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. great looking morning in prince george's county. current temperature 42 in joint base andrews, 32 in college park. 30 in ft. belvoir and springfield. 34 in manassas this morning. hour by hour planner for your day, temperatures around 40 by 10:00 a.m. 46 at lunch time. highs today well up into the mid 50s. the less snow you have on your lawn the warmer you'll be later this afternoon. major melting, more sunshine than clouds. temperatures at or above average. we know it can't stay that way forever. i'll let you know when temperatures will go down a smidgeon along with rain chances. we learned someone was shot to death in the district. it happened in northwest d.c. not far from columbia heights. news 4's derrick ward is live there now working to find out more about what happened. what can you tell us derrick? >> reporter: this all started last noit about 9:40 p.m. that's when metropolitan police
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say gunshots were detected in the area of ogden sanders street. police have it cordoned off. it's still under investigation. the shots were detected. when police arrive they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds. that person was taken to the hospital and later died from those wounds. police have yet to release the identity of the victim or any circumstances around it. fourth district police are asking anyone with information get in touch with them. again, this shooting happened about 9:40 last night in the area of ogden and center streets in northwest. police are still here investigating this. we'll have more for you if it becomes available. right now we're live in northwest. derrick ward news 4. >> all right, thanks derrick. news 4 has learned a woman was in the car withfficer brennan rabain when he crashed and died yesterday. she went into shock and is recovering right now in the hospital. rabain died when his car ran into a fence on green belt road. police say she was on duty at
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the time because he had just turned his cruiser's lights on and was trying to pull over another car. we talked to someone who was there right after it happened. >> it was unreal really. i felt like i was in a movie or something. the girl that was there was very hysterical. as i looked into the car, the guy was -- he was gone. >> there's a gofundme page online right now to raise money for rabain's family. we just checked and it's raised more than $8,000. if you want to donate we put a link on nbcwashington.com. an 18-year-old could face serious charges for her role in a deadly pedestrian accident. officers say helen rommel hit a man walking on goshen road saturday morning. osmi nifrnlths car ril osmin died in the crash. no charges have been filed yet. >> today marks six months since anyone has seen two young
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montgomery county kids. sarah and jacob hoggle have been missing since early september. montgomery county police say they disappeared while with their mon mother catherine hoggle. she's in custody but suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. she won't tell anyone where the kids might be. it was an important and at times very emotional day in selma, alabama. president obama and other dignitaries joining tens of thousands to honor the foot soldiers who marched 50 years ago during what's now called bloody sunday. nbc's jay gray has more on the celebration that's one of the most important flash points of the civil rights mov >> reporter: clutching the hand of a man he calls a hero, president obama walked with congressman john lewis on a path he forged a half century early as a foot soldier during the march from selma on what's now known as bloody sunday. it was supposed to be a peaceful protest for equality and the right to vote. but those who had gathered were
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violently turned back as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. >> we were beaten, teargassed, some of us was left bloody right here on this bridge. >> reporter: 50 years later the civil rights icon and congressman introduced the first african-american president of the united states to a crowd of tens of thousands that included first lady michelle, former president george bush and his wife laura and close to 100 members of congress. >> we honor those who walked so we can run. we must run so we our children soar. >> reporter: a tribute to those battered, bloodied, but unbroken. >> people were being beaten down to the ground as if they weren't human beings. >> reporter: still they marched, a journey that for many continues. >> while we have progressed socially, economically and politically, we still have a long way to go.
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>> reporter: a trip that could have never been made without first crossing this bridge in rural alabama. jay gray, nbc news, selma. >> if you would like to see the president's complete speech or photos of the march from 50 years ago, check out nbcwashington.com. back here at home, a group of young men in prince george's county watched a special screening of the movie "selma." they got together with their mentors at the magic johnson theater in largo last night. county executive baker led a discussion after the movie. >> to have these young men and their mentors watch this movie together and talk about what they were struggling for. >> >> helped me realize what we've been through and what we have gone through to succeed today. it made me realize we still have a lot of work to do. >> the event was organized by the 100 black men of prince george's and greater washington.
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coming up in the week ahead vdot will shout down part of the beltway. on tuesday all northbound lanes will be shut down north of the dulles access road to the legion bridge. the lanes will be closed 20 minutes at a time starting at 10:00 p.m. starting tomorrow you have to double check where you park in d.c. street sweepers will be back on the roads. you could be ticketed $45 or toedtoe towed if you are in their way. the snow goes away starts to melt away. >> street sweeping is not such a bad thing. >> things seem to be getting back to normal. the time right now, 9:06. new from overnight, what we're learning about in the search for that missing malaysia airlines plane. we'll have the latest. >> go! >> there's something missing at the annual iditarod sled dog race in alaska.
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with. new information this morning on the one-year anniversary of the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. the underwater beacon on the plane, we learned it expired a year before the plane disappeared. that light could have helped find the plane's black box. the plane was head friday cue ala lumpur to beijing. 239 poem were on board including three americans. teams are still searching the indian ocean. the d.c. streetcar project could be scaled back in a big way. this week the city's transportation director reinforced the idea that several proposed lines are in serious trouble. so far the project has cost the city $190 million. it's been delayed several times. we'll know more about the
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project status when mayor muriel bowser submits her budget plan next month. according to the economic times men scored higher than women when it came to being self involved. researchers say that may be why men have trouble maintaining long-term relationships. the study did say the guys reasonable the only ones too, women show narcissistic traits as well just not as in. >> excuse me a second yes. in a country where most boys dream of becoming soccer stars, one 3-year-old brazilian boy is training to be the next pope. >> raphael fredas has cancer. every day from his hospital room in sao paulo brazil he practices giving holy communion.
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he hopes to give it at the sistine chapel. the boy's mentor is the hospital's priest. >> too precious. look at him. love it. the time right now, looking at 9:11. we're helping to change minds and create awareness on mental illness. taking a look at the mental health of children. a growing concern for the shortage of help. what's going on, chuck? >> final a little sunshine in our lives. we get to keep it for an extra day or twochlt when i see you next, we'll take a look through work and school week that's to come.
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health experts say the earlier someone is diagnosed with mental illness, the less severe it will be. >> not only is there a psychiatrist shortage for adults but also for children. news 4's doreen gentzler is changing minds to help keep kids waiting for weeks or month for mental health. >> reporter: meg gallagher was only 5 years old when teachers realized something wasn't quite right. >> she was very bright but had a difficult time following crass classroom instructions. >> reporter: she was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. when it came time to find a
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childhood psychiatrist to help her, her mother christie said it took months to get an appointment. >> if you can't get in to see the help that you need then you just worry a lot as a parent. >> there is a crisis shortage in this country. >> reporter: experts say meg's case is actually the norm rather than the exception. darcy is the director of the child and adolescent action center for nami the national alliance for mental illness. she says there are fewer than 10,000 child psychiatrists in the u.s. with the need exceeding 30,000. >> it's very problematic. the stress and the tension is transferred to the family. so the family has to be put on a long waiting list typically three to six months is what we hear from families about how long they have to wait. >> reporter: greta darrow says fewer students are going into the field because child psychiatry not only requires more years of schooling, but considered less prestigious compared to other specialties. compounding the shortage many if not most child psychiatrists
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don't take health insurance. so families need to pay out-of-pocket and that can cost hundreds. that price ms. families right out of getting the care they need. >> it's critical to get mental health care when it's needed. the reason is now we're seeing through research the earlier someone is diagnosed and treated, the lesser the long-term severity of their condition. >> we knew we needed to get help. >> reporter: christie gallagher eventually got her daughter meg the help she needed. 000 know the whole family is in therapy and they pay out of pocket for every sgloimt all of our providers don't take insurance. you have to be able to put that cost up front. her psychiatrist is around $200 an hour. there are families i know that are suffering because they can't do that. >> reporter: the lack of access to psychiatric help inspired christie to start a support group for other parents with
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similar issues. she says it's not only been therapeutic for her, but it's a place for everyone to share their tips and advice. >> also don't give up on trying to get help from either the county or the school system when you need it. don't forget to speak up. >> doreen gentzler reporting there. nami recommends going to your pediatrician to get a list of mental health providers and ask them to make the calls for you. the annual iditarod race ran into a snag this year an unseasonal fwli warm winter left part of the trail without snow. >> three, two, one, go! >> open ceremonies kicked off yesterday in anchorage. when the race begins tomorrow mushers will crush the starting line in fairbanks instead of the traditional starting point. this is the second time in the race's 43-year history that the starting point that has moved because of the weather. the first time was back in 2003.
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while areas across the country have seen record snowfall they say alaska has come up short. >> a good winter to be in alaska. >> if the cold air is not in alaska it is because it has been displaced out of alaska and moved here. 99 times out of 100, when we're rufrg through record cold alaska at the exact same time is typically record warm. remember 2003 the blizzard of 2003 a colossal snowstorm. >> now we blame them. >> mother nature is all about balance. she wants everything to be the same everywhere all the time. that's what weather is all about, moving cold air south and warm air to the north. we've had our share. is the arctic out of cold air yet? let's hope so everybody. they can keep it for a little while. we've been crazy below average for the last four to six weeks.
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finally we've turned corner. winter may not be completely done with us yet. i can't promise it's going to be warm sunshine and daisies and daffodils. outside for now, big improvements. sunshine still a little snow right there on the north end of the runways and still ice on the open water into the potomac this morning. it is not thick enough to go out on. stay off the ice everybody. 38 degrees in washington right now. south wind averaging only five miles per hour. into the 50s, some spots near 60 today and tomorrow both. right now it's 37 in thurmont 44 in martinsburg and charlestown. 36 in front royal, 39 in quantico 46 fredricksburg, 35 annapolis. our bay side communities may be cooler because of the cold bay water close by. but already a big improvement. temperatures right now are 15 to almost 30 degrees warmer than we
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were at the same time idea. so a huge improvement. if you're going outside, perfect day to be outside enjoying the sunshine and relatively mild weather. temperatures will be climbing out of the 40s and into the low and mid 50s. if you're outside the afternoon, only need a light jacket. don't forget your sunglasses everybody. it's going to be bright and sunny today and tomorrow. perfect thing to do got kids? send them to the driveway and get them to wash the car off. the lines at the car washing places will be long again today and tomorrow. tonight, temperatures in the low 50s and then back down into the mid 40s. even though we have quiet weather today and tomorrow next rain chances coming up on tuesday. you can have our storm team weather app in the palm of your hand. snowshowers across new york and new england up across eastern massachusetts. for us we have no chance of rain no chance for snow no chance for anything coming out of our sky until we get to tuesday.
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here is future weather sunshine for your sunday. clouds around overnight tonight. but not producing anything in the way of rain. overnight lows tonight staying above freezing about 30% to 50% of our viewing area won't get below freezing tonight. this will be the chilliest night for the next five to seven as a milder pattern starts to set up. tomorrow upper 50s to near 60 degrees. here is lunchtime on tuesday, cloudy skies back in place. sometime after lunch but before dinner on tuesday, raindrops will return to the area once again. that's all right. a little chance to rinse everything off, especially the roads. here is your seven-day forecast sunshine today and tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s to near 60. raindrops tuesday afternoon, tuesday night into early wednesday. wednesday afternoon and thursday should be dry. and then a chilly -- probably the worst day of the week will be chilly raindrops on friday with temperatures only in 40s.
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>> i think we can deal with that. one georgetown senior has an extra special day on the court during his final home game. we'll show you what happened. >> are you looking for a job?umber one field that has the potential for growth in the next few years. any guesses? welcome to ""first read minute."" i'm mark murray. >> i'm carrie dann. >> the controversy over hip's personal use of e-mails as secretary of state will hurt her with democratic primary voters. >> though the matter is likely to make her less viable as a general election candidate, the clintons are good at getting out of a jam like this one. >> the controversy created two lasting issues for her presidential campaign. it's already led to a new republican congressional investigation which could last for months. >> two, the episode has already revealed a very hostile
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this story got a lot of you talking. the labor department listed if number one field for growth is health care. baby boomers will need help as they age and retire. the retail an restaurant industry also see a boom as consumers get more comfortable with spending again. right now a senior at georgetown has a special story to tell. >> this is really nice. tyler adams was diagnosed with heart condition effectively ending his college basketball career four years ago. a doctor cleared him to play in the hoya's last game of the season. news 4 sports reporter jason pugh tells us how he hit the court with his teammates one last time. >> i was worried. he was so excited, so anxious, he may have a heart attack just from being excited. >> he brought the team together and told me, and i thought it was a joke.
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>> tyler adams! >> his last time here, for our last home game, just emotional. i'm just so proud of tyler more than anything. when i think about tyler, he's so far above his years. >> i know other people in life have worse situations than have. i've attended every practice, game, road trip. still like i'm on the team. i just don't play. i was trying to figure out what type of move i was going to use once i got the ball. but the seton hall coach, i thanked him after the game. he made it a lot easier for me. that was the main thing. >> sometimes there's a greater picture in life. great kids should get rewarded in life. i think he's battled. it was great to see that happen. >> it's one thing for me to say i'm going to put tyler out there. another thing for the opposition to understand how important this was, to understand that sometimes things are more important than whether the ball
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goes in the basket or not. >> seeing tyler dressed in that uniform again, that's probably what i'll remember the most. >> it felt good, especially with it being the last home game, to do warmups and seeing how it really feels to be a player. >> that's one of the stories, you watch it let it sink in. naturally a takeaway. >> love it. marine corps marathon runners, you'll want to save an important date. find out when you can sign up for the lottery. plus dramatic video of a roof collapse. what these college students were doing before the roof gave way. stay with us. whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico.
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here are the top store reitz in our area. we're working to find out who was did in a shooting in northwest d.c. police found the vic till at ogden and center streets. no one has been arrested. follow nbc washington on twitter for an update. we're learning more about the crash in prince george's county where a police officer died. police released this picture of brennan rabain. they say he was on duty at the time and had a woman with him in the car. she's recovering today. an 18-year-old can face serious charges for her role in a deadly accident. police say helen rommel hit and killed a man walking on goshen road sunday morning. police say she may have been under the influence of alcohol. good morning and welcome to
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"news 4 today." i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. we want to get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell outside on the weather deck. he is tracking a warmup on the way. >> i've got this big wooden stake, the pat collins snow stick here. we're going to drive it right through the heart of winter. that's it. i don't think we have much of a chance for accumulating snow. might be done with snow chances for the winter. a big m on the word might though. temperatures outside this morning, over on max 2, we have plenty of sunshine across the area this morning, from our tower camera view. there's the national shrine of the emaculate conception in northeast washington. rockville, maryland up rockville pike plenty of sunshine this morning. 40 in rockville, 42 at joint base andrews, 36 in leesburg. 38 in washington. hourly temperatures here climbing climbing climbing up
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into the 50s most of us will go by later this afternoon. almost all the snow behind me should be gone by about wednesday at the latest. >> chuck, thanks so much. two families in virginia are now preparing funerals for three children who died in a fire. this happened in portsmouth virginia. one child was three, the other two were twins, just 9 months old. their mothers are devastated. >> i just saw smoke, i smelled smoke. as i got closer to the room, i saw all that smoke, black smoke. >> you speed through life so fast, you just lose the precious times you have with your babies. we should slow down. >> investigators say this fire started from a space heater that was close to some of the clothes. >> a d.c. street vendor lost everything when his cart exploded outside the white house. take a look at the damage here. the cart caught fire just as president obama and his family
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were about to fly out to selma. this was on 15th and g streets. the secret service locked down the white house for a while. the fire department is investigating what caused the explosion. right now howard county police are looking for the two men you see in this picture. according to police, they robbed the 7-eleven on washington boulevard in elk ridge. police say the men attacked the clerk there and one of them did have a gun. we're told they took cigarettes and cash. if you know anything about what happened here call howard county police. >> take a look at this. a roof collapses at a st. patrick's day party in central california. about 40 people were on the roof when it caved in around 6:30 in the morning. eight people were hurt, four people are still in the hospital this morning. the party was near cal poly state university but not associated with the school. an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a police officer in madison, wisconsin. protests are erupting as police release more information about the shooting. >> look for a male black, light skinned, tanned jacket and
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jeans. outside yelling and jumping in front of cars. 19 years of age. his name is tony robinson. >> madison police say they responded to reports of a man walking through traffic hitting people saturday morning. they say 19-year-old tony robinson ran into a nearby apartment and attacked an officer who was trying to arrest him. the officer who killed robinson is a 12-year veteran of the force. >> i want to be very transparent. he was unarmed, and that's going to make this all the more complicated for the investigators. >> the state division of criminal investigations now has the case as required by law and deadly police shootings in wisconsin. robinson's family is asking that protests remain peaceful. major story developing right now. two terrorist groups could be joining forces. boka haram pledged formal allegiance to isis. that's the same group that
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kidnapped hundreds of nigerian girls last year. isis is based in syria. international lieders have not responded to this development so far. the american embassy says it's especially dangerous in jordan. 37 peace corps volunteers have left the country. the organization hopes they can go back soon. a strong show of support against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in tel aviv israel. elections are next week. thousands turned out yesterday to call for new leadership. protesters say netanyahu caused the greatest strategic damage to israel. elections are march 17th. in the week ahead washington national cathedral will hold funeral services for the first african-american to be elected to the senate. senator edward brook died on january 3rd. secretary of state john kerry and d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton are scheduled to speak.
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you can go to a new exhibit at the u.s. capitol called congress investigates. you'll be able to see how investigations like watergate shaped history. this tuesday is national women and girls hiv/aids awareness day. to mark the day, the office of women's health is holding the red shoe and red lipstick hiv/aids awareness walk. it will be on tuesday at lafayette square park. starting friday anyone can register for the marine corps marathon. registration is open to the military right now, open until march 23rd. the marathon is october 25th. 9:37 right now. hitting the mark in a first for d.c. public school students we check out the archery competition. >> plus honoring president abraham lincoln. we take a look at a special ceremony. stay with us.
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weekend. fourth graders seniors took part yesterday thanks to a federal grant that funded the tournament. teachers say archery determines skills like focus and determination which can translate to the classroom. >> very cool. in this week's wednesday's child we meet one of our success stories. news 4 barbara harrison recently caught up with marvin and his new parents. >> reporter: we first met marvin back in june of 2013 when we visited the red door spa. he was only 12 and even then quite tall for his age. while march slin wasvin who was waiting for a family two people with the experience of foster parenting were considering adopted. >> we had brothers and sisters and wanted children of our own. >> we took the foster classes and got on the list. >> then they learned about marvin. >> i felt like right away it clicked. >> reporter: eric and john said theyed hadn't considered
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adopting a teenager. >> he's 6'4" he locks a lot older. right, he's 14. >> reporter: marvin says he feels really at home here. >> i guess i just wanted someone who i knew wasn't going to leave and they'd stay there and help me through everything. and i have that with john and eric. >> john and eric say he's already asking for a brother and sister and they're thinking about it. what would marvin say to other kids still waiting in the foster care system? >> i used to hate this quote and whenever someone would say it i would say don't say that to me. is don't give up there's light at the end of the tunnel. i would probably say don't give up because i used to think i would never find a home and i have. >> reporter: barbara harrison news 4 for wednesday's child. >> like marvin's attitude. if you have room in your home and your heart for another child who is waiting, call our special
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hotline. for more on marvin and his new family or another child waiting, you can search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. time is 9:42. still ahead, the military is mostly full of men. how women are breaking barriers. we introduce you to one officer that's making history in more ways than one. what you got, chuck? >> nothing but sunshine out there for your sunday. we all know we can't keep the sunshine around forever. when i see you next we'll talk about the rapid meltdown and the return of rain, not snow, during the week.
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in the military women have not only fought for our country but also for the right to take on roles traditionally held by men. at joint base henderson hall i met one woman who now leads one of the prestigious units in the army. >> reporter: precision, strength, perfection, it's been the legacy of the united states army drill team for decades, a team where the soldiers march alike, drill alike and to some degree even look alike. but now a turn in tradition, and at the center of it all, first lieutenant lauren glover. >> it's exciting and humbling, and just trying to do our job to the best of our ability. >> do you get nervous? >> a little bit.
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>> nerves because maybe she's doing something that's never been done before, click by click. she's changing the course of the team's 62-year history by becoming the first female officer to command it. >> it reenforces we can't do anything. when people are told they can do anything, they believe it. but when you have examples of it, it becomes a truer reality. >> reporter: when lieutenant glover joined the military in 2011, she had no idea a team like this existed. she saw them perform for the first time last year and was sold. she said this was something she had to be a part of but questioned the chances. >> you didn't think it was a possibility. why? >> from what i understood about the drill teams, the past commanders were captains and males and it was an infantry platoon. >> reporter: she knew the past pushed anyway and got the chance an opportunity that would also make her the first woman to lead a combat arms platoon. >> the biggest challenge for me was over coming the anxiousness
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of coming into a new situation and not knowing how i would be received by the men of the platoon. but the guys have been great. >> reporter: as commander now, she's already led her team of 19 men before dignitaries, medal of honor recipients and schools across the country. it was during an nfl half-time show things got real. >> when they announced my name, the stadium roared and that was real exciting. it was kind of like it takes your breath away that people are so happy for you. not everybody is proud, they're not happy that i'm a female and i'm in this position. i'm here to show them i can do it. >> reporter: a sense of pride and resilience she got from her mom laura who also was in the military for 28 years. now her turn to walk the walk only looking back to see who follows. >> it may be tough, it might be scary, you might be the first one, but don't limit yourself. take the opportunity to do the best you can.
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>> pretty impressive right? you can see first lieutenant glover and her team perform at the twilight tattoo military pageant starting next month. they begin doing them weekly on april 29th. it was a reenactment more than 100 years in the making. this week marks 150 years since president abraham lincoln's second inauguration. yesterday people reenacted the moment on the steps of the lincoln memorial. lincoln was assassinated a month after he gave that second inaugural speech. >> if there's one place i would recommend visiting that we take for granted all the museums and memorials around here, lincoln's cottage at petworth very his stork. that's where he spent a lot of days contemplating the civil war. >> i would not have envied his position at all in life. you get to be president, but president during the civil war, yikes. >> today is a good day to see
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any memorial right. >> if you want a picture of the national mall with snow on it you better hurry up and get out there. snowflakes meanting so fast you can almost hear it taking place out on the front lawn of channel 4. outside around all of the area temperatures will be way above freezing today. most everybody should be at least 20 degrees above freezing today, and in some neighborhoods, 30 degrees above freezing tomorrow. so the ice on the potomac is starting to retreat. away and away it goes. good riddance to the ice and snow. even i, as a snow lover, even i am about ready for spring to move on in. 38 at reagan national. light breeze out of the south averaging only 5 miles per hour. area temperatures national one of the cooler spots at 38 already in the low to mid 40s to our north and west. gaithersburg and leesburg and winchester all in the low to mid 40s. 45 in frederick. still a little colder and our
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bay side communities, annapolis to edgewater and chesapeake beach, be on the lookout, that cold bay water will be your nemesis for the next couple months. it's going to provide very cold weather along the shore. hourly strurs away from the water, no problem at all. we should be in the 40s for most of the remainder of the morning. we'll spend most of the afternoon above 50 degrees, plenty of sunshine coming our way. sun doesn't go down until after 7:00 tonight. the overall impact the weather will have today and tomorrow nights and low. sunshine and milder than we've been in quite some time. upper 40s to he and mid 50s today. even down to the south there could be areas flirting with 60 degrees. we overperformed on temperatures yesterday. we may be able to overperform again, in other words, i busted the high temperature yesterday. a little warmer than i thought it was going to be. i think we can do at least five to seven degrees warmer today than we were yesterday. next chance for rain not so far
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away. it's down here across parts of texas. that's just going to follow this subtropical jet up in our direction. as a result rain chances move back in for tuesday afternoon, tuesday night, into the first part of the day wednesday. future weather has no concerns at all for the remainder of the day today. chilly overnight tonight with wake-up temperatures tomorrow morning mostly down in the low and mid 30s. as you're headed to the bus stops first thing tomorrow morning, 35 degrees early. remember the sun doesn't come up until 7:30 in the morning. it's going to be dark in those bus stops. keep an eye out for the ki doughs waiting for the bus stops then warming into the upper 30s to near 40 by 8:00 9:00 tomorrow morning. nothing to worry about tomorrow. sthin and even milder today. clouds come back in during the early morning hours of tuesday morning. here is 11:00 tuesday, cloudy but still rain-fre in the metro area. not a lot of layne, probably .25
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to .50 inch on average. temperatures into the upper 50s and low 60s. tuesday's rain chance just passing showers. all you need is the umbrella won't node the heavy-duty rain gooert. here we go for the seven-day forecast plenty to look forward to here. after tomorrow morning, we may not even have any neighborhoods with a freeze the rest of the week. sayonara mr. snowman. >> a plus buddy. >> i try hard enough. >> we check back in with some unlikely friends. this is a great story. 4-year-old sees his old friend and veteran. we take a look at their friendship. stay with us you're watching "news 4 today."
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amazing story about friendship. you may remember these one-time neighbors who shared a special bond a 4-year-old and a veteran. >> their bond continued even when circumstances forced them apart. nbc's boyd hoopert has the story of this most likely pair. >> reporter: when you're 4 years old, you have a few things left to learn. >> is this right? >> reporter: emmett rychner is still working to make sense of directions. >> i don't really know which is left and right. >> reporter: but this he knows. >> who is that little shrimp? how are you doing there, little
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guy? >> good. >> reporter: it's been eight months since the friendship between world war ii veteran erling kindem and the preschooler make a media sensation. half a year since they hugged goodbye. as emmett moved to a house in the country and erling to a retirement home. a 90th birthday is cause for celebration. >> does he like cake? >> yes, i do. >> is the pope catholic? yes. >> he is very special. >> reporter: emmett's parents have made sure the visits have also continued. >> i think i'd beat you in a race. >> i can do it way faster. >> reporter: erling's wife knows, too. >> he misses emmett. very the boys still need each other. >> we used to call these dog tags in the army emmett and erling friends forever.
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♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: when a friendship has bridged nearly nine decades and two moves, consider it permanent. >> you come back again? >> reporter: left and right just a formality, when your heart tells you what to do. >> happy birthday erling. >> reporter: boyd hoopert, burnsville minnesota. >> if you don't love that you're not a human being. that's just awesome. erling has traveled a few times to see and emmett's parents try to get over to see erling every couple weeks. >> i'm all choked up. that's the second time i've seen it. the time right now is three minutes from the 10:00 hour. new this morning, d.c. police are looking into a deadly shooting. >> reporter: police investigate a homicide that happened here in columbia heights.
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