fire chief is rela about the breakdowns. consi major cuts their growing school system within a tightening budget. in woodbridge. how that could change the look of your child's class. > a local star --

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new at 6:30 tonight. d.c.'se chief talking about safe on the rails. and the problems still popping up in metro tunnels. > controversis proposed in a local district's budget. what one county leaders wants to avoid. an the deadline for a decision. the news 4 i-team is tracking

pothol. find out how long it takes for repairs in your neighborhood d we'll tell you about the new fix being tested on our roads. first at 6:30 a winter storm making its way across the south tonight. mix of heavy snow and rain. heavy rain and snow. expect all the way from texas acro the gulf states and into the carolinas. r dealership employees in arkansas decided to have some fun in the wintry weather. they took trucks into an empty snow cover parking lot to do doughne balloons still attached to truc that are for sale. the rain/snow line is over atlanta right now. they'll see a messy mix thro the night. the governor of georgia declared a state of emergency and schools were closed or dismissed early today. is tracking the storm as it creeps north toward us. he'll tell us when it moves clos and impact it will have here. a lot of people wondering if tomo will be like what we

saw saturday. i think it will be more many areas. what you're referencing is the cold a at the surface. once the snow started, the snow be slick quickly. down to the south, this is a monsr sto for northern alabam no portions of georgia where they're going to see inches up to 6 inches of snow. for us we're not talking abo a huge storm as it goes around here. but as the snow moves in roads will be covered quickly. that's the concern we have and we a looking at major rush ho delays. even thoug this is not going to give us a ton of snow i think morning it's going to have a major impact on. we'll come back at 6:45 with more. > there are areas in metro stat where d.c. fire do not have clear radio communicatiot recent round of tests fou t failures in the system. new at 6:00 there's a report on what's b done to fix the

proble got reaction from metro as well. >> since that deadly smoke inci in january, the dist has ramped up its testg of the underground radio system. system is now tested every week. the most recent tests were condd last friday. >> the last report i received did show a significant number of failur out of the hundrs of locati tested throughout e 55 miles of tunnels on friday ten locations failed. four of those failures have been correc as of today, six remain. after past test district offis made publi the locatis o each failure. but today the director of the distri office of unified comm which conducts those tests refuse to tell repos where the recent failur occurred. i'm not auto refusing to relee that informati at this moment. would like them to be repaired befo i release it. >> it's not clear what caused the radio issues during that dead smoke incident but metro says the problems were not in

metro's e but more aliky with equipment main by d.c. fire. there currently no systematic issue with the radio system used by d.c.'s first responders. our radio technn consta contact with juris as they report any ex of routine testing. we're acting quickly to resolve issu that are found. the fire chief also testified that t. fire inside metro tunns whi also lacking befo the incident has been accele in 2 1/2 months every member of the respo community will be trai graves news 4. the consideri doubling the pe past a stopped school bus. th talk about the proposed w law tomorrow. it would maximum penay to $500. right now it's $250. a recent report revealed

thous of people drove past stopd sch buses on one day last year. tonight, the prince william coun of supervisors in virg and the school board there are at odds. they can't agree on a budget. major cuts are proposed. and our northern virginia culver met today in woodbridge with some of those most affected. that of course the kids. >> their little feet scamper in. this is mrs. gray son's kind class taking in a litt bit of history. under the most extreme of budg cuts this full-day kind class would look more like this. empty. why? well read the simple but wise words left. i have money. i like money. i buy stuff. troubl is the money isn't there. the school board says they're $17.5 million short. at the high school level, plans

to ease certain class sizes would have to be scrap if you're in a class size you don't get that commun noby t about budgets in school maybe not using those words. but this student acknowledge thatd miss classmates are on the frontli really a major n for a lot of peop the school board and the superv restore full-day kinder specialty programs and make sure that the capital improv progr intact. >> cory stewart is on the board of supervisors. that group determines how much fundin the schools get. that's based on what you taxe there are going to to be some progra that have to be elime effici. the young ones know without the money, you can't buy all the stuff. in woodridge, i'm david culver

news 4. this saturday the board of superv has ask to meet with the school board. that is when we could learn how seve the cuts will be and then next tuesday, taxpayers will be advid of the new advertised tax rate. the news 4 i-team finding out how your neighborh stacks up when it comes to potholes. new at 6:00 tonight, how many actual get repaired on time and how you can track the prog online. and one of the major sports sens of the year. we'll tell

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the wild weather swings mean we're headed into the worst streh pothole season. that comes straight from d.c.'s depa of transportati. so tisch a thompson and the news 4 i-team want to see how your poth compare and got their hand a list that help tell the "hole" story. >> there's one thing all the neigs can agree on. on this stretch of 14th street near maryland avenue in nortt d.c >> it's a good conversation topic with neighbors. everyo is like the potholes. >> angie said it was the first thg she noticed when she moved into her home. we had the moving truck day. they almost got it. >> she calls it a natural speed bump because everyone slam their brake when they see it. make the turn here because i don't want to go

there. it's one that will need to be fixed this coming here. >> 295 to 395, 695 first and then we're goi to look at the new avenue and then we'll start going into the side streets from there. d-dot's reginald said the ones who plow your -- fill the pothol it happens when water finds a way to get under the pavement and into t soil. when it freezes, it pushes the soil up at a weak spot and leaves an air pocket when it thaws. cracks into a pothole when u drive over it. the i-team found that d-dot meets that goal about . when we made this map of awful the calls into the 31 for potholes. you can see how your pothole does compared to the rest of the city. to nbcwashingt and click on the investigatios

link. e cal came from northw only 3 from southwest. we found some potholes can ling for weeks or even months. like these two on quebec place in northwest. records show they went 272 days before getting patched last summer. to break back open a few months later. >> they're like vampires. they never die unless you put a stake in their heart. john thompson with aaa mid- says potholes cae tho of dollars in damage fro broken rims to bad accide they to swerve to avoid the pothole, or they hit it and then brake to avoid more damage and then someone will rear end them. ar know says d-dot is trying someg new as they patch holes wh the old-fashion aspht mix they've used for years. they're h bright orange bucks of aqua fault, it's a new more expensive mix that binds with groundwater.o see how well

it holds up. >> his crews are marking the new blend with white paint to watch how you well it weathers the next few months because it costs three tim as much as the old stuff. is mor expensive.e don have to come back out to maintain it -- >> he says the reality is some roads are so cracked and pot marked only repaving them will truly get rid of the groundwater and permanently fix the problem. this treatment that we're doing is more of a band-aid. >> bringing us back to that pothe on 14th street in northe city recor show neighbors wait at least 315 days to get it patched. >> yeah. it's kind -- >> d-dot told the i-team they've waited so long because they dete it required mo e road resurfacing. meang that pothole that never goes away could a sign of a smooth ride headed your way. in northeast, tisha thompson.

you saw that interactive map that she referenced. you can go to our website, nbcwm and cli on inve to see how long it really takes potholes to get fixed and how different neig compare. >> you can also name your pothole there too. >> there's frank, right. some have names, trust me. >> they're not to be used on a family show. that's right. you don't mention those. i think we're going to have more the next couple of days. >> this weather we're having. any time you get the moisture and tomorro the snow and then it melts and refreezes. more potholes on the way for sure. t a bad evening. actual on the mild side comp to where webeen. 41 degrees dropping to 37 by 7:00. 32 degre by 11:00. on the cold side and the cloudy side through the night tonight. storm team 4 radar, nothing in our region. you ha to go down to the south. it making its way our way alrey encroaching upon the roane area with some rain and snow making its way there.

this will be all snow in roanoke. and snow first in raleigh. the whole system makes its way towas o region. the winter weather advisories in ef in the purple areas. that's for d.c. i-95 corridor. warren leesburg and freder a winter storm warning around st. county. parts of e northern neck too. this ie aa that we're most concerd abo for significant snowfa. ev if we don't have signt snowfall we're going to have major impacts tomo. not going to take a lot on the roads. amelia in the weather center this is what we've been talking about all nig long. it's the impact the storm will have in the morning. exactly. not about the snowfall amounts but the totals. i want to mention, tom will be here at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning w the latest. i'll be in the storm truck head south bringing you the current road conditions. at thatime they're not going to be in good shape. tomorr mornin we're looking at snow-covereroads. by the midday hours, the greate concern will be with

those secondary roads. during the evening, the main fine by that point. we'll be tracking some problem s in neighborhoo and secondy less-traveled roads. here's the school impact foreca. going to be a high for southe maryland the northern neck. areas like stafford king george through fredericksbg and contin wes tow culpeps whe we're looking at the the system. anne arundel, loudoun, prince willm and fairfax county this will have a moderate impact for you. delays are possible. like we were saying doug it's not necessarily about the amount the timing. but we're looking at snow to pilep for most of us across the region. for most of the area espe south of d.c. it will start around 3:00 a.m. skycas hour notice the snow coming down arou 4:00 a.m. that will stick fairly quickly. the snow piling up maybe an inch by 6:00 a.m. that would also be an inch on the roads.

again, that' where the biggest probm is going to be. the snow continuing right on throh the 9:00 hour. we are going to be seeing snow totals around 1 to 3 inch after it's all and said done from -- back along 66. south of there, 3 to 5 inches towas southn maryland fred and more than 5 inch plus in portions of extre south maryland. that's what we're watching for. 30 degrees on your monday 34 on saturd. i'm going to call it anotr mess next monday tuesda wednesday. >> no. >> nice to look forward to. thank you, doug. coming up diana will tell us what has bryce harper so excite about spring training and the caps hoping

so who would think that the caps would own the penguins as theye -- own them in their pocket. reminds me of our friendship. so much anger and fighting. exactl see here' the thing. i am not buying this. the caps saying they do not anti the rivalry game against the penguins to be physic. sideshows. all hockey they say. this is the final regular seatc two and the next time they could be each other, the playoffs.

head to head against pittsburgh this season. the caps have won all three matchu. tonight is anything like last it's going to be feisty. penalty minutes in that one. more importantly, the caps have outscod the pens 10-1 in the first thr meetings. the dominance over pittsburgh this season a welcome change for the caps. >> hear doing a special rivalry d stuff like that. they kept saying how we haven't been in the same category as them the last few years. we can make that -- be relevant agains the penguins again is good enough for us. >> division rival, someone that you probably are going to have to go through in the playoffs. if you show dominance over a team that can play a factor. >> end up sweeping them that would extra sweet. > extra sweet. what may be a little sweeter? baseba is back. the nats first squad workout in florid just sent jason pugh to

cover. so of the players already down there working out. bryce ha those ente the field. he's entering his fourth season in the league. he comes in as light as he's n he weighe 205 pounds. he came in at 225 last year. he's still the star of the team. one. t quest asked was about the newest start, $200 million pitcher matt scherzer. to be able to have a guy like scherz come in i started . i wa like where is my ring? it's stupid. it's stupid how good our staff is. if you have to go into a five-ge set, you have to face zimmer fister scherzer and straws. luck. >> what a great response. welcome to d.c. where is my ring? confid day. so two wins this month. that's it. wistruggling. there's 25 games left to go. the wiz have time to get their

act together. starts on the road tonight agait minnesota. last night a golden state, produc another low season high 26 turnovers. compar to just nine by the warrio. but the a bright side. the wiz kid shot 53% from the floor compared ton the other ten games of this losing spell. that's good. they outrebounded the warriors 45-29. ot happy with the overall execution, b not compg abo t effort either. >> we've got to make sure we mainta. play the way we played tonigh take care of the ball better you'll get back to winnin games. we can't drop off from the effo that these guys gave tonigh as hard as we played in a couple weeks right. the effort is there. e slowly getting it back togeth is he okay? hu his apg will? >> this is why paul pierce was

signed. now ise stand out. >> that's it

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